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James GHOULizio @theswweet.blackskycomra.de · 17h

It sure would be great if literally any of the BlueSky staff would be approaching a fraction of this level of professionalism. Shout out to Rudy and everyone on the BlackSky team.

Rudy wants revolution. @rude1.blacksky.team · 17h

I hear and see your concerns. Over the weekend, a couple users hosted on Blacksky's PDS were banned from the Bluesky app and thus the Bluesky API servers. This was a weakness of our system I've been aware of and hoped we had more time to address before any kind of public incident. 1/11

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spooky jas 👻🎀 @jazzybean.bsky.social · 13h

People that sleep with their bedroom doors open are serial killers

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Katie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief @katie.bzky.team · 21h

WHAT ARE YOU DOING MAN

bluesky official posts from november 2024:

A number of artists and creators have made their home on Bluesky, and we hear their concerns with other platforms training on their data. We do not use any of your content to train generative AI, and have no intention of doing so.

Bluesky uses AI internally to assist in content moderation, which helps us triage posts and shield human moderators from harmful content. We also use AI in the Discover algorithmic feed to serve you posts that we think you’d like.

None of these are Gen AI systems trained on user content.

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Vergil @ ✊🏽🏳️‍⚧️ @vergiliaux.cryptoanarchy.network · 18h

I got so lucky with my initial Goobis, omg.
#Palia #PlayPalia

Palia screenshot: Two Goobis (slimes) and a Trufflet (pig) in a ranch pen. The frontmost Goobi is shiny, cyan-colored, and has a bushy paintbrush flower sprouting from its head; it's stretched upwards with a happy face expression. The other goobi has a purple sheen, and it's in the background is sliding on by. The trufflet, with pink sparkly fluff and a white body, is standing around behind the cyan goobi.

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Vergil @ ✊🏽🏳️‍⚧️ @vergiliaux.cryptoanarchy.network · 19h

GOOD DOG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 22h

This is Eeyore. He led a sheriff's deputy to his grandma after she fell during their walk. We are awarding him the incredibly rare 15/10 (FB: OkaloosaSheriff)

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 19h

This is Boksil. She is reaching levels of cozy previously unheard of. 12/10 a trailblazer (IG: with_bokdanji)

a small cream colored dog stares up at us. this is Boksil, swaddled in a grey robe, and tucked underneath a thick blanket on a bed. her little paws poke out of the robe's sleeves, and her toe beans are in full view. her tiny pink tongue mlems from her grinning mouth.

a higher angle of Boksil. a small yellow pillow rests beside her for scale, and her eyes are closed peacefully as she rests swaddled under a white blanket, looking very cozy.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 20h

A great way to turn the temp down here as @jay.bsky.team @pfrazee.com and @aaron.bsky.team want would be to stop communicating site policies and practices with individual users or on their timelines and hire a comms person who is a professional communicator to do all the front facing interaction.

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Vergil @ ✊🏽🏳️‍⚧️ @vergiliaux.cryptoanarchy.network · 22h

On some days, it feels like I can sense everyone's emotions but mine, and it overwhelms me a little. 😭

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Vergil @ ✊🏽🏳️‍⚧️ @vergiliaux.cryptoanarchy.network · 22h

I let Tater Tot chill out in my room this morning. 😭😭😭 My bed was all his, he tried making blanket igloos, and he wanted to stay in my lap.

Vergil @ ✊🏽🏳️‍⚧️ @vergiliaux.cryptoanarchy.network · 2d

I'm gonna miss this lil stinker so much. #Dogs

Tater Tot, a Yorkshire Terrier, looks away from the camera.

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Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 23h

My most optimistic opinion is that the combination of cheap AI-generated fake news and major legacy news orgs taking a torch to their reputations is going to create huge opportunities for independent journalists who maintain a reputation for honest, ethical reporting.

Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 23h

it's hard to talk about this without sounding braggy but you can get pretty far as a business with sincerity and trust, mostly because so many goddamn businesses burn up that kind of intangible resource as soon as they get it, and everything is so dire right now that people are hungry for trust

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s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · 23h

Housing first works!! Harassing unhoused people and cutting them off from community is harmful and does not work!

