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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 6h

“The underlying purpose of Al is to allow wealth to access skill while removing from skill the ability to access wealth.”
— Joseph Browning

Church of Jeff
@jeffowski@mastodon.world
#ai #generativeAl
Edit: went back and found my friend that originated the quote from Facebook.
facebook.com/share/p/sQGLoN9wu...

Joseph Browning
Jul 10
The underlying purpose of Al is to allow wealth to access skill while removing from skill the ability to access wealth.

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Kate 🩸’The Brood’🩸 Armstrong @brainchain.ca · 13h

My son is telling me that r/film is blowing up tonight with a thread about film directors IRL that look even more pretentious than the films they make.

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 21h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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alison 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️ @bluishorange.bsky.social · 14h

with alt text

screenshot of what looks like a letter to the editor that says

APPARENTLY it costs the
NHS over £300,000 a year to remove foreign objects from people's rectums. Why aren't we removing British objects instead?
Was Brexit all for nothing?
—Gerry Paton, London

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Jonathan Bernstein @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social · 16h

What do I know and I'm not saying it's a magic bullet or anything like that but it sure seems to me that Dems should run hard on the Argentina bailout. Not anywhere near the worst thing Trump has done, but i suspect it's unusually clarifying.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Jeffries: "It's perplexing to us that Rs refuse to spend a dime to protect the healthcare of the American people, but somehow the Trump admin found $40b to bail out a right-wing wannabe dictator in Argentina in ways that are also going to continue to hurt our soybean farmers in Iowa & the Midwest"

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Bix F. @bixfrankonis.bsky.social · 18h

From the Portland community on Reddit: Corner of SW 5th and Washington this morning

Explore this post and more from the Portland community

www.reddit.com

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 19h

Also a reminder these weren’t “Kids”! Some of these “Young Republicans,” which includes ages up to 40, were elected officials or government appointees.

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Bloody Rebecca 🇺🇦 @rebeccablood.bsky.social · 21h

Concepts of a plan.

Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 22h

This isn’t even close to a plan! Why is this being reported as a “five year plan” when it’s a series of vague ideas?

OpenAI is working on new revenue lines, debt partnerships and further fundraising as part of a five-year plan to make good on the more than $1tn in spending it has pledged to create world-leading artificial intelligence.
OpenAI is planning on deals to serve governments and businesses with more bespoke products, creating more income from new shopping tools, and new sales from its video creation service Sora and AI agents, said multiple people familiar with the start-up’s efforts.
These people said it is exploring “creative” plans to raise new debt that can help it build out its AI infrastructure, while considering becoming a supplier of computing resources via its data centre initiative Stargate.
It is also weighing ways to cash in on its intellectual property by developing new AI infrastructure, making forays into online advertising and plans to launch consumer hardware products, including a new AI-powered personal assistant device, with former Apple star designer Jony Ive.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 22h

This isn’t even close to a plan! Why is this being reported as a “five year plan” when it’s a series of vague ideas?

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Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · 1d

'Sora cost $20 a month & subscribers can generate an unlimited number of AI videos... this costs (Sora owners) OpenAI "at least $5 per 10-second video"'.

Journalists, please ask more questions about how this tech could ever in a million years make a profit?

britt hayes @britthates.bsky.social · 1d

studio execs & major outlets claim AI is "inevitable" and poised to take over Hollywood. the reality is much different. i spoke with filmmakers, producers, and editors about how AI is actually showing up in productions – and what it still can't do:

Hollywood Has a Major AI Hype Problem

Studio execs and major media outlets claim that AI is "inevitable" and poised to take over film and TV. The reality is much different.

movieweb.com

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 23h

Brothers, you muse what chat we two have had.

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 1d

Yesterday in the supermarket in our conservative Irish/Irish-American neighborhood, the nice 50s-ish checkout lady was explaining to a senior citizen that she supports Mamdani bc older people had their chance and it's about time someone young comes in with some new ideas. I couldn't believe my ears

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 1d

If a Gannett paper like the Columbus Dispatch is running articles like this a ton of papers will be running stories like this. www.dispatch.com/story/news/l...

News headline: "How Trump's tariffs are hurting a Grove City manufacturing company"

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Bloody Rebecca 🇺🇦 @rebeccablood.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like you could add cornstarch, or hell, iron filings instead!

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Bloody Rebecca 🇺🇦 @rebeccablood.bsky.social · 1d

"Food producers add lead to cinnamon to increase its weight and therefore its profitability."

More cinnamon products added to public alert because of elevated levels of lead

The FDA has updated its alert about lead in cinnamon to include more products. There are already almost 20 cinnamon products on the list. As of Oct. 10,

www.foodsafetynews.com

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Stuart Jones @owenthesignal.bsky.social · 2d

‘Which fonts do you want for the sale poster?’

‘Yes’

#fonts #typography #museum #allthefonts
@fontsinuse.com @themerl.bsky.social

All the fonts, including a surprisingly modern 1960s style italic font, advertising the sale of Ashton Farm by auction at the Crown Hotel Bishops Waltham in 1908.
Photo from Bishops Waltham Museum, from the Austin & Wyatt archive

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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 1d

Page from The Comic Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard and her Dog (1819). More here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-comic-adventures-of-old-mother-hubbard-and-her-dog-1819

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Bloody Rebecca 🇺🇦 @rebeccablood.bsky.social · 1d

I like the Gallant Tiger founder's remark: 'a consumer "can tell the difference between Domino's and Pizza Hut [pizza] even though they're both circular food products. So what are we really talking about here?"'

TJ's has a long history of knock-off products, so I wonder if they're ready for this.

Bloody Rebecca 🇺🇦 @rebeccablood.bsky.social · 1d

From this article, it may be the fact that it is a *round* sandwich that is the supposed infringement?

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Bloody Rebecca 🇺🇦 @rebeccablood.bsky.social · 1d

Those box designs don't look anything alike. No one is confusing one brand for the other.

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 1d

For leaf kicking autumn strolls this c1890 Worth dress has all of the ingredients of the season. Pumpkin coloured satin and smooth cut velvet panels with flurries of flowers dotted across the bodice and skirt @ngvmelbourne.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Front full length view of an orange satin and velvet dress with long sleeves and skirt. The velvet has floral motifs placed symmetrically across bodice and skirt. The satin skirt has bows placed in either side of each hip

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Colchester Museums @colmuseums.bsky.social · 1d

Did you catch the Witches of Essex last night? It re-examines the trials when hundreds of women were condemned as witches and explores how fear and prejudice fuelled one of the darkest chapters in our history. The full series is on demand now. Keep watching and you might just spot us!

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Robin Mar-Witch 🧙🏻‍♀️ @electricland.bsky.social · 12d

My best advice: follow real designers that you like and buy their stuff! (A couple of Canadian faves are Kiriki Press and Hook, Line & Tinker) 🪡🧶

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Robin Mar-Witch 🧙🏻‍♀️ @electricland.bsky.social · 12d

And then we all have to break it to them that they paid for an AI picture that can’t be duplicated with embroidery. Although kind people do try to suggest ways of achieving something close. 🧶

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Robin Mar-Witch 🧙🏻‍♀️ @electricland.bsky.social · 12d

Should you find yourself in a similar position, this video has a lot of tells to watch for. I’d add:
• fabric looks fake/lines are wobbly
• pattern doesn’t come with instructions (what are you paying for in that case?)
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youtu.be/tVhIIjoIFVw?...

How to Spot AI Hand Embroidery so You DON'T Get Scammed

YouTube video by Saint Rogers Street

youtu.be

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