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David Haralson @laughlax.bsky.social · 49m

yes ma'am

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David Haralson @laughlax.bsky.social · 1h

Out, damned spot!

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woketoberpus @woketopus.bsky.social · 2h

another influx of new users means another chance to review the rules

woketoberpus @woketopus.bsky.social · Jul 24

hi newskies! some rules:

1) buy it
2) use it
3) break it
4) fix it
5) trash it
6) change it
7) mail, upgrade it
8) charge it
9) point it
10) zoom it
11) press it
12) snap it
13) work it
14) quick erase it
15) write it
16) cut it
17) paste it
18) save it
19) load it
20) check it
21) quick rewrite it

doug @goodkid-saadcity.bsky.social · Jul 24

welcome to bluesky. we have rules here:

1) park that car
2) drop that phone
3) sleep on the floor
4) dream about me

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David Haralson @laughlax.bsky.social · 3h

There's a gas power plant to replace it, though it's smaller and those don't need near as much staff anyway. Tbh a lot of the workers are retirement age so things lined up decently there, at least for those individuals.

There's stuff going on, but idk that it'll employ as many people...

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David Haralson @laughlax.bsky.social · 3h

Yep! Last I recall, the Lotsa Motsa in Delta is really good, too.

Granted, it's been something like 8 years since I've been there.

The Topaz Museum there (as in, Camp Topaz the WWII internment camp) is small but very nice, too.

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David Haralson @laughlax.bsky.social · 3h

It's decision time. Do I call up a couple old acquaintances and see if I can get a tour of this place next week before the coal plant officially closes?

It's a mere 2 hours' drive away... (P.S., anyone wanna come with?)

Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 12d

In today’s @latimes.com: My column on California’s last coal plant, which is finally closing next month. It’s located in Utah and operated by the city of Los Angeles. I spent a few days poking around: www.latimes.com/environment/...

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David Haralson @laughlax.bsky.social · 4h

I have bad news for you 😔

The song has 38,339,134 plays on Spotify.

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David Haralson @laughlax.bsky.social · 6h

You know what, go wild

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David Haralson @laughlax.bsky.social · 6h

Well, yeah

I guess that might not be a given anymore though I don't think I've come across much audioslop yet, if I've come across any at all

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David Haralson @laughlax.bsky.social · 6h

Alright, folks. I need some music recommendations, STAT!

Here's the criteria, though: it needs to have less than 100,000 plays on Spotify.

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David Haralson @laughlax.bsky.social · 7h

And boy are Utah Republicans throwing everything against the wall right now to try and stop it

Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 1d

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Exactly two weeks after the Utah Republican Party endorsed map C in Utah’s court-stipulated redistricting process, the party has filed paperwork to run a referendum to repeal map C and an initiative to ask the legislature to repeal Proposition 4.

www.abc4.com/news/politic...

www.abc4.com

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Noah @ncallaway.bsky.social · 23h

The feds that did this must go to jail.

If they don’t go to jail, our society is going to go to a very bad place.

We’re going to learn that the justice system exists for a very pragmatic reason

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 23h

Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

X post today from Homeland Security @DHSgov that says "Remigrate."
3:06 PM · Oct 14, 2025

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isaac @sevier.io · 21h

Lessons from Connecticut should be applied here and then some, for the context in the South. Many people told me I was being too skeptical about this regulator’s potential, but she resigned exhausted and emotionally done after just one term. ctmirror.org/2025/09/19/m...

Marissa Gillett to resign as PURA chair amid growing scrutiny

Gillett was controversial among utilities and lawmakers, and critics accused her of wielding unilateral control over the ratemaking process.

ctmirror.org

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David Haralson @laughlax.bsky.social · 20h

Piano will do that too, I can reach a whole white key farther with my left hand than with my right

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David Haralson @laughlax.bsky.social · 21h

Go Jerry! I agree!

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David Haralson @laughlax.bsky.social · 21h

I hadn't seen this yet, but hey would you look at that. They want to get around having to draw a fair electoral map, by whatever means possible. They are seriously throwing *everything* at the wall for this, because they know exactly how much gerrymandering gooses up their supermajority.

Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 1d

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Exactly two weeks after the Utah Republican Party endorsed map C in Utah’s court-stipulated redistricting process, the party has filed paperwork to run a referendum to repeal map C and an initiative to ask the legislature to repeal Proposition 4.

www.abc4.com/news/politic...

www.abc4.com

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David Haralson @laughlax.bsky.social · 21h

Ugh

Republicans in Utah love to talk about "The Utah Way" and being different from the national party, but when you look past the talk you can see they're clamoring for unchecked power just as strongly as any other Republicans.

David @dkuofu.bsky.social · 22h

Cox is going to pack the court.

I've said it before—Cox is happy to do almost anything the legislature wants, but he's very conscious of appearances so they have to sell him on some veneer of an excuse he can parrot to the media. In this case? "He's giving the court more resources"

Cox said Tuesday he may now support a dead proposal from earlier this year to expand the number of justice on the Utah Supreme Court. The Utah Constitution says the court must have "at least five" justices.

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David Haralson @laughlax.bsky.social · 22h

I mean, what if he means an actual ape that he keeps bored

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Speaker Mike Johnson just said he's completely fine with ICE agents shooting priests in the head with pepper balls and roughing up journalists.

I'm sure he'll tell us soon about how it's the Democrats who are waging a war on religion and free speech though.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: We've seen images out of Chicago of federal agents shooting faith leaders with pepper balls and arresting journalists. Where's the limit for you on what's acceptable conduct by federal agents?

MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.

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David Haralson @laughlax.bsky.social · 1d

And vacuuming right before will generally make things worse by kicking things up into the air!

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 1d

This is some excellent aviation (check thread for recording playback)

ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 1d

A pilot out in Nova Scotia seems to have had some fun yesterday.

www.flightaware.com/live/flight/...

C-GZPT Flight Tracking and History - FlightAware

Flight status, tracking, and historical data for C-GZPT including scheduled, estimated, and actual departure and arrival times.

www.flightaware.com

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David Haralson @laughlax.bsky.social · 1d

Does it have to be willful for them to be traitors, though?

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Aaron Leong @aarondleong.com · 3d

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Micah @rincewind.run · 1d

I know the headline everyone's running with is "erotica" but "we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues" and "we are putting personality back in ChatGPT so it will act like a friend" are diametrically opposed statements

that's the cause of most of the mental health issues

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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