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Vaughn Wolff • Seattle WA

@vaughnwolff.bsky.social

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Seattle, Washington Millennial/Est. 1985 Brunch/Lunch/Dinner Date Good eater/ Voracious Reader I like to make little jokes. Ageless Vampire/Milf-Adjacent Typos, galore! wolffeyes.com

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Vaughn Wolff • Seattle WA @vaughnwolff.bsky.social · Jun 27

Junuary in Seattle calls for a hot mug of something and a good book.

Wolffeyes.com for my thoughts on the matter.

Vaughn sits in a quiet coffee shop with a book and a cup of matcha.
The lighting is dim and rich as Vaughn looks over her shoulder at the person who just walked in the room.

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Vaughn Wolff • Seattle WA @vaughnwolff.bsky.social · 10h

No notes 10/10

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Vaughn Wolff • Seattle WA @vaughnwolff.bsky.social · 10h

My god this

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Cedar Wooder ⚧︎ PHL+FMTY @cedarwooder.bsky.social · 10h

billions & billions spent censoring, extracting, & imprisoning SW just to make a toaster that burns 10,000 of water every time you ask it to call you daddy

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Vaughn Wolff • Seattle WA @vaughnwolff.bsky.social · 10h

Laughs maniacally in censored sex worker who lived through FOSTA SESTAS implementation.

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 19h

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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Vaughn Wolff • Seattle WA @vaughnwolff.bsky.social · 10h

Yesss!

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Myla Silk @magneticmyla.bsky.social · 12h

caught you staring…

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 15h

Happy Anita Bryant Humiliation Day

A four-panel image of Anita Bryant being pied in her sanctimonious face by gay rights activist Thom Higgins, 1977.

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Vaughn Wolff • Seattle WA @vaughnwolff.bsky.social · 1d

Portland was cute!

Vaughn standing in front of a blue wall wearing a shirt with the political slogan that reads “sec work is real work”.

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Vaughn Wolff • Seattle WA @vaughnwolff.bsky.social · 1d

Tahoma

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Vaughn Wolff • Seattle WA @vaughnwolff.bsky.social · 1d

You are on :)

Vaughn Wolff • Seattle WA @vaughnwolff.bsky.social · 1d

You are on :)

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Vaughn Wolff • Seattle WA @vaughnwolff.bsky.social · 1d

Just catching up on texts…

Can I be grandfathered into the old
400 rate
1:00 PM
Today
How far back in the internet archive did you have to go to find that rate?
12:21

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Michael Jay McClure @mjmimages.bsky.social · 2d

SUNDAY MORNING BLANKET STAGES

Cocooning
Silly-billy
Sexy pile
Rag Pile
Pestilent
Gritty
Afire

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Vaughn Wolff • Seattle WA @vaughnwolff.bsky.social · 4d

Mariners win! 🥳🥳🥳

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Vaughn Wolff • Seattle WA @vaughnwolff.bsky.social · 5d

Gotcha :)

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Vaughn Wolff • Seattle WA @vaughnwolff.bsky.social · 5d

Just added you to the first one. There are a few new empty slots because people are no longer on here etc.

Vaughn Wolff • Seattle WA @vaughnwolff.bsky.social · 5d

Sorry to see that happened to you. I really appreciated the episode. The fact that it was probably related to the exact reason you published it in the first place isn’t lost on me.

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Vaughn Wolff • Seattle WA @vaughnwolff.bsky.social · 5d

Here is one of three starter packs you can access. Press one button and follow 50 in person workers.

Let me know if you’d like to be added. :)

go.bsky.app/RMcLh3t

Mikaela Grace ❤️‍🔥 RDU Oct 15-16, AVL 16-17 @mikaelagracexo.bsky.social · 5d

Two words: starter packs! So many of us have made many varieties. But I will say that @vaughnwolff.bsky.social really did the most last year when the first big wave of folks came over here. You can find Starter Packs as a tab on anyone’s profile who has made them.

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Isys @isysmeows.bsky.social · 5d

A new client told me the agency asked him to send a $50 deposit to book and he was so flabbergasted that this is a thing. It’s funny cuz a lot of nicer salons/aestheticians require this to book if you’re a new client. Maybe men aren’t used to doing this for services but welcome to girl world, boys 😂

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 5d

when I came into the media industry sideways via DSLReports dot com I'd get no shortage of snootiness from establishment journos who'd sneer dismissively at anybody that didn't rise through the ranks via Columbia

now those very folks are the pinnacle of embarrassment when it really matters

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Vaughn Wolff • Seattle WA @vaughnwolff.bsky.social · 6d

Waking up to who you are in this brand new world can feel exciting. Let’s explore that together.

@ilsensual.bsky.social has that magic 📸

Vaughn wearing a leather corset and thigh high boots looks at the camera

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Vaughn Wolff • Seattle WA @vaughnwolff.bsky.social · 7d

This story is awful, here’s the takeaway:

1) if you’re experiencing abuse and need to access abortion care have meds mailed to a trusted friend.
2) take them while you’re not with your partner and make sure your used pads are thrown away in a secure place.
3) burn the envelope and instructions.

Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 7d

NEW: In May, a Texas police department said they used the powerful Flock surveillance network against a woman who had an abortion "for her safety"

Newly obtained court records show it was a 'death investigation,' and they considered charging her with a crime

www.404media.co/police-said-...