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Frisky Dingus @friskydingus.bsky.social · 9h

Could of held a gun to my head and I wouldn't have guessed Michael Tracey but lol lmao and perhaps roflmao

Frisky Dingus @friskydingus.bsky.social · 9h

I hate how many times in my lifetime this has been a national conversation. And I hate that it will be again the next time some awful college rapists are brought to light. And I hate that more people will suffer and little will change.

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Aidan O’Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 23h

Notably, Jarosław Wolski, the Polish political scientist who was a primary source of the AfD social media bot claim, has now retracted his statement and apologised (more of this, please!). German journalists have also confirmed the graph was fake and AI-generated.

Apologies and Correction.
I would like to apologize to all Readers for providing false information and a graphic suggesting that bot activity around AfD had dropped by 56%.
According to the findings of @niebezpiecznik, which cites the opinion of the Cemas research institute, the Hasso Plattner Institute, and the
"Polisphere" think tank, there has been no permanent and measurable decrease in pro-AfD posts. Moreover, the original graphic in German turned out to be Al-generated.
Unfortunately, my post with the disinformation reached millions of views, for which I would like to apologize to all readers once again. Of course, I take full responsibility for what I did, and simply and humanly, I am ashamed that I misinformed you. I also apologize to the contested opponents who were the first to point out that I was wrong.
To avoid further disinformation, I have deleted the post. From now on, in topics not strictly related to the military, I will adopt the principle of providing citations or original sources whenever possible. Or clearly stating their absence/unclear source of information so that it is visibly evident in the post.
JW.
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.! A German journalist has tracked down the original graphic that sparked a wave of controversial (to put it mildly, untrue) reports yesterday and today about a drop in activity from Russian bots/trolls.
He created it-"24-year-old steward Frank"—and marked it as ...generated by Al (which we already suspected yesterday).
Unfortunately, the politicians who shared this material further failed to keep that marking (intentionally or by accident 1ºr) and didn't indicate the source either.
What's more, the German research institute Cemas, which deals with disinformation, the Hasso Plattner Institute, and the Polisphere think tank have officially X denied observing any drop in the number of posts that could be explained by an attack on Yandex.
"Neither the activity of existing bots nor the rate of creating new ones has declined, as shown by the data we're collecting."
Well, those are data from Germany, though. Meanwhile, in Poland, Minister Siemoniak said that "ABW has noted a radical drop in the activity of Russian bots online. This is a phenomenon observed worldwide after the bombing of three data centers."
But ABW hasn't publicized anything on this matter so far. Here's hoping they do. That would be something!! For now, we know that "worldwide" apparently means everywhere except Germany...

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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Ah yes the circle of life

• Dispatched
Sep 25 23:03 pm
In Transit
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Delayed
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Held By Carrier
Sep 26 15:07 pm
Destroyed
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

a little louder for the cheap seats in the back

One of the biggest myths is that men rape by mistake. Like, "Oh, they need consent training." But research is very clear: Sexual violence is not a mistake. It is an intentionally made decision by people who know they don't have consent. They just don't prioritize consent over things like status, power, domination, and sexual gratification.
For my research, I got a certificate of confidentiality from the National Institutes of Health, so my notes couldn't be subpoenaed. One of the reasons I call them perpetrators in my work is because every single person I interviewed confessed in that context. The first question I would ask them was, "When you received that email from Title IX that you were under investigation, did you know what it was about?" Every perpetrator I interviewed said "yes." If sexual assault were a miscommunication, you would be wondering, What have I possibly done wrong? That is not the way that any of them reacted because they knew.

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I understand this view but I think we should consider the implications of preemptively giving up charging a criminal with crimes because the jury may not convict

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 22h

Rather than cover the cost of gender affirming care for trans youth under medicaid, Colorado is voluntarily enacting the republican "taper and detransition" policy for youth on medicaid and dropping coverage. WTF.

