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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1h

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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Roberto Xavier Torres-Torres @rxtt.bsky.social · 2h

no Flouride, but toxins are OK!

Craig F @cfoh.bsky.social · 3h

This administration is totally fine with more Americans getting cancer from water contaminants if it means corporations and their wealthy friends might keep a penny or two more. Insane.

The #EPA is now the Exploitation & Profiteering Agency.

www.newsweek.com/epa-drinking...

EPA moves to roll back drinking water standards

The Environmental Protection Agency is looking to roll back regulatory standards for three types of PFAS chemicals in drinking water systems.

www.newsweek.com

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 5h

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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Woodo @woodo.bsky.social · 1h

Credit where it's due, there's more overt nods to Wendy Carlos in the NIN Tron soundtrack than there ever was in the Daft Punk one. Not as many as you'd like but they're there. Specifically on In The Image Of and Building Better Worlds.

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Woodo @woodo.bsky.social · 1h

Eg, Yer rugby lad Chris, bless him, he's not good but you can tell he's giving it his all, while on the other hand there's Bosh who was just stomping around the floor like a disaffected ox.

Woodo @woodo.bsky.social · 1h

It's funny you can tell the dancers who are bad but they're clearly giving it their best shot, they just don't have an aptitude for it and those who are bad because they just have no musicality in their soul, no love for enjoying and embracing creative art.

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Sham Jaff @shamjaff.bsky.social · 7h

It’s a "crisis" when immigrants "take jobs away", but "innovation" when machines do. Funny.

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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 2h

if you’ve ever watched the apprentice, that’s the world without arts or humanities degrees

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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 2h

An elegant demonstration of how America’s politics has changed over the last decade is to compare the large amount of journalism there was about whether Trump would divest his interests during his first term compared with the total lack of the same now.

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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 2h

What with everything else going on, I suppose people could be forgiven for missing the absolutely staggering scale of conflicts of interest in Republican politics right now, not to mention the now totally routine violations of the emoluments clause.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

More than 40 Trump administration picks tied directly to oil, gas and coal, analysis shows

Report looks at White House nominees and appointees and agencies dictating energy, environment and climate policy

www.theguardian.com

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Woodo @woodo.bsky.social · 3h

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Woodo @woodo.bsky.social · 3h

Nick Clegg walked so Keir Starmer could run

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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Woodo @woodo.bsky.social · 3h

a cartoon of a man standing in front of a fireplace

Alt: a cartoon of a man standing in front of a fireplace

media.tenor.com

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Paula Read @paularead.bsky.social · 3h

There's an old German joke about a driver who hears a report of a wrong-way driver on the freeway.
"One wrong-way driver? I'm on the freeway right now and EVERYONE is driving the wrong way."

And of course there's a German word for wrong-way driver: "Geisterfahrer" - "ghost driver"

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Woodo @woodo.bsky.social · 3h

Also "I, unlike you, am above personal jabs... you incel!"

Actual LOL

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Woodo @woodo.bsky.social · 3h

Bigger crossover between AI fanatics and NFT fanatics.

"AI will transform the planet and beyond" isn't legit evidence. It's empty juvenile hyperbole.

Anyway, enjoy selling your next gen apes after the bubble bursts.

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Woodo @woodo.bsky.social · 4h

Listen mate, the beans are still magic, it's just the ass has fallen out of the magic bean market due to the slanderous suggestion the magic beans may in fact just be over hyped regular beans.

Magic beans are actually here to stay, loser.

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Woodo @woodo.bsky.social · 4h

Listen mate, the beans are still magic, it's just the ass has fallen out of the magic bean market due to the slanderous suggestion the magic beans may in fact just be over hyped regular beans.

Magic beans are actually here to stay, loser.

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Woodo @woodo.bsky.social · 4h

I feel like universities have missed a trick in not introducing a specific module in the Business Studies Dept analysing Disney corporation, so they can tout that they offer the only *real* Mickey Mouse Degree

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Woodo @woodo.bsky.social · 4h

Lads, they're selling their stock in AI and investing in Copium

🎙️ 𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲 🎙️ @mikedaily.bsky.social · 4h

Dear AI Skeptics

Even if it proves to be a massive bubble, AI itself is not going anywhere.
And even if the industry can’t figure out true AGI, and have to rely on these LLMs, it’s still going to transform the planet and beyond.
IOWs - AI is not a bubble.
The market around AI is.

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Woodo @woodo.bsky.social · 4h

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Spooook-o Booooo-piss @seej500.bsky.social · 4h

This is the nice way of saying they think it's a bubble too

Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 4h

Bank of England flags risk of ‘sudden correction’ in tech stocks inflated by AI - on.ft.com/4o3RheA

Bank of England flags risk of ‘sudden correction’ in tech stocks inflated by AI

Financial Policy Committee warns equity prices are at levels comparable with dotcom bubble

on.ft.com

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Woodo @woodo.bsky.social · 4h

At least in the old days you could rely on them to pinpoint some modern era degree that scares the pensioners like Media or Film Studies. Going after English degrees feels very UNBRITISH ( © Keir Starmer 2025)

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Woodo @woodo.bsky.social · 4h

Trump: PORTLAND IS A WARZONE

Portland:

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 12h

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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