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🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · May 16

No exceptions. If you use Gen A I in any capacity whatsoever, you suck.

Yes, the way you're using it too. You're not special.

"She probably doesn't mean me"

I do.

sephirAmy @sephiramy.bsky.social · May 15

I've seen some vocally anti-AI people recently make an anti-AI post and be surprised there are still pro-AI people following them, and I can explain this;

most pro-AI people think they are somehow the exception. the way THEY are using it, SURELY you would take no issue!

well, we do. so fuck off.

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Woodo @woodo.bsky.social · 2d

Oh my God this.

You’re not making art, you’re making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else’s throat hoping they’ll give you a little thumbs up and like it. Gross.

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Rachel Plummer @smaychel.bsky.social · 2d

We went to say hello to the sea yesterday.

A photo of a beach with the tide in. My 10 year old son is lying on the sand. The weather is overcast.

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Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 2d

Greta Thunberg releases a video describing the conditions faced by Palestinian adults and children in Israeli custody after her release.

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DAVE! (like "Them!" but Dave) @daveexmachina.bsky.social · 2d

normal person: i just want a place to hang out with my friends
tech weirdo: and shitheads
np: no just my friends
tw: but what about hearing alternative views on race and gender?
np: we just want to hang out and goof around
tw: so where do the shitheads fit in then
np: no shitheads
tw: not following

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onion person @junlper.beer · 2d

i love the domino effect of trans people asking the moderation team to take harassment of trans people seriously and instead decided to perma ban a black guy who was one of the earliest users here

ıllıllı FREE ŁINK ıllıllı @rvbdrm.com · 2d

So… Łink’s account is permabanned from Bluesky’s appview, but also gets banned from:

WhiteWind
Skylight
Bluescreen
Flashes

Basically all ATproto apps/projects?

WHAT THE HELL IS THE POINT OF THIS PROJECT THEN?

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Kris 🎃 Lorischild @direkris.itch.io · 2d

Greta Thunberg annoys the right because she's a reminder that it's possible to stay true to your moral principles even when it's inconvenient, and they fucking hate that

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Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: GLOBAL RENEWABLES OVERTAKES COAL

How the heck did that happen so quickly?!...🧵

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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 2d

Today I am imagining a kinder and more loving world.

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 2d

I agree with every word Zelda Williams says. And this at the end from OpenAI makes me want to go full Ned Ludd. Creators can’t have a blanket opt-out on copyright infringement of their work and have to fill out a form appealing to OpenAI’s mercy every time? Fuck off into the sun

OpenAI told the Guardian that content owners can flag copyright infringement using a “copyright disputes form” but that individual artists or studios cannot have a blanket opt-out. Varun Shetty, OpenAI’s head of media partnerships, said: “We’ll work with rights holders to block characters from Sora at their request and respond to takedown requests.”

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 2d

"I bore witness with my own eyes the appalling humanitarian catastrophe, the genocide that's being carried out. Each time I've been to Gaza its worse than the time before"

NHS surgeon Nick Maynard is asked about his reflections from working in Gaza

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The Edinburgh Reporter @edinreporter.bsky.social · 2d

Edinburgh Community Food opens new kitchen hub

The new kitchen hub at Edinburgh Community Food (ECF) was opened by Scottish chef Tony Singh, MBE. Tony served up a colourful, bean-based dish to mark the occasion. The new facility is designed to feel like stepping into a friend’s home and is more…

Edinburgh Community Food opens new kitchen hub

The new kitchen hub at Edinburgh Community Food (ECF) was opened by Scottish chef Tony Singh, MBE. Tony served up a colourful, bean-based dish to mark the occasion. The new facility is designed to feel like stepping into a friend’s home and is more than just a kitchen. The services offered will provide all round support for vulnerable individuals and families and has been created in response to the National strategy of Whole Family Support, which aims to eradicate child poverty.

theedinburghreporter.co.uk

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Gaius (from Tribunate) @gaius.bsky.social · 4d

They simply want it to be sentient so they can pretend they aren’t wasting their limited time on earth burning 7 acres of the amazon asking fancy autocorrect to write a birthday card for their mom

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Scary Werewolf Bar Kochba @dickius.bsky.social · 3d

Wow, it must be terrible being told that you can’t use the bathroom.

'Very difficult situation': Kristi Noem whines locals not letting ICE agents use restrooms

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem complained that her agents were not being permitted to use restrooms in Chicago because of opposition from residents.During a Sunday interview on ...

www.rawstory.com

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Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 3d

Sophie Ellis-Bextor hits out at transphobia: “These people make trans people their whole personality and spend their entire day being angry” 💯

“There was a time when Pride felt like a celebration of the shoulders people were able to stand on, but now it feels like an absolute political necessity”

Sophie Ellis-Bextor hits out at transphobia: "These people make trans people their whole personality"

Sophie Ellis-Bextor has criticised increasing levels of transphobia in the UK and overseas in a new interview.

www.nme.com

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Madeleine Moore @matheleine.bsky.social · 3d

“Evidence‐based medicine has three pillars: (i) appraisal of research evidence, (ii) real‐world clinical expertise, and (iii) individual patient values and preferences. The Review's failures across all three are evident.”

Oh dear, Cass.

www.mja.com.au/journal/2025...

Cass Review does not guide care for trans young people

Good medicine is guided by the values of the patient, not those of a clinician, politician or commentator. The Cass Review, lacking expertise and compromised by implicit stigma and misinformation, doe...

www.mja.com.au

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Linda @lindacdolan.bsky.social · 3d

Very happy to find these beauties in Wisley’s Hilltop Wildlife garden yesterday. #mushroomMonday #fungusfriends 🌱

A group of three mushrooms which I think are Shaggy Inkcaps. They have a tall white stem and the caps are grey with mottled markings. One has split open and the black gills are visible.

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Ross Greer (he/him) @ross-greer.bsky.social · 3d

We will not stop until the genocide is ended, the occupation is lifted and Palestine is free.

Labour can crack down on the right to protest, but they can never wash away their complicity in these crimes.

Crowd including Ross Greer at Palestine rally

Placard at Palestine rally reading 'free the flotilla'

Ross Greer speaking through megaphone at Palestine rally

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 4d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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猫好きな人 @valoisdubins.bsky.social · 3d

Latest repudiation of Cass just dropped.

Cass' name will go down in history as a scandal in the medical profession.

Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 3d

“The Cass Review's contradictions are striking. It acknowledged some trans young people benefit from [blockers], but its recommendations have made this currently inaccessible to all. It found no evidence psychological treatments improve gender dysphoria, yet recommended expanding their provision.”