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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!" Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds.

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morgfairsdogs.bsky.social @morgfairsdogs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

TAP Pledge Totals #PLEDGES #NYCACC #MorgFairsDogs Kill Commands River $248 😭 Lawrence $255 😭 Jollof $260 😭 Yami Asta $265 😭 (pending RTO) Shmokey-Grey $270 😭 Gray $310 Magneto $325 Oakley Kazooie $465 Malachi $480 Mr Speckles $696

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23h

If Democrats want to regain working people, they must disavow Big Money. They must hammer economic populism — and have a laser focus on the cost of living crisis in America. There’s no way the party can speak for or represent the working class in America if it's beholden to corporate interests.

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Simon Bowland @simonbowland.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I still need to find 7-8 regular/monthly lettering gigs to enable me to continue paying my mortgage! My experience includes: • 23 years as a full-time letterer for Marvel, DC, Image, etc • 30 years handling print/pre-press/production tasks • 20 years hitting non-stop weekly deadlines for 2000AD

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Scott Myers @gointothestory.bsky.social · 23h

Several years ago at DePaul, I produced a series of videos: 60 Second Screenwriter. 13 of them on various subjects related to the craft. Features film school faculty and students. Fun, informative videos. gointothestory.blcklst.com/60-second-sc... #screenwriting #scriptsky

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Simon Spanton @simonguy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Malcolm was my boss for seventeen years and a very good friend for every one of those years. He scaled the heights of mainstream publishing but was always a tireless advocate for, and fan of, SFF. He was constant, gracious, very funny and a brilliant publisher. The genre owes him so much. Go well.

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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A new book, OTHER WORLDS THAN THESE (T3), is published today. It's the final book of the Talisman trilogy, co-written with my old buddy, Peter Straub. Thank you for your attention in this matter.

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Terry Watkins @gerrygow.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Uber adds 20% when I switch from my private account to my business one.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 06/10/2026

Well, this is cute. I looked up an #AirCanada flight in Firefox and then pasted the URL into a Chromium window where I was logged into my #Aeroplan Elite account. Air Canada added $300 to the flight price when I tried to load it from a logged-in browser. Hell of a customer loyalty perk!

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M Brown @mbrown007.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#TheHouseOfTheFalcon by Lamb. A thriller set in northern India. Enjoyed.

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M Brown @mbrown007.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#Ran (1985) just discovered that it is on Tubi! Great film. Ruling is all fun and games until rulership passes to the offspring! Guessing the kingdom turned out to be much smaller than he remembered.

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M Brown @mbrown007.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#horror "Heart-plug Yanker" a short Harkonnen horror thriller. A remote actuated explosive heart-plug could shorten the story considerabley. I suspect it would be excellent 'Flash-fiction'

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R.T. Ester @shoutoutmapes.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Had fun making these recently. No AI. If you like anything here and need a cover designed for your next novel or anything else, please consider reaching out! www.rtwrites.com/design-help/ #writingcommunity

Cover art concept for Ringworld by Larry Niven using vectors, photography and type:

The O in Ringworld is orange, centered, and modified to mimic a light source. A bigger containing circle filters the light out to the edges of the design. A photo of clouds is masked in a triangle extending out from the orange circle in the center while a star-speckled image of space takes up the background

Cover art concept for The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin using vectors and type:

The book's title takes up two lines and is flipped counter-clockwise on its side and centered while the author name is positioned directly below it. Geometric squiggly lines under the author name. An orange semicircle takes up the top third of the background while a blue semicircle takes up the bottom. The space between both circles is taken up by a star-speckled image of space.

Cover art concept for The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin using vectors and type:

Light yellow backdrop with a stylish half tone overlay. A red circle is partially visible from the bottom and takes up almost half of the page while concentric red circles are overlaid on top of it. A monotone illustration of a woman from the neck up as she stares up and to the right takes of the middle of the page. Close to the left margin, a red line extends down from the top of the page with tiny silhouettes of people walking the line. 'The Fifth Season' is displayed in all caps while the author name is flipped clockwise on its side.

