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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 32m

"a test"? you mean...a violation?

AP: Israel plans to halve aid into Gaza over slow return of dead hostages, a test for the Gaza ceasefire

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 37m

if you want to watch ai-generated slop that has no intention behind it whatsoever, i just think you're a boring and deeply uncurious person

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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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 30m

Sums it all up

Martin Konený
@MartinKonecny
X.com
EU Commission press briefing
yesterday:
Journalist: You've said that Russia should repay for reconstruction of Ukraine. Do you believe Israel should repay for reconstruction of Gaza?
EU chief spox: It's an interesting question, on which I have no

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Simon William Cree @piratesprogress.bsky.social · 5h

"Back to normal immediately," fuck off.

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Simon William Cree @piratesprogress.bsky.social · 5h

Get fucked.

Sky News @news.sky.com · 5h

Eurovision emergency vote on Israel's inclusion is called off

An emergency vote on Israel's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest has been called off following developments in the Middle East, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has said.

news.sky.com

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samuel @quilombo.bsky.social · 10h

“The crossings were closed yesterday for the return of the hostages and the prisoners (sic)… and it is closed today because of religious holidays in Israel”.

Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 11h

Tess Ingram from UNICEF explains what people in Gaza need - everything. Water, food, shelter, clothes, shoes,

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 1d

I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Ruba. Ruba is 23 and has been studying to be a pharmacist. She has been living in tents with her family since this all began and her home was destroyed, this includes her niece Tulin, 8 her nephew, Mohammed, 4 and her father who is ill.

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Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · Sep 12

If you support Palestinian rights we are extremely close to our goal!! less than 5k to go. please pitch in, my family in Gaza is large and we all need to eat, get medicine and survive the genocide & starvation . Help us evacuate to safety we beg you donate 50 its mean a life to us 🙏🏽🙏🏽

Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · Sep 6

We are in urgent need of protection and a safe place to live. We’re raising support to help us escape danger and rebuild our lives in safety. Every contribution, no matter how small, brings us one step closer to security and hope. 💛
kindly give :
#BringRuaaHome #SafetyForRuaa #HumanitarianAid

Project Bring Ruaa and Her Family to Safety

I'm helping my friend, Ruaa Naji, raise funds to help her family survive.

chuffed.org

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Simon William Cree @piratesprogress.bsky.social · 17h

The original example in point, The Courtship of Princess Leia is one of the most, "Hey, you guys wanna do whatever?" feeling-ass books in the whole damn thing.

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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 17h

Breaking: Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, the legendary transgender activist and veteran of the Stonewall uprising who dedicated her life to the liberation of trans people, especially Black trans women, has died at 78.

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Frances Larina @franceslarina.bsky.social · 18h

It's so important to keep the "non-consensual" part of generative AI front and center.

Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 20h

I don't know how many times to point out that is absolutely ghoulish and non-consensual and disgusting behavior.
To exploit the image of a dead woman who was also exploited in real life so you can live out your momentary fantasies of "what is possible" with AI is bad science journalism, also.
Sick.

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Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Happen Soon

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

Screenshot includes an AI generated image of what looks like a human cross between Daenaerys Targaryen and Marilyn Monroe on the back of a dragon.

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Simon William Cree @piratesprogress.bsky.social · 17h

The absolute best stuff from this dumb franchise is when you're watching, reading, or playing something and it FEELS like they've said to a writer, "Hey, you wanna just do whatever?" I know that isn't really what happened, but the trick is for it to feel like it.

Chris Kempshall @chriskempshall.bsky.social · 17h

I think I could make a very convincing argument that an EU/Legends ‘romance’ novel (The Courtship of Princess Leia) has had the most dramatic impact on modern Star Wars canon than any comparable piece of media. Similarly ‘Lost Stars’ is a bonafide classic of current canon.

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 1d

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 2d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
"
Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 19h

Even more annoying is that the original poster is using the LLM to “wade through a mountain of papers for a systemic review”. Which means feeding a lot of academic material into the plagiarism machine that always lies, without the consent of the authors.

Des Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social · 22h

Seeing people nonchalantly post stuff like makes me feel like I'm going crazy honestly.

A post from an academic on blue sky that says: "I'm learning about "prompt engineering" when asking LLMs to extract data. I now add this to all instructions:

Style
Be concise, analytic, and specific (cite page/figure if provided). If essential info is missing, keep going but flag Unclear and exact data needed. Never invent data.

