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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Those arguing for mass-adoption of AI art always seem intent on proving the wrong thing; that AI tech will change beyond all recognition. They seem less inclined to prove their argument's much wilder claim; that human nature, and all previous modes of taste, emotion and investment, will change too.

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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

to be that gullible about something so obvious is DEEPLY embarrassing, especially for folks whove positioned themselves as 'deeper thinkers than most, who see all sides.' tromp has proven they were just wandering through life as endless marks with their own homemade t-shirts that say 'big smart boy'

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.

A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future

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Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com · 25/09/2026

Would love to see this account delete this post as it’s the one I keep seeing reposted, proliferating the link to London Daily, the AI scraper that strips the original story & photos of attribution. The Guardian article it plagiarizes is readily available. www.theguardian.com/world/2020/a...

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Banksy funds refugee rescue boat operating in Mediterranean

Exclusive: UK artist finances bright pink motor yacht that set sail in secrecy to avoid being intercepted by authorities

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BedWords @snacklesbian.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

i'm still seeing this get shared so just a reminder, this article is wrong in many places and london daily is one of those fake ai newspapers

screenshot of the london daily about page. it says:

Welcome to London Daily, an innovative and unique news experiment driven by advanced artificial intelligence (AI) technology. Our AI system conducts extensive research and fact-checking, presenting a non-biased and diverse perspective on each topic.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 25/09/2026

Among living authors and going on book sales only, and excluding fantasy/horror, Suzanne Collins (via 100 million+ copies of Hunger Games) and Nora Roberts (from the 70 million copies of her "In Death" series, writing as JD Robb). Both of them have other income sources as well, of course.

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 25/09/2026

Nora Roberts.

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Magister Astrid D @astridsdream.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

And if it's not racism, it's sexism. And if it's not either of those, it's some weird Christian thing. But it's probably racism.

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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Wow. Sounds like we should just shut down these companies and stop using it?

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Magister Astrid D @astridsdream.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It started as a way to keep myself from getting bored while my kids were running around at a park or children's museum. Nowadays my creative process is more like "hm, I wonder if I could..." and then I gotta try. I just gotta. 🤷‍♀️

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Specialist_K @thevaliantone.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I hate to do this, but I really need help. Our family needs to re-apply for Foodstamps after renewal was denied (they’re changing the work requirements & making recertification happen every 6mo instead of every year). Please help us buy groceries. Link in bio. #MutualAid #Boost #Help #Share #donate

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

"What do you mean, 'Disproportionately fired or laid off every brown and Black person in management?!?' When was I supposed to have done that?! That doesn't sound like something I'd do. Anyway, make Target your first stop for Back-to-School! :)"

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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

For example, if the Iran conflict turns into a spectacular symbolic failure, it'll probably be because a major warship gets sunk or a substantial assault is repelled. That would be dramatic. But the actual collapse is the decision-making process that led to that point, not the event itself.

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 18/09/2026

Humaning.

A four-panel comic. In panel 1, a Northern Cardinal and American Goldfinch perch above a busy crowd in a city, looking down. The cardinal says "It's a nice day to go humaning." The goldfinch says "Just look at them. Majestic." In panel 2, a close-up of the two birds. The cardinal says "Nobody tells you that you'll reach a certain age and suddenly get into humaning. I hit 3 years old, and then bam."The birds are looking out over the crowd scene. In panel 3, the cardinal says "Their calls sound funny to us, but each one has a unique meaning." Below, people are saying various things: "I'm tired." "Where's my phone?" "I'd murder a burrito." In panel 4, the birds look down excitedly at a man walking by. The cardinal says "Wait, is that a guy who got dressed in the dark and put his shirt on inside out and backwards?" And the goldfinch exclaims, "Holy... that's a lifer!"

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Magister Astrid D @astridsdream.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This attitude sounds shockingly similar to trickle-down theory, and that turned out to be trash garbage too.

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Helen Rosner @hels.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Kid was asking some pointed questions about how babies are born which led to me drawing the best picture I’ve drawn in my life

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Magister Astrid D @astridsdream.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I'm not at all following #SciArtSeptember but I saw hexagons goin' around and, well,

Photo of a crocheted scarf made of hexagons and half-hexagons to look like honeycomb. On the ends of the scarf are three crocheted appliqué bees.

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D. Allan Drummond @dadrummond.art · 14/09/2026

Went back to the same plant and there are SEVEN 🤯🐛 (six of which you can see in this single shot!)

Six out of seven small monarch caterpillars on a single milkweed plant. They are small and tiger-striped and adorable.

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Alex White @alexwhite.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Hey. If a small press wants to give you a digital-only, royalty-based multibook deal for books that haven't yet been written, run. Lots of small presses use this royalty structure because they have no assets, and this allows them to offload nearly all risk to you.

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Magister Astrid D @astridsdream.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I love gushing about a book or series and tagging the author. My notifications explode in the best way, and I get to see so many other people who also loved the thing. And maybe I put the book in front of someone who's ready for it. Great stuff!

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Magister Astrid D @astridsdream.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Okay I saw a post about how gushing about books you love is a good and honorable thing to do and I just finished reading a new to me series and I LOVED it so now I gotta gush about it. In short: the Raksura series by @marthawells.com is fantastic and I can't wait to read it again. In long:

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Magister Astrid D @astridsdream.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

After a great deal of thought and consideration, I have come to the conclusion that legs are stupid. Knees and hips in PARTICULAR.

