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yeah yeah it's uncouth and performative whatever I'm glad I've remained staunchly against playing anything Epic Games has ever produced since at least when fortnite came out

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cowvin.bsky.social @cowvin.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Billionaires can clearly afford to pay more taxes if they can spend this much on political influence. Tax the rich! If you're in California, vote for the wealth tax.

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Gwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I wonder what would have happened if folks had taken seriously the rise in political violence and threats against women, trans, Black, and antifascist organizers and figures back when we were all getting swatted and sent photoshops of ourselves beheaded

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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 11/10/2026

Hi, I’m a sighted alt text user! Here are some reasons I use it: - Slow Internet on an airplane - I’m over 40, I have no idea who that celebrity is - Bluesky broke images again - My vision sucks and that text is too small to read otherwise - Conveys further context and authorial intent

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👻 🎃 🦇 Boola Lughosti's Dad 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @belalugosisdad.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Okay, so could we possibly, I dunno, say, do some investigative journalism into where the funding streams for these clearly astroturfed groups are coming from? (Spolier: it's American Christian Dominionists. The money is coming from ultra-rich American Christian Dominionists).

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Christian nationalism in Britain driven by people who seldom go to church, says report

Research challenges the notion that the growing visibility of crosses and other symbols reflects a revival of Christianity

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Anthropic is out with new nonsense about Claude (or the collection of models called Claude) deserving moral consideration and/or be able to feel distress, so my inbox is filling up with journos asking me to comment. I've also got a day job, so here is a brief set of public comments on this: >>

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Niema Moshiri @niema.net · 11/10/2026

As I said the first time this study was proposed, this is unconscionable and would absolutely not fly in any wealthy nation. Medical experimentation on babies (withhold a lifesaving medical intervention just to see what happens) does not magically become okay if they happen to be poor African babies

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Scott Gray @scott1gray.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I just made a formal complaint to the BBC about this. If you'd like to do the same, here's the link: www.bbc.co.uk/contact/comp...

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Make A Complaint | Contact the BBC

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VƎX Werewolf @vexwerewolf.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Reminder that you can just say "this kink grosses me out and I don't want to see it." If it involves consenting adults and ONLY consenting adults, you don't need to make it into a moral thing. You can just be grossed out by it and not want to see it. That's fine. You can do that.

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SirFox @sirfox.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The the cognitive dissonance caused by the disconnect between people who think that an AI agent is a real person and a disadvantaged minority isn't must be astounding.

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eevee @eev.ee · 09/10/2026

wow sounds like double fine busted its union then you don't lay off every identifiable union organizer and also a bunch of supporters as just a haha whoopsie lil coincidence

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I particularly want to call attention to this bit. Anyone who's worked in gamedev knows how deeply collaborative it is, and how someone refusing to speak to you - ESPECIALLY someone you report to - can completely and utterly derail your work. This isn't a misunderstanding. It's active union-busting.

This included managers. Legally, the only union-related prohibition for managers was that they could not give employees their opinions on unions or encourage them one way or another. But several union supporters said they directly heard managers express concerns that they were no longer allowed to speak to their employees about anything, and a few people told me their own managers or senior members of their teams stopped speaking to them entirely, even about the games they were working on. “They helped enforce this narrative where you couldn’t talk to people when nothing about neutrality required that to happen,” said one union supporter. “Supporters who were confused saw that, and bought into it.”

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alice_mation @alicemation.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

ARTIST PSA! Kirumade is targeting small artists and not paying what they are owed. This video goes into more detail about the shady goings on and lists their sister companies at the end Please share with your art friends! youtu.be/lKFqlS9wO90?...

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morticia toastems @toasty.cx · 09/10/2026

Personally I don't think anyone who works for ICE should be paid enough to afford a Rolex Also definitely strengthening my resolve of "I absolutely hate all guns customized to look silly and anyone who gets off on that shit" with that watermelon gun there

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Micah @rincewind.run · 08/10/2026

the reason “AI will create so much abundance we will have a utopian society” rhetoric falls so flat is that the people building it will never, ever share their bounty unless it is taken from them and we all know it

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I don't know; I feel like it's pretty clear why living under queer-hating fascists would make people less likely to identify publicly as queer.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

these people would say it was "unclear" why more people in germany didnt openly identify as jewish in 1942

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 09/10/2026

Oh and if you ever can't remember our url, you can find us at * whistlecoven.com * whistlegoblins.fun * toottootmotherfucker.com

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026

I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.

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Hanmonster @hanmonster.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Got another iPad porrrait finished up, this one a tidier little single time around 3h for Wolfenwatcher of his absolutely gorgeous black and gold sphinx oracle!! I am terrible at fabric drape logic-ing but really proud of how this came out lmao

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Anthropic banning “abusive or cruel behavior” toward Claude in its new usage policies is proof to me that tech companies are going to moderate violence against AI before they ever moderate violence against women and minorities

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Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 08/10/2026

And let's not forget that this fertility panic involves decrying that we aren't impregnating enough children anymore.

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Duo Vandal @duovandal.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This needs to be shared around like wildfire, VRC are finally responding the AI backlash that has been running rampant in VRChat for the last few months. There is a survey here they want thoughts and feedback on. Make sure it gets seen! ask.vrchat.com/t/regarding-...

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Regarding AI Usage on VRChat

English Version 「日本語版はこちら」 We’ve heard your feedback. We agree this is an important problem. We’ve been intensely debating a path forward, but here’s a summary of where we are: * We are immediately ...

