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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 25m

no surprise here, jd vance has a vested interest in being able to be an open nazi in american politics

Ghostin this Hell @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 1h

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angrytaco @angrytaco2.bsky.social · 6m

I’m fucking tired of living in Qanon world.

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angrytaco @angrytaco2.bsky.social · 8m

You got evidence to back up this claim, surely? Is it the video with the tail getting pulled and the dog not reacting in pain? That’s a classic goalpost shift.

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angrytaco @angrytaco2.bsky.social · 11m

You either don’t care or ignoring the evidence.

kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 6d

Hasan shows off the “shock collar.”

And look at that, everyone attacking him looks like a fucking moron.

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angrytaco @angrytaco2.bsky.social · 12m

It doesn’t. It’s exactly what the article is talking about, just someone asking for attention by offering nothing.

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angrytaco @angrytaco2.bsky.social · 14m

Everyone who kept shifting the goalpost from “he shocked his dog” to “he pulled a dog’s tail once” just wanted an excuse to hate Hasan and never cared about the dog.

Aftermath @aftermath.site · 45m

I can't believe we're still talking about this

aftermath.site/hasan-piker-...

hasan ranting while his dog, kaya, attempts to leave her spot

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Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social · 36m

collar gate is the latest instance of a trumped-up non-issue blossoming into a large-scale psychosis event – and possibly the dumbest. it's also the modern internet doing exactly what it was engineered to do

To be honest, I wouldn’t be mentioning this if not for the fact that it’s a microcosm of how online platforms work today: Somebody makes an accusation based on evidence that’s spurious at best, big names with something to gain (viewership or the downfall of a perceived enemy) uncritically boost it, internet sleuths obsessively piece together supporting evidence by amassing context-free clips and ignoring everything that doesn’t match their intended conclusion, and all of the aforementioned parties spread performatively apoplectic videos across Reddit, YouTube, TikTok, Twitter, and wherever else they can sucker in uninitiated normies.

Some version of this happens every week – every day, on a smaller scale – without fail. It accomplishes nothing aside from giving the disaffected masses a brief glimmer of what feels like purpose, but is actually a bloodsucking waste of their precious time on this dying planet. And of course, it provides platforms with sweet, sweet engagement numbers. As a result, platforms will probably never intervene to disrupt this corrosive dynamic, which has broken the general public’s ability to perceive anything resembling objective reality, even as society collapses around them and people like Piker attempt to identify the real reasons why (hint: they don't involve dog collars).

The internet has been like this at least since the Depp v. Heard trial, which wannabe sleuths similarly feasted on in 2022 while getting pretty much every important detail completely wrong. At least back then they were obsessing over something of consequence. Now they’ve taught viewers to regard every trumped-up non-issue they can surface with similar gravity.

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angrytaco @angrytaco2.bsky.social · 1h

You mean the guy that showed no resistance against the guy he and his democratic friends had been saying was a danger against democracy?

Joe Biden shaking hands with Donald Trump.

“"Welcome home."
PRES. BIDEN
GREETS PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP AS HE
ARRIVES AT THE WHITE HOUSE AHEAD OF HIS INAUGURATION”

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angrytaco @angrytaco2.bsky.social · 1h

He wants unprotected Palestinians so he can continue his genocide without a fight.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2h

"First, Hamas has to give up its arms," Netanyahu said in an exclusive interview in Tel Aviv with "CBS Mornings" co-host Tony Dokoupil.

"And second, you want to make sure that there are no weapons factories inside Gaza. There's no smuggling of weapons into Gaza. That's demilitarization."

Netanyahu says Hamas must disarm or "all hell breaks loose"

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told "CBS Mornings" co-host Tony Dokoupil that conditions outlined in the 20-point plan "are very clear."

www.cbsnews.com

angrytaco @angrytaco2.bsky.social · 1h

Does this help?

Stylized frog next to text that reads “Frog”

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 5h

This is because the feds won't stop gassing our neighborhoods so they can flee and, by extension, are also repeatedly gassing the cops. What a moment to be alive

Peter Nickeas @peternickeas.bsky.social · 5h

CPD memo to officers today: helmet and gas mask available and accessible at all times, to be read at 7 days of roll calls. (For officers assigned masks.) Supervisors to ensure compliance acc to the memo. #chicago

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 3h

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

www.newsweek.com

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 4h

To everyone who says, "But this won't matter": *MAKE IT MATTER.*

You have that power! This is not inside baseball and your friends and neighbors will likely be appalled. And if they're *not* appalled, don't be cynical yourself. Take the lead, give the cue.

Politico @politico.com · 8h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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onion person @junlper.beer · 8h

yesterday on twitter, some of the biggest far right doxxing users were suspended and then elon musk caught wind, and reinstated them. get everyone you can off twitter. it is firmly a pro-doxxing-if-you’re-far-right platform

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 5h

we’ve gone so far past “sex workers are the canaries in the coal mine” re: internet freedom, to an internet that’s run off and robbed from all the sex workers in order to replace them with planet-destroying simulations of sex workers

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 8h

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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demon grrl 😈🏳️‍⚧️ @demongrrl.gay · 3d

seriously

for fucks sake

cancel your spotify subscription

@PopBase on Twitter "Spotify teams up with ChatGPT to offer personalized recommendations."

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T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 5h

This is yet another reminder that the "you can just walk around with your papers and be fine!" is a lie: the cops routinely claim whatever documentation you provide is invalid

It's racism all the way down

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 23h

"During the encounter, Greeley said they told her she 'doesn’t look like' a Greeley."

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Chicago Tribune: Greeley, who was born at Illinois Masonic hospital and is adopted, carries a copy of her passport just in case she runs into federal agents.

“I am Latina and I am a service worker,” Greeley said. “I fit the description of what they’re looking for now.”

During the encounter, Greeley said they told her she “doesn’t look like” a Greeley.

“They said this isn’t real, they kept telling me I’m lying, I’m a liar,” Greeley recalled. “I told them to look in the rest of my wallet, I have my credit cards, my insurance.”

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cherojack @cherojack.bsky.social · 7h

14 years ago, Obama killed an American citizen with no due process via drone strike because he was al-Queda. No one with actual power or influence gave a shit. It's been a long road to get here, but a real bipartisan success

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BixByte @bixbyte.bsky.social · 1d

PLEASE DON'T SUPPORT THIS "INDIE PROJECT"

IT'S GENERATIVE AI SLOP

Very disappointed that no one is calling it out in the comments. But it's possible they could be deleting negative ones.

I was fooled by the preview image thinking "OMG GIRL BALTO" but nope, AI slop. #furry #furryart #animation

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WAYNERADIOTV @wayneradio.tv · 1d

Dude I can't have SHIT in this life not even a toy

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angrytaco @angrytaco2.bsky.social · 6h

angrytaco @angrytaco2.bsky.social · 3d

Watching Tron: Ares, but shaking my head whenever Jared Leto is on screen to show my disapproval.

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angrytaco @angrytaco2.bsky.social · 6h

Also, Superman is better than any knockoff of him.

angrytaco @angrytaco2.bsky.social · 6h

“My OC can beat YOUR OC!”

DC Updates @updates4dc.bsky.social · 3d

Invincible and The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman says Omni-Man could easily take down Superman, adding, “Superman sucks.” (via Collider)

#OmniMan #Superman #Invincible #TheWalkingDead

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angrytaco @angrytaco2.bsky.social · 6h

Hard up for clicks, huh?