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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 3h

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

www.newsweek.com

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 4h

inshallah that will be changing profoundly over the next three years

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 5h

while 'young republicans are literal nazis' is well known to folks here, the extent of it is surprisingly not that commonly known even in media and analyst circles, let alone normal people.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8h

a real water is wet scenario here

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 1h

I feel like *sigh* this too is an anti-trust concern

Alex Degen (Magic Serple 2025) @adactivity.bsky.social · 8h

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 · 8h

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

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 1h

If visa processes your chatgpt payment after this then it’s just obviously anti competitive / market fixing for them to refuse to process indie artist porn comics

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Tuffy @smtuffy.bsky.social · 6h

The pivot from “I’m building god” to “I’m building a jerkoff tool” is pretty funny

Reuters @reuters.com · 6h

OpenAI to allow mature content on ChatGPT for adult verified users starting December reut.rs/3J8NTAi

OpenAI to allow mature content on ChatGPT for adult verified users starting December

OpenAI will allow mature content for ChatGPT users who verify their age on the platform starting in December, CEO Sam Altman said, after the chatbot was made restrictive for users in mental distress.

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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 1h

At some point, someone will do cool stuff with AI image generators, just like LLMs can in fact do some really interesting and powerful things. None of these are that cool thing and I have yet to see one, just like OpenAI and its competitors aren't going to survive to see the cool LLM stuff.

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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Stephen Judkins @stephenjudkins.bsky.social · 2h

It's pretty worrisome that OpenAI is doubling down and the most brain poisoning aspects of their product!

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 1h

if a large number of SNPs were to explain intelligence, then intelligence would be genetic but more or less not heritable.

Eric Turkheimer @ent3c.bsky.social · 1d

In 2018, Charles Murray challenged me to a bet: "We will understand IQ genetically—I think most of the picture will have been filled in by 2025—there will still be blanks—but we’ll know basically what’s going on." It's now 2025, and I claim a win. I write about it in The Atlantic.

Your Genes Are Simply Not Enough to Explain How Smart You Are

Seven years ago, I took a bet with Charles Murray about whether we’d basically understand the genetics of intelligence by now.

www.theatlantic.com

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Monthly Halloween 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🎃 @abcbtommi.bsky.social · 2h

You didn't miss much except my good art

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👁️🍄🪸 @bloomfilters.bsky.social · 4h

it is funny to me that all sexuality is in perpetual cultural crisis, but in different ways. male sexuality is constantly paranoid about the "other" of emasculation and feminization. female sexuality is in endless self debate over whether it even exists outside of men's gaze

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Eagle Beaver Man @eaglebeaverman.bsky.social · 6h

Every Republican under 30 is a Nazi. Every single one. No exceptions. No, not even that guy who you think is your friend. He’s being nice to you in person but talks about how you shouldn’t have rights in his discord chat.

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Nick (derogatory) ✨ @slothropsmap.bsky.social · 5h

the master race

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 6h

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

“Studies based on the medical records of millions of people taking GLP-1s," such as Ozempic, "for obesity or diabetes have revealed strong signals of their potential as addiction treatment,” Maia Szalavitz writes.

Opinion | She Struggled With Addiction, Then Tried a Weight Loss Drug

Is a powerful addiction treatment already invented?

nyti.ms

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Monthly Halloween 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🎃 @abcbtommi.bsky.social · 4h

Back end is good!

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 8h

Fuck this is one of those things I did not want to be right about.

Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 8h

Padres manager Mike Shildt said he retired in part because of death threats from sports bettors:

Mike Shildt says decision to retire was his own, but Padres questions remain

www.nytimes.com

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Monthly Halloween 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🎃 @abcbtommi.bsky.social · 4h

What is it

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kyu @kyu.channel · 1d

#silenthill

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 8h

every young Republican staffer is a Nazi, it's that simple www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Zoomer Antimillenarian ♨️ @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 9h

Okay, so Israel and Hamas are just flagrantly violating the ceasefire, and Israel in particular has used this situation as an excuse to start deliberately starving Gaza to death again.

Thank god the live hostages are home, but neither this war nor Israel's mass atrocities are anywhere near done.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 9h

"a test"? you mean...a violation?

AP: Israel plans to halve aid into Gaza over slow return of dead hostages, a test for the Gaza ceasefire

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Monthly Halloween 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🎃 @abcbtommi.bsky.social · 9h

I'm glad mappa has given me like two or three controversies to justify my not going to see the Reze movie

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Monthly Halloween 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🎃 @abcbtommi.bsky.social · 9h

Yes

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Samantha Ferreira Is Creating An Anime Mag @sam-animeherald.bsky.social · 12h

It's taken a couple of days to really gather my thoughts on this, but MAPPA destroying Sayo Yamamoto as they have is something I'll never be able to reconcile. She was a brilliant creator who deserved the world, but was ground into paste by The Anime Factory.

I pray for Manabu Otsuka's downfall.

Vrai Kaiser @writervrai.bsky.social · 4d

We're probably never going to see another Sayo Yamamoto anime, and that honestly breaks my heart more than I have words to convey. I feel so much anger on her behalf. Fuck MAPPA.

animehunch.com/exclusive-an...

Animehunch Team: You’ve worked as a producer on many popular titles, including Black Clover and Fullmetal Alchemist. However, you were also involved with Yuri!!! on ICE. This is something fans are desperate to ask about. The planned movie, ICE ADOLESCENCE, was officially cancelled by MAPPA, which left many fans heartbroken as they loved the series dearly. We know this is a sensitive topic, and you may not be able to discuss it, but fans would be incredibly grateful for any insight you could offer as to what went wrong or why the movie was ultimately cancelled.

Hideo Katsumata: I can’t talk about the details, as that includes some very private matters. But if you ask whether it’s a creative or business issue, the reasons stem from the creative side. The main reason is that it couldn’t be made due to creative reasons. Since it was an original animation, the people involved—including the creators and the animation studio, MAPPA… among the creators, on the creative side, a situation arose where it just became impossible to proceed with production.

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Charlie Ashby @charlie-ashby.co.uk · 10h

RIP Drew Struzan - a man whose talent and imagination etched onto so many minds throughout the last 40+ years.

His art & posters are some of the first visuals I think of when I think about cinema - an invitation to watch these stories and worlds.

A massive loss 💔

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Monthly Halloween 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🎃 @abcbtommi.bsky.social · 9h

I think the joy is that you never really know what it going to happen, and it isn't exactly what you want or expect. It's one of the few pieces of media that doesn't just fall into a pattern.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14h

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

www.youtube.com

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