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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 1d

the subreddits for luxury watches are some of the darkest places on earth

Rolex subreddit post:

My uncle has Alzheimer's and is often forgetful of his possessions. One of them is a Rolex Submariner. Would I be justified in taking and caring for it as my own instead of having it left neglected and forgotten in his jewelry box? Thanks.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 2d

a foundational belief of the modern right is that there is no such thing as organic disagreement with their policies, it’s all directed from the top down

they just can’t conceive that ordinary people find them horrifying

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."

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Slurmsadako MacKenzie @slurmsmackenzie.bsky.social · 4d

GenAI truly was the worst technology to come along at this moment.

An energy and water guzzler when we most urgently need to take climate action.

A disinformation machine as our journalism fails.

A bias machine as fascism takes root.

A job killer in a cost of living crisis.

Bria "tries to write a book" Horses @thevoidencore.bsky.social · 9d

The "cognitive decline and brain damage from repeat COVID infections" and "easy to use robot that makes slop and melts your critical thinking skills" is a hell of a combo in a post-fact media ecosystem

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James Moules @jamesmoules.bsky.social · 9d

I’m old enough to remember when a comment like this would have been a resigning matter…

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 9d

Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in part of Birmingham

Shadow justice secretary criticised for suggesting he could tell how integrated Handsworth was based on 90-minute visit Robert Jenrick complained about visiting an area of Birmingham where he “didn’t see another white face” and said it was not the kind of country he wanted to live in. After highlighting the lack of white people, the shadow justice secretary said it was not about “the colour of your skin or your faith” and he wanted people to live alongside each other. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 9d

I agree with every word Zelda Williams says. And this at the end from OpenAI makes me want to go full Ned Ludd. Creators can’t have a blanket opt-out on copyright infringement of their work and have to fill out a form appealing to OpenAI’s mercy every time? Fuck off into the sun

OpenAI told the Guardian that content owners can flag copyright infringement using a “copyright disputes form” but that individual artists or studios cannot have a blanket opt-out. Varun Shetty, OpenAI’s head of media partnerships, said: “We’ll work with rights holders to block characters from Sora at their request and respond to takedown requests.”

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 12d

My mum and her sisters often wore matching outfits - made by my nan - when they were children. This implanted some magic sartorial connection between them which means that now they will often discover that, entirely without planning, they have all independently purchased the same item of clothing.

My mum and her sisters, all wearing the same jacket, a couple of years ago.

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Frank Brinkley @ephbee.bsky.social · 12d

@jeremysachs.bsky.social really enjoying hearing about your experience on the Therapists Connect podcast! Thank you for your time and what you share. #therapistsconnect

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Alex Hern @hern.bsky.social · 13d

Six years ago, almost to the day, Apple removing a similar app from the Hong Kong App Store was seen as such a breach that Tim Cook wrote an all staff email to defend it www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 14d

Vance's most monumental achievement to date has been being told off by two popes in one year.

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 14d

Pope Leo, "Someone who says I'm against abortion but I'm in agreement with the inhumane treatment of immigrants, they're not pro life"

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Micah @rincewind.run · 14d

an extraordinary person with an extraordinary legacy who nevertheless didn’t take herself too seriously

when Gary Larson published this cartoon, she was in Africa and her institute was horribly offended and drafted a complaint

the whole thing was defused when she returned - she found it funny

Far Side cartoon with a female chimpanzee grooming a male chimpanzee

“Well, well - another blond hair. … Conducting a little more ‘research’ with that Jane Goodall tramp?”

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Stephen Kinsella @stephenstroud.bsky.social · 15d

Agreed. At @lawforchange.uk in 2 years we have funded 15 cases against the Home Office. 6 still pending. Of 9 resolved, 7.5 went in favour of applicants.

It’s not really “Human Rights” that trips them up, but rather their constant failures to follow their own procedures.

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 15d

OpenAI employees are very excited about how well their new AI tool can create fake videos of people doing crimes and have definitely thought through all the implications of this

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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · 15d

Dude if the Democratic Party has a place for anti-trans and anti-abortion candidates then I’m not a democrat and I won’t vote for one

I don’t know what to tell you man, there’s already a political party who believes these things

It’s not a “big tent” to have zero fixed values in pursuit of power

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 15d

Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance.

Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.

We have been sent here to fight for people.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15d

AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance

However, they are weaker than they look…

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bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 15d

i wonder what it’s like to look around every day and see the country being run into the ground by pill-poppers and secret police and anti-vaxxers and book burners and you go into work and sit down at your computer and you’re the guy whose job it is to come up with new oreos flavors

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Frank Brinkley @ephbee.bsky.social · 19d

This is fascinating indeed. It makes me think of the way Fitzcarraldo are deliberately bucking the trend by having a stable of authors they invest time in… and making *that* their selling point.

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 23d

This is so wholesome I don’t know what to do with my face.

Nathan Edwards @grackle.space · 23d

dudes rock

Tumblr post from every-lemon
Sep 8

so my spouse is part of a weirdly intense but mostly benign men's workout group that meets at like, 5:30am outside every day, even in winter. they do a lot of burpees and lugging cinder blocks up hills and stuff.
they take turns leading the workouts and tomorrow is his turn. I asked what he was planning. he handed me a sheet of William Carlos William poems from a large stack he'd printed.
I said "what" and he explained, helpfully, "it's a William Carlos William themed workout." I asked what inspired it and he said "l've been planning this for months."

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every-lemon
Sep 9
it was a smash hit.
a dozen guys showed up (more than usual). spouse brought a red wheelbarrow and they took turns bringing cinder blocks up the hill with it. then they broke up in teams and did a relay with an "icebox" (cooler filled with 40lbs of ice). at the end he opened the cooler to reveal it was full of beach plum lacroix and all the guys cheered. they drank sparkling water as he read 'approach of winter' out loud.
he was home by 6:30am.

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Ewamore, Quoth the Raven @ewacat.bsky.social · 24d

always loved this photo because man she was not done justice lol

Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 24d

PHOTO OF THE DAY: The 2 people used in American Gothic by Grant Wood stand next to the iconic painting. They were Wood’s sister, Nan Graham, and his dentist, Dr. Byron McKeeby (1942). 📷 Cedar Rapids Museum of Art Archives

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Frank Brinkley @ephbee.bsky.social · 24d

jumped onto bluesky to say congratulations on your election - and love to see this. Best of luck with it! I know you'll do your utmost to produce change.

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 28d

This is the state of play. This is how anti-trans hate can affect everyone. When the wife of a world leader is not immune to having to prove she's a woman to satisfy bigots, what hope do most trans and non-binary individuals have of being able to live our lives in peace
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Macrons to offer 'scientific' court evidence to prove Brigitte is a woman, lawyer says

They have filed a lawsuit against US right-wing influencer Candace Owens who claims the French first lady was born male.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 28d

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.

This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.

All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

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s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · 28d

There’s so much going on here I feel it’s destined to be a classic @erinbiba.bsky.social

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 28d

The remarks weren’t “about Charlie Kirk,” they were about how this administration is using Kirk’s death as an excuse to shut down critics … and they responded by proving him completely correct.