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Samantha Harris @labellaharris.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

To NaNo or not to NaNo, that is my current question...🤔

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erin plasma @plasmasword.blacksky.app · 07/10/2026

good things can still happen

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Alex Awoos @alex-awoos-backup.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I feel like more people should be talking about this part

Screenshot from the article that reads, The Stud, San Francisco's oldest gay bar, was only able to have its Meta pages restored because of the bars popularity among gay tech executives with connections to Meta

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Frank Strong @frankstrong.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Texas is going blue. I’ve seen enough.

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KXAN News @kxan.com · 01/10/2026

Good’s death was the first of nine ICE-involved shootings this year. It sparked large-scale protests in Minneapolis that intensified after the shooting death of Alex Pretti by federal agents later in January.

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Renee Good’s family sues federal immigration agency, ICE officers

Renee Good was shot and killed by an ICE agent during an immigration surge in Minnesota.

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Samantha Harris @labellaharris.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Werewolf The Apocalypse Earthblood

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Samantha Harris @labellaharris.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

My old person gripe of the day is that I shouldn't have to copy the application when playing a video game from a disc, it should just load and play from the disc😤

Blue wait screen with the words "Copying application... Version 1.00" and a status bar showing "470.6 MB/10.106 GB (13 Minutes Left)"

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Samantha Harris @labellaharris.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The "AI Inside" sign has been repainted to say "Powered By HUMANS," which is exactly the kind of stupid fucking sign I would expect AI to come up with.

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Samantha Harris @labellaharris.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"During Trump’s second administration, immigration agents, who often are masked, have shot at least two dozen people in the past two years — at least six, including three U.S. citizens, have died."

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Samantha Harris @labellaharris.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Jellybean (the 8yr old) responds to me with "Yes, ma'am." When the husband tells her to do something, though, she responds, "Yes, man." #Parenting

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Samantha Harris @labellaharris.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Boooooo, they painted over the graffiti

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

There were some real problems with Ulbricht’s conviction. But valorizing him while they’re still executing fishermen for alleged drug smuggling is a hell of a choice.

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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 10/09/2026

Once the majority has decided a marginalized group is the demon in one part of a story, it’s easier to paint them as demons in another. But it doesn't have to be this way. These books offer a humane approach to trans athletes:

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Let Them Play: How Welcoming Trans Athletes Can Improve Sports Culture for All

Three recent books press us to understand the humanity and lives of gender-expansive athletes.

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Samantha Harris @labellaharris.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Bet you that if we only mentioned Christianity in relation to clinic bombings there would be a riot.

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Samantha Harris @labellaharris.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Damnit, Texas Dems, all you had to do was not be douchebags, but I guess the temptation was too great, huh??

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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I assume it was coordinated that both Gina Hinojosa and Talarico’s campaigns came forward to be vaguely? anti-trans?? during the Republican National Convention — but I cannot imagine what median voter this would sway. Though I can promise the nearly ***200,000 trans Texans*** will feel this hit.

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daryl "rupert pumpkin" b 🏳️‍⚧️ @hypercubexl.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

GDT's reddit AMA spitting fire www.reddit.com/r/movies/com...

reddit comment:

Hello! Did you intend the ending of Pan’s labyrinth to be real or in Ofelia’s mind?

Guillermo Del Toro's reply:

My interpretation, and it's exclusively mine, is that it's real.

Because there's two things. One is what people call “The Shining Question.” The Shining Question is, Who opens the door for Jack to get out of the fridge? And Ofelia is in an attic with a guard outside her door, and she draws the door with the magic chalk, and she shows up in the labyrinth. So, the only way she could have gone into the labyrinth is the magic chalk. And the flower is real at the end. The flower that blooms in the dead tree. And the reason I think it’s real is because—and this is why I'm in favor of the human factor in art—I think that art does transform the world. You know?

Think about it for a second. One of the goals, with all this movement, is to make you believe that art is vulgar. That art is nothing special, and anybody can do art. That is like me telling you that I'm faster at running than Usain Bolt but I “run” in my motorcycle. Well, that's not the same. That’s not the same at all.

Art is important, and they want you to believe it isn't. It's part of the idea of control. The goal is not to have artificial intelligence. The goal is to foster natural stupidity. The goal is to foster you not looking for answers, and to trust yourself entirely to an engine. Look at the way we are dipping our toes into these things. We are starting to ask the machine, Is this true? For now, there's a correlation between reality and what the answers of the machine are. For now. But soon, we won't even investigate further. We will be told it's true. And if the machine is in the hands of somebody who should not be trusted, then your reality has been completely and utterly fucked. Because your intelligence ends at the question. You don't seek the answer. It's given to you.

