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Brooks

@bahroox.bsky.social
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English literature PhD candidate @ CU Boulder • personal account • she/her I write about horror, video games, horror video games, monsters, movies, and weird fiction

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Rich Burroughs @somewhattolerable.com · 10/10/2026
Another massive difference is that a calculator isn’t answering your questions in a way that’s specifically designed to get you to continue using the calculator.
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Gretchen Felker-Martin PRE ORDER CHIMERA 2.16.27 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
What if this horror story about a fucked up weirdo was about a nice lady instead? What if it had a happy ending where a non-profit saves the world? Jesus just write Nicholas Sparks novels and get out of horror.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
this is so bleak, actually imagine being called a slur for a group you don't even belong to and instead of going "wow holy shit, no one should have to put up with that, we need to hold people to account," you go "no guys it's okay I hate them too!!!" and just hand the bully your lunch money
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Brooks @bahroox.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
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What My Students Said About Electronic Device Ban (opinion)
Students were mostly supportive of the policy, saying that banning electronic devices from the classroom improved their learning.
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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
what a fantastic all-timer thread on this phenomena and the psychology behind it I think about this all the time and not understanding this is the difference between successful liminal horror, and just horrorslop. liminal horror is about the baked-in hostility of public spaces we millenials saw die
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Brooks @bahroox.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I mean I do keep seeing ads for AIs where a parent uses it to come up with games or bedtime stories. in one of them the guy literally asks AI what his kid likes for breakfast cause he doesn't remember. not to get new ideas, he needs it to remind him what the kid LIKES. in a real ad. shit's bleak man
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Brooks @bahroox.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
wonder if there have been studies on why we love being in hot water. the bathtubs in our house are insultingly tiny and I no longer have access to an apartment hot tub, and after 2 years of homeownership I think my mental health is worse without some kind of big vat of 104° water to sink into
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 06/10/2026
the main tradeoff of going to grad school isn't money or prestige. that would be laughable. the main reason to do it is so you can ruthlessly pick apart movies that touch on your area of subject expertise
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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 06/10/2026
Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.
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Brooks @bahroox.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
sign the petition!
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United Wizards of the Coast - CWA @uwotc-official.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This morning, the D&D team and Magic's Studio X informed our leadership of our intent to unionize. We love the games we make and the work we do, and unionizing is how we protect that work. unitedwizardsofthecoast.com/news/dnd-stu...
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Dungeons & Dragons and Studio X Join United Wizards of the Coast - CWA
Today, October 6, 2026, the designers, artists, writers, producers, and workers behind Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, Duel Masters, D&D Beyond, and countless other games are uniting in soli...
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
One thing I find endlessly funny about the rise of AI is that it has revealed that there is a large number of people who believe that the reason they wrote essays at school or university is their teachers were desperately waiting for them to provide a definite answer to “Lear: what’s up with him?”
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nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
i dont want to download an app i don't want a qr code menu i dont want to talk to an ai assistant i dont want ai summaries for my searches i dont want to optimize my workflow i dont want to jump on a call i dont want to rate anything i don't want to create an account LEAVEME ADLONEe
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Witchy Annie 🏳️‍⚧️ 🔞 @possmom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"JK Rowling is already a billionaire and everyone already knows about Harry Potter, what's the point of boycotting?" Nobody thinks boycotting will bankrupt her. We know she's gonna die rich. We're just asking you to show a shred of solidarity with trans folk. Absolute low bar bare minimum shit.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026
This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead
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Brooks @bahroox.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
a great opportunity to once again plug DuckDuckGo as both a search engine and a browser: just as functional as g*ogle, but it allows you to fully turn off all its AI features. it even has an option to block AI-generated search results. haven't seen an AI summary in months. bliss