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Jupiter System @jupiterjones.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Look at what @strype.bsky.social drew for meee! itssss a mee looking all regal and stuff!!! #Art #commission #Naga

a four armed naga synth with a pair of sheathed swords. She is primarily shades of gray with a purple chest that glitters like a galaxy.

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Tempered StoryTrail @storytrail.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Lookie how beautiful my baby is! You should totally get your Gryphons drawn by Aled Thompson.🫶🏽

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

To put this in perspective chestnut trees used to be dominant species in the United States. Billions of trees were killed by fungal blight and now fully grown America chestnuts are functionally extinct. There is no getting them back. Ever. All for a data center. www.gadgetreview.com/one-of-ameri...

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One of America’s Last Chestnut Groves Is About to Be Destroyed for a Data Center

A rare 200-tree American chestnut grove in West Virginia may be cleared for data-center development, but the project denies the site is on its land.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 07/10/2026

free palestine

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Vic! Perfecto @victorperfecto.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

There has been some fair discussion about whether or not the rising proliferation of HARRY POTTER references in media is deliberate astro-turfing or tone deaf millenial nostalgia and denial/ignorance. This though? This is DEFINITELY on the suits

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Kaylyn Saucedo - MarzGhoul @marzgurl.com · 07/10/2026

People don't believe me, but I'm TELLING you, there MUST be an active campaign strategy happening in media published by WB or other parts of JK's team trying to force HP awkwardly and unnaturally into public consciousness. Certainly from the WB side, I've seen multiple properties doing it already.

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bryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 07/10/2026

ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...

old photos of a woman (Margaret Hamilton) standing next to a tall stack of books (printouts of Apollo space mission software source code)

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I Liv, I Die, Oliviagain Hill @machineiv.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

“Free Speech” never applies to anarchists.

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Juni! 🥰 @literallyjustadog.online · 07/10/2026

just got an ad for "tboypod" hosted by "tboyjack" and i was extremely disappointed to learn that the full name is "the best one yet podcast" and its hosted by cishet dudes false advertising 😮‍💨

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 07/10/2026

Consumer-facing “A.i.”’s primary purpose is fraud. To hell with this tech.

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SirFox @sirfox.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Recruiter reaches out to me, for a job I applied to, i schedule a call, they ghost me, then send me this after i contact them. A reply this chirpy and exclamation point riddled was either written by AI or someone so insensitive that they're indistinguishable from a chatbot. I'm so fucking tired.

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10x e.B.i.t.d.a @aduke3a.blacksky.app · 05/10/2026

I just want to add that this is directly being funded by American conservative groups (The Heritage Foundation & The Family) who are not satisfied with controlling people in their own country, and have been on a mission enact their agenda in other nations with weak or nascent governance.

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 07/10/2026

Canada is refusing to issue ISBNs to books primarily generated with AI. This illustrates both the urgency of the problem of the growing flood of slop books, and also the toothlessness of addressing it on the honor system without there also being consequences for lying

Use of artificial intelligence
By registering with ISBN Canada, you declare that your book was created by a human author. You may use AI tools only for limited support tasks, such as brainstorming ideas, checking grammar, or formatting your book. You must not use AI to generate the text, create the artwork, or translate the book. ISBN Canada does not issue ISBNs for works whose content is primarily generated by AI. LAC is currently reviewing its policy regarding the use of AI content creation and our guidance is subject to change.

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c.e. chant/hades 💀🐊 💬 too many comics @portaltohades.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

GUESS WHAT. Those that said they wanted to read this, finally CAN! Chapter 1 is available for $12 over on my kofi shop [lettering by the fabulous @rayday.bsky.social !!] & proceeds go towards my med bills ! So not only are you reading a cool comic you're helping me survive! ko-fi.com/s/5dea53c777

Tyree chapter 1 cover. Viktor is standing among a large snake

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Shecky @shecky.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Destroying history and nature in the name of narcissism and hate.

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gradientdescent @gradientdescent.net · 06/10/2026

boycott it so your trans friends don’t get a sick feeling in their stomach when they come over to your house for a party & see a stack of HP merch on your bookshelf, politely excuse themselves a bit early without saying anything, and then go home feeling just a little degraded

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Mat Brunet (AniMat) @matbrunetvo.com · 06/10/2026

The fact that David Ellison is another story of a privileged guy who failed to get into art / entertainment because money can't buy talent explains SO MUCH about who he is today.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

One thing I find endlessly funny about the rise of AI is that it has revealed that there is a large number of people who believe that the reason they wrote essays at school or university is their teachers were desperately waiting for them to provide a definite answer to “Lear: what’s up with him?”

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Baja ⭐EMERGENCY COMMS OPEN! @baja.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Looking for Serious #Commission Cilents to help me start taking Digital Commissions again after months I'm in need of funds for upcoming payments for October I mainly Specialize in Animals & this doesn't have to be chibis DM for a quote,will get a listing on my KOFI #artsky #ponysky #furrysky

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Dean Astumian, OFS @deanast.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

If a citizen makes a joke about threatening the president, the FBI and secret service will be around, and a prosecution is likely. If the "president" make a threat against millions of citizens, nothing happens. Houston, we have a problem.

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Baja ⭐EMERGENCY COMMS OPEN! @baja.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Please share if your able!

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The Heathen Historian @heathenhistory.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The fact that the tree is as old as the United States should not be lost on anyone. What a metaphor.

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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!" Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds.

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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 06/10/2026

everyone is selling the furniture and ripping the copper out of the walls to cash in on this period of utter lawlessness which they'll try to keep rolling long enough for Democrats to end up holding the bag for the inevitable meltdown

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