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David Gerard @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026
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oh my god the slot machine company says i have to keep putting coins in their machine or Im Gonna Get Left Behind. thats so scary. and it has to be true because they know more about slot machines than i do

oh my god the slot machine company says if we dont give them money to build the world's biggest slot machine the chinese are gonna build it first and win all the prizes. and then there wont be any prizes anymore
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mcc @dryad.technology · 17h
Have you noticed, lately, or noticed people around you commenting, that there just seems to be no money anymore. There's no money for companies to make the tv shows you like, the video games you like, the local diner you like shut down, no one you know can find a job. Think about that in context of
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Neglectful Muse @neglectfulmuse.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is a fantastic piece. It articulates better than I have been able to why I dislike Fortnite so much. If any one thing could act as a stand-in for the death of culture, it’s Fortnite
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Fortnite Is Selling Your Favorite Characters Back To You As Husks
Fortnite's latest crossover season is a weird branding exercise that's bad for both companies and fans
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Neglectful Muse @neglectfulmuse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Somewhat apropos for the subject of the essay, I started writing this back in February/March and had various starts and stops as I figured out exactly what I wanted to say. It took longer than it really should have, but also I wouldn’t have it any other way
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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.
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Angela Collier @acollierastro.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I just think women should be able to get educations without a constant threat of sexual violence.
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Neglectful Muse @neglectfulmuse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Latest (free!) newsletter. Inspired by experience reading Tom’s Crossing, I’ve had lots of thoughts about all the ways friction makes stories and works of art more meaningful and engaging. They are not things that need to be “optimized”
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Art Is Not Efficient
Optimized does not equate to interesting or meaningful or even enjoyable
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Neglectful Muse @neglectfulmuse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Latest (free!) newsletter. Inspired by experience reading Tom’s Crossing, I’ve had lots of thoughts about all the ways friction makes stories and works of art more meaningful and engaging. They are not things that need to be “optimized”
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Art Is Not Efficient
Optimized does not equate to interesting or meaningful or even enjoyable
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Urvi @theurv.com · 28/09/2026
There were more men in a single documented gang rape at one school than the number of competitive trans athletes nationally. But I’ve heard a lot more politicians being asked about protecting girls from one of these scenarios and not another… I’ll let you guess which is which.
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Neglectful Muse @neglectfulmuse.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is the logical endpoint of the “democratization of art” talking point boosters are so fond of. If skill and expertise is no longer required then what makes what you do special? If anyone can do it, the fact that you can also do it is meaningless.
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🎃Marley, a Werewolf of Wall Street 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈✍️🌕🐺 @marleywrites.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Sure, he can say that in a deep Blue state like Kentucky, but you can’t expect Democrats in California to talk this way…
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 26/09/2026
As a former pretentious little shit who grew out of it, rationalists (et al) annoy the piss out of me because they are adults with the mentality of tweens - they are somehow still convinced they are the greatest geniuses who have ever walked the earth. It is the worldview of an arrogant baby.
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Ha ha that’s gross and should make everyone uncomfortable, anyway, Rahm presided over a Chicago police black site, lied about what it was and then I sued the Chicago police for its records that proved it:
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Homan Square revealed: how Chicago police 'disappeared' 7,000 people
Exclusive: Lawsuit exposes scale of detention at off-the-books interrogation warehouse while attorneys describe find-your-client chase ‘from a Bond movie’
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Neglectful Muse @neglectfulmuse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This looks like a dollar store Frank Miller version of Darkwing Duck and I hate it
A promo image of Darkwing Dark for the newly announced reboot.  It looks terrible and bad, going for a pseudo 3-D look and making him seem grittier/edgier/darker/angrier/etc
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Neglectful Muse @neglectfulmuse.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
AI isn’t real
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Meta Tests Muse AI Agent Calls That Are Actually Made By Humans in a Call Center
"This has potential for so much negative PR. It could portray us as ‘their AI is not good enough so they still need humans’ kind of coverage for this launch."
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Neglectful Muse @neglectfulmuse.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Make👏it👏even👏more👏queer👏
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🦇 Katra Scariello, Spooky Apple Audio 🦇🏳️‍⚧️ @katrafiy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Democrats' refusal to hold Amy Acton accountable for her recent anti-trans pivot enabled this. You cannot ask trans people to just ignore or look past stuff like this, you need to stand with us now. This gutter bigotry is unacceptable and disqualifying. Candidates like this *are* the greater evil
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WanderingDM @wanderingdm.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Are you a ttrpg creator who has made a spooky adventure? A one shot? A whole campaign setting? FanGeo is looking to spotlight a bunch of them in our next issue!
