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Erin Marquis

@emarquis.bsky.social
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Detroiter. Car writer. Editor. Three time cancer survivor.

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Erin Marquis @emarquis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I know many brilliant people vying for $25/hr gigs right now who used to have salary positions. This is about to get so much worse.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 25/09/2026
These clowns want to cede the most important decisions in comics storytelling to a fucking bot. And you know this would lead to further underpayment of artists. Boycott any book or publisher that uses this.
Walk me through what the platform actually does.

You put in a manuscript. The system spends time studying the story, including the thesis, the background, the protagonist, and the emotional beats that pay off for a reader, and produces a storyboard that gets you to roughly 60–70% of a finished product. Then an editor, the author, and an illustrator go in and shape that further, because a purely AI-generated output tends to lack soul and be generic. This is not a self-driving car. It's more like handing a Ferrari to someone who already knows how to drive.
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Erin Marquis @emarquis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Pretty sure if pit bulls had some incredible bite strength I wouldn't be able to pry open Dee Dee's mouth jam 6 pills a day down her throat.
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Erin Marquis @emarquis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The day after Bisexuality Visibility Day I always switch to hot coffee to represent the 6 months of being straight I am required to perform each year, like Persephone.
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Mitch McConnell should resign Immediately…..
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Jimmer Cork-Bottle @jimmerthatisall.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This day in history. 2002. At a Beverly Hills hotel astronaut Buzz Aldrin punched an annoying moon landing denier in the face hard enough to lift the mug off the ground. The mug tried to press charges but the judge nominated Aldrin for a Humanitas Award instead.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Not just that —mainstream media kept platforming the officials, consultants, and strategists who led us into disaster after disaster. Rewarded with book deals, speaking pundit contracts, and academic positions.
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Erin Marquis @emarquis.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
If you hold up traffic in a busy parking lot in order to back your fancy car into a parking spot, congrats, you are a piece of shit.
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Erin Marquis @emarquis.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Detroit summers used to be filled with older folks in their backyards and on their bikes blasting r&b and soul tunes. That was before AI music found its audience in our elders. Now I hear the same nonsensical, over produced trash over and over again. Detroit used to sing, now it slops
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Erin Marquis @emarquis.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Always and forever
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Frontier Ruckus - Ontario - Audiotree Live
YouTube video by Audiotree
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Ken Plume @kenplume.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Pee Wee Herman & Dolly Parton singing a duet? Here ya go...
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Erin Marquis @emarquis.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Me, looking for that silver lining
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Erin Marquis @emarquis.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Unreal thread.
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Erin Marquis @emarquis.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Name your favorite Disney princess (wrong answers only)
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David Bowie as Jareth in Labyrinth
ALT: David Bowie as Jareth in Labyrinth
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/08/2026
yep, i will note that the fugitive slave act was used to try to kidnap free blacks and sell them into slavery
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Erin Marquis @emarquis.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I can't stop thinking about the people of Gary, Indiana. They must have a similar feeling to the people who watched the legions withdrew from Londinium.
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Erin Marquis @emarquis.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Next time someone tells me we need cops I'm going to show them video of Dearborn riot police protecting the outsiders who came into our community to denigrate our citizens rather than protecting the peace, safety and dignity of the people Dearborn
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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
For YEARS, I been waiting for this to happen every time I watch the news
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Erin Marquis @emarquis.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
The drama of trying to get your dog shit cleaned up on the regular
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
results not accidents.
red text on yellow We build aggressive vehicles We market them recklessly
We celebrate dangerous driving
We design violent streets
We prioritize the driver at all costs We shame and blame everyone else
Road Violence Is No Accident It's A Result.
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Erin Marquis @emarquis.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
One of my favorite charities has an influx of immediate need, and you can help. One Simple Wish allows you to buy things for foster kids, and with school starting, there's a ton of stuff on the site to make things better for the kids who need it most. www.onesimplewish.org/wish/wish-gr...
onesimplewish.org
Grant a wish. Change a life.
One Simple Wish empowers you to brighten the lives of individuals impacted by foster care & crisis by sharing their wishes for you to grant. 100s of new wishes posted daily.
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InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
WHY are doctors ignoring the InfoWars contagion? WHERE is Fauci?
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Tip of the hat to mainstream media, who credulously gave us those "Musk is getting out of politics" headlines last year and those "Musk has regrets" headlines last week, and will give us those "regretful Musk is getting out of politics" headlines next spring.
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Tess is Surviving the Horrors @mothmother.com · 31/07/2026
Sent them the following:
To whom it may concern,
I have proudly supported Amnesty International my entire adult life, but reading your retraction/apology for the "Growing Threat Briefing" has me sick to my stomach with fear and disappointment. In a moment of mask-off genocide against transgender people, you have capitulated to the demands of the groups funding that genocide rather than stand with the vulnerable minority they seek to eradicate. Reading your letter today, which adopted the language of the "gender critical" movement that is leading this genocide, felt like how I'd imagine it would feel to read a letter from the Lemkin Institute apologizing to Nazis for not taking the "Jewish Question" more seriously. It's a dark day in history when trans people can't count on Amnesty International to stand up to the deeply entrenched transphobia that is unambiguously stripping transgender people in the UK (and worldwide) of their fundamental civil rights and human dignity. Your statement today puts you on the wrong side of history, and reveals your previous advocacy to be hollow and toothless. It is with great regret that I am ending my household's donations to Amnesty International over this shameful abdication of your duty.
