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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 4h

PSA: don’t block the DHS account on here!

first go through the “following” list of the DHS account because it’s a good list of other accounts to block too.

THEN block the DHS account

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 4h

Also, ayo @jay.bsky.team and the BlueSky team, if you’re gonna permaban Link and Palestinian aid accounts, it’s not a good look if you also don’t ban government accounts engaged in obvious violations of the Hatch Act, which is an actual federal law.

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grimm ☀️ @mugrimm.bsky.social · 5h

Geneva conventions do not apply to replies

Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 10h

oh my god

X post by blue check Arynne Wexler:
"The comedian just before me was Palestinian

It was admittedly a tough crowd, but the set dragged on a little

Then I got up

“Guess he had extra time tonight since he’s no longer holding any hostages”

Reply from X user @ryvolk: "Brave of you to get up there and bomb even when there were no children there."

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 21h

South Korea pushed AI hard in schools. The national program was aborted within months, following massive pushback from students, parents and teachers, after a fortune had already been spent by both the government and education publishers
restofworld.org/2025/south-k...

AI-powered textbooks fail to make the grade in South Korea

South Korea’s AI learning program was rolled back after just four months following a backlash from teachers, students, and parents, underlining the challenges in embedding the technology in education.

restofworld.org

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 1d

Great piece here (and why AI regulation is one of my top three priorities). No surprise that Newsom caved to money, it’s why he should never be president.

Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 1d

CA governor Gavin Newsom vetoed both of the major AI bills on his desk that Silicon Valley meaningfully opposed—one making it illegal for bosses to use AI to fire workers with no oversight, one requiring chatbot sellers to ensure their products do not harm children before marketing to them.

Silicon Valley's capture of our political institutions is all but complete

The tech lobby kills off two key California AI bills, and why it matters. Plus: How Sam Altman played Hollywood with Sora 2, organized mass social media deletions, and more.

www.bloodinthemachine.com

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Joe @joevonhoff.bsky.social · 1d

definitely Kate Winslet

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Mousie @mousie.yogscast.com · 1d

Idk yall could be anyone

Waffle 🧇 @wafflecut.bsky.social · 1d

Learned that an anonymous outside expert on submersibles did an interview with the OceanGate Titan investigation, and they released a transcript, with all the names redacted. The first line of his first answer? "I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic."

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
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Investigation of:
LOSS OF THE SUBMARINE TITAN
IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
ON JUNE 18, 2023
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Accident No.:
*********** * * * * * *
Interview of:
Co-designer/Pilot
Deepsea Challenger
DCA23FM036
via Microsoft Teams
Friday,
July 26, 2024

INTERVIEW OF
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BY LCDR
11 Q. So how did you get yourself started into submersible
12 operations?
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A.
Well, I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic.
When I
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set down the path to make that film, the first thing that I did
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was arrange to be introduced to the head of the submersible
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program at the P.P. Shirshov Institute in Moscow, a guy named
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Professor
I. I did that through a mutual friend
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of ours, a guy named
, who is one of the preeminent
underwater cinematographers in the world. And had been on a
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submersible expedition out to Titanic the previous year with the
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Russians. And that was organized by a Canadian company that was
22 doing an IMAX film which was released under the title Titanica.

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Hannah Pumpkins 🎃 🍂 @hannahposts.bsky.social · 1d

Milhouse's dad pointing to his race car bed, but instead it's a cybertruck. The caption says "her name is aura"

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heather 🌮🔔 @crunchwrap.bsky.social · 1d

This is the best editor's note:

How do you feel about becoming a political lightning rod?

People occasionally just flip [me] off or whatever, but nobody's come up to me and tried to make a statement about anything. Personally, it's kind of dumb. It's just a vehicle. So it's ironic that it would even become a political statement, but nonetheless it is. [Editor’s note: Taylor was arrested and plead guilty to conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding in the January 6 attack on the Capitol. He was later pardoned by President Trump.]

