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I think it’s simple that a person who doesn’t do a thing and instead allows a machine to do it for them can’t claim to be part of the group or history of the profession. An artist who doesn’t make the art isn’t an artist. A writer who doesn’t write is not a writer. It’s not the ideas but the making.
August 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I think it’s simple that a person who doesn’t do a thing and instead allows a machine to do it for them can’t claim to be part of the group or history of the profession. An artist who doesn’t make the art isn’t an artist. A writer who doesn’t write is not a writer. It’s not the ideas but the making.
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There are no words for such barbarity.
March 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
There are no words for such barbarity.
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Someone has to say this but soccer has by far the best looking humans out of every sport and it’s because of how diverse and inclusive the population tends to be. There’s not even one standard of beauty. You can pick a random league and they will put every other sport to shame.
January 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Someone has to say this but soccer has by far the best looking humans out of every sport and it’s because of how diverse and inclusive the population tends to be. There’s not even one standard of beauty. You can pick a random league and they will put every other sport to shame.
really poor from her considering what her teammate Hermoso had to endure with that Rubiales clown. Didn’t she try and stay neutral when asked about that too?
This is in the territory of contract termination and ban for me, personally. Hope Espanyol continues to advocate for Caracas but… I’m worried about how this will turn out. www.nytimes.com/athletic/612...
Espanyol call for action after ‘unacceptable’ Mapi Leon incident with Daniela Caracas during Barcelona Liga F game
The incident occurred in Sunday's Liga F game, with video footage appearing to show the Barcelona defender inappropriately touching Caracas.
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
really poor from her considering what her teammate Hermoso had to endure with that Rubiales clown. Didn’t she try and stay neutral when asked about that too?
might finally have to check out Severance
Between January 4 and January 5, you can stream all Apple Originals with no subscription required
Apple TV+ announces free streaming weekend for its catalog of originals - 9to5Mac
After several days of teasers, Apple TV+ today confirmed that the streaming service will be free for all this weekend....
9to5mac.com
December 30, 2024 at 7:02 PM
might finally have to check out Severance
one thing I will always rate about proper Thai restaurants is when you ask them to make food spicy oh boy they make it SPICY
December 18, 2024 at 1:31 AM
one thing I will always rate about proper Thai restaurants is when you ask them to make food spicy oh boy they make it SPICY
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This way of settling devastation is so fascinating to me. I think many people have written about it being permission — if you can pay the fine/settlement then why not, when you make so much money from it in the first place?
It’s really, you can kill people if you have the money to pay for it.
It’s really, you can kill people if you have the money to pay for it.
WASHINGTON (AP) — McKinsey & Company agrees to pay $650 million to settle US investigation into opioids work, court papers say.
December 13, 2024 at 3:03 PM
This way of settling devastation is so fascinating to me. I think many people have written about it being permission — if you can pay the fine/settlement then why not, when you make so much money from it in the first place?
It’s really, you can kill people if you have the money to pay for it.
It’s really, you can kill people if you have the money to pay for it.
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That a dude with a couple cameras and a plate of appetizers can make something worth $82.5 million and a media company looks at that and goes "couldn't we make even more money if we had AI do it?" tells you exactly how stupid these people are
The $82.5 million sale of "Hot Ones" studio First We Feast is part of a broader strategy at BuzzFeed to shift away from human editors, writers and content producers in favor of artificial intelligence, which result in "high-margin, tech-enabled revenue lines."
BuzzFeed sells "Hot Ones" studio for $82.5 million as it pursues more AI-driven content
The company said the sale will allow it to depend less on human-created content in favor of "high-margin, tech-enabled revenue lines."
thedesk.net
December 13, 2024 at 1:31 PM
That a dude with a couple cameras and a plate of appetizers can make something worth $82.5 million and a media company looks at that and goes "couldn't we make even more money if we had AI do it?" tells you exactly how stupid these people are
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If there was a “coarsening” of society, surely it occurred when businesses were established to profit off denying people healthcare. The main joke people are making in response to Thompson’s death is merely to treat it with the bloodless bureaucratic indifference that these companies perfected.
December 6, 2024 at 1:25 PM
If there was a “coarsening” of society, surely it occurred when businesses were established to profit off denying people healthcare. The main joke people are making in response to Thompson’s death is merely to treat it with the bloodless bureaucratic indifference that these companies perfected.
