Reposted by @flaggro.bsky.socialErin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 15hA thing I learned about Meta when I was trying to understand how their statements relate to their actions a few years ago is that *they just tell absolutely indefensible lies* and journalists almost always let them. They believed no one would ever punish them for it in any way that matters. 121210382
Reposted by @flaggro.bsky.socialBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/07/2026I have previously written about one reason that billionaires find the AI story so compelling: at root, many billionaires just don't believe most other people are actually, fully real. How could they? Achieving billionairehood requires that you inflict pain on vast numbers of people. 13/ 6923231
Reposted by @flaggro.bsky.socialhuck mason @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 28/09/2026bad news babe a rogue openai agent must have hacked our refrigerator last night and drank 15 beers 4161481258
Reposted by @flaggro.bsky.socialflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 26/09/2026There is IMO something absolutely spot on about the British ruling class not at all recognising that smashing up the state to sell it for scrap and cocaine might be a problem, until it started to somewhat impede their ability to wage a really serious war. 14542124
Reposted by @flaggro.bsky.socialLyric Rain @rainsong.cloud · 26/09/2026Severely underestimating how trivially easy it will be to add "pervagotchi" to our vocabs right next to "perv glasses" 16621
Reposted by @flaggro.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/20264/ But over the next 10 weeks, I’d mimic the patterns of a problem gambler with the help of a panel of gambling experts and learn just how much DraftKings would encourage my recklessness — and just how little pushback I’d get as I spiraled downward.propublica.orgI Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP.Amid growing public health concerns, operators like DraftKings have touted “responsible gaming” tools and prompts. But as I went off the deep end, I found they were no match for the incentives and pro... 41588282
Reposted by @flaggro.bsky.socialJim Unwin @jimunwin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The Sceye HAPS looks like something from Dune. 16413
Reposted by @flaggro.bsky.socialTim Price @timprice.bsky.social · 23/09/2026You joined "grand vizier chat (secret)" You: dark rumors from aboard You: abroad* fuck Sssnakecharmer: mf said aboard WhispersintheChapel: ahoy matey lol PonderMyOrb changed the group name to "rumors from aboard" 2893702642
Reposted by @flaggro.bsky.socialMuseum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026 243743437
Reposted by @flaggro.bsky.socialMatt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Ezra Klein asked Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about AI making kids worse at math and reading. Huang’s reply: “Does it matter?” Then he said he doesn’t know his own address or phone number. “We’re going to lose some fine intellectual dexterity.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/o... 58754651494
Reposted by @flaggro.bsky.socialallison steele, organic human person @trulyaliem.bsky.social · 07/10/2025timeline cleanser 72439816
Reposted by @flaggro.bsky.socialLuke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Oh my God, I agree with WSJ opinion Oh my God, shoot me in the face 371507302
Reposted by @flaggro.bsky.socialIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 19/09/2026static.klipy.comSlow InternetAlt: I Cast Extremely Slow Internet 1927870
Reposted by @flaggro.bsky.socialTyler King @tyleraking.com · 17/09/2026“A senior executive at Microsoft said A.I. systems built on the work of others will be seen as ‘an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions’ and possibly the greatest robbery of labor in human history, according to court documents unredacted Thursday in an ongoing Manhattan lawsuit.”orlandosentinel.comDocs in A.I. copyright suit reveal startling admission by Microsoft exec over ‘astonishing theft’The admission appeared in a newly unredacted filing in the landmark copyright infringement legal battle playing out between newspapers like the Orlando Sentinel and tech companies Microsoft and OpenAI... 9555422155
Reposted by @flaggro.bsky.socialsephirAmy @sephiramy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026how about some good news: new cat just dropped!!!! 5254241967
Reposted by @flaggro.bsky.socialsarah zedig 🐐 @hmsnofun.bsky.social · 12/09/2026hey why is no one talking about the licensing situation with this A24/SCP thing? are they releasing it under the same cc-by-sa license every SCP project is required to have? are they betting creative commons won't hold up in court? seems like the kind of question a journalist should look into idkdeadline.comSCP Foundation Movie Coming To Theaters In 2027 With A24 DistributingAn SCP Foundation movie is coming to theaters in 2027 via A24. Spooky Pictures and Image Nation Studios announced the project earlier this year. 312551937
Reposted by @flaggro.bsky.socialMikel Reparaz @wikiparaz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026PAUL: What’s in the box? REVEREND MOTHER: Pain. [PAUL hesitantly puts his hand in the BOX, then FROWNS IN CONFUSION. He pulls out A BAGUETTE.] REVEREND MOHER: Hōn hōn, 6276872017
Reposted by @flaggro.bsky.socialCube @prototypecube.bsky.social · 17/03/2025"all empires fall but it's rare you see one jump" 31066145
Reposted by @flaggro.bsky.socialAlon Pinkas @alonpinkas.bsky.social · 11/09/2026So almost seven months into the gloriously victorious war that toppled the regime and annihilated Iran, the Iranians effectively control both the Strait of Hormuz and the Strait of Bab-el-Mandab. That’s phenomenal strategic thinking from the Trump-Netanyahu duo 1217
