I just sort of assume that EVERY streaming site that can be accessed is getting scraped DOES anyone know of some sort of nightshade-like overlay that could be added to a stream that would mess with AI scraping?

wari@wari-os.bsky.social · 3h ago

ya... i'm glad i started boycotting streaming on twitch after the whole amazon planning on scraping streams for AI thing got revealed.

RIP John Crowley. If you've not read Little, Big (or, The Faeries' Parliament), I urge you to rectify that.

A huge loss. Little, Big alone is one of the world’s great books. Just absolutely wonderful. Damn.

Paul Witcover@paulwitcover.bsky.social · 2h ago

Every writer has their personal pantheon. I have been fortunate enough to know a few of mine, and one of them I can even claim as a friend: John Crowley, author of Little, Big and so much more. Sadly, I have learned that he died this morning. "Not of an age, but for all time."

folks donating to state legislative candidates is some of the biggest bang for your buck you can get in politics if you want to feel like you’re making a difference and not just throwing your money in the ocean, this is where to focus your efforts

Sam@samd.bsky.social · 2h ago

holy shit we have raised over $50K last week!! as promised, I have refreshed the list with the next group of 9 candidates, with a focus on including the Michigan swing district candidates who just won their primaries last week! 🧵thread on all the new candidates below:

Because what you want to hear about is flesh eating bacteria that’s killed 5 out of the 9 people who’ve gotten it so far. www.kltv.com/2026/08/07/5...

5 dead, 4 hospitalized from flesh-eating bacteria outbreak, health officials say

Five people in Louisiana have died so far in 2026 from the flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus, according to the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH).

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one side blew up planets and the other side blew up the thing that blows up the planets. who are the good guys and the bad guys? I'm no longer sure. (accepts money) yes I am no longer sure, but I do know that the real danger here is trans people. (accepts more money) thank you

burn it all down@russbengtson.bsky.social · 11h ago

ah so that's why 60 minutes hired douchehat

California’s MyFirstEV program just went live. Californians buying their first zero-emission vehicle can now get $1,750-$3,500 off a new or used model with instant rebates from select automakers: ww2.arb.ca.gov/news/califor... via @airresources.bsky.social 🔌💡

Part of the problem with pretending Covid is over (besides the massive ethical issues and the science) is it effectively destroys your ability to understand why anything is happening the way it’s happening now. You can only ram into that wall of cognitive dissonance so many times.

Pookleblinky@pookleblinky.bsky.social · 3h ago

It's weird that Americans can talk about how restaurants have gotten so much worse in the last several years, and somehow not connect it with covid killing and disabling so many restaurant workers. That's some serious fucking memoryholing, maybe a symptom of longcovid.

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Lydia Rose@lydzrose.bsky.social · 6h ago

I want you to do a little exercise with me, ready? It requires empathy, so if you find such a concept difficult, don’t bother. You’re a trans person. Every day you get called names, told your rights should be given up for the greater good, told you pushed too hard when all you did was exist…

🧵 I got a glimpse of the adjunct faculty contract treadmill 30 years ago and decided not to complete my doctorate knowing that would be my fate. Academia's only gotten worse since then.

No Billionaires@zil.bsky.social · 6h ago

In the summer session, I cover 2 weeks-as do the other center coordinators-a job that we used to hire an adjunct for. Just one of the many, many cutbacks we've been living through. This week I had to let go 4 of 5 AT's, and we're only replacing 2-3 of the tutors that graduated.

I honestly think this kind of engagement with MAGA is the only thing that may break some of them free Let them see how repulsive their hateful bigotry is to a normal person. It may not fix their hearts but they may shut up about it finally

Brooke from Let’s Not Date@letsnotdate.bsky.social · 3d ago

I’m here to break the hearts of ICE supporters

This last sentence here is the entirety of my politics now

Better Things Are Possible@internethippo.bsky.social · 7h ago

The Iran fiasco is the closest to comeuppance he's seen in a while and it's still unsatisfying because there are no real consequences for him personally! We should organize our country in a way that giant assholes aren't able to constantly wreck shit for everyone else and then shrug and walk away

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton@cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 6h ago

I want this taken seriously. I want reporters to ask them to clarify what are the correct pronouns to be used to honor their dignity and status. I want White (and Freedom) to be referred to as women by the media. Transgender is an adjective. Is White a transgender WOMAN? White must live as a woman!

61 years ago today, Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law. This April, the Supreme Court’s MAGA majority gutted what remained of it. Its importance has never been more worth remembering and fighting for. Watch President Obama's remarks on the Act's 50th anniversary:

@snipe.lol Shiny!

