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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 19m

Remember when Alex Pareene predicted this after Charlottesville in 2017 www.splinter.com/charlottesvi...

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Tristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 24m

I think it would have surprised even the most pessimistic if you'd told people during the 2024 campaign that a year into Government Starmer's team would be negatively briefing against the ECHR and Council of Europe for daring to question their assault on trans rights

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 14m

Trump says a lot of weird and concerning stuff that people just kind of shrug at but right now I’m stuck on how he keeps insisting he’s going to hell

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 16m

There is something about the structure of this tweet: beginning with the fact that OpenAI is exacerbating the mental health of its users so much that the company had to be seen to do *something*
Altman's note that "safeguards made it less fun"
And then his conclusion "but hey, AI PORN SOON, BOYS!"

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 2h

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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Alexandra Gallant-Lee @alexandragallant.com · 13m

"but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing"

"don't worry, we're not just trying to keep you hooked on our product, we def wouldn't do that!"

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Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 1d

Far-right rabble rouser, Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was stopped at the border in a silver Bentley SUV with thousands in cash, a trial has heard.

The serial fraudster was stopped driving a high value car not registered to him with thousands of pounds in the car.

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...

Tommy Robinson refused to give police phone PIN after being stopped on Benidorm drive

The 42-year-old was driving a Bentley SUV to the Spanish tourist hotspot when he was stopped

www.independent.co.uk

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Veronica du Lac (She/Her) @krustyallslopp.bsky.social · 2h

“It’s my work, I’m a journalist,” he said, adding that the phone held information about “vulnerable girls”.

Another snotty little far right sex abuser ?

Imran Bristol @imranicus.bsky.social · 1d

Far-right rabble rouser, Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was stopped at the border in a silver Bentley SUV with thousands in cash, a trial has heard.

The serial fraudster was stopped driving a high value car not registered to him with thousands of pounds in the car.

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...

Tommy Robinson refused to give police phone PIN after being stopped on Benidorm drive

The 42-year-old was driving a Bentley SUV to the Spanish tourist hotspot when he was stopped

www.independent.co.uk

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Natasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social · 3h

So…..Starmer is moving to ban protests against genocide in order to root out the tiny contingent of antisemites who take part (reminder these marches also contain a large Jewish bloc/descendants of Holocaust survivors) but won’t ban future Unite the Kingdom rallies which are explicitly Islamophobic.

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sweetie π @sixfeetofcandy.bsky.social · 3h

when people post they’re leaving here for mastodon

blurry photo of a white and grey pussy cat

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 3h

i think it should be extremely easy to get a job. what do you really risk just throwing me in the mix and seeing what happens? a few dollars in wages, maybe a few more in the unemployment fund? we both know you have the money. I’M the one who doesn’t have the money! because i’m asking you for a job!

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 3h

Me: Sir, Alan Rickman started acting in his mid 40s. He didn't know he was meant to be an actor. But someone gave him the opportunity and he found his calling

Chainsaw Juggler: Do you know how to juggle

Me: No but I'm eager to learn

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 3h

i think it should be extremely easy to get a job. what do you really risk just throwing me in the mix and seeing what happens? a few dollars in wages, maybe a few more in the unemployment fund? we both know you have the money. I’M the one who doesn’t have the money! because i’m asking you for a job!

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rosebongiovanni.bsky.social @rosebongiovanni.bsky.social · 4h

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Earlier, people who tried to go to their homes in the east of Gaza City and in southern Khan Younis were shot and killed by Israeli troops. At least nine Palestinians were killed despite the ceasefire.
#gaza
#GazaCity
#KhanYounis
#ceasefire

‘You cease, I fire’: Israel kills 9 Palestinians despite Gaza truce

Israeli army confirmed it opened fire saying a group of people approached soldiers before being targeted.

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Michael Forshaw @michael4shaw.bsky.social · 3h

great Battenberg potatoes

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

GREER: I think China realizes they've overstepped

CNBC: You think they realize they overstepped? Their statement says 'if forced to fight, China will fight to the end'

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Michael Forshaw @michael4shaw.bsky.social · 3h

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The Louvre of Bluesky @thelouvreof.bsky.social · 3h

The Louvre of Bluesky @thelouvreof.bsky.social · 24d

Bluesky is like if the world was divided into people who are silly and the literal silly police

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The Louvre of Bluesky @thelouvreof.bsky.social · 4h

James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 6h

Next time somebody asks me what Bluesky is like, I'll send them this

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 11h

Many on the right will try and belittle and undermine what’s happening.

But here’s the truth. Tens of thousands are joining Greens. Polls are at record highs. People are just starting to feel hope again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

The truth about the green party's booming membership

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Michael Forshaw @michael4shaw.bsky.social · 5h

'toolmaker guy' waves when Donald Trump asks where he is
'toolmaker guy' is UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer

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Sinan Kose @thesinankose.bsky.social · 11h

If you wanted a graphical summary of Keir Starmer, aside from The Picture you'd show them this.

Camarón 🇵🇸 @mickeymarxclub.bsky.social · 20h

Even the Italian fascist is trying not to laugh

Donald Trump standing at a lectern with a presidential seal on it. He is looking down wearing a navy suit and red tie. He's flanked by other world leaders including Keir Starmer who has his back turned because he's just been humiliated. Giorgia Meloni is trying to hold in her laughter

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Bat Krown 🦇 @katbrownwrites.com · 8h

This sequence of posts sums it up, really. Men are the problem - cis men, who don’t need to change anything about themselves to do harm - but trans people are the scapegoat because tackling men would require a total dismantling of societal structure.

A story about the former Premier League referee David Coote admitting making an indecent image of a child, followed by a story about trans people being at risk of exclusion from many UK public spaces

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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 9h

Absolutely terrifying - the government is leaving communities utterly exposed to the effects of the climate emergency. We urgently need a plan with binding targets for how this govt will protect us as extreme heat and flooding worsen in the years ahead.

Screenshot of a Guardian headline: "Towns may have to be abandoned due to floods with millions more homes in Great Britain at risk"

Subheading: "Every constituency projected to be at greater risk, with many areas likely to be uninsurable, Guardian investigation finds"

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 5h

Uploading the 186,999 photo into the ICBM workstation: "one more should be enough"

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 6h

A man who works for the people overseeing America’s nuclear stockpile has lost his security clearance after he uploaded 187,000 pornographic images to a Department of Energy (DOE) network. Included AI-generated robot porn.

www.404media.co/man-stores-a...

Man Stores AI-Generated Robot Porn on His Government Computer, Loses Access to Nuclear Secrets

A man who works for the people overseeing America’s nuclear stockpile has lost his security clearance after he uploaded 187,000 pornographic images to a Department of Energy (DOE) network. As part of ...

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Alice In Wunderland @aliceinwunderl3.bsky.social · 7h

There quite literally is a *free* designer vagina under communism.

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Chloe Cumming @chloecumming.bsky.social · 8h

Yuss, I have added these four small but perfectly formed drawings (original) to my art store so that someone may buy them. Phew, it is done, please share!

www.chloecumming.com

Work Monkey Realises, a sensitive monkey drawing with vermillion in my sensitive monkey drawing with vermillion series, poignant

Henry VIII with a strange wig and if you look really carefully, a cockerel, delicate and scratchy textury

Slightly smug tilted clown, colourful, warm agfacolor type colours

Tiger in the rain, pink ink cloud, deft small drawing

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