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it’s Liam @flowtaro.bsky.social · 6h

he's a coward

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antifa’s sleepiest soldier @emilydwarfield.bsky.social · 8h

I think it's more that racism has always been a core component of conservative ideology, despite their once-fervent protestations (which only lasted c. 1985-2015), and it's unclear whether there are actually more extreme beliefs among conservatives now or just more openness about those beliefs.

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kt @kiolu100.bsky.social · 1d

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Celia 🔜 Climax of Night @celialicious.bsky.social · 1d

So, the new patch of DBFZ seems good.

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it’s Liam @flowtaro.bsky.social · 13h

yes they fucking have. the fact that you didn’t realize it says a lot about you and your values

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grimm ☀️ @mugrimm.bsky.social · 15h

They have 100% always been this way, though notably the transition from helicopter rides and referencing crushing minorities abroad humorlessly transitioned to nazi shit, but like that's basically a new layer of paint instead of a new perspective.

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For those tempted to say Young Republicans have always been this way, they really have not. When I worked on campus and did bipartisan college events after, they were very much not like this.
That's why groups like YCT and eventually TPUSA formed -because Young Republicans weren't radical enough.

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 17h

If you gave up masking long ago, you can start anytime. “But none of my friends do.” Think back: did some of your friends “just disappear” in 2021 and stop planning hang outs with you?

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 17h

All I can add to the “we reject universal masking” discourse is that it’s not about masks. You aren’t rejecting universal masking, which never happened; you’re rejecting having to think about wearing a mask, and maybe feeling badly about thinking about masks. Can’t help you there.

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 1d

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 · 1d

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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Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 1d

Unfortunately I don’t find your anti communism funny when anti capitalism has been designated as a terrorist activity. Sorry!

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Moss @soothemoss.bsky.social · 8d

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it’s Liam @flowtaro.bsky.social · 1d

D’Angelo dying is so fucked. I hope his family was able to say goodbye in any way they could. what a creative force

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it’s Liam @flowtaro.bsky.social · 2d

i had forgotten about this 😭😭😭

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SEGA City @segacity.bsky.social · 2d

Hop & Jump
'Keio Flying Squadron 2'
SEGA Saturn

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it’s Liam @flowtaro.bsky.social · 2d

god

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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 2d

Breaking: Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, the legendary transgender activist and veteran of the Stonewall uprising who dedicated her life to the liberation of trans people, especially Black trans women, has died at 78.

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Ducky (Maybe) 🦆 @justducky.bsky.social · 2d

A comparative breakdown of professional wrestling legend Bruno Sammartino and all around piece of shit Christopher Columbus

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 2d

This is "debanking", and its a problem that has plagued sex workers for decades. It isnt right when its targetting sex workers and its not right when its targetting game devs and creators either.

Give paypros and your givt reps your grievances and demand that debanking of adult content stop

Ana Valens | 🔞 | Comms Open @acvalens.net · 2d

Per Reddit: Steam adult developer in the UK is sitting on a USD equivalent of six figures, can’t find a bank to take his money because the developer creates adult games

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