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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!" Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026

This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead

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CL Hellisen @clhellisen.com · 30/09/2026

For as long as I have been writing, I have met people looking for someone else to do the work for them. They want to call themselves writers but they don't want to put the time and effort in, just boom! Instant book. Those are the people who went straight to AI. Losers and cheats.

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Gus Harris-Reid (EngineMasters trilogy out now!) @gusharrisreid.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A magnificent video of The Warning performing Ego (their new Spanish song) for the first time on 28/03/26 🤩🎸🔥❤️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqXW...

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Ego (Live From Tecate Pa'l Norte) | The Warning

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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The image is of a four panel comic.
In the first panel we see Sarah, the protagonist, next to a stick figure labeled “AI”. The stick figure says, “my outputs look just like yours now.”
The second panel zooms in on Sarah’s face. Above her we see text reading “I think”.
The third panel zooms in closer on Sarah’s face. Text above her reads “you missed”.
The fourth panel shows Sarah drawing happily in a sunlit room. The text above her reads “the point”.

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

when ai leaves u behind

7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2:
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4:
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6:
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy.
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”

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Gus Harris-Reid (EngineMasters trilogy out now!) @gusharrisreid.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The Warning are coming back to the UK next year 🤩🎵🖤

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The person who put the 0 and the o adjacent on a computer keyboard should rot in hell.

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A Tea Walks Home Alone at Night @teaberryblue.net · 06/09/2026

The reason that the Harry Potter apologists won't just read better books is because they're not looking for good stories...if they were, they wouldn't have glommed on to Harry Potter. They're looking for the camaraderie and social phenomenon that Harry Potter was in the 2000s.

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Rough Draft vs Final Draft

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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 02/09/2026

Underrated god-tier advice

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Once Upon A Time On The Internet @newgroundsdoc.newgrounds.com · 01/09/2026

23 YEARS AGO TODAY, @mrweebl.bsky.social posted BADGERS to @Newgrounds.com

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The wider debate about Israel and zionism can obscure the fact that Ben Gvir and Smotrich are the most extreme ethnonationlist politicians in a democratically elected government anywhere in the world.

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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

The image is of a four panel comic.
The title reads, "Suddenly Finding A New Obsession".
In the first panel we see Sarah, the protagonist, in front of her computer. She has a bored expression on her face.
In the second panel we zoom in on her face. She looks suddenly alert.
In the third panel we zoom in even closer on her face. Her eyes and mouth are wide open in intrigue.
In the fourth panel we zoom out and see Sarah in front of her computer again, but this time she is dressed in a frog costume, surrounded by frog toys, and has an "I heart frogs" poster behind her.

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Gus Harris-Reid (EngineMasters trilogy out now!) @gusharrisreid.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

It's finally here! The Warning's 5th album, Everything's Falling, is out today!! 🤩❤️💥🔥🎵

Album cover of Everything's Falling by The Warning

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Gus Harris-Reid (EngineMasters trilogy out now!) @gusharrisreid.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Today is the 20th anniversary of Pluto's demotion to Dwarf Planet 😢

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Steffen Rayburn-Maarup @rayburnmaarup.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I don't think people are ready for this kind of joke yet.

A town sign seen through a train window.

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I’m not sure whether this is just a psychological difference or AI bros fundamentally don’t understand the nature of an artistic experience, but: I don’t want a personalised film/book/podcast. I want to see/read/hear the same one as everyone else, so I can read reviews or discuss it with my friends

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

LMFAO

AI User: I'm an artist.
Me: *turns off wifi* Prove it.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

The stranglehold the rightwing and far right have on our politics is absurd. Not a single policy or idea that benefits the country. A wild aversion to tax, immigration, NetZero, the EU.. trapping us in a dismal dead-end, unable to make progress for fear of the DailyMail demographic losing its shit.

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Gus Harris-Reid (EngineMasters trilogy out now!) @gusharrisreid.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Today is the 1-year anniversary of my full EngineMasters trilogy being out! 🥳🤖⚔️💥

Novel covers of the EngineMasters trilogy featuring fighting mechs

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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The political project of Israel's government is the elimination of Palestinians from Gaza (and eventually between the river and sea). Their actions and words all point in that direction, and that has remained unchanged. Beyond the question of how you call it, we need to recognise it for what it is.

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Gus Harris-Reid (EngineMasters trilogy out now!) @gusharrisreid.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

It's after midnight (in the UK), which means that it's my 4th anniversary of discovering The Warning!! 🥳💖 On July the 16th 2022 YouTube randomly recommended me their Enter Sandman (w/ Alessia Cara) video, and I instantly fell in love 🥰💥🔥⚡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tKQ...

