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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 11h

some producer, probably within the next month, will decide if this man's death is a single camera setup or if they're going to do multi camera and if there will be commentators. They probably have to design what will cover the faces of the shooters or look at headshots if there's no coverings at all

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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 11h

there's gonna be a guy who does the sound check for the first livestreamed state execution. they'll probably have someone stand where the guy is gonna be shot to death by the state so that they can make sure the lighting, color, and framing is "correct" when people watch a man die.

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Kelly McCullough @kellydmcc.bsky.social · 11h

All this. The contract is unacceptable, and the people with the clout need to be very clear that even trying this nonsense will result in artists and authors walking away without further discussion.

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weloveallthat @weloveallthat.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Maricarmen - the 87-year old woman whose eviction from her Madrid flat for not paying rent that had been bumped up to three times more than she was paying previously after the building was allegedly purchased by a vulture fund sparked the occupation of the Puerta del Sol - has died in hospital.

bbc.com

Spanish pensioner whose eviction sparked nationwide protests dies, union says

Maricarmen Abascal, 87, was forcibly removed on a stretcher from her apartment of more than 70 years in September.

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singular locus sarah @scgriffith.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

i'm not dooming, i certainly don't think they're guaranteed to win. but staging an all out assault on every flow of money to intellectual work is what they've been saying they intend to do, and they're doing it. it is really important to take them seriously

Screenshot of a Tweet by @TheChiefNerd inclusing an interview with Sam Altman.

The text in the Tweet says:
SAM ALTMAN: “We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water, and people buy it from us on a meter.”

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General Guinan @madmaudlin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Get the fuck off Instagram

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Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 07/10/2026

We genuinely need to declare war on the "professionals" gatekeeping trans healthcare.

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gg @ggold328.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

i will help yakko, wakko, and dot in any way i can to get their vengeance

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 07/10/2026

Canada is refusing to issue ISBNs to books primarily generated with AI. This illustrates both the urgency of the problem of the growing flood of slop books, and also the toothlessness of addressing it on the honor system without there also being consequences for lying

Use of artificial intelligence
By registering with ISBN Canada, you declare that your book was created by a human author. You may use AI tools only for limited support tasks, such as brainstorming ideas, checking grammar, or formatting your book. You must not use AI to generate the text, create the artwork, or translate the book. ISBN Canada does not issue ISBNs for works whose content is primarily generated by AI. LAC is currently reviewing its policy regarding the use of AI content creation and our guidance is subject to change.

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 07/10/2026

This is sexual violence as a form of terrorism. It is political violence and it is chilling and horrific, and AOC was absolutely right to be terrified that the goons (now pardoned) laying siege to the capital would rape her if they found her. Small changes won't fix this. FLIP THE TABLE NOW

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VƎX Werewolf @vexwerewolf.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Oh also this game is an example of male-centric mechsploitation and yes I can back that up

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Lance Parkin @lanceparkin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This is great news, but the computer system which will fix the NHS is a myth told for generations, like Arthur coming back at time of greatest need or a giant dog on the moor. There should be folk songs and low budget movies about it. 'Millions went into it ... and were never seen again'.

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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

my recent miniseries on the connections between the american far right & the apartheid regime started back in february - the first episode opens with a series of rallies in american cities organized by a white south african woman who moved to the US and joined the aryan nations

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

News and media companies finally putting in paywalls know 1) it means a smaller readership, 2) disinformation and misinformation is free, and 3) important stuff might not reach the right people. But the US gov also defunded the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. And billionaires are not the answer

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I understand that paywalls are annoying, but the grim reality for everything right now, is if you want something to exist, you have to put money towards it. Every creative person is having their life's work hoovered up by AI companies. Layoffs never end. Private equity keeps making things worse.

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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I do not like this speedrun we did from "that's not technically illegal so it's OK" to "laws don't matter anyway"

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Rebecca Watson @skepchick.org · 05/10/2026

Last month I caught a fishhook to the shoulder and so I hit a tetanus/diphtheria/pertussis vaccine. Friday I got this year’s influenza and COVID boosters. Today my doctor gave me a pneumococcal vaccine bc I have asthma. Now I’m invincible. it’s time for me to find RFK, Jr and bite him

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Commander Sterling @commandersterling.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Probably burned my remaining bridges in the business, but I recently put out a statement regarding the increasing use of “generative AI” in British indie wrestling.