If Democrats are in control of either or both chambers of Congress in 2027 when the SNAP and Medicaid cuts hit, voters will blame them unless elected Dems get in front of the messaging and/or Dem governors fill in the funding gaps. It's not fair but American voters have the attention span of a gnat.

As I've said before, the Trumpists are *hunting* trans kids. The media is silent. The Democrats are silent. And someday they'll all claim they fought against this. www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/08/anti...

Anti-trans news site outs Olympic skater's trans sibling - LGBTQ Nation

Women's gold medalist Alysa Liu has a sister competing in track and field in the San Francisco Bay Area.

lgbtqnation.com

Dad is not an educated guy. He is not a gender studies professor. He is just an old hippie trying his best and loving his kids. And knowing he is out in the world ready to flatten the next person who would tell him I’m a freak grants me a surprising amount of strength when I’m out there too

Attn @wrenispinkle.bsky.social got some nightmare fuel for ya

Kelly@broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 16h ago

I once called 911 while alone and stuck on the floor after a cardiac event. My heart rate had exceeded 200. I was terrified I would lose consciousness before help arrived The 911 dispatcher got me through it. Her kindness & compassion made me feel safe. She kept me calm AI can’t replicate that

It's Guilly™!

Tyler, from the Internet@tylerfromtheinternet.com · 2d ago

I've made a new character for when I reopen my shop. Meet Guilly!

Hey folks, today is the six-week marker since @hollowoak.bsky.social's prostate cancer surgery! All things he's considered, he's doing really well, and he'll have his final follow-up appt next week. But he'll need some more donations until his next paycheck comes in. www.gofundme.com/f/support-ch...

Donate to Support Chris Womack's Cancer Recovery Journey, organized by Theresa O'Connor

A dear friend of mine, Chris Womack, was diagnosed with prostate cance… Theresa O'Connor needs your support for Support Chris Womack's Cancer Recovery Journey

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Chris is doing great in recovering, but with his boss canceling his insurance, he still needs help. www.gofundme.com/f/support-ch...

Donate to Support Chris Womack's Cancer Recovery Journey, organized by Theresa O'Connor

A dear friend of mine, Chris Womack, was diagnosed with prostate cance… Theresa O'Connor needs your support for Support Chris Womack's Cancer Recovery Journey

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"Women accounted for 100 percent of the decline in the labor force in July, according to a National Women’s Law Center analysis of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’s latest dismal jobs report. Overall, the economy lost 23,000 jobs in July: Women lost 32,000 jobs, while men gained 9,000."

Trump’s Terrible July Jobs Numbers Only Hurt Women

And the number of women who have left the workforce since January is more than double the number of men.

newrepublic.com

1. Read this article on a years-long pattern of Taylor Farms deflecting blame for contaminated food 2. #BoycottTaylorFarms Timeline of Taylor Farms food safety incidents gathered from link: 2013: Mexican processing plant run by Taylor Farms is the source of a parasite sickening Americans 1/5

Taylor Farms linked to 5 other Cyclospora or E.Coli outbreaks in last decade-plus | CNN

Taylor Farms has regularly downplayed problems after being linked to outbreaks in the past.

cnn.com

he’s the person most individually responsible for the biggest fraud in human history, the collapse is going to make 2008 look like a paper cut, and you’re mostly worried about whether he’s on Grindr?

Yep I knew they’d worked out enough yes votes so Collins and Murkowski can “stand on principle” (LOL) and vote no

Arkansas Advocate@arkansasadvocate.com · yesterday

US Sen Bill Cassidy says he will cast decisive vote for Trump’s pick for attorney general arkansasadvocate.com/2026/08/07/r...

GUILLY: it looks like you have a billionaire problem! may I be of assistance? also GO FOLLOW @tylerfromtheinternet.com NOW and be prepared to buy all his things ALL THE THINGS at his shop SOON TO BE REOPENED I HAVE SPOKEN

Tyler, from the Internet@tylerfromtheinternet.com · 2d ago

I've made a new character for when I reopen my shop. Meet Guilly!

things were designed to get worse after the midterms in the hope of better midterms but the midterms will already be very bad so what we are going to get is carnage the day after power changes hands and an even more extreme republican minority

mtsw@mtsw.bsky.social · 2d ago

i think probably the most undercovered story in the united states right now is how many of the draconian HR1 cuts to SNAP and Medicaid don't even start until 2027 and the devastating effect that will have on poorer communities.