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Steve Ardo

@bflolocalpunk.bsky.social
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Queer Illustrator, punk, and Buffalonian who survived 7 years of homelessness. Formerly: RPGamer, Aluminum Records 🏳️‍🌈🦬He/Him/His I’m struggling and need your help here ⬇️ linktr.ee/bflolocalpunk I make art for punk bands ⬇️ www.steveardo.com

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🪨 Geop! 🪨 @mrgeop.bsky.social · 11h
As is usual with Square titles, I question quality of this port
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Foucault wrote about this. It's meant to terrify and control the public. It's a spectacle for domination. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/u...
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Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution Will be Public and Streamed Live, Pentagon Says
If carried out, the public execution of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad set for Dec. 3 would be the first in modern U.S. history.
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
[Ad]
Catholics believe the Eucharist contains the real [AD] presence of God, meaning it should only be handled by ordained priests or ministers
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Rebecca McCarthy - Game Writing & Narrative🔜 MCM Comic Con @rebeccamwrites.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Dressmaker is a masterpiece.
I made a Garfield Dress
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Hourly Videogame Box Art @vgboxart.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
INSPECTOR MINTON'S INVESTIGATION FILES: THE CLOWN MURDER CASE
INSPECTOR MINTON'S INVESTIGATION FILES: THE CLOWN MURDER CASE
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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
You can’t be named that man
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Sam Altman said people are just gonna have to die in order to implement AI. In the very same week, Anthropic claimed it’s a human rights violation to be mean to the computer. These people need to be held accountable. They think lines of code are a person with rights but living people are debris.
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 09/10/2026
just to emphasize what's happening here: BMW (a company that used slave labor under the Nazis) refused to provide an official vehicle to the ultra right-wing AfD party, which is now asking Elon Musk to provide a Tesla instead Tesla literally becoming the Nazi car brand
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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I genuinely mean this. I cannot imagine a more bleak dystopian notion than the idea of all art being turned into slop designed to coddle my exact perceived intentions. The point of literature, film, music, and art is to be exposed to the interior lives of others. Who are these people.
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Void-BOO!!! GAh!!!! (AKA Jess Voidburger) @voidburger.com · 08/10/2026
In case you thought "dude is the jerkoff hand gesture incarnate" wasn't a good enough reason to not buy the dude's games, get a load of this:
Blow is active on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter), YouTube, and streaming service Twitch. His online activity includes both commentary about game development and expressing personal political opinions, including anti-vaccine rhetoric, support for the presidency of Donald Trump, and criticism of diversity, equity and inclusion programs, which has drawn criticism from other game developers.
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Quest 64 Official @quest64official.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
#SpookyMonth64
It's Silent Hill James skateboarding while holding his wife
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barleybap but she's dressed as a skeleton @barleybap.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Aura farming.
A screenshot of the player activating a secret draw point containing Aura on an island in Final Fantasy VIII.
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GKIDS Films @gkids.com · 07/10/2026
Here's a closer look at the #GodzillaMinusZero popcorn bucket. Godzilla Day IMAX Early Access on November 3. In theatres November 6. Tickets on sale now. godzillaminuszero.com
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I’m on a flight next to a guy who is listening to Seinfeld with no headphones and all I hear is the laughtrack and the worst bass noises of all time every 15 seconds and all I can think about is this.
Pftompkins.bsky.social: The music of Seinfeld, divorced from the show itself, is nothing short of disgusting. Imagine if the show didn’t exist but the music somehow did. Hearing it, your face would twist in angry revulsion
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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
In the Mario Teaches Typing games, Mario never criticizes the player for underperforming and tries to be understanding and supportive. According to Charles Martinet, that was his initiative, as he felt being negative would go against the core principles of Mario's character.
In the Mario Teaches Typing games, even if the player does badly or underperforms compared to previous attempts, Mario will try to be understanding instead of critical:
Uh-oh, that wasn't quite as fast as the last time.
Hmm, are your fingers getting tired? Mine would be by now... if I had any. (laughs)
Charles Martinet, speaking at TooManyGames Convention 2021:
I got this marvelous opportunity to do Mario Teaches Typing. And when I got the script and I'm in the studio - I'm reading the script for the first time, there were things like "You failed!"
"That wasn't very good." "That was much worse... that was bad."
And I was reading that and I said, "Do you mind if I just, like, play with these words a little bit and just change them around?" because, you know, I never say "no" and I never say anything negative as Mario... and the producer graciously said "Sure, go for it!"
And so it became "Oh, that was good, but I know you can do even better!" "Oh, nice one but let's try again!" so it was always uplifting and always trying to be positive. And I think that that is the essence of the character to me - it's that love and that joy.
Source: transcript of speech found at youtube.com/watch?v=k9RywNQXCUM
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Kala Paint @kalapaint.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Kala Paint is out! I'm @olawson.bsky.social , professional artist for 15 years, then game dev, now wrote the painting software I wish I'd been using all this time. GPU-run creamy brushes, no subscription, no gen AI crap, hand-coded with ideas from artists in our Discord, and more added weekly!
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My Name is Grant @mynameisgrant.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Let the dogs eat me
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
a little louder for the cheap seats in the back
One of the biggest myths is that men rape by mistake. Like, "Oh, they need consent training." But research is very clear: Sexual violence is not a mistake. It is an intentionally made decision by people who know they don't have consent. They just don't prioritize consent over things like status, power, domination, and sexual gratification.
For my research, I got a certificate of confidentiality from the National Institutes of Health, so my notes couldn't be subpoenaed. One of the reasons I call them perpetrators in my work is because every single person I interviewed confessed in that context. The first question I would ask them was, "When you received that email from Title IX that you were under investigation, did you know what it was about?" Every perpetrator I interviewed said "yes." If sexual assault were a miscommunication, you would be wondering, What have I possibly done wrong? That is not the way that any of them reacted because they knew.
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Your Friendly Neighborhood TransitDad @robins36.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
MALWHTSNSA!
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Atelier Alyssa ⭐💫 @alyossan.art · 06/10/2026
Usually if you say you experienced something through a Let's Play people will judge you for not actually playing it or whatever but if you say "I experienced Danganronpa through the Something Awful Let's Play" it actually kinda means you're an OG
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Retronauts @retronauts.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Live on the free feed: @bobservo.bsky.social @stuartgipp.bsky.social & @voidburger.com rundown the latest Resident Evil movie in less than 90 minutes retronauts.com/article/2565...
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Looking Back Bryan
Alt: Bryan runs away from the camera looking over his shoulder
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josh mckenzie @amonns.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
you may have noticed that animation has never been more in-demand & in the zeitgeist and yet, seemingly, never have media conglomerates been less willing to produce it. you may also notice these guys get multimillion dollar severance packages after they gut a studio. there is probably no connection
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John Learned @johnlearned.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Guess who did this already?
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The Modern Folk @themodernfolk.bandcamp.com · 06/10/2026
Listen to all my tunes themodernfolk.bandcamp.com
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the modern folk
HOME MADE MUSIC / ECOLOGICAL JAZZ / ANTI-CAPITAL / NO SCENE The Modern Folk is a borderless musical recording and improvisational group based mostly out of the Cowlitz and Clackamas land currently kn...
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12tone @12tone.nebula.tv · 06/10/2026
Williams, 37, then unleashed her response to the DHS’ statement in an Instagram Story post Monday: “And may I suggest all Nazi bitches suck on my fat d***.”

