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Lyta 🐅 Dangerous Fictions is OUT 🐅 Gold @lytagold.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
hello new followers, here is my book about book bans & the general fear of literature, I also talk about fascism, Stephen Miller, and gamergate, I too am annoyed that it’s relevant bookshop.org/p/books/dang...
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Dangerous Fictions: The Fear of Fantasy and the Invention of Reality a book by Lyta Gold
In a political moment when social panics over literature are at their peak, Dangerous Fictions is a mind-expanding treatise on the nature of fictional stories as cultural battlegrounds for power. Fict...
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Accented Cinema @accentedcinema.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Behold, a 3000 year old Chinese ceremonial bronze axe bearing a human face of which archeologists described as "fearsome and fierce".
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Owls in Towels @owls-in-towels.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
10th of Owltober! This Great Horned Owl was admitted to West Sound Wildlife Shelter after being trapped in bird netting. His expression says it all. Want to donate to WSWS? westsoundwildlife.org/donate Source: fb.com/243452475656... #owlsintowels #owltober 💛🦉
An ornery Great Horned Owl is seated in a white towel on the lap of a rehabilitator wearing thick gloves and a light grey-pink top emblazoned with the West Sound wordmark. The owl's expression is the highlight, with eyebrows at perfect 45 degree angles. His pupils and irises are half moons, staring up at the photographer with immense fury like he's the lead role in The Shining. Clack Nichowlson of course. The rage is somewhat softened by an unkempt bunch of feathers flared atop his crown like the tines of a mangled spork. A highly menacing spork, but a spork nonetheless.
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“Hype is eating the future, and leaving us the bones.” Sun-ha Hong of UNC-Chapel Hill says the Silicon Valley hype machine systematically “borrows credibility from the future to purchase legitimacy in the present.” The cost, he argues, is a planetary-scale drain on our alternatives.
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Tech Hype is Cannibalizing the Future
Every day, we are told that we live in the future—but hype is eating the future and leaving us the bones," writes Sun-ha Hong.
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Jack Shoulder @jackshoulder.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Today is bookshop day. Go out and support your favourite bookshop. While you're there: pick up a copy of @ajwestauthor.bsky.social How Queer Bookshops Changed the World. It's an important read about spaces that literally changed the world.
How queer bookshops changed the world
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Rev. Poppy Haze 𓅋 @poppyhaze.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
every “ancient tradition” was invented between 1848-1870 and every “modern perversion” is so ancient as to predate writing
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Folk Horror Revival 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @folkhorrorrevival.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
"The warm sun is failing, the bleak wind is wailing, The bare boughs are sighing, the pale flowers are dying, And the Year On the earth her death-bed, in a shroud of leaves dead, Is lying." Percy Bysshe Shelley, #Autumn: A Dirge #BookWormSat 🖼️ Alan Reynolds 'Late Autumn, 1957'
Painting of a stylised bleak landscape with bare trees and a red Sun sinking below the horizon.
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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Turns out the friction of having to learn photoshop was a crucial firewall protecting society from the terrible taste of small business owners
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Briar Ripley Page @flameswallower.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
what I love about Samir’s work is it has a full emotional palette. not only does its frequent horror not prevent it from also being romantic, sad, lonely, contemplative, beautiful, angry, and funny, the horror enhances all these feelings & allows them to be expressed in unsanitized, interesting ways
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🦇🎃 Boo-ana 🎃🦇 @minillajovovich.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Hello, for a bunch of this stuff please visit luana420.itch.io
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Luana Saitta
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Devour🌱 @devoureroftime.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
10. Princess Weekes @princesmweekes.bsky.social I was actually introduced to Princess through @loadingreadyrun.com 's Magic videos, but was surprised to find that she made excellent videos on all sorts of media with an eye on social issues, especially race and femininity. youtu.be/FOYRyGskdME
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12 Angry Men and the Myth of Objective Justice
YouTube video by Princess Weekes
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Devour🌱 @devoureroftime.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
1. Stephanie Sterling @commandersterling.bsky.social While no longer her full time job, they still return every so of often to drop a banger of a rant. youtu.be/5UQTABnglQQ
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Sony's Wolverine
YouTube video by Stephanie Sterling
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Devour🌱 @devoureroftime.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
2. Jenna Stoeber @thejenna.bsky.social Jenna is both a veteran of the games media (having done fantastic work at Polygon) and very well educated in media literacy, something you shockingly don't find much of in Video Essays. Also rare: her videos are short and well edited. youtu.be/Ij6FOmbWxoE
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how Indika weaponizes game mechanics against you
YouTube video by Jenna Stoeber
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Devour🌱 @devoureroftime.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
3. Ricki Hirsch @rickihirsch.bsky.social If you ask me who the most underappreciated video essayist is, I'm windmill slamming Rick Hirsh final answer. While Hirsch mosly talks about manga & anime, the intersection of psychology and the trans experience often overlaps with games.
