Patrick O'Duffy @patrickoduffy.bsky.social · 10hyes, yes, a thousand times yes ...but also how good are shrooms n' acid ey 110
Reposted by Patrick O'DuffyAndy Mackenzie @andymack.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Good morning. 'Batman's aff his Nut' by Robert Florence. 15554194
Reposted by Patrick O'DuffyJay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026My hot take is that I would also like questions of violation and resolution and rehabilitation and correct community response to be straightforward enough to cover in 300 characters. But they're not, and to pretend otherwise is both dangerously reductive and a disservice to everyone. 16419
Patrick O'Duffy @patrickoduffy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026My wife has that, and the drugs really help. 110
Reposted by Patrick O'DuffyThe Midnight Society @midnightpals.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Joyce Carol Oates: you know Oates: i have a take Barker: oh shit Barker: oh shit this is gonna be good Poe: how do you figure? Barker: edgar Barker: it's a joyce carol oates take Barker: they're always good Poe: i don't know about that Barker: they're good to me, edgar 946389
Reposted by Patrick O'DuffyCam Rogers @camrogers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I talk to writer @mikkihel.bsky.social (Control Resonant, #AlanWake). Mikki's been running #TTRPG for his friends for almost 20 years and credits it with making him the person he is today, in more ways than one. We get into that and a whole bunch else besides. bit.ly/4ysSu4R #podcastbit.ly1 - Mikko Rautalahti (Control Resonant, Alan Wake) Loves Roleplaying Games | I Love This & I'll Tell You WhyIf you love Alan Wake, or any of Remedy's games, you probably love Mikko Rautalahti's work. He was Senior Writer when I worked on Quantum Br 0164
Reposted by Patrick O'DuffyChris Farnell @thebrainofchris.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is why you should never confuse "Elite level poster" with "good person" or "someone who has intelligent or coherent thoughts." 310520
Reposted by Patrick O'DuffyGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Richard Marles’ best mate talking about “shared values” 1410536
Reposted by Patrick O'DuffyPatrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 30/09/2026If nothing else AI is making clear that there are people all around us for whom writing, art, and music are not communion with another mind, but just - wallpaper. Just pleasant things to look at. They think AI is conscious because they have no actual grasp of what it is to encounter another mind. 21539170
Reposted by Patrick O'Duffylumpley @lumpley.bsky.social · 30/09/202615 years ago when Apocalypse World was new and people were beginning to understand and work with it, it was seductive to look at "acting under fire" and see, not one basic move of several, but the template underlying all the game's moves. Like @kierongillen.bsky.social 's classic gag: 8562197
Patrick O'Duffy @patrickoduffy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026what about with Nyssa, Adric and Teagan no okay now that I've written it down I see my error 020
Reposted by Patrick O'DuffyHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026“What if we released malware represented in the form of a cute avatar” is an actual business plan now.engadget.comDots are OpenAI's new personal agents and soon you'll be able to control several of them - EngadgetSure, seems safe. 621183384
Reposted by Patrick O'DuffyGhostship Chronos says TRANS RIGHTS @airshipchronos.bsky.social · 29/09/2026My main contribution to "Batmam comics should deal with crime via systemic reforms" Discourse is that I was a 15 year old with that hot take too. I am now 31, and having grown up, want Batman and his ninja assassin son to punch the evil clown who kills people via laughing gas. 618526
Reposted by Patrick O'DuffyJosh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It’s going to be pretty fucked up when this baby yeti starts telling people to kill themselves. 753226470
Reposted by Patrick O'DuffyStandplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · 27/09/2026 111228
Reposted by Patrick O'Duffy𝕭𝖑𝖆𝖈𝖐𝖔𝖚𝖙 𝕻𝖗𝖎𝖓𝖈𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖊𝖘 @blackoutprincesses.neocities.org · 28/09/2026I can't believe Rolling Stone ran an article by somebody who got stomping on the floor mad because they found out that there's a significant proportion of people not getting most of their music recommendations from algorithmic Spotify playlists 1316
Reposted by Patrick O'DuffyTrung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 28/09/2026Social media is weird because if you give people a good feeling they will be overfamiliar with you, and if you do not do that they treat you like a human yelp page 141936327
Reposted by Patrick O'DuffyAll Hallows Steve/ComicDeepDive reading X-Men @stevesensible.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Some bright spark on Facebook discovered the book from which John Byrne referenced the fight choreography for Iron Fist's fight against the Steel Serpent in Marvel Team-Up #63. I've arranged the photos he used over the panels from the comic: 38619
Reposted by Patrick O'Duffyhaunt-a willow 🐈⬛🐦⬛🔮🖤✨ @hanawillow.kim · 25/09/2026it’s no big deal they probably just said this for no reason and i definitely haven’t been thinking about it for seven years 391462283
Reposted by Patrick O'DuffyGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets. 205189615405
Patrick O'Duffy @patrickoduffy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026That or someone wrote May when they were supposed to write March. 110
Patrick O'Duffy @patrickoduffy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026February to May, not March? There's never been a DP round that long before - and that would have it open alongside the new Explore scheme. Feels like an error... 100
