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Andrew Deck @andrewdeck.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

ChatGPT is adding the signatures of real New Yorker cartoonists to its AI-generated images. So far, I've found the signatures of more than 15 contributors. "It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat...

Left: A cartoon generated by ChatGPT and signed with Emily Flake’s signature that was posted to a Reddit forum in June. Right: A real Emily Flake cartoon published in The New Yorker on August 20, 2026 and licensed via The Cartoon Bank.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026

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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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

The fundraising texts you delete are working on someone. It’s infuriating and heartbreaking. An 85yo in Ohio gave more than double the value of his home. A 91yo in an Indianapolis senior facility gave 25K times. The DCCC/DSCC don’t just tolerate the spammers who exploit seniors. They take part.

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Hook and Squeeze

How Democratic consultants, committees, and party leaders built a fundraising spam pipeline that funnels money from a captive pool of elderly donors into their own operations.

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MikeMDV @mikemdv.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

It was before Drive, but Superbad is a great funk soundtrack. Bootsy Collins!

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MikeMDV @mikemdv.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

When they start saying any variation of, “It’s different this time,” you know they’re cooked. “It’s different this time” is the strongest bubble predictor and always arrives near the top.

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MikeMDV @mikemdv.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

It’s the perfect car to plane your front door!

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MikeMDV @mikemdv.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Accented by some Rice Krispie sounds from his ribs

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MikeMDV @mikemdv.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

It’s only anecdotal evidence, but we’re big Marvel fans and liked most of the first season, but we canceled D+ when they fired Kimmel. We haven’t resubscribed yet, but we’ll probably subscribe and cancel soon, so we’ll have a month to watch it.

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MikeMDV @mikemdv.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

We’re less productive when Bluesky is up and running. They should be boosting it if they want to damage us.

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MikeMDV @mikemdv.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

It turns out that “Democracy dies in darkness” was aspirational.

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Comic Book Yeti 🎃 @comicbookyeti.com · 11/03/2026

Meanwhile in this episode of that’s so 2026…

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Katria Raden @katriaraden.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

generative AI has become widely available in the summer of 2022 and entered mainstream in 2023 people are working themselves up in a frenzy, convinced they're utterly helpless without software younger than still-fresh canned tuna. we have been making art for at least 50,000 years, get a grip

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

AOC: What we saw today was a criminal murder a woman while she was trying to flee for her life. What we saw today was a manifestation of every American’s worst nightmare: their government turning into a tyranny.

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Democrats @democrats.org · 07/01/2026

ICE shot and killed a woman on camera today. We all saw the video. The Trump administration is lying.

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Brian Hughes @bmhughes.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥

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Novelty Cistern @noveltycistern.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

hey I haven't seen this mentioned anywhere but - if you're using Chrome and you don't want this gross little AI Mode button to pop up in your address bar, paste "chrome://flags" into your address bar and search the flags for "AI Mode." find "AI Mode Omnibox Entrypoint" then you can just disable it!

screenshot of edge of address bar with "AI Mode" button

screenshot of the chrome "flags" page with "ai mode" in the search bar; the search result "AI Mode Omnibox entrypoint" is highlighted, with an option box to the right set to "Default"

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

The people who want violent protests to happen are Trump, Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, Pete Hegseth, Tom Homan, and other senior appointees in his admin. They are doing everything they possibly can to provoke people to violence and it is obvious that is what they hope for daily.

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Mindcite💥 @mindcite.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Younger veteran: "How old are you, man?" Older veteran: “87.” Younger veteran: “Out here getting arrested, raising hell at 87.” Older veteran: “It’s just beginning.” 🦅 🦅 🦅 #ResistanceUnited 🔥 🔥 🔥

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MikeMDV @mikemdv.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

At a time when the country is already losing jobs, they’re deliberately putting more people out of work. Crushing our GDP to own the libs.

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

There is a difference between righteous anger, directed at injustice, and hateful anger, directed at those who are different. Authoritarian regimes deliberately conflate the two to silence criticism and create false equivalence. It's important we don't let those in power succeed in this endeavor.

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ACOG @acog.org · 22/09/2025

ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. bit.ly/47Wxc59

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MikeMDV @mikemdv.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

It’s never like it’s portrayed in the movies, unless you’re talking about a Coen brothers movie.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Wow. New NBC poll finds 78% support vaccines, including 72% of independents and 67% of Republicans. As I keep trying to argue, Democrats should polarize the shit out of the vaccine/public health debate. Make people take sides. It will split Republicans and MAGA. See this:

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MikeMDV @mikemdv.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Just out of frame: a photographer checking his phone, wondering how much longer he needs to keep the lights set up.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 31/08/2025

New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!

PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER
NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
SECRETARY GINA DEBLASSIE
AUGUST 29, 2025
Ensuring Availability of COVID-19 Vaccine for the 2025-2026 Season

THIS ORDER supersedes any previous order, proclamation, or directives to the extent they are in conflict. This Public Order shall take effect immediately and remain in effect until such time as it automatically expires one year from the date of issuance, or until such time as the New Mexico Department of Health Cabinet Secretary rescinds it.

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MikeMDV @mikemdv.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

President Degen was so far ahead of his time. Truly a visionary.

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MikeMDV @mikemdv.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Trump’s mind becomes a haunted house around 2 AM every night. Just wall-to-wall anxieties jumping out to scare the shit out of him.

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MikeMDV @mikemdv.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

When will Congress address the threat of forever sand in our bodies?

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MikeMDV @mikemdv.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Shouldn’t he be running away from that eagle? Last time he got that close to one, it asserted its dominance over him.

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MikeMDV @mikemdv.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

“‘And we looked back behind us and this big yacht just came through the boat.’ The boat then fled the scene, authorities said.” A metaphor for our times.

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MikeMDV @mikemdv.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Do they realize the girl has only three fingers on her right hand? They surely don’t care, but did they even check?

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