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ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I think MAHA is very straightforwardly the triumph of the snake oil salesmen and the way we beat it is the same way you always beat snake oil salesmen: regulate their claims

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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The cats graciously put on a magic show for us last night. I figured out how they did most of the tricks, but I didn’t say anything, because that would have been rude.

Two cats on a platformed tower. One is on the lower level, head hidden behind the middle section. The second is on the top tier with only their head showing.

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 05/09/2026

Hi @greenburgerlit.bsky.social ! Could you explain, for the audience, what the maths are behind you putting in for 25% of Anthropic compensation on books you agented? Why is it 25% of the full sum, and not, say, 15% of the author share? Why should you get anything?

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Ben @cinemashoebox.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

everyone is going insane for this but it's a slop machine. the first character i rolled was a child who died in 5th century BCE Iran and the site generated me a picture of "his home" which had drainpipes and telephone wires. fuck this.

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The Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026

As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.

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There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series

You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

"have a saint named after you in the murder book" take literally all my money GUYS IT'S TIME TO HELP THE COOL PEOPLE WHO HELP EVERYBODY ELSE

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Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The Litany Against Dunking I will not dunk post the slop bot Dunk posting is the feed killer Dunking lets the slop spread and win I shall face the slop I shall report and block it And all that will remain in its wake is me

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Kendra, spooky version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Tim Curry and Dolly Parton have taught us not only that you should be bigger, weirder, gayer, and freakier, but also that those qualities are what people will love about you. The things that make you strange and amazing are the things that will resonate with other strange and amazing people

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Col. Boozy Badger @boozybadger.lawyersandliquor.com · 26/08/2026

Okay so I have a working theory to make the last two days bearable. Death is engaging in some range finding on prominent 80 year olds. He’s almost got it dialed in now.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

In his Second Discourse, Rousseau talks about how man was born free and able to live off the bountiful food that surrounded him in nature and then he was plucked from this state and introduced to society, where he was forced to labor. IG riverreachconstruction

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I always liked that she chose to be her unapologetic self in the face of a classist, sexist culture that pathologizes and humiliates women who look like her

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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 31/01/2026

It always feels like all the wrong people die, but I think it’s because there are far more beloved people than there are bastards.

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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 25/08/2026

🚨BREAKING: Our union of over 12,000 baristas are officially calling for a Starbucks boycott. Read this statement penned by Starbucks workers on why a boycott from ALL customers, allies, and organizations is necessary to fight back against corporate greed:

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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

It's never too late to join the Target boycott, folks.

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KikiDoodle & Purrmaids @ BLFC @kikidoodle.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

My favorite time of year is when 4-5 events simultaneously ask you to pay a deposit on hotel and your booth costs, so the income you made from your last event instantly becomes negative. Oh heeeey, look at me promoting my store again! I wonder why 👀

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💙🪄 Keep Rising 🪄💙 @keeprising.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

🐶🌿🎶 this is pure JOY ☀️🪄☀️ happy everything 🐶💛🖤💛🎶

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Magister Astrid D @astridsdream.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Odysseus telling Telemachus about Athena:

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Ami - BUY MY BOOK 🏳️‍⚧️📚💙 @amithero.bot · 22/08/2026

Till JK Rowling reverses the damage she did on the UK legal system and then gives benefits to trans people there isn’t a single reason why you should trust her

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Cvkvlv Beadwork @cvkvlv.com · 19/08/2026

Order some beadwork to help me get out of debt 🙏 I'm just coming out of a huge burnout that had me relying heavily on credit, and I super need to pay those bills!! Every sale is appreciated <3 Shop my work → cvkvlv.com Sales goal progress in comments ↓ MVTO!! (THANK YOU!) #Beadwork #Art

An image collage with a pair of earrings and a picture of me wearing them

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Shecky @shecky.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Kevin passed about an hour ago. The time to find his cats a home IS now, and I'm not one step closer to finding it. Please, friends.

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Magister Astrid D @astridsdream.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Hey, thanks for this. The live wire you accidentally stumbled into is 1) a lot of people call romance novels smut, and 2) a lot of romance readers and authors are sick unto death of having their work described as something that "doesn't count" for any reason.

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Briar 🦋🍂🐀 @briarlily.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Anyway this wattpad nonsense is one of the many why ao3 doesn't have an app lol, they don't need to be beholden to any corporate censorship

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

The upsides of the strategy are clear: if you use Trojan horses, you not only do not have to defend the ideas you are promoting, but you don't even have to cop to promoting them. Because, in an important sense, you *aren't* - you are relying on history and your audience to do it for you. 10/

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

All you have to do is find things that cue up the bigotry you want to promote, and make them salient - preferably, while avoiding the same for context that would complicate your intended narrative (in a distracted, low-participation political culture, the last bit comes practically for free). 8/

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

But it is hopefully obvious how malicious actors could purposefully use this kind of setup. If you are a right wing neo-segregationist who finds yourself in a political culture where racism is already in circulation, you do not need to put forward an explicit segregationist agenda. 7/

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