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There’s something so incredibly pathetic about a dude looking at the Oval Office, one of the world’s iconic spaces, and say “what this needs is more gold”. So he’s out here thinking the look gives class and opulence and wealth and we’re all here thinking what a tasteless asshole he really is.
Hannah Murray@hannahmwrites.bsky.social · 17h agoVegas wept.
Hahahahahaha I wanted to type something here but I'm laughing too hard "could you still get through an entire workday" what the fuck, man, you just sharpied "I am incompetent" on your forehead.
Charlie Stross@cstross.bsky.social · 21h agoMy answer is LOL ROFL (dickbrain) The terminally AI-pilled can't even *imagine* some people have *never* asked stochastic parrots to cheat at their job for them.
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So I’ve just found out that they’ve dubbed Star Wars in Welsh and my good friend is playing C3PO!
My new investigation into a mass shooter’s harrowing history with ChatGPT reveals numerous red flags—and some very disturbing ChatGPT replies—from long before his attack on Florida State University www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0... 1x 🧵
Inside a mass shooter’s harrowing history with ChatGPT
A year of chats reveals glaring red flags—and disturbing ChatGPT replies—from long before a rampage at Florida State University.
motherjones.com
The writer of the Atlantic piece, Will Oremus, has a history of specifically going after non-white writers and boosting completely unsubstantiated stories of AI use when their work is celebrated. Confirming, again, the Atlantic is the spot for racists who think they are intellectuals.
Susanna Kearsley@susannakearsley.bsky.social · 2d ago❤️ Gillian Green, publisher at Tor Bramble, told The Bookseller: “HM Wolfe has confirmed that Daggermouth was written entirely without AI. We stand behind our author, and we do not recognise third-party AI detection tools as a fair or reliable measure of authenticity when used on their own.”
The Atlantic article read like a hit piece on a Black artist. This AI detector is entirely unproven. The study isn't peer reviewed. The raw data was given to the reporter, but WE don't see it or any other names on their list. The Atlantic writer accused the ONE specific author right around pub day.
Susanna Kearsley@susannakearsley.bsky.social · 2d ago❤️ Gillian Green, publisher at Tor Bramble, told The Bookseller: “HM Wolfe has confirmed that Daggermouth was written entirely without AI. We stand behind our author, and we do not recognise third-party AI detection tools as a fair or reliable measure of authenticity when used on their own.”
A PSA to my fellow cis people who are (or want to believe they are) trans allies If you are getting pushback from trans people and your reaction is to be all “no! not me! I’m one of the good ones!” please remember that “being one of the good ones” is something you DO, not something you ARE
"Liberal bubble" has only ever meant anywhere where right wing perspectives aren't artificially elevated and forced into everyone's feeds.
on Sophie Cunningham and a trans controversy that doesn't involve any actual trans people: defector.com/the-right-ha...
How long are we giving it for this to become a Netflix documentary?
Pixie Casey@pixiecasey.bsky.social · 2d agoin insane local news, the 26 year old director of a rocky horror production was arrested for sending threatening messages to himself in order to get the play shut down bc he didn’t want to deal with cast drama www.mynbc5.com/article/rock...
Everything about these drawings are in their own ways a testament to the very real horror these children’s lives are in ICE custody. Even the untouched pages whisper of brutality. That’s why they don’t want them out there and will fight to keep it that way.
Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com · 2d agoBREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: Five months ago, we learned that ICE seized drawings and letters from children in the Dilley ICE concentration camp. I sued under the Freedom of Information Act. Today, I got responsive documents. www.muellershewrote.com/p/breaking-e...
you don't have shame? don't worry we'll be ashamed for you
Betsy Humphrey@betsyvt.bsky.social · 2d agoThey may be shameless, but shunning, booing and not accepting them into public spaces is the correct response.
A lot of (Non-Black) people on here pretend to be neutral and "just let users moderate themselves!" when they see people post joy at the death of Black men like George Floyd... but then jump in to "protect civil conversation🤡" if Black folk aren't sufficiently deferential when alt-right dudes die.
