Reposted by kel belle 👻Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Primetime is a trip, folks. Broadcast News by way of Natural Born Killers. 713720
Reposted by kel belle 👻G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 2hIt's interesting to me that the American authors conservatives deem acceptable/non-woke/masculine--your Steinbecks, Cormac McCarthys, Faulkners, Hemingways etc--all identify brutality as the fundamental language and original sin of the United States. There's nothing very patriotic about their work. 1628040
Reposted by kel belle 👻Racheline Maltese @racheline.bsky.social · 4hYour periodic reminder that the decision to pursue a professional ballet career happens at similar or earlier age to most youth gender affirming care and has significantly more lifetime impact on peer socialization, how the body looks and overall health than social transition and puberty blockers. 626497
Reposted by kel belle 👻Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 5hthis reveals SO MUCH about legacy media 651331265
Reposted by kel belle 👻[Spooky Name Placeholder] @mxlabradorite.bsky.social · 3hAI has been catastrophic for the lofi ambient youtube ecosystem. At this point, I don't trust videos that didn't come out at least 3 years ago. This sucks. 052
Reposted by kel belle 👻Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 11hday two of #spooktober2026 and I've already seen the best movie I'm going to, holy shit 📽️letterboxd.comA ★★★★★ review of The Changeling (1980)one of the greatest haunted house movies of all time, right there with The Haunting. Absolute masterclass in mood and tension, so economical in its storytelling it's like a cinematic haiku- it winds t... 1312710
Reposted by kel belle 👻Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 3hThis is a photo of some rocks and sand. It was taken earlier today, with a camera 247,000,000 km away. It was taken on Mars. And now you're looking at it on your screen. 441018217
Reposted by kel belle 👻Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 4hI’m willing to change my mind in light of evidence about pretty much anything. And I actually know a lot more computer scientists and ML experts, who have explained to me how it works, than you’d think. But I still hate generative AI. Nothing I have seen yet has been enough to change my mind. 2790673
Reposted by kel belle 👻geoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · 5hthese people are in the most literal sense intolerable 1605
Reposted by kel belle 👻Travels With Brindle is still composing a silent movie score @travelswithbrindle.bsky.social · 5hA+ alt text 063
Reposted by kel belle 👻John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 4hHistorically this only goes well 36010
Reposted by kel belle 👻dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 6hthe problem is there is no mass demand for this. you didn't have to sell email. the sole demand is by loathed corporations who are either: (a) trying to fire you; or (b) trying to make a trillion dollars getting you fired. and for (a) they are having a hard time doing it still 1051269
Reposted by kel belle 👻mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 10h"I have a harem of dozens of women who are my employees to fuck and have my children as I please" is one of the ultimate goals of the billionaire class and one of the main reasons they are so keen to fuck the labor market (so desirable women are desperate enough to sign up for this) 10681139
Reposted by kel belle 👻mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Revenge for MeToo (which severely constrained their ability to rape employees), Revenge for Black Lives Matter (which called out how racist many of them were) and most of all Revenge for the 2021 Labor Market where they suddenly had to compete for scarce labor instead of the other way around 51010178
Reposted by kel belle 👻mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Just generally the story of the last 5 years is Revenge of The Bosses, including Trump's win in 2024 101230240
Reposted by kel belle 👻Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 6hThen it should be used very specifically for specific jobs, with strict guardrails, and not propping up our entire economy, and being forced into everything. The same way I don’t need to know how to use, say, software for dental offices, or a forklift, most people don’t need AI. 17774108
Reposted by kel belle 👻Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 6h“But it doesn’t use as much water as people think it does!” But it still means more data centers raising electricity prices, lowering water pressure, disrupting ecosystems, constant noise in poor neighborhoods. It still stole from thousands of artists. It’s still being developed by the worst people. 1774485
Reposted by kel belle 👻jon christian @jonchristian.net · 11hthis is a wilder way to describe a breakup than i ever could have imagined futurism.com/future-socie...futurism.comMother of Elon Musk's Children Says She Has Been "Let Go" by the BillionaireMusk is seemingly ready to move on from his latest, longtime girlfriend and former employee, Shivon Zilis, who has had four of his children. 24510
Reposted by kel belle 👻John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 7hHe is so good at messaging. It's really kind of unreal. 2793585
Reposted by kel belle 👻G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 7hAbsolutely stacked cast in this modern Nigerian re-interpretation of Mrs Dalloway, for Woolf-heads and/or anybody who misses Sam from Ted Lasso www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyq6...youtube.comCLARISSA Trailer (2026) Ayo Edebiri, Sophie OkonedoYouTube video by ONE Media Coverage 57411
Reposted by kel belle 👻Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social · 13hI have a new novella out in the 20th Anniversary edition of Clarkesworld this month! "The Job" is about a woman with serious self-image issues who takes a contract to survey an alien ocean for corporate exploitation, wearing the body of a bioengineered whale. clarkesworldmagazine.com/bear_10_26/clarkesworldmagazine.comThe Job by Elizabeth BearClarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast. 923862
Reposted by kel belle 👻Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 12hI've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this: 221148513993
Reposted by kel belle 👻Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 15hThey're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse. 18657052610
Reposted by kel belle 👻Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 16hGreat encapsulation of conservatism. “Well I got mine so who cares what happened to anyone else?” bsky.app/profile/jord... 201306218
