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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 3h

Hey @jaketapper.bsky.social, I'm no expert on cognitive illnesses, but it feels a bit detached from reality for a sitting POTUS to forget that he was in power during an attack on the U.S. Capitol, doesn't it? Do you know anyone in journalism with experience covering dementia-like symptoms?

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Tim Ellis 🍁 @djdynamic.ca · 1h

That is not what they have done at all, and if they are telling you it is, you should be wary of getting gritted. I've read the "reports".

Ask yourself why they never test their claims in court, despite promising to do so "as soon as possible" since *January*.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 11d

NEW: Far-right sheriffs and election deniers are teaming up to police elections and sow doubt about their integrity. From seizing voting machines to patrolling ballot boxes, their tactics offer a glimpse into how Trump could use them to subvert elections.

“Constitutional” Sheriffs Have Already Shown Us How the Trump Administration Might Attempt To Overthrow Elections

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Zach Rabiroff @zachrabiroff.com · 2h

I finally read that Peter Thiel essay about Alan Moore's WATCHMEN, and it's incredible that his actual argument is: "Moore argues that Ozymandias will fail because history defeats all world conquerers, and no victory is permanent. But maybe I, Peter Thiel, am built different?"

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SE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 2h

doctor manhattan is literally an omniscient god and he is not hinting about Rorschach's manuscript. he is informing Veidt of the vast scale of the universe and that, from a god's-eye view, the things he has done are forever frozen in the moment when they happened and cannot be undone

Zach Rabiroff @zachrabiroff.com · 2h

I finally read that Peter Thiel essay about Alan Moore's WATCHMEN, and it's incredible that his actual argument is: "Moore argues that Ozymandias will fail because history defeats all world conquerers, and no victory is permanent. But maybe I, Peter Thiel, am built different?"

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Tim Ellis 🍁 @djdynamic.ca · 10h

You mean we continue *gaining night*

DaylightCounter @daylightcounter.bsky.social · 1d

We continue losing daylight for 71 days.

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 13h

This Halloween I’m going as the scariest thing of all, emotional intimacy!!! ha ha just kidding I’m prion disease

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 20h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Tim Ellis 🍁 @djdynamic.ca · 12h

I had some *thoughts* and shared them, and I encourage you to do the same. You can skip questions you don't want to answer (or to save time).

Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 4d

Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.

If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:

Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership

Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renewed...

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Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 4d

Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.

If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:

Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership

Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renewed...

ised-isde.canada.ca

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 19h

It’s no wonder that Trump has such a twisted view of war and sacrifice. And the utility of bribes.

Donald was seven years old, and his father was brought before a U.S. Senate committee investigating abuses in a housing program for war veterans and middle class families. President Eisenhower had been outraged to learn of the bribes that developers paid to bureaucrats and of the alleged profiteering practiced by Trump and others. Ike called them "sons of bitches."
As federal investigators had discovered, the elder Trump had collected an extra $1.7 million in rent-equivalent to $15 million today-before beginning to pay back his low-cost government loan. He was able to do this because a bureaucrat named Clyde Powell approved the paperwork.
Powell, who had never been paid more than a modest government salary, had mysteriously amassed a small fortune. (While it was clear Powell accepted bribes, the sources were never officially identified.) In addition to collecting the extra rent, Trump paid himself a substantial architect's fee. And he charged inflated rents based on an estimate of construction costs that was far greater than what he actually spent. All of this was legal, even if it did victimize taxpayers, veterans, and other renters.

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Lonicera (DS2 era) @lonicera-c.bsky.social · 1d

I hate when I spell a word correctly and autocorrect changes it out from under me, then highlights the word with a "suggestion" like it's doing me a favor by offering the original spelling I put in

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Tim Ellis 🍁 @djdynamic.ca · 16h

Yah but 20 year old rave DJs don't always at first lol

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 19h

It’s pronounced cyclist.

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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 19h

Wells Fargo data pointing to $GOOGL Search (the red line) market share (not including Gemini) rising through July & August after more than a year of declines. Note the two different scales us for Google (left) and ChatGPT/Other (right).

