Reposted by Gordon McAlpinIron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 21hRod Serling was a king. WWII paratrooper in “The Death Squad,” TV pioneer, LOUD critic of McCarthyism who knew his status as a war hero put him in a privileged position to call shit out. Wrote critiques of racism into his scripts, created The Twilight Zone to escape the censorship that brought on. 11263329
Reposted by Gordon McAlpinComics in the Spooky Age 🧛♂️🧟♀️🎃 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The first Peanuts strip by Charles M. Schulz was published on October 2, 1950. 10836274
Reposted by Gordon McAlpinCole Haddon @colehaddon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026What's “narrative unreliability” — sometimes called “narrative instability” — in cinema? This curated screenplay collection from 5AM StoryTalk helps you better understand this narrative approach so you can use it in your own screenwriting. Link to start reading in the first comment! 2206
Reposted by Gordon McAlpinJ. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 30/09/2026get the fun book ❤️ kickstarter.com/projects/mrlovenstein/mr-lovenstein-presents-fun guaranteed to smell better than your phone 92317342
Gordon McAlpin @gmcalpin.bsky.social · 4hlike if you agreestatic.klipy.comAnime The Ramparts Of IceAlt: Koyun from Ramparts Of Ice does a little happy dance 131
Reposted by Gordon McAlpinDustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this: 253181074775
Gordon McAlpin @gmcalpin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026i guess i passed 3000 followers pretty sure mind are mostly bots 😂 but idk anyway hi, i talk a lot of shit on here. i mostly talk about about TTRPGs, book design & type, and media history (film and movie theater, comics, D&D/RPGs). I have been on a manga/anime bender for the last two years Sup? 170
Reposted by Gordon McAlpinKieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"Damn! Are you the danger room? Because I'm not sure I would last very long inside you, but I think I could improve with practise." 1728038
Reposted by Gordon McAlpinConstantine @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This merger is just the tip of the iceberg!!! 3467
Gordon McAlpin @gmcalpin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026anyone who thinks current LLMs even *could* be conscious, let alone ARE conscious, is an utter fool. At best.static.klipy.comThat's Not How It Works! That's Not How Any Of This Works!ALT: That's Not How It Works! That's Not How Any Of This Works! 2110
Reposted by Gordon McAlpinevan dahm @evandahm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026i dislike the whole project but his paintings have always overwhelmingly struck me as NAIVE in a way that he doesnt seem to intend-- he's treating the illo as lowbrow and authorless and making a joke of putting it into Fine Art, but all i can see is man this fucker had no grasp of drawing at all lol 14607110
Reposted by Gordon McAlpinChris Samnee @chrissamnee.bsky.social · 02/10/2026BATOBER 2026 Day 2: BURY 529185
Reposted by Gordon McAlpinjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/10/2026not that you should expect anything more than rank idiocy from this pair of racists, but the idea that whiteness means a "high trust" society of "social cohesion" is some of the stupidest shit i have ever heard. these people live in a fantasy land that you could dispel by simply opening a book.talkingpointsmemo.comChris Rufo — Known For ‘DEI’ and ‘CRT’ Panics — Tries to Make ‘the Indian Question’ a ThingTo the degree that a “respectable” or “moderate” right exists today in... 25360691130
Reposted by Gordon McAlpinComics Jobs @comics-jobs.com · 01/10/2026✨ New job: Senior Designer (Graphic Novels) ✨ 🏢 ABRAMS 💼 Full-time 📍 New York City, NY, United Statescomics-jobs.comComics Jobs - Senior Designer (Graphic Novels) at ABRAMSFull-time | New York City, NY, United States 03636
Reposted by Gordon McAlpinChris Samnee @chrissamnee.bsky.social · 01/10/2026BATOBER 2026 Day 1: GLIDE 6523138
Reposted by Gordon McAlpinSa-ilent Hill Bajaj @sahilbajaj.dev · 30/09/2026The Bronx zoo has a Himalayan Snow Leopard cub and her name is Sarka 🥹 619068
Gordon McAlpin @gmcalpin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I just watched an episode of Ghost in the Shell and for whatever reason the app assumed I wanted the same audio settings for the NEXT TV show I decided to watch in the same app and, you guys Reacher in Japanese RULES 290
Reposted by Gordon McAlpinDr.Butcher M.D., Medical Deviate @drbutchermd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Glass half full: We have decided to be on the right side of history. Glass half empty: But not on the right side of taste. 7923
