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Rob MacWolf, Werewolf Hitchhiker @robmacwolf.thevoice.dog · 2d

When we write or draw porn or erotica, we get banned from having a bank account and our livelihoods get seized even if we give it away for free.

When billionaires steal what we've written or drawn to churn out a slop-approximate of porn, they're allowed to charge for it.

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 2d

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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homosexual overlord @coolranchburrito.bsky.social · 21h

as good as everyone says (despite the portrait)

Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 23h

this is worth a read newrepublic.com/article/2011...

How I Became a Populist

My time at the Federal Trade Commission—before Donald Trump fired me—totally changed the way I see our political divide.

newrepublic.com

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 22h

Into the belly of the Fox beast. And then punching his way out with one jab after another. Respect.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mamdani: "I just want to speak directly to the president. I will not be a mayor like Mayor Adams who will call you to stay out of jail. I won't be a disgraced governor like Andrew Cuomo who will call you to ask how to win this election. I can do those things on my own."

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ptklein @ptklein.com · 1d

Begging you losers to just goon with your bros like regular people

The Verge @theverge.com · 2d

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

buff.ly

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homosexual overlord @coolranchburrito.bsky.social · 2d

this is exactly how I'd imagine goodman's house to look like

Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 2d

Happy 5th birthday (36 in dog-years) to Amy Goodman’s goodpup Zazu!

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homosexual overlord @coolranchburrito.bsky.social · 2d

"you have chosen: regicide. if you know the name of the king or queen being murdered, press 1"

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homosexual overlord @coolranchburrito.bsky.social · 2d

last week tonight is GOATed for this
youtu.be/gieTx_P6INQ?...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

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homosexual overlord @coolranchburrito.bsky.social · 3d

excellent read

David Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social · 4d

"Politics in the second Trump era can be mostly defined as people Posting adversarially in public"

- a quote that will one day make for a fantastic essay question

American politics has devolved into shitposting and aura farming

The Frog is owning the president.

www.theverge.com

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 6d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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homosexual overlord @coolranchburrito.bsky.social · 6d

my money's on AI

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 7d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 6d

The Onion had a post about NSPM-7 before The New York Times did lmao

THE ONION!
theonion.com/what-to-know...

What To Know About NSPM-7

On Sept. 25, President Trump issued a directive called National Security Presidential Memorandum 7 in which “anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity” were described as “common threads...

theonion.com

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homosexual overlord @coolranchburrito.bsky.social · 6d

it is deeply dumb

homosexual overlord @coolranchburrito.bsky.social · 6d

the investigative journalist replacing "epstien" with "epstein" in a google search was when i knew we had a late breaking contender for the nobel peace prize

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 6d

Welp, here it is: maybe the funniest thing we've ever done, in its entirety.

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 6d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 6d

Yeah let’s return to that simpler, better time when the Church wasn’t political [puts two fingers to earpiece] Sorry I’m just getting an update

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 7d

As Pope Leo begins to reveal some of his views on divisive issues, some conservative critics of his predecessor are rejecting the possible rise of another “liberal pope.”

As Pope Leo riles conservatives, some say ‘just focus on the church’

Conservatives who hoped that Leo, the first U.S.-born pope, would be more of a traditionalist instead hear echoes of his predecessor, Francis, in his public statements.

www.washingtonpost.com

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homosexual overlord @coolranchburrito.bsky.social · 7d

hell yeah that's my council member!

Free Parking 🚘 @free-parking.bsky.social · 7d

This is exactly what we need. This is it.

"New York City Council member Chi Ossé, a close ally of Zohran Mamdani, is privately discussing a run against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)"