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Jillian Foley @jillianefoley.com · 3h

important national history

Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 5h

So uhh...I just impulsively decided to fact-check the official origin story for the pumpkin spice latte and it is A LIE or at least incorrect.

Starbucks claims to have invented it in 2003

But a coffee shop in Portland was selling them in 2001 (the earliest mention I can find)

Starbucks began developing the pumpkin spice latte in January 2003, following the success of winter beverages such as the peppermint mocha and eggnog latte. Peter Dukes, the company's Director of Espresso for the Americas, explained that developers recognized the appeal of pumpkin flavor, noting, "there wasn't anything around pumpkin at the time."[5] During development, Starbucks' team collaborated with food scientists to create four potential seasonal beverages...

Add for Stellar Coffee in Portland, published in The Oregonian, Dec. 13, 2001.

Celebrate the Holidays with one of our specialty drinks

$1 OFF

16 or 20 oz. Egg Nog Lattes, Pumpkin Spice Lattes or Hot Buttered Rum Lattes

Mention this ad. Expires 12/31/01

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 15h

I think the idea of "cancel culture" persists mainly because it conveniently is some outside force acting on someone rather than them torching their reputation all on their own

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Scarecasmorator @sarcasmorator.bsky.social · 13h

I feel this in my haert

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Stellaween? @antlervel.vet · 1d

WHEN THERE’S TREASURE BEHIND THE WATERFALL: Oh wow. Yes, very clever! Waterfall treasure! No one’s ever done that before. Lazy jackass

WHEN THERE’S NO TREASURE BEHIND THE WATERFALL: Wow. Too stuck-up to put treasure there huh? Too much of a fucking ICONOCLAST for that? Piece of shit. FUCK you

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Scarecasmorator @sarcasmorator.bsky.social · 14h

Ok this needs to be made extremely illegal

Claire Zagorski, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 4d

A student on TikTok has been documenting her journey with a professor who “wrote” the anatomy textbook and it’s all a bunch of AI hallucinations.

She’s saying that, understandably, the students are doing super poorly!

Behold what we’re teaching the healthcare professionals of tomorrow:

A diagram of the bones and (some) deep muscles of the hand and forearm. AI says that we only have four digits. It’s also identified a tendon as the median nerve, another tendon as the ulnar nerve, among other issues.

An AI generated diagram of the muscles of the neck. It hallucinated the “ennocleidomasid” muscle, and the “anterior scalpalin muscle”.

An AI generated diagram of the muscles of the lateral thigh. It says that the gluteus Maximus (the big juicy butt muscle) is on the anterior side. It also points to the quadriceps muscle and says “attattment”. It also says that the same structure is the tibia AND the deep fascia of the leg.

An AI generated diagram of the bones of the hand and forearm. This time AI says we have 6 digits. It also says that the radius is the ulnar artery. Among other many issues.

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Scarecasmorator @sarcasmorator.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry, the connection was clear in my head

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Scarecasmorator @sarcasmorator.bsky.social · 1d

I reheat it with a blowtorch like a REAL American

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Scarecasmorator @sarcasmorator.bsky.social · 1d

Wasn't that a line in the Substance?

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Scarecasmorator @sarcasmorator.bsky.social · 1d

It wasn't widely available, which I didn't learn for a very long time.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_(...

Storm (soft drink) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Scarecasmorator @sarcasmorator.bsky.social · 1d

You do not wish to continue the experience?

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Scarecasmorator @sarcasmorator.bsky.social · 1d

It is indeed

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Scarecasmorator @sarcasmorator.bsky.social · 1d

If I were doing soda I'd bring back Storm, which was a lemon-lime soda test marketed in my area, and was my favorite for the couple years it was available, and has been gone for almost 25 years

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · Aug 18

i'm so excited to tell you about what we're working on. it's the most important thing human beings have ever done or could ever do. it's going to transform our lives in a plausibly deniable period of years. i just need another 100 billion dollars and immunity from prosecution

Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · Aug 18

How are we not already calling him Scam Altman

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Scarecasmorator @sarcasmorator.bsky.social · 1d

We got onnnnnnne!

Rowan Zeoli @rowanzeoli.bsky.social · 1d

I'm watching Deep Space 9 for the first time and oh my GOD it's so fucking good

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 1d

well i guess now i’m a jennifer welch fan

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

"What do you have to say about the capitulation that you participated in?"

Cory Booker clearly wasn't expecting the pushback he got from @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social

Full interview: youtu.be/HLfzsOVjlxc

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Scarecasmorator @sarcasmorator.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah probably but they also appear to stop sending if asked for substance

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Scarecasmorator @sarcasmorator.bsky.social · 1d

He’s stopped when I’ve told him what he needs to do for me to send money. Like specific actual things.

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Red Lori Bright Eyes Pissed Off American @redloribrighteyes.bsky.social · 1d

“When this is over – and it will end – there has to be a sustained and severe campaign of retribution, from Trump down to the masked ICE fascists who carried this out,” he said. “No f—ing kumbaya. Consequences.”

www.editorialboard.com/under-trump-...

Under Trump, there is no law. The people want payback

Forget accountability, says legal expert. Think retribution.

www.editorialboard.com

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Scarecasmorator @sarcasmorator.bsky.social · 1d

moar liek Jared Veto amirite

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Scarecasmorator @sarcasmorator.bsky.social · 1d

and his movies keep flopping! he's not a draw!

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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 1d

The use of AI to marionette a woman whose tortured existence was spent trying to carve her own life and identity out of the space men forced her into is both damningly macabre and a surprisingly perfect encapsulation of the problems with this ghoulish use of technology.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 2d

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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Scarecasmorator @sarcasmorator.bsky.social · 1d

There are some similarities with the Lando stuff too, I suspect they surveyed various written material to pick and choose the parts they liked and build from there. Solo's production was such a mess it's hard to really say for sure though.

Scarecasmorator @sarcasmorator.bsky.social · 1d

yeah I'm sure it was one of the sources they kinda remixed for that. a lot of elements of the old books and comics have turned up in the Disney stuff in various forms.

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