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Flannery Dean

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Freelance writer, editor with clips @ The Star, Guardian, Slate, The Narwhal, Bright Wall/ Dark Room, Macleans, Globe. www.flannerydean.com

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Flannery Dean @flannerydean.bsky.social · Jul 26

Not gonna read one more piece. Waiting for Manosphere in IMAX

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Mickey Djuric @mickeydjuric.bsky.social · 8h

Statement from the president of the Parliamentary Press Gallery, on Prime Minister Mark Carney’s trip to Egypt:

“It is unprecedented that Canadian media be entirely excluded from a Canadian prime minister’s foreign trip.”

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 8h

Indiana University has fired the staff director of the student newspaper, after disputes in which university leadership tried to pressure him to prevent students from publishing news.

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The director of student media at Indiana University was fired amidst a dispute between university leadership and editors at the Indiana Daily Student over what content gets printed in the student newspaper.

As director of student media, Jim Rodenbush did not directly oversee or have any say over the content published in the IDS, per a charter between the IDS and the university. But he told IndyStar his firing follows a series of meetings with IU Media School leadership in which it grew increasingly apparent they were expecting him to officially prohibit students from publishing news.

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 14h

Sam Altman went from “AI will cure cancer" to "ChatGPT porn" in less than a month

ChatGPT boss predicts when AI could cure cancer

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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Flannery Dean @flannerydean.bsky.social · 11h

Ate too many emotions conveniently wrapped around slices of pumpkin pie today.

I knew better. I did not do better.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 20h

This from the great @sulliview.bsky.social on the media's anemic (or non-) coverage of the massive No Kings movement is such a great point

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Ron Deibert @rondeibert.bsky.social · 16h

Watch the video summary here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfWy...

This Secret Tech Tracked World Leaders, a Vatican Enemy, and Maybe You

YouTube video by Mother Jones

www.youtube.com

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 13h

Remember when Alex Pareene predicted this after Charlottesville in 2017 www.splinter.com/charlottesvi...

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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 12h

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 13h

It is to the shame of all the male reporters in the room that they do not immediately leave

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Thinking about how much of their violence has been normalized already, how scenes that caused shockwaves 6 weeks ago are now part of the rhythm of daily life. Watched a TikTok from a daughter who has to do her parents' laundry & get their groceries because they're in hiding. This is just it now

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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 14h

so what's in the news today

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 1d

one thing that has been obvious for a while is this aspect of the authoritarian internationale: they recognize that their allies abroad are not *countries* but *political movements* within foreign countries.

time we liberals woke up and recognized this--because it's the truth.

Rigorous, Fred-based Reporting @thefred.bsky.social · 1d

Or maybe, just maybe, what was obvious in 2024 was correct: Netanyahu fully backed Trump and would not deal with Biden because Trump would give him a free hand to escalate the starvation, bombing, and do full ethnic cleansing. Which he then did, until Netanyahu embarrassed him by bombing Qatar.

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Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 15h

One of my quotes:

"I know it's worth it because someday some young kid who's had everything about trans people censored all their life will happen across something I wrote and know they aren't alone. If I had it to do over, I'd do it all again and more."

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Nina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social · 14h

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The Protein Problem
One of the main reasons people turn to supplements is the belief that their diet falls short on protein-a concern that many experts say is overblown. Americans need much less protein than they think, says Nicholas Burd, PhD, a professor of health and kinesiology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign who has studied protein extensively. "I'm constantly trying to pull protein out of people's diets."
The average healthy adult needs roughly 0.8 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight (0.36 grams per pound), according to federal nutrition guidelines. For a 170-pound adult, that breaks down to about 61 grams of protein, which can be achieved by eating a cup of plain Greek yogurt and 3.5 ounces of chicken breast (or 5 ounces of tempeh).
That level is only a starting point, says Burd, who adds that experts advise certain groups, like pregnant people and specific types of athletes, to consume more. Older adults, for instance, should aim for about 1 to 1.3 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight (0.45 to 0.59 grams per pound) to offset the decline in muscle mass associated with aging.
Even so, studies have found that most people, even vegans, are capable of getting more than enough protein through their diet alone. The latest federal survey of U.S. eating habits found that Americans of all age groups exceed the recommended dietary allowances for protein (PDF), with men clocking in at over 155 percent of the recommendations and women at over 135 percent. But many people still worry they are deficient, Burd says.
Americans have been hooked on the idea of maximizing protein since the early 2000s, when a study suggested a connection between increased protein consumption and weight loss, says Hannah Cutting-Jones, PhD, a food historian and assistant professor at the University of Oregon in Eugene. But unlike other diet trends, protein mania has yet to wane.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14h

also i know why they are accusing me and nikole of antisemitism

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14h

incredible to see one of my posts on fox news

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 15h

Fox News host Emily Compagno claims that the backlash to Bari Weiss being named CBS News editor-in-chief is due to her being Jewish:

"This kind of thing would make me laugh if there was not an antisemitic thread in there."

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Flannery Dean @flannerydean.bsky.social · 14h

This is why pretty much take zero dietary health advice that isn’t pre internet time capsuled

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Flannery Dean @flannerydean.bsky.social · 15h

Love being part of target group relentlessly protein-pilled online only to find I’m exceeding my RDA of … lead

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 15h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 15h

And buy "scientific growing pains," they mean "civil lawsuits over theft"

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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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 15h

"The richest man in the world and the owner of the most influential social media site in US politics is a nazi who openly supports and amplifies other nazis" would, on its face, seem to be rather newsworthy!

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 15h

Hey news people: I know you like to pretend this doesn't exist, but you need to pay attention to the Nazi drama on Twitter. Basically, it seems as if Elon just restored two major neo-Nazi accounts that were banned by his product head, and might be about to fire the product head for banning them