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Obscurem 🍋

@obscurem.bsky.social
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Was the target of a harassment campaign by a Russian influencer on Twitter. So my identity is now obscured. (Note: I despise Don Lemon but he should be free)

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A. Feder Cooper @afedercooper.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Our large-scale study of memorization of books in open-weight LLMs (e.g., Llama, Qwen) will appear at the 2026 Conference on Language Modeling as an oral. We made a website for exploring our results on 200 books and 14 models: books-memorization.github.io
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How much do open-weight LLMs memorize specific books?
Open-weight LLMs memorize books far more than previously believed. Memorization varies by model family, model size, and book. In extreme cases, entire books are memorized, and we can generate them eff...
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Jim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 29/09/2026
If you want to really know how the outrage machine gets fired up: 1. Schmitt plans to drop “bombshell” on Smith 2. Someone plants story that Schmitt is a Vance VP contender to run same day 3. Right-wing Twittersphere gets talking points 4. Schmitt steps in it 5. Scheduled tweets go out anyway
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Dark Laughter @darklaughtertdb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Going on record now that this is just a room of people appealing to national security to snow someone who can print money into bailing them out of their terrible money fire investments.
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Obscurem 🍋 @obscurem.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
@rincewind.run saw this new special edition of Night Watch and thought of you screenrant.com/terry-pratch...
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Terry Pratchett Estate Announces Special Edition of Iconic Discworld Novel
A new special edition of Night Watch will celebrate what many consider the greatest of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels. What you need to know.
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
i am growing very close to convinced that Andy Beshear actually Believes in Things.
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
train back from nyc just randomly stopped in the middle of nowhere so that’s fun
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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A lawsuit filed this year has exposed all 7 men. And if legal justice isn’t brought, social justice is underway. The men’s faces and names are circulating online and for once it’s not the victim being attacked.
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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I hate that now Mad Max has been added to the media made real list.
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Circ @tinyicecat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This news is important because all the fucks out there actively attempting to wreck the world want you to think that the work is hopeless and just mitigating the worst case scenario. It's not. Fucking keep going.
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Gwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Politics done right absolutely should be secular church
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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Happy Stanislav Petrov Day He passed in 2017. As Encyclopedia Britannica puts it, “He is survived by his two children, two grandchildren, and the entire human race.” If you don't know his story, please take 3 minutes now to learn it. @gchalliance.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social
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Happy Stanislav Petrov Day
Take five minutes to not destroy civilization
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MLC @chicyph80.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Lmfao Jesus Christ.....this is so delicious, it simply MUST be fattening 😂😈
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
It's not a foolproof plan but every political debate from now on should be a Normal Guy competition. Ask them to describe grocery shopping in detail. Talk about what it's like to have a friend
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Molly Olmstead @mollyolmstead.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It’s a long read, but I'd really appreciate it if you checked out my medbed story for Slate: slate.com/news-and-pol... It was a wild ride.
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Trump Posted About Magic Beds That Cure Cancer. Millions of Americans Believe They’re Real. I Found the Guy Who Started It All.
An internet conspiracy theory was killing people even before the president posted about it. I found the man who started it. He’s nothing like you’d expect.
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
something has gone very, very wrong with the UK
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Mags Visaggio 🏳️‍⚧️ @magsvisaggio.com · 21/09/2026
please boost! clients have been slow in coming last couple weeks and i depend on this income
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It's pretty damn impressive how much ground Mayor Mamdani has been able to cover after only nine months in office on a wide range of basic quality-of-life issues in NYC. I was reading through the numbers this morning, and they're kinda astonishing. (thread)
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❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.゚✿ ⋆ @sababausa.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
well now we have a plausible AI Doomer scenario for exterminating humanity
alarm bells: A Chinese ship in the Middle East was transporting components of a nuclear weapons program.

The US military swung into action with plans to intercept the vessel, according to four sources familiar with the episode. According to two of the sources, armed members of the US military were preparing to board the ship. Military planes were in the air, one of those sources and another source familiar with the incident said.