An unusual 'village' aims to help people leave long-term homelessness for good

Chronic homelessness is at a record high, but there's a shortage of housing, rehab and mental health treatment. One ambitious program in Utah is finding a way to offer all that plus jobs.

www.npr.org

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 1d

wtf is wrong with these people

NYT: A Campaign to 'Bring Back Bullying'

On social media, some are arguing that bullying deserves a second look. Trolling or not, the push seems to reflect a general turn away from sensitivity.

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zach 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🐈 @lim3gr33n.bsky.social · 1d

fix your moderation, get a new ceo, and stop banning trans and black people for criticizing you.

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 1d

is it going to be a dating sim for rich losers who want a girlfriend who will tell him whatever he wants to hear like a sexualized version of the yes men he’s surrounded himself with, even if she just has to be a chatbot

Every Film Now @everyfilmnow.bsky.social · 2d

Elon Musk announces xAI game studio will release a great AI-generated game before end of 2026.

Powered by Grok, the studio aims to revolutionize gaming with dynamic, photo-realistic experiences.

#xAI #Grok #AIGaming

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Vergil @ ✊🏽🏳️‍⚧️ @vergiliaux.cryptoanarchy.network · 1d

this is gonna be funnier than stadia

Every Film Now @everyfilmnow.bsky.social · 2d

Elon Musk announces xAI game studio will release a great AI-generated game before end of 2026.

Powered by Grok, the studio aims to revolutionize gaming with dynamic, photo-realistic experiences.

#xAI #Grok #AIGaming

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 1d

Parrotlegal sighting

Birdy Janeway (right, a green cheek conure), and Birdy Tuvok (left, a cinnamon conure) sit on a wooden perch enjoying a treat stick.

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Vergil @ ✊🏽🏳️‍⚧️ @vergiliaux.cryptoanarchy.network · 1d

They rush to defend AI sloppers before actual people who're trans and/or racialized

carrion🐛 @carrion.bsky.social · 1d

just don’t create a moderation list, bluesky said that’s bad

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Rebecca Watson @skepchick.org · 1d

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: the new horror film “Good Boy,” starring a rescue dog named Indy but not MY rescue dog named Indy, is currently in theaters. We are going Wednesday but I’m endorsing it now, unseen. Indy tax included

Indy the dog lays on the ground with a happy face and an autumnal scarf. he is chill but ready for adventure and fun.

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Brilliance Proper @brillianceproper.blackskycomra.de · 1d

"Self offense" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Vergil @ ✊🏽🏳️‍⚧️ @vergiliaux.cryptoanarchy.network · 1d

cringe specimen

the corgi from cowboy bebop @realqrampage.fightins.online · 1d

LMAO LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH
EVERY TIME I DO IT MAKES ME LAUGH

Kash Patel in his own merch looking fucking embarrassing as hell lmao

he’s so fucking ugly

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Vergil @ ✊🏽🏳️‍⚧️ @vergiliaux.cryptoanarchy.network · 1d

A cringe specimen in its habitat

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Vergil @ ✊🏽🏳️‍⚧️ @vergiliaux.cryptoanarchy.network · 1d

HELL yeah!

Northsky Social Cooperative @transrights.northsky.social · 1d

That's 5000 future community members now!

Northsky Social Cooperative @transrights.northsky.social · 4d

We are over 4000 future community members strong now!
(That's how many folks have signed up for Northsky Social.)

Thank you for your trust and support, and we look forward to welcoming you to safer skies soon!

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Vergil @ ✊🏽🏳️‍⚧️ @vergiliaux.cryptoanarchy.network · 1d

Central California disliked that.

CNN @cnn.com · 1d

The people who are most vulnerable to the hard-to-breathe air that comes with climate change may inadvertently be adding to the problem, new research finds. https://cnn.it/4pWQMoh

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Vergil @ ✊🏽🏳️‍⚧️ @vergiliaux.cryptoanarchy.network · 2d

I'm gonna miss this lil stinker so much. #Dogs

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Vergil @ ✊🏽🏳️‍⚧️ @vergiliaux.cryptoanarchy.network · 1d

Report brigades are still a possibility, but the timing and the response (to either brigades or the list's mere existence) are pretty gross.

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