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annamm @anmle.bsky.social · 3h

Hoi Nederlands KamerOrkest, that is not Mozart on your Mozart Requiem concert poster.

Is Johnny Depp going to play Mozart’s Requiem?!

annamm @anmle.bsky.social · 7h

"We didn't do it, but the agents deserve a medal if we did." How very Soviet of Lázár, who oversaw intelligence services.

Gossips circulate in Brussels about Vásárhelyi. People with firsthand experience could spill the beans about when he was HU's Ambassador to the EU. It is only a matter of time.

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Ben Winters @benwinters.bsky.social · 19h

sam altman has never cared about you or kids or safety and never will

interesting to see him speed-run the Zuck arc in the public eye of "wow cool smart guy, he is the future and cares abt connection and love and safety this is cool" to "oh wow masks off -- profit and power and exploitation only"

The Verge @theverge.com · 22h

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

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Chunkin’ Deuces✌️ @thiccceywicket.bsky.social · 19h

Are you having trouble making money from your AI super intelligence that will cure all diseases and replace all workers? Pivot to porn

The Verge @theverge.com · 22h

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 21h

Legendary work from @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social.

He and a team uncovered a trove of data from a surveillance firm — location data from thousands of phone numbers from nearly every country on Earth.

The firm had been tracking everyone from Erik Prince to journalists to Jared Leto.

The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you

Inside the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.

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annamm @anmle.bsky.social · 21h

As always, John and his team did solid public service.

The ‘If books could kill’ podcast dedicated a July episode to her, the alleged free press gig (mainly fundraising, little writing), & the fake university now accredited in TX. Pity it is behind paywall.
Weiss is a grifter, none else.

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John Q. Public @publius24.bsky.social · 21h

For many young men, edgy comedy can often be a way of floating trial balloons among peers.

The inevitable result of normalizing this kind of constant chatter is that eventually it stops becoming a joke and starts representing what you believe.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 23h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
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VSquare.org @vsquare.bsky.social · 1d

🔎🇷🇺 Our new analysis reveals the scale of Russia’s massive propaganda offensive in Moldova:

134 activists managing 30 Telegram channels, receiving €2.8M until the first half of 2025.

9,900 AI-generated TikTok videos with over 93 million views.

24/7 Russian Propaganda Blitz Hit Moldova Before the Elections - VSquare.org

Moldovans had faced months, if not years, of an information onslaught at levels beyond what just about any society has faced. In the end, the pro-European ruling Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) won 50.2% of the vote, while the pro-Russian Patriotic Bloc managed only 24.2%, despite well-documented foreign interference, mainly from Russia and pro Kremlin actors.

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annamm @anmle.bsky.social · 1d

6:3 is a reminder to listen to the 5:4 podcast.

www.fivefourpod.com
“5-4 is a podcast about how much the Supreme Court sucks.”

5-4

5-4 is a podcast about how much the Supreme Court sucks. It’s a progressive and occasionally profane take on the ideological battles at the heart of the Court’s most importan...

www.fivefourpod.com

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 1d

I don't know how many times to point out that is absolutely ghoulish and non-consensual and disgusting behavior.
To exploit the image of a dead woman who was also exploited in real life so you can live out your momentary fantasies of "what is possible" with AI is bad science journalism, also.
Sick.

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Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Happen Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Screenshot includes an AI generated image of what looks like a human cross between Daenaerys Targaryen and Marilyn Monroe on the back of a dragon.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 1d

The govt is also saying that DC's MPD has better evidentiary standards than the Eff Bee Eye, which would suggest Kash has been destroying things even faster than we suspected.

ICE? That I believe. Which is why everyone arrested by ICE should immediately get a preservation order.

3 The government disclosed over the weekend that neither the FBI or ICE have rules or procedures
governing the preservation of evidence. In contrast, MPD has a general order that requires officers to
preserve all potentially discoverable material, including any material which “may be favorable to the
accused.” MPD General Order 602.02 at 4.

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JimmyJames @thejimmyjames.bsky.social · 6d

Either a case of lightning actually striking twice, or that liberty is fragile enough (especially now) that enough people have had their rights violated for there to be a large enough sample size that it's not unlikely for two people named Miranda to have had their rights denied

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GenderQueeries 🇨🇦 @genderqueeries.ca · Nov 18

The papers will be "lost" by police in the same way homeless sweeps regularly destroy all of a homeless person's ID.

Then they will deport anyone without citizenship papers.

Replacements available if filing within the US near location of your birth.

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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 6d

American citizen, read this. www.koin.com/news/portlan...

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 1d

Towns may have to be abandoned due to floods with millions more homes in Great Britain at risk

- Every constituency projected to be at greater risk, with many areas likely to be uninsurable, Guardian investigation finds

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Towns may have to be abandoned due to floods with millions more homes in Great Britain at risk

Every constituency projected to be at greater risk, with many areas likely to be uninsurable, Guardian investigation finds

www.theguardian.com

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annamm @anmle.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, the land of the free.

a man with a beard and suspenders is sitting in the grass .

ALT: a man with a beard and suspenders is sitting in the grass .

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annamm @anmle.bsky.social · 1d

Sure, lady, like in any other “DHS lying to make it look worse” case, ICE should produce that bodycam that proves the story is not inflated.

annamm @anmle.bsky.social · 1d

It would have been if the woman on the other end of the twin line were not a flame-throwing dragon. We usually pranked her. 🤪

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annamm @anmle.bsky.social · 1d

I still remember my family's phone number in my childhood and that was 35 years ago.

It was one end of a twin line in Hungary right after transition. Fun fact: the other end of the line was in the same block of flats. Yes, you could eavesdrop on that person's call.

Om Older Now Not So Old For Real The Story Of Reality Tv GIF

ALT: Om Older Now Not So Old For Real The Story Of Reality Tv GIF

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 1d

In a development absolutely everyone saw coming….

AI could make it harder to establish blame for medical failings, experts say

Report raises concerns about liability issues and lack of testing as development of AI health tools booms

www.theguardian.com

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annamm @anmle.bsky.social · 2d

"Logan, Jennings’ deputy, compared fighting Trump’s immigration policies to a haunted house — you can’t spend all your time worrying about what’s behind the next door.

You just have to find a way out of the room you’re in."

spotlightdelaware.org/2025/10/13/b...

‘Bring her back': Delaware abuse victim rescued from ICE deportation

ICE detained a Delaware victim of domestic violence, despite her living with protected legal status. Then the Attorney General stepped in.

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 2d

OK, and also, if ChatGPT could ACTUALLY do your job, I might agree. The things is, it can't, and the only people who think it can, are people who don't understand what you do and wouldn't be able to do it themselves if you put a gun to their heads and also think they know everything.

So, Altman.

Futurism @futurism.com · 2d

So that's where we're at.

Sam Altman Says If Jobs Gets Wiped Out, Maybe They Weren't Even "Real Work" to Start With

Worried that AI will destroy work? Well, Sam Altman asks if you've considered what a farmer from half a century ago thinks of your job, first.

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LA Resident Tourist @laresidenttourist.bsky.social · 2d

How Orwellian is this language: He was "handed to ICE to determine his alienage and removability.”

"Alienage," not citizenship.
"Removability," not legal rights.
And "handed" to ICE like they daintily passed a cup of tea, not grabbed and hauled off.

Plus the usual blaming of media for it all.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

TEXAS senate candidate Rep. @jamestalarico.bsky.social (grandson of a Baptist preacher): “I put my hand on a Bible and swore an oath to the constitution, not the other way around.”

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