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I used to be about jewelry but holy f*ck*ng sh*t this is now a place for screaming...and also jewelry, ethics, and small business thoughts. San Francisco anti-doomlooper. She/Her Shop my Bookshop affiliate lists - https://bookshop.org/shop/sharonzjewelry

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🧟‍♂️ Sharin’ Zombies 🧟 @sharonz.bsky.social · Nov 22

Hi. HELLO. About that BOI filing that some of you are starting to receive notices about - double check that letter/email/phone call for details because it could be a scam.

To be clear, filing a BOI is a legit thing that some businesses will need to do, but the FILING IS FREE

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 11m

America has single-handedly RUINED new years for me. Like, what are we celebrating??? Another season of American Horror Story?

Gay Dad @gaydad.bsky.social · 15m

2025 is really tiring me OUT

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 1h

So excited for these cats’ groundbreaking French EDM album

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 3h

important update: Adidas’ new Pet Collection

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Not an OG Just a G @wilgafney.bsky.social · 1h

One white man damn near burned down California. He should also be charged with 12 counts of murder.

NPR @npr.org · 1h

Authorities have charged a 29-year-old man in connection to starting the Palisades Fire, which killed 12 people and destroyed more than 6,800 homes and buildings. (via @laist.com)

Uber driver charged in connection with starting the Palisades Fire

The Palisades Fire erupted on Jan. 7 and went on to kill 12 people and destroy more than 6,800 homes and buildings.

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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 1h

The New York Times, seeing increasing numbers of youth-led national revolutions happening: Not very orderly stuff going on here, quite distasteful if you ask me

The New York Damn Times, 2 hours ago: how Nepal's Gen z revolution spiraled out of control

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kate conger @kateconger.com · 1h

Jonathan Rinderknecht, a white man, was charged with starting the Palisades Fire. But on X, the company's news summary tab shows a photo of a black man.

Screenshot depicting posts on X, one showing the suspect accused of starting the Palisades Fire, a white man. The X news tab reports on the suspect's arrest, but shows a photo of a black man instead.

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Robert King @robertking.bsky.social · 4h

For what it’s worth:

Speaking as a showrunner with two writers rooms going on now, this article from Ankler is insane. I don’t know who the insider is, but the reporter should call bullshit. This is a GPT press release.

The Ankler @theankler.com · 21h

The “GPT-5 pass” has gone from curiosity to mandate. Scripts, trailers, pitch decks are all being filtered through an AI model that remembers every draft and forgets what originality looks like. @erikbarmack.bsky.social on Hollywood’s uneasy reset:
theankler.com/p/run-it-thr...

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Emily J. Edwards (but witchy) @msemilyedwards.bsky.social · 1h

on the one hand, Gavin Newsom is a violent, craven bigot who should be out of a job permanently once he’s no longer governor but in the other hand he FINALLY made it a law that your landlord has to provide a fridge

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Virginia @vafnord.bsky.social · 5h

Cat love bean?

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Stef Schrader @hoonofthe.day · 4h

Doing the Lord's work out here by telling us how to disable annoying, unnecessary theftbot integration: www.consumerreports.org/electronics/...

How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports

AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.

www.consumerreports.org

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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 3h

Trying every rhetorical trick in the book to demonize our neighbors who seek healthcare in the country that they live

There is no hell hot enough for Mike Johnson and his army of cowards who have breathlessly tried to legitimize the regime and their place in it

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 8h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 3h

The craziest thing I’m chasing down: I don’t believe that stargate abilene has even close to enough power, nor is it possible for them to build it before the year 2027. They have a 200mw substation and an unfinished 350mw gas turbine plant.

They need 1GW+ and it’s still in the design phase!

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 3h

To be clear, fracked gas is extremely expensive, dangerous *and* inefficient. Maybe some of the people who visited Abilene to see OpenAI could’ve asked about this, or known about it

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 3h

1. Buy a mothman costume for your spouse

2. Call exterminators and tell them you have a bad moth problem

3. When the exterminators arrive, keep insisting that you are not talking about your spouse, that's just a mothman costume, but real moths. Please ignore my moth spouse, this is serious.

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Link the Hero of Hyrule @linkheroofhyrule.bsky.social · 18h

Leaked image of Gavin Newsom deciding what political actions he's gonna take that day.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 18h

Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for small and rural public television stations suffering under cuts in federal funding. https://to.pbs.org/4nEQMrw

Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts

All profits will help public TV stations with licensing fees for popular programs that include "The Best of Joy of Painting" and "America's Test Kitchen."

www.pbs.org

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Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 14h

Jewish Currents has learned that the Conscience flotilla, with
Emily Wilder aboard reporting for us, has been intercepted and boarded by the Israeli military. Communications with Emily and the rest of the boat have been cut. We are awaiting further updates.

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🧟‍♂️ Sharin’ Zombies 🧟 @sharonz.bsky.social · 13h

JetPens? Not sure if they’ll have the right kinds but they ship from San Jose.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 14h

OpenAI, Anthropic eye investor funds to settle AI lawsuits, FT reports reut.rs/46HzrID

OpenAI, Anthropic eye investor funds to settle AI lawsuits, FT reports

OpenAI and Anthropic are exploring the use of investor funds to settle potential multibillion-dollar lawsuits, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 14h

Hey all, I'm trying to get a baseline for how good people are at detecting whether fiction is AI-generated or human-written (most of the research on this is for nonfiction and my hypothesis is we're better with fiction).

If you have time, give it a try?

jlp-experiment.github.io/ai-detection...

AI vs Human Fiction Detection Test

jlp-experiment.github.io

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Jennifer Kretchmer @dreamwisp.bsky.social · 20h

Because it feels relevant as we continue to evaluate the media and our representatives’ statements, my favorite way to identify the active vs. passive voice.

A post by Rebecca Johnson:
“I finally learned how to teach my guys to ID the passive voice. If you can insert "by zombies" after the verb, you have passive voice.”

A tumblr respond from mightymur:
“The final, brilliant word on passive voice.
"She was killed [by zombies.]"<--passive
"Zombies killed [by zombies] her." <-- active”

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🧟‍♂️ Sharin’ Zombies 🧟 @sharonz.bsky.social · 14h

Tell your friend I’m proud of her but also lolol

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mr pussy @mrpussy.xyz · 14h

easy halloween costume: Marc Andreessen

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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.bsky.social · 23h

A someone who has written extensively about the eugenic roots that permeates those who claim to be building so-called artificial general intelligence, I'm here to tell you to please NOT compare criticism against corporations claiming to build a machine god, with eugenics. The audacity.

if you're writing a sentence that sounds like eugenics but you go "oh that's fine to say because it's not a real person" (whatever that means) you may want to consider what made you okay with saying that.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d

Real estate investors bought one-third of all single-family residential homes sold in the second quarter of 2025.

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