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Bruce Arrick

@figmentpez.bsky.social
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Amateur actor, writer, baker - He/Him - 45 years old - Chronically ill both mentally and physically

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Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
"[AI is used] to animate archival photographs...the once-still photos blink, laugh, and fidget, just as they might on film." Honestly, even if you like GenAI this is both lame and kinda works against idea of a documentary exposing the truth behind distorted history. decider.com/2026/10/09/a...
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Ava DuVernay explains why AI was used in new documentary ‘14th:’ “People should see this”
DuVernay was asked about the use of AI at a New York Film Festival press conference.
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Bruce Arrick @figmentpez.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
God gave me allergies so I would not follow dangerous goth women into the woods during spooky season. #Halloween
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
they did the thing
an october 11 2025 post from me reading: every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”
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Liz Climo @lizclimo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Ghost says: “it’s gonna rain” bat replies: I don’t have an umbrella. Ghost flattens out above bat, like an umbrella, as it begins to rain.
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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"they're crazy" guess what rape does to your mental health! "she's broke" guess what rape does to your finances! "he's bitter" guess what surviving rape does to your vision of the world!
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Tim Dawson @ironicaccount.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
genAI discourse drives me nuts “putting aside that the tech needs to steal from every artist with an explicit goal of competing with and devaluing them, I think using it speeds up my programming!” back up, chucklefuck, what was that first bit again?
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Zappit @zappit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Cornell frat boys who committed that gang rape need to burn. The frat boys that knew about it and didn’t participate, but knew what was happening need to burn. The school omemployees who withheld evidence, including the chat, from the police need to burn.
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Zappit @zappit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Greek life serves no real purpose other than to provide cover for alcohol and drug abuse and cover up bad and illegal behavior. It’s only getting worse, and the entire system should have been abolished years ago.
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Tara @taradeenihan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I’m usually not pro-doxxing or internet “accountability” mobs, but: If you were on that Cornell group chat? If you were part of letting those rapists off with AN ESSAY? I hope everyone learns your name and you wear this like a badge of shame for the rest of your life.
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Liz Climo @lizclimo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Bigfoot’s shy
A group of animals are at a party. One says “let’s take a group pic” everyone replies “sure” but someone offscreen says “can I skip it?” Next panel reveals it’s Bigfoot, who’s saying “I’m shy.”
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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 20/09/2026
So Netflix is using "AI" to upscale old movies and shows, with obvious results. Using an algorithm to upscale old video isn't a terrible thing, but to do it right you need to have someone willing to go over every frame. Trouble is, dipshits think it's magic.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
every day of my life I think about the people using “she” to describe this computer program who still need to be convinced to use it for trans women
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Dave Kellett @davekellett.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
TODAY'S COMIC: Someone! www.sheldoncomics.com/comic/someone/
PANEL 1: A tubby, bald man wearing a white collared shirt, with a blue and orange striped tie, holds a AR-type riffle with one hand, shooting into the air. The bright yellow light casts harsh shadows on him.
MAN: Please! Someone stop this weapon that I’m clearly shooting!

PANEL 2: The man bends over to reload the weapon with a “KLAK” sound.
MAN: The weapon keeps reloading itself, with SERO INVOLVEMENT FROM ME!

PANEL 3: The man continues to shoot in to the air.
MAN: I have no agency here! Nothing that I could do —SAY WITH MY OWN FINGERS — could end this!

PANEL 4: The man, still shooting the gun, turns his back, still yelling over his shoulder.
MAN: WHY IS NOBODY STOPPING THIS THING I KEEP DOING???
On the back of his shirt reads: LITERALLY EVERY A.I. COMPANY.

