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Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · 4h

Cool!
Who is the Prime Minister of the News Media so I can send them their “Good Job For Doing What You Should Have Done a Year Ago!” certificate?

Thanks!

Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 5h

For all of the people who have urged the American news media to stand together in the face of the Trump admin's attacks – it's happening right now. All the major networks are speaking out against the Pentagon's new press restrictions:

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 5h

BREAKING: President Donald J. Trump's run on Nightwing has been cancelled by DC Comics

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

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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Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · 5h

Hey ChatGPT, make the Tobias and Lindsay “Did it work for them?” meme but for online age verification.

The Verge @theverge.com · 10h

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

buff.ly

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Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · 6h

I look forward to right wing media cancelling the President for his remarks at this Charlie Kirk memorial service.

Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · 6h

@ndkane.bsky.social haunted machines. (I don’t see Tobias in here?)

Ma$on @masonfromtwitter.bsky.social · 7h

There's actually a reason for that!

Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · 6h

Every now and then, he’s breathtaking.

Alex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 6h

Trump really just bragged at a Charlie Kirk memorial event that he’s better at dodging assassin’s bullets than Charlie Kirk.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

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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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 10h

Sam Altman went from “AI will cure cancer" to "ChatGPT porn" in less than a month

ChatGPT boss predicts when AI could cure cancer

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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Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · 9h

I consistently conflated Fish Police and Cop Rock, and the time has come for some creator with juice to do the same.

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Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · 13h

Good new for Tim Onion

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Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones’s bid to set aside $1.4 billion verdict

The Supreme Court rejected a bid by conspiracy theorist and Infowars founder Alex Jones to set aside the historic $1.4 billion jury verdict against him for defaming families of victims of the Sandy Ho...

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Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, I have to assume this rebrand is because everyone always uses AppleTv to refer to the content service and not the device. I never hear anyone say, “oh, it’s on AppleTV PLUS!”

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Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · 1d

I was riding on The Mall today, and w/Smithsonian closed it was empty and these guys looked even more bored than they had previously.

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Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · 1d

So if it’s no longer plus, what have they removed?

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 1d

Apple TV+ has rebranded to Apple TV

It's their 'vibrant new identity'

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Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · 1d

Now that Netanyahu has the hostages back, what will be his pretext for starting the war and how soon will it happen? 10 days? Two weeks?

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

- It is legal to organize and fund protest.
- That someone organizes and funds promotion of a protest does not mean most, some, or any protesters are paid.
- Even if all protesters are paid, that is also legal
- It is good to oppose kings and fascism
- That's not what what "begs the question" means

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."

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Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · 1d

Yes. Dr. Rice and I have been skeptical for years.

Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · 1d

@badfutures.com But sure, why not flying cars?

Luke Steuber @lukesteuber.com · 2d

“I don’t know how to fly a helicopter, but I can tell something’s wrong if I see one in a tree”

A silver and orange helicopter has crashed into the side of a white, Spanish-style building lined with palm trees. The aircraft is tilted nose-down, wedged against the structure’s balcony area, with its tail and rotor blades bent around nearby trees. The scene is cordoned off by a chain-link fence, and the bright blue sky and sunlight give the setting an oddly calm contrast to the chaotic wreck.

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Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · 1d

Someone check the Real World: Boston tapes, but I am sure this is something he talked about with Cyrus and Montana.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Sean Duffy: "If we go to the south pole of the moon, we can set up a base. We want to put up fission power. We think we can have longterm stays on the south pole of the moon."

Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · 1d

I would love to know who is paying, and how I can invoice for my poster-making time and my attendance next week.

If the Secretary could let me know, that would be great.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."

Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · 1d

Martin

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Fr Chase 🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁 @kalanthropos.bsky.social · 1d

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Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · 2d

American Burrito (1999).

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Jorge Camacho @jcamachor.bsky.social · 2d

I shared this piece with @jemgilbert.bsky.social after listening to an excellent recent episode of ACFM. There’s a great opportunity to better connect critical and political theory as well as cultural studies with futures studies and applied foresight.
novaramedia.com/2025/09/21/w...

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Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · 2d

Trump keeps talking about how he’s not getting into Heaven and knowing his psychology, I feel his worry is less about his behavior, and more about his health prognosis.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

It's hard to help Americans left behind because so much of US identity is rooted in individualism. The average American conservative holds all three positions at once:

— Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing
— Against raising the minimum wage
— Buys foreign imports because they're cheap

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "I'm willing to pay more for quality products if they are made in America, by Americans, who are paid a decent income." The tweet shows Norman Rockwell's "Freedom of Speech" painting, which is often used to show the tweeter is expressing a brave opinion.

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "MINIMUM WAGE JOBS WERE NOT MEANT TO BE A CAREER. Why does no one understand this? Entry level jobs are STEPPING STONES to better jobs. No one wants to work towards that though."

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "Buy $5 gloves instead of $50 ones. Trust me." The tweet shows a box of "Gorilla Grip" gloves.

The label on Gorilla Grip gloves show they're made in China.

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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 2d

📌“The fact that I am American means, among other things, people can’t say, like they did about Francis, ‘he doesn’t understand the United States, he just doesn’t see what’s going on.’
“Do you not see the suffering? Is your conscience not disturbed?”

-Pope Leo in a direct rebuke of the hideous Trump

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