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Ziz, the Goose So Queer Their Wings Block the Sun (HONK) @devesine.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I have had my Pixel 6 for about five years and I was expecting it might last me another three or four at least, but suddenly I'm actively looking at replacement options. I am so tired.

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Ziz, the Goose So Queer Their Wings Block the Sun (HONK) @devesine.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Full of science! (Flu and Novavax COVID vaccines) The flu syringe came covered in so many labels the pharmacist couldn't see if she had gotten the bubble out until she tore them off, which she and I agreed seemed inefficient

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Shana @shanamd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I am SORRY for sharing something that was posted on the other place, but this is too good.

The future pope at a party with a caption “they don’t know I’m the future pope”

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daryl "rupert pumpkin" b 🏳️‍⚧️ @hypercubexl.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

GDT's reddit AMA spitting fire www.reddit.com/r/movies/com...

reddit comment:

Hello! Did you intend the ending of Pan’s labyrinth to be real or in Ofelia’s mind?

Guillermo Del Toro's reply:

My interpretation, and it's exclusively mine, is that it's real.

Because there's two things. One is what people call “The Shining Question.” The Shining Question is, Who opens the door for Jack to get out of the fridge? And Ofelia is in an attic with a guard outside her door, and she draws the door with the magic chalk, and she shows up in the labyrinth. So, the only way she could have gone into the labyrinth is the magic chalk. And the flower is real at the end. The flower that blooms in the dead tree. And the reason I think it’s real is because—and this is why I'm in favor of the human factor in art—I think that art does transform the world. You know?

Think about it for a second. One of the goals, with all this movement, is to make you believe that art is vulgar. That art is nothing special, and anybody can do art. That is like me telling you that I'm faster at running than Usain Bolt but I “run” in my motorcycle. Well, that's not the same. That’s not the same at all.

Art is important, and they want you to believe it isn't. It's part of the idea of control. The goal is not to have artificial intelligence. The goal is to foster natural stupidity. The goal is to foster you not looking for answers, and to trust yourself entirely to an engine. Look at the way we are dipping our toes into these things. We are starting to ask the machine, Is this true? For now, there's a correlation between reality and what the answers of the machine are. For now. But soon, we won't even investigate further. We will be told it's true. And if the machine is in the hands of somebody who should not be trusted, then your reality has been completely and utterly fucked. Because your intelligence ends at the question. You don't seek the answer. It's given to you.

Q: You recently mentioned that AI creates 'semi-compelling screensavers' and that you'd 'rather die' than use it. As a filmmaker who relies heavily on practical effects and creature design, what do you think is the biggest thing lost when a computer generates an image instead of a human hand?

GDT:

The three quarters of the process that gave you the chance to think of the idea that people don't think about without that process. Meaning, AI can get you to the middle really fast, but there's a dialectic with the process that gets you to that top 10%. I'll give you an example with the Pale Man.

We sculpted it as an old man, with a face. And then I said, Let's take out the face. This happened because I saw a photo of a manta ray and the poster for Don Coscarelli’s Phantasm. That combination, which happened at two different times during a week or a month, are not permutations that are chemically part of an equation. They are alchemy. And then I said, Take out the face, and then I said, Let's put the eyes on the hands. This triangulation happens because I spent a month or two months living with the idea of this creature. And it's not linear.

AI is like a super-fast engine that makes semi-sentient permutations of things that are already done. Creation is things that have never been done. Coming to exist.

And the second thing is the loss of the apprenticeship that one has as an artist. You're never a master; you're always an apprentice. This is a kinship I have with, for example, Chris Nolan. When he showed me The Odyssey, there’s a scene when Matt Damon is floating in the stormy ocean and I asked him—because we were talking about practical effects, and how great it is and that we both always use a maquette or a model—and I asked him, How did you do it? He said, “We put him in a storm in the ocean.”

And you're gonna find that 30% of a great image occurs accidentally. You know, either a drop of water hits the lens, or the camera shakes. I remember when in 1993, '94, Jim…

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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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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Under communism, it will be *OUR* Sharona

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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 01/09/2026

FYI Outlier players—since they deleted their whole bsky account just now in an attempt to stop people from noticing this

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Ziz, the Goose So Queer Their Wings Block the Sun (HONK) @devesine.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I don't have a good camera and there's lots of clouds in the way but I'm pleased to report the mostly-eclipsed moon is mostly umbral red capped with a fiery blaze of light, just as foretold

The moon in near-total lunar eclipse, with clouds dimming it. The shadowed part is glowing a red-orange color, and the illuminated sliver at the top blazes with light.

