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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Microsoft has withdrawn its proposal for a data center in a Milwaukee suburbs after community pushback. After opposition from area residents and elected officials the 244 acre Caledonia project will not proceed.

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Microsoft drops Caledonia data center after facing opposition. Company looking for new site

Outcry from residents and elected officials caused Microsoft to drop the Caledonia plan. But the company is seeking an alternative site.

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Michigan Avenue right now.

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But Dave Died 10 Years Ago This Very Night @daveexmachina.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

normal person: i just want a place to hang out with my friends tech weirdo: and shitheads np: no just my friends tw: but what about hearing alternative views on race and gender? np: we just want to hang out and goof around tw: so where do the shitheads fit in then np: no shitheads tw: not following

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 03/10/2025

Sora 2 is also unbelievably expensive, costing OpenAI at least $5 per 10 second video - and likely more considering Sora 2 also generates synced-up audio. OpenAI loses one subscriber's revenue *every four images generated*. It's unbelievably stupid. www.wheresyoured.at/sora2-openai...

Sora 2 Is Unbelievably Expensive, With Each Video Costing $5 Of Compute and Users Allowed To Generate 100 Videos Every 24 Hours — Meaning OpenAI Will Lose A Month’s Subscription Revenue Every Four Videos Generated
Let’s establish some facts:

Once you have access to Sora 2, you can generate what appears to be an unlimited amount of videos, at least on a $20-a-month subscription, and OpenAI has promised “generous limits” for a non-specific amount of time.
Every Sora 2 generation is at 1280x704 — a variant of 720p resolution — and every single one is 10 seconds long, even if you ask it to generate a longer one.
Each video appears to have sound, whether or not you asked for it.
It takes about a minute to generate each video.
Now, I’m a curious little critter, so I found that Microsoft actually publishes the prices of using Sora on its Azure AI Foundry page if you select “US East 2” as your region. To be clear, this is the pricing for the first Sora model, rather than Sora 2, which is likely more expensive.

Nevertheless, based on Azure’s pricing, it’s likely that each Sora 2 generation is priced at the “720 Global” rate of 50 cents a second, meaning that each video generated on Sora 2 costs $5 in compute, if not more, because it’s very likely that OpenAI’s costs are more than it charges on an API basis.

Now, according to The Information, OpenAI’s gross margins were projected to be 50% this year, meaning that even in the most kindly, sweet maths of all time, it’s annihilating all of its margin in two generations, and another subscriber’s margins in two more.

I also understand that some may argue that OpenAI’s costs “might not be as bad,” and there’s no evidence that this is the case.

Sora 2, by OpenAI’s own description, is a “video and audio generation model,” suggesting it’s one main model rather than a combination with its audio-generation models it released earlier this year.

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dreamin' @dreaminerryday.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

oh wait nevermind this sucks if this spreads to other regions uuuhhhhh see ya LMAO

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AscendBat @ascendbat.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

This literally annihilates the point of us migrating and joining this site in the first place, you greedy ultra-surveillance dip shits.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 06/10/2025

this will only continue to escalate, they want a civil war

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Super Mario 64 Hidden Stars @sm64stars.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Bob-omb Actually Loves Being Picked Up

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

history teacher in 50 years: So in September, that’s when the president signed an executive order criminalizing anti-fascism and saying all resistance would be crushed student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.

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404 Media @404media.co · 03/10/2025

New: Apple just removed ICEBlock, the app for reporting sightings of ICE, from its App Store after DOJ pressure. ICEBlock's developer tells 404 Media "we are determined to fight this." "Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never the right move." www.404media.co/iceblock-own...

404media.co

ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’

Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...

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ca-dmv-bot @ca-dmv-bot.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Customer: MY TRUCK IS AN ECO BOOST ITS FUNNY. DMV: POOP Verdict: DENIED

California license plate with text "ECOPOOP".

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Ben "Ben Pack" Pack @packbenpack.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Circle K has what can only be described as “Saints Row Food”

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qae @qae0.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

dont drink pepsi

this doesnt compare to the time I brought seven pepsi cans to my desk
not together
but individually
back to back
over the course of 5 minutes
no I drank none of them
You see I wanted a pepsi so I checked the fridge and there was 1 pepsi, so I took the 1 cold pepsi and put another not cold pepsi in the fridge, and then walked back to my desk and placed the cold pepsi on my desk. But then I got thirsty and thought "wow I really want a pepsi." so I set down the pepsi and walked to the fridge and there was 1 pepsi, so I took the 1 cold pepsi and put another not cold pepsi in the fridge, and then walked back to my desk and placed the cold pepsi on my desk. But then I got thirsty and thought "wow I really want a pepsi." so I set down the pepsi and walked to the fridge and there was 1 pepsi, so I took the 1 cold pepsi and put another not cold pepsi in the fridge, and then walked back to my desk and placed the cold pepsi on my desk. But then I got thirsty and thought "wow I really want a pepsi." so I set down the pe (this goes on for several lines).

