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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 18h
I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:
Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads: 

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 9h
The Buffalo Bills - singlehandedly healing international rifts.
Buffalo,
we could hear you singing from here.
At your home opener, many of you stood up and sang O Canada. What a moment.
Us Canadians sang along, from the stadium, in sports bars, and on couches across the country.
Then you put it on billboards across Southern Ontario. We're still singing it, you said. We be lieved you.
Well, we want to return the feeling.
On Saturday, October 3rd, the sky over Niagara Falls will go red, white and blue in Buffalo Bills colours.
You're invited. Come across the bridge, find a spot along the river and soak it all in. We'll be right there with you.
We've shared this river a long time. We share the view, the mist, a lot of family, and even more Bills games. Thanks for being a neighbour.
Niagara Falls, Canada
OCTOBER 32026 -THE HORSESHOE FALLS - WWW.NIAGARAFALLSTOURISM.COM
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Josh Spiegel @mousterpiece.bsky.social · 10h
At @crooked-marquee.bsky.social, I wrote about That Thing You Do! on its 30th anniversary, and how badly the Oscars biffed it by failing to award the title song. crookedmarquee.com/that-thing-y...
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That Thing You Do! at 30: A Film Defined by a Song that Should've Won Oscar Gold — Crooked Marquee
The cult favorite that marked Tom Hanks' directorial debut is best remembered for its eponymous song and beloved late songwriter, even if he missed out at winning the Oscar statuette.
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helen @homotoptheory.northsky.social · 01/10/2026
tumblr post:
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Every time some fash posts about Real Art vs
Duchamp's Fountain it's like lol that urinal has been kicking your ass for a hundred years

