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DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHT

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DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHT @dismalchips.bsky.social · Jul 27

Right. If you say anything at all about how utterly shit and reactionary Labour are right now, you are guaranteed to get some smug shiny-brained dickhead popping up to tell you you're enabling Reform. And here's the thing.

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jeremy kaplowitz @jeremykaplowitz.com · 1h

sorry, but this is how your texts should look 👇

me: i hate Hitler

friend: same i think that guy sucks balls

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Welcome to Night Vale @nightvaleradio.bsky.social · 4h

Hi I'm Johnny Knoxville, and this is continuing to go to my email job during These Times.

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Romenzo Mallas @rommallet.bsky.social · 12h

EXPLOSION DE LA CRIMINOULITÉ EN FRANCE

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onion person @junlper.beer · 4h

very annoying that we had to endure about a month of these people going “calling us nazis hurts our feelings” to then immediately be revealed saying nazi shit and going “yup, we want gas chambers. so what libs”

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Return of the Cmonstermacques @cmonmaque.bsky.social · 16h

I love how analysts and governments are beginning to ring an alarm bell of economic crisis 4 times the size of the subprime collapse and Sam Altman is like “who else is horny for computer?”

Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.bsky.social · 16h

I've been quietly suffering ever since I saw Sam Altman use the word 'erotica' this morning.

I've just been occasionally making the kinds of faces he makes naturally.

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DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHT @dismalchips.bsky.social · 5h

"Essen deine schmaltzverbotenbrotchen oder ich will der Fetterman gerufen"

Return of the Cmonstermacques @cmonmaque.bsky.social · 25d

John Fetterman looks and behaves like something germans from the 1800’s warned their grandchildren about

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RL Stine Action @anothersmd.bsky.social · 6h

cc: the spectrum of the labour right to reform

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 8h

Every time a Democrat gets caught on tape saying like “Some Trump voters are racist” we have a national scandal and JD Vance demands an entirely new kind of apology and meanwhile every Republican group chat is like “Good morning fellow SS members. Who’s ready to respect Hitler today?”

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DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHT @dismalchips.bsky.social · 5h

On the basis that towns in horror movies are always called something "Friendly" or "Pleasantvale", I reckon this will actually be really nice and a great place to raise kids.

Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 6h

Normal Delaware place names

Google Map closeup showing the mouth of the Murderkill River by Bowers Beach in Bowers, Delaware. Running alongside the river is Murderkill Ave.

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DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHT @dismalchips.bsky.social · 5h

1% in one poll and I will be doing that like you won't believe.

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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 7h

'Nowhere will be safe for teenagers while I'm around.' is an odd boast, Bill.

William Hague still being a thundering tool after all these years.

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DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHT @dismalchips.bsky.social · 7h

"reading for context" is a wonderful thing. Try it some time.

DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHT @dismalchips.bsky.social · 8h

I missed this at the time but it makes Freedom Fries seem positively rational.

Discontinued FOoOoOoOods! 🎃🍫👻🍬 @discontinuedfoods.bsky.social · Sep 11

Star-Spangled Ice Cream (2003-2009): A line of jingoistic-themed ice cream flavors, launched to "provide a conservative alternative" to Ben and Jerry's. Flavors included "I Hate the French Vanilla", "Iraqi Road", "Nutty Environmentalist" and "RushMallow".

DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHT @dismalchips.bsky.social · 8h

Your first post in the thread used the word "knobhead".

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DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHT @dismalchips.bsky.social · 8h

Khan's in Levenshulme. Four naans/chapatis for a quid, ideal when you have leftover curry.

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DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHT @dismalchips.bsky.social · 8h

You can tell it's popular with the local Pakistani community too. Partly because occasionally see mums from my daughter's school buying stuff there. But mainly because the drinks fridge is about 60% Irn Bru.

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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 9h

We lost nothing but gained the phrase 'all my apes gone', so on balance I feel we're better off for their brief & idiotic existence

I paid £14 billion for this NFT image. Please don't steal it

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DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHT @dismalchips.bsky.social · 8h

Sometimes I get lunch from a little Pakistani takeaway on the high street. It's basic but good, chana daal and two chapatis for four quid. Gone in today and there's a handwritten addition to the menu, achari ghosht and three chapatis. Six quid. That'll be one for the future.

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Gina @brokenbiros.bsky.social · 8h

Medications that sound like Northern Soul singers #1 - Rennie Deflatine

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DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHT @dismalchips.bsky.social · 10h

I am generally not critical of my kids' teachers, it's a tough job but I'd be pretty concerned about this. Purely on a basic "have you actually looked at this?" level.

Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 12h

kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school

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GT @granitetide.bsky.social · 11h

cool they've made the nightmare creatures from the tv show From that take on the form of humans that stand at your window at night asking to come in. cool cool

monster from the TV series From standing at the window holding a bunch of flowers begging to be let inside

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innes @innes.bsky.social · 23h

Text: A computer can never be horny, therefore a computer can never make art

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 13h

It is laughable to think that you can neuter the far right with minor tweaks like this.

How many Conservative or Reform supporters even know that immigrants have to pass a language test? They object to immigration on emotional grounds, not because they have dry objections to eligibility criteria.

To ensure graduates contribute effectively to the economy, the maximum post-study stay will be reduced to 18 months from the current 2 years for most from 1 January 2027. It comes after data clearly showed that many holders had not transitioned into graduate-level employment as intended.
Finance requirements for student visas will also be increased for the 2025 to 2026 academic year, meaning foreign students will have to demonstrate they have sufficient funds to support themselves.

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Brianna Chesser @chessercat.bsky.social · 1d

Actual safety notice from my alma mater:

Ray-Ban Meta sunglasses being used exactly as everyone expected

The techbros are not okay (it’s a completely open campus…not all the buildings, obviously)

UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO
Office of Public Safety

Crime Safety Advisory:
Suspicious Occurrence Reported

Dear USF Community,

We want to make you aware of recent reports of a suspicious occurrence on and around campus. Multiple community members have reported contact from an individual, described as male and wearing Ray-Ban Meta sunglasses, who has approached women with unwanted comments and inappropriate dating questions. Reports indicate that this individual may be attempting to post these interactions online under the account name "pickuplines.pov" on TikTok, Instagram, and possibly other social media platforms.

While no threats or acts of violence have been reported, we want our community to stay informed and take steps to support one another.
If you encounter this individual or any suspicious activity:

Take immediate action to report the incident at the time it occurs by calling Public Safety Dispatch.
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Alex Degen (Magic Serple 2025) @adactivity.bsky.social · 1d

This is cool after the war on everything called “porn” by platforms and payment processors. A machine that stole all your words can generate and sell “erotica” but you can’t haaa

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 1d

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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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 22h

I cannot believe people were losing their jobs for being mildly critical of Charlie Kirk and the president of the united states just went on tv and said "skill issue loser, RIP but I'm different"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

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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