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The heck is a 'mental stack'? : Cognitive load theory and working memory
YouTube video by RickiHirsch
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🔮🐯🐦‍⬛ KAYLEN「Mistress of Magic」 @purpletigressvt.com · 11/10/2026
@spoonycatt.com has been dipping their toes into the video essay sphere recently outside of streaming, and their recent essay on liminality is a favorite of mine. Their topics of choice are usually an intersection of video games and horror. youtu.be/tM8pEoPr8ZI
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The Degradation of Liminality
YouTube video by SpookySpoony
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Devour🌱 @devoureroftime.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
9. Zulie The Witch The GOAT when it comes to exploring FromSoft games. A very different style than most (annotated with no voice over usually exploring one little tidbit about mechanics, cut content, or lore), but I still believe she absolutely deserves to be on the list. youtu.be/oR_22I7ttqY
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They accidentally removed this
YouTube video by Zullie the Witch
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Devour🌱 @devoureroftime.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
7. LauraKBuzz @laurakbuzz.bsky.social Laura K. Dale is the foremost expert on the internet about video game accessibility. Being a consultant on that is her career. But there are times where her videos do cover more wider topics in games. And they are just as expertly made. youtu.be/uuiNHeALWaA
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Nintendo Needs a Reason for the Girl to be the Hero
YouTube video by LauraKBuzz
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Devour🌱 @devoureroftime.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
6. Red from Overly Sarcastic Productions @overlysarcastic.bsky.social Red's half of OSP is primarily mythology and tropes. She puts in the work to dig deeper into tropes and how they can be used as a tool by a writer to carve out the narrative while keeping it very approachable for new writers.
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Trope Talk: Haunting the Narrative (reupload)
YouTube video by Overly Sarcastic Productions
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Devour🌱 @devoureroftime.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
5. Lady Emily @ladyemily.nebula.tv While she has been focused on her education recently, her latest video proves that she still has a great wit and ability to explore complex themes in fiction. Also a fantastic poster. Give her a follow. youtu.be/q7NJArg9sjc
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The Yuri Anime That Got Me Into Mecha
YouTube video by Lady Emily
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Devour🌱 @devoureroftime.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Thread of Great Video Game Video Essayists. (in light of recent events and due to it being Thanksgiving weekend, I figured this would be a way of healing and boosting great other Video Essayists)
Majora's Mask screenshot just because it's the most YouTube Video Game Video Essayists game out there.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
"A 2025 study proposed combining rice husk ash, wood ash and rice straw to make a low-cost, carbon-negative material that could eliminate the need for cement [which accounts for ~1/12 of global emissions]."
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samoyedloverforev.bsky.social @samoyedloverforev.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Celebrating getting another manga licensed from the Shojo manga magazine Wings in Juji & Aichi 🥳 This is the magazine that debuted CLAMP and Yun Kouga as officially published authors!!!
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VIZ Media @viz.com · 10/10/2026
Cover reveal! 📱 #Gal x Gal Yuri, Vol. 1 by Inoue releases January 12, 2027. Pre-order now: a.co/d/06IhdJuz
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All Hallows Megan @queenira.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
As a Shojo fan a lot of things can be summed up with shojo anime as being told a restaurant has vegetarian options and that option is a house salad.
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Gender: Colleen @colleensmangarecs.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I've been interested in this author's currently serializing work in Feel Young so I'm excited to see there's another series of theirs to check out!!! Thank you Glacier Bay!!!!