Reposted by kel belle 👻Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 16hRead this thread & also the NYT story (which will, be warned, make you physically sick and very distressed indeed, so keep that in mind). The campus police DID NOT TELL THE PROSECUTOR all that Jane Doe said. The campus police *omitted* her most important statements about what those men did to her. 214859
Reposted by kel belle 👻Arden Powell @ardenpowell.bsky.social · 14hIf you think an artist's style looks like AI but you can scroll back through their portfolio and see them doing the same work before 2020, congrats, you're not looking at an AI grifter. You're looking at one of the original victims whose entire style AI stole. 2050251865
Reposted by kel belle 👻🎃 Killy Witches 👻 @tillybridges.bsky.social · 14hto the cis people who are like “trans people were never erased from history, that’s a lie!” i want you to pay attention to it happening right in front of your eyes all of this to strip records from a whopping ELEVEN people in fifteen years erasing our accomplishments is part of ittillystranstuesdays.comTRANS HISTORY 1 (how and why we name trans people in history) - Tilly's Trans TuesdaysI’m not a historian. I’m not an expert in trans history, though I find it fascinating. I myself have a lot to learn on the topic, but one thing I DO know is that there have always been trans people. T... 216560
Reposted by kel belle 👻Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 02/10/2026ICYMI: three GOP-led states that wanted the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade in order to "send abortion back to the states" are now asking the Court to block abortion protections in blue states @autonomynews.co www.tiktok.com/t/ZPL1TT5va/ www.instagram.com/reel/Dd7gtkG... 18833
Reposted by kel belle 👻Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 14han Atlantic political columnist "not understanding" that Chris Rufo is a virulent bigot and far right propagandist is very on brand keep up the good work, brunchlords 1438481
Reposted by kel belle 👻John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 14hThe rush to accuse, without anything approaching due diligence, artists of using "AI," should be treated with contempt. An artist gets their work *ripped off* to train a plagiarism machine, which then shits out inferior versions of that work, so then you accuse the artist of using "AI"? Fuck you. 251397372
Reposted by kel belle 👻Pip Wren @lollibeepop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026A joyous fat bear week to all 🐻 106197206597
Reposted by kel belle 👻jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14hnot that you should expect anything more than rank idiocy from this pair of racists, but the idea that whiteness means a "high trust" society of "social cohesion" is some of the stupidest shit i have ever heard. these people live in a fantasy land that you could dispel by simply opening a book.talkingpointsmemo.comChris Rufo — Known For ‘DEI’ and ‘CRT’ Panics — Tries to Make ‘the Indian Question’ a ThingTo the degree that a “respectable” or “moderate” right exists today in... 24558341085
Reposted by kel belle 👻Jared Rutecki @jaredrutecki.bsky.social · 15hAmazing work by @propublica.org and partners illustrating the lack of regulations around microschools in some states. www.propublica.org/article/prop... 8543140
Reposted by kel belle 👻Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 13hThe chart explains AI hype more than any chart that's ever been charted. 201139269
Reposted by kel belle 👻Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 13hIt shouldn't be difficult to get the money you're owed. On day 34 of our administration, we launched NYC Free Tax Prep for the 2026 filing season. So far, it’s saved New Yorkers $226.6 million. Visit nyc.gov/TaxPrep to find a Free Tax Prep site near you. 272006440
Reposted by kel belle 👻Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 13hLichtenstein’s entire oeuvre was offensively shallow and profit-motivated from the jump. His original premise of recontextualizing “low art” was done better, earlier, and with way more joyful subversiveness by Marcel Duchamp, AND he lacked the skill to even render the work he supposedly “elevated.” 432655
Reposted by kel belle 👻ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 13h“In an influencer-occupied government, the functions of elected and unelected officials converge on the same goal, which is making little videos for their distractible boss to watch on his phone, and later to watch other people talking about on his TV.” defector.com/jack-smith-e...defector.comJack Smith Did Not Conspire Against Donald Trump While Watching Steph Curry Score 60 Points In An Overtime Loss To The Hawks | DefectorThe most salient part of the accusation that Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt lodged against former special prosecutor Jack Smith in a Senate hearing on Tuesday is that it was wrong. It was ecstatically and... 311927
Reposted by kel belle 👻DiscoPriest 🌱 @discopriest.bsky.social · 12hKen Paxton Steals Pens is one of the best political ads of the cycle. It's funny, mean, quick to say, and perfectly encapsulates Paxton. Really ready for next gen political consultants to overwhelm the old losers. 153
Reposted by kel belle 👻Honkey Kong @henrygoeldner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026the only non-negotiable for writing is you have to read. doesn't matter if you're writing comics, prose, screenplays. read. read books, articles, scripts, comics. fiction and non-fiction. read lots of 'em and never stop reading. 1682299
Reposted by kel belle 👻Kris Wernowsky @kriswernowsky.com · 20hFor my European friends, American healthcare in a nutshell: You pay money every month To still pay a bunch of money to doctor Until you’ve paid enough money Then maybe everything is covered (probably not tho) Employers get massive tax breaks for it Everyone hates it Paperwork fucking everywhere 120841
Reposted by kel belle 👻Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I just called us "Homey Sapiens" as a typo in my book, wake up babe, new species name just dropped 1958672
Reposted by kel belle 👻Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers 290109824004
Reposted by kel belle 👻BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026this would be an incredible film if you started it with all the normal serial killer hunting tropes 782769509
Reposted by kel belle 👻depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026when i mention "claude" you can assume i'm talking about the albino alligator not the llm 554201712
Reposted by kel belle 👻hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Yall wanna see a 2 hour old highland cow 347197404736
Reposted by kel belle 👻drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 22hi had heard about gamers for years. a lifestyle dedicated to having fun sounded to me like its adherents would form bonds based on positivity, friendship and the joy of fair competition 061889
