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Una dies tarde et una mensura carens. He/him.

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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 16h
NEW: People who chug their own piss have emerged as MAJOR supporters of AI futurism.com/artificial-i...
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People Who Drink Their Own Pee Are Obsessed With AI, Using It to Reassure Themselves That It's a Miraculous Cure-All
Urine therapy devotees are sharing ways to break past AI guardrails in order to brainstorm ways to use pee as medicine.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A man replied to this saying in earnest that women need to get organized and fight for our rights and men will follow. We did that. We do that. We mobilized the largest single day protest in global history on every continent and yet I have fewer rights than my mom did at my age.
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Game Developer @gamedeveloper.bsky.social · 16h
Ubisoft Montreal employees launch collective action to preserve hybrid work schedule
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Ubisoft Montreal employees launch collective action to preserve hybrid work schedule
A petition is the first action.
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Syndicat des Travailleureuses du Jeu Vidéo @stjv.fr · 18h
🇬🇧🌀Workers at Ubisoft Montreal are going public with their unionization campaign in the world biggest video game studio, and are launching a petition to preserve hybrid work. ‼️If you know workers at Ubisoft Montreal, tell them about it and encourage them to sign the petition‼️
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Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 22h
NEW: As Trump’s White House and influencers keep touting the unproven benefits of raw milk, hundreds across the country are falling ill from outbreaks. Some people get severe indigestion. And some nearly die. Here's the story of one toddler who drank it. 🧵👇 www.propublica.org/article/cali...
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A Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.
California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But...
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Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
russia is once again moving at a pace of 15 war crimes per hour Let’s punish this evil and help close this good fundraiser for good people who complete the task, the goal is $2000 PayPal: evgeniyaannyuk@gmail.com
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
if you know anything about senator schmitt's monumental fuck up in the jack smith hearing, i implore you to reach out. can be anonymous. signal: marisakabas.04 email: marisa@thehandbasket.co
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CTIJ Montréal / GWU Montreal @gwu-montreal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today marks the public launch of the Ubisoft Workers of Montreal (UWM) campaign, with a first action: a petition to preserve hybrid work. Every Ubisoft Montreal employee is invited to sign the petition and every supporter encouraged to reach out to their network to encourage them to sign!
Poster from Ubisoft Workers of Montréal on a pole, with a link to a petition, and text reading "we made our mark from a distance - preserve hybrid work"
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GrumpyBen @grumpyben.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Great, now I have corporate slogans for fictional service Glud stuck in my head. "Glud: it's Gud." "You're Guld with Glud."
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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The newspapers now are essentially gaming apps with an op-ed page attached that occasionally calls powerful people to ask what’s going on and reports what they say as news. Journalism as we think of it does not exist, at least at the national level. And the local papers are dying by the day.
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TheAfterwords @theafterwords.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#DEAL ALERT! Heads up one-clickers - MADE THINGS, another book by @aptshadow.bsky.social, is also on #sale on #Kindle US for today only! amzn.to/3Tn8J4c #MadeThings #ad #amazoncom
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Made Things
Welcome to Fountains Parish--a cesspit of trade and crime, where ambition curls up to die and desperation grows on its cobbled streets like mold on week-old bread.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
People don’t understand how fragile our water infrastructure is. I’ve had contaminated water in the last six years. I’ve had my water co. hijacked for digital ransom. We are in perpetual near drought conditions... in NC, not AZ. AI boosters use pedantry about water use as an accountability shield.
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Dan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Today I saw the new 4 hour documentary Musk, directed by Alex Gibney. There were too many times to count that a sold out theater burst out laughing at Elon Musk, something he said or did, even sometimes just how he looked. I believe that is his worst nightmare come to life.
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GrumpyBen @grumpyben.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Oh, is it pronounced wor-SHAYE-ping then? Have I been saying it wrong?
