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Aaren Gabriel

@aarengabriel.bsky.social
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Aaren, 25 y/o, Argentina. He/she/they. Overly curious fan and translator in training. Want me to translate content (English-Spanish)?: aglopezpompa@hotmail.com

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 2h
I can assure you mr calipers here absolutely knows it's a racist meme
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Cri 🕊🐝🐜📝🎭⚽😷 @crawlieswithcri.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
In other news, Binx really loves toast. Like REALLY LOVES TOAST. Like will cut a bitch for toast. So POV of me trying to eat some toast. Yup. #cats #becurious
extreme close up of a three month old black kitten just about putting her nose on camera.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 13/10/2026
This morning, the federal government turned the full force of the Department of Homeland Security against a sitting member of Congress for the offense of disagreeing with the White House.

The path to citizenship should not be weaponized against anyone, including Rep. Ilhan Omar, a naturalized American who swore an oath to this country — the same one that I took.

The promise of citizenship should not be contingent on someone agreeing with the federal government.
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 13/10/2026
And with that we have our first dead AI startup
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 13/10/2026
They’re deploying a national snitch network to keep Black books out of libraries
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Carey @careylikemariah.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Someone just left this sweet kitten on my doorstep, but I'm allergic! 😭 Does anyone in Brooklyn want to foster a kitten? Seems to be about 4 months old, clean and well-cared for, and very docile.
Orange kitten with big green eyesOrange kitten with big green eyes
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digby @digby56.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Does he know where he is?
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🎃Autopsy of Ashley Lynch 🔪🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
I'll never stop remembering the time the author of a Palmer Luckey biography slid into my DMs to tell me I was being unfairly judgemental about Palmer's political leanings. How'd that one age?
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 12/10/2026
Chicago police solve a 65-year-old cold case, discovering that the man responsible for killing a little girl in the 1960s was a homicide detective for the police department.
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Chicago police find killer in 65-year-old cold case murder of little girl — one of their own
DNA technology that didn’t exist when Gloria Kowalewicz, 8, was killed in 1960 led investigators to Thomas F. McInerney Jr., who was a homicide detective for the Chicago Police Department.
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Angri Bundel @anibundel.com · 12/10/2026
Please accept this perfect photo of Charlotte as my contribution towards your mental health for the day. Also, take a break, drink some water, and spend some time admiring the leaves
Charlotte experiencing the smells of fall
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Angri Bundel @anibundel.com · 12/10/2026
Amazon’s latest add ons are just new subdivisions of the stuff that was available on Prime to force you to pay more.
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Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Noting that yes, Jeffries released a statement. It's not good. And he's not out in front of mikes and he's not sending his members out to do it either. He's not a leader bsky.app/profile/owil...
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Kotaku @kotaku.com · 12/10/2026
Nic Cage Refused To Allow Amazon To Use AI On Spider-Noir kotaku.com/nicolas-cage-says-hes-no…
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Nic Cage Refused To Allow Amazon To Use AI On Spider-Noir
Somehow the praise over the actor’s hardline decision making has also unearthed that Cage is a massive Bomberman Hero fan as well
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 13/10/2026
I love how his dementia is revealing his bisexuality and MAGA has NO IDEA what to do with that
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yaoi gagarin @mel.bzky.team · 12/10/2026
bitch who just paid fifty eurodollaridoos to get her name and gender legally inverted
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yaoi gagarin @mel.bzky.team · 13/10/2026
guy who proudly announces he's joined the AA and its helped with his alcoholism, only to later reveal he meant the Ansar Allah faction of the yemeni civil war and the thing that cured his drinking is the boundless light of islam
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Aspharon @asph.me · 10/10/2026
dont make me tap the sign
tumblr post by carbomcoco

"these researchers published a paper on something that literally any of us could have told you 🙄" ok well my supervisors wont let me write something in my thesis unless I can back it up with a citation so maybe it's a good thing that they're amplifying your voice to the scientific community in a way that prevents people from writing off your experiences as annecdotal evidence
they did the research in the first place because they believed you and wanted to tell people about it. they are not our enemies.

