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    Purple dog captioned "dogs if they were purple"
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    Apr 4, 2026
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    Jun 24, 2026
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    Two rats on a couch facing away, "we're not on squeaking terms rn"
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    Apr 28, 2026
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    Concerned looking cat in a shadow, caption "they are putting something in the water that makes you pee"
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    Jun 15, 2026
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    lofi contrapoints teaching nietzche
    SE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social
    i increasingly feel like the standard leftist toolkit systematically disempowers compassionate people who take ideas seriously by convincing them that everything that is or could be powerful is impure, and they should abstain from those things
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    Jul 5, 2026
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    Claude personification: "I just need to make the tests pass", loop of thoughts: "make tests pass", a person in a hat: " are you okay bro?", claude behind black scribbles: "yes I just need to make the tests pass"
    Alexander Doria @dorialexander.bsky.social
    I like how Anthropic is just obliquely releasing their work on recursive self-improvement.
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    Apr 2, 2026
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    Reply to @segyges.bsky.social

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    Apr 10, 2026
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    "I wish my oomfs would tone down the Anthropic glazing a bit"
    *monkey paw curls*
    oomfs start glazing OpenAI

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    Jul 12, 2026
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    Printed on a sign "Refuse to be stored in black plastic sacks and placed in the containers provided"
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    Jun 6, 2026
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    Reply

    prior art

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    Jul 1, 2026
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    I swear officer, no GPUs here no sir, I'm just growing weed.

    House with a roof covered in snow, except for a huge patch that melted away.
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    Jun 27, 2026
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    DeepSeek logo encircled by arrows in a loop, going from "Now I have a clear picture..." to "But wait, actually...", and back again.
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    May 24, 2026
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    Two faces near a door "come tell us what labels and physical qualities we can use to categorise you", a glitch woyak behind a rectangle "I hate identity! I hate identity!", above: genders, flags, personality tests.
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    Mar 30, 2026
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    Left part: scruffy man with his head replaced with that of a dog, watching dog things on a computer, sitting in a dark dirty room, thinking "I just need someone who can code and 3D model and write and compose". Right part: woman with her head replaced with an anthropomorphized version of Claude's logo, kneeling in well lit meadow, holding a flower, thinking "I wish I had an ideas guy who I could make a game for"
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    Mar 22, 2026
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    istg I'm gonna snap if I see more of that physical media lamentation on the TL. A game downloaded from GOG is infinitely more owned by you than a DRM burdened piece of metalized plastic that only works in a single model of a locked down computer made by Sony.

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    Jul 2, 2026
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    A concerned, sweating cartoon man, with a hand on his face: "I deliberately asked to get regulated and now I am regulated. How could this be happening to me??"
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    Jun 13, 2026
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    this too is yuri

    @scanstone.bsky.social
    shiny peanut en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VFTS_352
    VFTS 352 - Wikipedia
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    Jun 1, 2026
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    Angry person yelling "I fucking hate you and I hope you die" towards s happy person saying 'Computer, show me "pictures of moss, posts about medieval ballads, deep lore about trees, herbs, and plants."'
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    Mar 30, 2026
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    Quoted post is unavailable
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    Jul 12, 2026
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    "optogenetics" is a cute word that doesn't quite convey "we infect mice with viruses that make them grow photoreceptors on their brains, and then mind control them by shining light through their skulls"

    Neuroskeptic @neuroskeptic.bsky.social
    Induction of cortical on/off periods in awake mice fulfills sleep functions www.nature.com/articles/s41... A new, artificial form of "local sleep" in mammals?
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    Jun 23, 2026
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    Two people standing on the opposite sides of a 6 or 9, pointing at it. One says "7.5 plus/minus 1.5", and the other says "I agree".
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    May 12, 2026
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    apple watch, "Too high. Your resting heart rate has been higher than 0 bpm for the last 10 minutes. Remain vigilant and consult a doctor if necessary."
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    May 8, 2026
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    Now I wonder which is the original, if either.

    alstroemeria ☯ @eveningshadow.bsky.social
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    Apr 30, 2026
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    patch with an animal skull in the center, and text "it gets worse", "before it gets worse"
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    Jul 7, 2026
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    ahead of schedule

    screwworm fly wojak, "having a great time"
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    Jun 4, 2026