Q: You recently mentioned that AI creates 'semi-compelling screensavers' and that you'd 'rather die' than use it. As a filmmaker who relies heavily on practical effects and creature design, what do you think is the biggest thing lost when a computer generates an image instead of a human hand?

GDT:

The three quarters of the process that gave you the chance to think of the idea that people don't think about without that process. Meaning, AI can get you to the middle really fast, but there's a dialectic with the process that gets you to that top 10%. I'll give you an example with the Pale Man.

We sculpted it as an old man, with a face. And then I said, Let's take out the face. This happened because I saw a photo of a manta ray and the poster for Don Coscarelli’s Phantasm. That combination, which happened at two different times during a week or a month, are not permutations that are chemically part of an equation. They are alchemy. And then I said, Take out the face, and then I said, Let's put the eyes on the hands. This triangulation happens because I spent a month or two months living with the idea of this creature. And it's not linear.

AI is like a super-fast engine that makes semi-sentient permutations of things that are already done. Creation is things that have never been done. Coming to exist.

And the second thing is the loss of the apprenticeship that one has as an artist. You're never a master; you're always an apprentice. This is a kinship I have with, for example, Chris Nolan. When he showed me The Odyssey, there’s a scene when Matt Damon is floating in the stormy ocean and I asked him—because we were talking about practical effects, and how great it is and that we both always use a maquette or a model—and I asked him, How did you do it? He said, “We put him in a storm in the ocean.”

And you're gonna find that 30% of a great image occurs accidentally. You know, either a drop of water hits the lens, or the camera shakes. I remember when in 1993, '94, Jim…

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

A win for the bison in Montana! 🦬 A federal judge just blocked the Trump administration from forcing more than 900 bison off public lands where they’ve been grazing for years and helping restore the prairie.

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Chris Tackett @cjtackett.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Sit Down And Don’t Say Anything Else During the 9/1/26 discussion ahead of the vote to cut 92 polling places, Commissioner Simmons challenged the hypocrisy and yes, they admitted the redistricting was about power. So one should assume this is too! November is coming. #wakeup #tarrantcounty

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Texas Freedom to Read Project @txfreedomread.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

If the Texas school district you live (or work) in is responding to Dan Patrick’s threats by reviewing and/or removing books on his big, bad, (absurd) list- please let us know. DM us or email us. If you’re able to provide documentation of the directives without risking your job, we welcome it!

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Samantha Harris @labellaharris.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Ahahaha, someone vandalized the "AI Inside" sign along my route. An improvement, to be sure

The "AI Inside" sign above RemoteMe along MoPac in Austin after being vandalized, taken 9/2/26.

The "AI Inside" sign above RemoteMe along MoPac in Austin prior to being vandalized, taken 8/7/26.

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Samantha Harris @labellaharris.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I mean, yes, but also have someone keep an eye on you just in case. I had suicide ideation as a side effect of my vaccine, and it was really weird to disassociate and plan around mitigating the trauma of my family finding my body only to come out two hours later like "what the FUCK was that?!?"

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The War Horse @thewarhorsenews.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Troops wounded in the Iran War say the military medical system is failing to provide the care they need. We spoke to 4 soldiers wounded in an Iranian drone attack. They described delayed testing and treatment, inconsistent care, and restrictions to visit family thewarhorse.org/iran-war-wou...

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They Survived an Iran War Drone Attack. Six Months Later, They're Struggling to Get Care

Troops wounded in the Iran War say their healthcare treatment is riddled with delayed testing and inconsistent care.

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SAG-AFTRA @sagaftra.org · 26/08/2026

We are saddened by the loss of the iconic Tim Curry. He became a cultural icon as Dr. Frank-N-Furter & terrified audiences as Pennywise, while earning 3 Tony nominations. His unforgettable performances left an indelible mark on generations of audiences. #SagAftraMember since 1974

Tim Curry, against a black background, smiling. Photo credit: Photofest

Tim Curry as Dr. Frank-N-Furter smiling and dancing while wearing a corset and fishnet stockings.
Photo credit: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp./Photofest © Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.

Tim Curry as Pennywise, holding colorful balloons and smiling against an eerie background.
Photo credit: Warner Bros./Photofest © Warner Bros.

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Samantha Harris @labellaharris.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Dolly Parton is dead and we're at war with fucking Canada, I hate this week.

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Samantha Harris @labellaharris.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Senator Fetterman was on the @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social , and whooo boi did he sound like a dumbfuck shitbag 🙃

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Veitstanz @veitstanz.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

If you research by standard methods you can adjust if you suspect you're working with some sort of bias If you use AI you place all that in a black box and you trust big tech to be neutral. Which it can't be by definition and may not be by design.

