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If OpenAI were run out of a basement and not out of the pockets of the richest people on the planet, every single person involved would already be in prison.

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Ah, yes. Paying less, but still paying, for healthcare you don't use. That famous scam.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Horror stories generally follow a traditional 3 act structure. There's act 1, act 2, and... huh. That's odd. Act 3's missing... *the silhouette of act 3 rises menacingly in the background*

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I saw someone earlier today asking about how Rahm Emmanuel keeps getting major-outlet profiles written about his Presidential candidacy despite zero public interest and that's a similar case and one with a, to me, very obvious explanation (Rahm's brother owns a major Hollywood talent agency)

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

once again the actual "story" behind Tilly Norwood is how the company's PR firm continues to get these stories placed in ostensibly legit outlets over and over despite zero demonstration of the supposed phenomenon being written about ("AI movie star Tilly Norwood") being real

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Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Something that I have always loved about working in bookstores and especially love now that I own one myself is being part of a space that can be so special for kids. When I'm having a bad day (or a bad month, as the case may be) it really lifts my spirits to see kids get excited about books.

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"Indeed, there is a power in Rivendell to withstand the might of Mordor for a while. And elsewhere other powers still dwell. There is power, too, of another kind in the Shire. Unions, Frodo! The power of the worker united in solidarity!" - Gandalf, the Fellowship of the Ring

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Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Date: What do you do? Me: I'm a kleptozoologist Date: Isn't it cryptozoologist? Me, stuffing my pockets with lobsters from the tank: that's a common misconception

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Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Interviewer: can you explain this gap in your resume? Applicant: Oh, that? I just wanted to separate the two pieces of text, so I pressed the "enter" key twice. Interviewer: whoa! looks like we've got a real tech wizard on our hands!

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My favorite part of this video is when he talks about the 12-year-old who laughed at his "I am married to a pig and we have sex" sign

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Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

No, it didn't. A computer program did what the people who made it programed it to do. If what it did was illegal, it should be destroyed and those people should be held liable. I'm not panicked, I'm tired of pretending this is complicated.

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Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The *huge* uptick in backordered, mishandled, damaged, canceled, misprinted, mis-shipped, and straight up dirty books coming from publishers and distributors

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Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Seriously! "Now, let's ask a man who, by his own admission, has had the opposite of a good point for 30 years."

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Starting to wonder how long God will refuse to let this creature die and which sin, in particular, it's a punishment for

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A character frantically muttering "that wasn't real" to themself about 1. a truly horrifying thing & 2. the FIRST *truly* horrifying thing to happen in the movie isn't the same as one character smugly quipping to another "well, that just happened," and if that's not clear to you, I dunno what to say

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Don't even need to unmute. Just imagine this being a real image from the highest halls of your government's deliberating body and still thinking you're a serious country run by competent people.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/09/2026

I hope this is the end of Gavin Newsom's political career.

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“the english are a mongrel people (laudatory)”

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"Are you a man or a woman?" I'm a T Girl Large Large Large Large Large Large Large Large Large

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Reiterating a policy that's served me so enormously well, if you use a picture of your pet as your PFP *and* I see you being sanctimonious, rude, and/or belligerent, I will block you on site whether or not we've ever interacted. If you wanna be an asshole, be yourself. Let your dog be your dog.

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I genuinely believe that "advertising works" is one of the most overblown truisms in existence and our everyday lives get worse and worse and worse as a result.

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Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Used to be that a bookie would loan you the money to place bets and send goons to break your kneecaps if you didn't settle the dept quickly. Now, the prediction market allows margin trading and will deploy patella demolition experts to recoup outstanding balances. It's much different.

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Gavin Newsom is what would slither out of the lab if a scientist dropped a beaker full of "Everything Wrong with the Democratic Party." Postures as the opposition, but is a feckless collaborationist driven by naked ambition and a genuine disdain for the poor. Can't stand the guy. No, thank you.

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Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I genuinely had to read this tweet several times over before I understood that it was meant to be a defense of Rowling

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Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Any time a conservative has a surprisingly progressive position:

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jenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"i have created the machine that thinks." you fucked up a perfectly good graphics card is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety

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I Have No Bucket and I Must Scream

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Oh, man. Seeing Resident Evil in the middle of a workday is one of the decisions I've ever made. What a movie!

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This is exactly the thing. Trans rights are worth defending because trans people are worth defending and, also, simultaneously, at the same time, the very basic statistical truth is that the overwhelming majority of people harmed by mandated & enforced gender norms are not going to be trans.

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"This election is about the threat of trans kids" is the worst possible messaging for Dems yet so many candidates are leaning into it. No voter will flip R->D over it. Low-info voters read this as "you're focused on bullshit that doesn't affect me" while the base reads this as "you're an asshole."

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Bryce Youngquist @bryceyoungquist.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

at the risk of repeating myself, the one thing AI is genuinely world-class at is responsibility annihilation here. have the thing you want to hear. you're welcome. if you have any problems after the fact just say the robot told you you had to do it. bsky.app/profile/inte...

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