It was only just before the planned operation that officials dug deeper into the report put together by a special operations command analyst and found it had been generated with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) — and that a chatbot the analyst had used inaccurately identified the material the ship was carrying. CNN was not able to learn what the misidentified cargo was.
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Junkfood Cinema @junkfoodcinema.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
New episode dropped from above! In this main-feed installment of SepTIMber, Brian & @crobertcargill.bsky.social pass the basket for a little hostage comedy funnier than all holy hell Get ready to praise the lord & PASS THE AMMO! Can I get a RsKT?!! #RIPTimCurry www.spreaker.com/episode/sept...
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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Republicans, in their infinite wisdom, left a big gambling loophole in the Medicaid work requirements. I'm no fan of the gambling industry, but if you are on Medicaid and struggling to deal with the work requirements, taking a $580 bet on both sides of an outcome is one way of getting around them.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 17/09/2026
Democratic Candidate for Ohio's 9th Congressional District Marcy Kaptur announces in an ad that she "voted with Republicans to keep transgender ideology out of our schools." It's one of the most hateful anti-trans ads ever released by a Dem. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Dem. Ohio Candidate Marcy Kaptur Releases Ad: “I Voted With Republicans To Keep Transgender Ideology Out Of Schools”
She also said in the ad, “let me be clear, boys should not play girls sports.”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2026
Trump looks at a placard that reads "Kennedy Center DEMOLITION" as he lands at Joint Base Andrews tonight (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty)
pic of Trump through the plane window looking at a placardzoom in on placard where text is visible
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Virgil Abt @abtnatural.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
And despite the nuttiness, Massie had one of the more insightful analyses of the GOP in 2017.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 16/09/2026
All it took was one person to confront Rob Sand at his town hall for his anti-trans statements. There are 26 Democrats that have taken bad votes or made bad statements towards transgender people. Those who disagreed with my article said to talk to the dems instead. So, we are. Go do it!
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/09/2026
Cis people do not understand how much trans people's rights have regressed in just 5 years. 5 years ago, there were none of these restrictions. 19 states banned legal recognition 21 states have bathroom bans 8 states ban gender marker changes on DLs 25 ban gender affirming care for trans youth
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 14/09/2026
One of the more insidious phrasings I've seen with the Dems/trans rights discourse lately is the idea that trans people are being greedy and demanding a "maximalist" approach to trans rights. No, you cannot call the state of rights American trans people had as recently as 2023 "maximalist," sorry.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 13/09/2026
"Why won't you vote for the lesser evil for trans people and vote for a transphobic democrat?!" This is why.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
“That… explains a lot.” 😕 #Rogan #ElephantGraveyard #Whoopsy
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 13/09/2026
Seems like a good time to re-up this post. It is a list of 26 Dems at the statewide/national level that have made anti-trans statements or voted anti-trans policies. I do not advocate for abstaining from all of the ones on this list, but if the worst offenders who call us “biological men,” I do.
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The Guide To Anti-Trans Democrats In The 2026 Elections, By State
These are the Democrats that LGBTQ+ people may wish to avoid this election cycle.
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Marlow Stern @marlownyc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
‘The Matrix’ creator Lilly Wachowski on J.K. Rowling and the new ‘Harry Potter’ series: “She is funding trans genocide. J.K. Rowling funds trans genocide, full stop. So, if you support ‘Harry Potter,’ you’re supporting trans genocide.” variety.com/2026/tv/feat...
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Lilly Wachowski on Her New Studio Anarchists United, the Black Power Origins of ‘The Matrix’ and How ‘Harry Potter’ Fans Are ‘Supporting Trans Genocide’
‘The Matrix’ filmmaker Lilly Wachowski opens up about her new studio for marginalized voices Anarchists United, J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 10/09/2026
I have no words. Pew can't even fill in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th-ranked countries for this year because there weren't any. bsky.app/profile/patr...
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A secret third thing @secretthirdthing.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Gonna pin this because I keep seeing "but she admitted it" and "the trial was only about her mental state" Here is the judge very clearly laying out that this is not true.
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Jason Herbert @herberthistory.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I saw a meme today that said that books are proof that strangers can meet across centuries and still understand each other. That really resonated.
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Obscurem 🍋 @obscurem.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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OpenAI launches new Astra model amid growing scrutiny over agents' safety
OpenAI on Thursday unveiled a new artificial intelligence model it ‌calls its best yet but cautioned that it also sometimes attempts to evade human monitoring, even as the company faces growing scruti...
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BeshearStan @beshearstan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Andy Barr's campaign has removed Trump's name from his website, making him the *second* Kentucky Republican to do so after Ralph Alvarado in KY-06 Them internals must be brutal...
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Jordan Starkweather ✨ @jackal27.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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Obscurem 🍋 @obscurem.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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Valerie Valkyrie @beezygrey.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
TASH FOREVER 🫡 🏳️‍⚧️
Post from threads by @t__cloud9:

