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I wrote about some of the coolest octopuses in the ocean and what they like to ride 🍃 defector.com/the-argonaut...

The Argonaut Octopus Has Mastered The Free Ride | Defector

In 2019, the photographer Harris Narainen had just wrapped up a night dive off Anilao in the Philippines and begun his staggered ascent to the surface when his dive leader pointed a flashlight at some...

New: Major newspapers are giving Trump’s federal criminal indictment a fraction of the coverage they gave former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server in 2016 www.mediamatters.org/new-york-tim...

I cannot over-emphasize the colossal loser energy of taking a platform where once the biggest stars in the history of popular culture voluntarily posted original content every day because they enjoyed it into a pyramid scheme where the worst dipshits on earth pay to be fake friends with each other.

TVverge-poster.bsky.socialOct 9, 2024 6:53pm

X will pay its Premium users to engage with each other - https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/9/24266258/x-pay-premium-users-engage-with-each-other

X will pay its Premium users to engage with each other

Will creators actually get higher payouts?

Not only are we getting a dead internet, we're also getting a dead job market, a dead marketplace, dead art, just machines talking to other machines in some sort of weird parallel reality

REedroso.bsky.socialOct 10, 2024 1:21pm

"...people are using AI-generated resumes and cover letters to automatically apply for jobs... reviewed by automated AI software ... creating a bizarre loop where humans have essentially been removed from the job application and hiring process." www.404media.co/email/df2c73...

GOP blocks fixing what they complain about Anyone you argue with who is planning to vote for GOP is either -ignorant enough to fall for that -knows but is dishonest enough to go with it -just hates whoever they let them hate or want whatever helps their bottom line and none of this matters to them

A fascination with genes and genetics would typically entail knowing at ≥1 fucking factual thing about them, which this man, who thought injecting bleach for Covid was practicable, does not.

MWmollieoreilly.bsky.socialOct 10, 2024 1:54am

This headline stack is one for the time capsule. First, analyzing Harris's message discipline, which is common to normie politicians, as if it's uniquely revealing and shifty. Second, framing Trump's openly racist, completely dishonest stump rhetoric as if it's quirky and full of subtle meaning.

Türkiye and Russia banned Discord. According to Reuters, Türkiye authorities demanded data from Discord, which alleged crimes of "child sexual abuse and obscenity" were committed on the platform. Discord refused and got banned. www.gamesindustry.biz/turkey-and-r...

Roblox says "tens of millions of users" have safe and positive experiences on Roblox every day, so that's at least 20 million users! Unfortunately, Roblox averages almost 80 million users a day. www.unlosingwriter.com/can-roblox-b...

Can Roblox beat the "pedophile hellscape" charges?

A new report calls Roblox "a pedophile hellscape for kids" while accusing the company of misleading investors. What's new here, and how insufficient was the company's response?

Reminds me of how you could write notes on your map in Thief 2.