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Spent a year seeing if Mastodon would fill the hole left by the murder of Twitter. It didn't. Seems like there are more people here.

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it’s unreal how these grown-ass men had no problem destroying untold lives with chatGPT but go crying to a judge when people make fun of them online

14.03.2026 02:43 πŸ‘ 1140 πŸ” 361 πŸ’¬ 38 πŸ“Œ 9
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DOGE Deposition Videos Taken Down After Judge Order and Widespread Mockery The government asked a judge to stop the spread of the videos on YouTube. The judge agreed, and ordered their immediate removal.

Breaking: the DOGE deposition videos have been taken off YouTube. On Friday the government asked a judge to intervene, said the videos could cause reputational damage, death threats. Judge agreed, ordered them removed: www.404media.co/doge-deposit...

14.03.2026 00:22 πŸ‘ 2030 πŸ” 905 πŸ’¬ 225 πŸ“Œ 364

I used to play Risk a lot in high-school. Here’s how many troops I think it will take to hold the Strait of Hormuz.

13.03.2026 16:24 πŸ‘ 1202 πŸ” 173 πŸ’¬ 38 πŸ“Œ 14

The whole point of defending the right for uncomfortable, or even reprehensible fiction to have the right to exist isnt that its all cool and nothing is ever wrong with it

Its that government/corpo organizations will NEVER look at things with the """nuance""" you think is so self evident

11.03.2026 19:25 πŸ‘ 4120 πŸ” 1856 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 38
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Grammarly Is Facing a Class Action Lawsuit Over Its AI β€˜Expert Review’ Feature The feature, which Grammarly shut down Wednesday, presented editing suggestions as if they came from established authors and academicsβ€”without their consent.

I'm suing Grammarly over its paid AI feature that presented editing suggestions as if they came from me - and many other writers and journalists - without consent.

State law requires consent before someone's name can be used for commercial purposes.

www.wired.com/story/gramma...

11.03.2026 20:55 πŸ‘ 7968 πŸ” 2421 πŸ’¬ 120 πŸ“Œ 207

It’s so much fun! Particularly episode seven!

11.03.2026 18:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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An open letter to Grammarly and other plagiarists, thieves and slop merchants To everyone at Grammarly, I am writing a book right now, a really challenging endeavor that no doubt someone in Silicon Valley will think it’s fine to steal the day it’s published. I’ve been a profes...

I finally lost my shit about so-called AIs, LLMs, enshittification & everything fucking evil that @officialgrammarly.bsky.social is doing. I'm fucking furious, and not just about what 1 company has done. An open letter to Grammarly & the rest of the LLM hype machine www.moryan.com/an-open-lett...

11.03.2026 01:44 πŸ‘ 3772 πŸ” 1494 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 225
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I can't compete with this.

09.03.2026 16:20 πŸ‘ 10341 πŸ” 1745 πŸ’¬ 232 πŸ“Œ 412
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Happy Daylight Savings, you bastards

08.03.2026 14:53 πŸ‘ 129 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 3

He’s on record admitting exactly that!

08.03.2026 08:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The national suicide being committed by the Republican-led United States has no historical precedent. Centuries from now (if humanity survives that long), historians will struggle to explain how such a thing was possible.

06.03.2026 23:08 πŸ‘ 3131 πŸ” 671 πŸ’¬ 237 πŸ“Œ 201

My list, once you add in the non-Letterboxd entries I list in the description, hits 209. So where are the other three?

07.03.2026 09:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Last Drive-In All the movies exhibited on Shudder's show THE LAST DRIVE-IN WITH JOE BOB BRIGGS (2018-2026). I think I only ever saw four or five episodes of Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater on The Movie Channel back in t...

Here’s my list that I’m trying to reconcile with the β€œ212” he mentioned tonight: boxd.it/dFLuC

07.03.2026 08:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is great, but won’t really answer my specific question as it’s an unseparated list of all three of his shows since the 80s. I’m looking for a numbered list of the 212 he mentioned tonight.

