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SlayBeans (or Stephen) @jaybeans.bsky.social · 4h

I passed by the Spaghetti Factory so decided to bring home some spumoni ice cream

I was unprepared for how much they give you when you place a to go order

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 9h

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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SlayBeans (or Stephen) @jaybeans.bsky.social · 6h

Bregman also opts out of his deal, as expected.

So now the waiting game begins, will the two players return to their teams (Bregman to Sox, Bellinger to the Yanks)?

If they can't convince them to come back, that speaks to how their chances of winning appear to players (since both teams have the $)

Red Sox Third Baseman Alex Bregman Makes Decision on Player Option

As anticipated, the 31-year-old will test free agency.

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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 7h

the real plan all along

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19h

Gov. Bill Lee says Trump’s military-police occupation of Memphis “may never end.”

“We have just begun. We do know this is going to last for months… In fact, I will tell you that it will last forever.”

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SlayBeans (or Stephen) @jaybeans.bsky.social · 7h

*NOW* is the time when Hollywood thinks that Leto can't be the face of a franchise?

“No One Asked for This Reboot”: ‘Tron’ May Mark End of Jared Leto’s Franchise-Leading Days

As 'Ares' disappoints, insiders question whether the self-styled boundary-pushing A-lister can still be counted on to carry a franchise vehicle to the bank.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20h

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 8h

If his skin were any thinner it wouldn’t be compatible with life

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 9h

NEW: Pentagon officials are forcing staff to watch Pete Hegseth's "Warrior" speech he forced generals to listen to.

Officials are even "testing" staff to see if they watched — and are threatening consequences if they lie about watching it or if they mock it, sources tell @swin24.bsky.social and I.

The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else

Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.

zeteo.com

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 9h

RESULTS: voters in Oklahoma City have passed all 11 ballot measures that make up this package—unlocking $2.7 billion across hundreds of projects. All measures up by gigantic margins.

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 9h

A set of elections to watch today: Oklahoma City residents are deciding whether to finance $2.7 billion in projects and services, a big chunk to street projects but also large pots for other purposes like funding parks.

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BART @bart.gov · 12h

🚨BART ridership continues to grow 🚨

There have been notable gains on weekends. Saturday ridership this September was nearly 20% higher compared to the previous year. People are taking BART for purposes beyond getting to the office.

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Brittney Bush Bollay @brittneybush.bsky.social · 14h

I love this pro-worker, police-free way to reduce retail theft:
"[Long Beach]’s first-in-the-nation “Safe Stores are Staffed Stores” ordinance requires major retailers to hire more employees and limit self-checkout."

Long Beach Cracks Down on Self-Checkout to Curb Shoplifting

The city’s first-in-the-nation “Safe Stores are Staffed Stores” ordinance requires major retailers to hire more employees and limit self-checkout, drawing praise from unions and pushback from grocers.

www.governing.com

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 10h

It really feels like Sam Altman promised a lot of Very Serious Old People he was going to create capitalist blowjob jesus based off a tech demo, and now that the bottom’s falling out he’s throwing whatever he can think of at the wall to avoid getting disappeared because he wasted all their money.

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Comics Outta Context 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @comiccontext.bsky.social · 23h

A man sits in a chair inside his home next to a large window while outside it is clearly winter with snow everywhere. He’s kind of slumped in the chair wearing a collared shirt and a V-neck sweater and what appears to be a remote control in one hand as he resignedly replies , “Because I refuse to become a cat person.”

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Comics Outta Context 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @comiccontext.bsky.social · 17h

10 fists are raised in the air, most of which can be recognized as being that of Avengers as everyone shouts at once, “VENGEANCE!“

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Comics Outta Context 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @comiccontext.bsky.social · 13h

Iron Man thinks, “We’ve got to get out of here!” He turns to a chained up Spider-Man and whispers, “Spidey! Can you break your chains?”
Spider-Man replies, “Uhhhh…what?”

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🌛Caio Santos Art🌜 @blacksalander.bsky.social · Feb 19

force studies

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Chloé Stawski (Spooky Edition 🎃🦇) @chlowski.bsky.social · 20h

queen of olympus

Fanart of Hera from Hades 2, wearing lingerie and some sort of loose robe showing her shoulder
She has somewhat shorter hair than original design, with peacock tattoo on the left arm and lotus flowers tattoo on left thigh
Lots of gold jewelry, including a big choker necklace

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SPOOKYDEAD💀SKELEHEAD @mikeluckas.bsky.social · 14h

Janine Melnitz "WE GOT ONE!" 👻 #ghostbusters #halloween #art

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Blue Sedition Podcast @blue-sedition.com · 12h

GoFundMe CEO says the economy is so bad that more of his customers are crowdfunding just to pay for their groceries...

Are we winning yet?

finance.yahoo.com/news/gofundm...

GoFundMe CEO says the economy is so bad that more of his customers are crowdfunding just to pay for their groceries

GoFundMe’s CEO says more Americans are crowdfunding everyday essentials like groceries as high costs and strained household finances persist.

finance.yahoo.com

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Ann Monster Lipton @annmlipton.bsky.social · 12h

it's also a private market story. openai and anthropic are private companies, they have a lot of investors- including indirect retail investors, who invest through funding vehicles- but they don't have to make disclosures and if the bubble bursts, those investors will have a lot more trouble suing

Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 15h

Everyone agrees that we're currently in a dotcom era-like AI bubble. People disagree what sort of bubble it is.

There are 3 stories one can tell about the dotcom crash: a startup story, a telecom story, and an accounting fraud story.

My take: it's giving Enron
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...

It's Giving Enron

On the AI bubble, and the various echoes of the dotcom crash

open.substack.com

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Not the Governor of North Carolina; got the handle first @joshstein.bsky.social · 11h

“We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive…” is one of those statements that (if I were consulting on any of the ongoing or prospective lawsuits against OpenAI) I would snag as evidence of actual knowledge of the risks of their product.

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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SlayBeans (or Stephen) @jaybeans.bsky.social · 14h

Baby Scrappy!

Pile Of Garbage @pileofgarbage.net · 1d

Industrious Scrembles!

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FakeEyes @fakeeyes.bsky.social · 15h

“When I did the first Muppet Movie poster, Jim Henson told me that I painted his characters exactly the way he feels about them.”

-Drew Struzan

Muppet Movie poster that I printed up and hung at work a while back. It’s beautiful.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 14h

Dr. Phil went full MAGA and tried to reinvent himself as a MAGA media mogul and culture warrior. Now his world is unraveling, his media company is laying off thousands and had to file for bankruptcy, and he's being sued for fraud. The whole plan is collapsing.

www.rawstory.com/dr-phil-trump/