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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 2h

at this point fleetwood mac needs to start sharing royalties from this song with this man

What’s the Hold Up Pod Dan @jacketdan.bsky.social · 1d

He did it again for the 5 year anniversary

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 4h

People experiencing miscarriages in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves.

We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position 👇

(Published Dec. 2024)

If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life

Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselv...

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Mikaela Grace ❤️‍🔥 RDU Oct 15-16, AVL 16-17 @mikaelagracexo.bsky.social · 4h

For the love of SWers, PLEASE do not feed your fucking ID to Sam Altman!!! If you’ve learned nothing from us shouting into the void about how terrible age verification requirements are, please learn from the recent Discord data breach. Unless you want your sex fantasies linked to your government ID.

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 14h

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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Annika Brockschmidt @ardenthistorian.bsky.social · 22h

Ich habe für @republik.ch über Kirk geschrieben, die posthume Verzerrung seines politischen Projekts und seine entstehende Hagiographie. Mit Einordnungen von @bildoperationen.bsky.social zur Bildsprache von KI-produziertem Märtyrer-Content, @antheabutler.bsky.social und @bradleyonishi.bsky.social.

Charlie Kirk: Der «Märtyrer», der die Rache befeuert

In den USA wird der christliche Nationalismus zu einem Kampfmittel gegen die Opposition.

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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 4h

BREAKING NEWS: Nazis are in fact Nazis

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 4h

This is real. Chicago today.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 4h

Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby

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Megan Goodwin @mpgphd.bsky.social · 4h

they are precious

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Shay Stewart-Bouley @blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social · 13h

I live in Maine, and I haven't met Graham yet, but we share a number of folks in common. I hear he's really the real deal, and I agree with this assessment. Folks are truly pumped about him. No one I know is pumped about Janet. She has been an ok governor, but that's it.

ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 14h

Not that anybody comes to me for Maine politics, but the fact that the Democrats successfully convinced a 77yo Governor to primary the 41yo progressive, is today's example of why the Democrats fucking stay failing.

Susan Collins is 72 and if Schumer gets his way, she'll be the YOUNGER choice!

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Megan Goodwin @mpgphd.bsky.social · 4h

but also

bsky.app/profile/blac...

Shay Stewart-Bouley @blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social · 13h

I live in Maine, and I haven't met Graham yet, but we share a number of folks in common. I hear he's really the real deal, and I agree with this assessment. Folks are truly pumped about him. No one I know is pumped about Janet. She has been an ok governor, but that's it.

ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 14h

Not that anybody comes to me for Maine politics, but the fact that the Democrats successfully convinced a 77yo Governor to primary the 41yo progressive, is today's example of why the Democrats fucking stay failing.

Susan Collins is 72 and if Schumer gets his way, she'll be the YOUNGER choice!

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Megan Goodwin @mpgphd.bsky.social · 4h

overall I didn't love the movie but I could watch him to giant camp supervillain all fucking day

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Megan Goodwin @mpgphd.bsky.social · 4h

oh I did the combo hep A/B last year

no sweat / yay immunities

Megan Goodwin @mpgphd.bsky.social · 4h

@blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social is a busy lady!! 😂

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 4h

Rich men are the biggest Welfare Queens in America.

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Hex Anderson @dexanderson.com · 5h

Roman would have pocket sand

Hex Anderson @dexanderson.com · 5h

I was busy with the pies so I forgot to post: tonight is Tuesday movie night and we're watching FAST X

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Megan Goodwin @mpgphd.bsky.social · 4h

he was the best part of Fast X and it wasn't even close

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Megan Goodwin @mpgphd.bsky.social · 4h

totally

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 5h

Here is the students' @idsnews.bsky.social report out of Indiana University, where the student media director was fired today. www.idsnews.com/article/2025...

LETTER FROM THE EDITORS: IU fires student media director after he refused to censor the IDS

Indiana University directed the IDS to stop printing news.

www.idsnews.com

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Linda Tirado @killermartinis.bsky.social · 5h

Hi hello I am an American citizen with a very intense knowledge of the first amendment.

Apparently people who are not American cannot say Charlie Kirk "devoted his entire life spreading racist, xenophobic, misogynist rhetoric."

I fact checked it.

Charlie Kirk devoted his life to that.

Jail me.

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 7h

Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.

Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 13h

NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.

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Megan Goodwin @mpgphd.bsky.social · 5h

STEVE KNOWS WHAT'S UP

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Megan Goodwin @mpgphd.bsky.social · 5h

Sara Gideon sucked! she was from away!! they literally couldn't pay people to vote for her

you know who mainers like? FUCKING LOBSTERMEN

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Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 5h

US hegemony is a scam. The guardrails are fake. Elected Trump, thing fucking exploded.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7h

I’m a subscriber to The Onion print edition and trust me, the ads alone are worth it

Fake Apple ad

Remember when those
Chinese factory workers were all committing suicide?
Neither do we!

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Megan Goodwin @mpgphd.bsky.social · 7h

gross

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 9h

Trump posthumously awards Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom

President granted the US’s highest civilian award to the far-right commentator who was assassinated in September Donald Trump posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States, to the assassinated far-right commentator Charlie Kirk at the White House on Tuesday. Kirk, who was shot at an event at Utah Valley University in September, was among the most significant rightwing activists in the modern political era, galvanizing a younger generation of conservatives to engage in politics and support Trump’s candidacy ahead of the 2024 election. Continue reading...

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Megan Goodwin @mpgphd.bsky.social · 7h

this country hates children so fucking much

Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 11h

“In the absence of federal funding, MSDH is stepping in to ensure WIC operations continue. Current WIC participants will continue receiving their benefits without interruption,” a Mississippi State Department of Health press release says.

WIC Stops Accepting Some Applicants Amid Government Shutdown

The WIC program will only accept applications from pregnant women, breastfeeding women and high-risk infants during the federal government shutdown.

buff.ly

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