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To the person noting there is not enough money in the world to license every piece of intellectual property stolen for "AI" training: you're sooooo close to the point, friend, keep going, you'll get there if you try

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Action for Happiness @actionhappiness.bsky.social · 7h

Sometimes progress doesn’t feel like progress until you look back Image: www.instagram.com/toyoufromsteph

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 9h

Econ 101

Person one: Taught my kids how socialism works. Let them trick or treat while I stayed home. Then took all their candy. Socialism 101.

Person two : The socialism part is where the community came together and fed your kids for free. The capitalism part is where you made them do all the work and stole from them.

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Kate Tuttle @katekilla.bsky.social · 11h

It's Banned Books Week. Please read widely and bravely.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 7h

This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead

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Andi Newton (she/her) @andimn.bsky.social · 6h

Captain Carrot Ironfoundersson says, "Does not worry. The Ankh-Meowpurrk Kitty Watch will keeps you safe from dis Monday thing." #AnkhMeowpurrk #Cats #Kittens #AnimalRescue

An orange tabby kitten in a round, wooden cat bed with a brown cushion insert. He's looking down at the camera. The lighting is dark and dramatic. Not a filter, just how the sun was coming through the window.

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Andi Newton (she/her) @andimn.bsky.social · 21h

Four years old was definitely too young to watch this. Especially while eating breakfast. To this day, I cannot eat grape jelly. I also won't poke things I find on the ground with sticks because YOU NEVER KNOW.

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The Blob Monster

Alt: The Blob

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Andi Newton (she/her) @andimn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This build at Bricksboro left me gobsmacked. Just the skill and precision in replicating these engine parts with LEGO! They also had working LEGO engines, too. But these builds just blew me away. /1

A spark plug next to one made of LEGO, next to a piston (?) next to one made of LEGO. The attention to detail is phenomenal.

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Andi Newton (she/her) @andimn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

My favorite build from LEGO Bricksboro yesterday. The level of detail was incredible.

A haunted house scene built from LEGO. A black haunted mansion with spires is in the center. On the left is a skull cave. On the right is a wicker man on a hill. The entire front is a cemetery with mausoleums, zombies, tombstones, ghosts, witches, ruins, and a massive pumpkin patch.

Close up of the black and red haunted mansion and the cemetery tombstones and zombies in front of it

Close up of the skull cave and the ruins and witches in front of it

Close up of the Wicker Man and mausoleum in front of it.

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Andi Newton (she/her) @andimn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Went to Bricksboro yesterday. One of the coolest things we saw was this LEGO build that solves a Rubik's Cube in ~90 seconds.

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🌕Destiny Reborn🌑 @undodestiny.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Reminder that the R slur is indeed a slur, and if you use it you're a bad person and should hard block me.

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AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 03/10/2026

In response to Michael Tracey's request for Jane Doe's name, this image was created by Brittany Alexander for anyone who would wish to use it as their profile picture on any social media account. Medusa is often seen as the ultimate archetypal victim of institutional betrayal. #WeAreJaneDoe

B&W image of Medusa with the words We Are Jane Doe

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𝕯𝖆𝖓🍂🎃🕸️ @arepublic86.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Here, have this to start your weekend 🦩🦩🦩🦩

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Amanda Valentine @ayvalentine.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

All cross stitch patterns are free (tips welcome) and fully human designed. They're free because you should probably pick your own floss colors instead of relying on what looked good in my pattern app, plus I haven't test stitched them. ko-fi.com/s/0c2a38bee0 2/4

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Everything Ducks - Amanda's Stress Stitching Patterns's Ko-fi Shop

"everything is happening so much" often describes the state of the world. At the moment "everything is terrible" feels like it might just about cover ...

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Muskrat 8647 @muskratjohn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It's a shouty DORK TOWER FRIDAY up now, at the Mothership! Void where prohibited. www.dorktower.com/2026/10/01/2... Repost/reblog/Reshame! Please and thank you!