Reposted by Gordon McAlpinPaste Magazine @pastemagazine.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Macklemore's "Free Palestine" tour sells out immediatelypastemagazine.comMacklemore's "Free Palestine" tour sells out immediatelyThe rapper's three-day tour includes stops in Dublin, Paris, and London, all scheduled for the last week of October. 6660111261
Gordon McAlpin @gmcalpin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026discussing a work thing in the Brotherwise discord, and I keep typing "helment" H-E-L-M-E-T helment 000
Reposted by Gordon McAlpinModiphius @modiphius.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Star Trek Blog! Over the years we have accumulated both paid and free content for players to fully immerse themselves in our Star Trek Adventures RPG. This week Jim Johnson goes over where you can find some of the best free content Modiphius has to offer buff.ly/cQNk1Vc #Startrekadventures #TTRPG 0132
Gordon McAlpin @gmcalpin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026me thinking about why i have various people muted “wait, am *I* a timeline-killing know it all…?”static.klipy.comHan's Iconic 'Nah' Moment from Fast XAlt: Han from Fast X says 'Nah' 150
Reposted by Gordon McAlpinGeek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 24/09/2026UK Games Expo has banned generative AI art, text, and merchandise across all NEC exhibition halls, bringing the convention in line with broader British tabletop standards. Standholders face removal or bans if their products aren't made by humans. #UKGEgeeknative.comUK Games Expo bans generative AI art and text across all trade hallsUK Games Expo has introduced a mandatory policy prohibiting generative AI art and text across all NEC trade halls, requiring exhibitors to sell only human-made games. 181518485
Gordon McAlpin @gmcalpin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026one of the most simultaneously infuriating and hilarious things is when people get mad at you for focusing on semantics… when the discussion is entirely semantic. meaning, logic, and categorization (is art, is not art; is true, is not true) are in point of fact semantic discussions. 220
Gordon McAlpin @gmcalpin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026computers can’t think. “but what about if you have an LLM do math?” …no. computers can’t think. “but what if it makes an image of my waifu” WHAT FUCKING PART OF *COMPUTERS CANNOT THINK* DO YOU NOT FUCKING GET 3163
Gordon McAlpin @gmcalpin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026<mute thread>static.klipy.comShawshank Redemption: Iconic Rain SceneALT: Shawshank Redemption: Iconic Rain Scene 260
Gordon McAlpin @gmcalpin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026@zachweinersmith.bsky.social man i like disagreeing with you but some of your reply guy followers are dooooooooooooouchebags. 010
Reposted by Gordon McAlpinJust Security @justsecurity.org · 30/09/2026The 2001 AUMF was not supposed to be a blank check for any president to wage war, writes Wells Dixon. "The only way to ensure greater transparency and restore an appropriate balance of power among co-equal branches of government is for Congress to repeal the AUMF," he writes.justsecurity.orgIt's Time to Repeal the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military ForceSuccessive administrations have stretched the AUMF beyond any reasonable interpretation to wage worldwide war, without foreseeable end. 05021
Reposted by Gordon McAlpinThomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026i should clarify, when i write people doing bad things, it's because i am bad. they are me. more importantly, when you read about those bad things, they also become you. that's how story works. in fact, you are going to think about murder before this skeet ends. how's that feel, sicko. 1763632425
Reposted by Gordon McAlpinEmily Cheeseman @emcheeseman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Commissions are OPEN! Fill out this form to submit a request: forms.gle/DFqyziLkkvHF... 22016
Gordon McAlpin @gmcalpin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026the Mousetrap game sounds cool, but i hope they have an IP lawyer in their Contacts because Mouse Trap is a registered trademark of Hasbro.static.klipy.comRetro Mouse Trap Board GameALT: Retro Mouse Trap Board Game 100
Reposted by Gordon McAlpinAsa Donald | Backwards Tabletop @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026COMING SOON: In prelaunch w/ Violent Delights, another game inspired by Shakespeare: Mousetrap is a cursed game-within-a-game that won’t go back into its box. It’s game night. You and your friends have gathered to play a Hamlet-inspired game manuscript from 1983. But there’s a catch…kickstarter.comComing soon: Mousetrap & Violent DelightsA cursed game-within-a-game that won't go back into its box, and a chess-based RPG about Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet. 611260