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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Gonna go out on a limb and suggest the loudest voices in the tech industry have very little grasp of the variety and complexity of the world outside their own industry, with a side dish of not understanding that to most people step one in furniture shopping is not "buy a CNC router and lathe"
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toonholechris @toonholechris.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Magic trick
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StopSkeletonsFromFighting @stopskeletons.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
People who still use Twitter, I do judge you a little
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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
If President Biden had fallen asleep at a 9/11 memorial during his presidency, Republicans would’ve impeached him and removed him from office.
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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Well this is a man who's feeling very confident and not at all melting down in the background.
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Pamela in CA @pamica.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I like presidents who don’t lunge at female reporters. He’s a danger to himself and others (all of us).
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Bruce Arrick @figmentpez.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I've seen some people complaining about how many Final Fantasy VII games there are, but why should there be fewer games made about Cloud, Aerith, and Sephiroth than there are made about Link, Zelda, and Ganon?
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Dave Kellett @davekellett.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
TODAY'S COMIC: Mitch? www.sheldoncomics.com/comic/mitch/
PANEL 1: A bleached hair barista with glasses and a single earring holds up a cup out of a line up of coffees.
BARISTA: “Ok, I got an order for MITCH.”

PANEL 2: The BARISTA looks down at the cup, trying to read the name.
BARISTA: uh…”MITCH, KING OF AMBER?” 
Off-panel character: Is it a vanilla latte?

PANEL 3: From behind the BARISTA, a group of people wait for their coffees. Behind them stands the WITCH KING OF ANGMAR from Lord of the Rings, in a dark cloud of smoke.
BARISTA: Yes.
WITCH-KING: IT’S WITCH-KING OF ANGMAR.

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DisMoviePod @dismoviepod.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Reminder that the belief that “brains don’t mature until 25” has been discredited as a misreading of a study with subjects of up to age 25. And whether you know that or not, trans rights are human rights. Do not limit the rights of trans people on medical procedures.
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👻 Dead Chachra 💀 @debcha.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Plot twist: *Every one* of the tiny bets will change the world. Some of the payoffs will just be on a larger scale or more recognized than others.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I appreciate that Dolly Parton refused to participate in "dress respectability" and, by her own account, modeled her aesthetic after a town "tramp," who she thought was beautiful. She separated aesthetics from character and understood "classiness" to be about how you treat people, not how you dress.
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Garry @thegmcconnachie.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is why Dolly Parton will be remembered and loved ❤️📚
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Lady Emily ☄️ @ladyemily.nebula.tv · 26/08/2026
The words "slightly adjust" in the game's description are doing some heavy lifting here
Generative AI Note: We have used AI to slightly adjust our existing, human-made key art for this store page. There is no generative AI in the development or running game and the adjusted key art on this store page is not present within the game. In addition, all of the text and page layout updates are being made by a real person and are not done with AI.
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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
RIP TO ONE OF THE GREATEST TO EVER DO IT
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Mathew Buck @filmbrainbmb.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Presumably Nicholas Hoult's "scheduling conflict" was with re-arranging his sock drawer and trying to salvage his reputation. I can only hope for more "scheduling conflicts" in the future.
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Sam Biddle @sambiddle.com · 23/08/2026
The death of folk graphic design in favor of AI slop across our country's delis is leading to some incredibly Lovecraftian food horrors
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innes mck @innes.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
again i am just not that interested in debating whether human rights should theoretically extend to robots and ai when we currently don't even extend them to all humans
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Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
How do I explain to small business owners that the menu on the left is one billion times more appealing than the one on the right
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Does Polymarket let you bet on whether or not the CEO of Polymarket will die in the coming week? No? Huh. So you can bet on lots of *other* people suffering, and you can potentially profit by *causing* that suffering. Just not them? They're off limits. OK.
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
there is no such thing as "age verification." All "age verification" is actually "identity verification." You can coat it in glitter and "privacy-preserving" wrapping paper. But in the end, mandating age verification means mandating surveillance be built into software and hardware. Period.
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StopSkeletonsFromFighting @stopskeletons.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
A goth-themed ice cream parlor called The Creamatorium Thank you for following me on BlueSky
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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
If hobbits really existed we’d have a bunch running for congress on an anti-hobbit platform.
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
AI Guy Asks AI To Help Him Read Difficult Books
4 panel comic

Panel 1: Orange Guy holds up book and says “I’m gonna read a book”

Panel 2: Orange Guy looks at book cover and says “hmmmmm”