Cover art concept for Neuromancer by William Gibson using vectors, photography and type:

Neuromancer is centered and displayed in a condensed typeface while the author name is centered directly below. A vector of a classic desktop keyboard extends up from behind the book title. All the keys are in dark grey except the letters that spell Neuromancer which are all in orange. The N key is green.

Background: Top half is a photo of a tv screen from an angle with tv static playing. Bottom half is of a photo of a cop car with some motion blur.

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M Brown @mbrown007.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#Dune (1984) Navigators rolled around like thugs! :D

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M Brown @mbrown007.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#writing mentioned the feeling that I there were other story elements somewhere. Found story elements. LOL

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Nerdist @nerdist.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood's sequel, The Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth, is looking good.

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Brad Pitt Rocks '70s Style in THE FURTHER MIS-ADVENTURES OF CLIFF BOOTH Trailer

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M Brown @mbrown007.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#TheGracchi of Rome. Someone should make a #movie about. Father defeats Carthage. Sons brave the wrath of the Patrician class to institute needed social reforms. The younger was particularly brave, given the fate of his brother. Killer ending. Pun intended, but only because he was a hero. #Respect

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M Brown @mbrown007.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#writing good day for non-WIP ideas, but have been stuck in the 'am I forgetting something' mode on my WIP, despite having gone through my note files. Part of the problem is that I have a ton of notes. Can be like a dentist appointment to actually start writing the scene. Will get there!

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

At a time in history when the most influential leaders of the U.S. need to stand up loudly and clearly for the rule of law, democracy, and decency, they are leading the charge in the opposite direction — fawning over the most dangerous authoritarian America has ever witnessed. Do not forget this.

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M Brown @mbrown007.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#BondPlot weaponized plague released 'accidentally' from a Russian laboratory in order to interrupt midterm election disaster in America. The question for Bond: was there political coordination with the U.S. Regime? Can the President blame it on his new Super-Intelligence Force? #Hallucination

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Electric Literature @electricliterature.com · 04/10/2026

In honor of #LitMagWeek, we want to know: What lit mag introduced you to a writer you now love? 📚

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M Brown @mbrown007.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#politics What's the bigger joke: super-intelligence or the vague promise that it will be effectively audited/policed? In 1984 Big Brother was responsible for New Speak. In 2026 New Speak would probably blamed on some spurious Super-Intelligent Hallucination.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The Paramount-Warner Bros. merger was officially approved this past week. Corporate concentration means more power for CEOs — and less freedom for everyone else. Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains.

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The Illusion of Choice: How Big Business Controls Your Life (ft. Lina Khan)

From your grocery bill to your paycheck, monopolies are making you less financially secure and ultimately less free. For

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✨Amethyst 🔮✨ @amethystcrystals.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

💔 Her father passed away, and she was born with a cleft lip, preventing her from breastfeeding normally. Baby Amal urgently needs reconstructive surgery to restore her smile and her life. Your donation or sharing of this post could save her life and ease her grieving 👇 spot.fund/HopeForAmal

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Donate to Bring Hope & Healing To Baby Amal, organized by Mohammed Alsalmi

💔 Between the Loss of a Father and the Pain of Illness.. Baby "Amal" Needs Your Help to Smile Again! "Whoever relieves a believer's distress of the distress

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WIRED @wired.com · 02/10/2026

DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.

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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database

DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.

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Quanta Magazine @quantamagazine.org · 02/10/2026

“There are many theorems or facts in topology that for some reason hold in other dimensions, but not in dimension four.” Maggie Miller makes sense of 4D in the latest episode of The Joy of Why: open.spotify.com/episode/1UXDEylsXE…

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What Does the Fourth Dimension Actually Look Like?

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good. I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.

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M Brown @mbrown007.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#writing thought I was finished with the scene in progress yesterday, but kept tweaking. At some point, late in the session, I realized it was now unreadable and I had to put pieces back as best I could before I quit for the day. Today is the day that I'll finish it! LOL

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ACLU @aclu.org · 26/09/2026

Banning Flock and other surveillance companies from tracking our every move isn't a partisan issue. Tell Congress to ban automatic license plate readers at aclu.org/get-flock_out

Two-panel graphic featuring photos of Chad Marlow testifying before Congress with subtitles reading "More than 200 municipalities have terminated their relationships with Flock and other ALPR companies. The question is: Will their Congress join them? The time has come for Congress to prohibit any law enforcement entity who receives federal funding from using ALPRs — without exception."

