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A secret third thing @secretthirdthing.bsky.social · 2h
The thing is, LLMs aren't just IP theft, they are more personal than that. Its like forcing someone to speak against their will, or to think or perform for you. LLMs are a fundamental violation of agency and bodily autonomy, or autonomy over thought. They claim ownership overs ppls internality
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Taka Hanazawa @takahanazawa.bsky.social · 5h
the thing is, I can imagine a world where I think this is cool. that world is the world where Elon Musk never did anything but make cars. as it stands I could not give two fucking shits about this
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timoconnorbl.bsky.social @timoconnorbl.bsky.social · 13h
The thing is, of course, that this is also fantastic advertising and top-notch diplomacy. “We stand by our allies, we keep our deals, you can trust us absolutely and our gear, which we *will* deliver *works and will keep working*, so might we tempt you to invest in some more of it?”
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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 16h
the thing is from the moment I saw Ilhan play Among Us with AOC and get clowned by her kids I've been endeared by her no matter what her faults. she's a dorky mom.
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Michan Connor @michanconnor.bsky.social · 17h
The thing is that Third Way hates democratic socialists more than they hate fascists and should be expelled from the democratic coalition as wreckers but here we are
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lowtax speedrun enjoyer @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
the thing is there’s lots of lawyers who mean well - and vladek is one imo - but still have this idea that the judiciary can somehow be a Special Thing That’s Not Political And My Good Friend Yale Professor BasedSturmerBoi69 Makes A Fair Argument - and no, sorry, that’s fake
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People's Government of the Pelargir Commune 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @dov.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
the thing is that while this may be difficult for some to grasp i simply do not consider America to be a primary or even secondary cause of the Russo-Ukrainian War
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Veldrin @veldrin.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
The thing is, yes, I am a big fan of a large shredded woman covered in scars, with arms like pumpjacks and legs like Corinthian pillars But what I love more than that is a weird little freak
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packed full of protein @ae2501maeth.smallbird.social · 15/10/2026
the thing is that this sounds like a gross oversimplification for the sake of a joke shitpost and while yes there are technically several other things ARKNIGHTS could be said to be *about* this is hilariously exacting in describing what is literally *occurring* as the Prime Mover of alla that anyway
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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
The thing is, we’ve been getting a lot of handwringing pieces about what if the polls are all wrong and these numbers are way too friendly to democrats and I’m saying what if the polls are wrong and these numbers aren’t friendly enough to democrats?
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Huw C. Davies @huwcdavies.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
The thing is everybody who knows a Reform activist or voter knows that the majority of them are like this in private - it’s not ‘a few bad apples’ - it’s been a naive willingness to address them on their own terms as a normal party like Mason et al. www.itv.com/news/2026-10...
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Andre "RIP Ducky" Feast @formercymencry.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
The thing is, no one is advocating for Palestinians to ethnically cleanse Israelis from the region. No one. Israel and their allies are advocating for ethnic cleansing of Muslims in the region. It is not an extreme to say ethnic cleansing and genocide are wrong and no one should do it.
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People's Government of the Pelargir Commune 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @dov.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
The thing is that there is probably a generally strong relationship between how bad a country feels about their role in the Holocaust and how long their carte blanche to Israel has lasted, which is hard to talk about because I support countries feeling bad about the Holocaust
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Rick CarBOOso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
The thing is every time I even think about getting another dog, I just instinctively start looking for Kit, so I probably shouldn’t get another dog right now
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Grox: Australian orc/troll guy @groxi.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
The thing is “trolls and belves finally reaching peace after working together to kill a giant baddie that was a threat to both their lands” is a dot point on a board I can l get behind Great idea. The execution; horrible, racist and offensive and just bad? Some of the worst wow writing to date
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🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃 @golikehellmachine.com · 13/10/2026
the thing is, my description is entirely accurate, what i am describing is completely deranged
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lowtax speedrun enjoyer @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
the thing is there is no real israeli left - or hell, even israeli center, as we would recognize a center here - worth discussing, unfortunately. they all believe the basic right-wing policy on palestine
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The Ghost of Tom Sloane @j-nix.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
The thing is that, in my lifetime, I'm seeing manmade horrors that are very comprehensible. They are, in fact, very stupid.
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GIRL SCREAM @girl.northsky.social · 13/10/2026
the thing is, most people online are very very stupid
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🇵🇸 Caleb 𓇼 ⋆。˚ 𓆝⋆。˚ 𓇼 🏳️‍⚧️ @littlestpersimmon.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
The thing is that for cis men, there are no actions they can do that is independent of society, everything they do is made possible and excused by patriarchy. That is actually just how structural privilege works, you can not opt out of it.
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Hoarse Whisperer @therealhoarse.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The thing is, in his rancid pudding brain, he truly believes this is how it works.
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Karl Steel @karlsteel.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
the thing is, since we don't know what Columbus looked like, we can just switch the nameplates -- is that what's they're called -- to someone else. Voila! Now it's a statue of (looks up 15th-century people from Genoa) uh Niccolò Gattilusio, sixth and last Gattilusio lord of Lesbos
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Gesine Weber @gesineweber.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The thing is: the US has overwhelming power assets - on paper. But the way these assets are currently used absolutely undermines its power in terms of leverage.
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Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The thing is, I am a monsterfucker, but I can't get over my visceral reaction to Wicker (2026) of it would feel like sticking a rolled up straw placement down there and no thank you.
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Mookie Alexander @mookiealexander.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The thing is George Holani had a great NFC Championship game.
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🖖🏳️‍⚧️T'Lynn🦇David🦇Cooper🏳️‍⚧️🖖 @awholedamntown.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The thing is, I tried to come out as non-binary about 9 years ago right now. Two days later, my (now ex) wife left me, and I found out all sorts of shit during the divorce. Too bad it scared me so hard that I went right back in the closet for so long.
