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Sophie Lawson @lawsonsv.bsky.social · 8h

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BonBon🤌 @roadreclaimed.bsky.social · May 9

@johnfugelsang wrote on
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"JD Vance is a fusion of every kid that vanished on the
Wonka Factory tour."

@stevehofstetter replied on 5/9/25-

"Oompa Loompa Doopety Dope.
Who fucked a couch and murdered the Pope?"

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 11h

Sam Altman went from “AI will cure cancer" to "ChatGPT porn" in less than a month

ChatGPT boss predicts when AI could cure cancer

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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Sophie Lawson @lawsonsv.bsky.social · 10h

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children of the corncob @bisk.sureis.sexy · 16h

fuck off with this shit you racist cunts.

i forgot the word "tumbledryer" the other day so i called it a tumbley bumbley and english is my only fucking language.

abolish the home office.

Changes to the English language requirement were first reported in May when the government published their early plans in the immigration white paper. The new standard requires people to express themselves “fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expression” and to be able to communicate flexibly in social, academic and work situations.

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Sophie Lawson @lawsonsv.bsky.social · 11h

This was dinner and it was legit, would rec www.youtube.com/shorts/ZKnaG...

Three Cup Chicken #30minutemeals #threecupchicken #shorts

YouTube video by Derek Chen

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Sophie Lawson @lawsonsv.bsky.social · 18h

A former co-worker used to call a particuarly shitty manager of ours a cock-juggling thundercunt, yet that doesn't even begin to scratch the surface for what a deplorable shit stain Infantino is

Nick McGeehan @ncgeehan.bsky.social · 23h

Gianni Infantino's latest Instagram post on how FIFA is going to help the Palestinians is only for those with strong stomachs. Infantino appears to be laying the ground to buy off the Palestinian Football Association and get them to drop their complaint against Israel, which has FIFA in a corner.

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Sophie Lawson @lawsonsv.bsky.social · 19h

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Sophie Lawson @lawsonsv.bsky.social · 20h

Homer saying, “Nobody snuggles with Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer Intersex Asexual Mega Awesome
eXtreme. You strap yourself in and feel the Gs!”

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Sophie Lawson @lawsonsv.bsky.social · 20h

Share a cartoon from the past that kids today have probably never heard of

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Sophie Lawson @lawsonsv.bsky.social · 21h

Coalition?

a man with a beard is standing in front of a glass door .

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A.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social · 2d

The biggest takeaway from this graph is that six of the seven most unpopular prime ministers since records began are *the last six prime ministers we've had*

Does this look like the politics of a functional democracy?

Six of the seven most unpopular prime ministers since records began are *the last six prime ministers we have had*

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Niao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 1d

One the one hand - thanks? On the other hand, seeing Brits do mental arithmetic on 'desirables vs undesirables' doesn't feel right. It seems like we're in the 'desirables' bucket simply because they think HKers are productive and not because they are actually deserving of some dignity as *people*

Joel Chan @kjoules.org · 2d

“If Britain has no space for a group like the Hongkongers, then our national panic over immigration will surely have gone too far. This country needs some immigration, and if it is not the productive & educated exiles from Hong Kong, to whom we also have a moral duty, then who will we let in?”

Hong Kong’s migrants are the ones we need

Tightening the rules makes life harder for 160,000 highly educated and employable refugees

www.thetimes.com

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SimpsonsQOTD @simpsonsqotd.bsky.social · 1d

"Ooh! Look at me. I'm making people happy.
I'm the magical man from Happy Land
In a gumdrop house on Lollipop Lane."

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Jesus Lizard Superstar 🖤 🐀🐀🐀 @acekatana.bsky.social · 1d

Great, we made a computer that doesn’t understand binary. Good job guys

Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 3d

As an example: AI doesn't understand "no." Because the statements "no ketchup on my burger" and "ketchup on my burger" are almost identical to a machine that does not and cannot actually reason. It's only a 2 letter difference.

AI doesn't know 'no' – and that's a huge problem for medical bots

Many AI models fail to recognise negation words such as “no” and “not”, which means they can’t easily distinguish between medical images labelled as showing a disease and images labelled as not showin...

www.newscientist.com

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Sophie Lawson @lawsonsv.bsky.social · 1d

C'mon Reign, #ThankLu was right there

Seattle Reign FC @reignfc.com · 1d

From Day One to Forever ✨

Can’t wait to celebrate you this Friday, Lu! #ThankYouLu

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Sam Whyte @samwhyte.bsky.social · 1d

I know people have mixed feelings about the term "hope", but Raymond Williams was on to something with “to be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair convincing.”

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Will Jeanes @willjeanes.bsky.social · 1d

Cape Verde have just become the smallest country by area to ever qualify for the World Cup.

The nation is smaller than 49 of the 50 U.S. states and could have fit into the Soviet Union — the largest country to ever play at the World Cup — 5,554 times.

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Sophie Lawson @lawsonsv.bsky.social · 1d

We are, once again, a real country

Gareth L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 1d

What?

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 2d

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 3d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
"
Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Sophie Lawson @lawsonsv.bsky.social · 1d

hell yeah

a cat in a pink shirt is sitting in a green basket of salad .

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Sophie Lawson @lawsonsv.bsky.social · 1d

six for six beybeh

HuffPost @huffpost.com · 1d

If you're constantly snacking, always ordering takeout or these other signs, it could point to something bigger.

6 Seemingly Harmless Eating Behaviors That Are Actually Linked To ADHD

If you're constantly snacking, always ordering takeout or these other signs, it could point to something bigger.

www.huffpost.com

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 2d

BBC News explain that because of Brexit, Brits will be photographed and have their fingerprints taken when going into the EU, as the UK now is a third country

BBC News forget to explain that the UK helped create these rules when we were part of the EU because we wanted stronger border control

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 1d

They always start with free speech. It sounds reasonable, doesn’t it? Free speech? And they can use it to shut down anyone who criticises them, because it’s all “free speech”

After “free speech” it’s “protecting women and girls”

And then it’s whatever they actually wanted.

Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 1d

The right-wing campaign group that helped topple Roe v Wade in the US is now working to roll back abortion laws in the UK, with the help of Nigel Farage.

Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

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Sophie Lawson @lawsonsv.bsky.social · 2d

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