07.03.2026 08:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

April 24th!

07.03.2026 07:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Is there a convenient list of all the 212 episodes that Joe Bob mentioned tonight? I keep my own list, but can't make it quite hit that number... #MutantFam #TheLastDriveIn

07.03.2026 07:43 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

If you look at the list of peptides, one of the peptides on that list (Melanotan II) is one where my husband treated someone in the ER who lost the ability to speak in words for half a day after injecting it.

04.03.2026 22:15 πŸ‘ 614 πŸ” 182 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 11
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a cartoon drawing of a kettle and a coffee maker ALT: a cartoon drawing of a kettle and a coffee maker

Try a Chemex or a V60. Leave the bulky and fussy machines behind.

03.03.2026 13:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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me every single day

03.01.2026 17:29 πŸ‘ 6435 πŸ” 1767 πŸ’¬ 65 πŸ“Œ 50

Yes, I criticize the Democrats. We know the Republicans are evil bastards. They don't pretend not to be evil bastards. I'm criticizing the people who should know better, the ones who text me every 45 minutes asking me for money.

01.03.2026 00:21 πŸ‘ 483 πŸ” 77 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 1

As someone who is staunchly against generative AI myself, I wanted to share so that everyone here could be aware and make informed decisions about their purchases.

28.02.2026 19:03 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Deep Fusion Films

Discover the future of documentary filmmaking with Deep Fusion Films."

www.deepfusionfilms.com

I have not seen this documentary, but I was told by someone who has that Peter Cushing is deepfaked in the documentary itself.

28.02.2026 19:03 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

"As filmmakers, we specialise in crafting captivating programmes that seamlessly integrate AI, pushing the boundaries of traditional filmmaking. Our team, comprised of award-winning filmmakers, is dedicated to bringing to life compelling stories that resonate with audiences around the globe.

28.02.2026 19:03 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Just an FYI to everyone, I had someone comment that this documentary was riddled with AI. I went and did some research.
Hammer lists the studio behind this documentary as "Deep Fusion Films in Association with Hammer Films".

The website for Deep Fusion Films, front and center, states:

28.02.2026 19:03 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3

This is half the reason I use a handgrinder (cost is the other half)

27.02.2026 07:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Netflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for an Ellison Takeover

The richest man owns X.

The second and third richest men control Google.

The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post.

And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros.

See the problem here?

26.02.2026 23:40 πŸ‘ 38968 πŸ” 16526 πŸ’¬ 1830 πŸ“Œ 1083

Why do I have to pretend that I'm going to print something in order to save it as a PDF. Why do I have to engage in a little ruse.

23.02.2026 21:43 πŸ‘ 19307 πŸ” 2927 πŸ’¬ 345 πŸ“Œ 1
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This is the most incredible footage of blue whales I’ve ever seen

22.02.2026 08:55 πŸ‘ 6926 πŸ” 2269 πŸ’¬ 99 πŸ“Œ 415
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The hidden ICE blueprint that should horrify every American | Will Bunch An internal Department of Homeland Security document shows how ICE plans to cram thousands of detained human beings inside a Georgia warehouse.

What's more shocking than ICE's plan to cram as many 8,500 humans into massive, soul-crushing warehouses?

Seeing the actual DHS floor plan that echoes slavery ships and history's worst gulags with no rec space but a gun range for guards

My new column on the camps www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...

22.02.2026 18:10 πŸ‘ 8096 πŸ” 4399 πŸ’¬ 339 πŸ“Œ 376
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How Nazgul the wolfdog made his run for Winter Olympic glory in Italy Nazgul isn't talking, but his owners come clean about how he got loose, got famous, and how they feel now

The thing I love most about Nazgul is that he's the only athlete at these games that represents no nation. He knows we're one family, and that flags represent tribalism, but being a gud boy means universal unity. Put Nazgul on the podium, cowards! (PS: He did cheat tho)

21.02.2026 19:15 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0