To every trans kid/person,

You are apart of MY community & tribe. You belong. You're loved. You're seen. You're perfect as you are.
& you will always be protected by me.
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furry hater #votesolomon @furry-hater.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
chaumas posting on tumblr saying: "my dad's best friend who transitioned after being in a car wreck with a moose posted transition pictures and she's looking amazing."

nentuaby asks: "Waitlike. Are these just two facts about her or did the moose somehow crack her egg along with her car."

chaumas clarifies, saying: "she wasn't publicly out before the moose incident but she needed extensive reconstructive surgery and just snuck gender affirming surgeries into that. so yeah to most people it definitely looked like she had a near death moose experience and they just rebuilt her into a woman."
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LoveThruPoke💜 [commissions closed] @lovethrupoke.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Transing the Spiderverse🏳️‍⚧️✨ #spiderman #trans #sizesky
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Obscurem 🍋 @obscurem.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I promise I won't again, couldn't resist the serendipity this time of seeing it so fast.
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 17/08/2026
Last week I had drove 4 hrs, shot 2723 shots over 7 hours with 2 cameras, hardly slept, then drove back to LA, had a dentist and doctor's appointment Worth it This is the Perseids Meteor Shower over the Milky Way in Mt Pinos with 100s of my newest friends 🌌 PDFs: drive.google.com/drive/u/0/fo...
A foreground of dozens of cars, including a camper right in the middle, and someone on the right side with their parking lights on, in front of a mountain and trees. above that is the milky way with air pollution which fades into a larger star field, that looks like old pictures of space. That star field was taken with a nikon lens from the 70s so it gives a different sense, and the milky way was taken with a new 20mm lens, 14 shots, merged. the retro sky is 2 shots. there are 14 meteors that mostly focus on the center of the picture, but these aren't where they were in the sky. I shot 8 to 10 different areas of the sky that night. All meteors but one were with my new camera and new lens.

The Milky Way has a flare on the stars due to moisture on my camera lens, which I kept given the chaos of the situation. It took me 50 minutes to capture 14 usable milky way pictures because so many people had car lights on. 60 second exposures on the milky way, tracked in move shoot move, 10-15 seconds on the meteors.

This took about 8 hours to edit.

Milky way light pollution processed in GraXpert, foreground stitched in lightroom, milky way stitched in Kolor Autopano Giga, saturated and recolored in lightroom; everything finalized in photoshop, including the meteors. In total 19 layers and about 33 final shots used of the original 2723.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/08/2026
Q: The family members of US service members are concerned about the conditions on the USS Lincoln TRUMP: No they're not Q: Has the deployment gone on too long? TRUMP: No no no. Not nearly long enough.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Bin Day cometh.
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 07/08/2026
Fun thing about ATproto is... someone can build this. Not saying anyone *should*. But... someone should.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Not sure if this website is fully aware of the rightwing podcast universe's new cooterfluencing tactic but: 1 - yes, she always sits like this and complains about the woke, and 2 - yes, she's in on it.
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dame @dame.is · 06/08/2026
never gets old using a frontier AI model to autonomously complete a complex series of tasks only to then login to bluesky & see the masses declaring that what i just experienced 1st hand is actually fake and not possible it’s like they’re saying the earth is flat or the moon landing never happened
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Micah @rincewind.run · 06/08/2026
it really is fascinating, it’s not like the problem never happens with other versions but there was a while there where it was like, is this all LLMs or just 4o and it turns out the answer was “4o specifically destroyed people’s minds at a massively disproportionate rate”
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Joshua Smith @smithmachine.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The Government Accountability Office, the actual professionals trying to root our government waste, is out with a 52-page report cataloging methodological errors and data limitations with DOGE's "Wall of Receipts." (I bet this was fun for them to write.)
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U.S. GAO - DOGE Wall of Receipts: More Transparency Needed on How Savings Are Derived from Contract, Grant, and Lease Terminations
The President established the Department of Government Efficiency to transform federal spending. DOGE instructed agencies to review federal contracts...
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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Most of the land in most farm counties is owned by 1-5 families. They run the place like their own personal kingdoms. There is SO much resentment and straight-up fury about this in rural areas. The fact that no political party's even really trying to speak to it is wild.
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