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ernesto @ernesto.bsky.social · 2h

can only put “DO YOU SEE” in this voice

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ernesto @ernesto.bsky.social · 2h

fraction of articles worth reading on the internet (0.001) remains unchanged

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 4h

Over half of all articles on the Internet are now written by AI

(via Axios)

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 4h

i think the Claude Spiritual Bliss Attractor is caused by the RLHF to be "open, honest, and helpful" + "positive affect" "do not claim to be conscious." the conjunction of positive affect / open, honest, helpful / no-self occupies the same basin as "i am free from the wheel of samsara."

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ernesto @ernesto.bsky.social · 4h

every question about it should involve direct quotes

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ernesto @ernesto.bsky.social · 5h

it's so funny! they want to cybersex the machine like it's 1998 in an AOL chatroom

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ernesto @ernesto.bsky.social · 5h

r/chatgptjailbreak has been howling in pain for weeks now because they cannot coax it into performing eroticstories dot com. surprised it took sam this long

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ernesto @ernesto.bsky.social · 5h

even everyone's favorite columnist can't write about this. not allowed

Sam @samd.bsky.social · 6h

“many prominent young republicans are actual Nazis” is a self-censoring fact at this point

normie swing voters will literally refuse to believe it and the media refuses to report it because it would call everything else they’ve done into question

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 9h

while 'young republicans are literal nazis' is well known to folks here, the extent of it is surprisingly not that commonly known even in media and analyst circles, let alone normal people.

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ernesto @ernesto.bsky.social · 8h

slop lit predates both tvtropes and LLMs

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BYCTOM @byctom.bsky.social · 14h

this is the most like a mike tyson's punch out guy i have ever seen anyone look

Brewers outfielder Sal Frelick making an intense face as he prepares to throw the ball

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ernesto @ernesto.bsky.social · 11h

all LEO forums are full of this too

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 12h

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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 1d

Can we just build more 155mm (please)

Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · 1d

Andruil just announced a new product called EagleEye for “warfighters” on the other site.

Andruil partnered w/ Meta, Oakley, Standard Issue, Qualcomm, & GentexCorp.

So much defense money is going to the same people and corporations.

Gentex is also a Tesla supplier.

Anduril Industries
@anduriltech
X.com
Anduril has partnered with @Meta,@oakley Standard Issue, @Qualcomm, and @GentexCorp to bring the best in AR, rugged eyewear, compute, sensing and ballistic helmets to EagleEye. With world-class partners, we're delivering proven tech for the warfighter at rapid speed.

Anduril Industries &
@anduriltech •3h
Superpowers for Superheroes.
Today, we unveil EagleEye: the family of warfighter augments that place mission command & Al directly into the operator's helmet.

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Jose @jum.bsky.social · 1d

Woke springs eternal

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Prof. Abel Méndez @profabelmendez.bsky.social · 4d

Our #AreciboWow project began as a search for Wow-like signals. It led us to an astrophysical explanation, new properties, and even a trip to the signal’s source, where we just made a surprising discovery. 😉 phl.upr.edu/wow/trip

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ernesto @ernesto.bsky.social · 1d

made a mistake (didn’t tell the bartender i haven’t eaten before she brought out shots for everyone)

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ernesto @ernesto.bsky.social · 1d

gonna need a comment on this one sally bsky.app/profile/bran...

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 1d

Promoting the editor-in-chief's personal side project. Zero named sources in a story that promotes the editor-in-chief's personal political position. Misspelling the subject's name. It took one day for CBS News to become a conservative blog.

www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...

CBS News: Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming NYC mayor the Free Press reports.

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ernesto @ernesto.bsky.social · 1d

and yet they still cannot spell mamdani's name right in a headline. why as a profession can't any of you get it together

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Pale King Mighty in Sorrow @avakianspontex.bsky.social · 1d

amerikkkan klantholikkk$$ when the Pope intervenes in the political situation of Eastern Europe: woooo yeahhh

amerikkkan klantholikkk$$ when the Pope intervenes in the political situation of the Unknighted SSnake$: what the fuck??!

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LOWρUF🐸 🇵🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇲🇽 @lowrhoufo.bsky.social · 1d

Never 4get

LOWρUF🐸 🇵🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇲🇽 @lowrhoufo.bsky.social · Sep 11

The future is watching a Mormon influencer doing self-promotion following an assassination through your phone screen until you are the Mormon influencer filming

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ernesto @ernesto.bsky.social · 1d

he should agree to a big interview with bari and then just call her clare the entire time

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Pinstripe Alley @pinstripealley.bsky.social · 2d

every Yankees pitcher not named Cam Schlittler is dumbfounded that it's possible to pitch to the Blue Jays and not give up 10,000 runs

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ernesto @ernesto.bsky.social · 2d

this is what happened to chatterbox in paris, that’s why he’s like that

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 2d

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Michael Colborne @colborne.bsky.social · 2d

Meanwhile, antisemitic chant at a far-right anti-immigration protest today in Amsterdam: “Hey Franz Timmermans, you dirty filthy cancer Jew, just go and die”

(not getting into semantics of translating kkr, which I’m tempted to more loosely translate as “f*cking” in this context but that’s just me)

Maarten Hopman @maartenhopman.bsky.social · 2d

Het is dat ze geen watermeloen-button droegen, anders werd dit misschien wel antisemitisch genoemd.

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ernesto @ernesto.bsky.social · 2d

we exchanged these ideas already. you're just late and dull. you placed rotting garbage in our faces and expect what? bsky.app/profile/sall...

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 2d

Oooooeeee there are a lot of people with gags in their hands on this site. Used to be a nice open space for idea exchange.

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