Bagelche
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This is an absolute *must read* by @nickhunebrown.bsky.social on the impact of AI slop in an era where journalism trust is already depressingly low, and why fact-checkers are more important than ever. As a freelancer who agonizes over accuracy and getting quotes right, this was a mind boggling read.
A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This is an absolute *must read* by @nickhunebrown.bsky.social on the impact of AI slop in an era where journalism trust is already depressingly low, and why fact-checkers are more important than ever. As a freelancer who agonizes over accuracy and getting quotes right, this was a mind boggling read.
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every single one of these emails is someone I already hate messaging a notorious pedophile to say "Thanks for the great time! I had fun doing pedophile stuff with you. P.S. Trump was there with us the whole time"
November 12, 2025 at 9:51 PM
every single one of these emails is someone I already hate messaging a notorious pedophile to say "Thanks for the great time! I had fun doing pedophile stuff with you. P.S. Trump was there with us the whole time"
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Using AI to Make Music to Use AI To
November 11, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Using AI to Make Music to Use AI To
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Trump is 30 points underwater. Dems swept the special elections. People know the GOP is responsible for the shutdown. So the Dem Senators pulled out their big guns... and shot themselves in the foot.
November 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Trump is 30 points underwater. Dems swept the special elections. People know the GOP is responsible for the shutdown. So the Dem Senators pulled out their big guns... and shot themselves in the foot.
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Lots of students impacted, and the University has been responding.
www.umass.edu/news/olympia...
UMass suggests donating to the Student Care and Emergency Response Fund:
minutefund.uma-foundation.org/project/20457
www.umass.edu/news/olympia...
UMass suggests donating to the Student Care and Emergency Response Fund:
minutefund.uma-foundation.org/project/20457
Student Care & Emergency Response Fund
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minutefund.uma-foundation.org
November 9, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Lots of students impacted, and the University has been responding.
www.umass.edu/news/olympia...
UMass suggests donating to the Student Care and Emergency Response Fund:
minutefund.uma-foundation.org/project/20457
www.umass.edu/news/olympia...
UMass suggests donating to the Student Care and Emergency Response Fund:
minutefund.uma-foundation.org/project/20457
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The town of Amherst (MA) has declared a state of emergency due to ongoing impact of the fire on Olympia Drive
www.amherstma.gov/CivicAlerts....
www.amherstma.gov/CivicAlerts....
Town Manager Declares State of Emergency
Amherst Town Manager Paul Bockelman declared a State of Emergency due to the ongoing fires on Olympia Drive. Residents are urged to stop all non-essential water use to help conserve water for firefigh...
www.amherstma.gov
November 9, 2025 at 12:43 AM
The town of Amherst (MA) has declared a state of emergency due to ongoing impact of the fire on Olympia Drive
www.amherstma.gov/CivicAlerts....
www.amherstma.gov/CivicAlerts....
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
Tuesdays: Elections
Saturdays: World Series Game 7 (others optional)
Saturdays: World Series Game 7 (others optional)
new bluesky growth strategy: hold an election in the United States weekly
November 5, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Tuesdays: Elections
Saturdays: World Series Game 7 (others optional)
Saturdays: World Series Game 7 (others optional)
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...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site
dissatisfied by the New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani?
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site
Words I have said as a waiter in a Tex-Mex restaurant:
"Your nachos are not aerodynamic."
"Your nachos are not aerodynamic."
The surface danger zone for sandwiches really depends on the ingredients tbh. An Italian sub, for example, has a high frag rate because of the bread consistency but better aerodynamic range, while a croque monsieur and the Rueben have less range but more splatter.
It's not in this article but the government asserts that the sandwich was thrown at "point blank range", which implies subway sandwiches have defined effective weapon ranges of varying lethality, and I would like to see the government's chart of these ranges.
November 3, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Words I have said as a waiter in a Tex-Mex restaurant:
"Your nachos are not aerodynamic."
"Your nachos are not aerodynamic."
Both teams deserve to win, but I wish it'd been the other one. Heck of a postseason.