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Glacier Bay Books @glacierbaybooks.com · 11/10/2026
THE PHANTOM THIEF BARON BAT Sachiko Asuka I am thrilled to share that we are continuing Star Fruit Books’ work, on this and several other titles, and Glacier Bay will release Sachiko Asuka’s classic 1960’s manga series in English. 600+ pages!!!
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Gender: Colleen @colleensmangarecs.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
so excited for my seaside shoujo with fantastical elements to come out at the end of the year
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Anime News Network @animenewsnetwork.com · 12/10/2026
Erica Sakurazawa will launch a new manga in the Feel Young magazine on November 6.
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Erica Sakurazawa Launches New Manga on November 6
Sakurazawa to launch Watashi no Manga (Mayoi) Michi manga featuring behind-the-scenes essays from "that era"
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Gender: Colleen @colleensmangarecs.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
another JPN account specifically talking about how this affects shoujo adaptations the most due to lack of respect
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Gender: Colleen @colleensmangarecs.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
NEW VIDEO OUT NOW can I recommend 5 shoujo anime that Megan Thee Stallion will absolutely love???! youtu.be/u3JCO7b30Hw
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Yen Press @yenpress.com · 06/10/2026
🎥 The delightful anime adaptation of Hi, I'm a Witch, and My Crush Wants Me to Make a Love Potion is officially airing! If you want to fall in love with this cozy fantasy romance from the very beginning you can jump right into the manga series: buff.ly/q8k76Tc
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026
I'm not sure if y'all saw a CNN report on how the US had almost started WW3 with China based on fabricated information generated by a chatbot, claiming that a Chinese vessel was carrying components of nuclear weapons. That was an "existential threat" to humanity www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Forget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M Bender
The risks of AI aren’t what we think they are, as a recent security incident between China and the United States reveals
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Anna Willoughby @akw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is the most important distinction imo. Like the software is not that exceptionally capable, it's the totally unhinged and inappropriate levels of trust people have placed in it that is really dangerous.
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Wishtea Dalek ☕️✨️ @wishtea.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Work in progress :3 I could write a whole essay on not only Martha but, assumptions that in Doctor Who that we kind of all took for granted. But many who are far more qualified and articulate already have @verilybitchie.bsky.social @princesmweekes.bsky.social #bbcdoctorwho #doctorwhofanart
It’s an illustration of Martha Jones! From Doctor Who!
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Essay Strophie @essaysays.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Great essay and also I teared up thinking about how @thingswithwings.bsky.social and @eruthros.bsky.social created a year-long Star Trek curriculum so we could watch Past Tense ON August 30, 2024 (and they kept it SECRET until the reveal!!!)
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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
JRR Tolkien: You paint that picture of the key scene from the Two Towers where Frodo and Sam fight Gollum? Donato Giancola: Sure did, Ron, real fuckin' sexy just like you asked. JRRT: What.
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Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It wasn't so long ago that coverage of gang rapes in India was treated as a sign of societal sickness, with hints of Third World savagery. Scant hint of such broad brush treatment of dark underside of US campus culture. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/u...
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Cornell Case Highlights Drop in Resolved Sexual Assault Cases Under Trump
The administration has shifted its enforcement of a civil rights law from allegations of sexual misconduct to issues like blocking protections for transgender students.
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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If you've ever wanted to know how to make your own accessible epub, @inlightsyrup.com , Bo Huffman, and I will be teaching both free and paid epub software wrangling about 6 hours from now. www.lazydragonbooks.com/hearthcon-2026 🤝 cozyfantasysale.promisepress.org
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LAZY DRAGON BOOKS Inc - HearthCon 2026
HearthCon 2026 Schedule Watch live on YOUTUBE OCT 3-4th For email updates on any changes, please subscribe to our newsletter.
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Lynn Strong | Cozy fantasy author @lynnstrong.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.reddit.com/r/CozyFantas... Coming this weekend - cozy fantasy fans, grab your fluffy socks, a good pot of tea, and get ready for both the Cozy the Day Away book sale and Hearthcon Online! 130+ books, dozens of authors. 💙📚🌈📚🪐📚🌶📚
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From the CozyFantasy community on Reddit: Cozy the Day Away group book sale is next Sat/Sunday, Oct 3-4th!
