Reposted by sarah🌼thescribblerStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026One 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?” 6755471194
Reposted by sarah🌼thescribblerJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026To the person noting there is not enough money in the world to license every piece of intellectual property stolen for "AI" training: you're sooooo close to the point, friend, keep going, you'll get there if you try 414006656
sarah🌼thescribbler @catfactory.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This is why you don't go to campus police. Go to the real police. substack.com/@storysstori...substack.comStory Ember leGaie (@storysstories)I was 14 years old when I was gang raped by a group of men. My friend was with me. She was days away from turning 13. They were never found. No one was ever charged. But we were found. We were the... 010
Reposted by sarah🌼thescribblerJohn Carpenter's dEF0G 🌁 @defrog.bsky.social · 05/10/2026"Some of you will die, but that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make," etc. 062
Reposted by sarah🌼thescribblerM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 04/10/2026More Like Platform From Hell, RepubliKKKans....... 581004468
Reposted by sarah🌼thescribblerJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Lucien Lazare, Jewish fighter in the French Resistance, has died at 101. After fighting the Nazis, he was rejected by his synagogue later in life for translating an article saying “Israel, today, is nothing but a formless mass of corruption, oppression and injustice.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/w...nytimes.comLucien Lazare, Jewish Resistance Fighter in Occupied France, Dies at 101 (Gift Article)He and a small troop of French Jews worked with the Allies to distribute supplies and fight the Nazis, ambushing a German train and liberating a city in the south. 131704504
sarah🌼thescribbler @catfactory.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Can't find a clip, but "answer the phone, prick!" Gets quoted by me almost daily. Should be a ringtone. Still makes me laugh. 030
Reposted by sarah🌼thescribblerAaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Saw the documentary NAZA, made in secret, with interviews of members of Israel’s intelligence services testifying and showing how they created a system to perpetrate genocide in Gaza. The filmmakers and their families have been threatened by Netanyahu himself. I wrote my thoughts here boxd.it/gvDEIRboxd.itA ★★★★★ review of NAZA (2026)Merely a film. A film that has led Netanyahu himself to threaten the citizenship and safety of its Israeli filmmakers and even their families, simply for the act of filming veterans of Israel’s intell... 4280115
Reposted by sarah🌼thescribblerThe Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 26/09/2026Record Store Customer: Excuse me, do you have any copies of Africa by Toto? Meryl Streep: No, sorry, we're (looks at camera) Out of Africa /roll credits 1015022
Reposted by sarah🌼thescribblerGeorge Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Roses are red, Violets are blue, Drag queens ain't done shit to you 11567461184
Reposted by sarah🌼thescribblerClaire Bentley @cbentleywriter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026What (some) people think it means to be neutral about human rights: “I’m being moral by rising above it and refusing to take sides.” What being neutral about human rights actually means: “I can’t be bothered to deal it because it doesn’t affect me personally.” 011
Reposted by sarah🌼thescribblerJohn Carpenter's dEF0G 🌁 @defrog.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Trump TV is on the air, I see. 042
Reposted by sarah🌼thescribblerWintersong @wintersong.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Trans people are a slightly LARGER percent of the US population in 2026 than Jewish people were in Germany in 1933. Assholes who say trans folk aren’t worth defending because of population size are telling us exactly who they would have been in Nazi Germany. 101111213
Reposted by sarah🌼thescribblerPaul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 19/09/2026You can’t have it both ways. You can’t be “It’s simple math, vote blue no matter who, grow up” and ALSO believe you are fighting fascism by making calculations as to who’s expendable. The world we’re in now demands more from us. More from everyone. 435271713
Reposted by sarah🌼thescribblerPaul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 19/09/2026It’s very simple and it’s been said over and over but I guess it needs saying continuously: if you deem one group too small to have equal rights you are enabling fascism, not fighting it. The people saying Dems are GREAT on trans rights are not paying attention and/or saying stuff like this. 354163164192
Reposted by sarah🌼thescribblerRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19/09/2026They hate the Bill of Rights because freedom is a threat to people in government who want to hide the truth about what they are doing from the American people. So they behave like tyrants because that is what they are. Vote this party out of power. 1119106933362
Reposted by sarah🌼thescribblerGhouly Hoye 👻🇨🇦 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 09/09/2026If we aren’t doing this everywhere, what are we even doing? Annual Toronto dog swim before they close down the outdoor pools for the season: 501404470
Reposted by sarah🌼thescribblerNicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy! 181140906477
sarah🌼thescribbler @catfactory.bsky.social · 15/09/2026A lot of damage has been done and will continue to be done. Cracking down on "dissent" should scare everyone. Where's Eco's list, I know I had it here somewhere... talkingpointsmemo.com/news/fbi-nsp...talkingpointsmemo.comExclusive: FBI Builds Out National NSPM-7 Center to Track Dissent, Docs ShowThe FBI has tapped employees from across federal law enforcement to crack... 030
sarah🌼thescribbler @catfactory.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Have you watched John Carpenter's They Live lately? I think you should. 031
sarah🌼thescribbler @catfactory.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Make a band edible: Wang Chung King Duran Durian Blue Oyster Cult (lol) Baja Burrito Men 030