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Ham 🌈🏳️‍⚧️🎨 @thehamofficial.northsky.social · 27/08/2026

I thought it deserved a lil toonie #art #queerart

Digital drawing of a white puffball of a baby bird, looking tired as can be frontward towards the viewer on a wiggly teal background. In front of it is a canadian toonie. It is based on the quotes photo, which is a pygmy falcon chick from the san antonio zoo next to a much larger quarter on a red textured mat.

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Jane Horton 🇺🇸 🇦🇩 🇺🇾 🏳️‍🌈 @janebhorton.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Five clay dogs buried under a palace doorway at Nineveh around 645 BC. Each one has its name written on its side in cuneiform. Expeller of evil. Catcher of the enemy. Biter of his foe. Loud is his bark. Don't think, bite. That last one is an instruction, written on the dog, addressed to the dog.

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Ziz, the Goose So Queer Their Wings Block the Sun (HONK) @devesine.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

aside from "be such a beloved, wonderful person that Tim Curry couldn't bear to live in a world without you in it for another day", I agree

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Ziz, the Goose So Queer Their Wings Block the Sun (HONK) @devesine.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

you can give yourself a serious head injury by falling over not-particularly-dramatically while standing still, wear your fucking PPE if you're doing anything materially dangerous like hurtling along on an anxious horse made of bad welds, repeatedly-patched rubber, and an undiscovered wasp nest

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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Here's the official announcement of Parton's passing from her reps, along with the request that in lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com

NASHVILLE, TN (August 25, 2026) – Global icon and humanitarian, Dolly Parton, known to the world as a beloved singer, songwriter, philanthropist, actress, playwright, and author died peacefully today in Nashville, Tennessee. She was 80 years old.

Dolly is preceded in death by her beloved husband of 59 years Carl Thomas Dean (1942 – 2025), her mother Avie Lee Caroline Owens (1923 – 2003), and father, Robert Lee Parton, Sr. (1921 – 2000).

A rhinestone life that shone bright enough for the world to see, Dolly will forever stand as an inspiration not only through her timeless music and prolific songwriting, but also her wit, warmth, and kindness that made us all feel like family. Dolly Parton’s legacy is one of love, compassion, and resilience. With a seven-decade career, she inspired multiple generations of artists and fans with her music and an unwavering commitment to making the world a better place. Her songs will continue to resonate with people of all ages, and her philanthropic work will have a lasting impact.

At Dolly’s request, a small, private service will be held for immediate family. Dolly’s fans and friends from around the world are encouraged to pay tribute to Dolly on social media by tagging @DollyParton or by leaving a message at www.dollyparton.com.

In lieu of flowers the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com.

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Draculosity Jones: Ghost Skeleton @brainmage.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

The only good thing about modern technology is we all have tiny pocket computers that can record super slow motion videos of little cats hurling themselves off wardrobes

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Ziz, the Goose So Queer Their Wings Block the Sun (HONK) @devesine.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

suddenly a huge percentage of my job applications across a _lot_ of companies are coming back not as "sorry, we've gone with other candidates more closely aligned with this position" but "sorry, for business reasons we're no longer hiring for this position" hmmmm

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Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com · 19/08/2026

the government of canada’s advice on what to do if you encounter a moose is “moose are unpredictable” & I just feel like this is a particularly dazzling proof of that

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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 08/08/2026

Sometimes I see something in nature and then spend the next several years waiting for the shot. Sometimes I never get it. Sometimes you see it and a week later you land it: I give you tonight's murder of crows in front of the sunset. 🪶

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Ziz, the Goose So Queer Their Wings Block the Sun (HONK) @devesine.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

angel Eyes perfec t for put gaze in to s\ee! very Comfort be not afraid put gaze in Angel Eyes. no problems ever in anggel eyes because good Tidings and Wishes for human gaze weak of big human soul. Anangel Eyes yes a place for a gaze can trust angel for giveing good tidings to mans. friend angel

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Ziz, the Goose So Queer Their Wings Block the Sun (HONK) @devesine.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Whether LLM writing or humans taking cues from LLM writing styles, I am very tired of the "emphasize random things and don't have a real understanding of what is or is not actually important" failure

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Ziz, the Goose So Queer Their Wings Block the Sun (HONK) @devesine.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

it's always exhausting when I see a job posting re-posted a few months later when my interview series ended with "it came down to you and this other person and we liked the other person slightly better" well, you picked wrong, apparently, but are you going to come back to see if I'm available? no.

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Ziz, the Goose So Queer Their Wings Block the Sun (HONK) @devesine.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

30 years ago, my aunt worked as a Taco Bell food safety inspector from Corporate to ensure franchises were meeting standards. Franchisees were always trying to slip around things. Corporate was merciless, and made sure the *employees* knew how to report stuff and that they'd be supported.

