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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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toilet bones @toiletbones.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Found the email I sent when I got accidentally added to the faculty listserv of an orthopedic surgery clinic and nobody would remove me so I sent this email to all faculty/staff/med students and they removed me almost immediately
Hello Bone Colleagues, 
I have invented a new type of ankle and I'm very excited to show it to you. Early raccoon trials suggest a 60% increase in scurrying speed and dramatic increases in fine motor banditry. I know we are not supposed to create super raccoons, but I think you'll change your mind and professional ethics when you see how cute they are. I believe we are on the cusp of a new era in advanced human scurrying because if medical science has taught me anything, it's that improvements in raccoons correspond 1:1 to improvements in humans. 

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[My name]
Chief Bone Inventor
Chair, Department of Foot and Leg Innovation
Lord Mayor, Musculoskeletal Medicine 
Hartford HealthCare,
The Bone & Joint Institute at Hartford Hospital.
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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This vintage miss piggy piggybank from 1978 has coin slot cleavage and I may never recover.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam
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Johnny Normality (Spooky Mode) @probgobl.in · 23/09/2026
I love "Bisexual Visibility Day" because the rest of the year I have to rely on thermal imaging to fight my many enemies who have bisexuality.
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The Lexorcist @lexidarlingxoxo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
ladies and gentlemen, this is columbo no. 5 a little bit of me getting outta your hair a little bit of suspect standing there a little bit of facts about my wife a little bit of you killed him with that knife
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Leaf~ @leaftilde.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"Hey, we saw you from across the bar and now you're gonna fuckin' die"
Utena and her Rose Bride Anthy dressed resplendently and showered with an explosion of rosepetals.

But in like a platonic way
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Asterix Archiv 🐗 @comedix.de · 20/09/2026
Eine schöne Bastel- und Malarbeit. Manchmal trägt Obelix den Hinkelstein. Manchmal ist Obelix der Hinkelstein. Dürfte nicht leicht gewesen sein, diesen Stein zu finden. #Asterix #Fanart
Das Bild zeigt einen kleinen, länglichen und nach oben abgerundeten Stein, dessen Form an einen Hinkelstein erinnert. Der Stein wurde rundherum so bemalt, dass er selbst zum Körper von Obelix wird.
Auf der Vorderseite sind Obelix’ Gesicht mit den roten Zöpfen, sein nackter Oberkörper sowie der grüne Gürtel mit großer gelber Schnalle zu sehen. Darunter setzt sich seine typische blau-weiß gestreifte Hose bis zum unteren Rand des Steins fort. Seine Füße stehen auf einer kleinen grünen Wiese, die mit roten Pilzen und Blumen verziert ist. Der obere, dunkelgraue Teil des Steins bleibt weitgehend unbemalt und wirkt dadurch wie ein Hinkelstein, der hinter Obelix aufragt.
Die Rückseite löst den kleinen optischen Scherz auf: Dort fehlen Kopf und Oberkörper völlig. Stattdessen sieht man nur Obelix’ Arme, die sich von beiden Seiten um den grauen Stein legen. Seine Hände greifen hinter dem „Hinkelstein“ ineinander. Darunter sind wiederum die gestreifte Hose und seine Füße auf der Wiese zu erkennen.
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Chris Dwan (he/him) @somershade.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I rhave obtained the currently effective contracts with both the Somerville Police Employees Association (SPEA) and the Somerville Police Superior Officers Association (SPSOA). All the docs are linked from the page below. They're kind of a journey, but let's dig in. dwan.org/index.php/po... 1/?
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Police Oversight in Somerville – Chris Dwan
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Tom McKay @catturd2.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
FBI warns ICE agents not to trust any women willing to date them gizmodo.com/fbi-warns-ic...
