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David Lublin

@davidlublin.bsky.social

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Writing code, making art, and other stuff. Mostly yelling into the void. He / Him. Profile pic by Fernando Orellana.

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David Lublin @davidlublin.bsky.social · Nov 14

Someone told me that bluesky doesn’t have enough cute animal pics, and they are right. You can never have enough. This is what the Internet was made for.

A tuxedo cat sleeping on a bed with a plaid bedcover

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David Lublin @davidlublin.bsky.social · 8h

No, most people are sane.

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ustadh 🔒 @dragoman.bsky.social · 18h

"God is a somewhat powerful being who is nevertheless endangered by beer brand endorsements" is Evangelical "theology" summed up pretty well

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."

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David Lublin @davidlublin.bsky.social · 11h

One of the best unconfs

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Rob MacWolf, Werewolf Hitchhiker @robmacwolf.thevoice.dog · 14h

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 · 17h

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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Justin @sitkaworldsfair.bsky.social · 12h

“Sure, we’ll believe the people who lie about everything,” said ABC News.

Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 13h

I should note that I do not believe "the cartels" are doing any such thing I believe the United States government is all liars

There is credible intelligence that members of Mexican drug cartels have offered a "tiered" bounty system for hits against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

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Jules Rawlinson @julesrawlinson.bsky.social · 7d

Media archaeology! Max 2.5.2 Disks 1-5 @cycling74.bsky.social

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David Lublin @davidlublin.bsky.social · 15h

They are going to continue to starve people with some bogus excuses? Absolutely inhumane nonsense.

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 20h

There is definitely a misunderstanding that rich people buy a business to make money when sometimes they buy it to simply shut down a market.

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 19h

This is exactly how I feel about Bari Weiss at CBS News. If she turns it into a functioning conservative outlet, she’s done her job, and if she causes it to fully implode, she’s done her job almost as well.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 20h

Why would a billionaire want a functioning paper? Functioning papers cover shit like “did you know this billionaire makes his workers pee into bottles instead of taking a break” and “you pay way more tax than a guy with ten yachts”

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17h

"a test"? you mean...a violation?

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

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 18h

Just so everyone is clear, the main issue in the Supreme Court voting rights case tomorrow is whether it's racist against white people to enforce the Voting Rights Act.

I'm dead serious. We live in incredibly stupid times.

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David Lublin @davidlublin.bsky.social · 18h

Why would I want to see that?

David Lublin @davidlublin.bsky.social · 18h

How does it feel to be a bunch of fascist boot lickers? You could be calling this fake trade war what it is, a far right power grab, instead of whatever this bullshit is trying to accomplish.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 18h

i'm just a little independent journalist but i don't think the credibility of your reporting should be dependent on access to a paid government mouthpiece

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.com · 19h

"...whenever you are at peace with the making of an exception, you make it easier to make another exception — wherever, whenever.”

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Thinking about how much of their violence has been normalized already, how scenes that caused shockwaves 6 weeks ago are now part of the rhythm of daily life. Watched a TikTok from a daughter who has to do her parents' laundry & get their groceries because they're in hiding. This is just it now

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stu (halloween variant forthcoming) @rinbcage.bsky.social · Dec 27

You can tell that he was standing in front of a green screen

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Guy Trivago @convolutedname.bsky.social · 20h

It's tucked into this Atlantic article about Searchlight, but I actually want to read more about how the contrarian debate seems to be driven largely by one donor advisor and/or his billionaire clients.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 20h

wow. bezos has destroyed this paper.

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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Stellaween? @antlervel.vet · 20h

Dreamed last night that Skrillex, an artist I have never listened to and am unsure if he still does stuff, released a CBD drink called Skrelax. “The ultimate in skrelaxation”. Ok

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David Lublin @davidlublin.bsky.social · 20h

It would be great if Cuomo got this memo too, but instead he’s out there with “both sides” nonsense. It is so weird that you won’t come out and endorse Zohran for mayor over a creep like Andrew Cuomo.

Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 1d

Pathetic

David Lublin @davidlublin.bsky.social · 20h

(And also some of the women characters 😭)

David Lublin @davidlublin.bsky.social · 21h

Especially right now it is probably still very relevant, the way they basically predicted (sentient super AI aside 😂) the extent of the surveillance state we live under, and how it will be used against us.

David Lublin @davidlublin.bsky.social · 21h

You have to get over one of the main actors being a total right wing nutcase IRL, but other than that it is one of my favorite shows, if you watch it feel free to constantly DM me with updates so I can watch vicariously through you.