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Colin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.social · 21h

A 1943 self-portrait by the great Margaret Bourke-White during her time with U.S. 8th Air Force.

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White flowers clumped, reaching gold stanens, hard green fruit

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Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · 22h

'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 · 22h

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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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 7h

You gently run your hand through the rack. You can feel it—pure cotton, rich wool, Irish linen. The plump buttonholes are handsewn; the buttons attached with a firm shank. You flip the price tag over. It's affordable

You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month

Headline reads: Altman says ChatGPT will soon allow erotic for adult users.

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 15h

"Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom."
www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.bsky.social · 1h

If there are still people in your social circles who derided you for calling these people Nazis when it was already glaringly obvious (decades ago) drop them with prejudice. Especially if you are marginalized in any way.

They are the same people who will give you up to them.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 16h

X post today from Homeland Security @DHSgov that says "Remigrate."
3:06 PM · Oct 14, 2025

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Tom Peyer @tompeyer.bsky.social · 11h

I'm grateful this exists

The Comic Book Burnings Project

Documenting and Mapping Fires in America, 1945-1955

storymaps.arcgis.com

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Blink Kitty Love @blinkkittylove.bsky.social · 1h

Yeah. Need to figure out how to effectively communicate about this.

Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 3h

PA voters will cast their ballots in one of the most consequential elections of the year: the state Supreme Court race. With three Democratic justices up for retention, the outcome of this contest could flip control of a court that decides election laws. https://bit.ly/3JeB3Ax

Why Anti-Voting Activists Are Using the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Election to Spread Disinformation

Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 12h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Elana Levin @levin.bsky.social · 22h

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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Blink Kitty Love @blinkkittylove.bsky.social · 1h

Excited that free hotel breakfast had grits. Added butter and pepper. Discovered there is a taste best described as after chew.

a close up of a blue haired anime character making a face

ALT: a close up of a blue haired anime character making a face

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Blue Poppy Publishing @bluepoppypub.bsky.social · 2h

On the fifteenth day of Halloween,
My true love gave to me,
Fifteen frantic ferrets-a-twirling,
Fourteen furry friends-a-whirling,
Thirteen crocodiles-a-crying,
Twelve sad poltergeists-a-sighing,
Eleven werewolves prowling,
Ten hyenas howling,

Blue Poppy Publishing @bluepoppypub.bsky.social · 1d

On the fourteenth day of Halloween,
My true love gave to me,
Fourteen furry friends-a-whirling,
Thirteen crocodiles-a-crying,
Twelve sad poltergeists-a-sighing,
Eleven werewolves prowling,
Ten hyeneas howling,
Nine vultures singing,
Eight nettles stinging,
Seven harpies screaming,

Blue Poppy Publishing @bluepoppypub.bsky.social · 2d

On the 13th day of Halloween,
My true love gave to me,
13 crocodiles-a-crying,
12 Sad poltergeists-a-sighing,
11 werewolves prowling,
10 hyenas howling,
9 vultures singing,
8 nettles stinging,
7 harpies screaming,
6 villains scheming,
5 angry trolls,
4 vampire bats,
3 dead rats,
2 smelly cats,

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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 3h

Calling all artists & musicians: 🔈 🎶 🎨 There’s a mass movement of people just like you around the globe that are pushing the music industry to divest from genocide & fossil fuels- we’re calling on you to spread the word & take the pledge!

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 9h

THEY DO NOT BREAK US, THEY BREAK UPON US

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graveyard dirt @upfromsumdirt.bsky.social · 6h

for those of us up at 4am for no good gotdamn reason:

the string queens... enjoy!

youtu.be/fO05disYkhg?...

The String Queens LIVE!

YouTube video by The String Queens

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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Nunsense & Shenunigans @annaleehq.bsky.social · 11h

Stay shocked!
Be angry
Don’t compromise

None of this is normal

D I V A @whatdivawants.bsky.social · 12h

Don't ever stop being shocked... fascists win when all this stupid, terrible, FASCIST AF shit becomes the norm.

THIS. IS. NOT. NORMAL.

Half Moon Rising @half-moon-rising.bsky.social · 12h

“A huge part of the fascist creep here has to do with how much crazy stuff is happening, which kind of normalizes it and allows them to do more,” the band leader said. “It’s got to stay shocking to us.”
#ICE #Overreach

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 14h

The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 14h

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 14h

There is no conceivable argument that these ships, even if we assume they were carrying narcotics, could not be dealt with in some other way. I think we can just drop the caveats and say: This is mass murder.

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 18h

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 19h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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Blink Kitty Love @blinkkittylove.bsky.social · 14h

Oof, that's rough.

I actually had to give up trying to get people off book on Zoom. It was just too essy to cheat 😅😂

Blink Kitty Love @blinkkittylove.bsky.social · 14h

Ah theatre, salvation and torture entwined. what play?

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Rob MacWolf, Werewolf Hitchhiker @robmacwolf.thevoice.dog · 18h

When we write or draw porn or erotica, we get banned from having a bank account and our livelihoods get seized even if we give it away for free.

When billionaires steal what we've written or drawn to churn out a slop-approximate of porn, they're allowed to charge for it.

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 21h

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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Blink Kitty Love @blinkkittylove.bsky.social · 14h

oh that bites. hope you get some joy in the performance. someone might need even a distaff production

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Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 14h

Iterview

MARTIN SHORT: Who's sexier, me or Steve Martin?

DIANE KEATON: I mean, you're both idiots.

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geoffrey, 💀 mode @parsnip.bsky.social · 14h

speaker of the house mike "i have never felt so threatened as when i saw a nipple" johnson. these people are beyond parody

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 15h

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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