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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 26/09/2026
I don't know if the movie is good, but if all the billionaires are colluding to make sure nobody watches it, I'll signal boost this for now. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This serves as advertisement for Alex Gibney’s documentary, Musk, opening October 9. Pass it on.
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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The Barbarienne @thebarbarienne.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
now with alt-text
The incident fits a broader pattern in the discourse around 'free speech' and 'cancel culture': whatever comes from the top down is freedom; whatever comes from the bottom up is bullying and censorship. When Macklemore is dropped at the behest of the billionaire stadium owner Robert Kraft, it's an exercise of the freedom of businesses to 'demonstrate their values' by deciding whom to platform. But when Ed Sheeran's fans decide not to buy tickets to his performances, or even demand refunds, it's bullying, mob behaviour. Since most people are not billionaires and do not own stadiums, they can exercise meaningful power only collectively. The collective exercise of power must therefore be demonised.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Raw milk strikes again. Thirteen people across nine states have become sick with E. coli after consuming Sierra Nevada Graziers’ product, with 8 of them having been hospitalized.
abcnews.com
E. coli outbreak linked to raw milk cheese brand: CDC, FDA
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are investigating a multistate outbreak of E. coli infections.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 25/09/2026
It’s really stunning how the USA has so swiftly shifted from being one of the most techno-optimistic and tech-industry-loving countries on earth, to a country where most people seem to assume - not incorrectly, at least in many cases - that tech is out to get them.
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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is the master key to deciphering contemporary debates about free speech. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026
I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility
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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 25/09/2026
i want nathan fielder to do undecided voter focus groups
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GrumpyBen @grumpyben.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
From the little I remember, wrong number of finger or arms is on-brand for skavens?
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The Onion @theonion.com · 24/09/2026
Xi Jinping Impressed With How Much Trump’s English Has Improved Since Last Visit theonion.com/xi-jinping-impressed-w…
Xi Jinping Impressed With How Much Trump’s English Has Improved Since Last Visit
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Fireproof Games @fireproofgames.com · 24/09/2026
We are delighted to announce The Room Three & The Room 4: Old Sins are available now from the eShop for Nintendo Switch™. Buy now on Nintendo eShop! 🇪🇺 bit.ly/eshop_EU_TheRoomGames 🇺🇸 bit.ly/eshop_US_TheRoomGames 🇯🇵 bit.ly/eshop_JP_TheRoomGames #TheRoom #NintendoSwitch #eShop
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 23/09/2026
Meta unsure why women not buying pervert glasses
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Meta unsure why women not buying pervert glasses
MENLO PARK, CA — As Meta’s totally cool, definitely-not-creepy smart glasses become more popular with tech bros and straight-up pervs, the tech company is reportedly baffled as to why their glasses wh...
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GrumpyBen @grumpyben.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Report: Bethesda president lies to Obsidian staff ..."
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Jan Willem Nijman @jwaaaap.com · 23/09/2026
if you’re a games company that wants to survive it has been proven over and over again you need to do whatever it takes to stay away from being publicly traded. you’ll be turned into wood chips the moment it’s convenient.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
My entire life I've heard centrists scolding leftist candidates with "oh, but how will we pay for all that? isn't your agenda unreasonable? shouldn't we run on a modest proposal for means-tested tax rebates?" Then Mamdani gets elected and makes it all look pretty easy. No wonder they hate him.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 22/09/2026
Fertilizers: End the free pass for the merchants of death "After all, they are collectively benefiting from the death and suffering being inflicted on Ukrainian civilians in this war," writes Alan Riley, Visiting Professor at the College of Europe, in this op-ed.
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Fertilizers: End the free pass for the merchants of death
Ever since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Russian fertilizer industry has had a sanctions-free pass. One can see why such a free pass was granted. When it came to Russian fe...
