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V @porvioletta.bsky.social · 15h

wow, someone didn't see "Superman"

screencap from Superman (2025) with caption; Lois Lane saying "You have to say OFF THE RECORD beforehand, not after."

V @porvioletta.bsky.social · 16h

no one has said Black Mirror's recurring use of "cookies" yet? black-mirror.fandom.com/wiki/Cookie much like in severance, the cookie is a copy of you and it is not having a good time.

Cookie

A Cookie is the name given to the digitally replicated consciousness of a human being. Originally appearing in White Christmas, they are the most recurring technology used in the show. Cookies are man...

black-mirror.fandom.com

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V @porvioletta.bsky.social · 17h

don't want this shit at my local hospital: idahocapitalsun.com/2023/07/24/b...

Bundy, Rodriguez ordered to pay $52.5M for Idaho hospital harassment, jury rules • Idaho Capital Sun

An Idaho jury ordered Ammon Bundy, Diego Rodriguez and a network of groups to pay $52.5 million in damages to St. Luke's Health System.

idahocapitalsun.com

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V @porvioletta.bsky.social · 17h

everyone who votes for this should sign a form forbidding them from being life-flighted or otherwise transferred to hospitals in Portland or Seattle, thx, bye

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V @porvioletta.bsky.social · 17h

"these chats are fake" "cool cool, as a follow up question could you just affirm that you don't think whites have a higher IQ than non whites and that you think our country *should* have a holiday celebrating the end of chattel slavery?" [long silence]

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V @porvioletta.bsky.social · 1d

you can literally still compare states that didn't accept the aca/medicaid expansion to the ones that did, and the hundreds/thousands of avoidable deaths per state that resulted. www.medicarerights.org/medicare-wat...

States’ Failure to Expand Medicaid Resulted in Over 15,000 Deaths, According to New Study - Medicare Rights Center

A new study reveals that Medicaid expansion has reduced deaths in states where it has been adopted. By contrast, in states that have refused to expand their Medicaid coverage, approximately 15,600 peo...

www.medicarerights.org

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V @porvioletta.bsky.social · 1d

For example: I googled the name "Jane Carter" a few weeks ago and was told by AI that the fictional Mission Impossible superspy was also the mother of singer Nick Carter. I don't think a person would have made that mistake....

V @porvioletta.bsky.social · 6d

doesn't change my point. don't use AI as a source of facts. link to the real facts, not the plagiarism machine.

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V @porvioletta.bsky.social · 6d

* is ANYTHING BUT a source of likely-sounding words.

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V @porvioletta.bsky.social · 6d

why are you asking AI? please don't normalize the idea that AI is a source of likely-sounding words. the actual facts can be easily found. majorcitieschiefs.com/wp-content/u...

Portland Sees Decline in Violent Crime; Homicides Down 51% in First Half of 2025

New report from Major Cities Chiefs Association shows promising progress in reducing homicides and other major offenses.

www.portland.gov

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V @porvioletta.bsky.social · 6d

also don't forget to follow up by asking about the joking-not-joking confessions to tens of thousands of dollars of embezzlement and grifting, equally considered funny and acceptable among the in-group. why do republicans consider this okay? is it the same reason they defend a criminal president?

V @porvioletta.bsky.social · 6d

can there be caverns and tunnels?

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V @porvioletta.bsky.social · 6d

hey don't also forget to mention the actual crimes, admitting and bragging about embezzling money and failing to pay bills, another similarity to their great leader....