Reposted by @flaggro.bsky.socialJared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 09/09/2026There are already articles circulating trying to rewrite history and say America was great after 9/11 and united and thoughtful and just a reminder that that period was marked by intense and insanely racist hatred, paranoia, and a frothing desire for unhinged violence and oppression. 17053041516
Reposted by @flaggro.bsky.social💀Legendary Imposter Elianora ★★★★ @elianora.bsky.social · 09/09/2026As the unofficial "Queen of Clutter" for Skyrim, I approve of this Creation. youtu.be/lwdeKwvsTJQyoutu.beKALLAX STORAGEBORN, a free creation for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim™ from IKEA.YouTube video by IKEA UK 4328
Reposted by @flaggro.bsky.socialTyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 06/09/2026Harry Potter and the Refusal to Meaningfully Grow 115024
Reposted by @flaggro.bsky.socialMattTS @mattts.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Some of those that work forces, are the same that block portses 011751
Reposted by @flaggro.bsky.socialAida @aidap.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Two Saturdays, one week apart, same police force. 857 arrested for sitting in a square holding cardboard. 25 arrested at a 150,000-strong far-right march where 26 coppers were hurt. I'm trans. I can see where this goes. So I timelined Labour's journey to fascism 🧵 howyougetfascists.ukhowyougetfascists.ukA Labour government is walking toward fascism. This is the route.55 dated entries on policing, protest and the far right in Britain, July 2024 to September 2026. Every one sourced. A warning, not a verdict. 713172
Reposted by @flaggro.bsky.socialSarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026 113299476589
Reposted by @flaggro.bsky.socialNoel Is A Man's Name @nobadnoel.bsky.social · 04/09/2026A proud father supporting his trans daughter 31108162
Reposted by @flaggro.bsky.socialInfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Now in Gunmetal Grey! 242128602642
Reposted by @flaggro.bsky.socialBen Miller @extinctmonsters.bsky.social · 03/09/2026The internet was absolutely a mistake but this is one of like five admissible pieces of evidence that it’s good actually 328999
Reposted by @flaggro.bsky.socialJ. Michael Mull @jmichaelmull.bsky.social · 03/09/2026even now, she's still teaching us 95144982732
Reposted by @flaggro.bsky.socialStandplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · 31/08/2026 324841
Reposted by @flaggro.bsky.socialSPLATTER @splatter.bsky.social · 27/08/2026there are so many good ones! 121120
Reposted by @flaggro.bsky.socialDan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 28/08/2026But nothing beats the obstetrics textbook wherein one of the authors made his wife do the index, so she slips this one in: 20852257
Reposted by @flaggro.bsky.socialAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026this is my economy ??? 59224
Reposted by @flaggro.bsky.socialToss @stevenspoints.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I really cannot think of a greater honor than to have the Muppets say this about you upon your passing 2295269712860
Reposted by @flaggro.bsky.socialWilliam Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026[Exit Queen.] 2063895210998
Reposted by @flaggro.bsky.socialKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton's Imagination Library gifted more than 332,000,000 books since it was first created 31 years ago. 220239505926
Reposted by @flaggro.bsky.socialNovember Kelly @postoctobrist.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Argonian cop named Turns-Off-Bodycam 201574346
Reposted by @flaggro.bsky.socialBishop Steiner @bishopsteiner.bsky.social · 24/08/2026still one of the greatest conversations ever put on TV. 226116453033
Reposted by @flaggro.bsky.socialJonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Listen, if you’re not happy single, you won’t be happy in a relationship either, happiness comes from picking a new hobby and then buying all the things to start that hobby then finding the perfect little storage container for those things and then putting that storage container in the spare room 493142681
Reposted by @flaggro.bsky.socialShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 21/08/20261, 2, 3 and 5 I can get anywhere. 4 is why I come here 1455859
Reposted by @flaggro.bsky.socialIceland Cricket @icelandcricket.bsky.social · 21/08/2026We need more talented cricketers in Iceland. If you can play a bit and have an Icelandic grandparent or fifth cousin, get in touch. If you have even watched some films by Baltasar Kormákur, we will think about it. 30435103
Reposted by @flaggro.bsky.socialCathy Kwan 🍅 @completelycathy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026One of my all time favourite vinyls I’ve had the pleasure of working on! The brief was ‘Chrono Trigger with a traditional Japanese art and Ukiyo-e twist’, which I absolutely fell in love with 🌊❤️🔥 710939
Reposted by @flaggro.bsky.socialPile Of Garbage @pileofgarbage.net · 17/08/2026How to win at most all things: 93102943420
Reposted by @flaggro.bsky.socialJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 17/08/2026this story is batshit Here is the full article, which includes all prompts, trial transcripts, the report itself. The firm hired charged more than $80,000 for the report. Also shows that AI transcripts can be discoverable and can be very revealing: www.404media.co/show-how-3m-...404media.co‘Show How 3M Is 0% at Fault:’ Expert Witness Used ChatGPT to Write Report Defending Company in Deadly Explosion LawsuitChatGPT prompts show how an expert witness report was created in a $61 million lawsuit over an explosion that killed three people. 252651658
Reposted by @flaggro.bsky.socialMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 17/08/2026lol come the fuck on 3978383678