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R @ersquare.bsky.social · 1h

Yeah the TV licence is expensive, but tickets for the sumo wrestling at Royal Albert Hall were £250 a pop, so… www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/c...

Sumo Wrestling LIVE: Watch Grand Sumo Tournament from Royal Albert Hall, London

Follow live BBC Coverage of the Grand Sumo Tournament from Royal Albert Hall, London as it returns for the first time in 34 years.

www.bbc.co.uk

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R @ersquare.bsky.social · 2h

50 Shades of GrAi

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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Mr Market Miscalculates 🇪🇺🇺🇦🏴‍☠️ @mrmarketmis.bsky.social · 3h

In 2025 alone, you morons have withdrawn support for Ukraine, told Europe to f**k off, jailed Korean workers in the US and applied tariffs on India (and others)

But now that China has you by the balls you want a 'fulsome group response' with allies?!?

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Mayfair Cynic @mayfaircynic.bsky.social · 8h

Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been chatting with chatbots naked

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R @ersquare.bsky.social · 23h

Trump is going to make the Argentinian left great again.

R @ersquare.bsky.social · 1d

“Humanities degrees are worthless”, says man who pays science graduates hundreds of millions to crack how to teach robots to write erotica.

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Tuffy @smtuffy.bsky.social · 1d

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R @ersquare.bsky.social · 1d

We “upgraded” to Office365 at work, including Copilot and killer features such as “Copy with Copilot” (??) “Choose a background theme with Copilot” (???) and “Please we’re begging you to use Copilot” (ok I made up that last one).
The future is bright…

R @ersquare.bsky.social · 1d

Would explain a lot

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 1d

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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R @ersquare.bsky.social · 1d

How dare we accuse them of being exactly the kind of people they actually are?

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1d

Turns out your assumptions about what republican group chats are like is correct 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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Billie Etchison @sybilte420.bsky.social · 1d

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R @ersquare.bsky.social · 1d

I guess the bond vigilantes will just patiently wait then.

🚨 Live Stock Market News @tradersclub.bsky.social · 1d

French PM Lecornu: The government is suspending pension reform until the next presidential election.

R @ersquare.bsky.social · 1d

For all the talk of declining sales of Tesla in Europe, Europeans are actually very bad at boycotting US products and services (such as tourism) more generally.

Justin Fox @byjustinfox.bsky.social · 1d

The tourism decline is being driven mainly by Canadians. International visits from the rest of the world are still up modestly. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Chart showing international visitors to the US, divided by whether they're from Canada (down sharply this year), Mexico (up) or overseas (down slightly)

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R @ersquare.bsky.social · 1d

If you are 50x leveraged and the price goes down 3%, can you lose >100%? asking for a bro…

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R @ersquare.bsky.social · 1d

Flashbacks from Fintwit in its hay days…

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R @ersquare.bsky.social · 1d

Given Trump’s age it’s “déjà vu” for us, “déjà oublié” (already forgotten) for him.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 1d

US-China déjà vu all over again on.ft.com/3J8WJOm | opinion

US-China déjà vu all over again

Trump’s latest piece of brinkmanship is likely to result in another climbdown

on.ft.com

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Tomas Hirst @tomashirstecon.bsky.social · 1d

So, in the interest of fairness there are proposals to reform council tax and stamp duty in ways that close gaps around v high value properties (mostly in London). These are reasonable - but ultimately we don’t want reforms to be revenue *neutral* right now. www.ukonward.com/wp-content/u...

www.ukonward.com

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R @ersquare.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning to you too, Bloomberg.

Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 1d

The UK is making it easier for flood defense projects to access public funds as climate change increases the risk to homes

UK Lowers Barriers to Access Public Flood Defense Funding

The UK is making it easier for flood defense projects to access public funds as climate change increases the risk to homes.

bloom.bg

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R @ersquare.bsky.social · 1d

The house must be pretty big too, for the car to be so far away.

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R @ersquare.bsky.social · 2d

Basically a political prisoner at this point…

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R @ersquare.bsky.social · 2d

Darts, this famous game of… bluff?

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Luke Littler’s poker face may be the key to his dominance in darts | Sean Ingle

A new study shows twitches and involuntary movements between throws can lead to things going wrong at the oche

www.theguardian.com

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R @ersquare.bsky.social · 2d

Make payments cheaper? Hahahaha

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R @ersquare.bsky.social · 2d

Her: “Let’s watch a movie tonight”
Him: “Sure”
[Later]
Him: “Hey, what about that movie?”
[She doesn’t replied, absorbed in social media]
[They do not watch anything]

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R @ersquare.bsky.social · 2d

“Will pump coins for votes and donations.”

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