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Godzillionaire @godzillionaire.bsky.social · 45m

It’s the tiny picture of Jennifer Rubin that does it for me lol. His whole thread is a treasure

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Godzillionaire @godzillionaire.bsky.social · 1h

Hire @brendelbored.bsky.social you coward!!!

Andrew Cuomo zohran mamdani healthcliffe/garfield meme parodically supporting Cuomo

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 1h

Vance defended it all; Republicans In Disarray

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1h

After racist texts among members of the New York State Young Republicans were made public, the party’s state leaders were slated to meet Friday and vote to disband the group, people familiar with the matter said.

After Racist Texts, New York G.O.P. Is Set to Disband Young Republicans

State party leaders are expected to eliminate the charter of the Young Republicans group, allowing them to reconstitute the organization with new leaders.

nyti.ms

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Godzillionaire @godzillionaire.bsky.social · 3h

Yeah that’s a good pov on it. Figured more show than anything but it’s hard not to jump to “he’s too addled to leave the room, got to have the presser in here I guess!”. I know he’s not like vegetative but hope knows no bounds

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Godzillionaire @godzillionaire.bsky.social · 3h

Also is it odd to anyone else how many ‘pressers’ or events like this he’s done from the oval recently? I don’t remember many events in the past w podiums in there… could be he just insists on showing off his decorating handiwork but it’s still strange…..

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Godzillionaire @godzillionaire.bsky.social · 8h

Besides the obvious of nobody ‘loving’ teams, I don’t think you can conflate “users speaking to other people on a voice call” to “users want to be able to speak to their computers” !?!? Like….

AgentSpookStorm🎃 @agentms.bsky.social · 11h

Ahahahaha

Quote from article: “All the data that we see is when people use voice, they love it,” says Mehdi. Some of that data is the billions of minutes that people spend talking in Microsoft Teams meetings.

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Godzillionaire @godzillionaire.bsky.social · 1d

It’s kinda funny they’re all the same type of guy

Hitler looking intently at a scale model of some dumb ass Nazi plans for Berlin

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Godzillionaire @godzillionaire.bsky.social · 2d

Alright Kathy

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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Mia the Calligrapher @tspcalligrapher.bsky.social · 2d

Save me local grocery store big pumpkin save me

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Godzillionaire @godzillionaire.bsky.social · 2d

Beyond that, yeah I’m sure they’re also really ‘mitigating’ mental health issues….

Like flirty AI bots aren’t an avenue to new and different forms of mental health issues and co-dependency.

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 2d

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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Godzillionaire @godzillionaire.bsky.social · 2d

Like “please sir, I want some more” Gruel?

Stephen Lurie @luriethereal.bsky.social · 2d

Time to tune in to some analysis from Antifa expert…Chef Andrew…Gruel?…founder of…American Gravy Concepts?

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Nomadic Warriors for Pritzker @nomads.bsky.social · 2d

Tired: we’re living through a repeat of the 1920’s
Wired: were living through a repeat of the 1620’s

elias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 2d

i am unfortunately increasingly inclined to say we should look to the invention of the printing press and the centuries of disorder and chaos and dysfunction that followed its introduction until people and the system eventually adjusted to a new reality where ppl could read nonsense & believe it

Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 2d

I don't see how we can have a democracy when about one-third of our country's population is COMPLETELY psychotic and detached from reality. I mean that literally and in reference to many of my family members: they flat-out reject the real world and the very concept of evidence.

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Godzillionaire @godzillionaire.bsky.social · 2d

This has always been the closest analogy- because it’s a much larger break w continuity than radio/tv/film, which sort of modified what already existed through papers and mags. though you can see how those worked w the rise of fascism in the 20s-30’s as similar to some of what’s happening now.

elias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 2d

i am unfortunately increasingly inclined to say we should look to the invention of the printing press and the centuries of disorder and chaos and dysfunction that followed its introduction until people and the system eventually adjusted to a new reality where ppl could read nonsense & believe it

Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 2d

I don't see how we can have a democracy when about one-third of our country's population is COMPLETELY psychotic and detached from reality. I mean that literally and in reference to many of my family members: they flat-out reject the real world and the very concept of evidence.

