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Yet Another Emily @anomily.bsky.social · 2h

OK, but what if I want new stories conceived of and executed by people? I do *not* want more of the same.

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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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 1d

Trump to the Israeli parliament today, gloating about U.S. weapons supplied to Israel over the past two years:

"You obviously used them very well."

www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Guardian headline: "Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead"

The children’s names below appear on a list of victims of Israel’s offensive in Gaza, maintained by health authorities in the territory. As of the end of July it ran to 60,199 names, of whom 18,457 were under 18s. Far from comprehensive, the list does not include the thousands still buried under the rubble of destroyed buildings, as well as the war’s many indirect victims"

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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IMPEACH DAMMIT @lee-gfyarnnerd.bsky.social · 1d

Weavers: there are looms in Philadelphia needing a home. Spread the word. Gift article: share.inquirer.com/IdOGai

Are you looking to buy looms? The Weaver House in the Bok building is closing.

The shop owner is looking for a single buyer for the floor looms acquired from the University of the Arts after the school shuttered.

share.inquirer.com

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Yet Another Emily @anomily.bsky.social · 2d

My favorite

Person 1: Hit My name is Jason

Person 2: Ah! Nice to meet you, Jason

Words in the person 1’s brain: Jason, FRIENDS, FAMILY, BRASSICA OLERACEA

Person 1: Say Jarvis, did you know that over a dozen common vegetables are actually the same plant species?

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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 3d

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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Yet Another Emily @anomily.bsky.social · 3d

We do have lawyers.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d

The SpEd system in this country is set up in a way that families know they're entitled to certain things but also know they have to fight tooth and nail to get what they deserve.

They're tenacious experienced fighters who'll do anything for their kids. These assholes just sucker punched them all.

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Emily Galvin-Almanza @galvinalmanza.bsky.social · 3d

Seriously, Judges *do no do things like this*

They don't give their opinion to the media

They don't criticize how SCOTUS works

This is them breaking the emergency glass, folks
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

www.nytimes.com

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Yet Another Emily @anomily.bsky.social · 3d

Totally makes sense. Of course now I’m very curious (I usually have wheat toast with peanut butter for similar reasons).

Yet Another Emily @anomily.bsky.social · 3d

What’s the food? I’m curious because I like low effort reliable breakfast and am always looking for new ideas (and will look for its return).

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 11d

Julius Caesar was the first Roman to put his own living face on coins, weeks before his death. It is one of the deepest cultural signifiers of something autocracies do and republics do not.

“Render unto Caesar.” A practice so notoriously arrogant Jesus himself dunked on it with snarky wordplay.

Treasury Department Has Plans To Mint Dollar Coin Featuring Donald Trump's Likeness | Defector

The United States Department of the Treasury has developed, to the brink of production, a dollar coin that features the face and likeness of President Donald Trump, according to a source within the Tr...

defector.com

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Yet Another Emily @anomily.bsky.social · 10d

This is correct.

Roquentin @cultofmany.bsky.social · 10d

My theory is that the Great Consolidation of streaming apps has begun. By the time it’s over, they will have reinvented cable TV.

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Yet Another Emily @anomily.bsky.social · 12d

I read the beginning to learn about the character and story, the end to know what happens and the rest to know how we got there. It keeps me from rushing!

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 12d

I feel like Smaug and this post is the black arrow.

Laurie Voss @seldo.com · 15d

My personal timeline is full of autistic people trying to explain that there isn't more autism than before, it's just that we're better at detecting it, and there's nothing more autistic than hoping explaining something at length will help matters when nobody is really listening.

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Yet Another Emily @anomily.bsky.social · 12d

We bought a hybrid Ford Maverick because I wanted one of those old little Datsuns (or similar) and LOVE it. It’s not small but also not huge and great for pick-up type tasks.

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Yet Another Emily @anomily.bsky.social · 12d

I was raised in “we buy new and drive them until they disintegrate” but similar thought processes.

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Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 14d

Palestinian Asem Al-Nabih shared the will of his 11-year-old niece, Rasha, which was found beneath the rubble of the home where she and her brother Ahmad were killed following an Israeli airstrike.

An image titled “Slain Child’s Will” shows a handwritten note in Arabic on lined paper. Next to it, English text provides a translation of the child’s will, where the child asks not to be cried over, requests clothes to be given to those in need, and distributes belongings such as accessories, allowance, storybooks, and toys among family and friends. The note ends with a plea not to scold their brother Ahmad and to honor their will.

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Yet Another Emily @anomily.bsky.social · 14d

I think of the pony express had a better lobby, we might not have had trains for a very long time.

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Sen. Pumpkin Gogurt @ugarles.bsky.social · 14d

HEGSETH: *points to general's ribbon bars* "What'd you get that one for? Fucking your mother?"

GENERAL: *sternly* killing vietnamese children

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Aaron W. Gordon @agordon.me · 14d

The amazing thing about the hundreds of billions of dollars being spent on AI development is it doesn't even include all the externalized costs like higher electricity prices for hundreds of millions of people.

AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring

Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.

www.bloomberg.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14d

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

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Yet Another Emily @anomily.bsky.social · 15d

TBF, the toaster is very interesting.

spooky mental haunted house @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 15d

the sinclair charlie kirk tribute has 71K views nine days after it was supposed to preempt jimmy kimmel

by comparison, this antique toaster restoration video has 102K views after one day

111 Years Old Antique Toaster Restoration

YouTube video by Odd Tinkering

www.youtube.com

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 15d

This is absolutely heartbreaking. This man should not have been murdered. His children should still have a father. His wife should not have to tell people her trauma.

This government is committing war crimes.

Michael Paarlberg @mpaarlberg.bsky.social · 15d

I think the Trump admin assumed no one would try to find out who the people on the boats they blew up really were

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Yet Another Emily @anomily.bsky.social · 16d

I’m so worried about this for my MIL.

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Yet Another Emily @anomily.bsky.social · 16d

YES. Jesus. Those bastards let the Republicans walk all over them because the Republicans are comfortable being terrorists. Time to actually fight.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16d

At this point, any Democrat who votes to keep this government open without extracting very serious concessions — RFK’s resignation, ICE rollback, Epstein Files release, etc — will absolutely face a primary challenger who will set fundraising records.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16d

Republicans run the White House, Congress and Supreme Court on the principle that the only role Dems can play is bailing the GOP out from facing the consequences of their own actions.

They expect Dems to clean up after them and save them from voters’ blame, and sadly some Dems want to do just that.

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