Immense thread
A hit man is not the state. You can say that you feel bad for the CEO without being silly.
December 5, 2024 at 6:34 PM
Immense thread
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Jamie Gittens: unterschiedsspieler.
Article, for @theathleticfc.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/595...
Article, for @theathleticfc.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/595...
Jamie Gittens: How Dortmund ‘golden boy’ is becoming one of Europe’s most destructive players
Dortmund's 20-year-old English forward is at an exciting moment in his career, with each match revealing something new about his game
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2024 at 8:34 PM
Jamie Gittens: unterschiedsspieler.
Article, for @theathleticfc.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/595...
Article, for @theathleticfc.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/595...
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It's wild that the CEO of a health insurance company gets assassinated and there's like 8 different plausible theories for why it happened because everyone just understands and accepts that there are MANY people with good reasons to want him dead.
December 4, 2024 at 5:01 PM
It's wild that the CEO of a health insurance company gets assassinated and there's like 8 different plausible theories for why it happened because everyone just understands and accepts that there are MANY people with good reasons to want him dead.
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Anytime i see the year end app wrap ups, I think about the girl who created the Spotify wrap up tweeting that she was an intern and never got paid for the idea.
A whole digital phenomenon built off unpaid labor.
My blood would boil til the day i died. afrotech.com/meet-the-bla...
A whole digital phenomenon built off unpaid labor.
My blood would boil til the day i died. afrotech.com/meet-the-bla...
Meet Jewel Ham, The Former Intern Who Says She 'Invented The Spotify Wrapped Story Concept' - AfroTech
Sometimes creating something for another brand or entity comes with a cost.
afrotech.com
December 3, 2024 at 1:13 PM
Anytime i see the year end app wrap ups, I think about the girl who created the Spotify wrap up tweeting that she was an intern and never got paid for the idea.
A whole digital phenomenon built off unpaid labor.
My blood would boil til the day i died. afrotech.com/meet-the-bla...
A whole digital phenomenon built off unpaid labor.
My blood would boil til the day i died. afrotech.com/meet-the-bla...
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I came onto Bluesky an hour ago, and the first two things I saw were posts providing useful context for understanding the imposition of martial law in South Korea—the exact kind of thing that Twitter used to be so useful for in a developing crisis.
December 3, 2024 at 3:19 PM
I came onto Bluesky an hour ago, and the first two things I saw were posts providing useful context for understanding the imposition of martial law in South Korea—the exact kind of thing that Twitter used to be so useful for in a developing crisis.
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The way I’d put it is…a not insignificant portion of the internet—and the world, I guess—defines themselves not by the things they do and love, but their opposition to others. When you take that away, they’re bereft of purpose.
What prompts someone to create an account like that? Don’t they have a life to live or something?
November 27, 2024 at 5:17 PM
The way I’d put it is…a not insignificant portion of the internet—and the world, I guess—defines themselves not by the things they do and love, but their opposition to others. When you take that away, they’re bereft of purpose.
“Sportsball” LMAO okay
What a moron
What a moron
November 26, 2024 at 10:27 PM
“Sportsball” LMAO okay
What a moron
What a moron
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Quite the piece from Tim Howard www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba...
TIM HOWARD: My message to Pulisic and others doing the Trump dance
TIM HOWARD: Pulisic became the latest athlete to perform the Trump dance after scoring against Jamaica this week. He later insisted : 'It's not a political dance. It was just for fun.'
www.dailymail.co.uk
November 22, 2024 at 12:35 AM
Quite the piece from Tim Howard www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba...
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“You will see content from the people you follow” being a big thing to announce really shows how these morons came and destroyed everything good about the internet.
November 21, 2024 at 9:21 PM
“You will see content from the people you follow” being a big thing to announce really shows how these morons came and destroyed everything good about the internet.
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Blue sky got all the girls SHOOK. 😭
Threads tweaks its algorithm to focus on people you follow - https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/21/24302400/threads-algorithm-focus-people-you-follow
Threads tweaks its algorithm to focus on people you follow
Your feed is about to look different.
www.theverge.com
November 21, 2024 at 8:44 PM
Blue sky got all the girls SHOOK. 😭
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"they won't stop at trans people" - ok even if they did stop at trans people they still need their ass beat, right?
November 21, 2024 at 7:32 AM
"they won't stop at trans people" - ok even if they did stop at trans people they still need their ass beat, right?