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innes @innes.bsky.social · 8h

Text: A computer can never be horny, therefore a computer can never make art

Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 28m

one of my redeeming qualities, if we're friends I will recommend you great books

(let me be honest I won't just recommend I will probably just bring/send you a copy)

Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 2h

Doing some late night reading by beginning this recommendation from @berrak.bsky.social!

Photo of the front cover to Hernan Diaz's 2022 novel "Trust"

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Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 32m

looking forward to your review!! enjoy ❤️

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Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 9h

trying to raise about 500 Euros more so I can log off from this website for good and survive until one of my interviews and/or grant applications turn up

haven't had any donations in 24 hours, and would really love to live for a few weeks without thinking about how to afford groceries ❤️

Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 7d

friends, unfortunately I am in need of some help again to keep a roof over my head

we are moving out of this flat on the 17th (in 10 days) we got for the month, and nowhere to go with very little funds so far

I am trying to raise about 1500 Euros while I am interviewing and applying to grants

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 4h

*no kings except this guy

What’s the Hold Up Pod Dan @jacketdan.bsky.social · 1d

He did it again for the 5 year anniversary

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Saoirse Ní Chiaragáin @miseryvulture.bsky.social · Dec 17

Now, more than ever, you have to be a weird little pervert who makes art of questionable quality. You need to be driven crazy by the flesh. Because, as we all learned from Cronenberg's The Fly, the computers are not made crazy by the flesh. They can't do it like us.

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Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 9h

i was curious if they were already feeling the unavoidable financial pressure, and this pivot to pron pretty much confirms it

funny enough no such moves from Anthropic, which reaffirms my belief when OpenAI hangs its hat,Anthropic will stay in business, since Claude actually works, 84% of the time🙃

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 12h

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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jenny.rip 🪦🪱 @hacksawjenny.rip · 4d

Born to make art, doomed to make marketing material.

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Yasuko 康子🔻 @yasuko.bsky.social · 9h

Please help save my dear friend Fidaa.

Robin (she/he-ella/él) @merryrobin.bsky.social · 9h

Only $5 to enter my friends, let's go!
Fidaa really needs us to get back on her feet.
chuffed.org/project/fidaa-umar

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Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 9h

i will log off for 400 and will log you off as well! this is your chance to get rid of me on this site

Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 9h

trying to raise about 500 Euros more so I can log off from this website for good and survive until one of my interviews and/or grant applications turn up

haven't had any donations in 24 hours, and would really love to live for a few weeks without thinking about how to afford groceries ❤️

Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 7d

friends, unfortunately I am in need of some help again to keep a roof over my head

we are moving out of this flat on the 17th (in 10 days) we got for the month, and nowhere to go with very little funds so far

I am trying to raise about 1500 Euros while I am interviewing and applying to grants

Pay Berrak Nil Boya using PayPal.Me

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Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 1d

friends trying to raise a final 500 Euros so I can finally rest maybe a week or two without having to think about how to buy food and recover from my burnout a small amount

we just need 500 more and everything counts, including reposts!!

❤️❤️

Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 7d

friends, unfortunately I am in need of some help again to keep a roof over my head

we are moving out of this flat on the 17th (in 10 days) we got for the month, and nowhere to go with very little funds so far

I am trying to raise about 1500 Euros while I am interviewing and applying to grants

Pay Berrak Nil Boya using PayPal.Me

Go to paypal.me/berrakn and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

paypal.me

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Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 2d

down to only needing 600 Euros more for our goal

next Friday (on the 17th) we are leaving this apartment and I have no idea where we can go next or how

I appreciate all the reposts, shares with your circles and donations, everything helps

Thanks ❤️

Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 7d

friends, unfortunately I am in need of some help again to keep a roof over my head

we are moving out of this flat on the 17th (in 10 days) we got for the month, and nowhere to go with very little funds so far

I am trying to raise about 1500 Euros while I am interviewing and applying to grants

Pay Berrak Nil Boya using PayPal.Me

Go to paypal.me/berrakn and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

paypal.me

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Lilly Wachowski @lillywachowski.bsky.social · 15h

it is disorienting when you lose someone who you navigate your life to, like a star blinking out of the night sky.
a life lived in fearlessness, she carved out space for so many of us.
an amazing woman.
check out this doc by some of my pals.

