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Aeba @absolutelyaeba.bsky.social · 4h

doing a heavy color lewk today, Frankenstein premiere(s) lewks, Twitches is Marxist propaganda, Goody l8er

www.twitch.tv/absolutelyaeba

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ALT: a close up of a man 's face with a few spots on it

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Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social · 7h

"The reality right now is that if you refuse to engage with the science- the science that shows that COVID is a virus that disables human beings, and that this virus is asymptomatic 44% of the time- then you are spreading a disabling virus, and you are harming people. "

Beyond all reason

Long COVID patients are constantly harangued about our requests for COVID safety. Yet what we're asking for is far less than what we're called on to do to survive.

www.thegauntlet.news

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Aeba @absolutelyaeba.bsky.social · 21h

How did you become a communist in the united states of america?

I was awoken to class consciousness through Twitches (2005)

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onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

these people know how extreme they are

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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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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d

The medication stockpile bill is the bill I had pegged this year as the most important kind of bill to pass given federal threats, with a short time window to make it happen. Washington passed the same bill earlier this year.

It's so shameful for Newsom to veto this bill.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d

1. Yesterday, the press gave Gavin Newsom favorable coverage for signing pro-LGBTQ+ bills.

Little noticed, however, was that he vetoed one of the most important ones: a bill allowing trans people 12 month HRT stockpiles, protecting them from federal threats.

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Gavin Newsom Vetoes Important HRT Stockpiling Bill For Trans Californians, Signs Other Pro-LGBTQ+ Bills

The bill would have allowed transgender people to maintain a safe supply of medication in the era of government crackdowns on care.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Meek (Spooky) 👻 @themeekwarrior.bsky.social · 1d

Hey, Alaska's been hit by a typhoon and no one is talking about it. Indigenous towns are in need of aid. People are missing and the gov't is still shut down.

If any creators here are in affected areas, please drop links for aid.

#mutualaid #crisis #alaska #typhoonhalong #helpourcountrymen

Rescue and recovery efforts underway as remnants of Typhoon Halong hit western Alaska | Alaska Beacon

Rescue and recovery efforts began Sunday in western Alaska as a major storm caused by remnants of Typhoon Halong hit coastal communities with massive storm surge, flooding and hurricane-force winds up...

alaskabeacon.com

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Manderley Press @manderleypress.bsky.social · 1d

Pretty much the exact view Mary Shelley would have had of Jacob's Ladder on the facade of Bath Abbey from her window as she wrote chapter 4 of #Frankenstein in 1816. Note the stone angels ascending and descending... @realgdt.bsky.social we can’t wait to see this played out on screen too! 💙📚#booksky

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The Onion @theonion.com · 2d

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

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Dave Wiskus @dwisk.us · 2d

TIL Nebula is bigger than The Free Press. If anyone wants to put me in charge of facts at a global media corporation hmu

youtu.be/gieTx_P6INQ?...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

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Kaveh Taherian @ NYCC D-33 @kavehtaherian.bsky.social · 2d

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Alex Kain @tdcpresents.bsky.social · 4d

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Lynn Stahl @msbtterswrth.altgov.info · 4d

Hot off the presses! If you need a bigger size to print your stickers let me know!

The Portland frog as a founding father, surround by the words "give me ribberty or give me death"

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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 3d

who do we think bears more responsibility: the 27-year-old pop star (who did vote for Harris) or the senior administration official dunking on her

Neera Tanden: There was something to do to avoid this 11 months ago. Would have been good to tell people to do it.

"F**k ICE forever."
— Chappell Roan at her show in Pasadena

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Kris Werewolfheart @kriswolfhe.art · 3d

It was nice back when companies decided to do a spin off and made a game instead of a gambling app

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Council of Geeks @councilofgeeks.bsky.social · 5d

Honest question:
How is Jared Leto still getting cast in would-be blockbusters?

In the last 12 years the only thing he was in that didn’t underperform or outright bomb was House of Gucci, which was an ensemble movie nobody remembers.

HOW is he still getting lead work in $100million+ movies?!?

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audo ; @yozoragetspegged.bsky.social · 3d

THINGS THAT WILL ALWAYS MAKE ME SOB

Kingdom Hearts Frames @khframes.bsky.social · 3d

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Jessie Gender @jessiegender.bsky.social · 3d

Like Tron really needs to lean into the “users as gods” idea to critique the pseudo religious fervor techno fascists like Musk and Bezos build around themselves and really lean into the whole choosing your own identity theme more (with more queer and BIPOC folks explicitly).

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 4d

Many RIFed yesterday are now being unfired(?!)

Unclear if it’s evil or incompetence — but either way, calculated move. Meant to flex power.

Ha. Just shows Republicans are scared.

Dems, @schumer.senate.gov — don’t back down.
They know they’re losing the Republican shutdown shitshow.
We’re winning.

Official HHS memo showing someone RIFed yesterday is, um, no longer RIFed. wtf

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 4d

Tens of millions of people have died from Covid.

Every country should have responded with record investments in public health infrastructure.

Instead the US government is putting us all at greater risk of more catastrophes by firing hundreds of top scientists whose job is to prevent outbreaks.

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 4d

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 4d

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 4d

We will need Nuremberg-like trials

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 4d

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 4d

They have fired the staff of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, who are disease detectives that respond to outbreaks around the world.

I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 4d

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Punchy @punchystream.bsky.social · 4d

i've had this video saved to my computer since like 2019 and the guy who made it's accounts all seem to have been deleted so repost time babyyyy

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