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Marcel Duchamp kicked the bucket 55 slutty, slutty years ago and you can't get him out of your head.
You're half as old as he is dead and you are worshiping at his altar, you are drinking his piss. He won.
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Eniko Fox @enikofox.com · 01/10/2026
Think SMB3 needed more lesbians with fox ears? Kitsune Tails is 35% off: kitsunegames.com/kitsunetails Or help our queer studio survive the year by getting all our games bundled for $17.99 on itch (itch.io/s/202703/kit...) or $18.75 on Steam (store.steampowered.com/bundle/15673...) Bundled games 👇
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 17h
This is a better epilogue to my January story about the private equity firm profiting off of ICE's cruelest flights than I could have ever possibly hoped for. CHICAGO: You went to the mat and protected (at a minimum!) thousands of immigrants from torture. Take a bow. prospect.org/2026/10/02/i...
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The City That Brought Down an ICE Airline - The American Prospect
In Chicago, progressive alderpeople held up a contract until a private equity firm was forced to dispatch Omni Air International, protecting thousands of immigrants from deportation.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 17h
Neiman Marcus closed its downtown Dallas flagship on Wednesday. The store played a notable role in the history of desegregation in Dallas. Previously, Black shoppers across the US could enter department stores, but they weren't allowed to try on clothes without adhering to certain conditions. 🧵
A notice about the Neiman Marcus store opening in downtown Dallas.An old photo of the Dallas flagship.
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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 20h
LOGGING ON
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𝒕𝒚𝒊 | Mail club on Ko-fi 🦇 @tyiart.bsky.social · 20h
drawing sploinky cats is fun ✨ #art #cats
Drawing of a black kitten with glowing eyes jumping, titled "experiencing symptoms"
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Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 02/10/2026
Still the absolute funniest "trailer remix" ever made -- as well as one of the very first of its kind, debuting in 2005 Every shot is perfectly chosen God I could watch this all day
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Tactical Onions Vendor @inkana.bsky.social · 22h
i believe in civility and dialogue, which is why i make sure my money goes to The Hitler Foundation 1, The Hitler Foundation 2, The New Hitler Foundation, the Foundation for Hitler Studies, and Project Hitler
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Chert @chert.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
please help… my son…
photo of a forklift w/ a pallet jack sitting on its forks like it was an adult carrying a child across its arms
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Norin 🦈 🔜 Nycc 3679? @mahoukarp.com · 02/10/2026
Its spooky season 👻🎃🦈 #art #sharks
Illustration of a shark on September 30th and October 1st. Spooky season is in session~
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Andie 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @andreapallas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
When I have to drive a car in literally any video game
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Regime Accountant, CPA ☠️🎢 @regimecpa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
You ever see Trump helping criminals do financial crimes and getting into a war with Iran and think finally, someone is honoring John McCain’s legacy?
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ve, the ghost of info past @vortexegg.com · 01/10/2026
The Brooks Brothers riot never ended
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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 01/10/2026
AN EVENING READ — Organizer Rocio Garcia said it’s incomprehensible to see these 29 alderpeople continue to ignore the overwhelming amount of Chicagoans who want to tax the rich. Here's the list of demands going into this FY27 budget season. thetriibe.com/2026/09/what...
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What Chicago’s grassroots organizers want the FY27 budget to do for working people • The TRiiBE
The People’s Unity Platform says its FY2027 demands are rooted in years of listening sessions, door-knocking and organizing around what Black and brown working-class communities need from City Hall.
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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The point in Primetime when I realized we got a Batman but lost a Constantine
Robert Pattinson in a trench coat and red tie
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Gore Vidal Sassoon @jimmyjazz1968.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
[can't pronounce the letter g at the end of words finds out Michael McDonald is his dad] I KNEW IT
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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Bestest boy ever ❤️
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austin (eeek!/ackkk! 👻) @thebadcode.com · 01/10/2026
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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Latest WSJ poll: "63% want to pause AI development 61% want a billionaire wealth tax 59% want Medicare for All 57% want a $20 minimum wage 58% want to end U.S. military aid to Israel" This is the center of the country politically. it is time all adjust to this political spectrum, esp. media.
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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
remember: it saved no net money, social services US citizens are getting cut, and left the US in a weaker place geopolitically. none of the debates about fiscal responsibility, obligation to US citizens first, or 'hard choices' actually apply. they're all bullshit. killed people for nothing at all.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The “Cornell 7” framing rubs me the same way described in this thread. We usually use that language for people falsely accused of crimes. Personally, I’ll be going back to “the Cornell gang rapists.”
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.
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margin of error @ihaveopinions.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is a very serious problem. It's our responsibility as non-Jews to educate ourselves about antisemitism and Jewish history, and to be painstakingly responsible in separating antisemitism from anti-Zionism. Our Nazi govt encourages the scapegoating of Jews - don't be a useful idiot for them.
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Ernest Luckman @ernieluckman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
remember this hate if youre on a jury for a personal injury case. theres always an insurance company paying. make them pay.
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The Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 30/09/2026
I really do think tech crossed a line at some point between "helping you do the things you want to do" on the one hand, and "helping you do the things tech wants you to do" on the other. At this point, we're all contorting ourselves to live how the tech industry thinks we should be living.
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South Side Weekly @southsideweekly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
At the height of Operation Midway Blitz, more than twenty people in our community were routinely abducted each day. ✍️: Karina Mireya 🖌️: Atlan Arceo-Witzl
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Everything is On Fire
Reflections on what kept us going on the anniversary of Midway Blitz.
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James “Vamp” Fleet @horrorfilms101.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A lot of ‘90s stuff needs to stay way the hell back in the ‘90s, but imo the ‘90s were correct that clear colored plastic is Fun and Cool.
transparently shelled video game systems of a diversity of colorsimac ad with five differently colored shells
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
mangled fluorescent flex post on a bike lane with tire tracks behind
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It feels genuinely ridiculous having to say this, but the point of art is to connect with another human. Someone thought of that painting or melodic line or scene or paragraph that is suddenly making you weep, and that means that they saw you and understood you without even meeting you.
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Outside Xtra @outsidextra.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
These games might be a 7/10, but they're 10/10s in our hearts Watch to find out which ones we picked ▶️ youtu.be/LqsuewuJxYE
Text reads "Best 7 out of 10 games" next to an image of Deacon St John from Days Gone, and a red hexagon with the number "7", the symbol used for IGN review scores.
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Maple Syrup 🔞 @maplesyrupart.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
one of the worst and most terrifying pieces of information that ive learned is that in order to make friends you kind of have to be annoying to people. and if they like it thenn you can be friends. friendship is just when you both like when the other one is annoying
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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 30/09/2026
The FOIA Bakery has an op-ed in today's issue of Board Rule where we argue that annual stories about declining enrollment at CPS are actually about white fear
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Chicago School Board Prez Candidates on Special Education
Plus, school funding is based on property taxes, not enrollment. So let's stop telling scary stories about declining birth rates.
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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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Cethan Leahy @cethanleahy.com · 30/09/2026
I think we underrate that JCO came up in 20th century New York literary circles where everyone said five most devastating insults before breakfast and as one of the last one standing, her competition is guys who get sad if their chatbot isn't sufficiently nice to them.
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Erin Dwyer aka Ginger Is A Construct @erindwyer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Boston folks yall need to do this, as block captain of my block in Detroit, a city that throws great block parties, $500 can get you an absolutely massive rented bounce castle. Bring your neighbors together, food can be potluck style! Have name tags, exchange phone numbers!
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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
SEN. ERIC SCHMITT: Do these texts not prove that a shrimp fried this rice?
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rowan kaiser @rowan.monster · 30/09/2026
Sweet Jesus it's beautiful
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I think about this interview with the distinguished philosopher Conan O'Brien a lot. I actually think this is a healthy way to live your life! www.nytimes.com/2019/01/14/a...
Is this how you want to go out, with a show that gets smaller and smaller until it’s gone?

