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bubbaprog.xyz
I do think it's important to accompany a chart like this with the percentage decrease in turnout, because the hed suggests Trump "increased his support" when the reality is that his support is pretty much the same, and the red lines indicate how many people who voted Biden *did not vote this year*
November 6, 2024 at 6:14 PM
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ostrichson.bsky.social
Art Nouveau is when stuff looks like it was made by Elves.

Art Deco is when stuff looks like it was made by Dwarves.
An Art Nouveau staircase decorated with curved patterns and soft colors, with a nature-themed background and rounded windows on the walls. Art Deco staircase. An angular, grand design in dark colors.
October 9, 2024 at 12:10 AM
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seananmcguire.bsky.social
I knew a biologist--still do technically, she's not dead--who went on a field expedition and came home with a NASTY code. No symptoms but absolutely DEVASTATING congestion. She was talking like a plugged-up cartoon character for months. Nothing helped.
September 28, 2024 at 12:47 AM
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kernowshark.bsky.social
"I will not suffer the horrendous pitfalls of sentience only to have some bean counter tell me with an idiot grin that charlatans have co-opted the only thing that gives our wretched existences beauty and purpose" is one of the most powerful sentences I have ever read, and I've read a lot.
irritatingoysters.bsky.social Irritating Oysters @irritatingoysters.bsky.social · Sep 18
This is a thing of beauty.
September 20, 2024 at 10:39 AM
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suziqleathers.bsky.social
BREAKING: In a shocking leak, Donald Trump just told the leaders of Project 2025 that his most exciting work with them lies ahead. Donald Trump is openly admitting he will implement Project 2025. Retweet so all Americans see this.
September 20, 2024 at 10:45 PM
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xavierck.com
Here are 543 images (1.5GB) of items at the Philadelphia Museum of Art arms and armor exhibit

You're free to use them for anything, even commercially. I tried to focus on details not usually represented in available reference material

drive.google.com/file/d/1NRzg...

Here's a small sampling:
A closeup view of an ornate cuirass and tasset, showing heart-shaped designs along the edges of the metal panels. An extremely ornate ceremonial halberd head showing etched and blackened designs with various plants, mythical creatures, and heraldic designs. A closeup of the shoulder intersection of the cuirass, pauldron, and bevor of a piece of 1500s field armor. Some ornate etching of the crucifixion is visible in the lower right corner on the cuirass.
September 16, 2024 at 2:07 PM
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sarahhbickerton.bsky.social
Ok, so a) we need the Harris/Walz campaign on Bluesky, b) Harris’s social media team deserves a raise, and c) "cannot run a livestream in the year 2024" that burn was seen from space and there is not enough aloe on the planet for it.
www.threads.net/@kamalahq/po...
August 13, 2024 at 4:30 AM
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helenkennedy.bsky.social
This is very clever
Harris poster showing a hand dropping a red MAGA hat with the slogan Drop The Hat with a faded E making it Drop The Hate
August 4, 2024 at 1:57 AM
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mtsw.bsky.social
they are coming to kill your kids if they get power again. children will die. if you are lying and writing about trump's unifying new tone instead of reporting on the actual consequences of trump taking power again you are complicit!
August 4, 2024 at 5:07 AM
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barrydeutsch.bsky.social
Weird!

(I'm reposting this policartoon because I messed up the alt-text in my previous posting.)
TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON This cartoon has two panels. Both of the panels show a white woman with a stylish haircut, wearing a striped shirt with a calf-length skirt and black tights. She speaks directly to the reader. PANEL 1 The woman looks sad and distraught. She's holding one palm up in a bewildered fashion, and has her other palm pressed against the side of her face. WOMAN: I was arguing with a liberal and she said... WOMAN: I can hardly even SAY it, it was so AWFUL! WOMAN: She said my argument was "WEIRD." WOMAN: She actually used THAT word! About ME! How can anybody be so MEAN? PANEL 2 The woman now looks angry, her hands balled up into fists. WOMAN: Why won't these lying libtard soyboy cuck groomer baby-killing totalitarian leftists just be CIVIL?
July 30, 2024 at 6:06 PM
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joshuajfriedman.com
This is a really lovely tribute both to Kamala Harris and to blended families generally www.cnn.com/2024/07/24/p...
Washington (CNN) - The ex-wife of second gentleman Doug Emhoff on Wednesday defended Vice President Kamala Harris against sexist criticisms about her lack of biological children, calling them "baseless" and expressing her gratitude for the presumptive Democratic nominee. "These are baseless attacks. For over 10 years, since Cole and Ella were teenagers, Kamala has been a co-parent with Doug and I" Kerstin Emhoff said in a statement first provided to CNN. "She is loving, nurturing, fiercely protective, and always present. I love our blended family and am grateful to have her in it."
July 25, 2024 at 12:03 AM
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spavel.bsky.social
"Individual responsibility" catches up with you.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/peop...
People in Republican Counties Have Higher Death Rates Than Those in Democratic Counties
A growing mortality gap between Republican and Democratic areas may largely stem from policy choices
www.scientificamerican.com
July 23, 2024 at 4:30 PM
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annijyn.com
if you see me interacting with/following a sexual predator on here (unbeknownst to me), you can tell me so i can shut that down
July 22, 2024 at 1:11 PM
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shimaira.com
A very good thread from Bryce O'Connor over on twitter.
TL;DR:
Fuck genAI.
Do not use it for your books.

