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r o o @jakepaulsartre.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

"Bluesky is dying" bro you're talking about a website full of 38 year olds who have fringe political beliefs and listen to black metal bands with >1000 listeners on spotify, nobody here cares about popularity

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Mr. Chau @srirachachau.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Ladies and gentlemen...this is Woke No. 5

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Meza @meza.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

How does everyone involved here not feel like they're being treated like a toddler? This collective charade is humiliating.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Yeah we’re definitely out of missiles

Trump: The U.S. has massive amounts of "munitions, especially of certain types. Additionally, large amounts are being manufactured and shipped to the U.S. as needed. Defense companies are building the largest number of plants and factories in our country's history. The "leakers" of these treasonous statements are being hunted down. Long term jail sentences will be sought!
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Sarah Osment @smosment.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

one of the saddest ironies of higher ed's headlong embrace of AI is that the clearest and most thorough reporting on the subject has been done almost exclusively by student journalists

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Boost!!! Every repost helps <3

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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

imagine billions of years of crashing planets and amoebas turnin into fish turnin into you and each choice your great great grandparents made then BANG theres GLORIOUS IMPOSSIBLY SPECIAL YOU. can you FATHOM that entities art being anything less then ten out of ten five stars? ridiculous. its perfect

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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 24/07/2026

We're still pushing away at our goal of giving our entire team a raise in celebration of our 20th anniversary issue in October. Each subscription takes us one step closer. clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/ There isn't a better way to thank them for their part in the last 20 and the next 20.

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Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast. This page: Subscribe to Clarkesworld Magazine

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 21/07/2026

The answer to "why does everything suck now" almost ALWAYS goes back to "venture capital." Which goes back to "a lot of people have too much money and don't know what to do with it." Which goes back to: "We need to tax rich people more." It's like it's the solution to 99% of our problems!!

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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

This is the ideal male body. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.

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Byron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

The creator of Roger Rabbit (who is 85 years old by the way) is a good sort Crossposted with @openvibe.social

Gary K. Wolf •
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I've had to unfriend a few fans lately, all for the same reason. They made ridiculing, unkind, and in some cases outright cruel comments about pictures I posted of young women cosplaying Jessica.
More than a person, Jessica is a state of mind. To play Jessica, you need self -confidence, a sense of humor, and a Jessican -attitude-. There is no such thing as a Jessica cosplayer being too short, too flat chested, too heavy, too thin, too unattractive, too black, too Asian, or even too male!!! All Jessica, any Jessica, every Jessica is good Jessica.
I'm not giving any warnings or second chances. A single disparaging comment on a Jessica cosplayer, and I'm throwing you out of the rainbow colored Toontown Tent.

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Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 16/07/2026

This is happening despite Amnesty walking back the report, because GCs are zealous anti-rights fanatics.

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Allison Mulder @amulderwrites.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

You, looking at all my hyperfixations lying fallow for months at a time before I pick them up again and have to relearn everything: ... Me, having just finished reading THERE IS NO ANTIMEMETICS DIVISION: ... This is my asynchronous research. 😤

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Folks, I am a positive person who is happy in my life and who tries to see people’s good side wherever possible and I cannot explain to you how much I fucking hate JKR’s loathsome guts.

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SJWJamesBond @mvbrat10.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

If you pissed off Gail Simone, you fucked up and you better run. And she wrote Red Sonja, she can make it happen.

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Weird Horror 12 is free on line! 4 stories recommended by Locus. They're all killer. www.weirdhorrormagazine.com/issue-12

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ISSUE 12 — Weird Horror Magazine

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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 14/07/2026

before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves. that way, you can sell the second one to fund your journey. follow me for more Revenge Grindset tips and tricks

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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Astonishing how quickly voter hunger for "authenticity" got refashioned as convention. Authenticity means - I can trust you, what you say aligns with what you do, who you are today lasts till tomorrow.

