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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 21h

"Slashdot: What's the reason OneDrive tells users this setting can only be turned off 3 times a year?

[Microsoft's publicist chose not to answer this question.]"

Microsoft's OneDrive Begins Testing Face-Recognizing AI for Photos (for Some Preview Users) - Slashdot

I uploaded a photo on my phone to Microsoft's "OneDrive" file-hosting app — and there was a surprise waiting under Privacy and Permissions. "OneDrive uses AI to recognize faces in your photos.....

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 8h

He has…sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people…

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.

He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.

—Declaration of Independence, 1776

David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 2d

ICE agents to US citizen: Turn around or you're getting the dog.

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Spooky Centaur 👻 @palecentaur.bsky.social · 9h

Sometimes I make ok jokes.

Nat @LeftAtLondon in a tweet from April 2021:
"Apple Music pays 1 cent per stream.

Spotify, comparatively, pays at MOST half that."

My reply:
"If you listen to In Da Club on Apple Music, they pay 50 Cent."

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Dragon Moll Z 🎃 @dopestatistics.bsky.social · 11h

Alright my kid has found her niche with the creepy eye thing.

A cooling rack of halloween cookies. Theyre kind of goofy. Some have goody faces. A couple have 10-15 eyes.

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Spooky Centaur 👻 @palecentaur.bsky.social · 15h

Black metal? Oh you mean titanium?

Xan @comicsbyxan.bsky.social · 15h

Death metal? Francium works if you're quick enough

Bugs, Beleaguered Babysitter of the Booger Brothers @bugsmaytrix.bsky.social · 15h

death metal? oh gold got it

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Spooky Centaur 👻 @palecentaur.bsky.social · 18h

Also, "should be under warranty"

Spooky Centaur 👻 @palecentaur.bsky.social · 20h

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

"Intermittent light on dash"

Xan @comicsbyxan.bsky.social · 21h

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

"Misassociated sample got reported"

boo. 🎃 @sailorsoapbox.bsky.social · 21h

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

"Deadbeat dad bomb threat.”

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David Cooper @davidbcooper.bsky.social · 22h

Rosie the Ribbiter

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Spooky Centaur 👻 @palecentaur.bsky.social · 21h

I wasn't familiar with Appassionata before now, just listened to the opening part, and... Christ, I don't really play piano but that sounds INTENSE. 16th note arpeggios with the left hand while playing a different complex melody with the right would make me cry.

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Spooky Centaur 👻 @palecentaur.bsky.social · 21h

It's Edgey! And Gumshoe! And that lady from the Investigations games!

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Spooky Centaur 👻 @palecentaur.bsky.social · 1d

Mash up bands:

Buckcherry Poppin' Daddies

Andraste Sideyr @andraste.fuckbgp.com · 1d

mash up bands

tsunami bomb the music industry!

Andraste Sideyr @andraste.fuckbgp.com · 1d

mash up bands

the suicide machine gun fellatio

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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 1d

> 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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Spooky Centaur 👻 @palecentaur.bsky.social · 1d

What 5 events defined your childhood?

1. 9/11
2. Great Recession
3. Iraq War
4. War in Afghanistan
5. Barry Bonds steroid scandal

Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 1d

1. AIDS crisis
2. Challenger
3. Berlin Wall
4. 2 Live Crew 1st Amendment
5. AOL

Jèf Uphoff @juphoff.bsky.social · 1d

What 5 events defined your childhood?

1. Nixon
2. Apollo (I remember 13!)
3. The Bicentennial
4. The Energy Crisis
5. The Iran Hostage Crisis

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 1d

It’s no wonder that Trump has such a twisted view of war and sacrifice. And the utility of bribes.

Donald was seven years old, and his father was brought before a U.S. Senate committee investigating abuses in a housing program for war veterans and middle class families. President Eisenhower had been outraged to learn of the bribes that developers paid to bureaucrats and of the alleged profiteering practiced by Trump and others. Ike called them "sons of bitches."
As federal investigators had discovered, the elder Trump had collected an extra $1.7 million in rent-equivalent to $15 million today-before beginning to pay back his low-cost government loan. He was able to do this because a bureaucrat named Clyde Powell approved the paperwork.
Powell, who had never been paid more than a modest government salary, had mysteriously amassed a small fortune. (While it was clear Powell accepted bribes, the sources were never officially identified.) In addition to collecting the extra rent, Trump paid himself a substantial architect's fee. And he charged inflated rents based on an estimate of construction costs that was far greater than what he actually spent. All of this was legal, even if it did victimize taxpayers, veterans, and other renters.

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Spooky Centaur 👻 @palecentaur.bsky.social · 1d

We have a new contender in Spirit of Justice.

Sarge, a character represented as a toy drone in camo attire so it looks like a solider and portraying a child operating the drone, is talking to Apollo Justice and saying "a modern-day warrior must be well versed in technology...and have mean, mean pride!"

For context, this is the first line of Tom Sawyer by Rush, another classic rock staple song (coincidentally, both prog or prog adjacent songs that came to the US in the early 80s. not sure if there's any significance to that.)

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 1d

I think the Democrats need to start making the likely AI crash an issue right now. It has everything they need, and unlike the "boys in girls' sports" issue, it is actually rooted in reality.

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Scroto Faggins ✨ IT'S PRIDE Y'ALL 💖 🦄 🌟 @teen-cthulhu.bsky.social · 2d

And a majority of those games can be played on non-gaming rigs, like they can be played on Intel integrated graphics chips

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 2d

I think a reason exists that so many video games we play these days were released between 2006 and 2016

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Spooky Centaur 👻 @palecentaur.bsky.social · 1d

That's certainly a better explanation than I could come up with. There's at least a logic there, even if it is dark and twisted.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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Spooky Centaur 👻 @palecentaur.bsky.social · 1d

THIS IS A GENUINE QUESTION.

I don't understand how this benefits him, but it really does seem to be deliberate. THIS is what he wants, more than that it's a side effect of getting rid of vaccines.

Like...this is the AIM, not just the consequence.

Spooky Centaur 👻 @palecentaur.bsky.social · 1d

I am genuinely mystified by this question, as it truly never made sense to me:

WHY is RFK Jr. so committed to spreading disease? It's not just "doesn't want vaccines," it seems to be "get as many people sick as possible, on purpose."

Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 1d

RFK fired the CDC official (w/decades of experience) leading the measles outbreak response. It's been decades since we've had such a large outbreak. And just to ensure they they can spread the measles outbreak even farther, they also fired the leadership for the center focused on immunization.

Figure showing the largest measles outbreak in the US in decades. There are over 1500 cases as of October 7 2025

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Spooky Centaur 👻 @palecentaur.bsky.social · 1d

Every time the big companies do software updates it always seems they go for more features, which create more bloat and slow the devices down. It makes you feel the need to always buy a new device because you need a new one that keeps up.

An optimization update is extremely rare. But I like it.

Spooky Centaur 👻 @palecentaur.bsky.social · 1d

One UI 8 for Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra is QUICK. Last time I think I had a software update make my phone go faster was going from iOS 8 to 9 on my iPhone S in 2016/2017.

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