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SpotGideon @shepf.art · 18/09/2026
it's so stupid, and yet I love it
rear end of a Rivian R1T EV with a pair of wire nuts hanging underneath the rear bumper
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JoCo Cruise @jococruise.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Announcing the JoCo Cruise 2027 Featured Guest lineup, including Nebula winners such as @isabel.kim, @scalzi.com and @maryrobinettekowal.com, actors @pftompkins.bsky.social and @thatbronzegirl.bsky.social, and folk singer @vancegilbert.com! Visit jococruise.com for more info! #jococruise #cruise
Performers Jonathan Coulton, Daphne Always, Ally Beardsley, Jasmine Bhullar, Jim Boggia, Boys Go To Jupiter, Simone Giertz, Vance Gilbert, Isabel J. Kim, Mary Robinette Kowal, Aimee Mann, Mollylele, Zac Oyama, Paul and Storm, Riz Rollins, John Scalzi, James Sheppard, Nadine Smith, Paul F. Tompkins, Varietopia, Janet Varney and Sabrina Wu
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Standplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · 14/09/2026
Aanya (@xoaanya) on twitter:
"insane levels of vibe coding 😭😭"
[a screenshot of an Account Verification screen reads: "We have just sent the code 435841 to your phone number: xxx-xxx-6521. Please enter the code below to access your account:" above six blank input boxes.]

Monoculture Debatteur (@NotADebacle) quotes with:
"Zero factor authentication"
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World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
We might have FINALLY met our match… #WorldBollardAssociation
One of the biggest dogs in the world pulls a tiny bollard almost out the ground.
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
GEFILTE PHISHING
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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
trot with me if you want to pound
scene from TERMINATOR 2. top panel is giant truck chasing a young buckaroo through the la river. truck is labeled 'AI GENERATED BIZARRO EROTICA SLOP.' middle panel is chuck tingle showing up on his motorcycle. bottom panel is chuck aiming shotgun with label 'SINCERE, HUMAN-CRAFTED STORIES ABOUT BISEXUAL MOTHMAN THREESOMES'
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 05/09/2026
At the Antimatter Factory at CERN there are vacuum cleaners in cages. Those cages are there because when you vacuum the experiment hall, you might pick up some radioactive material, and so the vacuum has to be in a time out until enough half-lives of the contaminant have elapsed.
A bright yellow cage marked RADIATION with vacuum cleaners inside it
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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Breaking: Donald Trump says “I’d love to see Ireland unified…. I think it would be a great thing. How could it be bad?” Oh my word.
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Goodnews @goodnews.computer · 04/09/2026
Take a break from being depressed that everything you love is being destroyed by slop for a moment and let me tell you about the beautiful symbiotic relationship between graffiti writers, train yard workers, and model train enthusiasts.
A hand holding a model train with a replica of the same graffiti on the full scale train car behind it.A model train with two graffiti pieces on opposite sides.
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Chris Dwan (he/him) @somershade.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Ward 2 Councilor @jtforward2.bsky.social is resigning from city council effective Dec 31. There will be a special election for both Ward 2 and Ward 3 to elect people to serve out his and @benforward3.bsky.social’s terms. jtforward2.com/announcing-m...
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Announcing my Resignation as Ward 2 Councilor
Hello neighbors, I was recruited to run for office in 2017 by tenant rights advocates as a first-time candidate for office and long-time business owner in Union Square. I was a true political outsi…
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Tor Books @torbooks.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
ATTN TAMSYN FANS — Floralinda is coming to you in a full length novel. Check out the cover and watch this space for more info ⚔️🏰✨ Check out the cover ⬇️ www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainmen...
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Tamsyn Muir’s First Full-Length Novel in Five Years Is Coming—Get an Exclusive First Look at ‘Floralinda’
Time for a brand-new adventure from the Gideon the Ninth author.
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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Timeline cleanse from the Black Flute Brigade of Los Angeles.
