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melissa @melissaks.bsky.social · 8h

The ‘90s were a frightening time

melissa @melissaks.bsky.social · 8h

Why are there *three* songs by 98°??

Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 10h

Welcome new Bluesky users, to prove that your are at least 36 years old, the minimum age for this website, please list your favorite song on the first ten volumes of Now! That’s What I Call Music. Please consult this playlist if you need assistance.

music.apple.com/us/playlist/...

Now thats what i call music(US Vol 1-10 by Cooper Lund on Apple Music

Playlist · 174 Songs

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 9h

My X account has >100k more followers than my Bluesky account so it's striking that the post below garnered 15 replies on X & more than 5,000 replies here!

On Threads, 43 people follow my account and 5 replied.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 8d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 9h

“Companies sending representatives to the East Room event include Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Meta Platforms, Alphabet’s Google, Amazon.com and Palantir Technologies, according to the White House.”

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melissa @melissaks.bsky.social · 10h

I hope every Dem running for federal office understands we expect aggressive prosecution of the Trump administration and structural reform so it never happens again. No “back to normal” bullshit and absolutely no “across the aisle.”

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 10h

Feels quaint, almost cliché, to say this about a Trump action, but just for the record:

This is all illegal, the President can't simply disregard the laws passed and agencies created by Congress, and both Vought & Trump would be impeached if the Constitution or the rule of law mattered to the GOP.

Reuters @reuters.com · 16h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

reut.rs

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 12h

That’s $5 billion more than the entire annual USAID budget. All to one country. To rescue one friend of the president’s.

Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 12h

Trump found another $20 BILLION to give to Argentina, totaling their bailout to $40 BILLION.

Yet we can’t afford to prevent millions of Americans from losing their healthcare.

Shame.

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melissa @melissaks.bsky.social · 11h

DONT TAKE HIS SIDE, JERRY

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melissa @melissaks.bsky.social · 11h

Whatever you do, do not—as my husband once did—think your partner might appreciate nail clippers as a Christmas gift

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 12h

The Supreme Court’s majority right wing indicated in oral arguments that they think racism is over on the same day that the vice president defended the “I love Hitler” guy, and that the NYT reported that the current administration plans to accept only white, English-speaking refugees.

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 15h

Holy shit. This is Angelo Elia, a legislative correspondent for Congressman Dave Taylor.

According to @rooster.info, during a Zoom meeting today, he had an American nazi flag displayed in the background.

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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 14h

It's been a fact of my entire working life, but I can't for the life of me understand why open, explicitly partisan gerrymandering is legal in the first place

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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 14h

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

www.politico.com

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melissa @melissaks.bsky.social · 15h

Here’s the post since The Bulwark deleted theirs bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

JD Vance dismisses Young Republicans who in a group chat said "I love Hitler" and joked about slavery and rape as "a bunch of kids" who "told stupid jokes" and adds that "most of the stupid things I did when I was a teenager and young adult, they're not on the internet."

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melissa @melissaks.bsky.social · 15h

Why did @thebulwark.com delete their post of JD Vance saying the GOP racist nazi group chat was just kids being kids?

melissa @melissaks.bsky.social · 15h

1. The people in that chat were grown-ass adults with jobs.
2. My kid is 19 and his group chats are mostly cat photos, food, and roasting each other.

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melissa @melissaks.bsky.social · 19h

If by “blue hair” he means elderly people, yes. My mom’s retirement community and the one down the street have been prepping their signs for two weeks.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Rep. Pat Harrigan: "This No Kings rally -- that's the blue hair, anthropomorphic experiment that's gonna happen up here in Washington DC."

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Jeff Fecke @jkfecke.bsky.social · 20h

I don't care that Nuzzi sexted RF2K. I mean, that's disgusting, but the heart knows what it wants. I care that Nuzzi wrote articles about Biden without disclosing that she was in an intimate relationship with RF2K. That's wildly inappropriate.

It's ethics, not sluttiness, that is the issue.

Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 21h

Everyone in my feed is shitting on Nuzzi. Meanwhile, the other person in the saga is now destroying the medical community and endangering public health.

But let’s slut shame Nuzzi.

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 1d

Scoop: Olivia Nuzzi has written a book during her year in exile, in which she is set to in part address her relationship with RFK Jr. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 19h

GOP’s labor market policy is market protectionism for white men.

Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 20h

"For the first time since the 1960s, the earnings gap between men and women has widened two years in a row...with women earning 80.9 cents for every dollar a man earned in 2024. That compares to women earning 84 cents for every dollar a man earned in 2022."

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Women are taking pay cuts as companies mandate return to office

Researchers are identifying several key factors behind why gender pay gap – which had narrowed steadily over the years – has suddenly widened.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Jesse Dollemore @dollemore.com · 1d

Currently on a flight to Japan watching a Pentagon Assistant Press Secretary (Riley Podleski) work on a document in the open on her laptop. She spent the last hour copy and pasting headlines from articles critical of the Administration’s hostility toward the 1st amendment.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

You gently run your hand through the rack. You can feel it—pure cotton, rich wool, Irish linen. The plump buttonholes are handsewn; the buttons attached with a firm shank. You flip the price tag over. It's affordable

You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month

Headline reads: Altman says ChatGPT will soon allow erotic for adult users.

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What’s the Hold Up Pod Dan @jacketdan.bsky.social · 2d

He did it again for the 5 year anniversary

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T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 1d

My vote in the 2028 D primary for POTUS will hinge almost entirely on the % of this Administration they promise to imprison

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

www.newsweek.com

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Brianna Chesser @chessercat.bsky.social · 1d

Actual safety notice from my alma mater:

Ray-Ban Meta sunglasses being used exactly as everyone expected

The techbros are not okay (it’s a completely open campus…not all the buildings, obviously)

UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO
Office of Public Safety

Crime Safety Advisory:
Suspicious Occurrence Reported

Dear USF Community,

We want to make you aware of recent reports of a suspicious occurrence on and around campus. Multiple community members have reported contact from an individual, described as male and wearing Ray-Ban Meta sunglasses, who has approached women with unwanted comments and inappropriate dating questions. Reports indicate that this individual may be attempting to post these interactions online under the account name "pickuplines.pov" on TikTok, Instagram, and possibly other social media platforms.

While no threats or acts of violence have been reported, we want our community to stay informed and take steps to support one another.
If you encounter this individual or any suspicious activity:

Take immediate action to report the incident at the time it occurs by calling Public Safety Dispatch.
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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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