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Casmilus @casmilus.bsky.social · 27m

"Besic Ilcomations" was the best Beastie Boys album.

Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 2h

kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school

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Nick (derogatory) ✨ @slothropsmap.bsky.social · 14h

California DMV's virtual phone assistant is named Miles, a detail I'd find charming if I weren't talking to a virtual phone assistant.

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Michael Bench-Cauldron @mikebenchcapon.bsky.social · 2h

It's not a lower opinion of conservatives than I actually have, to be clear

Michael Bench-Cauldron @mikebenchcapon.bsky.social · 2h

Certainly there are some missing premises but if the argument only works by committing to such a low opinion of conservatives then it'd be nice to see that made explicit

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innes @innes.bsky.social · 13h

Text: A computer can never be horny, therefore a computer can never make art

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Micah @rincewind.run · 4h

"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 · 12h

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

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Jayaprakash has a mastertape @jayaprakash777.bsky.social · 4h

Just heard a woman tell her small son 'please sit down, Jayaprakash,' and it's hard not to feel implicated.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3h

You gently run your hand through the rack. You can feel it—pure cotton, rich wool, Irish linen. The plump buttonholes are handsewn; the buttons attached with a firm shank. You flip the price tag over. It's affordable

You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month

Headline reads: Altman says ChatGPT will soon allow erotic for adult users.

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Michael Bench-Cauldron @mikebenchcapon.bsky.social · 3h

And I share your scepticism re 1; I think conservatives imagine that if their perspective wasn't part of the discussion then all that's left would be groupthink, but that's just the illusion of the homogeneous Other

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Michael Bench-Cauldron @mikebenchcapon.bsky.social · 3h

I'm not sure what the reasoning implied by 2 and 3 is supposed to be; it sounds like the idea is that because conservative people exist a conservative party must exist for them to vote for, and of course a sane non-fascist one is best. But fascists exist too; do they need a fascist party to vote for

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Embrace the Void @etvpod.bsky.social · 8h

I’m fine with 2 and 3 here, but I’m skeptical about 1 at this point. Mill makes this same claim but it seems largely to assume that progressives can’t balance ourselves. I think we can manage without conservatism, which is just status quo bias at scale, with basic quality control on new ideas.

Astreia @redoubters.bsky.social · 11h

1) Conservatism, in an ideal world, serves a role similar to that of a defense attorney, by making those who want societal change argue/demonstrate/prove that it will be beneficial, not just change for change's sake
2) Conservative people exist
3) They need a sane non-fascist party to vote for

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post reader @aireland92.bsky.social · 10h

The US should be a constitutional monarchy, and the royal family should be the Kardashians

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social · 11h

Guy whose concern about the No Kings rally is that there’s a lot of evidence constitutional monarchies do a better job than republics of avoiding personalistic politics.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 8h

"The United States struck another small boat accused of carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela, killing six people...It’s the fifth deadly strike in the Caribbean"

again, merely political consequences for wanton murder aren't enough.

apnews.com/article/trum...

US kills 6 people in strike on boat accused of carrying drugs near Venezuela, Trump says

President Donald Trump says the U.S. has struck another boat accused of carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela.

apnews.com

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 14h

openai epic handshake with various ancient civilizations: "what if god had big tiddies"

Tuffy @smtuffy.bsky.social · 14h

The pivot from “I’m building god” to “I’m building a jerkoff tool” is pretty funny

Reuters @reuters.com · 15h

OpenAI to allow mature content on ChatGPT for adult verified users starting December reut.rs/3J8NTAi

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no earthquake (cultural tutor) @noearthquake.bsky.social · 5h

i want the abyss to stare back is that too much to ask

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eli yudin @eliyudin.com · 6h

finally AI comes for my job, a guy who writes erotica containing heavy use of the phrase “as a result”

The Verge @theverge.com · 16h

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

buff.ly

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no earthquake (cultural tutor) @noearthquake.bsky.social · 4h

LLMs have convincingly demonstrated that coding is the easiest activity, maths is medium hard, and having taste is the hardest

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 15h

God forbid a man has a hobby 🙄

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 21h

A man who works for the people overseeing America’s nuclear stockpile has lost his security clearance after he uploaded 187,000 pornographic images to a Department of Energy (DOE) network. Included AI-generated robot porn.

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