the microphone is sending me😠pic.twitter.com/ZtDja7gjQ0
— َ (@pascalonfilm) July 10, 2025
I think a real driving force in the popularity of chatbots is the perception that they're *not* like everything else in the world: manipulable, edited, guided, compromised, etc nymag.com/intelligence...
— John Herrman (@jwherrman.bsky.social) July 9, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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I'm trying to make Wikipedia contributions more oftenElon Musk said Grok 4 is “maximally truth-seeking.” But if you ask Grok 4 questions about controversial topics, one of its first steps is to search for what Musk has said publicly about the topic, and then it shapes its response around that. Yes, really: techcrunch.com/2025/07/10/g...
— Sean O’Kane (@seanokane.bsky.social) July 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Starting July 25, Bluesky will require users in the UK to scan their face, upload an ID or verify their identity with a bankcard. I realize that platforms feel they have no choice but to comply with the government surveillance schemes, but shocking nonetheless.
— Mike Stabile (@mikestabile.bsky.social) July 10, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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("He also confirmed the involvement of DragonForce, an intermediary group that leases ransomware and other hacking in infrastructure to cybercriminals in a process known as ransomware-as-a-service.")One woman and 3 teenage males arrested by police investigating the wave of cyber attacks on UK retailers. The NCA says a 20 year old woman was arrested in Staffordshire, and three males - aged between 17, 19 and 19 - were detained in London and the West Midlands. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
— Joe Tidy BBC News (@joetidy.bsky.social) July 10, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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One of the funniest news diagrams I've ever seen.
— Ste Jormur (@stejormur.bsky.social) July 10, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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"A lot of them are psych issues." nypost.com/2025/07/10/u...
— Noah Shachtman (@noahshachtman.bsky.social) July 10, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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(“I’m here trying to save people’s lives, and do the right thing, and now I’m being revictimized by all of you”)Interim U.S. Attorney John Sarcone directed his staff to remove the @timesunion and its staffers from his office’s media distribution list after the newspaper published a story last month about him listing a boarded-up residence in Albany as his address.https://t.co/16pPNikwTA
— Jimmy Vielkind (@JimmyVielkind) July 9, 2025
("Over the years, I made public statements and gave interviews in which I unintentionally misstated aspects of my military service"This is significant to a very narrow subset of my followers, but here you go. He finally fessed up after being outed by podcasters who finally had him dead to rights after years of accusations.
— Brandon Friedman (@brandonfriedman.bsky.social) July 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Next, Gregg Wallace blames his autism for blaming his behaviour on autism - Gregg Wallace faces backlash over autism defence www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
— Eliot Higgins (@eliothiggins.bsky.social) July 10, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Blue Prince somehow makes for an incredible esport
— Polygon (@polygon.com) July 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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("The NCAA on July 3 placed OSU on probation and ordered the school to pay a fine of $35,000 plus 1% of the women’s tennis program budget. It will reduce its official visits by 18% based on the average number of visits for the previous four years")For the first time ever, the NCAA has taken a stand against tampering and penalized OKST Women’s Tennis, whose coach Chris Young reached out to athletes before they entered the portal. The team had an undefeated regular season and an indoor natty last year. https://t.co/7z3ZtbLC0u
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) July 10, 2025
Andy Roddick torches Bill Ackman’s wildcard entry into pro tennis: “Biggest joke I’ve ever watched.”
— Ava Hult (@Avafhult) July 10, 2025
...and he didn't stop there⬇️👀 @FOShttps://t.co/hwXssvCoyp
Gotta love Summer League! OKC's Erik Reynolds II scores on the wrong basket after the Thunder won a jump ball, probably a good thing the Nets coach was the one being interviewed at the time
— CJ Fogler (@cjzero.bsky.social) July 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Robots call balls and strikes, humans do the Savannah Bananas-thingThe response to ABS reminds me of the initial response to the pitch clock. The it's-gonna-ruin-the-game crowd is out in full force, but eventually they come around to recognize: The game is better for it. There will be growing pains, yes, but the system will be a net positive.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) July 9, 2025
Hard-hitting interview with Macho Man Randy Savage in this previously unscanned issue of Xbox Nation (March 2004)
— Phil Salvador (@philsalv.bsky.social) May 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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I had half a river otter documentary my grandfather taped off cable and mailed me which I watched RELIGIOUSLY.
— Oscar Goff (@theoscargoff.bsky.social) May 23, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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The kicker is that it doesn't work. Customers end up confused and they have to supply one staff member per terminal. Additionally, callcenter staff is trying to assist via video link. It takes forever and feels like the opposite of luxury.
— Christian Petersen-Clausen (@chris__pc) May 22, 2025
I bet it looked great in a PPT though. pic.twitter.com/dI8KlTbGeN
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— vittorio (@IterIntellectus) May 21, 2025
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