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Tom Reimann @startthemachine.bsky.social · 9d

The guys that run this site are galaxy-brained meatballs who only enforce their TOS against Palestinians and trans people so that’s all for me! I’ll leave my profile up for posterity.

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Tom Reimann @startthemachine.bsky.social · 9d

This galaxy-brained shithead “it’s actually the people complaining about the problem that are the real problem!”

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Tom Reimann @startthemachine.bsky.social · 9d

Gee man I thought the user experience was supposed to take precedence over your friend being irritated about doing his job but that’s my mistake! And when you’re banning people from the platform for complaining, *every post you make on this platform* is fair game for criticism. Hope that helps!

Tom Reimann @startthemachine.bsky.social · 9d

Never apologize for calling either of these guys bitches. They’re smugly hiding behind an ancient twitter meme to avoid taking any responsibility for the website they operate

Tom Reimann @startthemachine.bsky.social · 9d

User safety is supposed to be tedious my man! That’s the “work” portion of operating a site whose only value is user interaction! You just decided that being irritated by user complaints is more material than the complaints themselves, because you’re two shitheads with a clubhouse.

Paul Frazee @pfrazee.com · 13d

There's the substance of the signal issue, and then there's the pattern of behavior that jay was responding to -- the constant, _constant_ off topic responses that make this tedious.

On the substance, it's really just that the guy didn't violate the ToS. I'm sorry, that's just it

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Logan @thelogantrent.bsky.social · 10d

“Lorenzo D’Agostino, a journalist and another flotilla participant, said after returning to Istanbul that Thunberg was “wrapped in the Israeli flag and paraded like a trophy” – a scene described with disbelief and anger by those who witnessed it.”

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 11d

Greta Thunberg says she is being detained by Israel in cell ‘infested with bedbugs’

Exclusive: Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water Environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg has told Swedish officials she is being subjected to harsh treatment in Israeli custody after her detention and removal from a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza, according to correspondence seen by the Guardian. According to the correspondence, Israeli forces are also reported by another detainee to have taken photographs where Thunberg was allegedly forced to hold flags. The identity of the flags are unknown. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 10d

this is what happens when people who have never been oppressed a second of their lives try to invent oppression

Diamond Hands: Master Bag Holder @birdrespecter.bsky.social · 11d

BREAKING:

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Tom Reimann @startthemachine.bsky.social · 11d

A cop pinned this crash on Lacy with a negligent homicide charge despite their footage showing Lacy a football field behind the accident. He actually slows down and drives around the crash in the footage, b/c it has already happened. Flagrantly false charges on a 24 year old kid & he killed himself.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 11d

Former LSU wide receiver Kyren Lacy was nearly 100 yards behind a fatal crash that killed a 78 year-old man, a newly released video shows

Lacy took his own life days before he was set to appear before a grand jury

Video shows Kyren Lacy nearly 100 yards behind fatal crash, attorney says

By Matt Moscona Former LSU wide receiver Kyren Lacy was nearly 100 yards behind a fatal crash that killed a 78...

www.louisianasports.net

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 11d

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

2 million rally in Italy for Gaza as general strike halts key services

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

bit.ly

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David C Bell @moviehooligan.bsky.social · 11d

Get ready

Gamefully Unemployed @gamefullyun.bsky.social · 11d

Halloween is gonna be so scary, you guys.

W/ @ganz.bsky.social & @moviehooligan.bsky.social.

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trick van treat @derek.bike · 12d

and scene

a tweet by Dana Gould @danagould that says:

Thinking about Rush Limbaugh and how, now that he's dead, you never, ever hear about him. No one mentions anything he did.
Because what he did had no value.
It contributed nothing worthwhile to the culture. Nothing of lasting value.
He just made anger. Every day.
Rising, blooming & fading like a fart.
Then he died & was instantly replaced by a fleet of little replicas, farting fake fury five days a week.
Creating nothing of interest or artistic value to anyone.
Seriously, what an awful way to make a living.

