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Andrew is made of MEAT @formaldehydefce.bsky.social · 8h

I had to pause this because I was laughing too hard!

gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 14h

“I know I make people feel uncomfortable! That’s my entire brand.”

Climate Defiance interrupting a Cuomo presser in the best possible way.

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Andrew is made of MEAT @formaldehydefce.bsky.social · 14h

The conservative supreme court is indicating that they're going to scrap the voting rights act. We now go live to the Democrat response:

bender from futurama says " somebody other than me " on a poster

Alt: bender from futurama saying "somebody other than me, do something"

media.tenor.com

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 16h

Pre-RIP Catturd, you’ll need to find a job and it will kill you

👹👻 boo-rit 👻👹 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 17h

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Dominic Michael Tripi &
@DMichaelTripi
X.com
NEW: X executive says creator monetization program may potentially be ended, saying that the system does
"more harm than good."
10:27 AM • 10/15/25

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Andrew is made of MEAT @formaldehydefce.bsky.social · 15h

Day 14: Phenomenal

If my mother could hear the phone ringing, she didn’t pay it any mind. She was too busy staring up at the miraculous display. Cresting waves of amethyst and apple stole our gaze as the unexpected aurora painted the skies of our southern town. It was like nothing we’d ever seen.

I asked how long it would last, but she didn’t have the answer. She told me to enjoy it. My mother wasn’t a scientist, she just knew how to appreciate beauty. She knew this was special.

But the lights got too bright… Too many colors. The phone kept ringing.

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · Mar 21

I think all evil cars should be called Christines and we should have Christine movies like we have vampire movies. Oh no, a Christine!

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merritt @merrittk.com · 16h

hello twitter users who are just joining us! we're happy to have you on bluesky. you're just in time for "wet wet wednesdays" where we all share the sauces, gravies, and marinades we're working on

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Andrew is made of MEAT @formaldehydefce.bsky.social · 17h

Nazi country.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 17h

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

www.thewrap.com

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Andrew is made of MEAT @formaldehydefce.bsky.social · 17h

The way one thing just went wrong and I screamed for 5 whole minutes in my empty house until my throat hurt 🤪💅🏾 #blessed

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Danny Lore @weredawgz.blacksky.app · 23h

If you are a writer that does this

You are one of the people i respect the least in the creative sphere

You are so selfish and lead headed that you should feel like you’re stepping on Legos constantly

mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 23h

weird phenomenon i keep encountering where “writers” correctly identify the soul-sucking danger that large language models pose to their craft, but for some reason have no problem using generative AI to make images. like….are you stupid!!!!

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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 19h

Nope. Nope. Nope.
Not cool.
Not here.
Not ever.

We will keep working with real translators and narrators (and artists and proofreaders and authors and...) without any of this "AI" bullshit.

The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 20h

The 2025 Frankfurt Book Fair heard that developments in AI audiobooks mean publishers will no longer have to decide whether to translate a book, but instead just choose which market to translate into 👇 #FBM25

AI audio means publishers ‘don’t have to choose whether to translate, only which market’, FBF hears

ebx.sh

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Andrew is made of MEAT @formaldehydefce.bsky.social · 1d

Shout out to the friends that make sure you ate today 💚

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Andrew is made of MEAT @formaldehydefce.bsky.social · 1d

You're welcome! I love looking at pictures of plants that have it, so I Google it every once in a while. Enjoy the weird plants!

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Andrew is made of MEAT @formaldehydefce.bsky.social · 1d

I adore fasciation. I love when plants be gettin weird with it.

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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 1d

The use of AI to marionette a woman whose tortured existence was spent trying to carve her own life and identity out of the space men forced her into is both damningly macabre and a surprisingly perfect encapsulation of the problems with this ghoulish use of technology.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 3d

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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Andrew is made of MEAT @formaldehydefce.bsky.social · 1d

Me when I see a new gray hair in my beard

a close up of a man 's face with his mouth open .

Alt: a close up of Kylo Ren's face with his mouth screaming "MORE!!!"

media.tenor.com

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Andrew is made of MEAT @formaldehydefce.bsky.social · 2d

Bea Arthur covered in tan, paisley blankets up to her chin. She's yelling "How come you're alive?"