Ironically, the first known violation of that law is now coming from the state itself. On September 18th, the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) informed providers that “certain Physician-Administered Drug (PAD) services for the purposes of gender-affirming care will no longer be covered benefits for members under 18 years of age.” Two weeks later, HCPF released its full policy surrounding its updated coverage, and it somehow manages to be worse than the policies enacted by Arizona and Virginia. As Transitics reported last week, the federal rule allows for a 6-month ‘tapering’ period for youth currently receiving gender-affirming care where federal funds can still be used. And although HCPF does mention that stipulation in its policy, it also introduced a strange exception:

“Effective October 13, 2026, claims payment for GnRH/LHRH agents prescribed for gender-affirming care therapy for members under the age of 18 will not be allowed… Prior authorization for testosterone, estrogen, progesterone or medroxyprogesterone therapy for members under the age of 18,” the policy reads, “who are receiving and stabilized on therapy for gender-affirming care prior to October 13, 2026, may receive approval to allow for tapering and discontinuation of therapy.”

The exclusion of puberty blockers in the tapering policy isn’t accidental. The state’s prior authorization guidance that was updated the same day mirrors the policy and once again does not allow for a tapering period for trans kids receiving puberty blockers. And like Arizona and Virginia, Colorado has provided no indication that it has notified patients and their families. In doing so, Colorado is going far beyond what even the Trump administration intended—immediately cutting many trans kids’ care and leaving them scrambling for options.

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 21h

Character is still losing $9 million a month AFTER - laying off employees - making its model worse on purpose to be cheaper - moving to open source models - adding usage limits - spamming ads in its product - adding new in-app paid products

26. At all times, Character has struggled with profitability and its operational
expenditure has been high. For example, in the second half of 2024, following the 2024
Transaction, Character’s operating expenses (excluding legal fees) averaged approximately $21.9
million per month, including monthly compute costs of approximately $13.8 million. In fiscal year
2025, operating expenses (excluding legal fees) averaged approximately $18.5 million per month,
including monthly compute costs of approximately $10.0 million.
27. Character has, however, taken significant steps to reduce its operating burn,
including transitioning inference workloads to lower-cost GPU capacity and post-training openweight
models rather than developing proprietary foundation models. At the same time, Character
reduced its employee headcount and consolidated its facilities. As a result, operating expenses
(excluding legal fees) had declined to approximately $13.3 million by August 2026, a reduction of
approximately 39% from the second half of 2024 monthly average and approximately 28% from
the 2025 monthly average. Finally, net cash burn per month had declined to approximately $8.2
million by August 2026, compared with monthly averages of approximately $21.5 million in the
second half of 2024 and approximately $17.6 million in 2025

Character has also worked to build and diversify revenue, which it primarily derives
from subscriptions and in-app advertising. Monthly subscription revenue was approximately $0.6
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million in January 2024, but due to increased marketing and other efforts, by August of 2026, this
revenue stream was $2.8 million. In mid-2025, Character launched in-app advertising and
partnered with multiple advertising networks to generate additional revenue sources. In March
2026, Character entered into an amended programmatic revenue-share and incentive arrangement
with a leading online advertisement provider. Monthly advertising revenue grew from
approximately $0.5 million in July 2025, its first full month, to approximately $2.5 million in
August 2026. In early 2026, Character also introduced in-app purchases. As a result of all these
efforts, total revenue grew from approximately $7.4 million in fiscal year 2024 to approximately
$23.6 million in fiscal year 2025.

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Frisky Dingus @friskydingus.bsky.social · 20h

Remember when he got to meet Rich Evans? And he threw it all away...smh

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Frisky Dingus @friskydingus.bsky.social · 20h

You were doing fine until you decided to be an asshole for no reason

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 23h

Remembering that time when some big name accounts were arguing that X is all good now and the algorithm has been de-Elon'd. Wait, that was yesterday. The same time this was happening.

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Frisky Dingus @friskydingus.bsky.social · 20h

This is so wild to me because I mainly buy shit for my nieces and nephews because it makes ME happy! Like its cool they get fun stuff too but its even cooler being a fun aunt/uncle. Its its own reward.

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Frisky Dingus @friskydingus.bsky.social · 20h

Have you seen those cute little spider hammocks and what not they have for these guys now? Oh god its cute 😍

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Kendra, spooky version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 22h

Bro look at my government it's everyone from the Black Hole Sun music video

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Frisky Dingus @friskydingus.bsky.social · 21h

Look, surely if he keeps pushing this boulder he will be viewed as talented eventually

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Frisky Dingus @friskydingus.bsky.social · 21h

Its actually a new shitty vision from the little guy

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Frisky Dingus @friskydingus.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

They never have to do real work

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Frisky Dingus @friskydingus.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I have seen this frame like 50000 times in my life

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Frisky Dingus @friskydingus.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Also why all the jokes about the boys group chats never amused me all that much If I'm honest

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Frisky Dingus @friskydingus.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Shane Gillis was just mad that he wasn't getting ethered by that Elephant Graveyard guy

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Frisky Dingus @friskydingus.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

She never even polled above 1% in the primary. Her problems are way bigger than that.