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JourneyDude in Scotland @scottishinsider.org · 31/08/2026
As i deeply love #sikh community and the way they treated me through the years, this is making me happy! Sukvinder is an awesome guy! #scotland #edinburgh #bagpipes #tartan #moments
Sikh leading military tattoo edinburgh
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 31/08/2026
Also, to all you SICKOS comparing the Hugo to a DILDO and making jokes about the FLARED BASE and all that DISGUSTING AWFUL STUFF: Yes, indeed, we've all been saying that for years, welcome
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 31/08/2026
BEHOLD THE MOST MASCULINE PHOTO EVER TAKEN
Me in my bright pink shirt with rainbows and unicorns that says alpha male, brandishing my Hugo award, looking very excited
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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
"The backstage is for walking partipants," something that I was just told by a Worldcon staffer. #LACon #Worldcon #Hugos
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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
....the ongoing delights of being both a Hugo finalist and a wheelchair user. "The backstage is for walking participants," said directly to my face, as a wheelchair user.
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Cleg @clegggg.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
this is a pretty wild exchange with someone seemingly in a moderator position
Bouie: Sure. Before I do, I want to say two things, just to establish them right now and kind of to say where I stand on some of this stuff. The first thing is: "Woke" is a term that comes from African American vernacular. It has its origins in the 1930s, and it has traditionally meant something along the lines of: Be aware of the ways that this society is not built for you. Be aware of the ways that you may face disadvantage and oppression in this society. Again, this is a term that emerged in Black vernacular in the 1930s. And that is, as far as I'm concerned,
what the term means. And the usage — Cottle: You are exactly one of about 20
people who think that's what the term
means.
Bouie: I know.Bouie: I know. Cottle: I always love the historical reference,
but that ain't where it's gone. Bouie: I think a lot of Black Americans would agree with me on this point, I'll say that. I think among commentators, sure, not very many people agree with me. Among the
people for whom the term - Cottle: Oh, wait, wait, wait. No, no, no. You can't pull that it's a split between commentators. And like, half of America has
decided what woke is, and it's not that. Bouie: Among Black Americans, it still
means what I just said. So I just want to say Cottle: But beyond the commentators, there's plenty of folks who have decided
something very different.
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Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene I'm begging of you, please go see that clown Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene I swear he'll help you if you're feeling down
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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:
BOYCOTT STARBUCKS is written inside a zig-zaggy speech bubble against crumbled paper. Beside it are the Starbucks Workers United logo and an image of a coffee cup being poured out.We, the 12,000 and growing members of Starbucks Workers United, call on everyone who stands with working people to boycott Starbucks until they finalize a contract with union baristas and stop union-busting.
What we’re fighting for is simple: a minimum $17/hr wage, enough hours to live on, better staffing in our stores, and basic workplace protections. Every year, our living costs rise but our wages don’t keep up – a growing pressure many American workers are feeling as corporate greed accelerates unchecked in our country. 
Starbucks is banking on customers' blind loyalty to the integrity and values this company once stood for in order to keep squeezing them for profits. At a time when working-class people across the country are struggling in a challenging economy, it is no longer possible to be both a Starbucks customer and in support of workers; choosing to spend money at Starbucks is choosing a law breaking corporation over the baristas who make your coffee everyday exactly as you ask for it.
Starbucks has violated U.S. labor law more than any other company in modern history–the NLRB and its judges have found that Starbucks committed hundreds of labor violations and there are currently more than 550 unresolved unfair labor practice charges still pending against the company. Instead of finalizing a fair and reasonable union contract, Starbucks has repeatedly demonstrated a lack of care for the workers who fuel the company’s profits by wasting millions of dollars on AI and technology that doesn’t work, launching countless gimmicky drinks designed to distract from real problems, and inventing pointless policies that do nothing but make our jobs harder. 
This ongoing, irrational behavior by Starbucks and its refusal to settle a fair union contract with workers leaves us with no other choice than to call for a boycott. We know when working people stand up together, we win. 
No Contract? No Coffee.
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Chris Dwan (he/him) @somershade.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Thinking this morning on 6 years of advocacy for oversight of the police and how I heard last night that Council President Davis and @mayorjakewilson.bsky.social’s plan is to start with lengthy closed door sessions in which they will be told not to even consider anything that might annoy a cop. 1/?
