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guy (shutdown 47)

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The depression is winning. Hope is lost. Just playing out the string. It is all so pointless. The medicine doesn't work.

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guy (shutdown 47) @blueskywestside.bsky.social · Aug 2

This sums up the life philosophy of far too many Americans.

I want everything in one bag, but I don’t want the bag to be heavy.

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guy (shutdown 47) @blueskywestside.bsky.social · 4h

Off to nightmareville before back to the salt mine before closing the day on dystopia lane.

i hate this so much

so many people said "it will get better" in high school and college

it never did

now it's almost over

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 4h

Truly can’t believe they took this quote
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-other-...

"They keep saying as loudly as possible, we're going to do more illegal partisan impoundments, and I think Democrats are seeing this and it just reinforces their sense they can't negotiate with these guys," Bobby Kogan, senior director of federal budget policy at the Center for American Progress, told me. "It's Darth Vader saying 'I have altered the deal, pray I don't alter it any further'—again and again and again."

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guy (shutdown 47) @blueskywestside.bsky.social · 4h

At this point I think all we can do is try to keep some people nearby somewhat comfortable as the ship goes down.

When the crash arrives may it be quick and not too painful.

Good luck.

We're gonna need it.

It's over

Happiness is done.

Except for the ignorant.

guy (shutdown 47) @blueskywestside.bsky.social · 4h

And based on the number of commercials peddling AI services I've seen today it's too late to stop it.

It's over.

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LAaah! A Ghost! Guettler @laguettler.bsky.social · 6h

Thank glob we're melting the planet so a dude named Rich can strike out with women.

Also imagine not being able to come up with "Hey Sarah, it was lovely to meet you" on your own.

C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social · 23h

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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guy (shutdown 47) @blueskywestside.bsky.social · 4h

I'm just tired of getting through.

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guy (shutdown 47) @blueskywestside.bsky.social · 4h

FYI this is likely fake

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Spook E Peyote @niceandinnocent.bsky.social · 5h

I love mean girls holy shit you know she will hurt your feelings

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 7d

White people who have spent decades thinking “Born in the USA” is patriotic and “Every Breath You Take” is a great wedding song are suddenly very concerned about not being able to understand lyrics to some songs at the Super Bowl halftime show.

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Franca (Ph.D.) 🇨🇦 @francaqc.bsky.social · 5h

But we'll keep to our side of the border, okay:
don't want to end up in a concentration camp

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guy (shutdown 47) @blueskywestside.bsky.social · 4h

I wouldn't even fly unless absolutely necessary. I'm having to fly this weekend and I'm scared about being trapped in a metal tube with a magat having a meltdown. It only takes one and there's nowhere to evacuate to on a plane.

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j-salvo.bsky.social @j-salvo.bsky.social · 4h

Even if you are a citizen, avoid Logan.

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guy (shutdown 47) @blueskywestside.bsky.social · 4h

I hope they all stub their toe tomorrow.
I'm so sick of this bullshit.

guy (shutdown 47) @blueskywestside.bsky.social · 4h

If possible, do not enter the United States if you are not a citizen, not even for vacation. It. Is. Not. Safe.

j-salvo.bsky.social @j-salvo.bsky.social · 7h

Word to the wise: do not fly internationally into Logan. All of the major public detainments of Legal Residents and Citizens at airports have been out of Logan.

Kat Stuart @luckykatstuart.bsky.social · 7h

Anyone in Boston an immigration lawyer or know one who can help this woman? Her husband is detained at Logan over a dismissed misdemeanor from 2017. He’s a legal resident of the US. She just asked for help an hour ago.

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 5h

One continuous scene of two separate run-ins with ICE from an alley in Rogers Park this morning, from three entirely different POVs.

1. www.instagram.com/reel/DPt0Roi...

2. bsky.app/profile/roya...

3. bsky.app/profile/juri...