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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 2h

I would raise the Titanic from the bottom of the Atlantic and have it transported to the Pacific and dropped into the Challenger Deep

doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 22h

lets say a wizard has cursed you with a lot of money. you are going to become permanently brain damaged simply by being in possession of so much money. the only way out of it is to spend a lot of money on something ridiculous and not at all useful

what would you buy to break the curse?

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👻👻 Ben, but rationalized a reason to stay on Xitter 💀💀 @benfields.net · 54m

A full supply chain such that I had an always present on demand stash fresh corn tortillas, here in the-best-we-can-do-is-Old-El-Paso London

doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 22h

lets say a wizard has cursed you with a lot of money. you are going to become permanently brain damaged simply by being in possession of so much money. the only way out of it is to spend a lot of money on something ridiculous and not at all useful

what would you buy to break the curse?

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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 1h

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innes @innes.bsky.social · 9h

Text: A computer can never be horny, therefore a computer can never make art

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 9h

this is the path to profitability for OpenAI. wait until users are furiously jacking to their AI girlfriends and then start charging them per message.

The Verge @theverge.com · 13h

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

buff.ly

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Dave @daveamp.bsky.social · 11h

Basket of deplorables.

Meredith Conroy @meredithconroy.bsky.social · 12h

They're bad people www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘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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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 9h

cool do you have anything for spam texts

screenshot of a text message:

(Today 4:06PM)
Hi it's AT&T. Tired of spam calls? ActiveArmor is free

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👻👻 Ben, but rationalized a reason to stay on Xitter 💀💀 @benfields.net · 15h

I'm also observant enough to know that they don't think this is hypocrisy because in their view using power is always legitimate when they do it and never legitimate when used by an opponent, because they are fundamentally antidemocratic

👻👻 Ben, but rationalized a reason to stay on Xitter 💀💀 @benfields.net · 15h

I'm old enough to remember when these exact people lost their minds at the idea that members of the Democratic Party, when in power, asked for social media posts to be taken down for eg. public health reason.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 16h

Statement from AG Pam Bondi:

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👻👻 Ben, but rationalized a reason to stay on Xitter 💀💀 @benfields.net · 15h

I have sometimes wondered if, years ago, journalists just refused to move past this how things might have gone. Just every time a Republican (or some talking head on the right) say democrat party just sit on "Do you mean the Democratic Party? I'm not familiar with this democrat party" forever

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🏳️‍⚧️ Josephine Riesman (Horrifying) @josie.zone · 7d

BREAKING: Bari Weiss's CBS News has hired Peter O'Hanraha-hanrahan as a "60 Minutes" correspondent

How NOT to be a journalist - The Best of Peter O'Hanraha-hanrahan #comedy

YouTube video by Thom Goddard

youtu.be

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 20h

The Spectator (owned by GBNews owner Paul Marshall - estimated wealth of £800 million) doesn’t like taxing wealth fairly.

I wonder how they got to this editorial decision?

Let’s tax wealth fairly, fund front line services & make hope normal again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

Polanski is talking nonsense about wealth taxes.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 21h

‘Risky is the best way to be’: Tim Curry on sexuality, surviving a stroke – and 50 years of stardom

From Rocky Horror to the Muppets, Curry’s extraordinary career made him world-famous. Then, a stroke left him paralysed. The actor talks about his cocaine years, his friendship with David Bowie – and the moment his mother came at him with a knife

www.theguardian.com

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👻👻 Ben, but rationalized a reason to stay on Xitter 💀💀 @benfields.net · 21h

one hundred percent read this as 'furniture kink' and unsure what that says about me

Editing the Blue-Gray Lady @nytdiff.bsky.social · 21h

Change in Headline

Before: Trump Ramps Up Trade War as Tariffs on Lumber and Furniture Kick in
After: Trump Ramps Up Trade War as Tariffs on Lumber and Furniture Kick In

👻👻 Ben, but rationalized a reason to stay on Xitter 💀💀 @benfields.net · 21h

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story only someone in your profession would understand:

"Improving ML into AI"

Sarah Krienen M.A. @sarah-krienen.bsky.social · 1d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story only someone in your profession would understand:

"Provenance: Anonymous Swiss collection"

🏺

Catherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social · 2d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story only someone in your profession would understand

"landowner used an excavator"

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 3d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 1d

"Elon Musk, X owner and advocate of civil war" would be a useful shorthand to adopt, until he retracts his call for pre-emptive political violence in our country as an existential necessity

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👻👻 Ben, but rationalized a reason to stay on Xitter 💀💀 @benfields.net · 1d

why does the British government still treat X like a neutral platform

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 1d

Elon Musk (the X-owner and advocate of pre-emptive political violence) is funding the legal fees of his ally Tommy Robinson (the activist who last month platformed Musk's call for civil war in Britain)

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

Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins

Far-right activist is accused of refusing to comply with counter-terrorism police request at Channel tunnel

www.theguardian.com

👻👻 Ben, but rationalized a reason to stay on Xitter 💀💀 @benfields.net · 1d

Chicago is really bringing some let-this-radicalise-you energy to the current situation

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

"After the warning, neighbors showed up and formed a human chain outside the church to guide parishioners home. NBC Chicago found more organizers doing the same for the beginning of the 6 p.m. mass..."

www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/c...

Chicago priest urges parishioners to leave mass with caution after ICE agents reported nearby

Chicago's Rogers Park community remained vigilant after reports of federal agents near a Catholic church during Sunday mass.

www.nbcchicago.com

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TrueRef by Abbey Esparza @trueref.bsky.social · 1d

Reminder to show some support to the Kickstarter staff (currently on strike) if you can.

www.gofundme.com/f/support-ki...

More info: kickstarterunited.org

Donate to Support Kickstarter United Workers, organized by Kickstarter United

SUPPORT WORKERS FIGHTING FOR A BETTER INDUSTRY STANDARD Kickstarter United, … Kickstarter United needs your support for Support Kickstarter United Workers

www.gofundme.com

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FOREVER WARS @foreverwars.bsky.social · 1d

“If Israel wants to actually prevent the next October 7, in whatever form it will take, it must free Palestine,” writes @attackerman.bsky.social. “The rest is commentary. Or avoidance.”

‘The Barbarism of The Enemy’

Notes on the third ceasefire, and prayers that there won't have to be a fourth. Free Marwan Barghouti. Free Palestine

www.forever-wars.com

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tef @tef.bsky.social · 1d

it's kinda weird that all the software i am expected to use for work are all written by distributed teams, go, python, postgres, linux, chrome, k8s etc

and despite being told "the best teams work in an office together" i don't know of any software i use that's actually written that way

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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 1d

There were at least two ceasefires under Biden! In which more than five times as many living Israeli hostages were released in exchange for 240 Palestinians! Has everyone forgotten this?

Coffee Indiana @coffeeindiana.bsky.social · 1d

Also, ceasefires have happened under prior Presidents! The day he gets Palestine their own country he can be told he's the most special boy deserving of a shiny prize.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

oh. right.

www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 1d

Here's the thing: nobody has built a gigawatt data center. They do not exist. Nobody has an open date on a 1GW data center. Even Elon Musk cannot afford to just *build* a 1GW data center and needs a weird SPV with NVIDIA. Nobody has the power for a 1GW data center. it's all bullshit!

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