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Alessia Cara & The Warning - "Enter Sandman" (Official Music Video) - The Metallica Blacklist Album

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Richy Craven @richycraven.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Sam Neil has so many great performances that it feels almost reductive to focus on one scene. Except it's one of the most iconic scenes in movie history and all of it, The groundbreaking CGI, the sweeping John Williams score *doesn't* work without the authentic joy and wonder of Neill's performance

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Gus Harris-Reid (EngineMasters trilogy out now!) @gusharrisreid.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

1 year anniversary of the release of EngineMasters book 2! 🥳🤖⚔️💥 (I forgot to post about book 1's anniversary 😅)

Display of the novel covers of the EngineMasters trilogy by Gus Harris-Reid (me!), featuring fighting mechs

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Gus Harris-Reid (EngineMasters trilogy out now!) @gusharrisreid.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

3 years since I saw The Warning open for MUSE in Glasgow 🤩❤️🎵💥

The Warning band on stage in Bellahouston Park, Glasgow

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Brexit unleashed epic levels of political dishonesty and anti-immigrant prejudice which were weaponised by unregulated social media and a rightwing press unwilling to hold their own to account. Until govt deals honestly and robustly with this reality, political and national failure is inevitable.

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

It’s time for the government to tear up its red lines & start taking practical steps towards EU membership. The world has changed & so has public opinion. What better way for a new PM to signal a new beginning?

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Gus Harris-Reid (EngineMasters trilogy out now!) @gusharrisreid.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Cameron enabled Brexit and it destroyed him May embraced Brexit and it destroyed her Johnson embraced Brexit and it destroyed him Truss embraced Brexit and it destroyed her Sunak embraced Brexit and it destroyed him Starmer embraced Brexit and it destroyed him I wonder what Burnham will do... 🤔

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thattimwalker.bsky.social @thattimwalker.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

No prime minister has managed to hang on for long since Brexit. That’s been a significant factor in making the job impossible because it’s held back the economy, caused never ending turmoil and isolated our country. If Burnham’s not to be ditched, too, he’ll need to ditch Brexit.

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Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

A lot of people don't realise this but in the UK we have to replace our Prime Minister every two or three years or else the rights revert back to Marvel

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Hell Dunkin @halduncan.com · 18/06/2026

hope the Tartan Army got the formal paperwork printed and distributed for use of course:

flow chart titled Scottish Citizenship Test where the yes answer to "Do you want to be Scottish?" leads to "OK, you're in" but the no answer just leads to "Aye you do" with an arrow leading from there back to the start

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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 18/06/2026

What a waste. Just what a waste.

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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

the BBC, like Labour, is run by people who are embarrassed at being liked by those who like it, and crave the approval of those who hate it

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Natasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

People comparing social media to tobacco - I have a better analogy. Social media is like shop that sells things that are bad for you like alcohol and fags but also fruit, water and bread. We’ve just banned kids from the shop (when there are street vendors outside just selling fags and alcohol).

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Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 15/06/2026

Banning children from social media?

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Just what will it take for politicians and media to act in the best interests of the country and to give voice to the majority of voters… who are decent and liberal? Instead of trashing the place, chasing after the approval of ignorant racists who seem to have a total monopoly on their attention.

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Gus Harris-Reid (EngineMasters trilogy out now!) @gusharrisreid.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

New album by The Warning EVERYTHING'S FALLING out on the 28th of August! 🤩❤️🎵💥

Album cover of Everything's Falling by The Warning, featuring three young women (Daniela, Paulina and Alejandra) in gothic/fantastical white dresses on the seashore, looking like sirens/mermaids

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Gus Harris-Reid (EngineMasters trilogy out now!) @gusharrisreid.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

You know when an anti-hero does something so monstrous that they flip from 'morally grey' to 'irredeemably evil' and it breaks your heart? That just happened in @fondalee.bsky.social's Jade War, 1/3rd of the way through 😳😢😡 (it also happened in Ship of Destiny by @robinhobb.bsky.social...)

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Rob Blackie @robblackie.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Labour defending Twitter is a good example of why they are so ineffective in government: utterly unwilling to take decisions which have any controversy attached.

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edeath @edithcharles.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

British mythology ranges from Beowulf to Sauron to Mr Blobby in a way that is somehow so natural nobody questions it

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Natasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

The people who wanted you to hate immigrants, Muslims and trans people will never be ‘happy’. There’ll never be a point where they say ‘great! The country is a perfect amount of racist and transphobic!’ They always require a scapegoat. It’s disabled ppl and Sikhs today. Tomorrow it could be you.

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Gus Harris-Reid (EngineMasters trilogy out now!) @gusharrisreid.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Ever since first seeing Charles III on a coin, I wondered why he was facing in the opposite direction to Elizabeth II, and now I know...

Three coins showing King George VI facing left, Queen Elizabeth II facing right, and King Charles III facing left, with the text "During the reformation, a new British coinage tradition began. Each time a monarch ascended the throne, their coinage portrait would face in the opposite direction to that of their predecessor."

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