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Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 04/06/2026

'Backrooms' director Kane Parsons isn't a fan of generative AI "If I could snap my fingers and make generative AI disappear forever, I probably would" "Creatively, I get no enjoyment from using those tools. It defeats the purpose entirely for me"

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

in case you've never seen it, this is Roger Ebert on The Mummy

There is within me an unslaked hunger for preposterous adventure movies. I resist the bad ones, but when a "Congo" or an
"Anaconda" comes along, my heart leaps up and I cave in. "The Mummy" is a movie like that. There is hardly a thing I can say in its favor, except that I was cheered by nearly every minute of it. I cannot argue for the script, the direction, the acting or even the mummy, but I can say that I was not bored and sometimes I was unreasonably pleased. There is a little immaturity stuck away in the crannies of even the most judicious of us, and we should treasure it.

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Chikn Nuggit @handle.invalid · 05/03/2026

Absolutely devastated to have to deliver this news. I have loved working at BuzzFeed so much but I have to stand up for what I believe in. Please DO NOT send hate to anyone! If anything changes regarding this, I will let you know.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

finished embroidering my jacket :)

a bright orange canvas jacket with bright blue, green, and magenta letters in a 3x4 pattern reading a b c d e f u c k i c e

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

If any tech people do happen to have the ears of billionaires, I am here with my wallet open saying I would pay EXTRA for devices and software that don't have AI in them. Please take my money.

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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

“New technologies will come along to save the environment.” What they said versus where we are: From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

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Tori Kate @torikateillo.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

MERRY CHRISTMAS!! 🎄✨ Hope you all have a wonderful holiday with family and loved ones, and ring in a happy new year! #kidlit #kidlitart

Illustration of the nativity scene. Mary is holding baby jesus while joseph holds him too. Animals surround them

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 23/12/2025

I covered this in my premium last week, it’s laughable! www.wheresyoured.at/ai-mythbuste...

"You Need Al Skills Today To Be Ready For The Future"/"The Future
Belongs To Those Who Know AI"
So, you've probably seen a lot of stuff — maybe even in your own workplace! — about how you're gonna need Al skills in the future, because, uh.
Well, you're gonna need them, and you're gonna get left behind if you don't have them.
If anybody ever says this to you, please ask them to be specific, because at this point I'm not even confident I can make up a task that Al can do for
me.
In fact, here's a simple one: please name me somebody who has gotten significantly better at their job using Al. One person you know. One. Just one. Try it.

I am, in theory, exactly the person who should be getting the most out of Al. I write a lot. I research a lot. I constantly have to keep an eye on stuff. I pull stuff out of large piles of data. I think I make like 500 searches a week, I'm a complete animal. I talk back and forth with my editor Matt Hughes constantly to brainstorm ideas.
So why don't I use Al? Surely it would be perfect, right?
Nope! Al is a terrible researcher. I've used everything from Al mode on Google to the most expensive generative search engines available for large hedge funds, and in 99.9% of cases I've found nothing new or interesting or novel. That edge case was one time when a search engine pulled up a single quote from an earnings statement. Once. One time.

So, what do people mean by "Al skills"? Prompt engineering. They mean "how can you get this product that's sold and hyped as a panacea for every informational problem to do the thing that it's meant to do," and the answer is usually "it can't do it, but the way to get it close is to find nuanced ways to ask it to do stuff." In a very real sense, "Al skills training" is actually Al training you - making you fill in the gaps, making you do the work that this alleged "intelligence" does.

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Tony DiTerlizzi @diterlizzi.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

I love painting holiday cards for our friends and family. This one of a Winter elf, is a favorite.✨🎄✨

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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Was at a Christmas party with a load of clergy last night and as some people were leaving they found a person collapsed on the street outside so the Verger took over and called an ambulance and sent all the clergy away because "if they wake up surrounded by priests that'll just make things worse"

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ToonHive @toonhive.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

James Baxter’s 2D animation in ‘The Wonderfully Weird World Of Gumball’ new episode.

