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John

@jgarlick.bsky.social
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We live on the frontier between the future and foolishness. Update: we have crossed the frontier

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Crowsa Luxemburg @quendergeer.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
i hate modern AAA game design
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
I know writers who use subtext and they're all cowards.
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The SS United States is set to be sunk in mid-November
Okaloose County expects to sink the SS United States the second week in November, depending on weather.
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BEAT @beatskelton.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
SEPHIROTH POSTING IS A WELL-DOCUMENTED AND LARGELY UNDERSTOOD PHENOMENON, BUT DOCTOR ROBOTNIK POSTING IS RELATIVELY NEW.
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John @jgarlick.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
According to Greek mythology... All the other gods that guy devoured jump out of his stomach
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Nanoraptor @nanoraptor.danamania.com · 04/10/2026
A picture of a beige PC era screen with speakers and keyboard to suit, and the text "It's now preferable to turn off your computer"
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John @jgarlick.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Painting in acrylics
Two canvases of black cats in silhouette in various poses
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John @jgarlick.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Krusty the Clown is baffled and annoyed
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John @jgarlick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I am sorry that happened to her
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John @jgarlick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Bosses Hogg?
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John @jgarlick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
They need to bring back Dukes of Hazzard properly this time so people will stop voting for Boss Hoggs
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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Breaking: Man who invited vampires inside because he wanted to live forever suddenly concerned about being one of the damned.
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leon @leyawn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
ceo of burger king: our burgers have gone rogue again and infected people with e coli
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.
A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with 
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future
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Ryan O'Horo @ryanohoro.com · 21/09/2026
et voilà, a portrait of Garrett Langley, CEO of Flock, rendered from leaked Flock license plate camera images. Plates were redacted before rendering.
Bust of a man, outdoors. In the background, sky, telephone pole, Flock safety camera and solar panel. Rendered from a mosaic of smaller images.Tight zoom of a mosaic of license plate camera images featuring a swath of red vehicles and an empty street in other areas.
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John @jgarlick.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
When I see my bucket
Horse with a manic expression
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John @jgarlick.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Threads is easily five years ahead of Bsky in humorless scold reply technology. This cannot stand!
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John @jgarlick.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I’ve driven in Rhode Island, them having their own license plate is a warning.
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John @jgarlick.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I'm pretty sure the rest of the galaxy thinks "the Sex Planet" is Earth
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John @jgarlick.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Starfleet is at its most interesting when it's trying to do something it is very bad at
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John @jgarlick.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
static.klipy.com
Dune: Stilgar and Lisan al-Gaib
Alt: Dune: Stilgar and Lisan al-Gaib
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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I know this is not going to fix anything, but how much media coverage and how much groundswell of excitement from the base do you think would happen if one of these dem candidates just said, once in their lives, what the fuck are you talking about you sound like a dumb asshole right now
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Katie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"The whole “Oh no, our models went rogue” thing … When a bridge collapses, you don’t analyze whether the bridge was ethical or sentient or why it decided to collapse. You ask, who is the person who built this bridge to be so flimsy?" www.wired.com/story/one-of...
wired.com
One of AI’s Fiercest Critics Says All the Doom Talk Is ‘Meant to Distract Us’
Timnit Gebru argues that AI companies are stoking fears of extinction to avoid discussing actual harms, like autonomous weapons.
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John @jgarlick.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
There’s not going to be a $5000 check
Jessica Lange in “American Horror Story” informing us “there’s not going to be a swimming pool, you stupid slut”
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John @jgarlick.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Things stop being characterized as "far" when you approach them
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John @jgarlick.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Isn’t targeting civilian ships a war crime?
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cee @cee.wtf · 04/09/2026
throng.cee.wtf i've invented a new way to browse bluesky
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Bits @bitshammer.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
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John @jgarlick.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I can't get over how the security guard left the door propped open. Like... c'mon man
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Genghis Khan was the original "Fear Mongol."
Drawing of Genghis Khan
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John @jgarlick.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Who up gyring and gymbling in the wabe
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Peter Cullen, the legendary voice actor known for voicing Optimus Prime in the "Transformers" franchise, has died at 85
tmz.com
'Transformers' Voice Actor Peter Cullen Dead at 85
Peter Cullen, famous for voicing Optimus Prime in the 'Transformers' franchise, is dead.
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John @jgarlick.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Aww, man
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an appliance is making a weird noise that isn't on youtube @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
It's very bad that we've developed a new dominant breed of debate pervert who spends their entire lifecycle insisting nobody will let them say the things they've said a thousand times and insisting everyone has to have the same debate with them every single time
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Scott "KaiserNeko" Frerichs @kaiserneko.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Spider-Man, Spider-Man Fights the Nazis and the Klan Fuck around, you'll find out What his fists are all about Fash out! Via the Spider-Man!
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Cody @atiredgay.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
This is definitely in response to Ally Pankiw and Kate Herron’s post about turning down the show because of Rowling’s transphobia. So much of her transphobia stays on Twitter, this actually had news sites having to talk about it. She broke containment and WB is trying to do damage control.
Headline from the Hollywood Reporter:

