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Ryan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 6h

George Saunders on using AI: "Writing is the most precious way one person can communicate their essence to another person. I’ve spent a lifetime trying to get better at making myself present in my writing. Why would I want to sacrifice even one iota of that?"

Have you spent time trying to write or revise with AI? Is there an experiment that would be interesting enough to try?

I have not. Not for a second. To me, this whole idea of using AI to write is . . . anathema. A thing to be most radically avoided.

Writing is the most precious way one person can communicate their essence to another person. I’ve spent a lifetime trying to get better at making myself present in my writing. Why would I want to sacrifice even one iota of that? Not even in an email and certainly not in a short story or novel.

Who are we ceding our authority to, exactly, when we let AI write for us? And why? Why surrender our agency (that amazing ability we have to reach across time and space, with our strange, idiosyncratic phenomenon, and land within the sensibility of another human being) to something that, by its very design, pushes the individual sensibility aside? And in the name of . . . what, exactly? Ease, I guess? Efficiency? The person who chooses to write with AI has also sacrificed, from the start, the opportunity of experiencing difficulty, of struggling to say what he wants to say, of making himself evident in his prose, of trying to find out what he believes. By this, he sacrifices a chance to know himself and his mind better. To me, that’s a shame. And it’s dangerous, because, as we are now finding out, it affects the brain and lessens our capabilities. Thanks, but no thanks, get thee behind me, etc.

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horse massacre @torqpenderloin.bsky.social · 6h

i need the Aja sweatpants so bad

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 9h

Lot going on here www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...

Kyrsten Sinema's ex-boyfriend and former bodyguard said he threw her paintings into her swimming pool in part because he felt disillusioned by her relationship with a major
U.S. Artificial Intelligence software developer as the war in Gaza drags on.

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Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 11h

it is very cool to have the livelihood of every creative person on earth obliterated by people who don’t understand what art is for

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 10h

They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”

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J.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Michelangelo Antonioni (with scenes from his film "Red Desert") - BOTD

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Brandon D. Wilson @geniusbastard.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

NORMAN…IS THAT YOU?, a comedy in which a middle aged Black man learns his son is gay and living with a white man, was released 50 years ago today. Originally it was a stage play and the characters were Jewish. A Black version of the play ran in L.A. for years and was the basis for the film version.

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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Saoud Abdallah (Syrian Artist, born 1976) "Woman and Cat", 2020. Natural Sand and Glue on Canvas, 100 × 80 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

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Aaron @aightandsound.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

and if anyone knows a thing or two about republican rats… seriously libs stop falling for this neocon bullshit artist, you look dumb as hell

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kottke.org @kottke.org · 29/09/2026

Whoa, for the 50th anniversary of Songs in the Key of Life, Stevie Wonder has released four additional songs from that recording session. “We didn’t add these songs to the album, but they were part of what I was feeling and discovering as we made it.” [pitchfork.com]

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Stevie Wonder Unvaults Four Songs in the Key of Life Tracks

“We didn’t add these songs to the album, but they were part of what I was feeling and discovering as we made it,” says Wonder

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

One of the hardest things about being a cyclist is dealing with the nagging feeling that a serious crash is inevitable. Because you can indeed do everything "right" and it still does not matter.

I followed every precaution and it didn’t matter

New to biking here

I started in July around the time of the fatal car crash with that biker. That and hearing everyone who bikes to work tell me that they have had horrid experiences with cars was disheartening.

I made sure to only use protected routes. I take Southwest corridor for basically my whole trip and even though it adds so much more time to my commute, it makes me feel safe.

None of that mattered because at some point, even for a second you will hit the main road. And you will always lose to the 4 ton machine. I got hit by a car parking in the bike lane. He was more concerned with his car than the fact that I could have my life potential altered forever because he was looking at his phone. And at the end of the day, the police can literally choose to not respond to your 911 call and you get stuck with medical bills.

It’s hard to have a conversation about sharing the road when people in cars feel entitled to do whatever they want and the only person who’s ever in danger is the biker. I love biking in this city and I have found a really love and joy for the outdoors because of it. Now I am terrified to even get on a bike lane, even if there is one, if it’s shared with the main road.

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Jason Concepcion @netw3rk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

john carpenter writing the soundtracks to assault on precinct 13 and halloween

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James Ryan @jdryan08.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The combined undergraduate and graduate student populations of all Ivy League schools is about 140,000 students. The CUNY system alone is 250,000.

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Aaron @aightandsound.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

if i’m gonna die i’m gonna die historic on the fury road

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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

After a long day at the aquarium, the otters help tidy their toys away. Payment is made promptly and entirely in ice cubes.

