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Alex Burns @afburns.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

While watching X-Men '97: Wife: I see, you like the ones that are mean, you sicko. Me *thinking of favorite X-Characters: N...no

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Alex Burns @afburns.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It's silly in many ways, but I rewatched The 13th Warrior the other night and it's pretty wild to see an Arab hero in a movie. Have there been any since?

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Alex Burns @afburns.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Read this last night, it's pretty good! I read it digitally but probably reads much better in print. Menheer's art has a kinetic quality that reminds me a lot of Daniel Warren Johnson, and Cantwell writes a badass Seven.

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Alex Burns @afburns.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Absolutely obsessed with Jess Bush in the classic Chapel hairdo.

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Alex Burns @afburns.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Something a bit annoying about Lanterns is just how limited the rings seem to be. They can make constructs but seem to lack all the scanning and information capabilities we’ve seen in the comics.

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Alex Burns @afburns.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Damn, Batman: Caped Crusader not messing around this season.

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Alex Burns @afburns.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Commercials encroaching on all the streaming services would be more tolerable if most commercials these days weren't constant reminders of the worst aspects and people in our society.

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Alex Burns @afburns.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

In retrospect, the TNG episodes about Geordi and Leah Brahms are a pretty good showcase of how interaction with a chatbot can take a charming, intelligent person and turn them into a dumbass.

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Alex Burns @afburns.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Started using a CPAP regularly a few months ago with great success, and it seems pretty insidious that my feeds are now flooded with "ditch the CPAP and use this instead" ads.

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 17/09/2026

“A senior executive at Microsoft said A.I. systems built on the work of others will be seen as ‘an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions’ and possibly the greatest robbery of labor in human history, according to court documents unredacted Thursday in an ongoing Manhattan lawsuit.”

orlandosentinel.com

Docs in A.I. copyright suit reveal startling admission by Microsoft exec over ‘astonishing theft’

The admission appeared in a newly unredacted filing in the landmark copyright infringement legal battle playing out between newspapers like the Orlando Sentinel and tech companies Microsoft and OpenAI...

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Alex Burns @afburns.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The artist alley setup at Dallas Fan Expo is a disaster. All mixed in with the merch stores.

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Alex Burns @afburns.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Mitch Gerads is coming this weekend but I can’t find my copies of Mister Miracle. So annoying.

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Alex Burns @afburns.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The drawer-style comic boxes suck ass, right? It’s not just me?

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy?

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Alex Burns @afburns.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Oh dang, Texas Theater has a fantastic lineup this week, but I’m way too busy to take advantage: Hundreds of Beavers, Master and Commander, Akira, Dog Day Afternoon, etc.

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Alex Burns @afburns.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

What a feat to hang out with Nathan Fielder and still seem like the insane one.

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Alex Burns @afburns.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Any Denton locals, I'll be at ReaperCon starting tonight, running Ultimate Dinosaur Fighting tournaments.

The cover of the board game Ultimate Dinosaur Fighting, featuring a T-Rex locked in combat with a Triceratops while a roaring crowd watches. Lasers shoot from a cybernetic implant on its head. The Triceratops breathes fire in exchange!

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Rough Draft vs Final Draft

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Alex Burns @afburns.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

One thing I really miss about collecting physical comics is having something for people to sign at conventions. Now I look at a convention guest list and really struggle to remember if I have anything for them to sign.

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Alex Burns @afburns.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I love miniatures hobby videos that are like “make terrain for free with trash you have lying around the house“ and it starts with a piece of garbage that they then pile $20 worth of Green Stuff and resin and paint onto.

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Alex Burns @afburns.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Anyone else remember DARE cops coming into school and telling you drug dealers would give out free samples to get you hooked?

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Alex Burns @afburns.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I’ve never once spelled “colleague” sufficiently well for spellcheck to know what I’m going for. No one has.

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Alex Burns @afburns.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I've known a lot of vegans and I can tell you this isn't sudden or new!

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Alex Burns @afburns.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

One of the best covers of all time, surely. I believe this was one of my earliest impressions of the X-Men.

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Alex Burns @afburns.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Coyote v Acme is great. The Cena/Tweety Bird scene alone is worth the price of admission.

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Alex Burns @afburns.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

They say things like this in the hopes their kids will talk to them again, but they won't change and it won't work.

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Alex Burns @afburns.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Had the pleasure of seeing Tim Curry in the original run of Spamalot on our honeymoon, many years ago. RIP to one of the best.

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Alex Burns @afburns.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Because the purpose of most media is to launder right-wing ideas and make them seem reasonable.

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Alex Burns @afburns.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

The more I think about this the more it bugs me how many gags they left on the table. How is there not a bit where they fire a phaser and yarn comes out like silly string.

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Alex Burns @afburns.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Born too late to work on real books, too early to work on preserving ancient books in the post-apocalyptic wasteland.

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Alex Burns @afburns.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

There are sooo many fun things Strange New Worlds could have done with the puppet premise and they picked the least creative one.

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Alex Burns @afburns.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I hope Inde Navarrette is prepared for how Extremely Normal everyone is going to be about Rogue.

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Alex Burns @afburns.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Hey just wanted to touch base on that last discussion we had. We’ve noticed you haven’t let the intellect devourer attach to your skull during work hours. We feel it’s very important for company efficiency that you let the intellect devourer attach to your skull.

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Alex Burns @afburns.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The Guild isn’t really for me, but the way they’re expanding to add tabletop gaming projects to their Kickstarter is genuinely moving. To use their money and influence that way will do wonders for that community.

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Alex Burns @afburns.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

This is what happens when you crack down on bullying.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Not sure what else anybody might need. Even if you don't care about the environment. Even if you don't care about IP theft. Even if you don't care about a world full of incompetence. "It literally makes you dumber."

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Alex Burns @afburns.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Wife skipped the X-Men intro yesterday, so if anyone has any advice for moving on with your life after a divorce, I could use any support you might offer.

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Alex Burns @afburns.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

It’s crazy how transparent this shit is, literally no different in any way from the tobacco industry.

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Alex Burns @afburns.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Peter Parker just walked out of that hospital without paying his bill and you’re cheering?

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Alex Burns @afburns.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Looking up info on exempting the teen from having to stand for the pledge and by Grabthar’s Hammer the internet is full of piles of parental exemption bullshit. There’s a whole right-wing grifting industry built on this.

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Alex Burns @afburns.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

It's funny how different both MCU Black Widows are from the source material is such wildly different ways. Natasha is so much better in the comics and Yelena is so much better on screen.

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Alex Burns @afburns.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Instead of an elaborate network of speed cameras could we not just design cars to have a maximum speed. Push the pedal down all you want, it's not going over X?

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Alex Burns @afburns.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Enjoyed the Lanterns premiere, but got a good laugh out of the three people we're expected to believe are a married couple and father are all more or less the same age.

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