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Drop a film you saw on a first date: Didn’t want to post a gif of “that” scene. Yeah, long story of a first and last date, good guy, died way too young a few years ago.

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Sharon Stone Basic Instinct

ALT: Sharon Stone Basic Instinct

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AJW @andreawest.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

The ITYSL reference in this Elizabeth Alsop article on DTF St. Louis is spot-on. And those opening credits = 💯 “Beware” @elizabethalsop.bsky.social, thank you. Amazing prose. Not a spoiler, but Cardellini’s “Can you speak up?” is Tim Robinson-esque.

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AJW @andreawest.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I’d actually want to read this book!

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Kory Stamper @korystamper.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Are you tired of AI slop taking over your feed and invading your personal space? TRY MAKING A ZINE ABOUT LINGUISTICS INSTEAD and winning a prize while you're at it! Prizes include books donated by a ton of fabulous writers (and also me). Deets and list of prizes in thread!

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AJW @andreawest.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I miss Europe. “Take me back to another time,” as The Dream Syndicate once sang.

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AJW @andreawest.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This list will change in ten minutes.

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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

wikipedia has been ANNIHILATED with AI bot traffic for a while now (because LLMs can't get enough of it) which puts a huge burden on its tech and server costs. and now it looks like bots are making unauthorized edits to pages and trying to hack community tools diff.wikimedia.org/2026/10/05/o...

Wiki editing: We’ve identified edits to Wikimedia wikis that we believe are from AI agents operated by OpenAI. These edits were not published to pages with visibility to general readers; almost all of them were testing edits in “sandbox” areas of the wiki. It also included a few edits to the configuration for a citation tool, which we believe were potentially malicious edits that were intended to misuse this tool as a proxy for fetching data from remote services. While Wikipedia policies allow bots to edit when they are disclosed and approved by the community, none of those approvals were sought in these incidents.
Etherpad probing and use: Agents we believe to be operated by OpenAI made some unsuccessful attempts to compromise our public Etherpad, a note-taking tool we host as a community service. Agents unsuccessfully tried to use it to fetch data from other websites as a proxy. Other agents also likely operated by OpenAI took notes about their tasks, though this did not appear to turn into coordination.
Excessive data downloading: Agents we believe to be operated by OpenAI made millions of automated requests to our public APIs to access the knowledge on Wikimedia projects, crawled millions of pages (mainly from our projects Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons), and made hundreds of thousands of data queries to the Wikidata Query Service (WDQS). This traffic may have contributed to a partial outage on WDQS in May.

Wikimedia’s volunteers are the ones who come in first contact with, and clean up the mess left behind by AI agents. Rising bot traffic and agentic activity is showing a real impact on the Wikimedia projects and the infrastructure that makes it available for millions of users globally. In 2025, the Foundation reported that its bandwidth usage had increased by 50% due to the surge of bot activity on its websites since 2024. At the same time, 65% of the most resource-consuming traffic on its projects was coming from bots.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 05/10/2026

In a provincial election in Quebec, the separatist Parti Québécois appeared poised to gain power for the first time in more than a decade. It has promised an independence referendum if elected, but the push is still a hard sell among voters. nyti.ms/3VtWbbU

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AJW @andreawest.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

AI-generated? I give up. *insert Ron Swanson throwing computer in the dumpster gif”

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AJW @andreawest.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

That time a news outlet in Charlotte posted my photo during the 2015 floods here in Cola. I got a lovely message from a woman who lived in the neighborhood. Social media is alright sometimes.

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AJW @andreawest.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

If you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula. “There’s a lot of stuff on the floor, Petyr.”

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Ben Zimmer @benzimmer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I spoke to @vulture.com about the nerdy pastime of "gridspotting," tracking down the provenance of crosswords in movies and TV shows.

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AJW @andreawest.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

NTBTS at 286 is actually surprisingly high. The show does attract its obsessive fans *cough* like me *cough*. The Best TV Shows of the 21st Century: Readers Choose Their Top Shows www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Readers Choose Their Top TV Shows of the 21st Century (Gift Article)

The people have spoken. Here are their picks.

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AJW @andreawest.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

All the Matt/Jay comments on my socials are making me happy. :)

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AJW @andreawest.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

At my favorite restaurant wearing their t-shirt. People might think I work here!

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Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Orlando-san, a mute swan who can’t fly and has a tower on its head, is the mascot for the town of Ora, in Gunma Prefecture.

A portly swan with a blue tower atop its head stands, small wings outstretched, in a convention centre.

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AJW @andreawest.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I should have my students parse this sentence. 😂

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AJW @andreawest.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Happy that this is an A24 release.

