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Rob MacWolf, Werewolf Hitchhiker @robmacwolf.thevoice.dog · 13h

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 · 16h

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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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 12h

Happy Anita Bryant Humiliation Day

A four-panel image of Anita Bryant being pied in her sanctimonious face by gay rights activist Thom Higgins, 1977.

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Devin, Again @doctorteeth.bsky.social · 8h

"...supremacists, fascists, Nazis, Republicans—whatever you want to call them—actually have contributed nothing of value. The best they can claim is that they enslaved those who built it for them as they watched, and now possess the booty that they stole from somebody else's safe."

A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 2d

I wrote about a new Nazi party that seeks to criminalize all human virtue, and how that means that human virtue is the greatest weapon against the new Nazi project.

www.the-reframe.com/the-crime-of...

The Crime of Human Virtue

Sometimes it really is as simple as good vs. evil. This is one of those times. Human virtue is our great crime against the fascist project; it's also our great weapon against it.

www.the-reframe.com

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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 13h

The use of AI to marionette a woman whose tortured existence was spent trying to carve her own life and identity out of the space men forced her into is both damningly macabre and a surprisingly perfect encapsulation of the problems with this ghoulish use of technology.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 1d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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Taproot Edmonton @taprootedmonton.ca · 13h

O-day'min: Where the candidates stand on the Taproot Survey edmonton.taproot.news/briefs/2025/... #yeg

O-day'min: Where the candidates stand on the Taproot Survey

Taproot asked candidates to complete a 30-question survey covering a wide range of topics relevant to Edmonton's next city council. It was informed by the more than 900 responses to our election question,...

edmonton.taproot.news

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 14h

All we wanted was a chance to talk
'stead we only got outlined in chalk
feet have bled, a million miles we've walked
revealing, at the end of the day, the charade
--D'Angelo

once in a generation? only if that generation is very lucky.

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Devin, Again @doctorteeth.bsky.social · 16h

Losing D'Angelo so young makes me mourn the art he never got to make. RIP, genius.

D'Angelo - Untitled (How Does It Feel) (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by DAngeloVEVO

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Stereogum @stereogum.bsky.social · 16h

D'Angelo is dead at age 51 after a private battle with pancreatic cancer

D’Angelo Dead At 51

Terrible, shocking news: The great soul artist D’Angelo, one of the most gifted and mythic musicians of his generation, has reportedly passed away. TMZ reports that pancreatic cancer was his cause of ...

www.stereogum.com

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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 16h

R.I.P. ICON D’Angelo 🙏🏾🕊️

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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 1d

On the centenary of Thatcher's birth, there have been predictable calls for a memorial to her memory. But Britain's 2300 food banks serve that purpose already.

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Seth Jacob @sethjacob.bsky.social · 2d

Jack Kirby talking about Darkseid and the anti-life equation: “If someone
took control of your mind and you were not able to think as yourself any longer you would no longer be yourself. You'd be something in his command. You as an individual would be dead. That's anti life.”

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 5d

this is a special episode for those of you who want to hear me critique Ben Shapiro's knowledge of Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Rudyard Kipling

Cool Zone Media @coolzonemedia.bsky.social · 5d

New Behind the Bastards 📖

Robert and Cody Johnston sit down to read Ben Shapiro's latest non-fiction book, which seems to be based entirely on him not understanding how lions work.

@iwriteok.bsky.social @codyjohnston.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social

www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

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KLM @klm.bsky.social · Sep 10

who's your favorite Jeffrey? 🖖🏼 mine's Shran

Text banner that says, "Welcome to Star Trek. We have:" that is followed by nine pictures of characters played by Jeffrey Combs in different Trek shows. His name is under each one.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

It's hard to help Americans left behind because so much of US identity is rooted in individualism. The average American conservative holds all three positions at once:

— Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing
— Against raising the minimum wage
— Buys foreign imports because they're cheap

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "I'm willing to pay more for quality products if they are made in America, by Americans, who are paid a decent income." The tweet shows Norman Rockwell's "Freedom of Speech" painting, which is often used to show the tweeter is expressing a brave opinion.

