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Tantroo McNally @tantroo.bsky.social · 31m

Would be really hilarious if we all started calling Visa and MasterCard about ChatGPT violating their terms on adult content and getting their payment processing shutdown 😉

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 6h

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

Tantroo McNally @tantroo.bsky.social · 1d

Finished Tails Noir, next voting stream will be two weeks from now on Saturday 10/25

After that stream the winner of the vote will be announced: forms.gle/CeuYpBv1JtaE...

Next Furry Game! (After Tails Noir / Backbone)

What to stream next Vote how much you'd like to see it played. Vote on as a many as you want from a scale of 1 to 5. No Vote Counts as Zero Points. Write in counts as Five Points toward the write in...

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BlueStreak @bluestreak.bsky.social · 4d

FWIW, I actually like the Halloween masks. They're an easy way for kids to participate without spending absurd money on a custom piece they're going to outgrow or a hobby they may very well lose interest in a couple of years down the road. I don't see a cheap generic mask as a threat to custom suits

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Tantroo McNally @tantroo.bsky.social · 4d

Onion article: oh, just for a Holiday, not due to anything dire, but thanks for the click!

Tantroo McNally @tantroo.bsky.social · 4d

Onion headline: Every service you hold dear will be closing for 24 hours!

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Tantroo McNally @tantroo.bsky.social · 5d

If your game isn't constantly demanding the electric power of a small country to run, is it really a game? /Sarc 🙃

Tantroo McNally @tantroo.bsky.social · 5d

If not awarding a peace prize to someone makes you nervous about retaliation, why?

Clearly that feeling is in and of itself the evidence that the person does not deserve it.

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Tantroo McNally @tantroo.bsky.social · 5d

To the genius at Windows 11 who decided to make the num lock turn off on each reset of the computer. I want to numlock your face.

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Tantroo McNally @tantroo.bsky.social · 5d

Human brain: Haha karma justice for theft of poison rock.

Kangaroo brain: "Shoplifting" implies that the toxic rock was "for sale"?!

Wynnefox @wynnefox.bsky.social · 5d

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Tantroo McNally @tantroo.bsky.social · 5d

I think I've said that once or twice

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Tantroo McNally @tantroo.bsky.social · 5d

a man in a captain america uniform is sitting in a room and saying `` i understand that reference . ''

ALT: a man in a captain america uniform is sitting in a room and saying `` i understand that reference . ''

media.tenor.com

Tantroo McNally @tantroo.bsky.social · 7d

So the funny story about it was that Okami released in North America in September 2006. But the fanfare was swallowed by Twilight Princess that announced its release for the upcoming November 2006 release on Sept 13th.

So they are linked in timing as well as the wolf protagonist.

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Samus Sunset @samussunset.bsky.social · 7d

Weretober Day 5: Flying Fox

2 Flying foxes :D

#Weretober #Weretober2025

Fox pilot in a fighter jet signaling to a flying fox they are ready for takeoff.

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venk @venkpng.bsky.social · 7d

🐭📝🦘

Two characters showing each other their masterpieces!

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Tantroo McNally @tantroo.bsky.social · 8d

The Trouble with Trinkets

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Tantroo McNally @tantroo.bsky.social · 8d

"It wasn't supposed to be real" post.

But Saint Row the Third instead of Deus Ex

L @banalplay.bsky.social · 8d

When your custom character appears in a cut scene

The Portland frog backing down an army of jackboots

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Tantroo McNally @tantroo.bsky.social · 8d

A nerdy zebra indicated I was mistaken that fast food didn't exist in noir times (1930s), and I capitualated that I could have mistaken it for McDonalds popularizing the concept. But as it turns out... fastfood was coined around 1951.

Tantroo McNally @tantroo.bsky.social · 11d

A furry is in prison somewhere for sharing then what the government now speaks freely was in fact their plan.

Parker Butler @parkerbutler.bsky.social · 12d

Last year, CNN ran a “fact check” of Kamala HQ that claimed we were lying for saying Trump’s plan is Project 2025.

Now Trump is outright admitting it’s his plan.

Legacy media failed the country.

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Tantroo McNally @tantroo.bsky.social · 12d

*Ice cracking* Oh no, it hath been summoned

a woman in a santa claus outfit is standing in the snow and says `` it 's time '' .

Alt: a woman in a santa claus outfit is standing in the snow and says `` it 's time '' .

media.tenor.com

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Tantroo McNally @tantroo.bsky.social · 12d

And it peppered Jack

Tantroo McNally @tantroo.bsky.social · 12d

Re: Then does that make your party the party of war?

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Tantroo McNally @tantroo.bsky.social · 13d

It's right about January 2nd amount of the time

Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 13d

Microsoft says its Agent Mode in Excel has an accuracy rate of 57.2 percent in SpreadsheetBench, a benchmark for evaluating an Al model's ability to edit real world spreadsheets. This result

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Tantroo McNally @tantroo.bsky.social · 13d

It's right about January 2nd amount of the time

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Tantroo McNally @tantroo.bsky.social · 13d

The problem with throwing knowledge out to the world is that:

A) You'll have to answer the same question 100 times

B) Your audience will interpret you answers 100 different ways

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Ganvolo Fox @ganvolofox.bsky.social · 13d

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