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Tom Reimann @startthemachine.bsky.social · 12d

It’s as though news for profit is a bad thing and needs to be held to a higher standard

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Tom Reimann @startthemachine.bsky.social · 12d

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 12d

Kristi Noem's on the roof at Broadview surrounded by snipers and Kat is still out there demanding to see what horrific conditions are going on inside.

Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 12d

Join us Kristi Noem!

9AM Press Conference at 1930 Beach St

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Tom Reimann @startthemachine.bsky.social · 12d

That’s .001 percent of all jobs in America lost in a single month, which may not sound like much until you consider that it’s .001 percent of all jobs in America lost in a single month

mediacenter.adp.com/2025-10-01-A...

ADP National Employment Report: Private Sector Employment Shed 32,000 Jobs in September; Annual Pay was Up 4.5%

Private sector employment shed 32,000 jobs in September and pay was up 4.5 percent year-over-year according to the September ADP National Employment Report® produced by ADP Research in...

mediacenter.adp.com

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Tom Reimann @startthemachine.bsky.social · 12d

Killin’ Them Softly was five presidents ago

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Tom Reimann @startthemachine.bsky.social · 12d

the Hulkster also stopped the gremlins from unionizing

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 12d

It’s not like one of the most beloved scents for bookish people is books, or anything, no, we must become Flavortown.

Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 13d

no no the publishing industry is doing fine, why do you ask

A screenshot from Publisher's Lunch:
Jennifer L. Armentrout and Hellmann's
In a promotion designed for BookTok enjoyment, Jennifer L. Armentrout’s just-published THE PRIMAL OF BLOOD AND BONE is available in a special, limited-edition "garlic-scented copy, infused with Hellmann’s Garlic Aioli to create a one-of-a-kind, Craven-proof book." They explain: "This exclusive edition is printed with garlic-infused ink, designed to ward off Armentrout’s bloodthirsty monsters, the Craven. While humans may dread garlic breath, Hellmann’s has cleverly transformed this social faux pas into an unexpected – and delicious – form of supernatural protection."

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Tom Reimann @startthemachine.bsky.social · 13d

If you see something like “Ben Affleck, 53, will star with Matt Damon, 54, in the new film by Christopher Nolan, 55” you should raise an eyebrow

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Tom Reimann @startthemachine.bsky.social · 13d

I feel bad about this so let me clarify - this Daily Beast piece isn’t A.I. just because it made a weird stylistic choice in the headline. It probably isn’t! But including a subject’s age when you introduce them rather than when you quote them is an “error” that generative text routinely makes.

Tom Reimann @startthemachine.bsky.social · 14d

Putting the subject’s age in the headline is a dead giveaway of A.I.

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Tom Reimann @startthemachine.bsky.social · 13d

It’s just predictive text. The style is to use the subject’s age with a quote or when it relates to the story, like “‘Magic Beds are real’,” says Trump, 79.” But AI does it when it introduces a subject, like “Ben Affleck, 53, will host SNL with Matt Damon, 54.” It’s not wrong, just not quite right.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 13d

it's so funny that Greenblatt bent over backwards to these people and annihilated his organization's credibility with anyone left of center to get absolutely nothing from the right

Jewish Insider @jewishinsider.com · 13d

FBI Director Kash Patel called the ADL “an extreme group functioning like a terrorist organization,” saying in announcement that the FBI has cut all formal ties with the anti-hate group.

FBI’s Kash Patel attacks ADL as ‘extreme group functioning like a terrorist organization’

The FBI director said the bureau is cutting all formal ties with the Jewish civil rights group

jewishinsider.com

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Tom Reimann @startthemachine.bsky.social · 14d

It might be intentional! But deleting a weird video about magic beds is maniac behavior rather than old guy behavior so his age doesn’t connect as a joke to me, just superfluous information.

Tom Reimann @startthemachine.bsky.social · 14d

So did I, for like ten minutes

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Tom Reimann @startthemachine.bsky.social · 14d

You’ll see it a lot in smaller publications and content farms