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Kurt Pankau🥞 is going to Archon 49 @kurtpankau.com · 29/09/2026

Hey, I read this! It's great!

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 9h

Your 3rd dose today of Anthropic settlement madness (at least from me). Authors, CHECK YOUR CLAIMS! Your situation may have changed, per this email from the settlement administrator that some authors are receiving (subject heading: Anthropic Copyright Settlement: Allocation Updates)

We made updates that may affect your claim.
What Changed?
Wed, Sep 30,
2026 at 5:35 AM
Based on feedback from claimants, we updated how certain works are categorized.
In particular, where multiple claimants submitted default claims for the same
ownership interest in a work, we changed those works from agreement to
disagreement.
In addition, the portal is updated to reflect that some claimants changed their sole
ownership claims to default claims, and some claimants withdrew their claims.
What This Means for You
As a result of these updates, some works on your claim may now be categorized
differently. We encourage you to review the current allocations for your works.
How to Review and Update Your Allocations
Please use your claim number and PIN above to log into the portal below.
Claim Summary and Allocation Portal
For help making updates, please visit the allocation portal instructions.
If You Already Submitted Updates
If you already updated the allocation for a work, then you do not need to
submit those updates again. Any changes you submitted previously
through the online portal are recorded, but the portal is not being
updated in real time. If you submit multiple updates for the same
copyright number, your most recent submission will replace any earlier
submissions

What’s Next?
We will continue to work with claimants to help resolve disputes.
For works where all rightsholders are in agreement and where all necessary
payment information is provided, we expect to send a first round of payments in
November 2026.
If You Have Questions
Please contact us at 1-877-206-2314 or info@AnthropicCopyrightSettlement.com.
Regards,
Settlement Administrator

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 15h

a map company has the opportunity to perform the greatest bit in cartographic history

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 10h

Oh we're doing Romance novel discourse again?

Fred from Scooby Doo unmasks a ghost in two panels. In the first, the masked ghost is, "HERE'S WHY THIS GENRE I HATE IS BAD." In the second, the ghost is unmasked to turn out to be, "I HAVEN'T READ OF IT BUT"

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Beth Cato @bethcato.bsky.social · 7h

Twin Cities folks! Come out to Red Wing MN this weekend. Leaves are entering peak color & the Friends of the Library are hosting a big book sale! Thursday the 1st: 10am-5pm Friday the 2nd: 10am-5pm Saturday the 3rd: $2 bag sale 10am-2pm

Fall 2026 book sale

In the Foot room

Thursday the 1st: 10am-5pm
Friday the 2nd: 10am-5pm
Saturday the 3rd: $2 bag sale 10am-2pm

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Beth Cato @bethcato.bsky.social · 13h

Today on Bready or Not: Frosted Vanilla Cake Mix Cookies! These fast to make and bake cookies are topped with homemade frosting. www.bethcato.com/bready-or-no...

Close up of one cookies among many. The flat, yellow cookie is topped with frosting and green and blue sprinkles.

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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 14h

Reading, and writing, are holy. I love reading novels because they tell me something. They say: "this is what someone believed enough to dedicate months or years of their life to say." This is just as true for the trashiest pulp as it is for the highest literature.

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Paul "Princejvstin" Weimer @princejvstin.com · 29/09/2026

But because we are friends, I am also going to plug A HOUSE BETWEEN SEA AND SKY by @bethcato.bsky.social .

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Risa Wolf / Killerpuppytails @risawolf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This is a REALLY fun book! Highly recommend!

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 29/09/2026

Just a note: when people say "but this is fine under the First Amendment, I guess you just hate the First Amendment" to justify their conduct, remember that the First Amendment has been held to justify Nazi marches.

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Alex Hofelich, PseudoPod @pseudopodalex.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Loved your stuff on Escape Artists and Toasted Cake, and have been looking to share cozy cat mysteries with the mother in law, so I bought this so fast.