I’ve seen more and more promotions and wrestlers using generative AI, some of whom I work with, and I want to make something VERY clear:

I do not give anybody permission to use my likeness in any AI-generated posters, promos, clips, etcetera, and I consider any such use to be a personal and professional violation.

Do not feed me to a tech company’s algorithm. They’ve stolen enough of my writing and video material for their “AI training” already. That’s how Alleged Intelligence works, by the way - it’s a plagiarism tool, regurgitating every shred of “content” fed to it.

Leaving aside the horrific impact AI data centers have on the environment, you’re not creating anything by typing prompts into a box. Why should anyone be impressed with some cool photoshoot, promo, or move when you didn’t really do it? At best, Alleged Intelligence is self-insert reality fanfic and it makes wrestling truly live up to its reputation as fake.

I won’t try to sway you away from it, but I hope you reconsider and really look into AI. Whatever you do, leave me out of it.

Commander Sterling.

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Mom @milph.mom · 05/10/2026

I don't have much to add since Coffeezilla, MoistCritical, and LinusTechTips already went over this nonsense (and thus got their info leaked). But it's funny only a few thousand people actually bought the phone, even less if you include investigators or boosted numbers. Even the Ouya sold more.

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 05/10/2026

I've been wanting to write this review for years. Go read it. Or just go play it. Because it's free, and runs on anything that could be considered vaguely computery.

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Aysha U. Farah @ayshaufarah.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I still think about the conversation I had with an uber driver Him: so what do you do Me: I’m a video game writer Him: wait, video games? They have writing? What do you write? Me: you know when you open up a game and you see the words? Him: yeah? Me: those

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sarah margaret @sarahmargs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

saying that you can't include rape in fiction,,, it's like saying you can't include death. like,,, what do you mean? it's everywhere

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🎃Autopsy of Ashley Lynch 🔪🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Zaslav was the end result of this post. He was not the evil end boss of your childhood and your feelings weren't his job. He was there to balance a corporate sheet. And what comes next for a film industry now owned by techbros will make you yearn for the halcyon corporate days of David Zaslav.

Joseph Kahn
It took me while but I'm realizing the awesome movies that inspired me from the70s to 90s were a fluke, an accident of young directors who infiltrated studios as they transitioned power from old families to corporate conglomerates, but now the final form is complete.

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Cecilia Tan @ceciliatan.com · 05/10/2026

Today, almost 6 months after publication, I get an email from the copyright office saying they can't proceed with this copyright registration. Why? Because they detected that some of the text in the book was generated by AI. (Spoiler: zero percent of the book was generated by AI.)

static.klipy.com

Brianna Hildebrand: What The F*ck?!

Alt: Brianna Hildebrand saying What The F*ck?!

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 06/10/2026

Can't wait for this to be cited in court cases about animus around various anti-trans policies and then SCOTUS says it doesn't count.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 05/10/2026

We've reached the open use of anti trans slurs phase by Trump. Dems haven't done shit to call out Pete Hegseth and Nancy Mace doing it so now it's become normalized.

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Foucault's Pudendum @kaitave.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

If the Dem machine can't somehow be viciously bullied/made sufficiently afraid enough to actually start nuking the bastards, then what will happen is a repeat of the Biden presidency...4 years of a bandaid over a sucking chest wound, followed by President Tucker Carlson or whoever in 2032

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Dr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com · 06/10/2026

“I want him to ruin the vibe. I want him to be annoying. To be the guy everyone hates for five minutes because he said, “Stop.” To lose friends if necessary. It seems a modest definition of courage, but we can save ambition for graduate school.”

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026

WATCH: In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe of politicians including Sen. Susan Collins — until Trump gutted the unit in charge. ProPublica revealed the existence of the case for the first time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqyiFFB7Kjg

youtube.com

We Uncovered Bribery Allegations Against Susan Collins

YouTube video by ProPublica

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dio @dioshaped.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

two panel comic
1st panel: finger pointing at a drawing of a sexy mouse
"this is not appropriate for our audience."
2nd panel: finger tapping erratically at a drawing of a sexy mouse BUT with a Copyright RODENT LLC and a $80.99 sticker
"THIS is approproiate for our audience (got it, idiot?)"