Explore this post and more from the CozyFantasy community
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Erica Friedman @okazu.yuricon.com · 08/11/2024
Just a reminder that I wrote a book on the history of the Yuri genre which was then published by the wonderful publisher @journeypress.bsky.social, which you should definitely buy and support us both! By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga www.yuricon.com/product/bys/
Front an back covers of By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga by Erica Friedman. The front shows two girls wearing the oldest Japanese girls  schools uniforms, looking longingly at one another as they hold hands, surrounded by lilies, a pattern which burns away to reveal a back cover of two  girls with brightly colored hair and uniforms of the future, gleefully clasping one another.
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Yen Press @yenpress.com · 28/09/2026
Cover debut! 📗 Gusts and Beats, Vol. 1: buff.ly/79mKsQY Nike has been able to see spirits for as long as she can remember, and they’re just a normal part of her life... but there’s nothing normal about how Nemo’s home is packed to the gills with a bunch of overexcited ghosts!!
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 29/09/2026
Riley Gaines, famous for turning her 5th place tie with transgender swimmer Lia Thomas into a far-right career agianst transgender people, has officially had her lawsuit against the NCAA thrown out by a judge today. The judge found no evidence for her claims. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Riley Gaines' Title IX Lawsuit Against The NCAA Struck Down After Judge Finds "No Evidence" Of Funding Claims
Gaines’ attorneys argued her civil rights were violated because she competed against a transgender athlete.
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Erica Friedman @okazu.yuricon.com · 29/09/2026
Your reminder that Sword of Paros will be the prettiest book you have ever owned and if you pre-order now, you'll get a signed shikishi and a classic tale of queer life, betrayal and love. store.mangamavericks.com/products/the...
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The Sword of Paros (Deluxe Edition)
This product is a pre-order. Orders containing this product are not guaranteed to ship until all items are in stock. Pre-orders from the Manga Mavericks Store also include an EXCLUSIVE shikishi board ...
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Gender: Colleen @colleensmangarecs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW VIDEO OUT NOW did you know there's an entire manga magazine dedicated to feminism?? AND it's inclusive?! youtu.be/if6D9dSPZaw
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Swara A.S. ☀️🍉🌊🧿 @spiderswarz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What is the present and future that we aim to make, and how does #StarTrek, per usual, show the way but also not account for everything it can? Another banger from the estimable @princesmweekes.bsky.social. #DS9 youtu.be/wmraygqDEx0?...
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How Star Trek: DS9 Saw 2024 Coming 30 Years Ago
YouTube video by Princess Weekes
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SJones @sjoneswastaken.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Another thing that needs to be addressed: corporate "personhood." It should never have existed in the 1st place, & it created quasi-eternal "people." This is where corporate rot really took off ⬇️ Corporations should serve the public good or be dissolved. belonging.berkeley.edu/sites/defaul...
Text from the cited article says, ""The Court does not wish to hear argument on the question
whether the provision of the 14th Amendment to the
Constitution, which forbids a state to deny to any person
within its jurisdiction the equal protection of laws, applies to
these corporations. We are all of the opinion that it does."
Thus, in the syllabus to the Santa Clara decision, the
Court asserted that corporations unequivocally were
people underthe 14th Amendment. The question of
corporate personhood had not been argued or briefed
in the case, nor did the Court’s opinion explain this
mysterious dictum.
The syllabus does not have any legal force, but
regardless of its origin, Santa Clara’s infamous dictum
became accepted law."
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SJones @sjoneswastaken.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
There is, it just doesn't get used very often. Lately, not at all. www.salon.com/2026/08/19/b...
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Bring back the corporate death penalty
We have a mechanism to punish corporations that harm us. We should use it
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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Journos may appreciate this kicker. /14 www.niemanlab.org/2026/09/an-a...
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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Washington Post just moved an especially good report on the developments today. Highly recommend. /13 www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Microsoft exec called AI the ‘largest theft of labor’ in history, court records show
The quote headlined an unsealed document in the New York Times’s copyright case against Microsoft and OpenAI.
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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Looks like Financial Times is first to report on today’s incredible revelations about OpenAI and Microsoft. /12 giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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OpenAI staff knew the ‘existential threat’ AI posed to publishers, New York Times claims
Lawyers say AI co-founder Greg Brockman was ‘motivated by the gazillions’ he hoped to gain from models trained on copyrighted content
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