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pingucat @pingucat.bsky.social · 15h

this is the stupidest thing ever

TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 2d

A new iPhone app, Endless Summer, uses AI to create photorealistic vacation photos starring you — no travel required

Too burned out to travel? This new app fakes your summer vacation photos for you | TechCrunch

A new iPhone app, Endless Summer, uses AI to create photorealistic vacation photos starring you — no travel required

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pingucat @pingucat.bsky.social · 16h

Will be at PAX Unplugged! LMK if you're going!

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pingucat @pingucat.bsky.social · 20h

the fruit tea we needed

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 2d

Worth noting that legal settlements over police actions in previous protests, such as in 2020, really ate into Los Angeles' budgets. capitalandmain.com/the-crackdow...

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skooks @skookses.bsky.social · 2d

Everyone in the East and Central time zones had a nice day parading around in costumes and stuff. They're all in bed now. And on the west coast the cops are doing this

Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 2d

LAPD and other local cops using flash bangs and horses against peaceful protesters without provocation in the heart of Downtown Los Angeles, not even half a mile from City Hall.

(deleted older version of this as I typed block instead of mile, sorry)

Tina-Desiree Berg @tinadesireeberg.com · 2d

Brutal clearance of the protest including the horse mounted unit and flash bangs

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pingucat @pingucat.bsky.social · 3d

I love going to fancy dinners cuz it gives me a baseline to work towards

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Marcus Hutchins @malwaretech.com · 4d

You know how billionaires end up with severe cognitive deficits as a result of becoming surrounded by yes men who constantly tell them their every idea is genius? What if we made a bot that just does that to everyone. I think that would be a good idea.

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pingucat @pingucat.bsky.social · 3d

oh shit mine too! they should do shots!

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 3d

a very important part of puppet design is deciding how cheeked up you want each puppet to be.

four headless and armless wooden marionettes, lying face down. three of the four have carved butt cheeks

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pingucat @pingucat.bsky.social · 4d

yeah saw they had a bunch of locations. most of the citywalk food is subpar so i was really surprised.

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pingucat @pingucat.bsky.social · 4d

I hadn’t been up at Universal Citywalk in ages but the new pizza place that opened last week was pretty good. Pricey but the slices are giant. Half the options were square pizza and half were triangles - lots of topping combo selections.

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pingucat @pingucat.bsky.social · 4d

Oh yeah RIP bag space. I’m challenging myself to not delete them

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pingucat @pingucat.bsky.social · 4d

i think half of my friends did the 44ish to 65 and half jumped to 70

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pingucat @pingucat.bsky.social · 5d

Today Pokémon recalibrated their levels and I jumped from 44 to 70 and got way too excited about it

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pingucat @pingucat.bsky.social · 5d

Aw yay!

pingucat @pingucat.bsky.social · 5d

Had lots of fun at Tron in 3D!

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pingucat @pingucat.bsky.social · 5d

neotropolis ticket: acquired

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 6d

There's a more secure alternative to texting via your phone's native messaging app. Signal is a free app that employs end-to-end encryption and we have a step-by-step guide to help you learn how to use it. ssd.eff.org/module/how-...

How to: Use Signal

Download location: Google Play Store, Apple App Store System requirements: Android 5 or later, iOS 13 or later Version used in this guide: Android: 7.38.6 iPhone: 7.5.1 License: GPLv3 Level: Beginner Time required: 15-20 minutes Other reading: https://signal.org/ https://support.signal.org/ https://signal.org/blog/ Table of Contents Download and Install Signal Register and Verify...

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pingucat @pingucat.bsky.social · 6d

I don’t know half my friend’s actual names but I know their cat’s names

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pingucat @pingucat.bsky.social · 6d

Woah wtf

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Ryan Higgins @ryanhiggins.bsky.social · 6d

Dogs and cats living together! Mass hysteria!

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pingucat @pingucat.bsky.social · 7d

This is a great idea

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pingucat @pingucat.bsky.social · 7d

Flop!

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 7d

When platforms are forced to block “anything that might harm kids,” the result is overreach. A real rights-respecting solution to keeping people safe online is one that's built on user control, privacy, and smart design, not censorship. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Blocking Access to Harmful Content Will Not Protect Children Online,

The UK is having a moment. In late July, new rules took effect that require all online services available in the UK to assess whether they host content considered harmful to children, and if so,

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pingucat @pingucat.bsky.social · 7d

08 was rough. Anything worse sounds like Great Depression territory

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