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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 21/09/2026
8. often, when people say LLMs "can do" something they mean LLMs can produce output that looks like the output of doing something 9. producing something that looks like the output of doing something is not the same thing as doing it
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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 21/09/2026
3. LLMs are ill-suited or dangerous for many of the purposes for which they are advertised 4. there has been a heavy top-down push for institutional adoption by bosses and administrators, which has reinforced public perception that using them is a safe, responsible choice
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randy r. potts @thephatic.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
in terms of invasion potential, Moscow has not had a legitimate enemy to worry about since 1945; meanwhile, since 1945 Moscow has invaded many of its neighbors and wrought Gaza-level destruction
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Richard Cobbett @richardcobbett.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Nighthawks! It's out! Please buy and like it! That is the best marketing slogan my tired brain can come up with right now! store.steampowered.com/app/1221950/...
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Save 10% on Nighthawks on Steam
The secret is out. Vampires have been exposed to the world… and you’re one of them. Seize the night as a modern monster, stepping out of the shadows to build a thriving nightclub empire through fear, ...
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qwasop.bsky.social @qwasop.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It's especially infuriating how it often gets paired with dismissal of other EE countries' concerns. "The Soviet Union ended 30 years ago, let it go already" vs "Russians are a bit jumpy because of Napoleon, completely understandable".
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The deepest, most serious mistake of the IR field is the concept of « Russia’s legitimate security concerns ». They don’t exist. Never have. Russia has not been threatened even vaguely in its entire post-1991 existence.
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GrumpyBen @grumpyben.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It's satire because it has a talking penguin in it.
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GrumpyBen @grumpyben.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Aren't corporations also people?
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 20/09/2026
Amtrak didn’t tell us about this exposure, so heads up: if you took an Amtrak train last week through Chicago or anywhere on the Southwest Chief, Coast Starlight, or California Zephyr routes like we did, you may have been exposed to measles! Please let the train people in your life know about this
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404 Media @404media.co · 21/09/2026
A Microsoft executive called “an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions,” and the “largest theft of labor in human history.” An internal Microsoft document said generative AI products have created a “doom loop” that is killing “the entire web.” www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...
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‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft
"Millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions."
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Ryan Boyd @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Guy who is obviously on drugs: I built a supercomputer that is God and now I need subsidies
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Xero Reynolds 41/100 on Patreon @artificer-ind.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick.
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
when ai leaves u behind
7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2: 
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4: 
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6: 
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy. 
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
a lot of people act like there's a trade being offered where we give up trans athletes in sports and in exchange fascism is defeated forever
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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
AI made up indigenous journalists www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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‘Very harmful’: website uses AI to generate northern Indigenous news ‘correspondents’ | CBC News
The website WE NEWS has three northern Indigenous 'AI correspondents.' Their profiles say they are 'a member of Yukon First Nation,' 'of Dene heritage,' and 'an Inuk raised in the North.' Experts in t...
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 20/09/2026
⚡️Ukraine urges countries to close 'Russian House' centers, citing disinformation, espionage risks. "Our shared European home is not the place for 'Russian houses' promoting war propaganda," Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said.
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Ukraine urges countries to close 'Russian House' centers, citing disinformation, espionage risks
"Our shared European home is not the place for 'Russian houses' promoting war propaganda," Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said.
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The accounting is in: In Oregon there are 111 data centers. The TOTAL number of people employed at data centers is just 2,630, or 0.1% of the labor force. Those 100 data centers consumer 23% of all electricity used in Oregon. Meanwhile, electricity rates skyrocket as more centers are built.
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Oregon data centers by the numbers: 111 facilities consume nearly one-quarter of state’s power, according to new report
A first-of-its-kind report details the footprint of the controversial facilities.
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Stephen Lautens @stephenlautens.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
One of Canada's advantages is that we know a lot about the US. We follow their news and politics, get their TV channels, travel there. But Americans know nothing about us. They don't understand our politics, history or values. They constantly misjudge us, but we understand them completely. #cdnpoli
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