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Simon HB @norock.bsky.social · 2m

In other 'well, who could predicted that' technews, ChatGPT is pivoting to porn www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

ChatGPT will soon allow erotica for verified adults, OpenAI boss says

CEO Sam Altman says upcoming versions of the popular chatbot would enable it to behave in a more human-like way -

www.bbc.co.uk

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 5m

Who could have foreseen- oh.

Oh that’s right. Literally everyone.

Brianna Chesser @chessercat.bsky.social · 12h

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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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 10h

Milei looks like all the cast of Are You Being Served in one

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Simon HB @norock.bsky.social · 9m

This, but the last panel especially, is great today

John Allison @badmachinery.com · 17m

New comic: "Yuck, too hairy" badmachinery.com/comic/2025-1...

Yuck, too hairy - Bad Machinery

If the last comic was chevronic, this one is doubly so. Enjoy the egg chair, I’m never drawing one again.

badmachinery.com

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Simon HB @norock.bsky.social · 12m

Since when was becoming a councillor, getting experience, entering parliament, getting experience, then taking on a more senior role "entering politics by the back door"?

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Simon HB @norock.bsky.social · 15m

Today's Telegraph front page: "Apple Martin, daughter of Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow, has said her parents don't want her to be entitled and she must work for a living. She has started modelling while studying at university in Nashville."

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Simon HB @norock.bsky.social · 14h

If you're having trouble placing Frances D'Souza, she was the one who spent £230 on a car for a night at the Opera, so it might cost us all a lot if she lost her licence www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Former lord speaker faces suspension for ‘improper influence’ over speeding offence

Frances D’Souza wrote to Met commissioner in apparent attempt to evade sanction for exceeding 20mph speed limit

www.theguardian.com

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Simon HB @norock.bsky.social · 15h

"Unfortunately the camera broke before we could take the 'After' pictures"

Simon HB @norock.bsky.social · 15h

I genuinely once ordered the salad in the Super Sausage because it was the only non-meat thing they offered, and they looked at me like I was trying to request a typo from the menu

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Simon HB @norock.bsky.social · 15h

Nick Knowles, having completed his biggest DIY SOS challenge yet:

Sylvia Plath Bot @sylvia-plath-bot.bsky.social · 15h

The earth turns now.

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Simon HB @norock.bsky.social · 15h

It's like you've never been to a Doublemeat Palace

The Doublemeat Palace burger bar from Buffy

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Simon HB @norock.bsky.social · 15h

If you wonder why you've heard stomping around in the heavens and a voice muttering "don't forget who smites who round here"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."

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Simon HB @norock.bsky.social · 15h

Obviously this sounds creepy but it's worth going with because the bread is so delicious

Comics Outta Context 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @comiccontext.bsky.social · 15h

Image of the exterior of a restaurant called Backwoods Steakhouse. And unknown person says, “I understand your people enjoy MEAT very much. May I buy you a slice of MEAT?“

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Simon HB @norock.bsky.social · 16h

A Kremlin spokesperson said "we certainly wouldn't publish anything like that in the Evening Standard"

POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 16h

The Kremlin has lashed out at Time magazine over its cover depicting Donald Trump after the American leader condemned the choice of photograph.

Russia blasts ‘freaks’ at Time magazine over cover that Trump hated

“Only unhealthy people” could have chosen the photo Time used, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova fumes.

ow.ly

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Simon HB @norock.bsky.social · 16h

There used to a lovely remaindered book shop in Liverpool, which was a great place, but they gave over about a third of their floor space to user manuals for obsolete software packages. I presume they'd acquired them in job lots with more saleable books but why they tried to actually resell them...

Simon HB @norock.bsky.social · 16h

Society used to object to grave robbers. If only Burke & Hare had used the corpses to do a puppet show, they might have created a whole new industry.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 1d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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Simon HB @norock.bsky.social · 19h

Oh, Kafka. You were as nothing compared to an HR department which always asks me to provide a costing for roles, when all the staff paid by the organisation are paid, unwaveringly, according to a scale set by the same HR department.

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Friz(ombie!) @frizfrizzle.bsky.social · 19h

STATLER; "This funeral is so boring, I'm jealous of the guy in the coffin! Ah ha ha ha ha!"
[Statler turns to the empty chair next to him and sheds one tear]

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Simon HB @norock.bsky.social · 19h

I think they've mis-spelled "griping" there, haven't they?

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Carrie plays guitaaargh 👻🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @carriem.co.uk · 21h

Going to get my NHS HRT renewal today. To do that I'll walk past my GP surgery, get on a train to glasgow, walk through the city centre, meet a pharmacist, get a train back, walk past my GP again, wait for the prescription to come by post, then take it to the pharmacy next to my GP.

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Simon HB @norock.bsky.social · 20h

The Catalogue used to do their flexi discs like this, so they could be stapled into the magazine rather than cover-mounted

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Simon HB @norock.bsky.social · 20h

There's a lot of criticism of Meta for investing heavily in products that nobody wants, but let's not forget the sheer amount of effort they put into creating processes that won't ever work, as well

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 20h

Instagram to bring in version of PG-13 system to protect children, says Meta

Company says rules similar to US ‘parental guidance’ film rating will be applied to teenagers’ accounts Instagram is to adopt a version of the PG-13 cinema rating system to give parents stronger controls over their teenagers’ use of the social media platform. Instagram, which is run by Meta, will start applying rules similar to the US “parental guidance” movie rating – first introduced 41 years ago – to all material on Instagram’s teen accounts. It means users aged under 18 will automatically be placed into the 13+ setting. They will be able to opt out only with their parents’ permission. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Simon HB @norock.bsky.social · 20h

They're okay - I did enjoy watching their drummer last month - but... they're a bit 'middle of the month session on Gideon Coe's show'

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Scott Pack @meandmybigmouth.bsky.social · 21h

Off to teach at Oxford Brookes this afternoon. I'm an associate lecturer on their Publishing MA. To give you an idea as to how university finances are going: a few years ago I did 36 hours of teaching on this module, this year I'm doing 6.

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Simon HB @norock.bsky.social · 22h

Wait... Bernard Butler was in Bailterspace?

Bailterspace, with a member of the band on the right who looks enough like Bernard Butler for a shit lookalike post on a grey Tuesday morning

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