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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 11h

Also this is only because I started watching a terrible rip of MD Geist this afternoon and the company is top of mind

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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 11h

I’m not fixing that typo

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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 11h

The rights to Central Park Media’s 1990d library of titles, but they’re only released on HD-DVD

doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 1d

lets say a wizard has cursed you with a lot of money. you are going to become permanently brain damaged simply by being in possession of so much money. the only way out of it is to spend a lot of money on something ridiculous and not at all useful

what would you buy to break the curse?

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 12h

It's wild that when Trump talks about how they're getting rid of Democrat Programs and keeping Republican Programs he means "public health" and "Sicario Fantasy Camp: Chicagoland." Full polarization, to the point where anything aimed at keeping people alive or alleviating suffering is woke bullshit.

Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 13h

Ugh... This study has existed for decades, providing valuable health data for all sorts of topics and publications. This is just more awful news. 🛟😷 Sociology medsky

CDC team running top survey on health and nutrition is laid off

NHANES has collected data on eating patterns, diabetes, and other common diseases for decades. The CDC team that runs it has been fired.

www.statnews.com

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T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 13h

My vote in the 2028 D primary for POTUS will hinge almost entirely on the % of this Administration they promise to imprison

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 16h

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

www.newsweek.com

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Rob MacWolf, Werewolf Hitchhiker @robmacwolf.thevoice.dog · 18h

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 · 21h

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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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 16h

I have long believed that we should be WAY more vocal about how police and ICE constantly murder dogs, and I think this is great messaging actually.

The reality is that you can mobilize a whole lot of usually tuned-out Americans around a “someone is being mean to hecking doggos” cause.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 16h

So like this is funnier and more offensive than anything anyone else said about Kirk that got them fired

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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Effing Candle Co.® @effingcandleco.bsky.social · 17h

Halloween is coming. Stay vigilant 😤

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 17h

we’ve gone so far past “sex workers are the canaries in the coal mine” re: internet freedom, to an internet that’s run off and robbed from all the sex workers in order to replace them with planet-destroying simulations of sex workers

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 21h

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 18h

Any journalist who talks to Kris Kobach for any reason should definitely ask about this.

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 18h

Thousands of posts from a private Young Republican Telegram chat reveal a culture of casual racism/antisemitism, rape jokes and celebration of Hitler/Nazism.

Some of the ringleaders are below: We live in a world where 4chan types now occupy positions of real power.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Peter Giunta, chair of the New York State Young Republicans

Bobby Walker, vice chair of the New York State Young Republicans

William Hendrix, communications assistant for Kansas’ Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 20h

It is at least *interesting* that the people making this supposedly world-changing technology think its most profitable use cases are: social media videos and sexting.

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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 21h

Buying a newspaper specifically to look at the want ads and getting mad about it

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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 21h

Goddamn.

FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 21h

R.I.P. ICON D’Angelo 🙏🏾🕊️

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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 22h

You sound like my second grader bitching because I downgraded our Paramount Plus sub to the one with ads because he’s the only one who uses it to watch Loud House and frankly seeing toy commercials is an integral part of childhood

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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · 5d

Sorry luddites but this technology is here to stay and if you are not learning to use these tools then you are falling behind.

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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 22h

I miss the days when I could pay $20 and get a year’s subscription to at least two men’s magazines and a shitty nylon duffle that immediately gets shoved in the back of my closet but even I know that’s unsustainable in this climate.

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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 22h

Oh my god shut the fuck up

DocLT @doclt.bsky.social · 22h

No. How dare you insist I pay you and then take 10 seconds additional out of my life to make me watch a fucking ad? Either give it to me free and make me watch ads to pay for it, or don’t give me ads if I’ve paid for it.Otherwise, I’m not reading your work at all.

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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 23h

with your help, i believe sojo.net can become the new Washington Post.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

we’ll see how his mayoral tenure shakes out but i am convinced that Mamdani has the juice. not just the charisma to win an election but the temperament to govern and the measured pragmatism of someone who genuinely believes what they’re saying and wants to accomplish real things.

Inside the Improbable, Audacious and (So Far) Unstoppable Rise of Zohran Mamdani

www.nytimes.com

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bakoon @bakoon.bsky.social · 1d

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Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 1d

My first real card was an AMEX Blue for Students all the way back in 2007. The supposed benefits were (and are) actually terrible for someone like me, so I’m excited to dig into this story.

Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 1d

If you’ve ever wondered What’s The Deal with the high fees ($795 and $895!), free hotel rooms, event ticket presales, airport lounges, and dinner reservations that these cards promise to users and what the underlying business actually is, I have answers. 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Inside the Credit Card Battle to Win America’s Richest Shoppers

The fierce fight between Amex and Chase is playing out over higher fees, extravagant events and every perk imaginable.

www.bloomberg.com

Doug Messel @dougmessel.com · 1d

Happy birthday, friend!

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Kendra, regular version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 1d

You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 1d

More writers need to watch all the seasons of HOW IT'S MADE because they for whatever reason have NO idea how the world works, or how things work, or how things work in the world, and then it shows up in their fiction and makes me yell and swear and pace and weep and rend my clothes in despair.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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