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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 19h

If you intend to keep using Windows, you can remove the "AI" garbage and telemetry with Windows 11 Debloat.

It also works on Windows 10, because Windows 10 ALSO has Copilot.

GitHub - Raphire/Win11Debloat: A simple, lightweight PowerShell script to remove pre-installed apps, disable telemetry, as well as perform various other changes to customize, declutter and improve you...

A simple, lightweight PowerShell script to remove pre-installed apps, disable telemetry, as well as perform various other changes to customize, declutter and improve your Windows experience. Win11D...

github.com

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Toastheaven @toastheaven.bsky.social · 5h

You should not physically be able to be woken up out of a dream and school and work should be extremely accommodating about this

i want to crawl into a hooooole

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SorryHat @sorryhat.bsky.social · 15h

All hell can’t stop us now.

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Barracks Life 🇺🇸🪖🌈 🎃 @barrackslife.com · 17h

Before you buy Girl Scout cookies you should know they support transgender girls and reject donations from anti-transgender organizations. Then buy a couple more boxes

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LeafStranger @leafstranger.bsky.social · 15h

Excuse me while I crack up at my Ragdoll boy's show photos. He refused to engage with any of the toys wielded by the professional photographer, and as @lazulisong.bsky.social put it... "When not even a professional can make you look like you have anything behind your eyes but air."

So we have ORB.

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Mr. Chau @srirachachau.bsky.social · 23h

Long story short, an actual Nazi doxxing ring. Enough people reported them that they went away for like 12 hours and then Elon personally brought them back. The site is dead. If you’re still on there, go lock your account right now

chris @knightscrest.bsky.social · 23h

what even happened on the other site this time

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Tak @takgoup.bsky.social · 1d

Capcom should die. Give all their IPs to less stupid people.

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SassyMetisChick @sassymetischick.bsky.social · 2d

If you didn’t know, Alaska has been hit by a massive storm, causing severe flooding. Many Indigenous villages have been completely wiped out, with some houses floating away with PEOPLE INSIDE THEM. Please keep posting to spread the info. They need help.

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 3d

These are mostly indigenous communities in Alaska that have been slammed by the storm.

The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now!

Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows.

FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.

Flooding seen with water up to the crash barriers of local roads

Sheds and debris lie scattered in the storm

A small blue house has been blown onto its roof

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heyitsmuht.bsky.social @heyitsmuht.bsky.social · 17h

I GUESS I should post this here or something. You missed out on the creation of this....thing if you missed my stream today. That's very sad for you. For you @ryyudo.bsky.social

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Star★Salts @starsalts.bsky.social · 19h

"Lisa Frank is using bots to send out erroneous IP infringement notices" wasn't on my bingo card today but I guess that's the sort of hellscape we live in now

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jude paw picture diary 🐱 @judepaw.bsky.social · 21h

lrp very important addendum, "learn to laugh at yourself" does not mean "relentlessly self-deprecate". a person that can accept their own foibles with grace is charming. a person that is always putting themselves down is exhausting

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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 1d

Newfoundland and Labrador’s election shows the problem again. A party can win a majority of seats without majority support.

Proportional representation would make every vote count equally and ensure real majority rule.

Two pie charts compare votes and seats in Newfoundland and Labrador’s election. The left chart shows the popular vote: PCs 44.5%, Liberals 43.7%, NDP 8.4%, Independents 3.9%. The right chart shows seat share: PCs 52.5%, Liberals 37.5%, NDP 5%, Independents 5%. The graphic highlights how first past the post gave the PCs a majority of seats despite not having majority voter support, with a message calling for proportional representation.

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Quasar Sews @quasarsews.bsky.social · 25d

Finally complete, Crow was enjoyed (and feared) by many at Bicolline. All the engineering and hard work paid off.

There are many mistakes and problems that need to be fixed, but I have an entire year to update and improve.

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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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SkellieFranky @ MCM Table H-11 @skelliefranky.bsky.social · 1d

I think a lot of porn doesn’t get credit for how pretty and emotive it is. I’ll always find it kinda wild how one of the biggest, most powerful drives of the human psyche is treated similarly to shitting ones pants

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Florida Chris @chrislongview.bsky.social · 2d

do those of y'all tiktok junkies have a plan to get off that app before the government takes it over?

social media is an addiction and I know there are some of you who cannot stop. make a plan to quit now.

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Nick Calandra @nickjcal.bsky.social · 1d

Still a lot of people that seemingly don’t know we’re all @secondwindgroup.com now making the best stuff we’ve ever made.

There’s literally nobody left working on video at the old site.

Just a dead brand being used for name recognition for gambling shit.

Nyek London @stupidhoroscope.bsky.social · 2d

Wow The Escapist sure is doing content these days, huh

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 1d

Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.

Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 1d

NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.

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💀 🎃 ThemBOO! 🎃 💀 @thembo.bsky.social · 1d

If you tell dad jokes but aren't a dad, you're a faux-pa

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City Nolan @ndhapple.bsky.social · 1d

!!!!!! — 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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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 1d

So apparently not everyone knew that some ADHD generics do not appear to function identically?

Just in case it’s helpful, here is a list of things that work for me.

This list is SPECIFIC to Vyvanse only.

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Toastheaven @toastheaven.bsky.social · 1d

a group of people are standing in a field with their arms in the air and a man standing on top of a truck .

ALT: a group of people are standing in a field with their arms in the air and a man standing on top of a truck .

media.tenor.com

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cloud ☁︎｡ ⋆｡ﾟ☀︎ @ 7.1 @cloud-ra.bsky.social · 1d

Needing encouragement 🤲🏾

If you’re black and have a black oc, can you share them with me please?

Had a discouraging conversation with someone here and I’d really like to see more of us.

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Alex Degen (Magic Serple 2025) @adactivity.bsky.social · 1d

This is cool after the war on everything called “porn” by platforms and payment processors. A machine that stole all your words can generate and sell “erotica” but you can’t haaa

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 2d

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.

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Regulus Tera @regulustera.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine what real opposition could do with this material, dog

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Q: We've seen images out of Chicago of federal agents shooting faith leaders with pepper balls and arresting journalists. Where's the limit for you on what's acceptable conduct by federal agents?

MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.

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