A DHS representative did not immediately return The Independent’s request for comment.
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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
FRIDAY!
Young Rebecca Black singing FRIDAY!
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RiffTrax @rifftrax.com · 06/10/2026
More @mst3kofficial.bsky.social is coming on Friday and we're so excited we could sing! Pre-order the NEW episodes today: www.rifftrax.com/mst3k-the-ri...
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Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 05/10/2026
Liberty Biberty has barricaded himself inside a courtroom in Clark County Family Court. Eight confirmed hostages, including the judge overseeing his custody dispute. Situation is fluid
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Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A book for AI lovers
Kids book with a pig titled I Really Like Slop!
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Matt McMuscles @mattmcmuscles.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We actually don't hate this administration enough
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Davey Wilbury @daveishere.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
oh no, the scam everyone says is a scam may turn out to be a scam
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nick @unionnick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
On the *same day* the Cornell Seven drugged and raped Jane Doe, Cornell banned four students (including the President of Cornell JVP) from campus for three years for nonviolent, pro-Palestine protests. The same Cornell officials let the rapists off with apology essays.
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jab lung @mobute.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
thinking about how many times i had to listen to mike huckabee slimily grinning about democrats buying votes with certain folks with "uncle sugar" and trump's out here like "vote for me and get $5,000. that's not all: i will build the largest factory in the world, and you can take nasa to get there"
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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 29/09/2026
final fantasy xiii:
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"How can Meryl Streep play ASLAN, Aslan is MALE, that makes no SENSE" Found the fake fan, cuz Real Heads Know.
Rabbi Isidor Chemelwitz, from "Angels in America," as played by Meryl Streep
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Did you think you weren't disposable, babes? You kind always do, don't you.
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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
They need to take a fun submarine ride together
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J. Emory Parker 🏳️‍🌈 @jaspar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Meta muse saying why would I deceive you?
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Justin Karcher @justinkarcher.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I’ve been nominated for Best of the Net. Huge thx to Jeff & @stanchion.bsky.social
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Johannes Franzen @johannesfranzen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Incredible stuff.
Commentary|Essay
        

AI and the crisis of the author
        

By Anchit Sathi

September 4, 2026
Read this issue

Editor’s note (September 21, 2026): We have removed this essay. AI was used in its preparation. The TLS editorial guidelines prohibit the use of AI in the writing and editing process. The author states that he was unaware of the policy.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Fuck that." "I'm Sherrod Brown and I approve of this message."
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Joe Flynn @chinajoeflynn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If AOC goes to a Bills tailgate and jumps through a table, the Dems shouldn't even bother holding a primary in 2028.
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TarZangief @tarzangief.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
My fav Headline since MTG had an affair with a Zangief cosplayer
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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“Speaking as an AI artist”
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Gwen Stefani - Don't Speak
Alt: No Doubt - Don't Speak
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cactuarjoe.bsky.social @cactuarjoe.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I think half of Zuckerberg's problem is that, every time he comes up with some Fucking Stupid Idea he goes on camera and goes, "Hey, the rubes'll NEVER get what we're doing with THIS one! Check it out, we're totally gonna pull one over on 'em!" Like, the targets of your con are watching, dickshit.
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Steve Ardo @bflolocalpunk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Well, some of them are monkeys!
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Chris Scullion @scully1888.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Was looking at the Silent Hill Townfall concept art and my jaw dropped. Was back in my hometown tonight so I had to go and take a photo. There are many ways to mock my beloved Coatbridge, but “your home’s so miserable it was used as concept art for a Silent Hill game” is a new one for me
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Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 27/09/2026
Johnny Depp eats decorative plant at Las Vegas party in bizarre video
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UberGoose @ubergoose.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Random Mech of The Day @randommechoftheday.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Todays mech: Weltall
From: “Xenogears”From: “Xenogears”
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