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Odessa Silver @odessasilver.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Love the title so much, plus the fact there is a cat 🐱 also loving the neurospicy rep

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Paul "Princejvstin" Weimer @princejvstin.com · 29/09/2026

I am on the safety committee at work, and so am now internally screaming.

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Beth Cato @bethcato.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My cozy mystery Cheddar Luck Next Time is on sale in the UK & US through October 4th! 1.99 for Amazon ebook. Autistic (like me) lead character! Oodles of cheese! Chonky orange cat! Sequel out in February! amzn.to/3ZlFfnR [promo link]

A green book cover is bold against a red background. Amazon Kindle deal for Cheddar Luck Next Time $1.99 limited time offer: 28 September- 4 October 2026.

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Tim Gaedke @timgaedke.com · 24/09/2026

in the age of AI, making art is a radical act

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Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The snails They destroyed their cage Yes YES The snails are out

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History Keeps Happening @historykeeper.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

19th Century anti-Canada lies/propaganda as told by American slave masters: 1) You have to give half your wages to the Queen. 2) Ground is always covered in ice, nothing can be grown. 3) Geese will scratch your eyes out. (Farrell 1955)

THE HISTORY OF THE NEGRO COMMUNITY IN CHATHAM, ONTARIO

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'After we began to hear about Canada', said M.J. Lindsay, "our master used to tell us all manner of stories about what a dreadful place it was;
and we believed some of them, we didn't. When they told us that we must pay half our wages to the Queen, every day, it didn't seem strange to us nor wrong; but when they said it was so cold there that men going mowing had to break the ice with their scythes, I didn't believe that, because it was onreasonable (sic). I knew grass wouldn't grow where ice was all the time.' 'I was old before I left Virginia', said Dan Fackart, 'I have heard it as common talk that the wild geese were so common in Canada, that they would scratch a man's eyes out; that corn wouldn't grow there, nor anything but rice; that everything they had there was imported'........82

As Dr. S.G. Howe puts it, "Nothing invited the Negroes to this
cold region, except the still, small voice of freedom."

(Farrell 1955)

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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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The Skiffy and Fanty Show @skiffyandfanty.com · 26/09/2026

It's #podcast time, y'all! Marshmallows, hungry beds, and 80s families, oh my! @shaunduke.net @princejvstin.com + @bethcato.bsky.social join forces to talk about 1985’s The Stuff! skiffyandfanty.com/p... Thanks for listening!

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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Cleese, man I cannot imagine a worse fate than aging into the kind of twit you and your mates used to mock

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

When you want to write, "The AI wants to hurt people," remember that you mean to write, "The AI company profits off of hurting people."

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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 24/09/2026

Try "company failed to implement robust containment measures before starting its tests"

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Beth Cato @bethcato.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Today on Bready or Not: Vanilla Bourbon Pumpkin Pie with Vanilla Bourbon Crust! This is a special and very delicious take on pumpkin pie. www.bethcato.com/bready-or-no...

A slice of pumpkin pie is LOADED with whipped topping, as the Good Lord intended.

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Penumbric Speculative Fiction Mag @penumbricmag.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

she carried no weapons only an offering of freshly baked chocolate chip cookies -from "Better Monster" by Beth Cato (@bethcato.bsky.social), in Aug's #Penumbric at www.penumbric.com/currentissue... and pdf www.penumbric.com/currentissue... #poem #poetry #horror #monster

"Better Monster" by Beth Cato, in Aug's #Penumbric at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/catoMonster.html

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Beth Cato @bethcato.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

🚨CHEESE ALERT🚨 US Aldi stores are now carrying Cookie Butter Wensleydale. This is undoubtedly a divisive cheese, but if you like sweet dessert cheese, give it a try! I suggest pairing with fig jam & graham crackers.

Close up of a variety of British cheeses in a cardboard tray, each $4.49.

