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Doldrums ☕️ 🔱 @doldrums.bsky.social · 28d

That familiar urge to buy a small Airstream and move deep into the woods: Monday.

Doldrums ☕️ 🔱 @doldrums.bsky.social · 11h

Dude behind him is a 70’s Bond villain

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Jeff Rueter @jeffrueter.bsky.social · 23h

As someone whose time freelancing for MLSsoccer was a vital step in my career progression, and someone who generally gleans insight from the observations of others:

This sucks so hard.

MLS is using generative AI to write match recaps. Writers used to get paid freelance rates to do that. Hssssss.

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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 1d

This has been *confirmed*: so not only did this make it through dozens of levels of decisions where no one spoke up to say "this is unethical and looks like shit", it's also so bad it was instantly spotted by thousands of people like me who in a split second said "hey that looks like shit".

Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 1d

Someone tell me Disney didn't just use a bunch of fucking AI slop for the new Wonder Man show

Wonder Man screenshot featuring merchandise which appears to be decorated with AI slop.

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Joe Patrice @joepatrice.bsky.social · 1d

Amazing

Tweet: @vexwerewolf
Right-wingers literally straight-up admitting "it's harder to discredit the left because the left is almost always telling the truth"
Scott Jennings @Lum 21h um, yes, that's really a problem
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The problem with left-leaning media is they're intrinsically more strict with their propaganda to only using verifiable sources so it's really hard to poke holes in their ideology and arguments in comparison to a lot of low quality rightwing content.
That makes attacking their points with fact checkers not very effective unless the fact checkers use misinformation tactics as well.
In essence people on the right have to work harder and more creatively to push their agendas as statistics and studies frustratingly arent usually on our side.

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Doldrums ☕️ 🔱 @doldrums.bsky.social · 1d

100%, the type of people attracted to this type of thing are abusers by nature

Doldrums ☕️ 🔱 @doldrums.bsky.social · 1d

Woah. Wholely unprepared for this news. Losing icons left and right.

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 1d

Diane Keaton has passed away at the age of 79

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Doldrums ☕️ 🔱 @doldrums.bsky.social · 1d

I’m genuinely sad for the Tron franchise but this is what you get for casting Leto.

Cosmic Marvel @dailycosmicmarvel.bsky.social · 1d

‘TRON: ARES’ has earned $14.3M in its opening day at the domestic box office.

For comparison, ‘MORBIUS’ opened to $17.3M.

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 4d

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Doldrums ☕️ 🔱 @doldrums.bsky.social · 4d

Now support trans people.

DC Comics won’t support generative AI: ‘not now, not ever’

“People have an instinctive reaction to what feels authentic.”

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Doldrums ☕️ 🔱 @doldrums.bsky.social · 4d

People are literally parking in the thru lane right now

Doldrums ☕️ 🔱 @doldrums.bsky.social · 4d

I love how SeaTac arrivals is the new cellphone waiting lot.

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Doldrums ☕️ 🔱 @doldrums.bsky.social · 4d

two men are doing push ups with the words " we 're not worthy " behind them

ALT: two men are doing push ups with the words " we 're not worthy " behind them

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Doldrums ☕️ 🔱 @doldrums.bsky.social · 4d

Maximize profits at all human cost

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Doldrums ☕️ 🔱 @doldrums.bsky.social · 4d

The human need to stand absentmindedly in the middle of a busy walkway

two men are walking down a sidewalk and one of them is carrying another man

ALT: two men are walking down a sidewalk and one of them is carrying another man

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Doldrums ☕️ 🔱 @doldrums.bsky.social · 4d

Big “even if the seas were rising people would just sell their houses and move” energy

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4d

ANDREESSEN: Even if AI ends up destroying all the jobs, “the result would be hyper-deflation of prices, which is the thing that people miss. .. Things that today cost a lot of money will all of a sudden be cheap or free.”

@fortune.com
fortune.com/2025/10/08/b...

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Doldrums ☕️ 🔱 @doldrums.bsky.social · 8d

I have never seen SeaTac this empty, made it through general screening in less than 5 minutes. Absolutely bizarre

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 9d

The government is in full shutdown and the Republicans are refusing to call the House back into session.

Want to know why?

Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.

Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.

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Doldrums ☕️ 🔱 @doldrums.bsky.social · 10d

Barely squeezed in there. Clearly I need to annoy you more.

Doldrums ☕️ 🔱 @doldrums.bsky.social · 10d

Just sitting here thinking of what the bailouts will like be when the AI bubble bursts. I hate this dumbest timeline.

Doldrums ☕️ 🔱 @doldrums.bsky.social · 10d

I didn’t understand the context of this so I went looking and it’s honestly disgusting. Jay is doubling down on ignoring calls for safety on Bluesky. It’s a big joke to Jay.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10d

Yikes.

Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 10d

Amazing breakfast this morning. I love waffles

Doldrums ☕️ 🔱 @doldrums.bsky.social · 11d

Post something random or have an awful October.

Doldrums ☕️ 🔱 @doldrums.bsky.social · 11d

Coming back to your notifications and not yet knowing the context…

Doldrums ☕️ 🔱 @doldrums.bsky.social · 11d

It’s not even 4pm and we’re eating dinner. What have we become 😔

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