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Ant @ant80.bsky.social · 18h

Stop your messin’ around

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 2d

So thankful that dudes without game now have the option of driving all of our energy bills up to come up with devastating lines like it was nice to meet you

C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social · 2d

This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

As 32-year-old Rich points out, though, "it's not like using ChatGPT guarantees success".
When he met someone in a bar one Friday night and swapped social media handles, he asked AI what his next move should be.
ChatGPT discerned that sending an initial message on Monday midmorning would set the right pace. "Then it gave me some options for what the message could be," says Rich.
"Keep it light, warm, and low-stakes so it reads as genuine interest without urgency," the bot advised. "Something like: Hey Sarah, still laughing about [tiny shared moment/reference if you've got one] - good to meet you!" Rich went back and forth with ChatGPT until he felt they'd hit upon exactly the right message ("Hey Sarah, it was lovely to meet you") but sadly she never replied, he says. "It's been two weeks now."

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Ant @ant80.bsky.social · 2d

Never posted a review for Bristol’s shirt so here’s a little Sunday bonus.
Bristol City have had some nice kits in the last decade while never falling into the trap of their home red becoming boring.
This year’s shirt is no different with a modern classic look with some nice embellishments.

4/5

The back collar detail on the BCFC home shirt

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Ant @ant80.bsky.social · 4d

The only derby that matters. The only Derby that matters will always be be this guy:

The “fookin’ wankers” guy from QPR’s 1-0 win over Derby County in the 2014 playoff final.

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 6d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 6d

😂

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Ant @ant80.bsky.social · 6d

Controversial!

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Ant @ant80.bsky.social · 6d

It's time for another round of Kit Korner Internationale!

What does this Wales kit have to do with AC Milan?

Also, what does this Ecuador kit have to do with...AC MILAN?!

And finally, what did the Socceroos actually wear at the 74 World Cup?

Most importantly, are they flash🤩 or trash🤮?

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Ant @ant80.bsky.social · 7d

That’s the spirit!

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Ant @ant80.bsky.social · 7d

Can you call them tomorrow while I ship shirts? Great. Thanks. 😁

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Ant @ant80.bsky.social · 7d

BIG UPDATE:

I heard from someone at PayPal and they have taken care of us. We love PayPal again! It's available at checkout along with Stripe for all your payment needs. Thanks all!

Ant @ant80.bsky.social · 8d

- in this insanity, I also managed to send an instacart order to an Airbnb address 3 hours from where I live

But we’re raising a lot of money and every single thing has been worth it because we also get to see the #QPR community at its best.

Ok bedtime. Thanks all!

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Ant @ant80.bsky.social · 7d

PSA: Risky as hell to eat a cider donut from outside New England.

Ant @ant80.bsky.social · 7d

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Ant @ant80.bsky.social · 8d

- in this insanity, I also managed to send an instacart order to an Airbnb address 3 hours from where I live

But we’re raising a lot of money and every single thing has been worth it because we also get to see the #QPR community at its best.

Ok bedtime. Thanks all!

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Ant @ant80.bsky.social · 8d

- PayPal decided to limit our account
- I battled ai to speak to a person at PayPal- who “helped”
- They “helped” our account get “permanently deactivated”
- I battled ai again to speak to another person
- They undid some of the “help”

I forgot:
-Charlie also posted the gofundme
…cont.

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Ant @ant80.bsky.social · 8d

Guys it’s been a day. Let’s see:
- Charlie Austin posted our podcast on his instagram
- QPR posted our Purple for Lily Green shirt program
- We were overwhelmed (in a good way) by the support and the generosity of the QPR family near and far
- Our PayPal account was overwhelmed (in a bad way)

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Ant @ant80.bsky.social · 10d

hooooonk hoooonk

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Ant @ant80.bsky.social · 11d

Oxford United are calling their 25/26 home shirt a "modern classic." It's (unsurprisingly) inspired by a series of collared shirts from the 90s and it is pretty sharp. The hoops on the sleever are a nice touch. And good on them for not having a betting sponsor.

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Ant @ant80.bsky.social · 11d

Also, quick aside, the dumb gambling sponsor is Mr. Vegas. Terrible name when Mr. Jackpots is right there.

a man and a woman are looking at each other in a restaurant .

ALT: a man and a woman are looking at each other in a restaurant .

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Ant @ant80.bsky.social · 11d

Some catching up to do-
Apart from a terrible sponsor, the 25/26 Sheffield Wednesday shirt is super nice. The sublimated SWFC in the stripes is a fun "fauxback" that feels very eary 90s. The sponsor, as we all know, sucks. Thankfully it's available sponsorless - that version is 5/5. But with?

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The lovely, sponsorless version of the 24/25 SWFC home shirt

The awful sponsor that's actually on the 25/26 SWFC home shirt.

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Ant @ant80.bsky.social · 11d

CyberICE: We Backtraced It™

Ant @ant80.bsky.social · 11d

When we read the Odyssey in school, for no real reason, we started calling this on kid in class Telemachus and we would kind of sing it to him to the tune of the jingle for The Animal. It went "Telemachus, Telemachus, can anything stop...Telemachus!" We still call him Telemachus to this day.

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