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Kassandra Jo Tomaras @raconteuse.bsky.social · 12h

When a trans woman dies of natural causes, at an age greater than 75, having lived more than half her life as herself, that is cause for celebration, not mourning.

Thank you, Miss Major.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 8h

Thinking about how much of their violence has been normalized already, how scenes that caused shockwaves 6 weeks ago are now part of the rhythm of daily life. Watched a TikTok from a daughter who has to do her parents' laundry & get their groceries because they're in hiding. This is just it now

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 11h

Seeing a lot of "No Kings" protests groups using AI images lately

You aren't resisting fascism by using their tools

Be better than that

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Kris 🐝 @joyfulenby.bsky.social · 8h

Post from Vexic929

I think a lot of what pro-AI people are really wanting is stuff that already exists but they don't know it's out there like

can't format a work email? templates

don't know how to write a resume? templates

writing a thank you card or a condolences card or a wedding invitation? templates templates templates

not sure how to format your citation in MLA or whatever format? citationmachine.net

summary of something you're reading for school/work? cliffsnotes.com

recipe based on ingredients in your fridge? whatsintherefrigerator.com

there's a million more like, guys, we don't need AI, we never needed generative AI

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Redshift @redshiftsinger.bsky.social · 8h

I don’t have it backwards, I’m saying some people will abuse this feature to comment spam and troll shit without it being as easy for the person they’re replying to to spot it.

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icookfood2023.bsky.social @icookfood2023.bsky.social · 16h

If a person looks at it with any sense, Netanyahu and Trump played a game with the hostages lives this last year so they both can be seen as heroes in the negotiated plan for their release. 🤷🏾‍♂️

Pamela Parkington @bigdogmomthree.bsky.social · 16h

It wasn't even his, it was Biden's and Blinken's negotiated plan.

When this shit show is over, there's a ton of accountability that needs to be done.

People better get right with their lord, because the end is not going to be pretty.

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 15h

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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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 17h

This is some of the best political news I've seen in a very long time.

There's a clear a way to end the Citizens United precedent by changing state incorporation laws - and now luminaries in both parties are forcing a vote on it in the 2026 election.

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Redshift @redshiftsinger.bsky.social · 13h

FLOOFY PANTALOONS

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Pokin @pokinpotentialppl.bsky.social · 17h

First and foremost - DO NOT DEFUND FEMA! Our country needs them more and more.

Second, it’s Indigenous Peoples Day. I bet a lot of those affected in Alaska are indigenous.

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 20h

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 17h

How W. E. B. Du Bois responded to government policing of "anti-American" sentiment during the 1910s:

"I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, 'We are seeking to have the Constitution of the United States thoroughly and completely enforced.' ”

Federal agents invaded even the offices of The Crisis and the National Association for the advancement of colored people and asked searching questions: " just what, after all, were our objects and activities?” I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, “We are seeking to have the constitution of the United states thoroughly and completely enforced.” It took some ingenuity, even for Southerners, to make treason out of that.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 15h

ICE agents blocked ambulance from transferring an injured protester to the hospital, even going as far as to threaten to arrest and shoot the driver.

This crosses so many lines.

EMS and first responders need to be free to help whoever needs it.

Delays cost lives.

Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

www.wweek.com

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Redshift @redshiftsinger.bsky.social · 13h

Waffle-ass reply. Try again and read to understand this time.

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 15h

An all powerful regime doesn't have their secretary of homeland security complaining to the news that they won't let her use the bathroom lmao

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Redshift @redshiftsinger.bsky.social · 14h

Terrible idea, going to enable SO much spam and abuse. Now bad actors can comment on your posts and keep you from getting notified that they did, so you either have to manually check replies on your posts to moderate, or let your followers be spammed in your replies.

Bluesky @bsky.app · 16h

Quick Tip: Don’t want people getting pinged when you post or reply?

You can turn that off by heading to: Settings → Privacy and Security → Allow others to be notified of your posts and toggling it off.

A screenshot of “Allow others to be notified of your posts” with “No one” selected

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Redshift @redshiftsinger.bsky.social · 14h

That’s an absolute essential if they’re gonna pull this spam-enabling crap.

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Redshift @redshiftsinger.bsky.social · 14h

Seriously. This is going to enable so much abuse bc people won’t get notifications of spam or shitty comments from jerks who know they’ll just get blocked/reported if the OP of the thread gets a notification.

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Redshift @redshiftsinger.bsky.social · 14h

I have good news for you, on Bluesky you are not forced to use shitty algo feeds. Switch to the default feed called “Following”, then only follow people whose posts you want to see. It’s very simple and easy!

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Redshift @redshiftsinger.bsky.social · 14h

Sorry bro but you’re gonna have to take that up with your state legislature. They’re the ones requiring age verification. Bluesky’s options are either do the verification shit, or stop providing service in your state entirely.

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 18h

ALSO. ALSO. Needing us to find Europeans who condemned him for his actions at the time--and there are many! So many! My God so many!--is also some white supremacist bullshit, because the TAINO PEOPLE HE WAS MURDERING CERTAINLY CONDEMNED HIM FOR IT AND THEY WERE HUMAN BEINGS OF HIS TIME TOO.

Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 21h

Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola.

Fuck Columbus.

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 21h

You actually just price in the cost of legal and the penalties for violating the emission standards vs. follow them and choose which one is cheaper.

Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 21h

Some of the world's biggest carmakers manipulated diesel emissions tests because they "would rather cheat than comply with the law", lawyers for over 1.6 million claimants told London's High Court on Monday, at the start of a huge trial.

Carmakers accused in huge UK lawsuits of cheating diesel emissions tests

Some of the world's biggest carmakers manipulated diesel emissions tests because they "would rather cheat than comply with the law", lawyers for over 1.6 million claimants told London's High Court on Monday, at the start of a huge trial.

reut.rs

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Redshift @redshiftsinger.bsky.social · 15h

Idk, AJ could just be particularly ignorant.

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Redshift @redshiftsinger.bsky.social · 15h

Or keep doing whatever you’re doing but accept that seeing things you don’t want to see is the price of abdicating your responsibility to curate your own experiences to an algorithm you don’t control.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 21h

they’re scared fucking shitless of this weekend, or, at the least, are scared fucking shitless of trump seeing it on the television

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."

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Janne M. Korhonen @jmkorhonen.fi · 16h

Basically all manufacturers and retailers should be obligated to either collect their waste and broken products, or pay for others to deal with them.

You’d see an amazing display of innovation in efficient, repairable and recyclable products and packaging.

Prune60 @prune602.bsky.social · 17h

I still wish we could set up a system where package delivery came with up “pickup empties” option, like milk deliveries use to have.

You bring me a new box, I give you some empty boxes!

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