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Liz Fong-Jones (方禮真) @lizthegrey.com · 29/08/2026
anyone who sells Elon Musk a service without being paid cash upfront is asking to be scammed.
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 26/08/2026
Report: Tim Curry's death to be investigated by suspicious group of eccentrics gathering at his house
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Report: Tim Curry's death to be investigated by suspicious group of eccentrics gathering at his house
LOS ANGELES - Following the death of beloved 80-year-old British actor Tim Curry, observers have noted a coterie of anonymous upper crust suspects arriving at his mansion in order to investigate the m...
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Buckingham Palace band playing 9 to 5 for Dolly Parton
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Frank&Stein @brandtandstein.com · 24/08/2026
Quick somebody give me enough money to buy this and a worm costume
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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton and Patti LaBelle playing their acrylics. Two icons.
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Danny Fearns @dannyfearns.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Good morning Bluesky ☀️ This is one of the last coal powered sheep. The vast majority of UK sheep are now all electric ⚡️
Sheep grazing in fields, the one in the foreground with white smoke apparently coming out of its bottom
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James Grimmelmann @jtlg.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Your typcal demand letter is agressively dismissive, but I'd describe this one more as "serenely implacable." It's a fascinating rhetorical study. flaccb.org/documents/20... (Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops, to Florida AG Uthmeyer, re: Catholic-school vaccination requirements.)
flaccb.org
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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 21/08/2026
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS: We require vaccines. FLORIDA: On what grounds? CATHOLIC SCHOOLS: On the grounds that the bishops fucking say so and you ain’t a bishop.
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com
Title:
Who is Haunting The Library of Forbidden Tomes? 

Image: five panels showing characters in a gothic library 

22% - tormented souls, frozen between life and death (a ghost reading a book)
4% - dank, fetid horrors from the icy depths below (a black slug like creature with a single eyestalk reading a book)
15% - cold, lifeless bones possessed by a corrupt sorcery (a skeleton reading a book)
11% - frigid and malevolent ectoplasmic vapours (a shapeless apparition reading a book)
48% - regular readers happy to away from the heatwave
(A mother, small child and toddler in buggy, all reading books)
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Wondering why data centers are as unpopular as nuclear waste? It's not the data centers. The problem is both more obvious and more fundamental: The daily lived experience of the AI boom sucks. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ai-is-maki...
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AI is making everything worse
The political problem isn't the data centers — it's that AI is a turd mountain looming over daily life.
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Internet Dad @whatahellofawaytodad.com · 20/08/2026
I think that cleans up nicely
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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
One of the smartest ideas I've seen in the last few years is instead of trying to find "the Joe Rogan of the left," buy up the news sites of defunct papers and put some money into providing local news coverage in rural areas.
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ustadh 🔒 @dragoman.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
They do NOT make prayer books like they used to
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Just cancelled Mongolian publication deal for something of mine because the translation would have been done by AI.
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Stan Pham @thisisspiffy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Your first look at the #Murderbot season 2 cast. Aka, what I did on my summer non-vacation. #PremiumQualityEntertainment
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iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
In Star Trek people often complain that replicated food is not as good as naturally produced food, which is weird when replicators are presumably using the same technology as transporters, which can perfectly replicate Spock every time. But is Spock getting less flavoursome over time? In this essay,
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Deidre Lynch @drbibliomane.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I got tired of waiting for the journalists at @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social to cover this (it IS summer), but this is to say that ALL the staff members in Women & Gender Studies here were laid off last week, on the top of the cutting of 5 lecturer positions in the program last year.+
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Avram Grumer @avramg.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
χιγκλέντι-πιγκλέντι Captain Odysseus Took a long time coming Back home from war Mediterranean Voyage described in dac- tylic hexameter In days of yore
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clauclauclaudia.bsky.social @clauclauclaudia.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I'm a proofread-y type, so I notice lots of audiobook errors (Zara Ramm does not know that remunerate is not renumerate, but is otherwise a delight). But some I would only notice if I am reading the etext alongside. In @scalzi.com 's The God Engines, the narrator adds an errant "her" 1/2
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