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Samantha Harris @labellaharris.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

It's no wonder that my care has been shit, when my doctor's notes fucking suck🤗You'd think that at some point in medical school they would've taught this incredibly valuable skill that you will use literally everyday, every time a doctor sees every patient, but I guess not??

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

Trump has denied most disaster requests from Democratic-led states

A graph showing Presidential approval rates for disaster requests from Democratic-led states and Republican-led states

Source: POLITICO's E&E News analysis of FEMA records

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The Texas Signal @texassignal.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

In May, we spoke with No Kid Hungry Texas, the statewide anti-hunger organization run by the nonprofit Share Our Strength, for further insights into these SNAP cuts, and what it means for overall food insecurity in the lone star state.

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The Impact Of SNAP Cuts In Texas

With HR 1, Congress has forced some of the biggest cuts to SNAP in the program’s history. And the impacts are just starting to be felt in Texas, which has the second highest rate of food insecurity in...

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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 28/07/2026

New today: The Harris County DA's Office is investigating whether ICE agents committed any crimes, including murder, manslaughter, and tampering with evidence, when they fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. Forcing ICE to answer questions is another matter.

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Houston Is Testing Whether Trump’s ICE Is Above Texas Law

After the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, local authorities have struggled to stake their claim on an investigation into a killing within the most populous Texas city’s limits.

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 29/07/2026

The four American troops killed during renewed fighting between the U.S. and Iran are no longer listed as part of the Iran war death toll in the Defense Department’s official casualty count but have been placed in a new, separate category. More from NBC News' Courtney Kube: nbcnews.to/44U4W0q

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Samantha Harris @labellaharris.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Trevor Noah's book, Born A Crime, is on here from New Braunfels. Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park is on here from Brazosport. Pilot Point pulled The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin and The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. This spreadsheet is insane.

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Samantha Harris @labellaharris.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

So glad that we won the war all those months ago!

Receipt from a Costco in Texas on July 22nd, 2026 with gas prices at $4.15/gal

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Chris Tackett @cjtackett.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

All I See Is A Drained Swimming Pool Whoa. Sabrina brought it at the Fort Worth ISD board meeting on 7/21/26, pulling zero punches going right at the Abbott / Morath / TEA appointed Superintendent (Licata) and Board of Managers President (Geren). The connections she’s making are spot on.

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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

This is a great read, and it's also a lesson. This is what everyone could be doing, at every level. This is the possibility open to every one of us, while every single cry of "we had no choice" was and is a cowardly lie.

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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 17/07/2026

Ok. As promised, a thread about supply chain food safety vulnerabilities in the food industry. Buckle up. It's a long one.

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Samantha Harris @labellaharris.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Flooding along I-10. Pretty wild to see. Stay safe, y'all!

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Samantha Harris @labellaharris.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Yikes. There is a swastika spray painted on a dumpster behind the DQ in Ozona, TX😬

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Byron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

The creator of Roger Rabbit (who is 85 years old by the way) is a good sort Crossposted with @openvibe.social

Gary K. Wolf •
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I've had to unfriend a few fans lately, all for the same reason. They made ridiculing, unkind, and in some cases outright cruel comments about pictures I posted of young women cosplaying Jessica.
More than a person, Jessica is a state of mind. To play Jessica, you need self -confidence, a sense of humor, and a Jessican -attitude-. There is no such thing as a Jessica cosplayer being too short, too flat chested, too heavy, too thin, too unattractive, too black, too Asian, or even too male!!! All Jessica, any Jessica, every Jessica is good Jessica.
I'm not giving any warnings or second chances. A single disparaging comment on a Jessica cosplayer, and I'm throwing you out of the rainbow colored Toontown Tent.

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Ellipsus @ellipsus.com · 17/07/2026

Grifters generating metric f*cktons of slop and bogus biographies about people without consent is absurd, wrong, and, unfortunately, predictable. (See our article all the way back from 2024! ellipsus.com/blog/the-dis...) 🧵👇 (🔗 www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/t...)

Still from NYT article:

"Two business school professors, curious about A.I. books and whether anyone actually likes them, gathered data about 10 million books published on Amazon over the last five years. They found that the number of e-books published per month had tripled since the release of ChatGPT, to more than 300,000 at the end of last year, from around 100,000 in 2022. (Amazon said that its internal metrics did not show that level of growth, but would not share its figures.)"

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Samantha Harris @labellaharris.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Central Texas is flooding this week. Just wanted to update y'all that I'm okay and my part of the county is not currently flooding (parts nearby flooded last July and two people died).

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