Character AI and Meta almost certainly are doing shady shit with their marketing of chatbots, but you DO NOT have to hand it to Ken Paxton for investigating, as it is almost absolutely certain that this is about political retribution, not anything legit. RE:
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So [@skytube.video](
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SkyTube (@skytube.video)
Watch, save, and discover Bluesky videos. skytube.video
 ) looks super cool, but I think I may need to follow some more video producing accounts... https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreia6cwhsiilg5mcl5pybojo3c5t4kjbpeeud46qngi5l5g2rxbvpwq
Free speech? RE:
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amanda moore 🐒 (@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social)
ICE just posted this video taking down the sign in Mount Pleasant on Twitter. [contains quote post or other embedded content]
Apparently, they're leaning in on their reputation... https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreidr7vylcu26jyddkzdhj3ybh74fj7tfeggri6vankrwher3qqmmpm
Hmm. Is there a ride share scam making the rounds? At the airport, booked a car (white Corolla), it's only 3 minutes away! I walk to the designated meeting spot. As I get there a white Prius pulls up and asks if I'm waiting for my car. I say "yes, but it's not you." ...
Free ska! RE:
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Mel Buer (@melbuer.bsky.social)
In MacArthur Park in Los Angeles for a free ska show, and I gotta tell you, it’s really healing to see this pavilion full of dancing, smiling peo...
Why is her signature the same as Donald's? RE:
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Eric Columbus (@ericcolumbus.bsky.social)
This is a real letter from Melania Trump to Putin and it’s one of the most vapid things I’ve ever read.
Content warning: discussion of LLM tool usage. If that upsets you just block me. I don't need to be scolded. This is just for people who are interested: I've been testing out GPT-5 in my edit flow, and it's fascinating to compare it to Claude 4 sonnet (which I use more regularly).
Seeing a lot of this sorta thing. When I pointed out the noticeable decline in violent crime in Baltimore, someone yelled at me that I was an idiot to say that Baltimore had no crime, which was not something I had said. RE:
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jamelle (@jamellebouie.net)
it is incredible to see the extent to which the Sensible Centrists are simply incapable of grasping the very simple and obvious fact that the presi...
Just casually reading some documents that [@eff.org](
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Electronic Frontier Foundation (@eff.org)
We're the Electronic Frontier Foundation. We're a nonprofit that fights for your privacy and free speech online. Find all of EFF's social media acc...
 ) freed about the DOJ trying to destroy the internet and see that they emailed around some of my blog posts criticizing their policies. Thanks for the clicks, I guess. https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreie374nh3c4p3rs2csn7cnh6o63n7fvftraonb7mg3ar7gylfs7imq