November 2, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Both teams deserve to win, but I wish it'd been the other one. Heck of a postseason.
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me nine innings ago / me now
November 2, 2025 at 3:42 AM
me nine innings ago / me now
“While there is a lower class, I am in it, while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free. While there is a Tigers game, I am in the bleachers."
- Eugene V. Debs Memorial Kazoo Night
- Eugene V. Debs Memorial Kazoo Night
Hello welcome to bluesky. We have every kind of anti-government radical left of center, and also, baseball
November 2, 2025 at 4:08 AM
“While there is a lower class, I am in it, while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free. While there is a Tigers game, I am in the bleachers."
- Eugene V. Debs Memorial Kazoo Night
- Eugene V. Debs Memorial Kazoo Night
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If you're in line to bat at Game 7 of the World Series STAY IN LINE
November 2, 2025 at 3:59 AM
If you're in line to bat at Game 7 of the World Series STAY IN LINE
If I was a fan of either of these teams, I would no longer exist.
November 2, 2025 at 3:54 AM
If I was a fan of either of these teams, I would no longer exist.
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<slaps roof of the 2025 MLB playoffs>
This bad boy can fit so many extra innings in it
This bad boy can fit so many extra innings in it
November 2, 2025 at 3:39 AM
<slaps roof of the 2025 MLB playoffs>
This bad boy can fit so many extra innings in it
This bad boy can fit so many extra innings in it
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Forget the Monster Mash. For the ultimate Halloween playlist, reach for horror soundtracks, 1940s kids’ music and Russian darkwave – all chosen by Sunn O))), Creeper, Diamanda Galás and more
‘The nuns were convinced they were possessed by demons’: goth and metal stars select the scariest music ever made
Forget the Monster Mash. For the ultimate Halloween playlist, reach for horror soundtracks, 1940s kids’ music and Russian darkwave – all chosen by Sunn O))), Creeper, Diamanda Galás and more
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Forget the Monster Mash. For the ultimate Halloween playlist, reach for horror soundtracks, 1940s kids’ music and Russian darkwave – all chosen by Sunn O))), Creeper, Diamanda Galás and more
It shouldn't work, but it probably will. But, Dems should be shouting this from the rooftops and any media person interviewing a Republican should be calling them out on this. (A feller can dream).
Trying to blame the Dems cutting off SNAP (while sitting on billons of available contingency funds) as his boss bulldozes the WH to build a ball room like Saddam's palace, sends $40 billion to bail out Argentines, and eats "gold adorned" brownies in Korea is not gonna work.
Mike Johnson: "On Saturday, things are gonna become very dire."
October 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It shouldn't work, but it probably will. But, Dems should be shouting this from the rooftops and any media person interviewing a Republican should be calling them out on this. (A feller can dream).
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Zohran Mamdani caught lying that he understood Plato’s allegory of the cave, yet when asked to explain it, he seemed to instead explain Baudrillard’s theory of Simulacra and Simulation where reality has been replaced by symbols and signs, which seems similar to Plato’s theory but is not the same
October 29, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Zohran Mamdani caught lying that he understood Plato’s allegory of the cave, yet when asked to explain it, he seemed to instead explain Baudrillard’s theory of Simulacra and Simulation where reality has been replaced by symbols and signs, which seems similar to Plato’s theory but is not the same
"Corporations are people, my [constituent]" - Mitt Romney
October 28, 2025 at 8:25 PM
"Corporations are people, my [constituent]" - Mitt Romney
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every big AI pitch is like “what if we took away your means of survival and devalued all your skills to make stonks go up temporarily? You’d like that wouldn’t you?”
October 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
every big AI pitch is like “what if we took away your means of survival and devalued all your skills to make stonks go up temporarily? You’d like that wouldn’t you?”
Watching the game on mlb.tv and listening to the WEEI audio feed. The audio is about 10 seconds ahead. I'm listening to the future.
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October 2, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Watching the game on mlb.tv and listening to the WEEI audio feed. The audio is about 10 seconds ahead. I'm listening to the future.
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
I love that dirty water!
October 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I love that dirty water!
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