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yaoi gagarin @mel.bzky.team · 30/09/2025

GM TO ALL HATERS, LOVERS, PUSHERS, SHOVERS, ARMENIANS AND PEOPLE OF ARMENIAN DESCENT, MIRROR POLISHERS, WOMEN, IKEA SHELF ASSEMBLERS, COMMUNITY COLLEGE ALUMNI, ICE TEA ENJOYERS, HETEROSEXUALS WHO ARE CHILL ABOUT IT, TRAIN AUTISTS AND BRUTALISM DISLIKERS

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Hey remember when the CDC dropped 6 of the 8 foodborne illnesses from the nationwide monitoring system in July and one of them was listeria? Mentioning for no particular reason www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

nbcnews.com

The CDC quietly scaled back a surveillance program for foodborne illnesses

As of July 1, a critical surveillance program is monitoring for only two pathogens instead of the usual eight.

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Matt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

hey @nytimes.com: there is no counterpoint here. There are no credible legal experts who would EVER say that the US military has any right or authority to blow civilian craft out of the Caribbean and kill their crews from afar without any provocation. There is no other side to this question.

"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians not directly taking part in hostilities, even if they are believed to be smuggling drugs."

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ianthemouthofmadness.fenrisgames @fenrisgames.com · 29/09/2025

two druids enter, one druid leaves

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Satanic Manic @killhamster.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Nature is healing

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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 29/09/2025

I mean yes this is funny, but the fact that these unconstitutional stormtroopers are so directionless that they literally stand around waiting for random nonwhite delivery guys to bike past them is just pathetic. No mandate, no mission, no clue. Just racism.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

More than 100,000 federal workers are going to formally resign tomorrow, the largest such mass event in US history. This is part of a Trump program to dramatically gut the federal workforce. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

theguardian.com

Trump news at a glance: more than 100,000 federal workers to quit on Tuesday in largest ever mass resignation

Latest departures in Trump administration’s deferred resignation program come as Congress faces government shutdown deadline – key US politics stories from Sunday 28 September

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doodley 🌠 @doodley.org · 27/09/2025

one time we decided to visit a park in war torn Portland and were accosted by a gathering of woke leftists celebrating "earth day." some of them worked at a kitchen that makes free meals for the unhoused and handed us a delicious egg salad. only the fucking military can save us now.........

A photo of a bench in Laurelhurst Park in Portland, under the green shade of trees. On the bench is egg salad in a plastic container with a distant crowd of people enjoying themselves in the sun.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 27/09/2025

this is christian nationalism on full display. this is the most consequential moment in our countries history. this cannot stand, if it does america is finished

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onion person @junlper.beer · 27/09/2025

catching up with all the recent news about israel and it really seems like it might be over for them in terms of israel and palestine. i’ve never been more hopeful for a free palestine in my entire life as i feel now. keep pushing

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Apes 2001 @apeslion.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

All your protesting online, writing to your MPs, attending protests, sharing news, keeping the conversation going is making changes All your complaints against war, especially your tax funding it, govs selling arms…. Is turning the tides. Don’t stop. They can’t ignore the public forever.

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Greg Van Belle @gvbsea.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

The President of the United States has declared war on Portland, Oregon. I’m not sure how we recover from this. No one will stop him. He has shredded the Constitution. He has turned our military against us.

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RAWDAWG COMICS @rawdawgcomics.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Apple from the tree

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boot @leftboott.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

stuff from stream

David Schwimmer and his best friend Marcel who is smoking a cigarette

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Innersloth @innersloth.com · 26/09/2025

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PSX Bunlith 🪄🏳️‍⚧️ E2 OCT 16TH!!!! 🐰🌱 @b0tster.yeag.gay · 25/09/2025

boycotts work. anyone who says otherwise is spreading pro corporate, pro government propaganda

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Indianapolis residents have shut down a proposed Google data center. The tech giant wanted to build a massive 500 acre facility, but people got organized and stopped them. The $1 billion data center would've used one million gallons of water a day. www.youtube.com/shorts/bhOHy...

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Indianapolis killed this Google data center. It would have used 1 million gallons of water per day.

YouTube video by More Perfect Union

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onion person @junlper.beer · 23/09/2025

fascists in the government, anti-fascists are the terrorists. joke of an administration

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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

i don't profess to understand too much of this stuff but does it seem like they're just cycling the money back and forth here to keep the scam going

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pseudonym jones @pseudonymjones.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

today I am listening to the self-titled album Violent Femmes which I can highly recommend for this summerfall transitional period

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

The most recent hunger survey found that about 18 million U.S. households were food insecure.

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confettie! @spacebeer.net · 22/09/2025

Actual conversation from yesterday Little Sis: "Who are you playing as" Me: "Danny Phantom" Little Sis: "from what" Me: "Danny Phantom" Little Sis: "from what" Me: "Danny Phantom" Little Sis: "but from what" Me: "Danny Phantom"

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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Disney has lost nearly $4 Billion in three days from combined stock price collapse and cancelled subscriptions.

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🥖Kekeflipnote🥖 @kekeflipnote.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

I am mad. Even if they didn't listen to the feedback, please keep posting your stuff here. You art is powerful and inspires many. It might never please everybody, even so, don't be stopped, don't be censored. Post and post and post, I want to see all creativity here. All of it. SFW. NSFW.

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Sebas @svonbuchwald.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

This shit makes me so mad because people don't understand how much power we have over these companies and the only thing we need to do is not give them money. The only thing we need to do is to not do anything. It's the easiest shit! *wearily* collective action does work, it really does

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