This chart should be in the Museum of Chart Crimes

This graph, titled "Exhibit 3 - Share Mix - AI Agent vs. Traditional Search Usage Instance," illustrates the market share trends of Google Search, ChatGPT, and other AI agents from January 2024 to August 2025. The data, reportedly from Wells Fargo, shows a decline in Google Search's market share while ChatGPT and other AI agents have seen an increase. However, the data also indicates that Google Search's share has recently begun to rise again after a period of decline.
The graph compares the market share of Google Search, ChatGPT, and other AI agents.
Google Search's market share is represented on the left axis, while ChatGPT and "Other" are on the right axis.
As of August 2025, Google Search holds 85.0% of the market, ChatGPT holds 13.1%, and "Other" holds 1.9%.
The data suggests that after a period of decline, Google Search's market share has started to recover in July and August 2025.

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 1d

guy in a legal advice reddit wants to know how to get out of paying google the money he owes them after vibe coding one of his apps into running 40 times a second for several days straight, but says it's not his fault bc they should have stopped him by making it harder to use

r/LegalAdviceUK u/ShavedAp3 • 3d
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Google want to charge me 7 k for API access what can I do as they are denying appeals
Debt & Money
Hi there and thanks for reading.
I tried to keep this brief and just ended up rambling on trying to get as much in as possible so here is my edited hopefully a lot smaller problem.
Google are charging me 7k for a mistake that I told them about within a day, the bill went from about £45 to 16k in a day! when I asked for help I was told "dont worry well reset it as a one off, you'll need to put measures in place and ill guide you through those after you agree" So i did he then said "I will monitor it for a further 24 - 48 hours and then tell you how to put the measures in place. " Less than 24 hours later the bill was now 23k and I found out how to stop it myself. Then came the long back and forth to get it reset.
Fast forward 5 months they have finally given me a 20k credit but with VAT the total bill at the time of the credit was 27k
The 20k would have cleared the costs at the time of making them aware they claim its both our responsibilities to monitor costs I feel I did that by contacting them as soon as I saw the irregularity.
I asked them to reconsider they said no the appeal has said that is their final offer so 1 now owe 7k.
Is there anything I can do here from a legal standpoint. I don't have 7k I barely have £45.
Thanks for reading I am in England if it helps.

Intentional or not, OP used either 36k (16 + 20) or 43k (16 + 27) of API credit. Obviously what API it is matters, but with google maps, 16k would equate to ten million pulls. Or two hundred thousand Gemini 2.5 calls with 1000 token input and 5k token output.
Those aren't numbers that something running correctly should run up for any average person or company. So either google screwed up something (which is unlikely that it would only happen to one person in the entire network) or OP has some app or something which isn't running properly and is sending too much to the API.
Edit: It was OP's app, polling google maps nearly 40 times a second for days.

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According to other posts he ended up polling Google maps direction API 2300 times per minute for a few days. Looks like a combination of OP not knowing coding and asking ChatGPT to do it for him, and potentially Google's backend doing something weird in interpreting the janky code.
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Tim Ellis 🍁 @djdynamic.ca · 19h

Can't seem to DM you but the gist is that we have heard from allies on the Hill that there is awareness of how bad things have gotten and interest from at least some MPs for action. If you want to DM me I can share more, including our next steps for advocacy.

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Michele Okoh |🖤🩶🤍💜|🔺🐘 @okohlaw.bsky.social · 1d

It’s the Portland way.

LA: we will fight you.
Chicago: we will fight you.
PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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Tim Ellis 🍁 @djdynamic.ca · 19h

Yes! I'll DM you

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

in 2011, the president of antifa hired me to give fashion consultancy to the organization. i recommended everyone wear navy suits with tan shoes, dress sneakers, and golf polos with slim chinos. if you arrested everyone today wearing these things, you'd destroy antifa

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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SunflowerMum @sunflowermum.bsky.social · 1d

Crazy leader! Crazy FOX NEWS!

Dr. Orna Izakson @orna.bsky.social · 1d

So I’m in Portland, and we knew this was coming. But what’s breathtaking is the disparity between what’s actually happening on the ground vs the … “lies” isn’t a big enough word. Saw this on the actual WH web page and it just floored me. I guess all we can do is continue to not take the bait.

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Robert Ferry @robertferry.bsky.social · 1d

We are entering some very dangerous territory now and I don’t think anyone has a viable solution.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t feel stupid if you fell for fake video. It can be really hard to tell these days. But we do have to try and be careful with what we share because there’s so much AI video out there.

It’s just the world we live in now.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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