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laura @freezydorito.lol · 11/10/2026
the thing is when windows is being shitty this can easily be blamed on the avarice of the few the greed and willfulness for suffering the 1% at the top manifests. when linux is being shitty? you just know Johan Håasborg from Bűrpaland did not shut up in a heated PR and had his way about this issue
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Katherine Alejandra Cross @quinnae.com · 11/10/2026
The thing is, I was ready for this jumpscare because he published the first chapter *in the New York Times.* Just amazing what they can get away with. Need to check with @liberalcurrents.com if they'll post an episode of my sapphic sci-fi smut encomium to liberal democracy.
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Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The thing is, JD Vance is awful in half a hundred ways and is unlikely to ever be elected President, but he is "any functioning adult". So if you have that bumper sticker you might want to reconsider
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final-girl-helena.bsky.social @final-girl-helena.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
the thing is is i had no idea i wanted heavy music with some guy character acting various horrible things about the human condition until i heard Chat Pile, art changes people and doesnt wait to be wanted, a reactionary tool like ai could never
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RhettDC @rhettdc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The thing is, these PL referees are so bureaucratic with their officiating because it keeps the focus on them. You give a card for a tackle or for a tactical foul the focus is on the play. You give a bullshit delay of game card, and the focus is on the ref - just where they want it. 
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The thing is, the press really will get rid of Polanski eventually, just by all screaming in unison until everyone gets sick of it and just wants the hate and bullshit to end. They are exercising their veto and they know they only need to stick at it until it finally works.
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All the breathless "Is it over for Zack Polanski??" stuff this morning feels like wishcasting to me. Two thirds of the membership joined under this leadership, removing him would take a super majority on the party council, and also the result was... fine? He's going nowhere. 1/5
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Jonn Elledge • @jonnelledge.bsky.s... • 23h
This is it, isn't it? It's the assumption that Questions Are Being Asked is a force in politics in itself, and that only works when parties particularly care about the views of The People Asking the Questions. 2/5
@ Atrios @eschatonblog.com • 23h
But what if a guy who would never vote green doesn't like him, but does have a newspaper column
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Jonn Elledge • @jonnelledge.bsky.s... • 23h
Your opinion isn't going to matter to someone who knows you're gonna hate them whatever they do, guys, the Greens aren't listening to you any more than the Tories listen to me. 3/5
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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
the thing is that doing Reverse 2010 to the Republicans will reduce the party to only the most insane MAGA conspiracy theorists and flightless birds who have never run in competitive elections
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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
the thing is that 20-30 point swings, while certainly never common (and limited in places by either historical gerrymandering or one-party rule in the Democratic South) are not...completely impossible? we made a lot of assumptions about how modern media environments had baked in partisanship but...
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Bennie & Violet 🚫🧊8️⃣6️⃣4️⃣7️⃣ @thomasthecorgi.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The thing is, Bob, it's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care.
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flash kirstie gordon @artie.gay · 09/10/2026
The thing is, observing that the only countries to have conducted public executions in 2026 are Iran and Taliban-controlled Afghanistan is a statement of fact
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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
the thing is that if you view the OpenAI mathematical results as a translation task which creates shims between literatures with mutually incompatible notation and descriptive conventions, it is both not particularly surprising that it is good at it and predicts that it will be differently limited
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Ed BooOOooOOmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The Thing is obviously great but come on what are the odds Norwegian scientists didn’t know a little english. This is the one and only improbable plot point in the film.
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sren 💫 @serennesart.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
the thing is you gotta remember they're making okami 2
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Robert Heinze @rheinze.myatproto.social · 08/10/2026
The thing is this: history is complex. Ethics aren’t
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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
the thing is that the gang rapes frats habitually commit are key to their function insofar as elites are bound by a system of mutual blackmail en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piggate
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Piggate - Wikipedia
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Singularity's Bounty e/CC @catblanketflower.yuwakisa.com · 08/10/2026
The thing is (correct me if I’m wrong) there’s nothing Photoshop does that isn’t a well-known and even easy formula The value is 💯 in presenting a convenient and familiar interface
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doctor junko lover (danny) @danmeichael.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
the thing is you all surely agree with me that "something exists beyond your comprehension and it loves you very, very much. more than it should." is hot. which is why housefucking--
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Jeff Fecke @jkfecke.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The thing is, Mamdani's statement today was terrible and also the fact that he even bothered a slight throat-clearing toward the idea that Israelis are human is enough to make him persona non grata with this bunch. Because they don't agree.
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Umi @darkmagiciangyaru.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
the thing is i've never not believed this would work
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🌈Tyranny🫧Sparkles🏳️‍🌈 @tyranny.sparklenoise.com · 07/10/2026
the thing is you got to beautiful at all
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amanda💖 @appleisland.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
the thing is honestly i also am pretty content to mostly play old games. but im stunned that people say this and don't expect to get yelled at. don't be stupid
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BedWords @snacklesbian.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
the thing is, i've never actually seen anyone say the two parties are the same. i think that's just an easy strawman liberals reach for. the argument is that they work together to serve the interests of american empire. the left hand and right hand need not be identical to be part of the same person
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🏳️‍⚧️🌌🌇 ~wandering sage iriana~ 🎑🌟🏳️‍⚧️ @gyrasolune.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
the thing is that if hotaru could somehow ask kanata about it, i dont think she'd have wanted her to conclude that at all. someone in kanata's position was probably operating on like. 'if i keep these unfair feelings pushed away where nobody sees, then they die with me'
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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The thing is, this isn't some gotcha memory test about "what precise amount of money will this cost/raise" of the type beloved by interviewers in election campaigns. It's the most basic question imaginable - "how will this thing work?" She has no idea.
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