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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

To the surprise of absolutely no one, but to their courage, victims of far-right figures arguing they are “protecting women and girls” from unknown and unseen particular threat from migrants are coming forward to tell their story of sexual and domestic abuse

theguardian.com

‘Bully in every way’: domestic abuse survivors say ex-partners behind far-right UK street patrols

Seven women share their stories to make people aware of patterns of violence behind anti-immigration street patrol movement

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Wendy Lyon @wendylyon.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026

Though in practice I can’t remember the last time I saw a visa approval for an exceptional humanitarian case even before the rule change

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Wendy Lyon @wendylyon.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026

The TL;DR is that the circumstances have to relate specifically to the individual and not to general country conditions. Another way that applicants from Gaza are being screwed.

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CJ McKinney @cjmckinney.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"How do you exempt locals from immigration checks without racial profiling?" “A human-rights based approach is adopted in relation to every individual stopped". OK then.

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Tom Bloom @orbitaldropkick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Found at Galactic comics in lawrenceville GA. A genuinely day ruiner. One of the most fucking cruel, nihilistic comics I have ever read and one of my favorites

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dr. hazel 🕸️🕷️ @hazelmonforton.com · 03/10/2026

I'm flattered to be mentioned alongside so many fantastic game writers! Everyone go and play Fallen London to experience these stories and so much more. @failbettergames.com

pcgamer.com

Fallen London is where the writers of Baldur's Gate 3, Dishonored and Stellaris come to let their hair down

These interactive short stories are too bold and surprising to stay secret.

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Elizabeth Sandifer @eruditorumpress.com · 03/10/2026

“Genuine concerns,” inasmuch as they exist and are worthy of “debate,” are rather drowned out by JK Rowling’s attempts to genocide us.

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🎃Autopsy of Ashley Lynch 🔪🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

You know, in the world where people were building specialized AI models for limited use cases on things that actually improve people's lives and happiness, AI wouldn't be meeting the resistance that it has and would probably be celebrated as the achievement it is. This is not that world.

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Koro @kor0friend.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I played this game YEAAAARS ago and it has not left my mind. Lives here rent free. It’s not only a great horror, it’s actually a history lesson and I mean that in the most positive way I can. Detention is an easy recommendation. Play it.

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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:

Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads:

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."

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emily blight 🐦‍⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 02/10/2026

“i saw lord of the rings once and that guy who was like ‘we can use this power for good’ had a point we really should consider when discussing the torment nexus and its applications—putting aside that the clones of hitler in boys from brazil are the ones who own it. pitchforks down, everyone.”

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David J Prokopetz @prokopetz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Having finally seen "Coyote vs. Acme", I'm wondering how finished it really was when it got canned. In some scenes the CGI is a near-perfect emulation of the old 2D style, and in others it reads more like a video game cutscene, and there's not a lot of rhyme or reason to which scenes those are.

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Lætus @bajamothblast.vanadiel.network · 02/10/2024

now that it's october im legally allowed to post this

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David J Prokopetz @prokopetz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

As a simple example, one "class" might initially gain the ability to equip two one-handed weapons and make one strike with each equipped weapon any time they attack. Later, this ability upgrades to equipping three one-handed weapons, then four, then five. No descriptive justification is offered.

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Physghoul 👻 🎃 @physgal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Just needs alt-text:

How to avoid sexual assault! A QUICK AND EASY GUIDE*

sexual violence centre cork

1 DON'T PUT DRUGS IN PEOPLE'S DRINKS

4 WHEN YOU SEE A WOMAN WALKING BY HERSELF, LEAVE HER ALONE.

3 WHEN YOU COME ACROSS SOMEONE WHO IS DRUNK OR ASLEEP, THE BEST THING TO DO IS NOT RAPE THEM.

6 CARRY A WHISTLE. IF YOU THINK YOU MIGHT RAPE SOMEONE, BLOW THE WHISTLE UNTIL SOMEONE COMES TO STOP YOU.

2 USE THE BUDDY SYSTEM! IF YOU CAN'T STOP YOURSELF FROM SEXUALLY ASSAULTING SOMEONE, ASK A TRUSTED FRIEND TO ACCOMPANY YOU AT ALL TIMES TO STOP YOU.

5 IF YOU ARE IN A LIFT AND SOMEONE STEPS IN, REMEMBER NOT TO SEXUALLY ASSAULT THEM.

*for perpetrators.

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Dropout @dropout.tv · 30/09/2026

If you haven't watched Hundreds of Beavers (now available on Dropout for US subscribers), we highly recommend you do that immediately watch.dropout.tv/hundreds-of...

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Hundreds of Beavers - Dropout

A drunk salesman battles hundreds of beavers to become North America's greatest 19th century trapper.

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Dropout @dropout.tv · 30/09/2026

🐾🐰

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