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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 6h

Some airports around the country are saying they won’t play a video with a message from Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in which she blames Democrats for the federal government shutdown and its impacts on operations to screen travelers.

Some airports refuse to play Noem video on shutdown impact, saying it's political

Some airports around the country are saying they won’t play a video with a message from Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in which she blames Democrats for the federal government shutdown and its impacts on operations to screen travelers.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 7h

"What do you have to say about the capitulation that you participated in?"

Cory Booker clearly wasn't expecting the pushback he got from @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social

Full interview: youtu.be/HLfzsOVjlxc

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Nicholas Bauer PhD @bioturbonick.net · 6h

The AI generated scam calls are getting better. I seriously wonder if it's increasing their hit rate.

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 9h

Re: Booker's non-answer about Netanyahu on I've Had It

excited for every ambitious
corporate dem to go on this podcast expecting softballs from wine moms and instead absolutely disqualifying themselves in front of the 2028 primary electorate
I've Had It Podcast & @iveh... • 3h
It's a simple yes or no question

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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 10h

The servicemembers who are conducting these strikes need to be told, explicitly, by Dems in Congress that they have criminal liability, because they do

Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 11h

Trump has no legal authority, "standing" or otherwise, to order the killing of people in international waters for unsubstantiated accusations of non-capital crimes.

Calling them "narcoterrorists" does not make it right or legal to order their deaths without any due process.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Trump announces another strike "just off the Coast of Venezuela" that killed 6 people

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Nicholas Bauer PhD @bioturbonick.net · 10h

Okay but now define truth. Competing, deadly versions of truth litter our history.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 14h

I know the headline everyone's running with is "erotica" but "we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues" and "we are putting personality back in ChatGPT so it will act like a friend" are diametrically opposed statements

that's the cause of most of the mental health issues

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 15h

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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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 12h

Great business model! They have to turn a profit somewhere, right? Get the audience (of lonely and poorly socialized males) addicted on an investor-subsidized product (of personalized porn) and then, slowly but inevitably, turn up the cost.

The Verge @theverge.com · 15h

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

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Josh @joshmallow.bsky.social · 11h

He really said "skill issue" at charlie's memorial

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 17h

Trump and Miller will probably get the blood in the streets they want eventually. We don’t know when or how it will unfold, or how the public will come to perceive it. But we do know that no matter how it unfolds or is perceived, it is already their fault. All we can do is our best.

It'll Be Trump's Fault

Donald Trump created this unstable equilibrium; no matter how it breaks down, it will be his fault.

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Nicholas Bauer PhD @bioturbonick.net · 15h

If you can't discuss this without reference to a primary opponent, you're a hack.

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Assistant HR Director of Antifa @sethdmichaels.bsky.social · 15h

Netanyahu gave Trump the headlines and applause he wanted then got right back to the business of ethnic cleansing

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 16h

BREAKING: Israel plans to halve aid into Gaza, accusing Hamas of violating ceasefire with slow release of dead hostages, AP sources say.

Israel plans to halve aid into Gaza over slow return of dead hostages, a test for the Gaza ceasefire

The tenuous ceasefire in the two-year Israel-Hamas war is being tested as complex issues remain a day after widespread jubilation over the return to Israel of the last 20 living hostages held in Gaza and the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in exchange.

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Nicholas Bauer PhD @bioturbonick.net · 15h

My statement has nothing to do with her opponents. Find a better one who isn't facing her own mortality.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15h

moe throwing barney out of the bar where moe is american society and barney is lead poisoning

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 16h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

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Nicholas Bauer PhD @bioturbonick.net · 15h

The play that Harry Potter was naked in

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Nicholas Bauer PhD @bioturbonick.net · 15h

You don't run an even older person against an already very old person. That's throwing weakness against strength.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 20h

The many media outlets, politicians, and commentators who rushed to declare “a great peace, glory to the king!” should ask themselves why they did that, and figure out how to not make the same mistake again.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21h

(ABC) - The Israel Defense Forces said its troops opened fire on Palestinians, killing five, after they allegedly violated the terms of the ceasefire agreement.

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Israel-Gaza live updates: 5 Palestinians killed in Gaza City for alleged ceasefire violation, IDF says

Israel on Tuesday identified two of the people whose remains were returned.

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 19h

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Nicholas Bauer PhD @bioturbonick.net · 19h

"Mills will be 79 when she starts her term, making her as the oldest incoming senator in US history"

God almighty, what are we doing here.

Tal Kopan @talkopan.bsky.social · 19h

Maine Governor Janet Mills launches Senate bid, stressing electability and pledge to serve only one term
Her interview with @jamespindell.bsky.social
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Maine Governor Janet Mills launches Senate bid, stressing electability and pledge to serve only one term - The Boston Globe

The race is poised to become one of the most closely watched contests in next year’s midterm elections.

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 19h

It's all a big club and you ain't in it!

Evan Minsker + see-saw.fun @see-saw.fun · 19h

gigglin

Anna Wintour Says CBS News Head Bari Weiss Has the Makings of a ‘Great Leader’

Anna Wintour called new CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss "a very accomplished young woman with a very strong personality and a strong point of view."

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Nicholas Bauer PhD @bioturbonick.net · 23h

All the other buttons are actions, so that would be inconsistent. And clicking anywhere on the entire post take you to the "comment section".

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Nicholas Bauer PhD @bioturbonick.net · 23h

This is about whether other people can get notified when you post or reply anywhere, not just to them.

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Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 1d

Chris Van Hollen for Senate Minority Leader.

We need someone at the helm who understands the fight we're in and is willing to fight it. As far as I've seen, no one in the Senate Dem caucus is speaking with more clarity or conviction.

Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 1d

These are the same kind of weasels who would’ve called George Washington & America’s revolutionaries “terrorists.” They spend their days sucking up to King Trump & demonizing peaceful protest just as some in America sought to appease King George III.

Looking forward to No Kings Day.

Johnson describes planned No Kings rally as ‘hate America,’ ‘pro-Hamas’ gathering

Organizers largely blew off the rhetoric, but some Democrats online criticized the tone.

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Nicholas Bauer PhD @bioturbonick.net · 1d

The Sun Also Rises and Catcher in the Rye are overrated, and not relevant to modern high schoolers. Save them for AP or college.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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