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SwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com · 2d

OK like I get why this might be hard for headline writers but at some point you need to point out you've written the same story like 18 times now with the same exact characters saying the same exact thing endlessly

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2d

Pete Hegseth, the U.S. defense secretary, warned Wednesday that the U.S. would “impose costs” on Russia if it failed to come to the table to secure peace with Ukraine.

Hegseth Warns U.S. Will Impose ‘Costs’ on Russia if Peace Efforts Falter

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth offered unusually strong criticism of Russia, just as Ukraine seeks American Tomahawk missiles.

nyti.ms

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Joe @joevonhoff.bsky.social · 2d

gonna beat the game in one take (I will not): www.twitch.tv/joevonhoff

Twitch

Twitch is the world

www.twitch.tv

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Micah @rincewind.run · 2d

I think two things are true:

1. young republicans were always terrible and racist

2. young republicans become openly hitler-loving groypers is in fact a new and alarming development that is worth paying attention to

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Joe @joevonhoff.bsky.social · 2d

me seeing Candace Owens pop up during Trump 1.0, having watched her crash out on Twitter after you tried to explain the problem with her "attach everyone's real name to their username" idea years earlier

a man in a yellow shirt is sitting in a chair holding a cup and pointing

ALT: a man in a yellow shirt is sitting in a chair holding a cup and pointing

media.tenor.com

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Joe @joevonhoff.bsky.social · 2d

In a world where basic human rights, things as simple as a living wage or going to the doctor or just using the damn public restroom, are being sneeringly taken away, anyone who says they "don't follow politics" or the like is living in massive denial of what politics is and how it affects them.

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Draculanna 🧛🌿👁️ @annacwebs.bsky.social · 2d

I think it should remain possible to work professionally on video games without having to move

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Joe @joevonhoff.bsky.social · 2d

He was, believe it or not, even worse in early access. Surface route still needs another balance pass imo.

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Marcus Hutchins @malwaretech.com · 2d

A common theme of right wing politics is gravitating towards the overly simple and easy sounding solution, which actually does the opposite of what they want. Too many drugs? More drug enforcement. Has this ever worked? No. Will it ever work? No. Do voters understand why it doesn't work? Nope. 1/5

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Eric Trump: "Now every single time a boat goes out of Venezuela it's getting blown up into a million pieces. That's exactly what's happening every single day. I personally have 4 friends who have lost children to fentanyl."

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🦎galileo🍉 @galileogb.bsky.social · 3d

Sonic saying, "Support your local, human, erotica creators. You need chatgpt to suck your e-dick for you? You absolutely fucking LOSER"

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Mr. Chau @srirachachau.bsky.social · 2d

Long story short, an actual Nazi doxxing ring. Enough people reported them that they went away for like 12 hours and then Elon personally brought them back. The site is dead. If you’re still on there, go lock your account right now

chris @knightscrest.bsky.social · 2d

what even happened on the other site this time

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 2d

Battle.net workers unionize as Microsoft neutrality agreement expires
aftermath.site/battle-net-wor...

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Nick Calandra @nickjcal.bsky.social · 3d

Still a lot of people that seemingly don’t know we’re all @secondwindgroup.com now making the best stuff we’ve ever made.

There’s literally nobody left working on video at the old site.

Just a dead brand being used for name recognition for gambling shit.

Nyek London @stupidhoroscope.bsky.social · 3d

Wow The Escapist sure is doing content these days, huh

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Michelle Moore @trebula.bsky.social · 3d

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FragnificentKW @fragnificentkw.bsky.social · 3d

Young left wingers: “trans rights are human rights, healthcare is a human right”

Young right wingers: *actual Nazis*

The media: “extremism is a problem on both sides”

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 4d

Anytime there is a flood in the continental US, it is the biggest story across all social media.

Apparently, the same as not true for a catastrophe in Alaska. There was a typhoon yesterday morning and much of western Alaska is now underwater with homes with people in them just floating away.
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