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Frisky Dingus @friskydingus.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Idk why but this Cornell story has me fucked up. Its not like its a new thing but man it sucks being reminded of your un-human-ness to so much of the population. I can't help but tear up when I think about this poor woman.

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Frisky Dingus @friskydingus.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Tbf every other rabid lunatic in Trump's ear is probably talking about Omar as well

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Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

My kid has started a Letterboxd list called Killer Sweaters for films where the killer wears a great sweater and they've asked me to throw it out to Bluesky for more because "that's the kind of thing those weirdos like to do"

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Frisky Dingus @friskydingus.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

The judge is like "oohh garsh you are really putting me in a pickle here because I keep telling everyone that they can trust the government and you go on and do all this" and I just...?!?!

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

whenever trump's DOJ has to go in front of a judge to get yelled at, every lawyer on here is like "omg i've NEVER seen a judge this mad, if a judge yelled at me like this i'd immediately commit seppeku," and then at the end of the hearing the judge is like "ok no sanctions just don't do it again"

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Frisky Dingus @friskydingus.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Pretty sure they're a racist invention to keep black people out of white neighborhoods though so idk

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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.

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Frisky Dingus @friskydingus.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I find algorithms somewhat similar. Like a lot of people think its being dictated on high to show less minorities etc when in reality there could be no weight on the scale at all but if you continuously choose the video with the white guy, even subconsciously, your algorithm learns that.

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merr-itt came from outer space @merrittk.com · 12/10/2026

the male reading thing is way simpler than most people make it. men typically don't like reading books about women whereas the opposite isn't true because women typically see men as subjects and men typically see women as objects

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

When Dems talk about the Ilhan Omar situation, they need to stop using language that implies that Omar might have done anything wrong. Trump is not "investigating" Omar. They are trying to denaturalize and deport a sitting Congressmember by scrutinizing decades old paperwork from when she was a kid

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Gabriele Svelto @gabrielesvelto.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

I double-checked this on a couple of Xitter stat sites and it's true. Average views of the main AfD account dropped 90% and average engagement dropped by 60%. This is commercial social media for you: bots, damn bots and Russian bots.

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Frisky Dingus @friskydingus.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

And it totally won't effect them mentally because they are just built different right

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Frisky Dingus @friskydingus.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Well, it is Nate Silver after all

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

if Elon is spending millions of dollars of his own money to push this message with paid media, what do you think he does to the black box algorithm on his platform that chooses which posts you see and which of your posts are shown to others?

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Frisky Dingus @friskydingus.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I think they just mean he's not reliant on some Russian data centers because he controls much more powerful resources than that

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Frisky Dingus @friskydingus.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Read this and then read the previous post where she describes her endorsement 🫠

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Frisky Dingus @friskydingus.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

You're never gonna catch me empathizing with incels when it is truly this easy

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Frisky Dingus @friskydingus.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Yeah I've had friends that had to do that for random reasons. Sometimes seasonal jobs I feel like was one. Hell, I'm doing a tightrope walk on my income so I don't lose my medicaid and stuff 😬

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Frisky Dingus @friskydingus.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Oh god, I was all about that show back when it came out. I read all of the books after it ended and they were pretty terrible but I still liked them.

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Frisky Dingus @friskydingus.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I had a lot of sex as a teen/young woman in the early 2000s. A LOT of it was definitely uncosentual or very dubious best, but if you said anything like that you were regarded as a crazy lunatic and shunned from all of your peers. 👍 Thats just kinda how it was where I grew up.

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Frisky Dingus @friskydingus.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

For me, that time is now! My boss still opens the email by left clicking and going down the little menu 😭

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😱 Spooky SpectreKILLoquy 🔪 🩸 @caulimovirus.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

i like to imagine azealia banks wrote that caption

wikipedia page for weimaraner dog breed with caption of picture reading
Short-haired bitch, two years old

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