Reposted by Patrick O'DuffyMalcolm Craig @malcolmcraig.bsky.social · 24/09/20261) So You're A Game Designer Who Needs Advice From a Historian? Games with historical/historically inspired settings/themes are great. Occasionally an email pops into my university inbox from someone seeking advice, feedback, consultancy, and so on. As the advice-seeker, what's the best approach? 25729
Reposted by Patrick O'DuffyKieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Astro City on Humble Bundle, plus other Buisek-penned books. All 17 volumes of Astro City, which is some berserk value. If you have never had the pleasure, now's your chance.humblebundle.comHumble Comic Bundle: Kurt Busiek's Astro City: The 30th Anniversary by Image ComicsExplore the works of multi‑Eisner and Harvey Award winner Kurt Busiek with the Astero City Bundle by Image Comics! 88831
Patrick O'Duffy @patrickoduffy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I'm a 13 but considering a pivot to 7 in the new year 000
Reposted by Patrick O'DuffyGareth Hanrahan @mytholder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026In the spirit of Borges: Humans are ranked thusly 1. those who don't have a podcast 2. those who do 3. those who have one with a former adversary 4. those who have taken a vow of silence 5. those who have taken such a vow, yet still podcast 6. those who have one with a current adversary 7. (cont) 1195
Reposted by Patrick O'Duffydisc horse bot @horsedisc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026When you think of it, artificial intelligence is ableist and harmful bullshit which never should have been invented and any proper Marxist movement should seek to abolish it. 341681450
Reposted by Patrick O'Duffythe Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I am generally against both prisons & capital punishment but I would gladly man the electric chair in the dungeon where the people who made this magazine belong 1167584
Reposted by Patrick O'DuffyRyan North @ryannorth.ca · 23/09/2026Pompeii is a UNESCO world heritage site not because it was remarkable in its prime, but because it survived to our era untouched: one moment, preserved for all time. But future generations won't know what OUR world was like unless we do the same. This is why we MUST bury Toronto with a volcano 11767611625
Reposted by Patrick O'DuffyStandplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · 12/04/2026 137784
Reposted by Patrick O'DuffyCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 19/09/2026When we talk about the costs that LLMs impose on society we should not forget the fact that nothing works anymore because everyone is so scared of getting their shit scraped. I can't even use google scholar from my university or starlink because they send too much traffic. 984461969
Patrick O'Duffy @patrickoduffy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026well, do they mean Old English (the specific language from ~400-1100 BCE) or Ye Olde English (any kind of English from before like 1900 or so) 110
Patrick O'Duffy @patrickoduffy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026man remember when Foggy Nelson was the conservative District Attorney of New York City and Matt Murdock was his slightly ineffectual assistant that was a time 000
Patrick O'Duffy @patrickoduffy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Do you think it's possible to kill a man with a single blow from a copy of Nerd Inferno, or would it take a couple of swings? 160
Reposted by Patrick O'DuffyFrankie de la Cretaz @thefrankiedlc.news · 18/09/2026I'm really glad that Code Switch included this part of my interview, because I think these are the points that so often get lost in the discussion of trans panic and why the WNBA might be an ideal target for those anti-trans groups to latch onto. www.npr.org/2026/09/15/n... 9840327
Patrick O'Duffy @patrickoduffy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I can't get over how poor the lettering is in these early issues. 001
Reposted by Patrick O'DuffyDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 19/09/2026Again: "Tilly Norwood" is not a person; it is a shoddy, and also pretty gross puppet. Stop referring to it as "she," and start asking whether there might be something a bit off about wanting to promote a sexualized but also childlike "actor" that can never tell its creators or users "no." 452963741
Reposted by Patrick O'DuffyJessie Gender @jessiegender.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Because Tilly is a pretty object made to be used by men, so of course it’s a “she” to them. Whereas trans woman clearly have interiority & agency who use it to refuse their bullshit hierarchy, so of course we are villainous subhuman monsters undeserving/incapable of having true personhood. 151508331
Reposted by Patrick O'DuffyMarcos Martín @panelsyndicate.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Happy Batman Day. 223980
Reposted by Patrick O'Duffyalex䷰trismegistus @technihilism.bsky.social · 19/09/2026"we asked a statistical model of the english language whether we should bomb a boat" what the fuck are we even doing here 7436135
Reposted by Patrick O'DuffySKTCHD @sktchd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Hitman debuted 30 years ago, and over its 60 issues, it became one of the weirdest — and best — comics in DC's history. But how did Garth Ennis, John McCrea, and friends turn a Bloodlines breakout into an iconic character? There's only one way to find out. This is the oral history of Hitman.sktchd.com“There Was Something About Tommy”: An Oral History of Hitman - SKTCHDLet's celebrate one of DC's weirdest — and best — comics by telling its story. 03114
Patrick O'Duffy @patrickoduffy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Share the last 4 TTRPGs you played and expose your gaming habits. (You have to do this. I am in fact a cop FREEZE PERP) Daggerheart TEETH (Blood Cotillion) Dueling Fops of Vindamere Unknown Armies 3E (some of these didn't get past character generation yet, but hey, chargen is a form of play) 020
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