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The nicest man and the purest hater. He/him, cis, all power to the people. Look me up anywhere.

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daily dose of estragon @craigburley.com · May 29

A brief thread on the interference with humanitarian aid to conflict zones.

Interfering with the ability of people trapped in conflict zones, to access food or healthcare,

is
a
crime
against
humanity

under the Rome Statute. This applies to anyone, acting from anywhere.

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BPL Inclusive Services @bklyninclusive.bsky.social · 14h

Did you have to miss #NYCC because comic cons mean instant sensory overload? Come by Brooklyn Public Library's main branch on Sunday, October 26th (before the branch is open to the public!) for a sensory-friendly comic con! Please share! www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/inc... #comics #actuallyautistic

Include Con: A Sensory-Friendly Comic Con | Brooklyn Public Library

Do loud noises and crowds keep you out of comic cons? Check out Brooklyn’s first sensory-friendly comic convention! You can:Meet creators and see their work in the artist's alleyMake comics with profe...

www.bklynlibrary.org

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 11h

Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.

Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 17h

NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.

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Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · 2h

1)You may remember the articles criticizing liberal students for their hesitancy to make friends with conservative students—alleging that they were less open-minded than their conservative counterparts.

Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 9h

Here are the little darlings they’ve created. Horrifying.

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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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 8h

Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby

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mike @mdv.bsky.social · 5h

Doing a little reading, trying to keep that piece of meat with electricity in my skull pulsing

'The New Authoritarians: Convergence on the Right' by David Renton

@haymarketbooks.org

The argument of this book rests on certain definitions. One is the distinction between left and right. The two terms have an essential difference. As Norberto Bobbio argues, they can be dis- tinguished by their attitude towards equality. 12 The left believes that most inequalities are capable of reduction or eradication. The right, by contrast, exists to oppose 'the liberation of men and women from the fetters of their superiors, particularly in the private sphere.'2º The distinction between left and right dates to the early days of the French revolution, when the Con- stituent Assembly debated whether the King should have a veto over its decisions and parliamentarians were asked to stand to the left or the right. It has recurred through global politics ever

since.

The difference between left and right works to simplify...

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daily dose of estragon @craigburley.com · 7h

"her year in exile" in exile from what, not being mocked

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 9h

Scoop: Olivia Nuzzi has written a book during her year in exile, in which she is set to in part address her relationship with RFK Jr. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

Have I Got Nuzzi For You

Olivia Nuzzi is set to address her relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a forthcoming book, galleys of which are circulating among a select group of readers, Status has learned.

www.status.news

daily dose of estragon @craigburley.com · 12h

I'm starting to see why Sam Altman thought building a bullshit machine was a surefire path to business success

daily dose of estragon @craigburley.com · 13h

SPONCH

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daily dose of estragon @craigburley.com · 13h

a close up of a man 's face with the words " unbreakable " behind him

Alt: a close up of a man 's face with the words " unbreakable " behind

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Large Language Super Model @jsthrill.modphi.com · 16h

You say that like you know erotica doesn’t cure cancer

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daily dose of estragon @craigburley.com · 14h

These guys have images of themselves fifty feet high and made of granite, Doug Ford is made of rocky fuckin road

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daily dose of estragon @craigburley.com · 14h

What a ridiculous priss he is

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daily dose of estragon @craigburley.com · 14h

Doug Ford: on behalf of this nameless man I will fight you any time, and place, any set of rules you wish to set out. You wanna disco dance? Let's go, honeybake

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Premier Ford says he told Home Depot shoplifter, 'I'm going to kick your ass' | CBC News

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he threatened to beat up a Home Depot shoplifter over the summer.

www.cbc.ca

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daily dose of estragon @craigburley.com · 14h

We all know exactly what all this "make your own movies" vomit is for

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daily dose of estragon @craigburley.com · 14h

I'm glad he's getting out in one piece.

It's time to kill this industry.

Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 17h

Padres manager Mike Shildt said he retired in part because of death threats from sports bettors:

Mike Shildt says decision to retire was his own, but Padres questions remain

www.nytimes.com

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daily dose of estragon @craigburley.com · 14h

Also it would have to be way better than this. This stinks on fuckin ice. Next time don't illustrate it, it will seem less shitty.

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daily dose of estragon @craigburley.com · 14h

No, and also yuck, and first and foremost: why?

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 2d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 16h

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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sumosoul.bsky.social @sumosoul.bsky.social · 14h

Should’ve known this pic was coming. 🤗

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The Onion @theonion.com · 15h

Israel Warns Gaza Still Harboring Hundreds Of Doctors https://theonion.com/israel-warns-gaza-still-harboring-hundreds-of-doctors-1850964439/

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daily dose of estragon @craigburley.com · 15h

aaaaaahhhhhhhhh, as the auntie said to the dentist

daily dose of estragon @craigburley.com · 15h

Oh don't tell me the number ok, I'm sure this is another area I'm falling well short

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daily dose of estragon @craigburley.com · 16h

I realize you don't think that is actually a "price", either because it is not public or because it is not properly relatable to value, but that is what other people call a price.

daily dose of estragon @craigburley.com · 16h

David "the price of something is what someone will pay for it" is not circular. That is what "price" means. We _define_ the price of something as what gets paid for it, and that's why the price of OpenAI stock is what someone pays for it, in this case from these vendors, option- and grant-holders

daily dose of estragon @craigburley.com · 17h

Is that the valuation? It was the *valuation*. Do *I* think it's worth $500 billion? No, I think it's worth its liquidation value, which is something north of zero and something south of 10% what these guys are paying. But its value was certainly its value to the people shelling out ten billion bux.