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Evelyn @absorbtheecho.bsky.social · 22h

My kid has taken my headphones (Momentum 4) so, I will now try the famous freezer fix for my AirPods Max which I haven’t used in like 9 months and see if I can avoid having to buy additional headphones. Wish me luck!

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 1d

Here's Better Offline. I sat down with Steve Burke of @gamersnexus.bsky.social for an interview at their HQ to talk about the state of PC hardware, AI, linux gaming, their deep hardware testing, and building a channel watched by millions. www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
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The Interview: Steve Burke of GamersNexus - Better Offline | iHeart

<p>In this week’s episode of Better Offline, Ed flies out to North Carolina for a deep interview with Steve Burke of Gamersnexus about the state of PC hardware, AI, Linux gaming, their extremely...

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Evelyn @absorbtheecho.bsky.social · 2d

Wait what? I feel very out of loop, borderline uneducated here. Help!

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Evelyn @absorbtheecho.bsky.social · 2d

Pre-match drinks at the usual place.
In a couple of hours to a sold-out Ullevi for Sweden vs Kosovo.
Last time I was there for a footy match, it was -9 degrees + snow, for BK Häcken vs Leverkusen in the Europa League and pretty much empty. So I’m looking forward to it.

Let’s go, Sweden!

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Philip Ardagh @philipardagh.bsky.social · 5d

AI DEEPFAKE OF ME SPEWING RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA.
This is very disturbing because, with the exception of the moving image of me at the beginning of my segment, the words and images are not mine. My voice is AI generated and - I assume - sounds very like me. (I can't hear the join) Disgraceful.

Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 7d

Also featured in the latest batch of Russian disinformation videos are comedian @geoffnorcott.bsky.social and children's author @philipardagh.bsky.social, again with their voices being deepfaked to attack Armenia.

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Evelyn @absorbtheecho.bsky.social · 5d

AOTY for me, I swear this is one of the best albums I've listened to in the past 10 years.

music.apple.com/se/album/hit...

Hit It! by vianova on Apple Music

Album · 2025 · 11 Songs

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Lars Wilderäng @larswilderang.cornucopia.se · 6d

Mer rysk imperialism.

Tore Kullgren @torek.bsky.social · 6d

Den ryska nattklubben KAIF kommer till Hyde i Stockholm imorgon fredag. Endast förköp.

På lördag till Köpenhamn, och nästa vecka till Oslo.

Arrangören Pluxus har mottot "Empire first".

Skitskumt.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

I propose a deal: Trump gets the Nobel Peace Prize in exchange for the Epstein files

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Laurie Voss @seldo.com · 7d

They arrested Eleanor Roosevelt?

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 7d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 7d

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

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Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 8d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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🇵🇹 snipe, lixo tóxico ⭑⭒⭒⭒⭒ @snipe.lol · 8d

THIS. theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about AI art.

theoatmeal.com

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 8d

So was training AI the actual reason for alt-text at BlueSky? I have no objection to alt-text as a means to help people with disabilities use online media. But BlueSky's tiny alt-text entry box is not easy for people with vision impairments to use. Helping people never seemed to be the point of it.

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 8d

I don't even know what to say about @aaron.bsky.team announcing that actually they feed all images posted on Bsky into an AI that just a year ago they told everyone they had banned from using Bsky images

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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 8d

“Opt in” will be persistent, annoying calls to action that get in the way of everything, as is tradition.

Spotify hasn’t been a music service for years. It’s just another tired SaaS, out of ideas, and doing nothing particularly well.

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 9d

Spotify is partnering with ChatGPT

• Will personalize music and podcast recommendations

• Available on an opt-in basis

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Evelyn @absorbtheecho.bsky.social · 9d

Endo is injured too? Damn, when it rains...

Evelyn @absorbtheecho.bsky.social · 10d

It's gotta be the stat, right? Arne Slot is not meant to be the fastest ever Liverpool manager to reach 100 points, I am convinced of that at the moment, that's why this is happening. Yeah I'm just kidding, of course he's gonna do that, there is still time. Up the reds and f-ck the doomers!

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Andrew Beasley @andrewbeasleyfootball.com · 11d

"Liverpool have now played four games against the current top six when no other side in the top nine has played more than two..."

Here's my review of another tough night for the Reds.

The Match, The Stat: Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool

Liverpool's performances are slowly getting better. The results are not.

www.andrewbeasleyfootball.com

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 13d

Washington Post dismantled the platform Jamal wrote on. Discarded the fellowship they created in his memory.

They fired me unjustly for speaking the truth.

But I’ll never stop talking about my friend, writer, and amazing human, Jamal Khashoggi.

RIP, Jamal.

open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...

Jamal Khashoggi, the Washington Post, and the Cost of Speaking Out

As Saudi Arabia hosts comedians and courts gamers, the silenced voice of Jamal Khashoggi still echoes.

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Andrew Beasley @andrewbeasleyfootball.com · 11d

a man in a tuxedo is sitting in front of a window and singing hello darkness my old friend

ALT: a man in a tuxedo is sitting in front of a window and singing hello darkness my old friend

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Andrew Beasley @andrewbeasleyfootball.com · 11d

It's 1.37-0.17 on xG to Liverpool.

For all the issues with the performance, lord knows you'd take that in advance if you could.

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Evelyn @absorbtheecho.bsky.social · 11d

Yes, Gakpo!!

Evelyn @absorbtheecho.bsky.social · 12d

This is becoming a big problem and artists should get paid for the illegal use of their art in training these models. And why are record companies not doing anything? Remember how quick they were to act back when Napster? Maybe they have their money on these companies as well so they don't care?

So, an AI “band” who cite us as an influence (ie, it’s modelled off our music) have just overtaken us on Spotify, in only TWO months.
It’s shocking, it’s disheartening, it’s insulting - most importantly - it’s a wake up call.
Oppose AI music, or bands like us stop existing.
Tweet by Lucas Woodland, singer of Holding Absence

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David Lynch @davidlynchlfc.co.uk · 15d

For me, Liverpool have been getting a bit too much flak for their performances this season when they've been good enough in patches to beat some very good teams. But there wasn't a single redeeming feature tonight and it's a deserved defeat that gives Slot a lot to think about.

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Lee @hacky478.bsky.social · 15d

This is how dumb football is. We lose 1-0 tonight to Galatasaray
Who lost 5-1 in their first game to Frankfurt who lost 5-1 to Atletico tonight who lost 3-2 to us in the opening game. It just doesn’t work like that in football ! To top that off we have Frankfurt next…

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Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.bsky.social · 16d

OK, it's a typography issue, but for a moment there...

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