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
NEW: GOP Gov nominee Victor Marx says he'll respond today to domestic violence allegations - video/audio where he describes slamming his wife into a door and throwing his toddler across a room. Voters/reporters new to Marx may not realize he has a long history of justifying violence.
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Trump hasn't dropped in popularity cuz millions of Americans went "Wait a minute... you're a FASCIST!!!" and recoiled in disgust. It's cuz he doesn't make them feel good, anymore. And that was the whole point. They feel poorer, ignored, and bamboozled. The shitlibs were right. That's embarrassing.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026
Sounds great.
According to experts I interviewed, the internet is about to get more frustrating. These agents may cause a cascading chain of problems that shake the foundations of digital infrastructure. Chances are good that you're about to live through an era of online chaos. 
The internet was built for humans with limited time and patience. AIs don't have those restraints. You'll probably have to fight with robots over concert tickets and booking appointments. Small businesses could drown in machine-made pestering. AIs don't look at ads, and websites that rely on them are already crumbling. You'll be buried in endless loops of proving you're human. And if you use these AI tools, some may betray you.
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HolBolDoArt🏳️‍🌈 @holboldoart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Gonna become a true game dev and call my game "Egg Salad: Legacy of Game: Resonance ULTIMATE EDITION or something really catchy like that
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Every time a discourse kicks off over whether AI music, literature or art will be "as good as" the real thing, I'm always amazed more people don't cite that **there already are** creative pursuits where human-free spectacles have been available for decades, and nobody has ever wanted to watch them.
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Brooks @bahroox.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
this is just so funny to me. people went absolutely rabid for an enemies-to-lovers(ish) gay hockey romance, and every production company on earth genuinely thought "hockey" was the keyword there
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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward
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Brooks @bahroox.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
ME: Looks great. This is such a cool hobby. HUSBAND: Ok but what kind of wife *encourages* their husband to get into Warhammer 40k? ME: Uhhhh, a good one? HUSBAND: A good one. 💕
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Brooks @bahroox.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
a huge part of the problem is that people seem to genuinely believe that administrative tasks don't take "actual brainpower", skill, context, or emotional intelligence. when we start to see everyday communication - even repetitive, "tedious" stuff like this - as inherently automatable, we're cooked
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 28/09/2026
As an affirmed dog lover, I have a few things to say. (1) Dogs are harder than people admit. They take a lot of work. They need constant exercise and mental stimulation, especially those with working dog heritage of any kind. Dogs are hard.
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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
i think RFK Jr.'s colon-destroying steak and sauerkraut diet, tradwife culture, and Silicon Valley CNC parties are the same thing: a desperate attempt among powerful men to convince each other that gluttony, rapaciousness, and raw domination are not just their birthright but their responsibility
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Brooks @bahroox.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
1. Troll Hunter 2. Pan's Labryinth 3. Parasite 4. Train to Busan 5. Shin Godzilla
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Benjamin Balthaser @blbalthaser.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Marx described commodity fetish as the imaginary of capital being more alive, having greater agency, and requiring more deference than the worker who produces it
For people who deny Al personhood for any Al model at any point in the future, you're going to need better arguments than this. There are arguments out there, but once agents can solve Navier-Stokes, write music and poetry, and provide people with seemingly fulfilling life advice, this kind of line is just not going to be persuasive. "YOU'RE CRAZY" no longer lands.
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Thinking Al might be conscious is like thinking that there are real people talking to you from inside the
TV, or that there is a tiny band playing music inside the radio....
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Why? Do you think it's insane to think Al might be conscious?
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Brooks @bahroox.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
it's been a while since I saw a "I have complex, original thoughts and therefore must be way smarter than the plebs" guy. you'd think most people eventually realize that literally everyone also feels like they're the first one to Think About Stuff and so grow out of it by 19 or 20, but I guess not
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Micah @rincewind.run · 27/09/2026
it’s nice to know that, as a nerdy and insufferable kid with good standardized test scores, I could really have turned out a whole lot worse
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Brooks @bahroox.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
