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Cathy Leamy @metrokitty.bsky.social · 5h

Oh man, you know more about the music aspect than I did!

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Cathy Leamy @metrokitty.bsky.social · 5h

Oh wow, I didn’t know about this graphic bio - psyched to hear this episode!

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Rob MacWolf, Werewolf Hitchhiker @robmacwolf.thevoice.dog · 11h

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 · 13h

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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Kate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social · 16h

I am being asked to tell my department which pieces of lab equipment should be supported with backup power because they expect rolling blackouts and brownouts in 2026 due to increased energy demands from AI. In case you're wondering how my day is going.

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🌙Evil Sonny Ross🌞 @sonnyross.bsky.social · 1d

Hello, I'm about to go on parental leave.
Please enjoy this reissued print, now in A3 size, edition of 50.
www.sonnyross.com/shop/shutupa3
#illustration #medieval

An Illustration showing a dragon being slain in a naive medieval style with the caption "SHUT UP". Could be about anyone.

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 14h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Piccalilli @piccalil.li · 22h

It's here. JavaScript for Everyone is now available to…everyone!

The amount of effort and experience packed into this course is unbelievable and we know you're going to love it.

Get yours for £189, down from £249, for 2 weeks and super-charge your career prospects

piccalilli.link/js4e-launch-...

JavaScript for Everyone

A high quality, expansive written course that will elevate your JavaScript skills to a level you never thought was achievable.

piccalilli.link

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99 @ninetynine.bsky.social · 1d

A little frustrating that bsky moderation prevents us from seeing violence like this

Interaction between Derek Guy and Matt Stoller on X, the Everything App. Stoller: "Your weird insecurities aside, you consistently lie that native born Americans can't and never have made clothes, and push offshoring in sleazy ways. Then when confronted you have to talk about your left wing views. You're slime." Guy replies: "not true. i've been writing about and promoting US-made clothes for about fifteen years. an early article that comes to mind is my love for 3sixteen jeans, which are made in los angeles. that was published in 2011, the year the second iraq war ended, a war you promoted."

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Abra, The Everwife 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼👻 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · 1d

"Jimmy Buffett is the King in Yellow to Margaritaville's Carcosa" I thought, causing all of my past therapists to sit bolt upright in bed not knowing why they suddenly felt ashamed of themselves.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu."

Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

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🏳️‍⚧️ Josephine Riesman (Horrifying) @josie.zone · 2d

"Wrote draft in CMS"

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 5d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Cathy Leamy @metrokitty.bsky.social · 2d

I love how much of @maklelan.bsky.social’s scholarship is essentially looking at the Christian Bible through the lens of the corny old joke “What does that billboard say? … It doesn’t say anything. You have to _read_ it! 🤪”
youtu.be/VidaQPd3C6Q?...

The Bible Doesn't Say So | Dan McClellan | TEDxLone Star College

YouTube video by TEDx Talks

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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 3d

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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Cathy Leamy @metrokitty.bsky.social · 3d

important update: BEDTIME

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Cathy Leamy @metrokitty.bsky.social · 3d

NO ONE
NONE DARE

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Cathy Leamy @metrokitty.bsky.social · 3d

what if: screw it, bedtime

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STAT @statnews.com · 3d

Almost the entire staff of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, known as the “voice of the CDC,” has been laid off, former publication editor-in-chief Charlotte Kent told STAT Saturday.
www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...

Deep cuts made to CDC's flagship MMWR publication, a cornerstone of public health

CDC staff behind the agency’s flagship publication have been fired amid drastic cuts to the HHS promised by the White House due to the government shutdown, according to five people familiar with the s...

www.statnews.com

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Cathy Leamy @metrokitty.bsky.social · 3d

Man, even this Boston lady aspires ❤️

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Cathy Leamy @metrokitty.bsky.social · 3d

Because of this guy talking hopeful things about the place? youtu.be/bEvVSpN0BXg?...

Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 4d

The editors of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) were apparently fired today.

The precursor to MMWR began in 1878 to address emerging public health threats rapidly.

We are not “great” without it. We are vulnerable to threats from sporadic foodborne illness to bioterrorism.