#academicsky"

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 19h

I’m going to go ahead and guess that Israel will participate in both Eurovision and UEFA as if nothing happened

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 19h

Really looks like that summit was merely an opportunity for men - and I think they were all men? - to make sure they were close to Trump while Trump was happy

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 1d

WTF is the head of FIFA doing at the summit?

FIFA President Gianni Infantino attending Donald Trump’s so-called “Gaza peace summit” in Egypt.

But sure, tell us again how “football and politics don’t mix.”
Absolutely insane.

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 19h

They take genuine pleasure in torturing people and a political culture that has long ago normalised this will not stop unless forced to

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 1d

“I swear to God, they didn’t feed us. They beat us while we were naked day and night.

Until our last day, they cut us and hit us and abused us. We endured every kind of torture, emotional and physical.

We couldn’t even sleep. They told me they killed my children.”

- released Palestinian prisoner

Palestinian prisoner Shadi Abu Seed has given a harrowing account of life inside an Israeli prison after his release as part of the ceasefire deal.

“I went hungry for the past two years. I swear to God, they didn’t feed us. They kept us naked. They beat us while we were naked day and night. We were tortured,” Abu Seed said.

“Until our last day in Israeli prison, they cut us and hit us and abused us. We endured every kind of torture, emotional and physical.

“We couldn’t even sleep. They threatened us with our children. They told me they killed my children. They told us that Gaza was destroyed. I arrived here and found that everything was gone. It looked like the end of the world. Everything is different.”

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michael lutz @ztul.bsky.social · 21h

i care so much about JUST KING THINGS and your experience that i came back from paternity leave to read a book that is fine to read but also just deeply odd (apparently the elf language is indeed straight up some version of wingdings)

Ranged Touch @rangedtouch.bsky.social · 1d

The saga of Roland and the Dark Tower is over, but that doesn't mean there's not more to be seen in Mid-World! 2012's A WIND THROUGH THE KEYHOLE has some stuff to say about werewolves, storms, matricidal forgiveness, little trains, and of course, Elf Language rangedtouch.com/2025/10/13/t...

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 19h

Authors shouldn’t need day jobs

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Isa / EvilCleverDog @evilcleverdog.bsky.social · Aug 23

Using ChatGPT

Edith @edithcharles.bsky.social · Aug 23

What's something that isn't considered embarrassing but you think it should be?

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 20h

IT CANT READ
IT CANT READ THE PAPERS
ITS NOT SENTIENT
ITS NOT INTELLIGENT

AM I IN HELL, IS THIS SOME CIRCLE OF HELL WHAT IS HAPPENING

Polly Pallister-Wilkins @pollypw.bsky.social · 20h

Imagine admitting that you didn’t do your own work and that you’re basing your claims to epistemic authority on the computational equivalent of a game of snap.

No, I already have the papers. I want it to read the papers.

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Tristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 1d

One single data centre. The combined energy draw of both of our largest cities.

Utterly unreasonable that this could be signed off without an environmental check. What about the impact on our energy prices?

The investors should have to fund the clean energy needed.

inews.co.uk/news/data-ce...

Giant data centre could use as much power as every home in Glasgow and Edinburgh

Edinburgh Council has said the developer will not have to submit an environmental impact assessment, sparking concerns data centres are avoiding scrutiny from planners

inews.co.uk

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I'mNotAHRHitter @imnotahrhitter.bsky.social · 20h

One of my favorite little details in DS9 is that Ben Sisko's Dad runs a restaurant, in a world full of replicators, in which no one has to work for money to survive. Why? Because that is what he wants to do. It's simple, but it is one of the most optimistic things about Star Trek.

Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 20h

I know it’s the most obvious thing in the world but it’s really sad that so many people have absolutely no desires or dreams in life except to accumulate money and our entire world is becoming a fucking pit because of it

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 1d

The King is in high rage.

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wendy copium @alicebennett.bsky.social · 20h

one thing LLMs have revealed is that the belief that there is a magical incantation that will give you what you want is not just confined to pick-up artists and freemen on the land

Des Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social · 22h

Seeing people nonchalantly post stuff like makes me feel like I'm going crazy honestly.

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