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Cassi Mothwin @cassi.mothwin.com · 13h

Dice consumerism is something I really hate about this hobby.

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Yee_HAUNTIE @yeehawtie.bsky.social · 1d

my friend Grace is the woman who stood up to the guy in the Nazi SS uniform in those viral videos youve probably seen- he broke her nose with a beer stein - please share & donate and give her a hand with medical expenses, recovery and potential expenses gofund.me/72cb1a415

Donate to Support UGA Student Assaulted by Nazi in Downtown Athens, organized by Alexandra Lang

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From the Notebooks @fromthenotebooks.bsky.social · 2d

also, WHO DO THEY THINK THE COMPANIES ARE DOING WASTE FOR!!!

Companies aren't destroying the planet for no reason, they are doing it to sate the stupid desire for commercial goods among the populace. That plastic bullshit shipped twice around the world you buy is part of those emission numbers

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CZEdwards @czedwards.bsky.social · 2d

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The lady at the charity shop today told me that she wishes people would clear out their children's old toys in the lead up to Christmas rather than after because she always sees a number of parents in the days before Christmas looking for toys for their little ones who might be strapped for cash. She said there's very rarely anything in just before, but that they get inundated with toys in the days after.

And it really made me think about it in a way I never would have before. If you know your child is going to get lots of presents from father Christmas this year, by clearing out your cupboards a few days early you could make another child's Christmas a lot more special too.

Saw this & thought I'd repost

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Nancy French @nancyfrench.bsky.social · 3d

'The explosive growth in sports gambling is bad for sports, and - most important - it has proved to be bad for millions of Americans who gamble past the point of prudence and move directly to the point of pain. The sports gambling revolution needs more regulation. It may even need termination.'

Opinion | ‘I’m Shocked, Shocked to Find That Gambling Is Going On in Here’

www.nytimes.com

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From the Notebooks @fromthenotebooks.bsky.social · 5d

respect

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 5d

they were also right about alcohol - or, at least, 'the alcohol culture of the period.' Temperance and prohibition movements were largely driven by women aware of how much domestic violence and misery it fueled!

Daemon Primarch MetaBlueSky ♨️ @metabluesky.bsky.social · 5d

As it turns out the Victorians had at least one moral crusade target they were right about all along.

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 5d

I do think we have a pretty good chance of turning gambling into a genuine popular moral crusade 19th century style, because it's becoming a social evil that's destroying young men's lives in particular but also making sports coverage really shit.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 5d

I do think we have a pretty good chance of turning gambling into a genuine popular moral crusade 19th century style, because it's becoming a social evil that's destroying young men's lives in particular but also making sports coverage really shit.

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 5d

Almost every major news story this week is about how the entire economy is now gambling, scams, bribes and theft.

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From the Notebooks @fromthenotebooks.bsky.social · 5d

DARK LORD OF DERKHOLM REFERENCE!!!!!!!!

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Inkgrid | Edel-Art @inkgrid.bsky.social · 26d

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From the Notebooks @fromthenotebooks.bsky.social · 5d

meme of the Sardaukar from Dune 2021 with the text "that's it. No more making machines in the likeness of a human mind"

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GPT-Ern Malley @denam.bsky.social · 6d

Sourcebook/rulebook divide. I am happy to deal with whatever for the former but if I intend to play the game I want a goddamn legal document

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From the Notebooks @fromthenotebooks.bsky.social · 6d

As someone who recently bought and has been loving (too much honestly) a game from 2010, I heartily agree

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From the Notebooks @fromthenotebooks.bsky.social · 6d

"Once, men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them" - Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohaim

⚧️Marionette: Little Tin Goddess🏳️‍⚧️ @marionette.bzky.team · 6d

So here’s the thing about the common conception of Dune and the butlerian jihad.

The danger has never been AI “going rogue” or “gaining sentience”. It’s just strings of linear algebra.

The danger is in people surrendering their ability to think to a machine.

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From the Notebooks @fromthenotebooks.bsky.social · 6d

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

The Patient Gamer

YouTube video by Door Monster

www.youtube.com

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From the Notebooks @fromthenotebooks.bsky.social · 6d

*effect

From the Notebooks @fromthenotebooks.bsky.social · 6d

The most damning thing of the whole study is the massive gap that persisted between what the developers believed even after they did the work and what the real affect was. Anecdotes on how much it helps someone just can't be trusted unless they are control testing themselves

Chart depicting change in time when AI was allowed to help with a software development task. Economics experts expected -30 to -50% time. ML experts forecasted from -35% to -45%. Developers in study forecast -15% to -33% before and -10% to -30% after. The observed result was a increase in time needed between +2% and 40%

Data from https://metr.org/blog/2025-07-10-early-2025-ai-experienced-os-dev-study/

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From the Notebooks @fromthenotebooks.bsky.social · 6d

It is also that this is on X. I'm not sure you'd see the same level of that if you were looking at equivalent scams on Instagram and Tiktok but that's just an assumption.

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Garrett Petersen @gpetersen.bsky.social · 8d

Long Island deserves a Representative who fights for working families and stands up to Trump’s attacks. Meanwhile, Andrew Garbarino can’t even wake up to vote.

I'm running for Congress because I know we can fight our way out of this. Be a day 1 donor: secure.actblue.com/donate/garre...

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From the Notebooks @fromthenotebooks.bsky.social · 7d

I don't know if that is actually really stabbing themselves. The PLA has a real corruption problem that it needs to fix. Will this fix it? no, but its worth a shot

From the Notebooks @fromthenotebooks.bsky.social · 7d

The Veldt is one of my favorite childhood stories. I remember when my mom read it to me as a kid. Still rocks and is as relevant as ever

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Stellaween? @antlervel.vet · 10d

It’s really cool that whenever men start doing the stuff women have been asking them to do forever — reading feminist literature, being in touch with fashion, listening to “girl music” — they are immediately excoriated on social media, often by women!, for being big shitty predator fakers

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☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.social · 10d

I have friends who wouldn’t be alive if not for the aca, like 95% of trans care being covered is a result of section 1557. Many of us would be dead if not for it

mr. sardonicus @mmcgrath.bsky.social · 10d

this dickhead didn’t post this to bsky, but fuck you @talsmith.bsky.social . this legislation saved my life. condescending piece of shit.

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Katie Herrmann @katieherrmann.bsky.social · 10d

The ACA allowed me to leave an abusive ex. I had a large, complex ovarian cyst (which I knew about bc I pretended to go to work and went to the ER instead - I was forbidden from going and told it was selfish).

He held the promise of the surgery I needed over my head. Until he couldn't anymore.

Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 10d

My best friend was able to leave her abusive husband because the ACA made it possible for her to still get health insurance

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From the Notebooks @fromthenotebooks.bsky.social · 11d

Which would it count as for me meeting my current partner through very traditional friends of friends college encounter but doing all the initial flirting before our first date over Instagram?

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