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 4d

The inflatables have made it to Broadview.

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 3d

yeah this is on the level of the iraq war casus belli coverage

choo choo choose anger @ralphtheewiggum.bsky.social · 3d

The difference bet the way the press handled Biden’s vs Trump’s health issues, as well as the standard to which they hold his conduct is one of the greatest scandals in the history of journalism.

Their conduct, and the knowledge they’ve done tremendous damage to their profession, should shame them.

ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 3d

he has been talking obsessively about the afterlife for some time, he is missing for chunks of time, his aides are trying harder than usual to show he’s fit, his public appearances show someone in visible physical decline, and jd vance talked impromptu about being prepared to assume office

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Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 4d

HE MADE A COIN, COOP. IT SAYS "KA$H." WHERE YOU OR I WOULD PUT THE S, THERE STANDS A DOLLAR SIGN.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4d

if we are going to have a supreme court that is as powerful as it is, i basically think justices should be forbidden from public comment on their work as well as any supplemental source of income while they are on the bench. (they should also ride circuit again but that's a bit separate.)

Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 4d

The substance of what she's saying is bad and unconvincing, but more fundamentally, I really don't think Supreme Court justices should be going on book tours where they publicly comment on their work and respond to criticism of it. Either put it in a written opinion or hold your peace.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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more mr. dice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social · 4d

pilgrim guy finishes reading a big book, leans way back in his chair and loosens the belt on his hat

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Godzillionaire @godzillionaire.bsky.social · 5d

Glad they put this in the article, but we’re at a point in the evolution of “view from
nowhere” when they can’t state a fact about math without referring to some outside expertise!

Is it not ‘objective journalism’ to just write ‘this is mathematically impossible’?

“Sky is blue today, experts say”

TommyZed34 @tommyz34.bsky.social · 5d

President Donald Trump recently made his boldest claim yet in his
longstanding promise to lower drug prices.
"You know, we've cut drug prices by 1,200, 1,300 and 1,400, 1,500%," he told reporters on Sunday, noting the reductions will start over the next two to three months. "I don't mean 50%. I mean 14- 1,500%."
Trump has unveiled a number of moves aimed at cutting drug prices in recent months, but he has yet to move the needle on reducing costs - much less slashing them by 1,500%, which is mathematically impossible, experts say.

Highlight on obnoxious use of "experts say"

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 6d

“Machado’s politics are steeped in violence. She has called for foreign intervention, even appealing directly to Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the architect of Gaza’s annihilation, to help ‘liberate’ Venezuela with bombs under the banner of ‘freedom.’”

'Peace' Has No Meaning When Right-Wingers Like Maria Corina Machado Win the Nobel Prize | Common Dreams

As Venezuelan-American, I know exactly what Machado represents: the smiling face of Washington’s regime-change machine, the polished spokesperson for sanctions, privatization, and foreign intervention...

www.commondreams.org

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spooky mental haunted house @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 7d

donning the armor of god to face the forces of hell

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Godzillionaire @godzillionaire.bsky.social · 8d

Hologram Charlie Kirk

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Godzillionaire @godzillionaire.bsky.social · 9d

This is perfection

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Godzillionaire @godzillionaire.bsky.social · 9d

He’s talking about the afterlife again….you can’t convince me the man isn’t dying. This is the weirdest and somehow most self reflective train of thought he’s spouted in his decades in the public eye, and he’s said multiple things along these lines the past few months.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d

Trump: "I want to be good because you want to prove to God so you go to that next step, right? So that's very important to me."

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Godzillionaire @godzillionaire.bsky.social · 10d

As they state here, 99% of what this admin is doing could be negated or limited if Congress would assert its own authority. Even with GOP majorities, they should want to use their own power, and are clearly cowed, scared, or too lazy to do it.

Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 10d

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

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