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arpad okay @arpadokay.bsky.social · 5h

there's this review on letterboxd i saw years and years ago, where someone likes the movie HOUSE mostly but is disappointed that a movie named HORSE doesn't have any scenes with horses in them. almost all of the replies are people who are furious about the fact that there is actually a scene with someone on a horse in HOUSE. so i made this

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 6h

To become dependent on ChapGPT is to evacuate yourself from your own life.

YIKES, no thanks. I’m gonna be alive inside every damn thing I do, even and especially the ish I don’t wanna do.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 6h

UPDATE: Following the firing of the director of the student newspaper, Indiana University has now cut the print edition of the newspaper entirely.

www.idsnews.com/article/2025...

Indiana University cuts IDS print entirely, hours after firing student media director
By IDS staff
Oct 15, 2025 1:23 pm · Updated Oct 15, 2025 1:23 pm

IU previously directed the Indiana Daily Student to stop printing news coverage in our newspaper. Upon pushback, the university fully cut print, including our special editions. The IDS was not involved in the decision.

Media School Dean David Tolchinsky sent the order to IDS leadership in an email responding to its appeal that the school not censor the newspaper. And the dean attributed the decision to “the campus.” He has not yet responded to a message for clarification.

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mcc @dryad.technology · 5h

There are a lot of men out there like "why can't I get a girl". Guys it's because you don't have the courage to wear an entire keyboard on your left arm

台羽正 @tadashidaiba.bsky.social · 2d

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BáiYù 🏳️‍⚧️ he/they @baiyu.tofu.rocks · 7h

Hi I'm 30 years old now. If you would like me to be more trans and gay you can pitch in here lmao

www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-dis...

Donate to Help A Disabled Trans Person of Color Medically Transition, organized by Morgin Shu

Howdy there. I'm Morgin, a disabled (physically and mentally) po… Morgin Shu needs your support for Help A Disabled Trans Person of Color Medically Transition

www.gofundme.com

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 5h

The "anti-woke" backlash was always about white collar labor competition from nonwhites, not hr bullshit. bsky.app/profile/phil...

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 6h

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

www.thewrap.com

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Vero.Doodles @verodoodles.bsky.social · 5h

Biblically accurate fairy cat wood burning✨🐈🪽🌈

#pyrography #woodburning #catart #cat #painting #fairy

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 7h

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mikey myers 🎃 @mikeyturvey.bsky.social · 4h

Them: "Don't let perfect be the enemy of good!"

My brain: "Sounds like something a coward would say."

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GKIDS Films @gkids.com · 10h

It's still there now. Still dreaming.

✨ ANGEL'S EGG 4K restoration ✨

Dolby Early Access Screenings November 12
In North American theatres November 19 & 20

Select tickets on sale now, additional locations coming soon.

🪶 brnw.ch/21wWApc

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Ayo @darrylayo.bsky.social · 3h

Republicans do nazi stuff and then exaggerate their complaints by saying “oh you call everyone you don’t agree with a ‘nazi’ 🙄” and then we see their group chats and it’s like “hello, I love Adolf hitler”

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John Jakala @jjakala.bsky.social · 2h

Don't feel embarrassed, it happens to every knight at some point.

Of course, the Black Knight's sword never experiences performance issues because he polishes his blade regularly.

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LAUcifer, Sommelier of Gothic Male Vintage @elegantlab.bsky.social · 1d

it's autumn now, obligatory repost of this old one. red pen & black pen

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Richard "Pocky" Kim @pocky469.bsky.social · 22h

If you can help my friend Brady out, please do. They're an amazing person, and likely had a hand in helping produce the localized version of some of your favorite anime.

Brady Hartel @ashuraou.bsky.social · 22h

Hey friends. After having open heart surgery in Dec and another procedure in July, I've been left in 10k+ debt while recovering. During this, we were also laid off from Skullgirls. To try to help dig myself out, I have begun listing things on eBay: ebay.com/usr/mshinzan

a person is holding an empty wallet with a man in a suit inside of it .

ALT: a person is holding an empty wallet with a man in a suit inside of it .

media.tenor.com

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Mr. Chau @srirachachau.bsky.social · 23h

It’s funny how the old media depiction of Nazis was always that they’re evil but dignified gentleman and now they’re openly just like “Hello. I’m the Anime Pedophile”

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Owen Dennis @oweeeeendennis.bsky.social · 22h

Why does every single person who brings up bad apples seem to forget that the entire phrase is "One bad apple spoils the bunch"?

I'm not looking for every person to have absolute literacy on every subject, but I really think this one should be a baseline "do you understand English idioms" phrase.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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outsidewolves @outsidewolves.bsky.social · 21h

A four panel comic strip. An anthropomorphic wolf man runs into an office where three others are working at their desks. He says, "The fire marshal is coming for annual inspections!" In the next panel, a seated wolf is playing with a remote control airplane, and a smoke detector with an open battery compartment is mounted on the wall above him. The first wolf says "Put that 9 volt back in the smoke detector!" In the third panel, an anthropomorphic dog holds a power strip while standing next to a sculpture comprised of multiple power strips. The first wolf says "Hide your..."Daisy Chain Power Strip" sculpture!?" In the fourth panel, a bear proudly displays his t-shirt which reads "I love storing combustibles around radiators." The first wolf, in exasperation, yells "CHANGE YOUR SHIRT!"

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Alex Degen (Magic Serple 2025) @adactivity.bsky.social · 1d

This is cool after the war on everything called “porn” by platforms and payment processors. A machine that stole all your words can generate and sell “erotica” but you can’t haaa

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 1d

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

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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arden | wrensid era⚔️ @wakingnaturally.bsky.social · 1d

erotica should not come from a soulless machine. erotica should come from your local bookstore or your friends on the internet when they have divine inspiration.

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Mockingbird, MPH, CHES @amockingbird.bsky.social · 20h

Spoiler alert- it was a Catholic hospital. I’ve been reading stories about people being denied miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy care at Catholic hospitals for well over a decade now, and people have definitely died because of these policies, but maternal mortality data is imperfect.

Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 21h

“Please someone listen to me, I don’t want to die”

These are the words of a woman named Harmonie who had an ectopic pregnancy

Her obgyn refused to help, citing a
1% chance the fetus could survive

She lives in a blue state & still couldn’t access the life saving care she needed