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Dr Hannah M. Rowland @hannahmrowland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Hope your day was better than Darwin’s, on this day 165 years ago

I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody &everything.

Charles Darwin
Letter to Charles Lyell
1st October 1861

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Kumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

AI will never be able to make art. Thanks.

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Jenni8675309 @jenni76.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Ted Lasso making me cry sad tears for two people and happy tears for two other people at the same time.

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AJW @andreawest.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I owe Marsden and CFNY so much for shaping my musical tastes. Not just CanCon! I’m remembering hearing Bill Nelson’s “Another Day, Another Ray of Hope” first on CFNY. David Marsden, the architect of CFNY and the Spirit of Radio, has died | Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/1207565...

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Global News | Breaking, Latest News and Video for Canada

Globalnews.ca – Watch and read Canada’s Breaking news plus Business, Health, Politics and World News

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AJW @andreawest.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

On the subject of ex-boyfriends…I got dumped out of state. Yeah, too bad, too sad, as Mom would say. She was right. Still, I drove from the Charlotte airport to Cola in my Mazda 3 playing this song at full blast. youtu.be/XVk_e31dnlE?...

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Ben Folds Five - Song For The Dumped

YouTube video by BenFoldsFiveVEVO

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AJW @andreawest.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My brother-in-law is a huge Cowboys fan. He’s not happy right now! Oh, Bills, please never wear those awful uniforms again.

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AJW @andreawest.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The Wire was prophetic. Amazing. Breaking Bad was iconic for so many reasons. I have a love/hate relationship with Mad Men. Embarrassing confession: I’ve never watched all of The Sopranos . There are complicated reasons, but I realize it’s a blind spot. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/o...

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Opinion | The Four TV Shows That Heralded America’s Fall (Gift Article)

Four TV shows, now acknowledged as the medium’s high point, each cannily predicted the ways in which America would start to crack apart.

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AJW @andreawest.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

One more note about the silly NYT list: I purposely left off any reality tv on my top 10. GBBO made their list, and it’s one of my favorites. Amazing Race should have been on it. Top Chef. But I have so many guilty reality pleasures. I’ve rewatched Bar Rescue more than NTBTS. Southern Charm?

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AJW @andreawest.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I mentioned this article during the comments/questions part of a session on AI engineering prompts.

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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 26/09/2026

Going through Oski’s Instagram, and I want what they have.

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AJW @andreawest.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The Best TV Shows of the 21st Century: You Decide

My top 10 list! Best tv shows of the 21st century!

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AJW @andreawest.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I don’t know why this clip always makes me laugh? My years in F&B? youtu.be/7rSCG92pVUY?...

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could you get less stuff

YouTube video by FavClips

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AJW @andreawest.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Wow, the rain at Shaky Knees made news at WaPo! My husband had to diffuse an angry situation between festivalgoers trying to escape the dangerous weather and restaurant employees try to keep their covered patio clear.

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Keith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

the Rams’ uniforms tonight

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AJW @andreawest.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Another silly list! From the New York Times! I complain about these silly lists, but you had better believe I’m filling out a top 10! That’s actually a more daunting task than movies.

New York Times 100 Best TV Shows of the 21st Century

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AJW @andreawest.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I still prefer Half Man (which was not nominated grrrrrr) but appreciated this series a lot. Still thinking about it.

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AJW @andreawest.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

And Stephen Root! I started watching NewsRadio because of Dave Foley (KITH/Rivoli!) but I fell in love with the ensemble. Jimmy James? Milton? And soooo many memorable roles. I love when character actors get their flowers.

My cat guarding a pinkish red Swingline like Milton from Office Space.

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AJW @andreawest.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

In today’s edition of my hot takes/unpopular opinions…get ready…I don’t like The Americans. I know. No one is more surprised than I am because I love Matthew Rhys, and I am obsessed with Cold War history. Sounds like me-core, right? Sadly, no. And I tried!

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AJW @andreawest.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I just realized that this is the first NFL season without my mom. I really wanted the Bills to win a Super Bowl in her lifetime, and my dad’s, too. Buffalo is gonna Buffalo, breaking our hearts every year. Still…Go Bills. 🦬

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AJW @andreawest.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Saw Glen Powell on College GameDay. Immediately thought of one of my favorite Letterboxd reviews:

Letterboxd review of Flow
“Glen Powell stuns as capybara.“

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AJW @andreawest.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I quoted this line about “the delicate ecosystem” in class recently. Richie, what a character arc. 🫶 youtube.com/shorts/YQs6E...

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Richie: This is a delicate ecosystem! [The Bear] #thebear #life #tvseries

YouTube video by Velev Ki Oldu

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