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Encyclopaedia Britannica @britannica.com · 21/12/2025

December 21 is the winter solstice, which means that in the Northern Hemisphere: - The path of the Sun is farthest south in the sky - The Sun travels the shortest path, giving the day the least daylight and the longest night - Things can only get lighter from here

Diagram breaking down the "Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn." More info here: https://www.britannica.com/science/winter-solstice

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Phantomarine @phantomarine.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

"concept artists can experiment with AI to make their lives easi-" wrong I smack you with Claire Hummel's immaculate and detailed understanding of costume design, which she got by studying historical references, which made her strong, which you will not become by relying on AI get good

Concept art of Rosalind Lutece's wardrobe and outfit construction from Bioshock Infinite, drawn by Claire Hummel

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Luis Illingworth @heyraguio.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

"they don't know how to express the idea" here's rian johnson's storyboard for knives out pick up a pencil and a napkin

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➜ kiwii [📌] @shiiraishi.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

rahhhh go my coinpins rahhh first art post kinda nervous #bfdi #bfdia #idfb #bfb #tpot #coinpin #coinybfdi #pinbfdi

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AAAAHH-lex Plante 🐀👑 @aplante.com · 28/11/2025

i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao

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GaBOO! 👻 ✨️ @daemoncorps.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Looking for past Garfield Macy's balloons. Found a new reaction image

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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

TIL, unsplash and istock images forbid any and all AI on their sites as well as letting AI train on them, ahhhh sometimes it's nice to just scroll those sites and revel in not fucking worrying about getting duped

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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · 25/11/2025

Wisdom from Charles Schulz.

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Anime News Network @animenewsnetwork.com · 21/11/2025

The "Frieren Looking Up" Art Trend attracted some Big Names in Animation! Excited for Season 2?

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 1836: Don't write the book you think 'people will buy'. No one knows for sure what people will buy, incuding the people who sell books. Instead, write the book you need to write. The book that makes a difference.

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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

People in AI often justify the exploitation of creatives' work for AI training with versions of: 'If people can learn from your work, why can't AI?' But this totally ignores the social contract under which people create and share their work. 🧵 1/14

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ScrivenerApp @scrivenerapp.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Unlike most apps these days, Scrivener does not use AI in any way. However, if you’re on a Mac, you may see an AI prompt. . Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 17/11/2025

Print dictionaries: the original large language models 11/18/25

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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

“While the AI industry claims its models can “think,” “reason,” and “learn,” their supposed achievements rest on marketing hype and stolen intellectual labor. In reality, AI erodes academic freedom, weakens critical reading, and subordinates the pursuit of knowledge to corporate interests.”

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AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education

Olivia Guest & Iris van Rooij urge teachers and scholars to reject tools that commodify learning, deskill students, and promote illiteracy.

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Rebecca Ruth Seidel @caseinmicelles.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

I know this sentiment has been expressed before, but there's nothing like reading the emails of the ultra rich to make you understand why they think they need a chatbot to do their writing.

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

The LLM thing is remarkable because if anyone was like "I never went to medical school anyway here's my magic anti disease device pls give 100 billion" they'd be laughed out the room or beaten with sticks but we're supposed to let guys who never read a book hand us an app claiming it'll write them

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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

incredible animation reference here

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Phil Dore @philjdore.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Last night I went to the Puca Festival in Trim, Ireland. It's all fun and games until someone unleashes a giant demonic hare.

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Quite Interesting @qi.com · 31/10/2025

If every zombie bit one new person a day, starting with one zombie, the whole world would be zombified in 34 days.

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Aled Thompson @aledthompson.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

I think it's a good time to post a Welsh trickster horse spirit

A horse with a sinister wolf smile running over a wave with seaweed in its mane and tail with the moon in the background

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 27/10/2025

I cannot tell you how many tech journalists at prominent media organizations do not understand this

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Abigail Larson @abigaillarson.com · 27/10/2025

Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."

Guillermo del Toro quote "...think about wealth for me for example. A wealthy man that has enough..."

"not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite somebody to beer..."

"...you're rich. If you have, whatever-"

"- yachts and planes and islands and you STILL need more? You're not rich."

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Lackadaisy Tracy @lackadaisy.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

A silly little gander behind-the-scenes of our recent short... For science!

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 23/10/2025

“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I'd rather die.’” 🫡