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New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

⚔️Dariel "Master of the Snow Leopard" Quiogue aka @draq.bsky.social is doing a 48 hour author AMA on Reddit!⚔️ 👉 www.reddit.com/r/SwordandSo...

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New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social · 8h

⚔️ 📙 THE HUNT OF A THOUSAND LEAGUES...is out today!🗓️ 🐎 Orhan Timur the Snow Leopard's latest novella-length adventure is now available in mass-market paperback and digital formats. 👉️ newedgeswordandsorcery.com/product-tag/...

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Derrell Durrett @derrelldurrett.bsky.social · 5h

I can't locate @tomtomorrow.bsky.social's post about his cartoon yesterday, so I'm posting it. Is a little scary to think satire like this is so close to reality.... www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

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A modest proposal

A cartoon by Tom Tomorrow.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Part of why I don't like the AI-or-bust economy is the constant flopsweat of people on the news who say this HAS to work. Quit making everyone so anxious. Goddamn. If this is the next Google then why are you acting like this? I don't remember being told to buy an iPhone at gunpoint.

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James Enge @jamesenge.bsky.social · 18h

Quote repost with a photo from whatever device you’re using without explanation.

A fawn-colored French bulldog acting like an irresistibly kooky funster. Sitting behind him: some old guy in a Hawaiian shirt.

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Andrew Deck @andrewdeck.bsky.social · 23h

ChatGPT is adding the signatures of real New Yorker cartoonists to its AI-generated images. So far, I've found the signatures of more than 15 contributors. "It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat...

Left: A cartoon generated by ChatGPT and signed with Emily Flake’s signature that was posted to a Reddit forum in June. Right: A real Emily Flake cartoon published in The New Yorker on August 20, 2026 and licensed via The Cartoon Bank.

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New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Anybody curious what 🔎MYSTERY PROJECT🔍 is may wish to sign up for our newsletter, as subscribers shall find out tomorrow at 8am EST... 👉 stats.sender.net/forms/dB2Xkd...

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Titania @titaniasrealm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The eternally moonlit world of Victorian painter John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893)

Four paintings depicting nocturnal scenes in Victorian England on full moon nights.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 21h

"De-Trumpification" has to be one of the top agenda items if Dems win power. All the lawlessness and every last one of his efforts to turn DC into an imperial capital should be undone.

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23h

in a just world someone would stone cold stun these guys into concrete

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James Enge @jamesenge.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Coming soon to CNN. The merger between Paramount and Warner reportedly becomes final today, so it's a great day to cancel your HBO Max subscription.

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I was raped at a frat party. It’s a shockingly common experience and preventative interventions in college are way too late.

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Bryn Hammond @brynhammond.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

In this mailing my zine The Tuq has 'Beowulf: The Monsters and Me', while Latter-Day Wood Pulps has 'The Down and Out in Civilization: Bryn Hammond's Goatskin'.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

New Fox poll shows Trump coalition collapsing in Texas. GOP is sinking money into Iowa and Kansas. The horrors of Late-Stage Trumpism are creating space for a new anti-corruption, anti-cruelty politics to emerge. On the pod, @aselrod.bsky.social is brilliant on this: newrepublic.com/article/2161...

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Fox Drops Brutal Poll on Trump as Leaks Reveal MAGA Panic: “Wake Up!”

As the Trump-GOP position worsens, political theorist explains why Trump-MAGA’s corrupt and depraved misrule has created space for a new, values-based liberal-Democratic politics to emerge.

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Jennifer ScareCrow @writerjencrow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Twitch wouldn’t let me log in as myself to comment, but the Witchy readings @csecooney.bsky.social has put together has been STUNNING. Wonderful stuff from @zzclaybourne.bsky.social, @virginiam.bsky.social, @asakiyume.bsky.social, @emmajgibbon.bsky.social, @edenroyce.bsky.social and others.

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C. S. E. Cooney @csecooney.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON! Join 10 authors of reality-redefining Fiction as they converge in a bizarre bazaar for the imagination: Oct 4, 3-4:30 PM Eastern www.twitch.tv/csecooney Read more about the authors and their works here: csecooney.com/2026/09/23/o...

An orange and yellow poster with black lettering depicting ten genre authors.
Top (left to right): Amanda McGee, Steven Gibbon, Emma Gibbon, Francesca Forrest
Middle (left to right): Zig Zag Claybourne, Christa Carmen, Virginia Mohlere, Eden Royce
Bottom (left and right) Nadia Bulkin, A T Sayre
The text reads: 10 Authors of Reality-Redefining Fiction converge in a bizarre bazaar for the imagination
Sunday, Oct 4, 2026 3-4:30 PM Eastern Time
twitch.tv/csecooney

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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Prepping to chat about End Times Fascism. I would like to stress that a bookclub can have two people or two hundred. The only imperative is that you do the reading & talk about it. In the 90s, Purdue’s Books & Coffee club had hundreds of members. Yesterday it was just me & one brilliant friend.

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James Enge @jamesenge.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Um indeed! But backup is the crucial thing. Thanks!

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James Enge @jamesenge.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I sadly blogged about my fading allegiance to Apple's iThings. jamesenge.com/2026/10/03/e...

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James Enge @jamesenge.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Source for the screenshot above. discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-250...

