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

“There are few things more dehumanizing than being told by a machine that you’re not real because of your face"

For the last month, I've been speaking to people living with facial differences and disfigurements about how face verification tech is failing them. Spoiler: things aren't going well

When Face Recognition Doesn’t Know Your Face Is a Face

An estimated 100 million people live with facial differences. As face recognition tech becomes widespread, some say they’re getting blocked from accessing essential systems and services.

www.wired.com

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The Jarmer Fones @thefarmerjones.bsky.social · 1h

Anyway this means you're buying lunch

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The Jarmer Fones @thefarmerjones.bsky.social · 1h

WHAT

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damned soul-o-man @dansolomon.com · 2h

your paycheck is a gift from the divine king, this is the american way and we love our wise and benevolent king and to insist otherwise is unamerican and possibly material support for terrorism

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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The Jarmer Fones @thefarmerjones.bsky.social · 2h

keep just getting stuck on this first part

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Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 13h

speaking of which, tonight Tim Pool said he agrees w/ Hitler's argument that Jewish Germans weren't *actually Germans*, or not "ethnically German," as he put it. You know, just not darn aryan enough

The GOP is explicitly racist and fascist, from the lowest podcast bro all the way to the White House

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The Jarmer Fones @thefarmerjones.bsky.social · 15h

Obviously the rest of it seems bad. Still.

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The Jarmer Fones @thefarmerjones.bsky.social · 15h

Jared Leto should be tracked.

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1d

1/Stop everything and read/watch/bookmark this massive investigation between @motherjones.com @lighthousereports.com Le Monde, Der Spiegel, Paper Trail Media a vast global surveillance empire used to target politicians, journalists, tech CEOs, and... Jared Leto.
ow.ly/2LUF50Xb7KE

The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you

We uncovered a massive data trove. It revealed the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.

ow.ly

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 16h

here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 16h

The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 16h

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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The Jarmer Fones @thefarmerjones.bsky.social · 16h

Heh

GoFundMe CEO says the economy is so bad that more of his customers are crowdfunding just to pay for their groceries

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The Jarmer Fones @thefarmerjones.bsky.social · 1d

Been trying to explain the supremacy of De La to my Gen Z son for years and then his favorite rapper does it in 40 seconds.

De La Soul @wearedelasoul.com · 1d

Earl Sweatshirt via New York Times Popcast youtu.be/FH5cyWHTiio

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 3d

And this:
92% of the growth in the entire country this year has been data centers. And some of that is "circular deals" that dont involve actual money

fortune.com/2025/10/07/d...

Without data centers, GDP growth was 0.1% in the first half of 2025, Harvard economist says | Fortune

Is a U.S. without data centers a country without GDP growth?

fortune.com

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hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 17h

Honestly, as someone who reported a very similar story in the last Trump administration, my main takeaway from this is that 251 slurs is lower than what I would've expect here given the volume of material. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Joe Warminsky @jwarminsky.bsky.social · 20h

Fillmore, Silver Spring, 2015. This show still feels like it was last week.

Dangelo performs at the Fillmore in Silver Spring, Maryland, in 2015. He's weird a light-colored wide-brimmed hat, a stylish overcoat and holding an ornate guitar as he sings into a microphone.

Dangelo performs at the Fillmore in Silver Spring, Maryland, in 2015. He's playing an ornate electric guitar with his eyes closed. A dark hood/shawl/durag is over his head, and he's wearing a sleeveless black shirt.

Dangelo performs at the Fillmore in Silver Spring, Maryland, in 2015. He's crouching to say hello to the front row of the crowd. A chain dangles around his neck. He's smiling.

Dangelo performs at the Fillmore in Silver Spring, Maryland, in 2015. He's gesturing to the crowd for more energy. He's wearing a black sleeveless shirt and a gold chain dangles around his neck. Some of the band is in the background.

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Sen. Pumpkin Gogurt @ugarles.bsky.social · 23h

this explains a lot

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 1d

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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The Jarmer Fones @thefarmerjones.bsky.social · 20h

Fuck, that’s true

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 22h

Sam Altman went from “AI will cure cancer" to "ChatGPT porn" in less than a month

ChatGPT boss predicts when AI could cure cancer

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.
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onion person @junlper.beer · 22h

israel has already broken the ceasefire

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The Jarmer Fones @thefarmerjones.bsky.social · 23h

What's funny is this character is the obvious example but given what we now know about the actor he doesn't even to be in character for it to work

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The Jarmer Fones @thefarmerjones.bsky.social · 23h

Personally I think Andrew intimidates people who've seen his trick-shot videos and don't want to talk hoop with him.

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Politico @politico.com · 23h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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The Jarmer Fones @thefarmerjones.bsky.social · 23h

yes

The Jarmer Fones @thefarmerjones.bsky.social · 1d

D'Angelo's music aside, it feels impossible to explain the impact of the Untitled video when it came out. So many Gen X men really closely examining their self-esteem and/or sexuality for the first time. We were all immediately like 70 percent less attractive to every woman alive.

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The Jarmer Fones @thefarmerjones.bsky.social · 23h

Yeah, interesting parallel but not equal trajectories. Tribe might still be my favorite group, but De La were so groundbreaking, Pos might honestly still be my all-time favorite MC, and Buhloone Mind State remains probably my favorite rap record.

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The Jarmer Fones @thefarmerjones.bsky.social · 23h

Very sad day. Way too soon.

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