your resume is impressive, you're a great fit for this role and our office culture, you're clearly well-prepared, & no other candidate was nearly as good, but we will not be moving forward with your application because the hiring manager is personally offended by the sight of people's mouths on cups
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Brooks @bahroox.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
imagine bringing a coffee to an interview to help you stay alert, or a tea to calm the nerves, or just something you like because it's comforting, or literally just water to stay hydrated at an important thing, and finding out later you actually got disqualified for it because [?????]
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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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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
as ever when a straight man does some antisocial shit it’s an antisocial shit problem. when a lesbian does some antisocial shit it’s a lesbian problem
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Brooks @bahroox.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
does chunky dog in a chunky sweater count
white pit bull in a hot pink sweater, stretched out and sleeping hard with a soft blanket under her, on a brown leather couch
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andré carrington @andrecarrington.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I have been saying, mostly to myself and to Deans who will listen, that the Humanities is the responsibility of the university to itself. I'll say it again
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Brooks @bahroox.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
lmaooo accurate. low blood sugar as a T1D is the antithesis of dignity. I recently ran out of orange juice during a low and just about resorted to straight spoonfuls of sugar, but instead just inhaled like 3 capri suns & sat on the couch ~sweating~ for 20 minutes
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 23/09/2026
She could have spent the last four years writing another book. Learning more craft. Making herself a better writer. She could actually be published right now. Instead, she chose this.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/09/2026
i think you can fairly say that the second trump administration is the most racist federal administration since woodrow wilson and honestly i'm not sure that it isn't more racist than wilson's
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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
cbsnews.com
Largest wildlife overpass in North America located in Colorado with 91% reduction in collisions: "Big success"
A wildlife mitigation system made up of North America's largest wildlife overpass, five wildlife underpasses, and fencing to guide animals to the crossings has led to a 91% decrease in wildlife collis...
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 22/09/2026
THIS IS THE KIND OF SHIT I WANT MY GOVERNMENT TO DO Hold large corporations accountable. Distribute the proceeds to the workers. Rinse, repeat.
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Gretchen Felker-Martin PRE ORDER CHIMERA 2.16.27 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Taylor Lorenz pulling a "Why I'm Leaving the Left" is perhaps the most predictable thing ever to have occurred, narrowly edging out "housecat slowly pushes cup off edge of table"
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 22/09/2026
I'm of two minds about this information
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Endless Mike @squirrelsquirrel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It is right and just to constantly talk about how much things were *supposed* to cost if AI shitheads weren't constantly making everything worse
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Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I can't help but connect this to the fact that Trump's body and mind are failing. There's something very gothic about this dying king building a impenetrable fortress around the seat of his power as he falls apart.
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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026
I just honestly can't get over that Save Women Sports, an anti-trans group could only find five trans athletes competing K through 12. Five. The NCAA president testified a year and a half ago or so that there were less than 10 college level trans athletes. What the fuck are we doing, people
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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If you’re moved by this guy crying boy oh boy are there some other images and videos you should check out
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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 21/09/2026
great news! | patreon.com/lubchansky
PANEL 1: A TECH BRO running through the street, holding a laptop over his head.
TECH BRO: GREAT NEWS! I THINK I WROTE THE COMPUTER PROGRAM THAT'S GOING TO KILL EVERYONE.

PANEL 2: MATTIE peers at the laptop, which just says KILL ALL HUMANS on it, with a blinking cursor. Another WOMAN runs away.
MATTIE: IT LOOKS LIKE YOU JUST TYPED A SENTENCE HERE ON THE LATPOP.
WOMAN: AHHH! DON'T LET IT NEAR THE NUKES!

PANEL 3: The TECH BRO shakes his head.
TECH BRO: NO. YOU CRETIN, YOU DON'T TRULY UNDERSTAND ITS CAPABILITIES.
TECH BRO: PLUS, IT'S SCRAPED FROM SOMEONE *ELSE* TYPING IT. IDIOT.

PANEL 4: A BUSINESSMAN hands the SCIENTIST a big bag of money. The space behind him is also filled with bags.
BUSINESSMAN: HERE IT IS! EVERY PIECE OF CURRENCY EVER MINTED INCLUDING COINS FROM THE ANCIENT WORLD
TECH BRO: THANK YOU.
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