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Zohran Mamdani "was the only senior elected official who stayed at the 9/11 memorial ceremony at the WTC until the end…Vance was the first to leave the VIP area, and other elected officials began 'schmoozing.'" Per Steve Kastenbaum:
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Mayor Mamdani was the only senior elected official who stayed at the 9/11 memorial ceremony at the WTC until the end. It started at 8:40 AM, and concluded close to 12:30 PM. Most of the other current electeds left at various times. Former Mayors Bloomberg & Giuliani stayed.
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Mamdani stayed until the end of the memorial ceremony at which point he was seen talking with 9/11 victims' family members. All of the other senior elected officials left the 9/11 Memorial before the reading of the names concluded.
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The source tells me that V.P. Vance was the first to leave the VIP area, and other elected officials began "schmoozing." At some point, Mayor Giuliani's people started "bringing people over to talk with him." CORRECTION:I used photos in a previous similar post that were from 2025
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 10/09/2026
Gay marriage was a new right that we lgbtq people were fighting for back then. Trans healthcare, sports, gender marker changes, etc have been around for years, decades in some instances. This is like a dem coming out NOW and opposing gay marriage in 2026.
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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"you're gonna get left behind if you don't start using ai" oh thank god, please leave me behind, i'm good over here, i do not want to go to there
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Neglectful Muse @neglectfulmuse.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I have a completed draft! And while I’m a little worried it’s a bit meandering I’m *fairly* confident it will be ready by the end of this next weekend
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Neglectful Muse @neglectfulmuse.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
LLMs are best thought of as busy work we are being given so that the tech sector can pretend they are ushering in the future and con investors
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🎃Marley, a Werewolf of Wall Street 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈✍️🌕🐺 @marleywrites.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The perfect quote demonstrating how technology enables racism doesn't exist-
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Neglectful Muse @neglectfulmuse.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
“The better you know a subject going in, the better able you are to spot problems and weaknesses in the LLM’s output…” Or, hear me out, since I’m the one who actually knows things why don’t I just skip the step of using an LLM entirely? This sure sounds like it needs me way more than I need it
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Neglectful Muse @neglectfulmuse.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The only real difference is the NYT and other legacy institutions are now being cut out and are mad about it, but they know they can’t just say that so they are pretending that there is some big scandal going on
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
My subscription to Google Drive now lists on the receipt as a subscription to Google AI Plus. This is exactly how they're juicing the numbers for AI adoption for shareholders. Sleight-of-hand bullshit.
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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
i love that this has had literally no impact on my day lol
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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 30/08/2026
Photo of a part of the sticker wall, near the gum wall in Seattle. A large glued poster of a cat holding a sign reads, “A.I. IS DẠTA
& CAN ONLY LOOK AT WHERE WE'VE BEEN.
CREATIVITY IS TRYING TO SEE WHERE WE CAN GO.”
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Neglectful Muse @neglectfulmuse.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I’m a little surprised this hasn’t been talked about more (at least that I’ve seen), and I wonder if it is because the zeitgeist has decided that Brand New Day is Good™️ and so no one wants to ruin the vibes
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Neglectful Muse @neglectfulmuse.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I have been perpetually “almost finished” with the next newsletter for the past two weeks, and every time I got to work on it something has come up to pull me away. Perhaps this is the week I finish it
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🏳️‍⚧️ UNBAN LINK @biancamack.co · 30/08/2026
Love a direct, to the point queen. Say it plainly and leave no space for bad-faith bullshit.
Asked why the WNBA continues to experience these heightened distractions, Cloud said, "Men."
"The men now that are like 'Oh, we need to protect the WNBA,’ y'all were the same ones saying we shouldn't be paid," Cloud continued. "Y'all were the same ones saying we shouldn't have been invested in, saying we're a joke, the same ones that don't respect Black women. So, if you're going to protect women, that means all women. That includes Black women, trans women and the list goes on."