Matt, screaming "I'M A GAMING
NERD, AND EVEN! KNOW THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN A #%!@! HAWK AND A
HAWKEYE!"

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Andi Newton (she/her) @andimn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The #Ankh-Meowpurrk Kitten Watch got their first vaccination this morning. You know what that means. WE UNLEASH THEM ON THE WORLD IN ONE WEEK! To be adopted by good homes. Not to, like, cause massive chaos or anything. I mean, that'll probably happen. But it won't be our intention. #Cats

Four kittens lying on a laptop keyboard computer, staring at you

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Andi Newton (she/her) @andimn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

They Better Be........!

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Andi Newton (she/her) @andimn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Men, don't be this guy. Seriously, just don't. Even better, call out guys like this for running cover for rapists like the Cornell 57.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/10/2026

I ask men to please be mindful when discussing the Cornell 7 with women because most of us are survivors, and this is the shit that inevitably happens.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 02/10/2026

Calling all NYC artists — painters, filmmakers, poets, musicians and more! Did you know our city provides grants to support your work every year? And this year, we're DOUBLING the amount — from $5,000 up to $10,000 per artist! Deadlines are approaching fast — apply today at nyc.gov/artistgrants.

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Andi Newton (she/her) @andimn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#Ankh-Meowpurrk Kitty Watch meeting. Not present: Sargeant Cheery Littlebottom, who was off investigating a disturbance. #AnimalRescue #Cats #Kittens #Discworld

Three kittens in a round, wooden, elevated cat bed with a brown cushion liner. From left to right, they are Sir Samuel Vimes, a gray tuxedo; Captain Carrot Ironfoundersson, an orange tabby; and Captain Angua von Überwald, a gray tuxedo. Vimes is looking at you. Carrot is looking down at his front paws. Angua is looking off to the side.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 29/09/2026

A thing I learned not too long ago is that when an LLM selects a token that leads it down an incorrect path (factually), it has no way to back up, or even know that it should back up, it's just on to the next likely bit. Literally every LLM is just posting their way through it. What an image.

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Ryan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 01/10/2026

BREAKING NEWS: Tensions between Thor and the Care Bears have escalated rapidly overnight.

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Sara @sara-the-intern.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

the death penalty violates the 8th amendment and if you wanna argue with me about that, don’t fucking bother and just see yourselves out.

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Space Nutella Sales Rep @friendpanda.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Aidan Thompson, a Chi Phi member from a different chapter, doxxed the victim of the Cornell gang rape. His LinkedIn profile mentions serving the “disaffected young White men of America”. Chi Phi’s motto is Truth, Honor & Personal Integrity. Might want to email chiphi@chiphi.org to ask about Aiden.

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Rio @imriobop.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We literally have to relive our traumas and explain our experiences every single time these stories break through only to not have men listen. It's such a sad and painful cycle to be stuck in and I'm eager for the day where men realize that they can break the cycle by calling this behavior out.

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Andi Newton (she/her) @andimn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I really think we need to do a better job of educating men about what rape culture is, how it leads to things like the Cornell 7, and how "funny" posts they share contribute to it. And I think men who know what rape culture is should do that educating, instead of leaving it to us women. Again.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

the cornell case has me thinking about christine blasey ford and how she so bravely testified in 2018 about how future supreme court justice brett kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her. i'm thinking about what i wrote at the time and how nothing has changed:

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Bill Adcock (he/him) @paintingmoreorcs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I haven't talked up Tarskia enough lately, with my writing kind of skidding to a halt for most of September. If you like big ladies wrecking shitty dudes' faces with a spiked mace, Tarskia's ya girl. swordsandsorcerymagazine.com/to-meet-deat...

Tarskia, a big warrior woman in a long chainmail shirt, charges roaring into battle with a spiked mace in her right hand.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.

When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work.
On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
"As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests.
"You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."

Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens."
Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.

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Mark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

NEWS: My new investigation uncovers the horrific ChatGPT history of the Tumbler Ridge school shooter. OpenAI’s chatbot fueled the shooter's violent fantasies and plans up to the day of the massacre. Chats about guns, timing of attacks, becoming infamous, and more. www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...

