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Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

And here again is my favourite ever Batman poem...

Batman’s aff his nut
Have you seen the way he cuts aboot
Dressed up as a mad fuckin bat
Batterin guys
I was lit at:
“Mate, I’m worried aboot ye
I know your ma and da died
But everybody’s ma and da dies
And we’re no aw runnin aboot
Hookin muggers and
Kickin psychopaths in the baws.”
And that was when Batman went
“Aye, but do ye ever feel like it?
Do you ever look at the world and feel like it?
Like having a big mad base under your hoose?
Do you ever feel like drivin a big mad motor
that turns intae a tank?
And leatherin fuck oot of guys aw night?
Scarin the fuckin shite oot of them?”
And that’s when I was lit at:
“Aye. Fuck it. Ah dae.”
And that’s the Secret Origin of Robin
And everyone else.

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Cara Ellison @caraellison.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

lmao sometimes feels like tech people are in kindergarten tier English class!!!! We are currently paying *crazy money* for these people to realise something humanities grads understand and can wield expertly for less than the price of this bad software

resonated with me. As someone still experimenting and learning with Al filmmaking, I'm finding that generating something visually impressive is becoming easier, but creating something that actually makes people feel something is the real challenge.

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Austin Grossman @grossman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I submitted the final manuscript for Beast Mode: Adventures in the Heart of the Gaming Industry. Writing nonfiction is *terrifying*.

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Austin Grossman @grossman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Going through final comments on my manuscript. Rocking back and forth like a child in a movie who will later turn out to have psychic powers.

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Austin Grossman @grossman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The elevator in my therapist’s building looks like I dreamed it.

Old elevator panel has extra buttons labeled YES and NO.

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Austin Grossman @grossman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I still think it makes the character a bit more interesting. Personally.

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Austin Grossman @grossman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I thought he was an actual duke who had a non-traditional take on how to conduct himself.

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Austin Grossman @grossman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

What about Luke? It would have saved me a lot of confusion.

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Austin Grossman @grossman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

It took me this long to find out that Duke Nukem isn't a duke. He's just a guy whose first name is Duke.

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videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

snatcher, screenshot, sega cd (1994) www.mobygames.com/game/7524/sn...

green caps text on a black background:
this story is dedicated
to all those cyberpunks
who fight against injustice
and corruption every day
of their lives.

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Brian Peter Gluckman @bgluckman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Once again, I must point to the official statement from Toyota. www.nytimes.com/2001/11/23/a...

A clip from the NYT that reads: “Somewhat less laconic was Wade Hoyt, Toyota's spokesman in New York, who put the best corporate spin on the situation this week. 'It is not our proudest product placement,' he said. 'But it shows that the Taliban are looking for the same qualities as any truck buyer: durability and reliability.'”

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Austin Grossman @grossman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Used bookstore haul. Dogtown Bookstore, Gloucester MA.

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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.

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Austin Grossman @grossman.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I can't believe somebody in this film won Best Supporting Actress and it wasn't Elaine Stewart. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFjS...

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The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) . I saw the picture. Thought you were swell.

YouTube video by Eddieshoes77

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Austin Grossman @grossman.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I imagine that's how Pound would have described it.

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Austin Grossman @grossman.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

back when people knew how to parent

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Austin Grossman @grossman.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I'm reposting this because Ezra Pound and his wife didn't feel like having a daughter so they gave the baby to Tyrolean peasants, and she lived a hundred years and died owning a castle in Italy. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/b...

nytimes.com

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Austin Grossman @grossman.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

maybe the wrong people are doing the Neuromancer adaptation

Menswear atalogue model pretends to be a computer hacker

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Austin Grossman @grossman.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Trust me this explains *everything*.

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Austin Grossman @grossman.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Q: Is J. D. Vance the first person in the White House since Nixon to face the supernatural threat to our nation's security? A: No. The Clintons were far too curious about what Nixon had buried beneath the Oval Office. The situation quickly got out of control. SOMEBODY PLEASE PAY ME TO WRITE THIS

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Leigh Alexander @leighalexander.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

gamers were a mistake

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

roald dahl's grandson is a former london-based journalist who once freelanced for the daily dot and then married princess raiyah of jordan during covid but then got divorced and moved to the US where he became a cop in south carolina and just married an american tiktoker

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Austin Grossman @grossman.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

I think it’s the Vivaldi option

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Austin Grossman @grossman.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Subway tale: As I read the latest @lrb.co.uk, I observe the man seated across from me is reading the very same issue. Neither of us acknowledges the other. Fin.

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Austin Grossman @grossman.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Straight from the source! Gave to the 2020 campaign.

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Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Me: Okay, there's been a thunderstorm, the heatwave should be over now. (New health bar appears) (The sun is now named 'Sol, Starflame of Regret') (Objectively the greatest piece of classical music ever recorded starts playing).

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Austin Grossman @grossman.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I stumbled on Heather O’Neill’s novel Lullabies for a little criminals and it’s stunningly good. I tried The Lonely Hearts Hotel but it’s so drenched in whimsy I can’t deal. But it still has great sentences.

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the_lion_of_anacostia 🦁 @digitalscorpyun.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Trump gives them spectacle. Musk gives them infrastructure. ICE gives them force. Data centers give them extraction. The fight moves local because that’s where the machine touches land, water, housing, and bodies.

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Austin Grossman @grossman.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Why are video games so goddamn hard nowadays?

Video game requires me to live an a honest life.

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Austin Grossman @grossman.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Well for some of us that's EVERY fucking summer.

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Austin Grossman @grossman.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Guy on the NY subway absolutely gripped by the D&D manual he’s reading.

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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Freedom 250 sounds fun www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

The lineup will still be amazing, though. We promise. The slot formerly occupied by a performance from the Commodores will now be filled with the sound of a lone Gadsden flag flapping on its pole. The slot formerly occupied by Milli Vanilli will be taken by a dog whistle, being blown into the microphone very loudly so that everyone winces and covers their ears. The slot formerly occupied by Bret Michaels will be taken by Stephen Miller standing silently and staring until the hairs stand up on the back of your neck and the very air around you curdles. You were holding a flower in your hand, but when you look down at the flower, it has withered. So has the hand holding it.
Your youth! Your youth! What has become of your youth? In your arms, your baby begins to cry and cry and will not be soothed.
Sometimes, at night, the baby startles awake and you know whose visage has come to cast its shadow on his dream. (Stephen is also available for birthday parties.)

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Austin Grossman @grossman.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

@merriam-webster.com Your entry for SCRIPS includes an erroneous example. "During the four-and-a-half-month program, filmmakers develop their scrips and network with industry professionals." —Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 20 Mar. 2026 Sorry to bother you. My insomnia is bad enough as it is.

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Austin Grossman @grossman.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

I found a dollar at the bodega and handed it in to the guy at the cashier like he was a lost and found. He said "Do you want it?" I said "Yeah, I kind of do."

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Austin Grossman @grossman.bsky.social · 19/05/2026