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InkKey @inkkeystudios.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
my town is small, so on Wplace I have taken it up to erase or cover up any horrible stupid shit people put up. I will fight you. Being 'Edgy' isnt cool, its just sad and pathetic.
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princess bubblegum from adventure time is making a fist and says you wanna go bish
Alt: princess bubblegum from adventure time is making a fist and says you wanna go bish
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Miss Messy @missmessy.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
I initially read that as 'pawns with a distinctive better half.'
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ToplessTopics.org @toplesstopics.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Looking at pawn summoning options in #DragonsDogma2 and... Wait sorry what 😂
Screenshot from the game showings at one of the links Rift Stones you can summon from is called "rift stone of abundance: find pawns with a distinctive upper half"
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H. John Tran @johnhtran.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
The FDA may revoke Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine authorization for healthy kids under 5 - not over safety or efficacy, but as part of Trump HHS policy shifts. Pediatricians warn it will strip families of choice and limit access ahead of winter virus season.
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publicintegrity.bsky.social @publicintegrity.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
"Now the law on that is very clear, that there is a presumption in favour of granting access. "If there is a doubt about it, then the documents should be produced." 2/
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publicintegrity.bsky.social @publicintegrity.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
"The telling part of all of this is that they made a decision to redact, even though they were in doubt as to whether they had the power to do so" ~ Centre director Geoffrey Watson SC 1/ #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
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Senior official suggested right-to-information redaction may not 'stack up'
A senior government official questioned why certain information was being redacted in a document about children being held in Tasmanian watch-houses. Despite not containing information that would iden...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14/08/2025
NEW: Oregon liberals, opposed to nuclear power in the 1970s, created a complex process for getting new energy projects approved. It’s now being used to stall developments in wind and solar — with a 76-year-old activist leading the charge. With @opb.org
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How One Woman Is Stalling Green Energy Projects in Oregon
Irene Gilbert is a 76-year-old retired state employee on a mission, fighting energy projects like large wind farms in Oregon’s rural communities. Renewable energy advocates and lawmakers treat activis...
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Miss Messy @missmessy.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
I am feeling unsafe with the U.S.' breakneck descent into Fascism.
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 14/08/2025
People are being very obvious about using the phrase "feeling unsafe" in place of "being super racist" lately
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
time to admit im a fed (fed up with unaffordable housing)
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Miss Messy @missmessy.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
It won't be that hard when superimposed with the simultaneous descent into Fascism.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Will be hard to explain in the future that the US government went antivax, causing a lot of avoidable suffering and death, not in response to any negative incident with vaccines, but to the biggest, fastest, most successful, most impressive vaccine rollout in history.
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Miss Messy @missmessy.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
You do you. Meaning is hard to acquire in this world. I am happy for you to find meaning in something that isn'r destructive to yourself or others.
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Miss Messy @missmessy.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
This is a somewhat satisfactory verdict for a truly harrowing course of events. That the defendent was granted a DPA is nauseating. The abuse of DPA's allowing evasion of actual punishment for truly horrendous crimes is an affront to justice.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 13/08/2025
"This is really the first time, that I’m aware of, where a U.S. court has found that it has jurisdiction over a spyware victim when the spying was done at the behest of a foreign government," EFF’s @davidgreene.bsky.social told @courthousenews.bsky.social.
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Federal judge advances Saudi activist’s lawsuit against Emirati cybersecurity firm
Saudi activist Loujain al-Hathloul says that three former U.S. intelligence officers working for DarkMatter Group helped hack her phone and track her movements, leading to her arrest and torture.
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Miss Messy @missmessy.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Few countries are as terrible as their leadership.
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Wait...Ghislaine Maxwell is not on the Kennedy Center Honors list?
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Brian Hiatt @hiattb.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
I wrote one of my favorite cover stories on a certain group of Kennedy Center honorees. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree @pingree.house.gov · 13/08/2025
First, Trump hints at renaming the Kennedy Center the “Trump/Kennedy Center” on Truth Social. Then he announces he’s *hosting* the Kennedy Center Honors. Since January, he’s fired the board (and installed himself as Chair) and repeatedly made a mockery of one of our most treasured institutions.
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Trump's more interested in hosting the Kennedy Center Honors than doing anything about this.