Reposted by sarah🌼thescribblerHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 10/09/2026Some folks will claim that this is hyperbolic, but what I wish people would understand is that tech initiatives like this serve as a means of eroding consent and lower the barrier for the persistent capture of people’s image, voice, data, or whatever else a gadget can glean.pcmag.comApple's New Siri Recap Turns Every Apple Watch Into a Mass Surveillance NightmareApple's always-listening AI feature promises neat summaries of your daily conversations, but it forces everyone around you into a nonconsensual recording experiment. 321053495
Reposted by sarah🌼thescribblerFred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026We are now one of the most competitive races in the country. I’ve been building the campaign and plan to beat Ann Wagner all along. Now we have a map she desperately wanted to throw away. We are ready to flip this seat. Join us! 945493
Reposted by sarah🌼thescribblerJohn Carpenter's dEF0G 🌁 @defrog.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Thanks to @buffgrl.bsky.social for posting this. It's so spot on that I'll post the alt-text in this thread. Brain Leakage [@BrainLeakage03] on X responds to someone's comment that people born before 9/11 seem to have such a "weird and worshipful attitude" about it: 1/6 3196
Reposted by sarah🌼thescribblerThe Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 06/09/2026One of my all-time favorite writers. You cannot go wrong with Diane's work! 28223
Reposted by sarah🌼thescribblerInfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Now in Gunmetal Grey! 242128572643
Reposted by sarah🌼thescribblerVictoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 03/09/2026I know I already posted about this...but to reiterate: Anthropic copyright settlement authors, PLEASE contact me (Writer Beware) if your publisher is making a claim on a book whose rights have reverted, or claiming anything other than a 50/50 split on an in-contract book. beware@sfwa.org 17452363
sarah🌼thescribbler @catfactory.bsky.social · 03/09/2026@lidice42.bsky.social it really took 132 chapters but we're finally on the chase. Have I mentioned all the alliteration? There's so. Much. Alliteration. 020
sarah🌼thescribbler @catfactory.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Introduce yourself with five artists you've seen at least twice: 1. David Bowie 2. Richard Thompson 3. Gogol Bordello 4. Neko Case 5. kd lang 040
sarah🌼thescribbler @catfactory.bsky.social · 29/08/2026As a person who currently has a friend in hospice, this asswipe can fuck right off 251
sarah🌼thescribbler @catfactory.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I know I've seen this movie but have no real memory of it apparently Framed #1628 🎥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 framed.wtfframed.wtfFramed - The daily movie guessing gameGuess the movie from 6 frames. Come back each day to see if you can guess the daily movie, or visit the archive to answer the days that you missed! 220
Reposted by sarah🌼thescribblerGrandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Beneficent [ben-IF-iss-ent] (adj.) - Doing or producing good; performing acts of kindness and charity; characterized by beneficence. Used in a sentence: “Few stars have been so beneficent as Dolly, transforming a lifetime of legendary success into a legacy of gentle munificence.” 7341137
sarah🌼thescribbler @catfactory.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Jesus Weeping Christ, why did Dolly have to go? 040
sarah🌼thescribbler @catfactory.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Framed #1627 🎥 🟥 🟩 ⬛ ⬛ ⬛ ⬛ framed.wtfframed.wtfFramed - The daily movie guessing gameGuess the movie from 6 frames. Come back each day to see if you can guess the daily movie, or visit the archive to answer the days that you missed! 110
Reposted by sarah🌼thescribblerDr Pop Culture USA @drpopcultureusa.bsky.social · 23/08/20261930s Editorial Cartoon 017448
sarah🌼thescribbler @catfactory.bsky.social · 20/08/2026@lidice42.bsky.social No one told me just exactly how funny Moby Dick is. Also, Melville loves alliteration almost as much as I do. I'm about halfway and it's surprising me how much fun I'm having 🐳 130
Reposted by sarah🌼thescribblerMocha Onlooker @mochaonlooker.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Happy HUMP Day saints! ☀️ #blackbooksky #booksky 1101
Reposted by sarah🌼thescribblerElizabeth Donald @edonald.bsky.social · 17/08/202695 percent of the time the answer "WE ALREADY DID" is the final answer. Sadly people will still push back, declaring that if it isn't on their feed, then the news org didn't work hard enough to get the word out. Because it's our fault they're lazy and the algorithm sucks. 041
sarah🌼thescribbler @catfactory.bsky.social · 17/08/2026.... I'm sorry I didn't pay them, I'm sure I'm the reason pitchfork.com/story/columb...pitchfork.comColumbia House Is Shutting DownWe, too, were shocked they still existed 121
sarah🌼thescribbler @catfactory.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Intense movie as I recall Framed #1617 🎥 🟥 🟥 🟩 ⬛ ⬛ ⬛ framed.wtfframed.wtfFramed - The daily movie guessing gameGuess the movie from 6 frames. Come back each day to see if you can guess the daily movie, or visit the archive to answer the days that you missed! 010
Reposted by sarah🌼thescribblerIowa Guy @theiowaguy.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Paw Patrol prepares kids for real life because there’s a character named Mayor Humdinger who is an evil villain but he apparently keeps getting elected. 041
Reposted by sarah🌼thescribblerProPublica @propublica.org · 06/08/2026The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion. In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%. (Published May 2025)propublica.orgWhy Hospital Policies Matter in States That Ban AbortionOur first-of-its-kind data analysis found that a seismic split emerged in how medical institutions in Texas' two largest metro areas, Houston and Dallas, treated miscarrying patients — and in their ou... 281069586
Reposted by sarah🌼thescribblerJohn Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 06/08/2026why bother inviting genai authors to an event when you could just ask chatgpt what they'd say 6504113
sarah🌼thescribbler @catfactory.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Ben Shapiro needs to go back to Hebrew School 010
Reposted by sarah🌼thescribblerSecretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Gender studies might be the most vindicated academic field of all time 3269431174