Two Directors Reveal They Rejected HBO's Harry Potter' Due to J.K. Rowling

Directors Ally Pankiw and Kate Herron posted on social media that they turned down the series over J.K. Rowling's trans views: "Say 'no' to funding transphobia."

BY JAMES HIBBERD
AUGUST 14, 2026 7:32AMHUFFPOST headline:

Prolific TV Directors Claim They Turned Down Harry Potter Over JK Rowling's
Involvement

"Absolutely f**king not...

By Daniel Welsh
14/08/2026 11:50am BSTThe Telegraph headline:

Director says she turned down Harry Potter series over 'transphobia'

Ally Pankiw shares messages showing her rejecting offer to work on HBO
production.DEADLINE headline:

'Black Mirror' Director Ally Pankiw Roasts 'Harry Potter' TV Series, Claiming She Turned Down Gig: "Say No To Funding Transphobia"

Jesse Whittock
Fri, 14 August 2026
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John @jgarlick.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I'm as much against being cut to pieces with a spiky sword the size of a surfboard as much as the next villager, but the situation over in Fauxhawk Valley is ruining the world for future generations.
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John @jgarlick.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Respectfully, the other side is all-in on conflating being somehow unfit with being evil. The results are not great. I am BEGGING you to re-examine this idea
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John @jgarlick.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
There are people out there who don't believe in dinosaurs. I've decided I can have that blithe disregard for a subject too, and I choose this
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John @jgarlick.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
In post-o, veritas
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John @jgarlick.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Hobbes: "Look man, Calvin is a strongly opinionated person. He is doing his own thing since he fell in with those political influencer guys. We agreed to work on other projects going forward. I disavow those things he said. I'd rather talk about something else, please."
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Michael's reanimated corpse @thepmann.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
This is a pretty good overview of what a crapfest Valnet is, came out last year: www.thewrap.com/valnet-labor...
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Valnet Blues: How Online Porn Pioneer Hassan Youssef Built a Digital Media 'Sweatshop'
The owner of entertainment websites Screen Rant, Collider, CBR and MovieWeb faces a lawsuit over exploitative work conditions.
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John @jgarlick.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Sounds like a challenge and our hero will rise to meet it
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Pile Of Garbage @pileofgarbage.net · 17/08/2026
How to win at most all things:
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John @jgarlick.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The first rapping Cenobite
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John @jgarlick.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Yeah, they’re okay to eat because they still like Harry Potter
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Yes, the Problems are bad, but this is no time for radical things like Solutions
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John @jgarlick.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Broccoli should not be kept in captivity 🥦 (Broccoli being too advanced as a life form to ethically eat was Woke 3.5)
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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
England: Boy, we've gained so much revenue siphoning off talent from America's self-inflicted brain drain! So glad that country sank into a fascist quagmire and is now enveloped in bigoted filth. JK Rowling: We should also be a fascist quagmire! England: You raise some interesting points.
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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
this iran humiliation is revealing so much about the US. you can actually see how military coups happen, why there's a 25th amendment, why wars should ever be wages at the whim of one guy (especially a world-class idiot). the rot and the sclerosis are now apparent to anyone who wants to look
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John @jgarlick.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
ICE is grabbing people on the road by my mother’s house. I hate this so much.
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