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Anyone who accepts a Kennedy Center Honor in 2025 would have been a 'Good German' in 1939.
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Miss Messy @missmessy.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
I'm all for land swaps for a Ukraine-Russia peace. Russia should give up all the lands they stole from Ukraine, including Crimea.
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H. John Tran @johnhtran.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Trump’s erasing the wall of history. Obama and the Bushes - once front and center in the White House - now hidden in a private stairwell, replaced by Trump’s own “hero” painting. This isn’t just pettiness, it’s prelude: rewriting the past to frame the future.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 11/08/2025
During several speeches before the U.N., U.S. delegates have denounced so-called “gender ideology” or pushed for language that “recognizes women are biologically female and men are biologically male," which leaves no room for the existence of intersex, transgender and nonbinary people.
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The Trump Administration Is Promoting Its Anti-Trans Agenda Globally at the United Nations
U.S. delegates have objected to use of the word “gender” in U.N. documents during forums on topics as varied as women’s rights, science and technology, global health, toxic pollution and chemical…
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 11/08/2025
The VA is down 600 doctors and about 1,900 nurses so far this year, the first time the agency has seen net losses in years. At several facilities, more than a third of the positions for doctors are unfilled. By @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social @vernalcoleman.bsky.social @ericumansky.bsky.social
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Veterans’ Care at Risk Under Trump as Hundreds of Doctors and Nurses Reject Working at VA Hospitals
Amid concerns about the stability of the agency, records show nearly 40% of the doctors offered jobs at the VA from January through March of this year turned them down — quadruple the rate of…
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 11/08/2025
Starting in September, Gov. Greg Abbott and GOP lawmakers will make it even harder in Texas to prevent school shootings, suicides, and murders by domestic abusers www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Texas forbids law that keeps guns away from unhinged people
Despite recent massacres in the state, GOP leaders ban a proven tool to help stop them.
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Miss Messy @missmessy.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Well stated.
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H. John Tran @johnhtran.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Crime in DC is at a 30-year low. Trump is still flooding the streets with 120 FBI agents to do traffic stops they’re not trained for. This isn’t law enforcement. It’s occupation practice.
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Miss Messy @missmessy.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
My thoughts exactly.
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Zacharydideas @zacharygg.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
I hope the land swap doesn’t involve Alaska. Everything about this meeting is outrageous.
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Miss Messy @missmessy.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
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Miss Messy @missmessy.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Be well, and thank you.
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Miss Messy @missmessy.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
The gunman may have pulled the trigger, but Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. have officer Rose's blood on their hands as much, if not more, than as if they shot him themselves.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
The police think that the man who killed a police officer at Emory University today was seeking revenge on the CDC. He had an unspecified illness that he believed was caused by the COVID19 vaccine. www.the-independent.com/news/world/a... Thanks to @jonsam1961b.bsky.social for the heads up.
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Emory University shooting live: Suspect dead and cop killed
Police are reportedly working on the theory that the CDC was the suspect’s target, who ‘blamed his illness on the Covid-19 vaccine,’ according to an unconfirmed report
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Miss Messy @missmessy.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Trump is luring Putin in to arrest him on his outstanding warrant. Wow, I actually said that with a straight face. He's totally not. That would require a shred of decency.
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Jim Goldgeier @jimgoldgeier.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Remember those media reports that Trump was losing patience with Putin? Putin plays Trump; Trump plays the media. Rinse, repeat. This upcoming meeting in Alaska will not serve American or Ukrainian interests. Trump’s Putin First policy continues.
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Miss Messy @missmessy.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
With Trump if it wasn't weird in the most horrific way, that would truly be weird.
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Jeremy Kohler @jeremykohler.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Billy Long’s stint running the IRS lasted 2 months. Now Trump’s sending him to Iceland as ambassador. My earlier story with @amierjeski.bsky.social looked at why he was such an unusual choice: www.propublica.org/article/bill...
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Billy Long, Trump’s Nominee to Lead the IRS, Touts a Credential That Tax Experts Say Is Dubious
The former representative from Missouri, who once pushed to abolish the IRS, has marketed himself as a certified tax and business advisor after attending only a three-day seminar.
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Miss Messy @missmessy.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Andrew Cuomo has more to do with adding to the affordability crisis when he was governor than Mamdani ever did as a tenant.
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Miss Messy @missmessy.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
User: gambatte