reblog by aphony-cree

people always go "Instead of spending all that time on a study they could have just listened to us when we said these thing happen"

they did listen, that's how studies work, they asked people about their experiences and put all the data together in a nice package that can be cited
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
no coming back from this without punishing the entire chain of command from the officers carrying out this shit to the people at the top giving the orders
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
perhaps this is a lesson that judges need to stop taking the government at its word!!!!
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🐈Rex Parker🐈‍⬛ ✏️ 🧐 @rexparker.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Saying something this fucking made-up and dumb should get you fired from all writing for like a decade at least.
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David Gorski, MD, PhD @gorskon.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Last week, RFK Jr. and his minions opened a “vaccine injury clinic” at the NIH. With no budget, structure, or leadership announced, the program appears to be a sham in service of RFK Jr.’s war on vaccines. sciencebasedmedicine.org/rfk-jr-is-de...
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RFK Jr. is definitely coming for your vaccines (part 12): The new NIH vaccine injury clinic is likely a sham
Last week, RFK Jr. and his minions opened a "vaccine injury clinic" at the NIH. With no budget, structure, or leadership announced, the program appears to be a sham in service of RFK Jr.'s war on vacc
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 12/10/2026
The plot is a golf course that has been derelict since 2017. There are 21 golf clubs within 10 miles. The land has been classed as grey belt. The council has designated the site for housing in its local plan. So, when a plan for 660 homes came to planning committee, it was, of course, DENIED.
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Sevenoaks’ Nimbys prefer a derelict golf course to housing
Local Plans are failing to build the homes they promise
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Charles T. Downey @ionarts.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
More embarrassment for the management of the Kennedy Center
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 12/10/2026
feels like maybe we should have pushed harder on this at the policy level a decade ago, instead of just kinda assuming that Elon Musk would take care of it all for us, out of the goodness of his heart
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Just thinking about this as the state harasses Ilhan Omar over 40 year old paperwork.
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Elon Musk, enemy of ‘open borders,’ launched his career working illegally
Investors in Musk’s first company worried about “our founder being deported” and gave him a deadline for obtaining a work visa.
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Gretchen 🎙️ @geauxgretchen.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Time for some yapping and gaming! Come hang out. 💜 twitch.tv/geauxgretchen
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
To give a sense of scale, Musk is spending more on the midterms than he was on the 2024 election, and he was the biggest donor in that election. In 2025 he promised to pull back from politics and do much less political spending. Another lie.
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Josh Spiegel @mousterpiece.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
If it wasn’t for Lorne Michaels, I’m pretty sure I would never have heard of the wildly unfunny Shane Gillis.
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John Scary Name Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Another week to go :)
Reply from Mr. Slop saying "hi! Sorry for the delay. Still in the process!  Thanks for your patience. Hopefully complete this week. Fingers crossed 🤞"

My reply: "ha thank you I can't wait :)"
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John Scary Name Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Bearded baldy fella from an I Think You Should Leave sketch, gesturing with his right hand while smiling.

A caption below reads "oh my god, he admit it" Slop Merchant:

"Used AI for these. They've just a one off gift for my friends.

Not worth commissioning for"

My reply:

"oh that is disappointing :c

Well, at least you are using a real human artist and not AI for [redacted] 😊"
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John Scary Name Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Just giving him a gentle reminder on his latest post 😊
Ha, cool 😊 I can't wait for the big art (and behind the scenes process art) reveal tomorrow!
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John Scary Name Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
When in doubt, keep pushing the boat out by another week.
My reply to the image, saying "so cool! :o Can I ask who the artist is and what tools were used?"

Slop Merchant: "Artist reveal next week :)"

My reply: "Cool! Can I ask, though, was the drawing originally sketched on paper, and then scanned? Digital?"
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John Scary Name Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"small delay" surejan.gif
The Slop Merchant replies!

"Small delay on the art. It will be out next week. But I'll post a sneak peak"

My reply:

"haha cool :) I hope we get to see lots of those behind the scenes process sketches! :D"
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John Scary Name Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Well, it's Friday the 2nd, and still nothing. That said, I believe this guy is based in Victoria, Canada, who are eight hours behind Irish time, so I should give him some leeway. Some. I found one of his latest replies from a few hours ago, and decided to give him a friendly reminder.
My reply to Mr. Slop Merchant on Reddit:

This is so exciting!

Oh, while I'm here, I can't wait to see your promises art (and behind the scenes process art) reveal today! :D
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John Scary Name Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"optimistic mischief" Why do I get the impression that his more wordy posts are gAI slop
 I just believe artists make cooler and more original art.

I had competitors come up since our launch using ai art to produce a lot of content and advertising against me

And that’s not my goal.

