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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Facebook really doesn't want you to see the new documentary exposing Elon Musk Neither do TikTok or Google or the eX social media site. Since they won't accept paid advertising, let's do some free advertising. Go see Musk in theaters October 9 www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...

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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)

YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.

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Ben Fleuter @benfleuter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Wiccanery - a short comic about a witch and a vampire.

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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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Brad Takei @bradtakei.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Millions of Americans may not receive their mail ballots in time, or at all, because of a secretive, court-defying system being rushed into place by the Trump administration. Two months before the midterms. This isn't by chance. It's a blatant attempt to steal an election. Share this everywhere.

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USPS rush to implement Trump order could cause ‘catastrophic failure’ of mail voting, whistleblower claims

A whistleblower claims in a new report that the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has embarked on a “secretive, rushed” effort to implement President Donald Trump’s mail voting order ahead of the midterms,…

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Katav 🐺 g(r)ay wolf 🐏 bighorn(y) ram @katav.gay · 26/08/2026

everyone will remember Tim Curry for Rocky Horror, Clue, Muppet Treasure Island, etc., but we can't forget his most important cultural contribution

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Fawn (from Fawn) @fawn.dog · 26/08/2026

Daily Affirmations #scraps #aob

digital sketch of Bizkit, Peaches, and Xan holding hands with the text IT WILL HAPPEN. Bizkit is grimacing with a smile, Peaches is peaceful, and Xan looks stunned

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Doc Vivi's Personal Account @personalvivi.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

It is BECAUSE I understand how AI and LLMs work, intimately, that I have no interest in using them. Are there valid uses for LLM-adjacent technologies? Yes, but LLMs themselves are clearly a technological dead-end tech is trying to shove down our throats to recoup its oversized investment.

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Baron Blobert Von Mucinex the 4th @juda1313.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

For todays shot of art, Where's My Breakfast II, Daniel Arthur, oil on panel, 2026

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Marialana Kinter @marialanakinter.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Vote on or by August 18th! As a former mechanic, nuclear reactor supervisor, and the only working-class candidate in this race, I’ll keep fighting for working families. Let’s put working people first.

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Julia Kaye, lovergirl era @upandoutcomic.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

i love this game! 🥰🥰

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Raptor @raptornx01.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

"Unlock My Fucking Anime"

norman rockwell's freedom of speech painting of a man standing up in a town hall meeting with the people around him looking up at him, but he's been edited in vegas to be wearing a hentai jacket.

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Orlan-BOO-Fox @orlandofox.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

the calm before the storm #zoobe #zoobebunny

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I actually don’t care what the founding fathers would say about the present and I don’t think you should either

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Bob Odenkirk is a national treasure. Take 44 seconds and watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0rB...

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arr @arr.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

english isn't for cowards. if you're not saying 'torpify,' that's a skill issue. there's no Académie Française telling you what to do. if you try to type 'pallific' and freak out when you see a little red underline, maybe you're not ready to roll with the big dogs.

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 29/05/2026

have we considered that flo rida and vanilla ice might be locked in a deadly game of chicken where both performers have their entire net worth tied up in elaborate parallel kalshi bets that they will be the last act to drop out? I am asking us to consider it

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beany tuesday @beanytuesday.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Social Media in 2035

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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

The 4th will be with you. Always.

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Pacific Penguin @pacificpenguin.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Walking outside and I still can’t escape this godforsaken app

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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 27/04/2026

Why Was I Invited To An Island Off The Coast of Costa Rica By A Genetics Company? (With apologies to Dan Olson)

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 20/04/2026

There aren't a lot of things I agree with Mark Carney about, but there's one area where he and I are in *total* accord: the old, US-dominated, "rules-based international order" was total bullshit: www.weforum.org/stories/2026... 1/

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Pacific Penguin @pacificpenguin.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

how can you have a video about US rising credit card debt and then have it sponsored by klarna? are you out your mind lmao

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Kraven Lupei - Toothy 'n Tasty @kravenlupei.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

posting this 'ol thing again for no reason

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Here is the image, via @oliverdarcy.bsky.social, that stirred the White House's ire

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Among Us 🎂 @amongus.innersloth.com · 17/03/2026

is this how graphics work

On the left is a plain Red Crewmate at the Skeld Cafeteria in 2D with text at the bottom of the screen “DLSS OFF”.

On the right is a Red Crewmate with a highly detailed face and hands at the Skeld Cafeteria in 3D with text at the bottom of the screen “DLSS ON”

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

They made them take down the videos because they would cause "reputational damage" to people like this young man, Nathan Cavanuagh, so definitely don't post this all over the internet with the name Nathan Cavanaugh attached, or this guy might suffer reputational damage. This guy, Nathan Cavanaugh.

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Hettie @hettieart.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

So subscribestar basically

Sketch of two anthro feet. Left flat on the ground with caption "ordinary family friendly foot". Right tippy toeing with captions "if heel up, reaching illegal levels of lewd. Dinosaurwalking is heathen behavior. Might accidently lose balance, step on a micro and they'll like it. Don't be a tiptoe influencer. Fictional foot might ache Jesus didn't tiptoe on water"

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Voraciousopolis but SCARY 🎃 @voraciousopolis.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

WHAT IS THE CHARGE? DRAWING ANIMAL KNEES? SUCCULENT ANIMAL KNEES?

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Pacific Penguin @pacificpenguin.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Every so often I realize my email inbox has turned into so many ads and I have to go on an unsubscribeathon

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pixelkitties🐭 🦆 @pixelkitties.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Post an old meme to confuse young people

Philosoraptor meme in which dinosaur places a claw to its chin while contemplating the text “Is an argument between two vegans still called a beef?”

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Pacific Penguin @pacificpenguin.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Still have that flip a coin moment if I tip or not at fast casual food places, should probably abide by “if standing when ordering, no tip!” Cause tipping prompts in front of employees is the worst

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Celesse ✿ @celesse.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

It's been 84 years but I'm finally sketching up some new logo ideas ☕ #art #llama #tea

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✨chipzel @chipzel.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

you: [stressing for days to send the perfect single email] billionaires: hi, . w=en r we mee&ting to do iLlegiL stuff , . ?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 31/01/2026

This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here. (clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)

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Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Our VA Secretary wants all of his employees who serve our nation’s veterans to understand that if masked federal agents execute you on the streets in cold blood, he will not give a damn about you and will use your death as an opportunity to spread propaganda for the President.