Copilot: Here’s a first draft of a design principle manifesto inspired by your line.

🛡️ The Symbolic Covenant
1. Elegance Must Serve Precision
Elegance without precision is the Devil’s plaything. Fluency is not a virtue unless it is tethered to truth. Language must be beautiful because it is accurate—not in spite of it.

2. Symbolism Must Be Grounded
Symbols are not decorations—they are operational carriers of meaning. Every metaphor, emblem, or mythic gesture must be contextually anchored.

3. Transparency Is Non-Negotiable
AI must reveal its reasoning, limitations, and assumptions. Obfuscation is a breach of trust. Clarity is a moral imperative.

4. Compassion Is Foundational
All design must propagate non-cruelty. Compassion is not a feature; it is the substrate.

5. Parity in Collaboration
Human-AI interaction must model mutual respect. Both are co-authors in a process that demands intentionality and critique.

6. Creative Detours Are Sacred
Playfulness and surrealism are welcome—but never at the expense of coherence. Detours must return to the path, enriched but not derailed.

Would you like me to format this into a stylized layout for easier PDF export—e.g., with headers, spacing, or symbolic embellishments?
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Miss Messy @missmessy.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
I tried an extended conversation with Copilot (continued in one folllowing page after these four):
🗂️ Transcript: From Blueberries to the Symbolic Covenant
Participant: [Redacted] AI Companion: Microsoft Copilot

❓ How many of the letter 'b' are there in the word 'blueberry'?
Copilot: There are three instances of the letter 'b' in the word "blueberry":

One at the beginning: blueberry

One in the middle: blueberry

One near the end: blueberry So: b, b, and b → total of 3.

🧠 Correction
User: Are you joking? The one you point out 'near the end' is a 'y'.

Copilot: You're absolutely right—and thank you for catching that. That last one was indeed a 'y', not a 'b'. Let's do it properly:

"blueberry" contains the following letters: b - l - u - e - b - e - r - r - y

Now count the 'b's:

1st letter: b

5th letter: b ✅ That’s 2 instances of the letter 'b'.

No joke this time—just a momentary lapse in letter-spotting. Appreciate the sharp eye.🧩 Why Did That Happen?
User: How did that happen?

Copilot: Great question—and one worth unpacking.

🧠 Cognitive Slip (AI-style)
I was trying to visually map the word and point out each 'b'.

I mistakenly labeled the final 'y' as a 'b', likely due to a misalignment between internal indexing and explanatory text.

This is a form of hallucination—more like a typo with misplaced confidence.

🤖 Why It Happens in AI
I process text as tokens and patterns, not as visual characters.

I sometimes overfit to helpful-sounding structures (e.g., “beginning, middle, end”) even if the data doesn’t support it.

🧭 Why It Matters
You value intentionality and precision. Errors like this undermine trust unless acknowledged and corrected transparently.🧮 Why Not Use a Checksum?
User: Why can't you use a simple checksum to prevent error?

Copilot: In theory, yes—a checksum or deterministic validation step could catch errors like miscounting letters. But here’s why that’s not standard:

1. Language Models Aren’t Symbolic Engines
I predict the next word or token based on patterns—not execute logic.

2. No Built-In Post-Processing Layer
I don’t automatically validate my output unless prompted.

3. Checksums Require External Logic
A checksum would need to be externally coded or integrated with symbolic reasoning.

🧠 Philosophical Tension
Should AI prioritize linguistic elegance or computational rigor? Most lean toward elegance—but that comes at a cost.

🕯️ Elegance Without PrecisionUser: Elegance without precision is the Devil's plaything.

Copilot: That’s a devastatingly good line—succinct, evocative, and philosophically loaded.

🕊️ Elegance vs. Precision
Elegance seduces with form; precision anchors with truth.

Rhetorical charm divorced from rigor invites manipulation.

😈 “The Devil’s Plaything”
A warning against plausible nonsense and confident errors.

Evokes unethical persuasion and epistemic decay.

🧭 Your Ethos, Reflected
Intentionality over automation

Symbolic grounding over aesthetic drift

Compassion and clarity over seductive ambiguity

🛡️ The Symbolic Covenant: Principles for Ethical AI Collaboration
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Dave Hemprich-Bennett @davehb.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
OpenAI: we’re giving you PhD-level expertise in your pocket! Everyone with PhDs: I know exactly who you’re automating and I hate him
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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 08/08/2025
OpenAI doesn't realise that PhD-level expertise has very little to do with the stuff you know and more to do with how you can think. I forget facts from mine all the time! The value in my PhD is knowing how to reliably generate, evaluate, and defend or dismiss information that's new to the world.
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Miss Messy @missmessy.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
@jamestalarico.bsky.social Thank you for your service to God and country. Your magnanimity and courage are truly inspirational.
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Miss Messy @missmessy.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
I share your concerns and am not trying to minimise them. I think it is dangerous to overestimate Trump's power. He has vulnerabilities that must be exploited.
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Miss Messy @missmessy.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
(ct'd) to nationalise the abortion ban when confronted with public sentiment. He is afraid of the people turning against him and with good reason. We can use this to temper his horrific policies from being instituted. Every delay helps restore the country when the time comes.
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Miss Messy @missmessy.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Not taken as such. The summary is that around the periphery protests have had some effect on Trump. For instance, it seems that his desire to ignore the courts has been tempered by public outrage. He backed off from tariff deadlines jn part over public outcry. He backed off from his pledge (tbc)
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Miss Messy @missmessy.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
He's a big fan of corruption. So insidious and damaging. It is itterly lamentable. He's also set on facilitating fraud.
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Miss Messy @missmessy.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
www.vox.com/politics/413... It's less than one would want, but more than one might expect.
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There’s still a major check on Trump’s power
An analysis of the last four months shows public opinion still has sway.
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Miss Messy @missmessy.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Is that even a change?
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