I want to build the [redacted] world. Where people get outside and explore the world and get up to optimistic mischief and help each other as document the worlds cats lol

This is not a short term thing for me and the community

Since you like the process. I’ve been iterating through the cards to make sure they feel good and look good before I give them to anyone. It’s been a long process. But it’s been fun to get it just right  Your sincerity truly inspire me :)

That pic is so cool! Thank you!

Oh, you may have missed my question in my previous post, but would you be able to share a link to the portfolio of the artist you so kindly hired? It'd be cool to see their work! :D
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John Scary Name Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"it's not wife"
Another reply from slop merchant:

lol sorry. I didn't make it clear 😅

It's not wife. I hired an artist

My reply:

 Oh, I see, thank you for clarifying! 

Also, I am glad you claim to be against AI slop. We need more ethical app creators like you in the world who take a hard stand against AI :D

And hiring an artist too! It is fantastic to hear you hired an artist, and are paying them for their skills and hard work. Far too many untalented people use AI as an excuse to not pay artists, so it is fantastic to hear you are doing the opposite :) 

Do you have a link to the artist's online portfolio? I'd love to check out their work.

I cannot wait to see what kind of fun art they come up with for you!
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John Scary Name Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
hmmmmm
A further reply where he says:

Good question!

My wife’s not an artist. She just enjoys using the iPad and I needed something quickly.

We are doing a lot of world building with the stickers and the web series. Where we draw and animate the cats our community submits. So it will be likely a departure from the logo. "

I reply with:


 Oh, wow. Given your wife is not an artist, it is so impressive that she managed to pull off something so professional looking :D What software/app did she use?

A departure from the logo sounds interesting! Is it the person creating the stickers then who will be drawing and designing those from scratch?
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John Scary Name Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Nearly... there...
AI slop guy on Reddit replying with "good idea. I'll get the artist who's doing the stickers right now to take process pics before we release them next Friday :)"

My reply: "Nice! Will this include the initial sketches? I love seeing the process, especially when it's on paper."
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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 11/10/2026
The lengths someone will go to in order to hide the use of "AI" tells you everything you need to know about the viability of the crap.
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
When I have conversations with these pro-AI people and push them about consciousness or intelligence it seems like they converge on consciousness/intelligence without perspective, intent, desire, or interiority. Wow! If you simply refefine your words you can claim anything!
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ᚔᚅᚄᚓᚏᚈ ᚄᚉᚐᚏᚍ ᚅᚐᚋᚓ @ciara2001.eurosky.social · 11/10/2026
The question is, would they do the same to a competitor wearing an "adult human female" t-shirt and I think everyone can guess the answer to that
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ka92 @ka92.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
In a story on political violence (where they depict the targets as equally democratic and republican), the @nytimes.com gives a sympathetic ear to a member of Congress who was part of January 6.
Representative Derrick Van Orden, a Republican from Wisconsin seeking re-election next month, attended the “Stop the Steal” rally on Jan. 6, 2021, in support of President Trump’s false claim that he had won the 2020 election. Mr. Van Orden was outside the U.S. Capitol that day when a mob attacked it, though he has denied entering the building. He was elected to Congress in 2022That’s when the threats began.

“I was a Navy SEAL for over 22 years,” Mr. Van Orden said in an interview with The Times. “I hunted terrorists around the world a lot and was very successful at that. Never had a single threat to my family. Ever.”
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👻 Jack Djinn Wail 🧞 @jacktindale.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The Telegraph figured it out? The Telegraph?!
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The right is waging war on us. The democrats’ whole job is to fight them. If they won’t do their jobs why wouldn’t you criticize them? Make it make sense.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Blue MAGA insists anyone who criticizes Democrats is young and naive. Not that young people don’t have cogent criticisms to offer but I turn 50 next year. 🤣
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Scott Gray @scott1gray.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I just made a formal complaint to the BBC about this. If you'd like to do the same, here's the link: www.bbc.co.uk/contact/comp...
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Make A Complaint | Contact the BBC
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yaoi gagarin @mel.bzky.team · 11/10/2026
i will say its mildly demoralizing sometimes to have such relatively unremarkable results
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Jooooohhhh No! @josefoshea.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
What a weird world we live in - Ukraine hits a data centre deep in Russia - Irish twitter users see racist posts about IPAS centres in Offaly fall off a cliff
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Tanya D. || Writer || Narrative Designer @cypheroftyr.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Happy Coming Out Day. Especially to folks finding the strength to do so in this hellscape of a world. 🏳️‍🌈 Same to everyone who stays “in” for safety, not being ready to be out, or just not wanting to do so. 🏳️‍🌈
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