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aplante.com
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
screenshot of a tumblr post from user “wildmansters” The thing that really boils my potatoes about Al in general is that I have been a creative professional for over a decade now and the devil has ALWAYS been in the details. Big and small, I've had single-person businesses rip me to shreds over how their colors turned out on newsprint, and have worked with huge companies with THICK brand guidelines with every detail of their brand identity laid out and enforced with an iron fist. But I guess all of that stuff doesn't matter anymore? Who gives a fuck if this Al generated baby has six fingers, that mom-and-pop shop is still going to use it. That rug from Temu says Happy Thanksgivirg? Oh well haha it's just a silly funny thing now (nevermind that you never would have given a B-grade item from a craft show the same consideration). I don't actually care that the Al Coca-cola ad has a truck that changes size every scene, but I can't help but think about how, if it had been some poor underpaid artist, they would have been laughed out of the building. I don't really know how to put it in a succint way but it just feels all the more obvious how much more grace and flexibility has always been possible but never offered.
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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ajsjaiwj12833.bsky.social
Today sucked. Im smoking pot
November 28, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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ityslmemes.com
thinking of her today
November 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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cephalopod.bsky.social
holy shit put down the trumpet and move man your head is about to become a Gallagher punchline!!!!!!!!
man with big mallet brings it down upon an unsuspecting smirking trumpet player with a Vegeta hairline
November 26, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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yasharali.bsky.social
This is nuts!

Why is WAPO writing up anyone’s speculation about who the suspect might be?

I get that Laura’s statements and actions are at times newsworthy given her influence on Trump, but no one’s speculation — outside of a government official’s — should be written up this way.
4 minutes ago Laura Loomer speculates about shooter's identity By Beth Reinhard Laura Loomer, the far-right political activist known for her virulently anti-Muslim views, was quick to speculate about the shooter's background on X, where she has 1.8 million followers. "Communist, Muslim, Trans terrorist, Furry, or ANTIFA?" she asked. Loomer also posted a photo of a bearded man being carried into an ambulance, though The Washington Post could not immediately verify that the image came from Wednesday's crime scene. "I'm just going to say. That's a very Mohammedan looking beard," she wrote. "I'll wait for more details. But the beard with no mustache the night before a Western holiday is not lost on me."
November 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
cephalopod.bsky.social
Another reason Dems are eternal losers: they always always always give into Republican framing even when they know it's a bad faith lie. you are helping them by doing this!!! stop!!! It's so easy to just not do this!!!
petebuttigieg.bsky.social Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 2d
We all believe in improving efficiency, and a team genuinely focused on that could do a world of good.

But the DOGE we could have had is a far cry from the DOGE we actually got.
Image of Reuters headline that says "Exclusive: DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter."
November 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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topherflorence.bsky.social
symptom of a sick society that the popular gaming service "Steam" has official tags for "roguelike deckbuilder" and "extraction shooter" but not "virtual pet" or "burgertime clone"
November 23, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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junlper.beer
November 25, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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davelevitan.bsky.social
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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jtp.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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ersquare.bsky.social
A story in 3 acts:
November 24, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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ianboudreau.com
Ah, I'm awake again. Time to open the psychological harm app
November 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
cephalopod.bsky.social
a magician. come on now.
November 23, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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vrunt.social
TREBEK: Feel free to ask these diminutive spirits for sexual favors, but don't say "guten Tag" -- they're not actually German!
me: who are the slut gnomes of false berlin
TREBEK: Bizarre little men. You're still in control of the board
August 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
cephalopod.bsky.social
lol what'd I miss
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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internethippo.bsky.social
The greatest innovation billionaires have come up with is they found a way to have billions of dollars and still be miserable and angry all the time
September 23, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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jtp.bsky.social
liberals seem to have this idea that public opinion forms randomly and that politics is about figuring out how to messure it and adjust your positions to match it, rather than something you actively take part in influencing to your own principles
cnliberalism.org New Liberals 🌐 @cnliberalism.org · 8d
Obviously, we want more immigrants, it’s one of our founding principals, but we also don’t want things to happen that will set support for more immigration back in the long term

All that said, Twitter only allows editing in the 1st hour, so not easily done.
November 20, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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tabbiewolf.bluestripedboxers.com
God, I hope this is true
Tumblr post by user novelconcepts: “Hey, man, c'mere. Listen. Get in real close, this is important. You're gonna make stuff again. You're gonna make stuff you're proud of. You're gonna make stuff you're excited to share. You're going to feel that overwhelming drive to create, not just the frantic I want to want to you're stuck in now. You're going to have awesome ideas, and you're going to make them into reality. You're going to create again. You're still an artist. You're still a writer. You're still home to the same passion you had before. You'll find it again. It's not gone. It's just resting. Let it rest. You're going to make stuff again. I promise.”
October 15, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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mikebarthelauthor.com
Fish have committed credit card fraud
Credit card fraud Black neon tetras committed credit card fraud during a 2023 livestream by "Mutekimaru Channel" on YouTube. The owner was using motion-tracking software to turn the fish's movements into Nintendo Switch inputs, letting them "play" video games. 8 In 2020, the fish beat Pokemon Sapphire after 3,195 hours, a feat that takes about 30 hours for a typical human. 9/ 181 On January 14, 2023, Pokémon Violet crashed at 1,144 hours, giving the fish free access to the main menu. They entered inputs that opened Nintendo eShop, added 500 yen ($3.85 USD) to their owner's account, and exposed his credit card details on the livestream. 10) 11) Mutekimaru later requested a refund of the 500 yen from Nintendo. l12) "Fish eagerly read the terms and conditions. Many of us humans don't read the terms of service, but fish are smarter than we are" - caption from Mutekimaru in a video about the incident 12) The fish also downloaded an N64 emulator, set up PayPal, used reward points to buy an avatar, and changed Mutekimaru's Nintendo account name to "ROWAWAWA*". 13, After about seven hours, their movements shut down the Switch. 14)
November 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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sunjeevbery.bsky.social
The latest @gallup.com poll:

- "In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity."

news.gallup.com/poll/697382/...
November 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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everydaylouie.bsky.social
the mind of the artist
a 3d piece of a little cute round guy and his big scary sculpture
November 19, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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staidindoors.bsky.social
other people might find this scary or strange but to me this is just a normal movie because i'm so screwed up all the time
November 19, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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oddoblivion.bsky.social
Together.
October 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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kimkelly.bsky.social
I love mess but man this whole thing underlines how much it sucks that all the worst journalists somehow end up with flashy high-paying media jobs
November 18, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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karenattiah.bsky.social
So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.

Got it.
rimaanabtawi.bsky.social Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 10d
Larry Summers tells @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”

He will continue teaching.

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 18, 2025 at 5:10 AM