Maybe that’s O.K. I think you have more of a problem with that than I do. [Laughs.] At this point in my career, I could go out with a grand, 21-gun salute, and climb into a rocket and the entire Supreme Court walks out and they jointly press a button, I’m shot up into the air and there’s an explosion and it’s orange and it spells, “Good night and God love.” In this culture? Two years later, it’s going to be, who’s Conan? This is going to sound grim, but eventually, all our graves go unattended.

You’re right, that does sound grim.

Sorry. Calvin Coolidge was a pretty popular president. I’ve been to his grave in Vermont. It has the presidential seal on it. Nobody was there. And by the way, I’m the only late-night host that has been to Calvin Coolidge’s grave. I think that’s what separates me from the other hosts.

I had a great conversation with Albert Brooks once. When I met him for the first time, I was kind of stammering. I said, you make movies, they live on forever. I just do these late-night shows, they get lost, they’re never seen again and who cares? And he looked at me and he said, [Albert Brooks voice] “What are you talking about? None of it matters.” None of it matters? “No, that’s the secret. In 1940, people said Clark Gable is the face of the 20th Century. Who [expletive] thinks about Clark Gable? It doesn’t matter. You’ll be forgotten. I’ll be forgotten. We’ll all be forgotten.” It’s so funny because you’d think that would depress me. I was walking on air after that.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
look, if you're worried about being remembered, don't try to pursue immortality or whatever, the smart move is to start selling substandard copper and then make sure anyone who complains deposits a physical copy of that complaint in a site that will later be archaeologically significant
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Reb @rebeckeronie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I need everyone who has ever touched generative ai to realize that its very foundation is built upon stolen material. No matter what reasoning you give, using it is harmful. Any money earned from it is tainted, as will be your credibility. Your peers are HURT by this behavior. Apologize.
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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I am an AI doomer inasmuch as I feel strongly that AI is doomed and that it is our responsibility to accelerate that doom.
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Eric Freeman @freemaneric.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I probably won’t see Digger but it would’ve been an A+ Letterman topic. “Hey Paul, uh, you seen Digger?” etc.
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Fr Chase 🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁 @kalanthropos.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
God forbid a bear wants to get out of the house and try new things. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLH_...
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Bear goes into Aspen farmers market, eats pastries and bread
YouTube video by CBS Colorado
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Stephanie King @stephstephking.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Writers, if you are against AI, do not put your writing into ANY tool that is itself AI. Not to check grammar, not to "prove" you wrote it yourself. Everything you give them becomes part of their data, even if it's only to "improve their service" or whatever BS they tell you.
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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
also the perfect hockey player x figure skater romance already exists and it's called The Cutting Edge
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THE CUTTING EDGE (1992) | Official Trailer | MGM
YouTube video by Amazon MGM Studios
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