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Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Please know that this is one of my few legitimate areas of actual, high-level professional expertise: Kicking the healthiest people off of a health insurance program will bankrupt it. Not 'could;' not 'might,' not 'probably," but absolutely will, with mathematical certainty.

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Lauren in Saint Paul @comobelladonna.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

🚨BSKY MEETUP ALERT🚨 (in which we will attempt to drink enough beer to save Summit Brewery) September 29th, 4:30pm @ Saint Paul Tap!

Save our Summit Brewery
One city’s attempt to drink $8 million worth of beer
September 29th 4:30pm @ Saint Paul Tap

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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

My latest fatality

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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A little friend visits 😺

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Weird coincidence that all this is happening the same day as the AI air control rollout. “You’re absolutely right - a forty five degree angle of approach is entirely too steep for landings, and that’s on me. Would you like me to call some local mortuaries?”

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Democrat Cats @democratcats.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

We regret that your Monday Morning commute may be delayed… Management recommends you stay home and play with your cat instead…

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Beth Cato @bethcato.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I harvested a pear tomato that is more like a peach! 🍑 Oh my.

A small yellow tomato resembles firm, curvy buttocks. It rests in the palm of a white person. An orange cat snoozes on the floor, oblivious to the incredible tomato above.

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The Skiffy and Fanty Show @skiffyandfanty.com · 20/09/2026

It's #podcast time, y'all! Strange homes, Hollywood secrets, and cozy bones, oh my! @shaunduke.net + @princejvstin.com interview @bethcato.bsky.social about A House Between Sea and Sky! skiffyandfanty.com/p... Thanks for listening!

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

when ai leaves u behind

7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2:
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4:
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6:
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy.
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”

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Beth Cato @bethcato.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Who is up for the challenge?!

An ad for a lutefisk feed at a Lutheran church in rural Minnesota, lutefisk being a Norwegian fare with fish soaked in lye. It is regarded as a family tradition/concoction of hell. But there are also meatballs available at the feed, and baked goods.

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Beth Cato @bethcato.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Apple Upside Down Cake for my husband!

View of a 9x9 cake with a top of sliced apples in caramel, the cake beneath pale yellow. One slice has been removed.

View of a 9x9 cake with a top of sliced apples in caramel.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 19/09/2026

The truth was that if United Health had an AI that was accepting a shitload of claims with a 90% error rate, United Health would stop using the AI in about 0.2 seconds.

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Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Hi if you are in Minneapolis and are this 25-to-30-year-old white woman, about 5'5", with brown hair and a curly-haired golden retriever-like dog, get medical attention immediately!

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Beth Cato @bethcato.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

My invisible peers: we meet at midnight. CHEESE RAID.

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nancabell.bsky.social @nancabell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

As someone who went through it, I promise you, it was an occupation. Looked and felt like we were being overtaken. I’m still triggered as are SO many of us. I am changed from it, it was absolute terror.

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 18/09/2026

So many exciting new terms out there! 😆

"slopgrade" - when someone less talented than you runs your work through GPT and "fixes" it for you - examples "the campaign copy was locked until the CFO flopgraded it" usage note "the slopgrader has ready neither the original nor the fix. confidence is unaffected"

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Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

holy shit, this is the whole ballgame in a single paragraph gAI systems require mass theft of copyrighted works, for the explicit purpose of replacing the market for the people they stole from, and the people in charge knew what they were doing ahead of time, and did it anyway

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ben @benrs.uk · 17/09/2026

good morning

APStylebook • @APStylebook • 16h

We recommend avoiding general and often dehumanizing "the" labels such as the poor, the mentally ill, the French, the disabled, the college-educated. Instead, use wording such as people with mental illnesses. And use these descriptions only when clearly relevant.

AP The Associated Press
Replying to @APStylebook

The use of "the French" in this tweet by @AP was inappropriate and has caused unintended offense. An updated tweet is upcoming.

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