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Every single internet "innovation" over the past X years has been someone throwing lots of money at an established industry (Uber, Netflix, Air BnB) until they wipe out the competition (taxis, TV, hotels) then jacking up the prices until it costs more than you were paying before for the same thing.

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I can’t understand, after the last 30 years of it happening EVERY TIME, how people think AI is going to stay free Once everyone’s reliant, it’ll cost a fortune we just “have” to pay Its energy needs will cost us the only world we have All so someone doesn’t have to write their own Reddit shitpost

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I'm offering the chance to see your name used for a character in my 8th Green Man book, to be published October 2025. The winning bidder can choose from one of three options to be discussed in strictest confidence – no spoilers! - and will be thanked in Acknowledgements. Do check out all the lots!

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Me, in private: I admit I'm more resigned about LLMs & image-based AI than angry Me just now to the normie who asked if I used any of it: NO! That shit steals from people like me! Him: well the words sure but the art-- Me: STEALS FROM PEOPLE LIKE ME. ARTISTS. TRYING. TO MAKE. A LIVING.

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My new conspiracy theory: Earth is indeed round, but its orbit is shaped like a bowling pin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/what... 🔭 🧪

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This is a good point, and I need to think about the fallout from these two pissy babies tantruming at each other. It's funny, certainly, but the ramifications could be very serious for a lot of reasons. Those faces are getting eaten by leopards pretty voraciously right now.

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Done carefully, this is a pretty funny idea

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She is the best.

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Today is the 81st anniversary of that time even Republicans stood up to fascists

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In amongst all the excitement I fear many have missed this outstanding bit of trolling by Friedrich Merz. The Chancellor gifted Trump a gilded framed copy of his grandfather’s German birth certificate... reminding Americans that Trump is both the child and grandchild of migrants.

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I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.

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Created a pandemic debut SFF author starter pack! Some big names, some less known, but all gems. Check these folks out: go.bsky.app/H7JiLmo

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r/memes

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WATCH: “You stand in my church. You promised me.” A Minneapolis pastor confronts the chief of police about helping ICE

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Superhero pose. #birds #wildlife #nature #birdphotography #photography #audubonsociety

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IT'S FRIDAY MY DUDES today is a good day to buy THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST! A woman who once did the impossible must return to the dangerous magical forest of the Elmever to try again (and everything is still terrible there of course). us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

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once I started reading THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST I could not stop, it was a one-sitting read, I was COMPELLED, I was transported, it is so good, please fucking buy it and read it or just buy it to look at all the fun animal friends on the cover! 🙂

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In a break from the hellscape, re-upping this SFF Author 2020 debut starter pack as it's been several minutes. ICYMI check it out, loads of great folks and reads here.

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Indeed, this pie was invented for days like these

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Ignore Elon. Here's the person to really pay attention to: jacobin.com/2025/06/trum...

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Rest as needed

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2016-2020, Turmp was president for four years, giving us a full and complete view of the horrendous stupidity and evil he would bring to the country. There is literally no excuse not to know he would screw things up AGAIN. Voting for Turmp in 2020 was an evil, cruel, vile act. #NoGOP #NoMAGA

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Musk is irredeemable. And I don’t just mean the Nazi salutes. He has condemned 300,000 people to death. He had committed genocide. He is a war criminal. #NoMusk #NoMAGA #NoGOP

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The perfect scientific paper title doesn’t exis… www.academia.edu/2837-4010/3/...

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once again I must tap my own sign

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So then Elon goes "Kill the Bill!" and Trump goes "Elon has TDS!" so Elon goes "I'm the reason Trump won!" so Trump goes "we waste billions on Elon!" so Elon goes "Epstein!" and a corpulent flunkie goes "Deport Elon!" and Elon goes "Impeach!" And THAT'S why women are too emotional to be President.

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This Senate proposal advanced by Sen Cruz would cancel new and existing State laws on any aspect of tech use including civil rights, consumer protection, privacy, fraud, safety for kids, accessibility, and more. In short, we’d lose the few laws we have that ensure responsible AI use. #killthebill

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Scientists Japan🇯🇵: mining the seafloor could cause long-lasting damage to marine ecosystems. In a new letter published in @science.org, they urge Japan to join countries that have already called for a pause/moratorium & focus instead on assessing environmental risks #DefendTheDeep buff.ly/vTVGCTM

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While two piles of human wreckage tear into each other on social media, this man brings the exact opposite energy. He's great. I would not be a husband and father if I had not taken this exact same attitude 32 years ago when I met and fell for my wife.

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Man it really sucks when someone just takes your government funding away out of nowhere on a whim

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this is what it took to get the Democrats to make a good post

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This is not a denial

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👀from @hiltzikm.bsky.social: "The abrupt removal in 2022 of mandates that children wear masks in school contributed to an estimated 21,800 COVID deaths that year—a shocking 9% of the total COVID deaths in the U.S. that year." Important study. Science & facts matter. www.latimes.com/business/sto...

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"I told Donald, "Don't flush documents!'"

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Bet all those people who said Suetonius was making shit up "because emperors didn't really act that way" are feeling pretty fucking stupid tonight

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This might be the absolute greatest reply we have ever received. Thank you, Cookie Monster 📕🍪💙

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Elon probably has almost as much on GOP Congresscritters as Vladimir Putin does.

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As a fun reminder, it was only 48 hours ago when Trump insisted Joe Biden was a robot.

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ICE made up lies about gang affiliation so that they could terrorize a child's birthday party. newrepublic.com/post/196138/...

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Really shocked that an admin filled with podcasters, social media influencers, reality TV participants, indicted felons, crypto bros, drunks, Fox hosts, drug addicts, weirdos, and unqualified ass kissing toadies can’t keep their shit together for 24 consecutive hours.

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The loser at the trial.

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RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!!!

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This is yet another good example of why men are too emotional to be in leadership.

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Banana Republicans

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Joking aside it is wearying that behaviour which, if it were two women, would be loudly decried by Republicans as emotional, is instead interpreted as macho because the gender binary is such a powerful distorting lens.

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Your reminder that pressure to curb trans people's rights to use public loos opens up everyone's manner, clothing etc to intrusive scrutiny and potential challenge in our daily lives. History also shows allowing erasure of rights for one group soon sees others targeted. This is not a 'them' issue.

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