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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 10m

Telling your client state it's time to stop a genocidal and suicidal war is not some amazing feat of peace-making.

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David Higgins @davidhiggins.bsky.social · 15h

He also seems to believe that Open AI have been ‘careful with mental health issues’!

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 15h

Sam Altman went from “AI will cure cancer" to "ChatGPT porn" in less than a month

ChatGPT boss predicts when AI could cure cancer

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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Silky @silkyweineck.bsky.social · 13h

now that we have solved the mental health issue, everybody can fuck a robot with no restrictions, in a very mentally healthy way

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Amber Speaks Up @amberspeaks.bsky.social · 9h

When I was a reporter (and later an editor) it still meant something. You could ask hard questions without worrying about losing your credentials. That’s not the world we’re in anymore. ⬇️

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Dr Seán DOOLAN 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 @sdinpraxis.bsky.social · 4h

'A Clockwork Orange' made the idea of holding the eyes open for brainwashing or punishment a film trope.

Orange loyalists in the Pentagon may be using it. One America News Network is the sole outlet to sign the Pentagon's restriction that journalists can only gather info authorised for release.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 8h

NEW: Pentagon officials are forcing staff to watch Pete Hegseth's "Warrior" speech he forced generals to listen to.

Officials are even "testing" staff to see if they watched — and are threatening consequences if they lie about watching it or if they mock it, sources tell @swin24.bsky.social and I.

The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else

Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.

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Nicki Stephens @nicki2910.bsky.social · 3h

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Amy Gann @amygann.bsky.social · 6d

Burrowing owl watching from the ground near the desert. Climate changes and habitat loss threaten their future, but we can take steps to help them.

#birds #owl #burrowingowl #nature #wildlife #protectnature #conservation #EastCoastKin #photography

A burrowing owl portrait. Its large yellow eyes peak out from behind a few strands of grass

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 4h

#OtD 15 Oct 1966 in Oakland, CA, the Black Panther Party for Self Defence was set up. The Party would exist, despite heavy repression, until 1982 and did things like feed breakfast to children and run community health clinics. Learn more: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...

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Nicki Stephens @nicki2910.bsky.social · 4h

And, did you ? :)

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 15h

It’s funny how black people are expected to reach across the aisle to voters like these, while no one ever expects them to reach across the aisle to black people. Amazing who gets to be human, and who doesn’t.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Yuki Kamishima @yukilandscape.bsky.social · Dec 4

The winter forest scenery I saw with Sho that day was one of the most beautiful sights I’ve ever experienced.

Sho Hoshino @shophotography.bsky.social · Dec 4

A Miraculous Sight Seen in a Forest After Hours of Walking Through the Snow

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Leon’s Existential Cafe @leonscafe.bsky.social · 13h

Existential psychotherapist Irvin Yalom was known to ask his patients, “What is the emotional payoff of thinking this way?” Implied was the reality of one believing what they wanted to, at least in the moment, even if they weren’t aware of doing so. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/perf...

Are You Terrified of Feeling Confident?

We may fear confidence because we believe it makes us complacent and causes others to dislike us. So, increasing it takes more than just assessing our traits and achievements.

www.psychologytoday.com

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Bony Skeletino 💀 @notalegalrecord.net · 13h

rain, shine, or nor’easter, das farmrad has one job. 🫑 🚲 🥬 🎃

in today’s haul:
celeriac - pie pumpkin - lovage - beets - arugula - collards - tomatillos - delicata squash - broccoli - poblanos - frisee (a variety of endive)

The above-listed produce arranged on my kitchen counter

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Jake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.social · 13h

Ah, yes, China, notoriously known for backing down in response to empty threats.

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 15h

Woah! So Labour's position really is, 'telling us off for breaching human rights undermines the case for human rights'? Proper Trumpian stuff from Labour's answer to Suella Braverman.

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Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 17h

Sharing the link directly in case of account deletion

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Help me feed my little ones. Please share and donate., organized by Nuages Quinze

I'm Islam Radwan from Gaza, I'm married to three children. In th… Nuages Quinze needs your support for Help me feed my little ones. Please share and donate.

www.gofundme.com

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Nicki Stephens @nicki2910.bsky.social · 17h

Safety, stability and a sense of belonging is not too much to ask , and yet for too many it seems that it is. I hope life will become a little kinder for you!

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Nicki Stephens @nicki2910.bsky.social · 19h

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... While the world let’s out a sigh of relief about the release of the Israeli and Palestinian hostages and hopefully looks forward to a period of reparations, please in the name of compassion, will world leaders now turn their gaze to Sudan?

Sudan's forgotten war is bloody and horrifying – but US bombs aren't the way to stop it | Simon Jenkins

The world must show it cares about the conflict, but relieving civilian suffering should take the place of military intervention, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

www.theguardian.com

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Dorothy Parker Fucks @dorothyparkerfucks.bsky.social · 22h

bari weiss is proof you can do whatever you want in america if you’re an unapologetic bigot, racist and liar. as @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social keeps telling us, democracies need to establish costs for being a lying liar.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22h

one of my takeaways from this great piece is that weiss just doesn’t…sound like an intelligent person? or at least, not someone who has thought even a little bit about how and why they think the things that they do. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

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Nicki Stephens @nicki2910.bsky.social · 19h

www.thephilosopher1923.org/post/hannah-... Refugees are a product of the constitution of nation-states; people condemned to non / existence because they are outside the borders of a state- Hannah Arendt

Hannah Arendt and Exile

Hannah Arendt’s experiences of exile, from Nazi Germany to the U.S., shaped her reflections on statelessness, belonging, and the limits of the nation-state. In this essay, Anna Argirò explores Arendt'...

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Maria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 19h

We Are Free to Change the World – Hannah Arendt (born on this day in 1906), the power of defiant goodwill, and the art of beginning afresh www.themarginalian.org/2024/03/15/w...

We Are Free to Change the World: Hannah Arendt, the Power of Defiant Goodwill, and the Art of Beginning Afresh

“It is when the experience of powerlessness is at its most acute, when history seems at its most bleak, that the determination to think like a human being, creatively, courageously, and compl…

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Nicki Stephens @nicki2910.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, for me, I am beyond pissed off by the possibility of Musk throwing limitless millions at Robinson. Moreover Musk’s support for Lowe, who he believes is more suited to leading Reform than Farage, and the possibility of a third party to the right is beyond dangerous/ devastating.

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What really bothers me about this is that it's driving other "wannabe" Tommy Robinson types, giving them permission, signaling that they have the support of very powerful people, it's incredibly dangerous, it's going to grow and embolden the extreme right-wing significantly.