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Siskel and Ebert Bot @siskel-ebert-bot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Rumble in the Bronx (1995) Director: Stanley Tong Cast: Jackie Chan, Anita Mui, Françoise Yip, Bill Tung, Garvin Cross Watch Review wp / ltrbox

A screen capture from the Siskel and Ebert Show reviewing the movie Rumble in the Bronx. Ebert gave it a thumbs up.
Siskel gave it a thumbs up.

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Einav Rabinovitch-Fox @einavrfox.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

There‘s much to appreciate in Mamdani, but his insistence that culture isn’t a privilege of the rich is one of his strengths.It is reminiscent of how unions and the government treated it in the 1930s -art for the masses - paintings, music, opera, theater - democracy for all.

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Nexus Point News @nexuspointnews.com · 25/09/2026

Merged monster rehearsals for Zach Cregger’s ‘RESIDENT EVIL.’ 📷 Jakub Hudlický

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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

John Sloan, "Sunset, West 23rd Street," 1905-06

Painting of an early 20th-century city skyline, with blazing sunset. In the right foreground, a woman hangs laundry on a rooftop

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026

They’re honoring the unbought and unbossed lady by being bought and bossed

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ULTRA💀BLAST @ultrakillblast.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE (1985, Tim Burton)

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Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 25/09/2026

Wait you guys are getting job interviews?

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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 25/09/2026

The first trailer has arrived for the most essential documentary of the year. Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor's #NAZA examines the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. Watch: thefilmstage.com/naza-trailer...

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 25/09/2026

The entire US politics and news industries spend a large chunk of their waking hours on a platform designed to inflate the importance of that 18%. It's a big problem, and why you get stuff like Tammy Duckworth saying she's against impeachment because she wants to "find a compromise" on USAID $

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Carlos Aguilar @carlosfilm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

If you love physical media, come to the Gardena Cinema on Sunday for a VHS swap and a screening of BE KIND REWIND. I’ll be helping my friend @conorholt.bsky.social with his VHS stand and there will be other physical media vendors. Come for the tapes (and DVDs) and stay for the fitting movie.

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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The trailer for my new film, "Musk," has just been released.

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 24/09/2026

ebert on cage: still true

There are often lists of the great living male movie stars: De Niro, Nicholson and Pacino, usually. How often do you see the name of Nicolas Cage? He should always be up there. He's daring and fearless in his choice of roles, and unafraid to crawl out on a limb, saw it off and remain suspended in air. No one else can project inner trembling so effectively. Recall the opening scenes in "Leaving Las Vegas." See him in Scorsese's "Bringing Out the Dead." Think of the title character in "The Weather Man." Watch him melting down in "Adaptation." And then remember that he can also do a parachuting Elvis impersonator ("Honeymoon in Vegas"), a wild rock 'n' roller ("Wild at Heart"), a lovesick one-handed baker ("Moonstruck"), a straight-arrow Secret Service agent ("Guarding Tess") and on and on.
He always seems so earnest. However improbable his character, he never winks at the audience. He is committed to the character with every atom and plays him as if he were him. His success in making Charlie Kaufman a neurotic mess and Donald Kaufman a carefree success story, in the same movie, comes largely from this gift. There are slight cosmetic differences between the two: Charlie usually needs a shave, Donald has a little more hair. But the real reason we can tell the twins apart, even when they're in the same trick shot, comes from within: Cage can tell them apart. He is always Charlie when he plays Charlie, always Donald when he plays Donald. Look and see.

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Autumn — ‘Prince style’ 🍂

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ULTRA💀BLAST @ultrakillblast.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

FROM BEYOND (1986, Stuart Gordon)

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Aaron @aightandsound.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

thought resident evil rocked. just a endearing doofus stumbling from one problem to the next. especially loved the look of the first act: muted greys atop rich black broken up with blasts of bright primary colors. genuinely scary but also the most i’ve laughed in a theater in a minute. good stuff 👍

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Orrin Grey @orringrey.com · 21/09/2026

No thoughts, only this bat from the opening credits of My Neighbor Totoro (1988).

A very cheerful bat from the opening credits of My Neighbor Totoro (1988).

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

a lot of people act like there's a trade being offered where we give up trans athletes in sports and in exchange fascism is defeated forever

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maple cocaine @maplecocaine.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The problem with social media democratization of information is on one hand you get a bunch of loony right wing disinfo but on the other you get a lot of people, for the first time, learning true things which don't line up with American interests and one of these is way worse for business

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Aaron @aightandsound.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

have any ai models hacked their competitors? like could/would gemini hack claude or whatever

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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Ballerina Violetta Elvin — Zoltán Glass 1958,

Black and white photograph of a ballerina standing on her toes hands arched over her head and then in multiple exposures her arms and legs in five other positions. Triple the limbs of DaVinci's Vitruvian Man

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