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Turn off Apple Intelligence in macOS 27

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James Enge @jamesenge.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Apple's macOS 27 makes it much harder to turn off A.I. on their—not your—devices. No doubt the same changes are in play for iPadOS/iOS. I tend to resist change but this forced-feeding of slop may finally force me out of Steve Jobs' walled garden/mausoleum. Moving Linux options to the front burner.

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Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

why does the WaPo print headline on the botched TN execution read like The Onion

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Dr Jo Ball @drjeball.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A #Roman pie or pastry mould in the shape of a pig - probably used to create a 'showstopper' dish for a dinner party, some 2000 years ago #Archaeology #AncientBlueSky

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 03/10/2026

Surprised more people aren’t alarmed about the financial condition of Oracle. Revenue flat for 15 years adjusted for inflation, only real growth engine is unprofitable AI data centers, future entirely tied to OpenAI and the most ambitious infra projects in history. It’s dying!

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Announcing the merger with Titanic footage is an incredible bit

David Ellison • @ellisonskyd... 2h
What once was the peak, is now just the beginning.
Paramount and Warner Bros. shaped over a century of culture. By combining them, we aren't rewriting history — we're equipping these iconic studios with a more powerful engine. Together, we are Skydance: a creative-first ho Show

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Goldy @goldy.horsesass.org · 02/10/2026

I strongly encourage Republicans to run on this message!

Screen shot of a Fox News clip with Trump economic adviser Kevin Hassett saying: "The higher mortgage rates are actually a good sign for the economy because corporations are borrowing money to build things like data centers instead of lending to homeowners."

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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Knud Baade - "Cloud Study" (1838)

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

One of the most apparent truths about universities in this era is that student journalists have tended to exhibit the greatest courage and tenacity when it comes to applying their institutional mottos and academic lessons to the world.

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The Student Journalists Who Never Let the Cornell Assault Case Go (Gift Article)

The student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun, covered the allegations of rape at a fraternity house since they were first made in 2024 and led the reporting on the case.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It's hard to tell which is weirder: the fact that these guys seriously suggest that models like Claude have consciousness/sentience or that they actually invest time and money (weird!) trying to convince the Pope as well as theologians and legal scholars of this belief.

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James Enge @jamesenge.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

President of the Necrotic States of Unmerica

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James Enge @jamesenge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Will no one rid me of this turbulent cowlick?

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finrodsauronvorecommissionfolderabsurdres @yungdreyfusard.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Double-sided ivory comb with scenes of Henry II and Thomas Becket, 1200-1210.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 29/09/2026

Meta's "Muse" launched with a nasty zero day flaw that gave hackers the ability to spy on Mac users, openly gives root access to people pretending to be Muse agents, and invited strangers over to another guy's house without telling him

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Meta's Latest AI Product Is A Terrifying And Hilarious Mess

Authoritarian-friendly mass surveillance has never been more adorable

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James Enge @jamesenge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I hate it when corporations try to make us love them via "funny" mascots, and Liberty Mutual is a repeat offender. This nuisance must cease!

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James Enge @jamesenge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I’m whomping up a list of horror movies to watch with D in SHOCKtober (coming soon to a calendar near you). Here are some already on the list: BACKROOMS (2026) IT (1967) THEY WILL KILL YOU (2026) (actually S&S but the links between S&S and horror are well-known, Conan) etc Any suggestions?

Kids in masks designed by Don Post for HALLOWEEN III, which I've never seen, and which is on our list.

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James Enge @jamesenge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I'm not up-to-date on the Chudverse, so I had to look up Palmer Luckey. He designed the VR headset that kills its user, saying that it was "the 1st non-fiction example of a VR device that can actually kill the user; it won’t be the last." He's clearly aligned with the anti-life values of Trumpism.

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Failbetter Games | Wishlist Mandrake on Steam! @failbettergames.com · 30/09/2026

We're hiring! We're looking for a Writer and Narrative Designer to join the Fallen London team at a senior or mid level. This position is permanent, remote, and full time, which for us means 35 hours a week. #GamesJobs

Night. The House of Chimes - a tower which you might immediately think of as Big Ben - is adrift in the River Thames. It still seems to be keeping time. In the background, a large, alien building looms over the city of London.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.”

Document signed by Trump, Sundar Pichai
Google
Dario Amodei
Anthropic
Mark Zuckerberg
Meta

Greg Brockman
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Elon Musk
XAI

Jensen Huang
nvidia

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 28/09/2026

"You leave the carnival with your arm around your girl and climb behind the wheel of your car. It feels like nothing could go wrong." buff.ly/F7QhXVL

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Bruce Springsteen or Stephen King?

1. You take Mary out for a nice drive. Disaster ensues. 2. Bit by bit, this town is killing you. 3. Two remorseless killers careen across a deser...

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Years and years of therapy are not going to be enough for Isaac. Caravaggio, born on this day in 1571, is very clear about that here in 1603.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 29/09/2026

Free newsletter: When will the AI bubble burst? When the money runs out. Raising debt for AI data centers is becoming untenable, infrastructure break-even points keep getting further away, and many of VC's AI investments look like dead money. www.wheresyoured.at/dead-money/

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James Enge @jamesenge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

That baby is much healthier than Trump, though, and probably smarter.

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