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Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social · 20h

I love when Andy Ngo does one of his David Attenborough-style posts about Antifa and highlights some kid who took a bong rip and waddled into the protest dressed like a giant muppet.

My favorite flavor of his commentary by far.

Andy Ngo wants to draw your attention to Barney the dinosaur

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 20h

www.editorialboard.com/hegseth-and-...

It should be no surprise that men like the secretary of state, or the president, who believe they have the right to rule by race and blood, not by law, not by merit, not by anything other than the accident of their birth, are also some of the most childish people. They inhabit a world in which they never had to grow up. They can be boys forever.

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Howard Eissenstat @heissenstat.bsky.social · 23h

One of the big stories underway in Turkey is the process by which the ruling party is pulling in opposition leaders at both the municipal level and, more importantly, in parliament

It has both symbolic importance and direct political implications, moving TR towards a consolidated autocracy

dokuz8HABER @dokuz8haber.bsky.social · 23h

🔴 7 belediye başkanı AKP'ye katıldı: Rozetlerini Erdoğan taktı
www.dokuz8haber.net/7-belediye-b...

7 belediye başkanı AKP'ye katıldı: Rozetlerini Erdoğan taktı

Ardahan, Gümüşhane, Muş, Bingöl ve Giresun'dan 7 belediye başkanı AKP'ye katıldı. Erdoğan, Milletvekilleri Buluşması programında partiye katılan belediye başkanlarına rozetlerini taktı.

www.dokuz8haber.net

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 23h

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.

buff.ly

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Remember Gaza @remembergaza.bsky.social · 20h

In memory of:

Zain Al-Omar Mohammed Basel Abu Ghaben / زين العمر محمد باسل ابو غبن
Age: 6

We will not forget you.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Remember Gaza @remembergaza.bsky.social · 1d

In memory of:

Wahid Mohammed Hamed Al-Hums / وحيد محمد حامد الهمص
Age: 17

We will not forget you.

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Andy Orin @andyor.in · 1d

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CNN @cnn.com · 1d

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a law enforcement source told CNN.

FBI employees ordered to immediately search for records related to Amelia Earhart, source says | CNN Politics

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a la...

www.cnn.com

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Mustafa Türkan @mturkan.bsky.social · 2d

First published in Istanbul by Amedi Publishing House in weekly installments between 1923 and 1924, these anonymously written stories blend humor and eroticism, offering saucy examples of early twentieth century romantic comedy.

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saghira efendi @taalluq.bsky.social · 1d

Everything is gender

Epsteinaminophen jefe @jefe.bsky.social · 1d

Jesse Watters Claims ‘AOC Wants to Sleep With’ Stephen Miller, a ‘High Value Man’ www.mediaite.com/media/tv/jes...

Jesse Watters Claims ‘AOC Wants to Sleep With’ Stephen Miller, a ‘High Value Man’

The Five co-host Jesse Watters reacted to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's (D-NY) comments about Stephen Miller by praising the White House Deputy Chief of Staff as a "high value man" with a "younger" ...

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

glad to be born at a time when i got to see what life was like before the internet and will be dead before AI completely destroys humanity

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Mark Kersten @markkersten.bsky.social · 1d

The meeting, at least the public bits, was alarming:

✅ Jokes about annexing Canada met w laughs & no serious pushback
✅ Carney calling Trump a "transformational" leader
✅ No tariff relief or deals
✅ No mention of human rights issues, like sanctions against ICC staff or Canadians in ICE detention

Anita Anand @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social · 1d

Joined the Eurasia Group’s Canada-U.S. Summit from Washington to discuss Canada’s foreign policy priorities and the importance of today’s meeting between Prime Minister Carney and President Trump.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d

I've written my analysis of today's grim Supreme Court oral argument in the conversion therapy case:

As far as the Court's concerned, imaginary medical uncertainty gives states the authority to hurt queer kids, and takes away states' authority to protect them

ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/chile...

The Conservative Justices Don't Trust Any Science That Supports LGBTQ Kids

States that want to facilitate discrimination against LGBTQ people have the Court's blessing. States that want to protect LGBTQ people from discrimination do not.

ballsandstrikes.org

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saghira efendi @taalluq.bsky.social · 1d

MechaHitler is apparently promising to investors, inc Nvidia.

Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 1d

Musk's xAI is raising more financing than planned, bringing its funding round to $20 billion with an equity investment from Nvidia bloom.bg/47l0rNh

📷: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg

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Remember Gaza @remembergaza.bsky.social · 1d

In memory of:

Marwa Akram Mohammed Saidam / مروة أكرم محمد صيدم
Age: 22

We will not forget you.

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Frédéric Moreau @goodclimate.bsky.social · 1d

This lurid headline is about British tourists no longer getting away with overstaying in Schengen. Or being 'illegals', as it's often called in the UK.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 1d

The way we are experiencing this is as a genuine "fuck you guys" moment, where the level of "fuck you" increases with your level of transness and POCness

And I'm sure there are folks on the team who don't feel this way about it but this is how the failed comms strategy is working, publicly

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eva (^_^)/ @eva.computer · 1d

PSA:
it would be trivial to save everything that comes through the firehose for use in training generative AI

the open design of atproto makes this possible and the culture of alt text on bluesky provides free human generated image labels

if you can see it then so can an automated system

utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 1d

Bluesky revealed that they are using an automated image filtering system, ie something that uses AI, and people are losing their shit.

It is made even dumber because people (understandably) have feelings about their art/photos being by AI systems… except this is a public network.

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Wolf Conservation Center 🐺 @nywolforg.bsky.social · 1d

MT lawmakers are suing to make it easier to kill wolves. Yes- you read that right.

Once again, wolves are being treated as targets instead of the vital, intelligent keystone species they are. Science and ethics must guide management. Wolves deserve better.

www.ktvh.com/news/montana...

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saghira efendi @taalluq.bsky.social · 1d

Uh... is this legal? Like, they can do that?

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saghira efendi @taalluq.bsky.social · 1d

the US has also been interested in them, ofc; www.theguardian.com/science/2008...

US weapons research is raising a stink

David Hambling: The US Army's XM1063 projectile is designed to be 'non-lethal' - but is it peaceful or hovering on the brink of illegality?

www.theguardian.com

saghira efendi @taalluq.bsky.social · 1d

This is such a cute question but... unfortunately malodorant weapons as crowd control exists [Israel has a famous one called skunk] & have a contentious position with respect to conventions against chemical warfare... OPCW's blanket ban should cover them but others contest on technicalities.

🎃scarecrowcialism👻 @swolecialism.bsky.social · 1d

Asking for my kids: would a fart cannon that shoots farts so stinky that bad people have to run away be in controvention of the laws of armed combat? I think maybe yes?

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saghira efendi @taalluq.bsky.social · 1d

Anyway, if you like sci-fi @kyliu99.bsky.social is a must read, and esp in conjunction with some of the AI topics full of hot takes recently, his "the Perfect Match" and "Simulacrum" provide thought-provoking experiments.

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saghira efendi @taalluq.bsky.social · 1d

The other is "Simulacrum" about a father, mother, and daughter. What counts as a real person? I had felt like going back to ethics & philosophy courses I used to do at uni & this foreboding feeling of AI puppeteered virtual corpses of our loved ones, us, or anybody would soon be around.

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saghira efendi @taalluq.bsky.social · 1d

I esp keep thinking two separate short stories by Ken Liu. One is called "the Perfect Match" and I think heavily influenced my skepticism to AI as a decision-maker in one's daily life; I remember being shaken when I first read it because I knew what it describes was so near. It is a great read.

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