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saying that being anti-ai is the same as bigotry
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October 11, 2025 at 3:39 AM

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Rose is caught following the heritage foundation and responds with the typical "follows are not endorsement".

The heritage foundation's bsky has no content to view.

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October 8, 2025 at 11:51 PM

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Aaron's account of the time he liked a porn bot's tweet, which was noticed by a different bot. Aaron deemed the 2nd bot to be harassment so he banned both it and its creator.
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October 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM

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several reports of punishments of critics, with reasons being weeks-old posts
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October 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM

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A dril tweet which says "im not owned! im not owned!!", i continue to insist as i slowly shrink and transform into a corn cob

October 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM

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October 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM

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October 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM

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chronicling everything recent because i want to
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October 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM

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Someone says a black user needs to be killed: heated gamer metaphor
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Jokes about charlie kirk: UNACCEPTABLE!
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Literally the kind of racism you find in a textbook.

October 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM

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The fact that a group of people with experience in social media let this happen at all is really off.
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October 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM

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Mike gives us one glimmer of hope, though. He spends a long time predicting how protocols set up a system where it's more in a service's interest to please its users. If they don't like how things are going, it's easier to switch sites.

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However, because of these open standards, there is a great deal of flexibility. A user can use a non-Gmail email address within the Gmail interface. Or he or she can use a Gmail account with an entirely different client, such as Microsoft Outlook or Apple Mail. On top of that, it’s possible to create new interfaces on top of Gmail itself, such as with a Chrome extension.

This setup has many advantages for the end user. Even if one platform—like Gmail—becomes much more popular in the marketplace, the costs of switching are much lower. If a user does not like how Gmail handles certain features or is concerned about Google’s privacy practices, switching to a different platform is much easier, and the user does not lose access to all of his or her old contacts or the ability to email anyone else (even those contacts that remain Gmail users).

Notice that this flexibility serves as a strong incentive on Google’s part to make sure that Gmail treats its users well; Google is less likely to take actions that might lead to a rapid exodus. This is different than a fully proprietary platform such as Facebook or Twitter, where leaving those platforms means that you no longer are in communication in the same way with the people there and can no longer easily access their content and communications. With a system like Gmail, it is easy to export contacts and even legacy emails and simply begin again with a different service, without losing the ability to remain in contact with anyone.

In addition, it opens up the competitive environment much more. Even as Gmail is an especially popular email service, others are able to build up significant email services—like Outlook.com or Yahoo Mail—or to create successful startup email services that target different markets and niches—like Zohomail or Protonmail. It also opens up other services that can build on top of the existing email ecosystem, with less fear of a being reliant on a single platform that might shut them out. For example, both Twitter and Facebook have a tendency to switch product directions and to cut off third-party apps, but in the email space, there’s a thriving market of services and companies like Boomerang, SaneBox, and MixMax, each of which provides additional services that can work on a variety of different email platforms.

The end result is more competition to make the service better, both between and within email services, and strong incentives to keep the major providers acting in their users’ best interests, since the significantly lower lock-in gives those users the option to leave.

October 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM

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September 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM

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oh yes, and sometimes you can get TWO getting up animations in a row, which is really fucking stupid!

September 26, 2025 at 8:16 AM

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I also don't like that the immunity applies to the Witch. She takes so long to refire her melee. The Witch has enough inconsistency already, give her a break.

September 17, 2025 at 8:54 AM

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A Left 4 Dead 2 Versus rant.
When a Charger or Hunter grabs a Survivor and the victim is freed before getting incapacitated, or they're hit by a Tank rock, the Survivor has a "getting up" animation that prevents them from doing anything.
I kind of hate it.

September 17, 2025 at 8:54 AM

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part of the problem

September 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM

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another incredible thing about blender: to make a keyframe, your mouse HAS to be on a 3d viewport, not the timeline. i guess it's something to do with the fact there can be multiple 3d viewports, so okay,

September 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM

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why won't you just tell me when there's a naming issue? don't give me this ".001" shit, what the fuck is wrong with you

September 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM

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what is with these spammy news accounts? (with 1.8 million posts!!!!)

August 23, 2025 at 7:44 AM

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silence! the fourth generation veteran is telling us about marginalization!

August 23, 2025 at 7:25 AM

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is that first one chatgpt? that would explain a lot

biden also swore he wanted a ceasefire, then kept sending israel weapons. if kamala meant it any more seriously, she would say "i won't allow genocide" when others associate her with it.

instead? "i'm speaking"

August 23, 2025 at 7:05 AM

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put the notifications button here? nah. somewhere here? nahhhh. we have to put it in the top bar, and in a random place on the top bar.

this app is managed by 10 year olds