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Rachel Leggett @rleggos.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I got the shot. I've been scheming and hoping the conditions would work out for this for two weeks!! 🪶
A broad-tailed hummingbird hovers next to an anise hyssop plant framed by purple blooms and with a rainbow behind it!!! The bird also has a little bead of water on its bill because it is raining.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 28/08/2026
“Mistress Jessica, I’ve been a bad little health and human services secretary, and I…I deserve to have my pathetic nuts punished with Velveeta cheese.” — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Trembling RFK Jr. Tells Dominatrix To Use Processed Foods On His Balls
WASHINGTON—His voice shaking even more than usual as he grew excited over his impending torment, a trembling Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was overheard Thursday telling a dominatrix to use processed foods on...
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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
ICE has fallen out of the headlines but July marked the largest number of migrant detentions ever on record. Five migrants have died in ICE custody in the last two months. It's also currently impossible to legally migrate to this country, as 100% of visa applications have been paused.
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marina grlica 🌱 @dovesplants.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
see you space cowboy tim curry
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Neglectful Muse @neglectfulmuse.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Tim Curry is iconic for so many reasons but what I always think of is his delivery of “I love you!” in Home Alone 2. Truly one of the greatest line reads ever. I can watch that scene a million times and it still makes me laugh. RIP King
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Home Alone 2 (1992) - 'I Love You!'
Alt: Gif of the scene from Home Alone 2 where Tim Curry and the rest of the hotel staff are on their knees in a hotel room saying- 'I Love You!'
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Neglectful Muse @neglectfulmuse.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
People have always had weird/skewed/simplistic/etc notions of what is and isn’t political, but it is also worth pointing out that, especially under the current regime, being kind and decent and caring about others is itself a political act even without the ability to fund initiatives
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Neglectful Muse @neglectfulmuse.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Downloaded the demo last night after reading Chris’s endorsement. It does indeed rule, and the only reason I have not gotten the full game yet is I know this will obliterate my already flimsy time management skills
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Take care everyone. Live your life in such a way that people are genuinely sad when you pass on.
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Neglectful Muse @neglectfulmuse.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
“If you view yourself as the singular vision behind your films or games, and if that is how you have been referred to in reviews and media, I would imagine that eventually you start to truly see yourself as the only indispensable part of the process.” My latest newsletter on auteurs and AI
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Auteur Intelligence
Lots of big name filmmakers and creators are coming out in favor of AI. They have something in common.
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Neglectful Muse @neglectfulmuse.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Reminder!
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Is American Healthy Again yet
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 24/08/2026
Weeks ago, Amnesty International caved to JK Rowling's threats and removed it report on anti-trans groups. But they didn't stop there. Now, it appears that the organization is issuing DMCA takedown notices to activists who saved the report. Subscribe to support our journalism. SB Investigates.
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Amnesty UK Reportedly Using Copyright Law To Erase Its Own Report On Anti-Trans Groups And Target Activists
After JK Rowling threatened to sue the human rights organization, it capitulated—and then reportedly issued takedown requests.
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Neglectful Muse @neglectfulmuse.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
If you have a PlayStation, just a reminder that blackout to protest the move to digital only begins today and goes to the 30th. Not logging into your account, purchasing games etc.
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Jim Zub @jimzub.com · 22/08/2026
Michel Gagné's SAGA OF REX is a hand-animated feature film he's been working on for 14 years and the trailer is finally here! I backed Michel's original 4-min short way back in 2012 and am so thrilled to finally see this feature version come to life! Watch + share: www.youtube.com/watch?v=clVY...
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I Spent 14 Years Hand-Animating a Feature Film — THE SAGA OF REX | Official Trailer
YouTube video by Michel Gagne
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Neglectful Muse @neglectfulmuse.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Spider-man: Brand New Day used AI slop for its concept art, and now wants to sell that slop to you as an art book. This timeline suckssssssss
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Spider-Man: Brand New Day Concept Art Book Includes AI-Generated Image
This comes four months after the news that Disney laid of over 1,000 employees at Marvel Studios, many of whom worked in the concept art department
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Neglectful Muse @neglectfulmuse.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I remember how the way kids fell behind during the brief push for remote learning during the first year of Covid has been used as a cudgel by a lot of the same people glomping onto AI to claim those temporary precautions went TOO FAR, even as they saved numerous lives
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Neglectful Muse @neglectfulmuse.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
They are literally destroying knowledge, preventing the rest of us from being able to access it, so they can try and sell knowledge as a subscription service Without hyperbole, an act of evil
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