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Andrew is made of MEAT @formaldehydefce.bsky.social · 2d

Five bottles that have bright, inviting colors in them against a white background. They say things like "NXT", "POWERTONE", "TRAUMACARE", and "FASTEX". They're bottles of embalming fluid and they honestly look delicious. You look like something you'd buy at a gas station in the 90s. The text reads, "inspired by true thoughts I have. Embalming fluid looks delicious"

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Andrew is made of MEAT @formaldehydefce.bsky.social · 2d

Day 13: Embalm

“They say it’s ‘just for the bodies’, but I have a body, so that means it’s for me! I’m kidding, but I’m also kind of not kidding. I won’t drink them. I might. I won’t! Jeez… But I want to. A little. Part of me wants to drink them, but not enough of a part for you to be this worked up.

I mean, you’re getting upset with ME, but I didn’t make embalming fluid look like that!”

“...Okayyyy. Well, thank you for coming in, and you should hear from us about the position in the next week or so.”

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Andrew is made of MEAT @formaldehydefce.bsky.social · 2d

Day 12: Corduroy

A teddy bear’s job is to protect the child. No one teaches us this, we just know it when those final stitches bind our fabric. We must protect the child.

But I keep failing.

The man hands me to the child. He can’t hear my vow, but maybe that’s best. When I fail him, he won’t be shocked. He’ll just be scared like the rest, and then quiet.

I think about all the ways I could stop the bad man, but whatever drives him is more powerful than me.

He silences the boy. I vow to save the next one.

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Andrew is made of MEAT @formaldehydefce.bsky.social · 2d

Day 11: Indulge

One piece of cake and everyone is losing their minds. Like, actual screaming. I look at them all and take another huge bite while flipping them the bird. This is my party, so why shouldn’t I have any of the cake? How is that fair?

People are crying. Can you fucking believe it? Over a cake! My husband fainted! So dramatic! God forbid I get a taste of icing and fondant before everyone eats it all!

All I want is one piece. Then I’ll get back in the box and you can put me in the ground. Quit your bitching.

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Andrew is made of MEAT @formaldehydefce.bsky.social · 2d

Day 10: Frills

When I woke up, my throat burned like hell. Whatever settled in my lungs was almost impossible to cough out.

My apartment was pitch black, despite the hour and ample windows. I hadn’t paid for transparency this month. Ironic. Opting for the “no frills” plan allowed all the nasty air particulates in, but none of the light. Fortunately, there were the ads.

Pop-up after pop-up materialized on every surface. Flashing letters and AI dancers with unholy anatomy lit my way to my front door. I just needed to hold on a few more weeks until I could afford premium again.

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 2d

I just don't know how you see a story like this and think "yes, this is exactly the kind of technology I want in the classroom."

NBC4 Washington @nbcwashington.com · 2d

Two families are suing AI companies after they say chatbots contributed to their children's suicides.

‘He would be here if not for ChatGPT': Grieving parents sue AI companies

It has become a trusted companion for millions of teens. But it’s not a person. It’s an algorithm powered by artificial intelligence – one that’s trained to generate human-like responses. And some fea...

www.nbcwashington.com

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Andrew is made of MEAT @formaldehydefce.bsky.social · 2d

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Andrew is made of MEAT @formaldehydefce.bsky.social · 2d

I recommend this film to *everyone*. I flippantly watched it in the middle of the day on a laptop and it scared the fuck out of me.

I've since watched it on a proper screen at the proper time of day.

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Toonces the Cat would steer this country better @bankuei.bsky.social · 2d

"never invent data" lol. AI can't tell what it means to "invent" or "lie". These instructions you throw at it are just weighting word probabilities based on the random text pulled from the internet. It has no understanding of what ANY word actually means.

Des Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social · 2d

Seeing people nonchalantly post stuff like makes me feel like I'm going crazy honestly.

A post from an academic on blue sky that says: "I'm learning about "prompt engineering" when asking LLMs to extract data. I now add this to all instructions:

Style
Be concise, analytic, and specific (cite page/figure if provided). If essential info is missing, keep going but flag Unclear and exact data needed. Never invent data.

#academicsky"

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