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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1h

I'm sure there are plenty of faculty at colleges and universities across Pennsylvania who can share stories of the profound impact Kirk made on their lives thanks to the harassment campaigns fueled by his Professor Watchlist

Stephen Caruso @stephenjcaruso.bsky.social · 1h

State Sen. Joe Picozzi (R., Philly) wants to make conservative commentator Charlie Kirk's birthday, Oct. 14, an official commonwealth holiday. "Although his life was cut short, Charlie’s profound impact has been undeniably felt by Pennsylvanians of all beliefs and backgrounds."

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Jon Baker @thejonbaker.bsky.social · 1h

BREAKING: Sam Altman arrested on street corner selling 5 second clips of your dad saying he’s proud of you for $10

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 21h

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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Mike Freeman @mfreeman.bsky.social · 2h

Before you engage, remember to baptize your irons in pagan blood. Very important.

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Mike Freeman @mfreeman.bsky.social · 2h

Cornell has spectacular ornithology and forestry departments.

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Mike Freeman @mfreeman.bsky.social · 2h

Clinton with a healthy spritz of Reagan.

Mike Freeman @mfreeman.bsky.social · 2h

In summer/fall 2024 that hed/subhed would have ‘Biden’ in three places.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 8h

"republican staffers are all literal nazis" is less of a groupchat thing and more of a posting on main thing at this point

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 16h

X post today from Homeland Security @DHSgov that says "Remigrate."
3:06 PM · Oct 14, 2025

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correcting typo and derailing riff @stefanheck.bsky.social · 10h

I would honestly rather read a handwritten note from my parents in which they say they regret ever adopting me

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 12h

Scoop: Olivia Nuzzi has written a book during her year in exile, in which she is set to in part address her relationship with RFK Jr. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

Have I Got Nuzzi For You

Olivia Nuzzi is set to address her relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a forthcoming book, galleys of which are circulating among a select group of readers, Status has learned.

www.status.news

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Kathy Woughter @kwough.bsky.social · 4h

Happy international mushroom day! 🍄#fungisky

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 11h

One of the terrible things about the conservative elites’ attacks on higher education is that they are giving their constituents the impression that the universe isn’t big, complicated, and fascinating — that it really does take this many people to work out how even a small fraction of it works

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gelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · 11h

I bet Mike Johnson would swear this guy in if he’d won a special election

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 13h

A judge issued a protective order against a Republican congressman from Florida on Tuesday, forbidding him to contact a former girlfriend who in court proceedings said he had threatened her with revenge porn after she broke up with him.

Woman Is Granted a Protective Order Against Representative Cory Mills

Representative Cory Mills’s former girlfriend, Lindsey Langston, the reigning Miss United States, told a judge that he had threatened to release sexually explicit videos of her.

nyti.ms

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Mike Freeman @mfreeman.bsky.social · 11h

We’re listening.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Jeffries: "I remind all of these corrupt individuals, these sycophants -- the statute of limitations is five years. The American people want accountability, deserve accountability, and will get accountability."

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 15h

The one good thing about them taking the horny restraints off ChatGPT is that we will never hear from some people again

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Mike Freeman @mfreeman.bsky.social · 11h

Nonsense. That’s the Gruffalo.

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Mike Freeman @mfreeman.bsky.social · 11h

One thing about first Twitter now Bluesky is inadvertent detective work. You see a weird post, then another on the same topic, followed by more til you finally piece together context. Sometimes you barf. Anyway, today’s topic: olive oil.

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Mike Freeman @mfreeman.bsky.social · 11h

Have to add an extensive ‘Cabinet of Arrested Adolescents’ to your Toddler in Chief work.

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Mike Freeman @mfreeman.bsky.social · 17h

Just hope Bari can protect these poor young men from the woke mob! Their lives had just begun!!

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 19h

Breaking: Text messages of Young Republican groups across the country have just been leaked.

They talk about putting Democrats in “gas chambers,” attacking “Jews,” calling Black people “watermelon people,” calling to “rape” their enemies, and bringing back slavery.

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Mike Freeman @mfreeman.bsky.social · 12h

You will. No doubt.

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Mike Freeman @mfreeman.bsky.social · 12h

Looks like the neighborhood dog walker dropped a group’s efforts on his plate.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 13h

Pay people you like on the internet folks, it’s going to be rough out there

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 13h

Over half of all articles on the Internet are now written by AI

(via Axios)

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Mike Freeman @mfreeman.bsky.social · 12h

It won’t be a Dodgers/Yanks rematch. For that we can be grateful.

Mike Freeman @mfreeman.bsky.social · 13h

Is this coded, or the last panicked post from a man in the clutches of Glonzo?

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Adam Rothman enjoys a good sandwich @adamrothman.bsky.social · 13h

Breaking news from 1775

Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 15h

One protester arrested, the rest remain across Lexington yelling “shame,” among other things, at officers who just detained a person.

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Mike Freeman @mfreeman.bsky.social · 13h

Roll tide.

Diane Galloway @adgwatches.bsky.social · 14h

Yooooooo. That is a significant development

THE CITY @thecity.nyc · 14h

NEW: In a rare appearance alongside mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani Tuesday, in the Queens Assembly district he represents, Gov. Kathy Hochul backed the Democratic nominee’s campaign pledge of rolling out universal child care.

buff.ly/j60StqW

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