#WritingCommunity #Authors 🖋️📖💰

OP: twitter.com/OConnorBooks...
Bryce O'Connor: Authors using AI art on your covers, you're cutting off your own leg. I'm not even talking about the accusations of "thief" that you're going to get. Let's set that aside. I'm talking about the price you're paying in reputation and marketability to save maybe $1000. (1/10) First, there's a straightforward one you should be aware of: There are a LOT of people who will pass over books with AI covers on principle. 99% of artists out there (and there are a lot), and their friends and family. Most authors, and many of their readers who (2/10) are made aware of how they feel. Anyone who thinks that AI is lazy and shoddy work, and anyone who sees the imperfections in an AI cover and loses interest because of it. So there's a not-insignificant portion of the market you are cutting yourself out of right there. (3/10) Second is your reputation. Going along with the above, 99% of the authors I know do not want to be associated with AI, whether that be art on the covers or text in the book. You won't catch us using it, and you won't catch us making buddy-buddy with people who use it. (4/10) This also applies to your reputation amongst artists. Want to hire Felix Ortiz one day? Or Asur Misoa? Or YAM? Or Swanland or Lockwood or *any* reputable artist? If they find out that you've got AI on other covers, good luck. Chances are you've excommunicated yourself. (5/10) But here's the third and most important thing I don't think you're thinking about: Your marketability. Having the support of the writing community is almost essential when it comes to getting a book off the ground. The RTs, NL shares, shoutouts, YouTube mentions, etc. (6/10) 99% of that goes away the moment it becomes public knowledge that you use AI, that you steal from fellow creators in order to try to gain some *tiny* advantage for yourself. Few authors are going to RT you. No YouTuber is going to mention your book or cover. (7/10) I can't think of a BookToker who is going to work with you, nor any serious influencer who will want that on their Instagram page. You are sacrificing so much, and for what? To save $1000? $1500? Plus a few total hours of your time? That doesn't math out. (8/10) And yes, I am acutely aware that $1000+ is a *huge* amount of money for a lot of people. Not discounting that. But AI art isn't making publishing "accessible" to you. You're paying WAY more in the end. You're paying in reputation, opportunity, and the chance of success. (9/10) Pay an artist. Save yourself. (10/10)
April 17, 2024 at 11:49 AM
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edzitron.com
These people are nihilists that believe that see creativity as a problem to solve and the product of someone unnecessarily distracted from the quest for growth. They see every single creative and worker as an enemy, and their shit doesn't work.
techmeme.com Techmeme @techmeme.com · Jun 21
In an interview, OpenAI CTO Mira Murati says "some creative jobs maybe will go away" due to AI, "but maybe they shouldn't have been there in the first place" (Kate Irwin/PCMag)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
June 22, 2024 at 2:56 AM
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prospertipaldi.bsky.social
This article goes in depth on this question, with the right angle: The comparison with human learning is a way to justify theft. Hope it helps :)
www.tomshardware.com/news/ai-does...
AI Lie: Machines Don’t Learn Like Humans (And Don’t Have the Right To)
Some argue that bots should be entitled to ingest any content they see, because people can.
www.tomshardware.com
June 18, 2024 at 9:18 AM
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elleisanisland.bsky.social
This is correct and I love him
“I always find it intensely moving, even still, that adults go into the dark and say, ‘l know this is fake but | don't care: tell me a story.” And they gasp and they cry or theyre rolling around laughing. I really believe in the arts as a human need. It's not some sort of frivolous thing, It's a necessity.” ANDREW SCOTT
May 28, 2024 at 2:52 PM
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te-kanawa.bsky.social
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With June being Pride month, I wanted to take this occasion To clearly say this: I unhesitatingly & wholeheartedly support my lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender, and queer friends, their rights, their marriages, their pursuits of happiness and their breath. This is also true July thru May
June 1, 2024 at 6:42 PM
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maryrobinettekowal.com
Thirty-four! AH AH AH!
Number Of GIF
Alt: Count von count saying ah ah ah
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May 30, 2024 at 9:33 PM
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willquinnart.bsky.social
Daily bunny no.2504 has nothing but time
A bunny is a character from the Twilight Zone episode "Time Enough at Last". He is bunny the sole survivor of a nuclear war. standing outside a bombed library, he has just broken his glasses, preventing him from reading the piles of books he had stacked behind him. The entire image is in black and white.
May 30, 2024 at 3:17 AM
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scalzi.com
Kat's good people.
katrichardson.bsky.social Kat Richardson @katrichardson.bsky.social · May 20
I hate asking for help, but my husband is very ill. I hate asking for help, but my husband is very ill... www.katrichardson.com/blog/needhelp/
In Need of Help, Kat Richardson
this is Awkward.
www.katrichardson.com
May 21, 2024 at 11:15 AM
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jensfoell.de
Today's cover of German magazine DER SPIEGEL, commemorating 75 years of today's Germany.
The title translates to "nothing learned?"

This design is as chilling as it is justified. Please share to make people aware that it's serious.
Magazine cover showing a German flag with the shape of a swastika pressing through from behind
May 18, 2024 at 8:19 AM
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captainhowdy.bsky.social
Friday.
May 17, 2024 at 9:22 AM
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crocketthoughton.com
People who miss the experience of going to Blockbuster to browse the rows of VHS and DVD's- you may not realize this but most public libraries carry a selection of new and old films. You'd be surprised what you can find just by visiting a place that will loan you books. Support your local library.
May 16, 2024 at 7:32 PM