In grief,
Dr. Theresa Tanenbaum
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Erin Marquis @emarquis.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I get to turn 40 this month! SUCK IT CANCER!!!!
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Morgan Jerkins @mjerkins.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
"When I’m walking or running...I feel like I’m held back by the arbitrary limits of my body...I don’t get that mind-to-body connection that I get on a bike. It’s almost like having a new body to glide through the road with. Freedom.” My latest: www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
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Black motorcycle clubs come alive in the summer: ‘The best way to build community is on two wheels’
Building on decades-long traditions, Black bikers host rides, picnics and other gatherings nearly every summer weekend to celebrate community and freedom
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
add the to the list of places where quoting certain Mountain Goats songs might land you in hot water (Facebook, text messages, Instagram): the Mercedes C-Class
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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 28/07/2026
Today's daily reminder that the UAE is currently engaged in a genocide in Sudan using weapons they receive from the US and money they receive from our tourism dollars, and every celebrity who lives or vacations in Dubai or Abu Dhabi is knowingly funding it.
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Erin Marquis @emarquis.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
And we come full circle on the MBUX AI Assistant
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Simon @intruth.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Dammit and I’d not even completed Bronze Orientation Day. youtu.be/nyu4u3VZYaQ?...
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That Mitchell & Webb Look - Bronze Orientation
YouTube video by analogmoose
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Erin Marquis @emarquis.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Me, an ancient history enjoyer, every time the Sea Peoples were mentioned in Nolan's The Odyssey
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Leonardo DiCaprio Points: 'Yes, That's It!'
ALT: Leonardo DiCaprio Points: 'Yes, That's It!'
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Erin Marquis @emarquis.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Wrote a thing about Mercedes-Benz Purple Tesla eater.
jalopnik.com
2027 Mercedes-Benz C-Class EV Is 99% Good Clean Luxury And 1% AI Slop - Jalopnik
The company is broadening the C-Class's horizons even further for its well-heeled customers despite it being a chaotic time in the EV market.
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Erin Marquis @emarquis.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
"it's ending...our era of bronze" HE SAID IT! That's the era they're in and he said it!
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Tamara Keel [Scary Remix] @tamslick.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
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O Brother Where Art Thou We Thought You Was A Toad Treasure Do Not Seek The Treasure
Alt: O Brother Where Art Thou We Thought You Was A Toad Treasure Do Not Seek The Treasure
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Erin Marquis @emarquis.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Minding my business and trusting the cucumbers to do the same.
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Mike Ludwig @mludwig.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
People Keep Dying in ICE Custody. 13 Democrats Back a Bill to Abolish the Agency. Jesús Manuel Arenas-Silva's sister says his family begged ICE to let him takes his meds to detention. He died on July 13. Meanwhile, ICE is on a killing spree. Which Dems will cross the Rubicon and say, abolish ICE?
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People Keep Dying in ICE Custody. 13 Democrats Back a Bill to Abolish the Agency.
At least 53 people have died in ICE custody since President Donald Trump’s return to office.
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max asher miller @maxashermiller.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
My great-grandfather was among the first Jews sent to Dachau, but it had operated for 8 years prior. He arrived to find a concentration camp already full of communists and other leftist dissidents. The public's acceptance of their incarceration paved the road for his own.
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Erin Marquis @emarquis.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Cancer-related fatigue can go fuck itself.
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Erin Marquis @emarquis.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Got that dawg in me (more than six hours of sleep)
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Rav BOO!dram 🎃👻 @rvbdrm.com · 22/07/2026
Quick thinking having a tablecloth handy. I didn’t even notice the twitching from that dead robot.
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Bob Berwyn @bberwyn.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Fossil fuel company execs carry the biggest burden of climate guilt, but elected and appointed government officials are not far behind.
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Governments Knew the Risks of Global Warming as They Chose Fossil-Fueled Growth in the 1950s and ’60s - Inside Climate News
A new report suggests that some governments have ignored legal obligations to prevent climate harm for decades.
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Erin Marquis @emarquis.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I just spelled "anthropomorphizing" right on the first try. There's nothing I can't do.
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Erin Marquis @emarquis.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
There's one man designing every bathroom in every hotel in Europe and he hates women.
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Static Media Union @staticmediaunion.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Bluesky, we'd like to introduce ourselves. The staff of Static Media would like to announce that we have formed a union with @wgaeast.bsky.social. Much like Jalopnik has already unionized and been recognized, we would like to request a voluntary recognition for all the Static Media sites.
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Erin Marquis @emarquis.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
"Gubernatorial" always sounds like a drunk guy confronting a state official. "Oh wat, s'you think you're betterthanme? With your fanshy gubernatorial powers? Well fuck you too buddy!"
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Erin Marquis @emarquis.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Total Eclipse Of The Heart carries so much weight with women. I was once in a coffee shop in Toronto with three other women, total strangers, and when the waitress realized we were all singing it under our breaths, she ran in the back and cranked up the sound.
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InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
It is the dawn of a new era. Hear our battle anthem. Welcome to the new InfoWars.
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Erin Marquis @emarquis.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Thinking about how in Fernheight 451 folks always forget that the citizens in that book gave up thinking for themselves way before the government got involved. The firemen were just enforcing the will of the people.
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Erin Marquis @emarquis.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I'm about to personally pay for some music rights for our local ice cream truck cause these Christmas songs are driving me nuts
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