Before he takes the mound to represent the United States in the World Baseball Classic for the first time, Paul Skenes writes a letter to the next generation.
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Before he takes the mound to represent the United States in the World Baseball Classic for the first time, Paul Skenes writes a letter to the next generation.
Hi, I’m Lily and I play volleyball for Notre Dame.
Two years ago, I got a text about AI deepfake nudes — of me, and other female athletes — being posted online. It turned my life into a horror movie.
I survived. Many people don’t. I’m telling my story now, for all of us.
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They will be wrong.”
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@sixersnba.bsky.social.
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There’s so much that he never got to say, so he wrote this letter to him after being drafted by the @lasvegasraiders.bsky.social.
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He pens this letter to his family — at home and at
Liverpool.
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To put it plainly, he’s not a fun assignment on defense.”
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