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foofaraw press @foofarawpress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

No promos from us for #litmagweek, instead, I'd like to point you all to the magazines I ~~am most jealous of~~ admire the most. I'm sure you know them already, but go give them your money:

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New Books at Project Gutenberg @new.gutenberg.org · 02/10/2026

New #ebook at Project Gutenberg: We are the dead by Henry Kuttner www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/79700

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Quanta Magazine @quantamagazine.org · 02/10/2026

Learning algorithms set prices on everything from Ubers to airline tickets. Computer scientists discovered an unexpected way that these operations can make things more expensive. www.quantamagazine.org/the-game-the…

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John Kostyack @kostyack.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This scandal should enter the national debate over data centers. Meta evaded $4B in taxes last year by using the "research" tax credit for its data center buildout. Tax accountants say it's highly questionable, the Congressional sponsor says buying supplies was never what was intended.

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How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes

Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.

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Strange Horizons @strangehorizons.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Strange Horizons Fiction Submissions are open now! Check out our website for the fiction guidelines including the link to our Moksha submission portal ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti... (The window closes when we reach 1,000 submissions. Stories must be 5,000 words or less.)

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M Brown @mbrown007.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#reading an account of a naturalist's expedition to South America from early 20th C. An area where sugar cane was grown and processed. Native workers described as "in need oc constant supervision." Slavery described by a period naturalist?

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

You can help Abood's family survive Israel's genocide, which has left them starving, sick, & homeless. Abood is disabled with special needs, at risk from severe seizures, and urgently needs medical attention his family can't afford:

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Support for the Nurse and My Brother Abood

Hi! My name is Hammam Al-Shanti.

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Dr Laura Eastlake @victorianmasc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Hungry, hungry hippophagists!? My grim little article about the time the Victorians tried to make horse-eating fashionable is in this month’s issue of History Today and is free online for seven days. #c19th #foodhistory

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 01/10/2026

⚡️Russian attacks kill at least 6, injure 38 across Ukraine amid another overnight drone barrage nationwide The Air Force said Russia attacked Ukraine with 107 drones, including Shahed-type drones, Gerbera drones, and decoys. Sixty-three of the drones were jet-powered.

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Russian attacks kill at least 6, injure 38 across Ukraine amid another overnight drone barrage nationwide

The Air Force said Russia attacked Ukraine with 107 drones, including Shahed-type drones, Gerbera drones, and decoys. Sixty-three of the drones were jet-powered.

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M Brown @mbrown007.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#writing ended up reworking the scene in progress. Much better.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The midterms are being flooded with dark money & Trump is doing everything he can to suppress the vote. But remember — WE THE PEOPLE outnumber Trump and his billionaire backers. Keep phoning. Keep canvassing. Keep getting out the vote for candidates on the side of working people. It is essential.

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Monte Cook Games @montecookgames.com · 01/10/2026

The Cypher Open License is LIVE— allowing publishers, gamers, and members of the public to freely create and market tabletop roleplaying games compatible with, and using the rules from, the Cypher TTRPG system! Read on → www.montecookgames.c...

A dark fantasy scene shows a warrior, wielding a glowing red sword, fighting against several shadow monsters with bright blue eyes, under a crackling lightning-filled sky. Readable text at the bottom says Encyclopedia of Impossible Things ©2015 Monte Cook Games, LLC. www.montecookgames.com, with a small signature at lower right.

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

She's a 94 year old Jewish human rights lawyer. She's been arrested under terrorism legislation for opposing genocide. The least we can do is to listen.

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Lawrie Brewster @lawriebrewster.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

My friends, four websites and a little cosmic horror! Our grand relaunch is here, and filming has wrapped on For We Are Many 2. Come and have a peek at what we’ve been up to! www.patreon.com/britishhorro...

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RJ BaHarker @rjbarker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If you enjoyed High Potential then the original French version its based on, HIP, is on Amazon and it is so much odder and therefore better. French Morgan is a wonderful binfire.

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