Laura Flyswatter 💙
@flyswatter1959.bsky.social
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President Atlanta Freethought Society. Leftie vegan atheist bisexual watercolorist. Hate MAGAs, racists, and homophobes. Was Rocky Horror cast member. 2 kids/married to @dwightlyman. Chaotic good. Voted for her in 2016 & 2024. Kitten rescue. I follow back!
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eicathomefinn.bsky.social
'In the past few weeks three new applications of AI have landed that could each have a profound impact on our shared reality: OpenAI’s new video platform, Sora; the scaling of a virtual companion called “Friend” and Meta’s push to import its advertising model into chatbots.'
Big Tech deploys Orwellian doublespeak to mask its democratic corrosion | Peter Lewis
As AI asserts its power to shape social evolution, regulation is decried as ‘state control’ rather than the expression of our collective will
www.theguardian.com
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edzitron.com
On Friday I’m going to have a premium newsletter with a generous (2600 word) free intro about the nasty demands of Sam Altman and OpenAI. They need $161 billion in the next six months - it’s the only way for them to complete any of the plans they have agreed to. A truly nonsensical time.
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sloanelysbeth.bsky.social
openai ethics is a double-speak expression bcos i think a company that is trying to get the dopamine hit of an orgasm to hook paid customers in to their far right propaganda machine is one of the most unethical things i've ever heard.
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justinhendrix.bsky.social
"A group of non-revenue-generating energy companies have collectively ballooned in value to more than $45 billion in hopes that tech companies will one day pay for their yet-to-be-built power.The biggest of these is the OpenAI CEO Sam Altman-backed nuclear startup Oklo..."
The Frothiest AI Bubble Is in Energy Stocks
Concept stocks with no revenue have soaring valuations. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has backed the biggest of these energy companies.
www.wsj.com
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katekaynak.bsky.social
I am against fascism.
I feel like this should not be a divisive statement in the United States.
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ndrew.bsky.social
one thing we can never allow to happen again is making someone president who is rich enough to fund endless frivolous lawsuits
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rprobbins.bsky.social
Here is Mike Johnson with one of them,
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kackbro.bsky.social
America Would Be So Much Better
Off Without RepubliKKKans of Any
Age.......
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kackbro.bsky.social
ICE are Chump's Homegrown
Terrorist Police Force......
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atrupar.com
Q: We've seen images out of Chicago of federal agents shooting faith leaders with pepper balls and arresting journalists. Where's the limit for you on what's acceptable conduct by federal agents?

MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.
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lyndagood.bsky.social
This is not just a news story it’s a warning flare. When an American citizen can be rounded up by ICE and thrown into the back of a truck with 40 others, we are witnessing the collapse of the very principles that define this country.
Ed Krassenstein & K
@EdKrassen • 5h
This is insane!
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Don Lemon interviews an American citizen who was rounded up by ICE and thrown in the back of a moving truck with 40 other people.
This is not what America is about!
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schumer.senate.gov
Speaker Johnson cares more about protecting Trump from the Epstein files than he does about protecting health care for the American people.
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browneyegirlhi.bsky.social
HA!!! 💥

Truth! Yeah. 🙌🏼

I love this so much. Had to share it. ⚔️🛡🤺
Men call us "gold diggers" when we expect them to pay for a meal.

Honey, a gold digger goes after yachts, not a piece of chicken.
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ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
If you can’t sell your soybeans because of Trump’s tariffs after Argentina stepped in and took your customers, you can take solace that the guy you voted for also just gave $20 billion of your tax dollars to the country that is bankrupting you.
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acyn.bsky.social
Himes: You know, it's the Pete Hegseth insecurity that requires a constant marination in testosterone and fraternity-boy macho bullshit that, at the end of the day, would be funny if it weren't both lethal and counterproductive to actually dealing with the nation's drug problem.
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joshdobbin.bsky.social
"Unlike Charlie, I was the best at dodging bullets in a way, perhaps, no one has ever seen before. Before he died, he came to me with tears in his eyes. "Sir, no one ever dodges like that; can you teach me?" But unfortunately or fortunately, I could not"
atrupar.com
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."