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "MINIMUM WAGE JOBS WERE NOT MEANT TO BE A CAREER. Why does no one understand this? Entry level jobs are STEPPING STONES to better jobs. No one wants to work towards that though."

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "Buy $5 gloves instead of $50 ones. Trust me." The tweet shows a box of "Gorilla Grip" gloves.

The label on Gorilla Grip gloves show they're made in China.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 2d

Here's Diane Keaton at Warren Beatty's AFI tribute, talking about a perfect (no exaggeration) scene in Reds--taking the mystique out of filmmaking and then putting it right back in, in just two minutes. She was exquisite. www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_RS...

Diane Keaton on making REDS with Warren Beatty

YouTube video by American Film Institute

www.youtube.com

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r o o @jakepaulsartre.bsky.social · 2d

It really sucks that snob gatekeepers framed classical as high brow music so now any time you talk about it, people assume you're trying to signal intellect

But the music itself isn't pretentious, thats cultural baggage. I just like it when sounds are arranged in a cool way, like any other genre

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Joe Kassabian @jkass99.bsky.social · 4d

Because when you burn down a house and nobody ever rebuilds it, someone is still forced to live in the ashes

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 5d

Thatcher was born 100 years ago and her reign feels a lifetime away. Why is her effect on the country still so huge? | Martin Kettle

Today’s politicians need to learn that she is not the answer to contemporary problems, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

www.theguardian.com

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Lar deSouza @lartist.bsky.social · 3d

From the Larchives.

cartoon of Frankie, Magenta, Riff Raff in hillbilly outfits, talking to Brad and Janet
Yew git caught with a flat? Well doggie! How 'bout that!
Rocky Mountain Horror Picture Show

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cow tools daily @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social · 4d

it's not FOR us

edited comic panel. Batman is breaking a lump-with-handle cow tool over his knee and saying "this is the tool of the cow. we do not understand it. we will not use it."

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Pe Metawe Games @pemetawe.bsky.social · 3d

Teen Drop-In Indie RPG Games! Come by Tues Oct 14 for 11am-2pm and play Shadowdark with our GM.
Age 13+
$5/person welcome but not required.

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Devin, Again @doctorteeth.bsky.social · 3d

I think EXORCIST III is better than the original, and I'm pretty sure, based on @carrion-comfort.com's write-up, that they do too.

𝙒𝙚𝙨 𝙁𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙨 is Dead. @carrion-comfort.com · 3d

Third time is the charm and it's my third #hauntalong entry!

This week I get to share the gospel of William Peter Blatty’s The Exorcist III.

It's a Wonderful Life!

(This is the second time I had to write this thread because this app sucks)

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𝙒𝙚𝙨 𝙁𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙨 is Dead. @carrion-comfort.com · 3d

Third time is the charm and it's my third #hauntalong entry!

This week I get to share the gospel of William Peter Blatty’s The Exorcist III.

It's a Wonderful Life!

(This is the second time I had to write this thread because this app sucks)

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Gef the Toking Mongoose @geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · 4d

King Ghidorah from Godzillas body but his three heads are all big bird from sesame street

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Devin, Again @doctorteeth.bsky.social · 4d

Yeah, I throw out commitment to hard continuity when things get as wild as they do in this movie! Juliet Eng is an attractive Hammer girl, and she has chemistry with David Chiang.

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Devin, Again @doctorteeth.bsky.social · 4d

Unsolicited Rick pics

Slick Rick in a white t-shirt decked out with gold chains, diamond encrusted rings, and a red velvet crown.

Slick rick with many silver chains, a blue trilby, and a blue basketball jersey.

Bust of a young Slick Rick with blacksunglasses, a gold rope chain, and a fur coat.

Cover for the album "The Great Adventures of Slick Rick."

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