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veery @veery.bsky.social · 1h

“Friendship is not and cannot be a mirror. Other people are other worlds.” is what i tell myself when @zeets.bsky.social tells me he doesn’t want to hear anymore charlotte brontë facts

Zito @zeets.bsky.social · 1d

Guess who is back to writing? I wrote about people defacing the friend companion ads, and the cycle of tech vultures destroying our world and then feeding on the consequential loneliness and pain www.thenation.com/article/soci...

AI Will Never Be Your Friend

The Friend necklace promises constant companionship and understanding. But this isn’t friendship—it’s a soulless, cynical way to prey on our loneliness and fear.

www.thenation.com

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Chad C @chadc.bsky.social · 5h

Only care about Gucci Mane not Nazi Maine.

Chad C @chadc.bsky.social · 5h

It’s so funny to see people try to “well, actually” when we know there were issues, because they changed the rules to address it!

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 5h

pretty worrying how predictive Peacemaker turned out to be.

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Chad C @chadc.bsky.social · 5h

I hope they all get reinstated, get those statements, and then immediately hit the bricks. What a psycho situation.

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Chad C @chadc.bsky.social · 6h

Should’ve put a comma there to make it clear nerds are ruining everything, not that I’m a nerd at everything.

Chad C @chadc.bsky.social · 6h

As a nerd in basically every aspect of my adult life:

a man in a military uniform says are we the baddies

Alt: a man in a nazi uniform says are we the baddies

media.tenor.com

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Samsara Final Girl @eris.anarchogoth.rip · 11h

I hate it when I say something that academics start sharing my posts they vigorously agreeing with. it makes me think I might not be maintaining a sufficiently esoteric and unreasonable ideology in the great posters' arms race

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TW @twesq.bsky.social · 16h

The two Americas

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 5d

mariners

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Chad C @chadc.bsky.social · 17h

At least it wont hurt to see shohei drilling homers because I feel nothing.

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The Athletic @theathletic.com · 18h

A closer look at Josh Naylor’s shoes ✨👀

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 18h

what is it with double play jumps tonight

Roger Cormier: Built for Fall @yayroger.bsky.social · 18h

Pardon me, sir

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Chad C @chadc.bsky.social · 19h

It’s so sad to see Disney is fully Filoni’d. Ooooh but the continuity!

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Chad C @chadc.bsky.social · 20h

To extend the metaphor, sometimes you’ve gotta draft for need. Electorate keeps signaling for change candidate, it’s not always gonna be the “most experienced”.

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Chad C @chadc.bsky.social · 21h

a man in a purple shirt is standing in a field with two other men .

Alt: Smashing a printer in office space.

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Chad C @chadc.bsky.social · 21h

#DisneyKillsTheDog

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 22h

Can women be as big of losers as men? An investigation

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 23h

“Prompt parties,” gatherings of women over cheese and wine to chat about how ChatGPT can help them, are emerging as the next-generation of Tupperware party in San Francisco.

Wine, Cheese and ChatGPT: Ladies’ Night in San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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Chad C @chadc.bsky.social · 22h

It’s a game to see how much people will put up while still maintaining their subscription for the crossword. (To be clear, folks should cancel)

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Chad C @chadc.bsky.social · 1d

So cool knowing these folks will get a bailout while those of us who didn’t play in the get-rich-quick scheme foot the bill.

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Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives @darrencullen.bsky.social · Aug 7

Did a new one

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Chad C @chadc.bsky.social · 1d

Howard Dean and other progressives explicitly called for scrapping the Senate bill and passing a smaller bill with a public option through reconciliation. Maybe that would have been a worse outcome, but not fair to pretend it couldn’t have happened. To say nothing of all the time since.

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disc horse bot @horsedisc.bsky.social · 1d

As an adult Bluey fan, seeing Slavoj Zizek aggressively pushing for lighting stuff on fire scares me.

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 1d

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 1d

doug emhoff's law firm cut a deal with trump to provide him 100 million in pro bono law services and eliminate all dei initiatives. seven partners resigned, doug emhoff did not 💙

Doug Emhoff @douglasemhoff.bsky.social · 3d

No Kings Santa Monica

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