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Ziz, the Goose So Queer Their Wings Block the Sun (HONK) @devesine.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I have push notifications set up on my banking app specifically and only for fraud prevention and critical account issues. I just got a nonconfigurable push notification for a "travel deal expiring soon", and immediately wrote four paragraphs of extremely angry "you're enabling fraud" feedback.

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Ziz, the Goose So Queer Their Wings Block the Sun (HONK) @devesine.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

me, cheerfully: I'd like to run this little Perl utility to check which LaTeX mirror to use me, warily: oh, right, I don't use Perl on this machine much, time to remember how to use cpan me, exhausted, an hour later: well, it's installed 500mb of packages and isn't done yet

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

So. I did it. Lotta people gonna be mad about this one. Show it some love?

lifeisasacredtext.com

A Jewish Case for AI work exemptions

or: why should CHICAGO POPE have all the fun

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Ziz, the Goose So Queer Their Wings Block the Sun (HONK) @devesine.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

One of my local crows just swooped down past my window, snagging a large bug off the screen and flying off. Thank you, crow. That bug had been sitting there for at least three hours and I was having trouble ignoring it.

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 09/07/2026

Oh, have I not told this one here? Okay. So Grandma had The Charisma.

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Ziz, the Goose So Queer Their Wings Block the Sun (HONK) @devesine.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

The only thing better than having a bird's nest immediately above my desk window would be having a bird's nest immediately below my desk window

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Ziz, the Goose So Queer Their Wings Block the Sun (HONK) @devesine.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I had an interview Friday where I called out a need for role-based access control in the first five minutes, the interviewer said "we'll come back to that" then came back to it in the last five minutes. We talked about it hurriedly. Downchecked because "I needed excessive prompting about RBAC". 🫠

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pork, cheese, broccoli rabe @garlicbuffalo.gobirds.biz · 28/06/2026

this is actually a good reminder that you should delete the tracking nonsense off of any url that you share online. just delete everything after the ? (including the question mark) and share like you usually would

a screenshot of a youtube url showing the actual url as everything before the ? and everything after as “tracking nonsense”

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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

well I am straight up crying at noon on a Saturday

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 17/06/2026

Conversation at the beach: BLACK WOMAN: Now that’s how you cook! A little of this, a little of that, that looks interesting, then add seasonings until the ancestors tell you to stop. WHITE WOMAN: Unfortunately my ancestors were also white.

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Ziz, the Goose So Queer Their Wings Block the Sun (HONK) @devesine.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I love that they are both drawn using the animation style that uses their glasses for expression instead of their eyebrows

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i’m just ken @shepardcdr.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Are you a Pokémon Go player of any era who has feelings about how the game's data has been used? Has it soured your memories of the game? Have you stopped playing because of it? Would you want to chat about it for a Kotaku story? Please reach out here or email me at kshepard@kotaku.com

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Thierry Ennui @heisenbergkamp.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

(A) incredible and (B) an excuse to post this

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Ziz, the Goose So Queer Their Wings Block the Sun (HONK) @devesine.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

The other night we were taking bins out to the curb and a large dog on a walk went WOOF WOOF WOOF and the attendant human said "oh, hush, you know you aren't fierce" in the most dismissive tone ever

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Happy Pride Month. If you're a gay man, please remember your power. People often think that gay men are innately fashionable, which means if you wear some stupid shit for long enough, straight people, including homophobes, will copy you and then you can laugh at them.

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Ziz, the Goose So Queer Their Wings Block the Sun (HONK) @devesine.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Happy Pride. Angry Pride. Tired Pride. Sorrowful Pride. Joyous Pride. Restful Pride. Mirthful Pride. Satisfied Pride. Spiteful Pride. Proud Pride. 🏳️‍🌈🪿🏳️‍🌈

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Ziz, the Goose So Queer Their Wings Block the Sun (HONK) @devesine.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

logistics is one of those things that foolish people think are deeply uninteresting and unnecessary, insightful people understand are critically important, and *some* people (not just ND, either!) find intensely fascinating, and I am glad to both be and be involved with someone in that last category

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

A friend of mine who was TA’ing for an AmLit course found a copy of Moby Dick a student had left behind. It had only one marginal annotation, around page 100, that simply said “whale is important.”

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Riker Googling @rikergoogling.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

bad back safe ways to sit down

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jenn schiffer 😎 @jennschiffer.com · 23/05/2026

doesn't look like the curator, bryan braun, is on here but i wanted to shout out their "let's get creative" collection of free kid + adult friendly creativity apps, which i found because it includes make8bitart.com!

letsgetcreative.today

Let's Get Creative

A collection of high-quality, free, online creativity tools.

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