Costa Koutsoutis @costakout.bsky.social · 12hOh, what's this? A new short story collection from me of my earliest stuff? Available now? The dickens you say!costak.wordpress.comWhat Sharp Fangs You haveHey, we’re still alive! And been alive for a while, so to speak. I spent the summer writing and working on stuff that hopefully will see the light of day this year. Hopefully. Meanwhile, a pr… 154
Reposted by Costa KoutsoutisT. Derscheid @derscheid.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A free press is essential to the republic. 012
Reposted by Costa KoutsoutisNed Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social · 28/09/2026And since it is the anniversary of this, time to reshare this piece of mine...thequietus.comAbsolute Focus: Depeche Mode’s Music For the Masses Revisited | The QuietusWeirdly enough, it’s almost ignored. Which is a very strange thing to say about an album called, however much in jest, Music For The Masses. You’d think that Depeche Mode’s sixth studio album in seven... 2162
Reposted by Costa KoutsoutisJason @jason1749.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Man would have loved Warhammer 072
Costa Koutsoutis @costakout.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I thought up an incredibly-nuclear take and I’m very proud of myself for it. 020
Reposted by Costa KoutsoutisAdam P. Newton @dryvetyme.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Music Listening for September 2026 has arrived! It's a short one this month, as I wrote a guest version of The Showcase for @beardedgmusic.bsky.social instead. Check that out on Wednesday, 09/30/2026. Enjoy. dryvetyme.online/2026/09/28/m...dryvetyme.onlineMusic Listening September 2026The Music Listening column for September 2026 actually exists at Bearded Gentlemen Music this month. 042
Costa Koutsoutis @costakout.bsky.social · 28/09/2026If you’re curious, it’s while we’re watching the WITCHBOARD remake, which is, of course is trash. 100
Costa Koutsoutis @costakout.bsky.social · 27/09/2026There is some scummy-as-fuck AI “satire” commercial on Tubi playing constantly that is basically trashing that NAZA documentary and it’s so fucking sleezy. Of course there’s no credit because it’s some cowardly pro-Israel group, we discovered. 040
Costa Koutsoutis @costakout.bsky.social · 27/09/2026A project I sorta stumbled into is coming along quite nicely and I'm hoping to be able to share it soon, which is a nice feeling to have. 030
Costa Koutsoutis @costakout.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I'm sorry but people who think like this should be [REDACTED] with a [REDACTED] and then [REDACTED] until [REDACTED]. 130
Reposted by Costa KoutsoutisPinku X BDSM @pinkuxbdsm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Black Princess, Hell Angel - Hideo Tanaka 1990 #BlackPrincessHellAngel #HideoTanaka #MasumiMiyazaki #Poster 0243
Reposted by Costa KoutsoutisBad Hand Books @badhandbooks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Did you know? You can purchase and download our eBooks directly from us! It's quick. It's easy. Support indie horror. Get 'em all here: badhandbooks.com/ebooks 0128
Costa Koutsoutis @costakout.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Did he finally learn about retro Tamagotchi or something? 000
Costa Koutsoutis @costakout.bsky.social · 26/09/2026static.klipy.comCommunity's Elroy: This Internet Has Gone Too FarALT: Community's Elroy: This Internet Has Gone Too Far 100
Costa Koutsoutis @costakout.bsky.social · 26/09/2026My repeated insistence that grapefruit isn’t real. 030
Costa Koutsoutis @costakout.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Sometimes I wonder if the people who made and manage Outlook and MS Teams know just how much they are hated and mocked online. 000
Costa Koutsoutis @costakout.bsky.social · 26/09/2026A whole rotisserie chicken and Gugnir, the swaying one, spear of Odin. 181
Costa Koutsoutis @costakout.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The best TV shows of the 21 century are TOP CHEF, the FALLOUT show, and some random Korean dating reality show I can’t remember the title of. That’s it. 020
Reposted by Costa KoutsoutisCritical Nostalgia @highway62.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Appropriate interview conduct. Do not @ me 4547
Costa Koutsoutis @costakout.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I have meetings and lunch and come back to something about ice coffee? No, no thank you, we're not doing this. 020
Reposted by Costa KoutsoutisPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026GenAI users: I am so fucking productive now, I am programming things naught but gods would dream of, I- Every single genAI CEO: well, it's like you- no one, I mean, really needs to read nowadays, right? Btw I don't remember whether you wipe before or after pooping 2950107
