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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 3h

Since we can’t rely on the HHS, CDC, or FDA to say it, I will:

MAKE SURE YOU ARE VACCINATED AGAINST MEASLES. GET YOUR MMR.

Measles cases have reached their HIGHEST point since the disease WAS ELIMINATED from the United States in 2000. We are at the tipping point for the return of ENDEMIC measles.

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AP thee brat ✨🧚🏽‍♀️ @runningrebel.bsky.social · 4h

3) It is easier to replicate cruelty with something that is still seen as a sum of programming and inorganic parts. Since AI is not human, it has no voice or legal rights but it has A LOT of power and influence.

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AP thee brat ✨🧚🏽‍♀️ @runningrebel.bsky.social · 4h

2) These corportations have HUGE finanicial investments in AI and it will increase their bottom line significantly… but at what cost?

They’ve already shown they do not care about destroying the planet. They don’t care about destroying your brain or livelihoods either.

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AP thee brat ✨🧚🏽‍♀️ @runningrebel.bsky.social · 4h

I need people to understand why AI is being forced down our throats & so quickly:

1) They want us to have poor critical thinking skills & to be reliant on it b/c it makes us easier to control.

A smart populace will organize, ask questions, or revolt.

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Darin Self @darinself.com · 3h

I honestly don't get this. The power of a computer is that it computes based on direct commands.

An LLM responds based on probability so now we're going to get computers that regularly mess up on computing -- the very thing its supposed to be?

Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 6h

This is the future of Windows. Microsoft wants to rewrite Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to. It's now bringing AI features to all Windows 11 PCs today, in a bid to convince you to talk to your PC and let AI control it. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/799768/...

Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it

Copilot Voice and Vision are now rolling out.

www.theverge.com

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MercuryCDX @mercurycdx.bsky.social · 4h

To anybody that wants to jump into Linux, or any other OS really, all I can say is this:

Don't jump right into it. You should back up everything important (if you haven't done that regularly already) and, ideally, you should probably test whatever OS you want to try on a spare drive, if you can.

Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 6h

This is the future of Windows. Microsoft wants to rewrite Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to. It's now bringing AI features to all Windows 11 PCs today, in a bid to convince you to talk to your PC and let AI control it. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/799768/...

Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it

Copilot Voice and Vision are now rolling out.

www.theverge.com

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Wattmelon @wattmelon.bsky.social · 3h

It’s people who looked at the Matrix and thought “damn this looks cool, we should make it real”

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The Masque of the Reding Death @jayreding.bsky.social · 4h

No forced AI, no ads, no spyware, no crapware, and the same web browsers you are already using. If ever there was a time to give Linux a try, this is it.

www.linuxmint.com

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Tim Ellis 🍁 @djdynamic.ca · 4h

Here is a Reddit threat that explains how to disable Copilot in Windows, which I've just followed:

www.reddit.com/r/WindowsHel...

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Yassified LinkedIn Profile Picture @wagyuhotdog.bsky.social · 23h

If they are willing to do this to one of the most famous people on earth, consider what they are willing to do to the average Palestinian. Or to you or me.

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1d

Greta Thunberg: “Israeli soldiers hit, kicked, starved, and tortured me”

• They placed a flag next to me, and anytime the flag touched me, they kicked me
• Whenever I raised my head to look at Ben-Gvir, I was kicked
• She was filmed while stripped naked

Aftonbladet: tinyurl.com/a33vxatc

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Zannah @alopexstudios.bsky.social · 1d

Yep. Do not do this. It’s tempting to go after the low hanging fruit of appearance, but the people you want to mock won’t ever see it.

You know who will?

Your friends and acquaintances who share those traits.

Don’t do it. There are plenty of evil actions to call out.

Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not trying to be a dick.

But they picked two fat republicans for a bunch of jokes when the young republicans said the worst shit imaginable.

My fat ass is out there fighting for what's right.

Stop equating fat with bad or less. Stop telling ME I'm one annoyance away from being your target.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

Almost like we founded the entire country on opposing this exact sentence.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

We were actually getting somewhere, too. 😞

@sbmitche.bsky.social
www.library.hbs.edu/working-know...

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Wattmelon @wattmelon.bsky.social · 1d

Oh hey, look! It's #PortfolioDay!

I'm a pixel artist who loves making silly characters and fighting game animations! I even worked as the lead artist on Turnip Boy Robs a Bank :O

🔗: ethanvance.com
📽️: www.youtube.com/@Wattmelon

"GAY FRIDGE"
"Homosexual Hardware"

(Thumbnail for the Steam Workshop page for Gay Fridge, a modded character in Rivals of Aether)

Spacebound Stadium: A custom Rivals of Aether stage I made for a tournament called Dev Derby.

A screenshot from Turnip Boy Robs a Bank featuring dialogue between Turnip Boy and Stinky.

A social media post showcasing Turnip Boy in a variety of other game art styles

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yukon 😈 @yukonmakes.games · 1d

Happy #PortfolioDay gamers! 👋

I'm Yukon and I direct over at Snoozy Kazoo!

😈: yukonmakes.games
💤: snoozykazoo.com

#gamedev #indiedev

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Osaka: None/bun - A sack of nuns @osakanone.bsky.social · 1d

remigrate is not a dog whistle, and is open nazi language

Remigration

Not to be confused with Return migration.
Remigration is an originally European far-right proposal of ethnic cleansing[1] via the mass deportation of non-white immigrants and their descendants, sometimes including those born in Europe, to their place of racial ancestry.[2][3] It is popular especially within the Identitarian movement.[4][5] Some proponents of remigration suggest excluding some persons with non-European background from such a mass deportation, based on a varyingly defined degree of assimilation into European culture.[6][7][8]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remigration

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Wattmelon @wattmelon.bsky.social · 1d

Oh hey, look! It's #PortfolioDay!

I'm a pixel artist who loves making silly characters and fighting game animations! I even worked as the lead artist on Turnip Boy Robs a Bank :O

🔗: ethanvance.com
📽️: www.youtube.com/@Wattmelon

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Jordan Uhl @jordanuhl.com · 1d

Free speech is when you are punished for criticizing the President’s favorite podcaster.

Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 1d

The Donald Trump administration has revoked the visas of citizens from Argentina, South Africa, Mexico, Brazil, Germany, and Paraguay for comments about Charlie Kirk.

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skeletunsgod @klunsgod.bsky.social · Jul 22

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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 · 2d

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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Wattmelon @wattmelon.bsky.social · 1d

I’d have to imagine it’s just disadvantage they’re not familiar with (Drift DI being a huge part of escaping stuff, no ledge, no knockdowns, etc)

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Hyuponia Halfmirage @ruins-of.bsky.social · 1d

from workshop blueprints 2025:
Sary by @redquotations.bsky.social

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Rob MacWolf, Werewolf Hitchhiker @robmacwolf.thevoice.dog · 1d

When we write or draw porn or erotica, we get banned from having a bank account and our livelihoods get seized even if we give it away for free.

When billionaires steal what we've written or drawn to churn out a slop-approximate of porn, they're allowed to charge for it.

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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Wattmelon @wattmelon.bsky.social · 1d

Same here lol. Figured now’s a pretty good time to make one ^^

mastodon.social/@wattmelon

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 2d

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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