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LOWρUF🐸 🇵🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇲🇽 @lowrhoufo.bsky.social · 2h

Mills entering the race against Planter: totally fine

Gillibrand, Schiff and Kelly backing a centrist septugenarian over a chud-coded progressive while strong-arming Kleban into droping out: something I'm actually angry about

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April Wolfe @aprilwolfe.bsky.social · 1h

Im actually surprised there are any republicans condemning those Nazi texts but now I’m like oh shit what else do they know is gonna come out in another round of leaked texts?

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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 2h

say what you will about janet mills's age, but as a politician she's truly unstoppable, by which i mean i've replied STOP three times today to identical fundraising pitches for her, each apparently coming from a different number/superPAC/whatever, but the messages keep coming in

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April Wolfe @aprilwolfe.bsky.social · 3h

Gonna watch Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room to brush up on how a ponzi scheme collapses

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Aaron Huertas @aaronhuertas.bsky.social · 4h

I would simply not use a national party body to intervene in a primary race and instead build infrastructure for the eventual nominee, trusting the choice of primary voters, but then again I lack the political acumen of people who have steered the party into its lowest ever modern approval rating.

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April Wolfe @aprilwolfe.bsky.social · 4h

American elected officials are the only people in the country who can afford to retire, and none of them want to.

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April Wolfe @aprilwolfe.bsky.social · 5h

I think the average Californian is pretty hawkish about corporate water usage—not necessarily because they care about climate, but because they're told they have to restrict water, and they're pissed someone else doesn't have to. If they knew how much water data centers used, they'd say no.

Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 9h

First sentence says it all: "Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed legislation that would have required data centers to report how much water they use." Read the rest of the story though. from @ianjames.bsky.social: www.latimes.com/environment/...

California cracks down on water theft but spares data centers from disclosing how much they use

Gov. Newsom vetoed a bill that would have required data centers to report their projected water use when applying for a business license.

www.latimes.com

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 9h

First sentence says it all: "Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed legislation that would have required data centers to report how much water they use." Read the rest of the story though. from @ianjames.bsky.social: www.latimes.com/environment/...

California cracks down on water theft but spares data centers from disclosing how much they use

Gov. Newsom vetoed a bill that would have required data centers to report their projected water use when applying for a business license.

www.latimes.com

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April Wolfe @aprilwolfe.bsky.social · 9h

I had the urge to chant "chug chug chug"

April Wolfe @aprilwolfe.bsky.social · 9h

good christ look at this book cover for Quan Barry's antarctic thriller.

picture of an ice berg flipped upside down with the deep end in the water jutting up into a blood-red for 2/3s of the image. white text: THE UNVEILING

bottom 2/3 is the tip of the ice berg, jutting down into a sparsely cloudy sky. white text over image: QUAN BARRY AUTHOR OF WE RIDE UPON STICKS

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Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · 9h

'Sora cost $20 a month & subscribers can generate an unlimited number of AI videos... this costs (Sora owners) OpenAI "at least $5 per 10-second video"'.

Journalists, please ask more questions about how this tech could ever in a million years make a profit?

britt hayes @britthates.bsky.social · 9h

studio execs & major outlets claim AI is "inevitable" and poised to take over Hollywood. the reality is much different. i spoke with filmmakers, producers, and editors about how AI is actually showing up in productions – and what it still can't do:

Hollywood Has a Major AI Hype Problem

Studio execs and major media outlets claim that AI is "inevitable" and poised to take over film and TV. The reality is much different.

movieweb.com

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April Wolfe @aprilwolfe.bsky.social · 9h

oh my god

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 9h

D’Angelo, the neo-soul trailblazer and modern visionary whose three albums were all heralded as classic works of art, has died at age 51.

Access the free article here: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 13h

Doing an open call for volunteers to sign up for my protection racket

Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 1d

After getting zero firm commitments to this point from the first nine invitees, the Trump administration is extending its proposed compact to all colleges. Expect some red-state publics to say yes.

Trump Offers All Colleges Preferential Funding Plan Rejected by MIT

The Trump administration is inviting all US colleges to participate in a compact — initially rejected by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — that would grant preferential federal funding in re...

www.bloomberg.com

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Rachel Walens @rwalens.bsky.social · 22h

LA County Library is partnering with the LA County Dept of Public Health to offer a FREE vaccine clinic for Flu and COVID shots, no insurance required. Friday October 24, 10 AM to 12 noon. Go here for details and to make an appointment:

lacountylibrary.libnet.info/event/14546049