Reposted by Costa KoutsoutisPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026GenAI evangelists: there is no deskilling. You become as a god, a machine god, you- Every GenAI CEO: no one needs to know how to read and also I don't know how to put my pants on anymore 21256206
Reposted by Costa KoutsoutisPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026People were like no, using genAI doesn't deskill you. And then *all* the CEO's started announcing that not only is deskilling the explicit goal, but then they brag that they don't know how to toast a poptart 21332228
Reposted by Costa KoutsoutisPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It's funny that for years now people have been saying that using generative AI very obviously deskills you, and people kept going no no you're wrong you Luddite And now all the genAI CEO's keep coming out in public to announce they forgot how to read and do math and can't remember their address etc 113050976
Costa Koutsoutis @costakout.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Is…is there full-on hog out onscreen? That might change my mind and get me to watch this. 130
Reposted by Costa KoutsoutisNed Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social · 24/09/2026When you successfully answer one or two random emails 0203
Reposted by Costa KoutsoutisDr ShinyGoth @ghostingdani.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"How do you police an honor code?" You don't. You set a standard of behavior and stick to it, and when it becomes obvious a student or faculty member isn't following the code, you intervene. 2173
Costa Koutsoutis @costakout.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Guys you gotta stop respecting the opinions of deeply-unserious losers. Treat them like the human equivalent of gerbil cage pellets that they truly are, come on. 030
Reposted by Costa KoutsoutisMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house. 685248855497
Reposted by Costa KoutsoutisSean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 24/09/2026The Why Cheap Art? Manifesto, Bread & Puppet Theater, 1984 6566258
Reposted by Costa Koutsoutisrax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 24/09/2026there should be no such thing as ‘elite journalists’ incentives are ass backwards that way. a journalist should be a grubby and suspicious little fuck 411524165
Reposted by Costa KoutsoutisDr ShinyGoth @ghostingdani.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Using generative AI means that you can't answer the most basic element of research, which is "where did you get this information?" 48933
Reposted by Costa KoutsoutisRyan North @ryannorth.ca · 23/09/2026Pompeii is a UNESCO world heritage site not because it was remarkable in its prime, but because it survived to our era untouched: one moment, preserved for all time. But future generations won't know what OUR world was like unless we do the same. This is why we MUST bury Toronto with a volcano 11867541611
Reposted by Costa KoutsoutisGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 23/09/2026The basic message to NYU Langone. 2710107
Costa Koutsoutis @costakout.bsky.social · 23/09/2026These fucking nerds won’t stop until they harass every filmmaker into just doing “their take on” some shitty fucking horror or superhero franchise. Go ditch a ditch, let art be personal, yearning, subjective, and free. 1142
Costa Koutsoutis @costakout.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Five pleasures in life 1. A grimy crime/horror/SFF paperback 2. Coffee and a bagel in the park 3. Putting your feet in the ocean (or any body of water) 4. That stupid look a cat gives you when you caught them doing something 5. Falling asleep on the couch 0130
Reposted by Costa KoutsoutisWeird Spy Satellite @weirdsatellite.bsky.social · 23/09/2026GEOINT #953 from RASR-2 (CLASSIFIED) 1. Anti-Irregularity 2. Pitchmaxxing Tent 3. Happy Palimpsest of Space 032
Costa Koutsoutis @costakout.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Didn’t realize Propagandhi released a new record last year, so far enjoying it. My controversial punk opinion is the their later more metal-driven stuff is superior to the early straight-up punk. 110
Costa Koutsoutis @costakout.bsky.social · 23/09/2026What's that tweet about cucking yourself to AI and letting the computer fuck your wife? 071
Reposted by Costa KoutsoutisStella Sacco @antlervel.vet · 22/09/2026This is a great initiative—a donated dollar can erase a hundred dollars of medical debt. Not sure I’ve mentioned it before but my old medical debt was erased by a similar group! Please consider sharing and donating a few scrams if you’re able. 1225106
Costa Koutsoutis @costakout.bsky.social · 22/09/2026A brushed-steel Stanley cup that he loudly rattles the ice around in before taking the biggest sip. 061
Costa Koutsoutis @costakout.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I was reminded today (because I referenced it in a lecture) of Mary Roach's excellent STIFF; THE CURIOUS LIVES OF HUMAN CADAVERS. 021