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Marshal Burr @marshalburr.bsky.social · 5h

Absolute insane move that may have taken me out of competing. Hopefully it’s not too bad.

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SFGATE @sfgate.com · 1d

Spotify responded that the ads do not violate its policies.

Spotify is running ICE hiring ads boasting wild signing bonuses

Spotify responded that the ads do not violate its policies.

bit.ly

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Darkgem @darkgem.art · 9h

Been thinkin...

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felipe 🐺 @macholobo.bsky.social · 4d

brent 4 da hubby

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Marshal Burr @marshalburr.bsky.social · 10h

a cartoon girl with long black hair wearing a yellow top

ALT: a cartoon girl with long black hair wearing a yellow top

media.tenor.com

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Brute&Brawn @bruteandbrawn.bsky.social · Oct 2

Werebear
From Oct. '23 on Patreon
patreon.com/bruteandbrawn

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Marshal Burr @marshalburr.bsky.social · 12d

Protests are meant to be a threat. It’s not a picnic with signs.

It’s meant to say “look at us. If you don’t change your ways and listen, we will bring your house down on you and take everything you care about from you”

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Marshal Burr @marshalburr.bsky.social · 1d

Peaceful, nonviolent protests only work if your opponent sees your suffering and is moved to compassion and understanding

Do you really expect that the people oppressing us will be moved to tears by our suffering?

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Marshal Burr @marshalburr.bsky.social · 11h

Seeing this shit again today

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Dale Ryder @kryton3298.bsky.social · 21h

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Marshal Burr @marshalburr.bsky.social · 15h

Hoping to put on a good showing. I shouldn’t be so nervous, since I’m tapping black belts now, but it being my first comp and having an actual audience is nerve wracking

a close up of a brown bear 's face against a black background .

ALT: a close up of a brown bear 's face against a black background .

media.tenor.com

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Marshal Burr @marshalburr.bsky.social · 15h

Oh boy it’s coming up fast.

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Mr. Chau @srirachachau.bsky.social · 16h

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 · 16h

what even happened on the other site this time

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Marshal Burr @marshalburr.bsky.social · 17h

They sure haven’t shown it.

This is a bullshit attempt at some copaganda

The Ken Harbaugh Show @thekenharbaughshow.bsky.social · 18h

When our National Guard is forced to choose between protecting ICE and protecting US...

...they will choose US.

Unite For Veterans Coalition @unite4vets.bsky.social · 1d

Americans know the National Guard. The National Guard are your neighbors. They are members of your community. When deployed, they are there to help the community, not harm them.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d

1. Yesterday, the press gave Gavin Newsom favorable coverage for signing pro-LGBTQ+ bills.

Little noticed, however, was that he vetoed one of the most important ones: a bill allowing trans people 12 month HRT stockpiles, protecting them from federal threats.

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Gavin Newsom Vetoes Important HRT Stockpiling Bill For Trans Californians, Signs Other Pro-LGBTQ+ Bills

The bill would have allowed transgender people to maintain a safe supply of medication in the era of government crackdowns on care.

www.erininthemorning.com

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 20h

"The president is illegitimate and should be removed from office" is the minimum pitch for anyone nominally opposing him

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 20h

Trump is upfront in saying he will use the shutdown to punish Democrats, and here are the receipts. About $27.2 billion cut from Dem districts compared to about $0.7 billion in GOP districts.
We all complain about the media, but need this type of in-depth journalism.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown (Gift Article)

The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.

www.nytimes.com

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 19h

Almost like we founded the entire country on opposing this exact sentence.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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Babanasaur @babanasaur.bsky.social · 1d

Artfight done for poweredbygif a bit ago.

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doodlelotl @doodlelotl.bsky.social · 22h

axolotl x alligator

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Badly Drawn Bears @badlydrawnbears.bsky.social · 1d

Every single person you see is fighting problems just like you. Except you are more sexy. Xox

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Bakemonoy @bakeboy.bsky.social · 1d

Bandit’s looking for something to eat. 🍑
Bandit está procurando algo para comer. 🍑

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Marshal Burr @marshalburr.bsky.social · 1d

Peaceful, nonviolent protests only work if your opponent sees your suffering and is moved to compassion and understanding

Do you really expect that the people oppressing us will be moved to tears by our suffering?

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Hard Drive @hard-drive.net · 1d

Sam Altman has said any workers who are displaced by OpenAI will be given free transportation to the nearest culling facility where they will be summarily slaughtered and converted into a nutritious paste meant to be consumed by busy tech executives who don’t have time for regular meals.

Sam Altman explains Open AIs vision for a world where no one goes hungry because all the displaced workers will be converted into essential nutrients for other tech executives.

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ᴋᴏꜱᴋᴀꜱʜᴀ @koskasha.bsky.social · 1d

Comfy
For @redradshep.bsky.social

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Rob MacWolf, Werewolf Hitchhiker @robmacwolf.thevoice.dog · 1d

When we write or draw porn or erotica, we get banned from having a bank account and our livelihoods get seized even if we give it away for free.

When billionaires steal what we've written or drawn to churn out a slop-approximate of porn, they're allowed to charge for it.

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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