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ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals

OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.

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Bree Lundberg @breelundberg.com · 24/09/2026

Did y'all forget already that the Outlier game uses genAI?? (Screenshot from their own FAQ). A month ago they deactivated account because they got so much pushback, then had a crashout and used another acct to troll people about it. Just a head's up for anyone who wants to easily avoid AI products.

Screenshot from Outlier game site's FAQ page. Text says: Does Outlier use AI? Yes, the way we use every other tool here: writing and debugging code, digging through the data, checking word lists against dictionaries, drafting things we then rewrite. It decides nothing. The game, the rules, the scoring, which features ship and which get thrown out, which words get added and which get refused, all of that is ours. Every line of copy on this site was written or rewritten by a person, including this one.

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Andi Newton (she/her) @andimn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Luckily, I installed the Irony app, so my phone is protected.

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Andi Newton (she/her) @andimn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Why would you put cayenne pepper in lemonade?!?!

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Kitty Chandler @mightybattlecat.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

FAT! BEAR!! WEEK!!!

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

[banging on table] FAT BEAR WEEK FAT BEAR WEEK FAT BEAR WEEK FAT BEAR WEEK www.popsci.com/environment/...

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The Fat Bear Week 2026 bracket is here and chunkier than ever

Voting starts September 22 with a final winner crowned on September 29.

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 18/09/2026

AHAHAHAHAHA "And I've used AI to produce this talk" "I did, um, maybe around fifty percent of it, so I'm claiming authorship" Yeah we know you used AI You very, very clearly have stopped thinking for yourself my dude WE CAN TELL

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Andi Newton (she/her) @andimn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The #Ankh-Meowpurrk Kitty Watch concurs. Cats are nice. 🥰

Four small kittens sitting on a desk surrounded by computers and monitors (and one headset and a game controller). From right to left, they are: Sam Vimes the gray tuxedo; Cheery Littlebottom, a dilute tortie: Angua von Überwald, also a gray tuxedo; and Captain Carrot Ironfoundersson, an orange tabby.

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Krista D Ball is Canada's Spooky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Blue state Americans: omg we are in an abusive relationship with our federal government!!!! how dare Canadians criticize us!!!! Red state americans: um, we're in an abusive relationship with our state governments Blue state Americans: shut your stupid hick mouths you fucking trash.

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Jim Halpert's 'Eh Meh' Shrug

ALT: Jim Halpert's 'Eh Meh' Shrug

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Andi Newton (she/her) @andimn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Just so you know, this is how kitten pics come to me from Chad. That man is decidedly weird. I love him. 🥰❤️

A screenshot of a text featuring a picture of a dilute tortie kitten sitting on a laptop keyboard with her mouth wideopen. The text under it reads, "Cheeeeeery Littlebooooooooottoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooom!!!!!! Least I got friskies."

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Andi Newton (she/her) @andimn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Oh, I'm pretty sure 20 y/o me would be thoroughly disappointed in me. And make absolutely no changes to rectify it. Which means I'm equally as disappointed in 20 y/o me. Seriously, 20 y/o me. Do better.

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Raquel 🌈✨ @aistear.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Blumineck lo ha vuelto a hacer 🥹 le aplaudo hasta que se me caigan las manos, bravo. "Be masculine, be feminine, be neither, or be both. But be kind."

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

HUGE: Elizabeth Warren, AOC, and other members of Congress have introduced a bill to push private equity out of healthcare. The Stop Corporate Takeovers of Physicians Act would make it illegal for private equity, insurance companies, and for-profit corporations to own or control medical practices.

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Marie 🇨🇦⚜️ @blammarie.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I love this. I might do something similar 🤔 Like « A reminder that the flipside of ‘if purchase isn’t ownership, then piracy isn’t theft’ is ‘if purchase IS ownership, then piracy IS theft’. If you steal of facilitate stealing this book, you have no moral highground. »

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