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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 16h

Young Republicans are praising Hitler. Here's why Democrats are to blame.

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schnucksmacguffin.bsky.social @schnucksmacguffin.bsky.social · 15h

I always get mixed up, follow Talia J*ne, and then quickly unfollow.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 21h

Journalists spent months documenting Stephen Miller's affinities for white nationalism and Trump just goes and tweets it out.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21h

Trump: I want to thank Stephen Miller I would love to have him come up and explain his true feelings. Maybe not his truest feelings. That might be going a little too far

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 17h

Y’all won’t use plastic straws but you’re using GROK to plan your workouts??????????? Go dive off a street curb into a pool of trash bag juice.

Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 17h

Them: I used ChapGPT to find a dinner recipe.

Me: Oh, wow, so you like poisoning black neighborhoods so you can cook… *lowers reading glasses*…a roast chicken that’s still too dry. Wow.

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 20h

OOP!!!! I love that. “ChatGPT is for third party thinkers.”

We have no choice but to drag them.

Tayci @taycibear.bsky.social · 21h

When I asked my eldest if he's ever used that he said he's not a third party thinker.

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 17h

Them: I used ChapGPT to find a dinner recipe.

Me: Oh, wow, so you like poisoning black neighborhoods so you can cook… *lowers reading glasses*…a roast chicken that’s still too dry. Wow.

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schnucksmacguffin.bsky.social @schnucksmacguffin.bsky.social · 20h

That's the response I usually have when someone says they use ChatGPT. In all honesty, what's the point of living then?

Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 21h

To become dependent on ChapGPT is to evacuate yourself from your own life.

YIKES, no thanks. I’m gonna be alive inside every damn thing I do, even and especially the ish I don’t wanna do.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 20h

The "anti-woke" backlash was always about white collar labor competition from nonwhites, not hr bullshit. bsky.app/profile/phil...

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 21h

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

www.thewrap.com

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

You gently run your hand through the rack. You can feel it—pure cotton, rich wool, Irish linen. The plump buttonholes are handsewn; the buttons attached with a firm shank. You flip the price tag over. It's affordable

You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month

Headline reads: Altman says ChatGPT will soon allow erotic for adult users.

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schnucksmacguffin.bsky.social @schnucksmacguffin.bsky.social · 1d

BINGO

Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 2d

Whenever I see men complain about the male loneliness crisis or unique emotional/psychological issues faced by men, it’s very clear that they just don’t see women as full people capable of experiencing the exact same emotions they do

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 1d

End fossil fuels now.

The world is worth it. It's worth it!!

Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 1d

Netherlands Scientific Climate Council warns: under pressure from climate change, forests and soils are now taking up less CO2 from the atmosphere, accelerating climate change.
www.wkr.nl/adviezen/ove...

Graph showing diminishing uptake of CO2 by global forests, from around 9Gt/year in the beginning of this century to around 2 Gt/year now

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 1d

If you want to see the TikToks of a student documenting the horrifying fact that her professor used AI to "write" the textbook she subsequently published and forces her students to use/buy; but also some truly unprofessional behavior from the prof on being caught:

www.tiktok.com/@liaaa.bia/v...

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schnucksmacguffin.bsky.social @schnucksmacguffin.bsky.social · 1d

We have a new edition of a language textbook that used AI and encourages use--upped the price and there are errors galore. I have finally cooled down enough to write them my complaint email.

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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 1d

The “Oops, protein powder is full of lead” thing would explain so much.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 1d

Whether it's young Democrats expressing their support for DEI or young Republicans saying "I love Hitler,' both sides have expressed controversial opinions.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 1d

Liberals say that how Trump is governing is no way to run a democracy. They're wrong—it's no way to run a republic.

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schnucksmacguffin.bsky.social @schnucksmacguffin.bsky.social · 2d

I went on a "decolonial" tour here in Philly once were the guide claimed that US slavery was about class and not racism. It was pretty brain-breaking.

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 2d

The CDC RIFs are terrible in more ways than just immediate impact to people’s health.

It’s bad enough that we will lose access to our own health data. It’s worse that these data can and will be weaponized against us.

rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/a-health-d...

A Health Data Surveillance State that Dominates

It's a short trip from "data modernization" to national eugenics registries

rasmussenretorts.substack.com

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schnucksmacguffin.bsky.social @schnucksmacguffin.bsky.social · 2d

Losing my gd mind.

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 3d

We should be asking this
c o n s t a n t l y.

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Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 3d

As a group of young musicians from the Lovett Hines Global Creative Arts Initiative performed John Coltrane compositions, the jazz legend’s son, saxophonist Ravi Coltrane, spoke about his relief at seeing the site rescued from potential destruction.

John Coltrane’s endangered Strawberry Mansion home is finally being restored and revitalized

The jazz legend bought the house at 1511 N. 33rd Street and lived there until 1958. Fires, demolition, and legal troubles have long threatened its survival.

www.inquirer.com

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ACLU @aclu.org · 2d

The trailblazing transgender rights activist Miss Major has passed away at the age of 78.

Miss Major was a lifelong organizer and participant in the ballroom scene. She took part in the 1969 Stonewall Riots and was injured by the police — but she kept fighting.

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American Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 2d

With the average new car at $50,000, let's look at the real costs of "freedom":

✅ Decades of debt
✅ Social isolation for every trip
✅ A leading cause of death & injury

Car dependency is a financially and socially crippling system, not a choice.

Forbes @forbes.com · 2d

Prices for new vehicles have risen steadily in the last year as the pace of price increases has sped up in recent months, according to Cox Automotive’s Kelley Blue Book.

Average U.S. New Car Price Surpasses $50,000—An All-Time High Amid Surging EV Sales

Prices for new vehicles have risen steadily in the last year as the pace of price increases has sped up in recent months, according to Cox Automotive’s Kelley Blue Book.

www.forbes.com

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schnucksmacguffin.bsky.social @schnucksmacguffin.bsky.social · 2d

Oh, no, I have seen similar things happen on the streets.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 2d

When they keep emailing you that the VIP tickets for a band you’ve never heard of are going fast

Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 2d

After getting zero firm commitments to this point from the first nine invitees, the Trump administration is extending its proposed compact to all colleges. Expect some red-state publics to say yes.

Trump Offers All Colleges Preferential Funding Plan Rejected by MIT

The Trump administration is inviting all US colleges to participate in a compact — initially rejected by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — that would grant preferential federal funding in re...

www.bloomberg.com

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