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Joel Bernstein @castirony.bsky.social · 1m

That would be true but also Ted Sarandos hates theaters

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Twonks @twonks.bsky.social · 3h

Vegan menu

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Joel Bernstein @castirony.bsky.social · 17m

They could see that you bought a phone, but not which specific phone.

(Unless the retailer is recording serial numbers)

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LOWρUF🐸 🇵🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇲🇽 @lowrhoufo.bsky.social · 50m

I feel like Ben Gvir personally being in the room when Greta Thunberg was being tortured should be bigger news

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Joel Bernstein @castirony.bsky.social · 40m

Ok then

Origin
late 19th century: referring to a dream experienced when smoking an opium pipe.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 57m

I'm so old, I remember when the US encouraged Nazis to emigrate only if they had substantial rocket engineering skills.

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karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 8h

Every time a Democrat gets caught on tape saying like “Some Trump voters are racist” we have a national scandal and JD Vance demands an entirely new kind of apology and meanwhile every Republican group chat is like “Good morning fellow SS members. Who’s ready to respect Hitler today?”

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Joel Bernstein @castirony.bsky.social · 50m

We should have some kind of term for people who collaborate with Nazis

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Joel Bernstein @castirony.bsky.social · 1h

My guess is that AI images often have really vibrant colors/lighting and tend to get better engagement from the wide swath of social media not trained to spot them

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

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · 8h

I was just discussing price increases in the US across a wide range of goods following T’s tariffs. Definitely feeling it at the grocery store.

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Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social · 2h

I wrote about mass video surveillance and what the Hasan Piker dog controversy says about where our internet is headed.

Hasan Piker and the Future No One Is Ready For

The backlash that Piker is facing shows the consequences of a world where everyone is constantly being recorded and our internet is built to reward outrage and controversy.

www.usermag.co

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Chewbacca But A Wolf Man @jason1749.bsky.social · 3h

I maintain, Daniel Craig's delivery of "the Nazi child masturbating in the bathroom" is the best line read of the century.

Laurel Krahn @windowseat.bsky.social · 14h

Every time the horrible young Republicans group chat stuff is mentioned, I think of Jacob Thrombey. (I should really rewatch Knives Out. It's even a good autumn movie.)

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Romeo Kokriatski @vagrantjourno.bsky.social · 3h

Ben Gvir personally oversaw the torture of Greta Thunberg, as reported by Aftonbladet.

www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

www.aftonbladet.se

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 6h

Almost like we founded the entire country on opposing this exact sentence.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · 1d

'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 · 1d

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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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 5h

I'm not trying to be a dick.

But they picked two fat republicans for a bunch of jokes when the young republicans said the worst shit imaginable.

My fat ass is out there fighting for what's right.

Stop equating fat with bad or less. Stop telling ME I'm one annoyance away from being your target.