Reposted by Gordon McAlpinJB Pritzker @jbpritzker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I'm JB Pritzker and I approve this message. 528258
Reposted by Gordon McAlpinTiny Onion @readtinyonion.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Today is the day! Big Huggable Octo is LIVE on Kickstarter. Take home your very own Octo, back today.😈🐙 www.kickstarter.com/projects/tin... #TinyOnion #SomethingIsKillingtheChildren 0123
Gordon McAlpin @gmcalpin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Buried in this excerpt is that fact that Kyle McLachlan was signed for FIVE Dune movies (and three non-Dune movies). Talk about overconfident. 😂 www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/ar...hollywoodreporter.comKyle MacLachlan, Star of David Lynch’s ‘Dune,’ Was the Only One on Set Who Knew What ‘Dune’ Was AboutIn an exclusive excerpt from his new memoir, MacLachlan recalls the sweat, tears and toxic smoke on the set of the sci-fi epic (his first film, which turned out to be an epic bomb) and realizing that ... 240
Reposted by Gordon McAlpinGianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The feeling of questioning whether or not something is AI as part of its destruction of all visual art 101910399
Reposted by Gordon McAlpinAlasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Is it me, or does Michaelmas start earlier every year? 36687193
Reposted by Gordon McAlpinTPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 29/09/2026The White House is steamrolling Congress' power of the purse — its constitutional power to decide how taxpayer money is spent — zeroing out programs that legislators wrote into law while pouring money into airing Trump campaign ads on televisiontalkingpointsmemo.comRuss Vought Takes a New Path Toward Overriding CongressProgramming Note I’ve been gone for two days! I forgot to say... 88443
Gordon McAlpin @gmcalpin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026not getting a Duo but this idea is kitschy, pointless, and pretty neat. www.macrumors.com/2026/09/29/i...macrumors.comiPhone Duo Gets a Virtual Walkman App Ahead of LaunchAn indie developer has built an app that turns Apple's upcoming iPhone Duo into a virtual Sony Walkman by using the foldable's hinge to mimic the classic cassette player's flip-open door. Creator Vidi... 350
Gordon McAlpin @gmcalpin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026indie game designer in 2026 challenge: “don’t call a tabletop game an RPG unless the players actually have a *role*… to *play* (not just a game to play)” challenge rating: impossible 140
Reposted by Gordon McAlpinDustin Volz @dustinvolz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026New: FBI in internal memo says it believes ShinyHunters may have stolen private data on all employees. Fears of longterm consequences of breach magnify as hackers threaten to leak everything online by end of Tuesday. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...nytimes.comEmbarrassing Breach at F.B.I. Fuels Fears of Harm to Its Employees (Gift Article)In an internal memo, the F.B.I. said it believed the hackers may have stolen sensitive information on all of its employees. 43512210
Gordon McAlpin @gmcalpin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026@buehlmeister.bsky.social i just realized I was literally trying to count the days until my copy of Thrice-Bound Fool arrives and figured i would share that 😅 010
Reposted by Gordon McAlpinHannah Harris Green @whatsitlike.me · 28/09/2026When I set out to fact check “The Cities That Said Yes to Drugs” which argues that harm reduction may increase overdoses, I expected some cherry picking and misdirection. But not to find basic math errors and debunked right wing talking points asserted as fact in the Atlantic’s print edition.whatsitlike.meAtlantic's anti-harm reduction screed riddled with errorsA close read of "The Cities That Said Yes to Drugs" found errors in basic arithmetic as well as more deliberately misleading elements 11268101
Gordon McAlpin @gmcalpin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026when the publisher emails you to say the last copies of the manga you’ve been trying to collect are on their waystatic.klipy.comMitsumi from Skip and Loafer's Funny DanceAlt: Mitsumi from Skip and Loafer's holds her arms up to intimidate a larger creature (it’s from an episode, it doesn’t make sense; am just being silly) 2110
Reposted by Gordon McAlpinImani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026fucking reallythehill.comEducation Department formally rescinds Title IX protections for LGBTQ studentsThe Education Department announced Monday it has formally rescinded the Biden-era Title IX interpretation that gave sex-based discrimination protections to students on the basis of sexual orientati… 672169719