This👇 I’m still waiting for an explanation as to why, in a time of actual Neo Nazi power in the form of Trump, people aren’t happy to shout “yes we’re a liberal bubble! We don’t need Nazis to avoid ridiculous finger pointing by the right”. History will judge this moment; just as Germany has been.
Mekka Okereke@mekka.mekka-tech.com · 2d agoIn the USA, racists and nazis can still bully most (non-Black) people, simply by suggesting that they are in a "liberal bubble" or are "wild progressives," or hinting that they care about other people. Rather than have the confidence to say, "Those opinions are in bad faith," they fold.🤷🏿♂️
Who is the vampire she’s with? Seriously get that dude in the shade before the sun makes him burst into flames.
Kaiser @ Celebitchy@kaiseratcb.bsky.social · 2d agoThe Mail celebrated Sophie Winkleman’s birthday by comparing her to Meghan www.celebitchy.com/989812/
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RFK jnr doesn’t care to find a response to a future pandemic because he views it as a handy to cull disabled folks, the poor, POC etc. For him pandemics are a money saving, responsibility free way to kill us.
Ricky Davila@therickydavila.bsky.social · 2d agoIt’s terrifying that deranged chaos agent RFK Jr admitted on national tv that he has no idea how to stop a future pandemic and what’s worse is that he truly doesn’t give a fuck either way. We went from having top scientific medical experts leading US Health to this looney basket.
A point economists & wannabe capitalists still miss: racism trumps making money in the USA. As this and many other nonsensical but deadly polices demonstrate.
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 2d agoDon't miss this vile story: MAGA is raging at DHS chief Markwayne Mullin for admitting migrant farmworkers can beneft our economy. This means his devotion to ethnic cleansing is in doubt. He must be excommunicated! I wrote about the collapse of MAGA mythology here: newrepublic.com/article/2138...
For those who think like a dude I talked to recently, that racism is “more of an American problem”
A.V. Deggar@avdeggar.bsky.social · 2d agoAbsolutely no idea why this could be happening.
They’re just showing how much suffering they can squeeze out of people who already don’t have much left. And the worst part is they’re proud of it. The cruelty isn’t a side effect - it’s the whole damn point. Read here: prospect.org/2026/07/31/t...
This is either the loveliest story you’ll read today or my allergies are playing up 🥲
Gail Simone@gailsimone.bsky.social · 2d agoOkay, I am going to tell a little story. It's one I have saved for the last couple years, almost nobody knows about it. But it lives in my heart. I don't know how others will feel about it, maybe something, maybe nothing. It's about the Uncanny X-Men. 1/
And before anyone says “oh it’s better in the UK” it really isn’t. The stats on rape conviction are so low as to be statistically insignificant. In the UK right now you’re pretty much guaranteed to get away with an assault.
@merlinslaugh.bsky.social · 2d agoThis! Plus it ignores that the two sides of the story they talk about is right there. He abused her. She was abused. This is not rocket science and it’s little wonder reporting numbers are where they are. If you’re still not convinced go look at the numbers of untested rape kits.
This! Plus it ignores that the two sides of the story they talk about is right there. He abused her. She was abused. This is not rocket science and it’s little wonder reporting numbers are where they are. If you’re still not convinced go look at the numbers of untested rape kits.
The Volatile Mermaid@ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 2d agoThis is why people don’t report domestic abuse. The cops love to say “This is a family fight” and “there are 2 sides to every story” until the abused party winds up dead.
White people y'all ready to not be cool with other white people? Because that's what it really takes. You have to accept that when you get woke you don't fit into that world of ignorance as well anymore. That discomfort you've chosen is you risk you took on. Bucking against the norm is unpopular.
That’s the thing with all the covid deniers and liars. They’re dismissing and denying people living with long covid as well as invalidating the experiences we all struggled with during the pandemic. There’s a healthy dose of abelism at the heart of this that leaks into everything disability related.
Melissa Gira Grant@melissagiragrant.com · 3d agoif you hated covid "lockdowns" try long covid