Watch MAJOR! Online | Vimeo On Demand

The award-winning documentary "MAJOR!" follows the life and campaigns of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a Black transgender elder who has been fighting for…

vimeo.com

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Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 12h

we live in hell

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Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 12h

crying for a real one tonight

thanks for your sharing your gifts D'Angelo

his voice eternal

youtu.be/uv6ZaVtyeHw?...

D'Angelo - 'Untitled (How Does It Feel)' [HD] | North Sea Jazz (2012)

YouTube video by North Sea Jazz Archive

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Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 12h

definition of a trailblazer

rest in peace

youtu.be/utOyur3ZGl8?...

D'Angelo - 'Feel Like Makin' Love' [HD] | North Sea Jazz (2012)

YouTube video by North Sea Jazz Archive

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Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 12h

no man 💔💔💔

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 13h

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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Elana Levin @levin.bsky.social · 13h

D'Angelo speaking out about the physical and emotional burden of maintaining a nearly unobtainable physique and sexy image as a Black male artist should be taught in labor studies. It absolutely impacted how I analyze pop culture.

GQ Profile Of D'Angelo Explores The Perils Of Being Sexy

Visit the post for more.

uproxx.com

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 15h

Please be conscious if you protest this weekend that there are feds at the protest. They look like you and they sound like you, not like Steve Buscemi in that one clip with the skateboard. Thinking you can spot them is self delusion. Nobody you haven’t met needs to know your last name.

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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 1d

the degree to which i feel like i am living in the pre-title montage of a post-apocalyptic movie cannot be overstated.

Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 1d

This is an alarming compression of the planetary destruction timeline: with the massive growth of the AI bubble, data centers are expected to consume up to 12% of total US electricity by 2028, up from 4.4% in 2023.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/t...

Sora 2 and ChatGPT are consuming so much power that OpenAI just did another 10 gigawatt deal | CNN Business

OpenAI is partnering with Broadcom to design and develop 10 gigawatts of custom AI chips and systems, a massive amount of power that will use as much electricity as a large city. The move further high...

www.cnn.com

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Kim Hu @kim-hu.com · 17h

Hi #PortfolioDay - I am Kim Hu
Freelance Illustrator & Concept Artist

Looking for cool new projects to work on in 2026 💫

Portfolio: kim-hu.com
✉️ [email protected]

Cover of Killtopia Comic Anthology, featuring a despairing man in a tech helmet.

The cover to Blister City
In the background in orange and pink tones sits a massive city, behind which orange mountains rise into a dusty orange sky
In the foreground 3 punks perch on the edge of a building, surrounded by litter and soda cans. The punk on the left wears a blue jacket that says die young on the back.

The text Blister City can be seen in the sky above the city.

Illustration of Clippy the Paperclip in a Mad Max style truck, blasting through the wasteland; Done for Autonocast.com

Photo of a shirt, showing a girl with a nailbat on top of a smashed robot, holding up its severed head. The text says: Destroy AI; Done for Aftermath
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#kimgakaku

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Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 15h

main problem with Poland is there are absolutely too many German tourists

if i was Polish i wouldn't let Germans come to vacay here, idk

ban them.

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Mike Cook @mtrc.bsky.social · 16h

Friends if you work at a creative tech/games/etc company in and around London, and you'd be willing to hire some internship/placement students for 2-3 months over summer, please let me know! I have incredibly smart and engaged undergrads looking for summer opportunities.

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Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 15h

its also why i am planning to leave EU by 2027 latest for South East Asia, and travel and live there for the next decade, I don't think anything good will happen here for anyone in the next decade and multiply that with immigrants like moi

no thanks lol

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