Panel 3: Orange Guy types a query into his phone

Panel 4: Close up on phone screen reveals AI responding with “a chocolate factory is a factory made of chocolate”
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Christian "Birdy" @cdb87.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
The GOP Platform: Protect the fetus; starve the child. Honor the soldier; abandon the veteran. Enrich the corporation; fleece the worker. Quote the Bible; ignore the verses.
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Count Trashula @trashmobminis.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
I didn’t paint and attach thousands of individual popcorns to model trees just so you could tell me that AI is “inevitable”
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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 07/08/2026
Hello local business, your AI ads are costing you customers: aftermath.site/ai-poster-ad-f...
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Tuzz - Helium Inspector @tuzzleton.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Seriously artists, leave Twitter. You will NOT lose business. Your clients WILL follow you here. Most, if not all, have an account here anyways. They aren’t there because they love Twitter, they are only there because of you. Yesterday was the best day to do it. Today is the next best option.
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Casey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
There was a mass disabling event in recent history that could cause long term health issues including but not limited to mobility, recent studies showed that nearly half of those diagnosed with Long Covid have suffered mobility and balance deterioration. I imagine some may need mobility aids.
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Elli @ellipsis.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Every glass of water you drink, is a little less water for the data centers. Stay hydrated.
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
4 panel comic

Panel 1:
A post from “kavishj9611” that reads: 

“All the people who are anti-Al or want to slow Al progress, I have one question:
If Al disappeared tomorrow, could you still get through an entire workday without ChatGPT, Claude, or any other
Al tool?
Imagine Al was suddenly banned.
Would you actually be willing to give it up?”

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And Orange Guy and a Pink Guy are standing in a room that has two pipes in it. Both pipes are pumping raw sewage into the room. The characters are waist deep in it.
Orange Guy says smugly “Ok Mr “I don’t want to be in a room that’s filling up with raw sewage” let me ask you this”

Panel 3:
The sewage has reached their chests. Pink Guy is gagging. Orange Guy smugly continues “If all this sewage disappeared right now, could you get through the day without it?”

Panel 4:
The sewage is almost up to their eyeballs. Orange Guys says “Look at that shit floating past your face. Are you willing to give that up?”
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
current discourse feels like
2 panel comic

Panel 1:
Yellow Guy is handing bananas to a small child. He says “just feeding some hungry kids”
Red Guy is pinching the bridge of his nose and says “oh my god you stupid son of a bitch”

Panel 2: 
Red Guy grips Yellow Guy by the lapels and says “You’re gonna burn down society you stupid fucking son of a bitch”
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Darryl Mott @gamerstavernshow.com · 05/08/2026
Texas isn't a red state. It's a state held hostage by gerrymandering and voter suppression. Hell, earlier this week they announced they're shutting down half the voting centers in Tarrant County (that's Fort Worth, 2.2 million people) and kicked everyone out of the hearing who wanted to comment.
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caffeine anxiety ego death @mxdshipwreck.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Hey remember when Nanowrimo said "sure why not" to allowing AI slop in their process and then immediately died after 20 years of operation oh, no reason, was just thinkin' about it
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Auntie Po'kchop @auntiepokchop.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
None of these people have been convicted of a misdemeanor, much less a felony. This means they are NOT eligible to be enslaved by the US prison system, and are therefore hostages held in concentration camps.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Update: Google just sent me a statement saying it is “rolling back” this AI feature that let anyone make completely bullshit satellite images. Comes after our demos of the tool and those from OSINT researchers. One of the worst AI tools I’ve ever seen bsky.app/profile/jose...
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mcc @dryad.technology · 29/07/2026
It was never going to stop at trans people.
Post by @scottygb.bsky.social:

Channel 4 has announced documentary “The Great ADHD Myth?”

It “seeks to determine whether ADHD
is a genuine neurodevelopmental disorder, or a social construct.”

“While traits of ADHD undeniably exist – the question is why they exist. Is ADHD actually a neurodevelopmental disorder? Do people with ADHD have differently wired brains? Or does our world – with…processed food, and regimented education – serve as the catalyst for certain…patterns of behaviour?”
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Rob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 29/07/2026
“You’re delusional if you ‘feel’ like the economy is bad, numbers don’t care about your feelings, just look at this chart of a line going up WAIT NOT THAT CHART
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