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Nick @nickduza.bsky.social · 7m

I’m not “purity testing” you. I’m figuring out if you’re gonna let me hide in your house, or if you’re gonna be a Good American.

You need to win, but I need to live.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1h

Fuck this. If “Nazi tattoo” doesn’t cross the line, you have no line.

Emma Vigeland O @EmmaVigeland
X.com
How many people get tattoos that they thought looked cool, but didn't understand the meaning of?
How many vets took mercenary work for a period because the US doesn't support them?
How many young men have shitposted online?
Do we want an authentic working-class party or not?
4:23 PM • 10/21/25 • 71K Views

Nick @nickduza.bsky.social · 1h

Yo turns out I’m just not cool with electing a guy who’s aligned with the ideology of killing people like me for sport

jenny_tightpants🪑 @jtp.bsky.social · 1d

mfs be like "you can't be purity testing we need a big tent" and the "purity test" is minorities objecting people who are trying to toss them out of the tent

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Nick @nickduza.bsky.social · 5h

This one too. He dug his heels in and is claiming to be doing “trench activism.” Insane that a journalist is knowingly & willingly eroding trust in journalism. But here we are.

An AI generated image with a Google Gemini watermark. There are four inflatable animals: a unicorn with human hands, a worried panda, a dinosaur with no eye holes, and a frog with three eyes, raising a flag with 11 stripes. It is vaguely reminiscent of “Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima” by Joe Rosenthal who most certainly did not give permission to turn his award-winning photograph into garbage. A banner floating behind them reads “PEACE & JOY.” It is not connected to anything, it simply floats. Confetti falls from nowhere. Protesters with melted faces and signs that read “DANCE CHANGE” and “LOVE WAR” are fanned out perfectly, directly facing the “camera.” They are on a street that exists in no city anywhere in America, or anywhere in reality, for that matter. The sun is shining. All the pixel people are happy. You, the viewer, are meant to have a feeling of hope.

But alas, you are utterly alone, staring into the uncanny valley, untethered to humanity and reality. It is 2035. You ask yourself as you get your children ready to work their 20-hour shift in the mines, “Were there real protests, with real people, photographed by real photographers at some point in America’s history?” Who’s to say?

OP writes, “I have never seen such a perfect image.”

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Nick @nickduza.bsky.social · 9h

Going all chips-in on a future where nothing is real & the planet is a steaming crater all because you were promised you’ll never have to pay for workers ever again seems… not good.

The only good thing about gen AI is now it’s easy to figure out who’s a sociopath and who’s not.

Nick @nickduza.bsky.social · 19h

this guy teslers

Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 2d

Saying “Censorship is Official: The Grok Boycott starts NOW” to myself all day

Censorship is Official: The Grok Boycott starts NOW.
The moderation and censorship have reached a critical level. For anyone who subscribed for the unfiltered content (Grok Imagine's Spicy Mode, Ani, etc.), the core value proposition has been removed.
The one thing that made Grok unique is being systematically killed. The principles of "free speech" and "uncensored Al" were clearly just marketing until the app stores or regulators frowned.
It's incredibly frustrating to invest in a service based on its unique, anti-censorship stance, only to watch it fold and become a mediocre imitation of its competitors. Time to find the next model that actually stands by its promise.

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Nick @nickduza.bsky.social · 19h

Also - WHO IS THIS FOR? WHY DOES THIS EXIST?

Nick @nickduza.bsky.social · 20h

This is insane to me because Sora 2 is literally a deepfake tool. That’s its entire purpose. (Screaming into pillow) HOW ARE THEY GOING TO MONETIZE THIS? WHEN WILL THIS DIE?

OpenAI cracks down on Sora 2 deepfakes after pressure from Bryan Cranston, SAG-AFTRA

OpenAI will also collaborate with United Talent Agency, Creative Artists Agency and Association of Talent Agents to ensure voice and likeness protections.

www.cnbc.com

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Nick @nickduza.bsky.social · 20h

Oof. That’s awful. AI summaries need to die off 😣

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Nick @nickduza.bsky.social · 22h

Me when everyone’s just typing dudes’ last names in all caps, and I notice that sports are trending on Bluesky

Nick @nickduza.bsky.social · 22h

My 2 main issues with AI being crammed into everything is that when I’m searching for Very Delta reels, 1) I do not need to know what Very Delta is, and 2) I do NOT need to “ask a follow up” because I found the Very Delta reels

A screenshot of Instagram “AI” search. Very Delta is in the search bar, and Delta is gracing every post slot. Instagram’s AI is explaining what Very Delts is, and it’s also very aggressive about asking it a follow-up

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Rod Breslau @slasher.bsky.social · 1d

Just to make everyone feel worse about everything there's a world where Amazon sells Twitch to the Saudis which is a rumor thats already gone around and Microsoft eventually dumps gaming in favor of chasing AI, also leading to being sold to the kingdom. So think of it like these are the good times

onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

new episode of kill the computer, we talked to @slasher.bsky.social about the saudi kingdoms takeover of gaming, sports, and entertainment industries and why they’re doing this

Kingdom of Gamers Ft. Rod Breslau aka Slasher

Podcast Episode · Kill The Computer · 10/20/2025 · 1h 12m

podcasts.apple.com

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Nick @nickduza.bsky.social · 1d

A screenshot meme from the Simpsons: Homer is sleep-talking while he guards a giant pile of sugar, “In America, first you get the sugar, then you get the power, then you get the women.” - a reference to the movie Scarface.

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Nick @nickduza.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry, Gale. We need to save the world. Now if you’ll excuse me, Halsin and I are going over here.

A photo of a computer monitor with a scene from Baldur’s Gate 3: Gale is smiling at you with his dialog caption: “There’s endless wonder out there. Infinite possibilities. Perhaps fate will bring us back together, before the universe dims.”

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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 1d

Making fake images of things happening in the world right now for real is just so insane. Trading actual humanity and resistance for a smooth disneyfied consumer friendly fascimile. Just reducing reality into slop as it is happening

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Nick @nickduza.bsky.social · 1d

With respect, we need to be able to point to an objective reality so the world can see what’s happening. The feeling this image evokes might be great, but something so obviously fake makes us look like idiots, and can be used by the right to diminish the fact that millions of real people protested.

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Nick @nickduza.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you for inspiring others with your bravery and joy!

Nick @nickduza.bsky.social · 2d

Photo credit goes to @jentaub.bsky.social I believe. Great photos!

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Nick @nickduza.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks for standing up for our rights!

Totally valid if you don’t mind the AI images. I do think it’s going to be a big problem though as people have a harder & harder time distinguishing propaganda from reality. Most AI generators have a watermark, but it’s easy to remove.

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Nick @nickduza.bsky.social · 2d

People know that paintings are art. The problem with AI images is that people often don’t know if they’re real or not. That is a problem when we’re resisting fascism, which relies on the distortion of truth.

I like the sentiment of the picture, but it devalues the millions of people who protested.