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RenderScape @renderscape.bsky.social · 1h

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Colin Childs🍁 @phoul.bsky.social · 1h

Office The GIF

Alt: Michael Scott "I didn't say it, I declared it"

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Colin Childs🍁 @phoul.bsky.social · 1h

They "solved" the mental health problem like Michael Scott solved his finances.

Declaring the problem solved doesn't make it so.

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · 2h

i don't have the words to emphasise how seriously bad things are gonna get

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Kara N. Slade @karanslade.bsky.social · 1h

I am once again reminding everyone not to confess your sins or share your most private desires with a company that can be subpoenaed or hacked.

The Verge @theverge.com · 4h

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

buff.ly

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ChiiTOON, Halloween's Crazy Mascot 🌈 オーラパフ @aurapuffs.bsky.social · Jul 12

It's got enough room for me & the whole squad ⚔️

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 5h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 2h

The “Oops, protein powder is full of lead” thing would explain so much.

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Mia Ives-Rublee @seemiaroll.bsky.social · 2h

Autistic kids being picked up and sent off to DHS without trying to reach out to parents. Now the parents are afraid to come get him because they could be arrested by ICE. Immigration is a disability issue. www.kptv.com/2025/10/13/t...

Teen with autism who was missing for days found in federal custody

A teenager with autism who was missing for days is in federal custody.

www.kptv.com

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Colin Childs🍁 @phoul.bsky.social · 2h

Lawless & murderous country.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 2h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 2h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 3h

“Copyright growing pains” is one hell of a euphemism for the biggest IP theft in history

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 1d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8h

wow. bezos has destroyed this paper.

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 1d

The newsletter from agricultural producer news site WATT Poultry is now a primary source of my anxiety. H5N1 is exploding in North American poultry. Every day, a headline like this.

But no human cases. Either there aren't any or there's no testing. Given CDC's dismantling, I can guess.

Headline: "Avian flu invades flock of nearly 2 million Washington hens"

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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 21h

It's just gutter racism, through and through

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 21h

What if the unidentified masked men with guns don't accept the validity of your papers?

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Colin Childs🍁 @phoul.bsky.social · 16h

Cleaning and prepping for 2026. #obsidian

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gfbagel @gfbagel.bsky.social · 21h

mahjong soul(s)

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Colin Childs🍁 @phoul.bsky.social · 1d

The number of insanely wealthy people jumping on these projects and then claiming they were just innocent smol beans incapable of learning the plights of others is infuriating.

Fuck anyone participating in this audiobook or that upcoming TV show.

Laura 🍁🍄🦇🎃 @tricksyliesmith.bsky.social · 1d

oh no. no. absolutely the fuck not. fuck off.

a bullshit statement from Keira knightley saying she was not aware of a boycott against jk Rowling before taking a job on the new audio series and that she's "sorry" and "we're all going to have to figure out how to live together and we've all got very different opinions"
She can fuck off.

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Laura 🍁🍄🦇🎃 @tricksyliesmith.bsky.social · 1d

oh no. no. absolutely the fuck not. fuck off.

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Odd Steam Reviews @oddsteamreviews.bsky.social · 19d

SILENT HILL f

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Colin Childs🍁 @phoul.bsky.social · 2d

Hot choccy is magic.

a drawing of kirby in a pink cup with marshmallows

Alt: a drawing of kirby stirring a pink cup of hot choccy with marshmallows

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Dragon Ball Stills @dbstills.bsky.social · 2d

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Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH, SM @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social · 2d

Some of these people have now been fired and rehired TWICE since January. The current state of dysfunction is mind boggling.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 2d

OOOPS! UPDATE: Two HHS officials tell me that disease detectives, measles response officers, global health officials and the MMWR staff were laid off by mistake and will be reinstated. But Washington office is still RIFed

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 2d

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 3d

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Colin Childs🍁 @phoul.bsky.social · 3d

And ai brain rot destroys another good thing.

Bobby Blackwolf @bobbyblackwolf.com · 3d

My favorite mashup artist, DJ Cummerbund, announced last night that he's going to just prompt AI to make mashups next year instead of making them himself. Basically says that the data shows the general public prefer the AI content to what he did by hand, so he's going where the audience is.

DJ Cummerbund

I’ve decided I’ll finally be retiring from creating mashups at the end of this year.
It’s much easier (and far less time consuming) to prompt Suno to make AI covers of other songs in 30 seconds, so I’ll just be putting out that type of content starting in 2026 here and there (maybe). Seems like people really like that kind of thing for whatever reason (which is totally fine).
It’s been an amazing ride, and thank you all for supporting over the past 12 years!
❤️

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