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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Any kind of person can be "authentic" because it's not any one type, trait or way of being. It simply means you are who you appear. But, instead, "authentic" became the new way to say what consultants always have: we need a white guy folks want a beer with. Is there anything more status quo?

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I'd very much appreciate it if you took a moment to read the alt text on this. www.tom-cox.com

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Joseph Fink, we're going to win @planetoffinks.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

describing two countries that are actively shooting barrages of missiles at each other as "edging toward war" is wild. incredible editorial choice.

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Joseph Fink, we're going to win @planetoffinks.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Germany surrenders after six years of endangering cease fire and edging toward war by conquering multiple countries

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Paul Benson @paulbenson-writes.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Pro tip: you can save time by skipping stages 7-10 just like me. 🙃

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

BIG NEWS: I have a new short story collection coming out in September & I'm doing it a different way, publishing it in collaboration with the new collective @breakthroughbook.bsky.social. You can read about it - & assist with printing costs by ordering a copy - here: www.tom-cox.com/my-next-book...

Joe McLaren's wonderful cover for my new book Curious Events Lately Occurring In This Neighbourhood

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

I like Bluesky but what baffles me about it is the same thing that baffles me about all social media: that it badgers hardworking people to be more interested in a transient digital version of themselves than the art they've created over decades. Fuck that. I'm here to recover and get my books read.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Me to same owl handler: "Owls are super wise, right? They read loads of highbrow Russian literature and stuff, don't they?" Owl handler: "No, they actually have very tiny brains, due to the hugeness of their eyes. In reality they are one of the thickest animals you could ever meet."

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Almost certainly the best thing I was ever told about owls was when I met an owl handler at an owl sanctuary and he told me that the wild owls who lived near the sanctuary worried about the tame show owls there and sometimes stopped by to leave them shrews and mice as presents.

The fabulous owl, Lady Jane Grey, with her handler, Pete, in Totnes, Devon, in 2016.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

I have felt a MASSIVE pressure since this book came out to follow it by writing a worse, more commercial book which doesn't make people feel like Erin feels and isn't any fun for me to write. But I decided to fuck that the fuck off and write more books for me and the people who enjoy my books.

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JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

the phrase "lipstick on a pig" has always inspired a deep sadness in me. I think of the pig, looking forward to her big night out, and I bring myself to the verge of tears.

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qntm @qntm.org · 06/06/2026

...and by the way, V1 is available to read online *for free* at the link below. You should not need to pay money for this

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Antimemetics Division Hub - SCP Foundation

The SCP Foundation's 'top-secret' archives, declassified for your enjoyment.

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🌜Sara Kipin🌛 🔜 LBX Table #629 @sarakipin.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

I think we’re long past the “ai bad because of stealing” argument and fully in the “ai is also actively and tangibly destroying our planet why are you even trying to use it as an art tool at this point” stage

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Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · 29/05/2026

Paramount+ wanted to use the image on the left as a poster for the wrath of Khan, so they used everyone's least favorite technology to generate the rest of the image.

A close up of captain kirk getting his eyes scanned. It is cut off above the eyebrows and below his mouth.

The same image in a thumbnail for Star Trek, the wrath of Khan. But AI has painted the rest of the image so that Kirk is a balding man in a business suit.

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Andrew Orton @andreworton.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

What pisses me off with LLMs is that they can't be useful 'cos they can't write down something that happened to me when I was 9 that I've suffered eternal guilt / joy / embarrassment about for 35 years and then employed shamelessly in a fictional character's life, for colour. That's what writing is.

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Mike Elgan @mikeelgan.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Now you can keep track of how many billions the AI companies are losing on AI. (Red is spending, green is revenue.) isaiprofitable.com

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her ghost @justasilvia2.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

WiFi drops again eldritch abomination in the router wakes #WeirdMicro #WritingPrompts #eldritchabominatio #haiku #writing #micropoetry

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Josh Mayfield @bean525.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

I'd REALLY appreciate it if anyone who sees this would try out my text generators so I can iron out any remaining bugs. Please, and thank you! trek.epicrandomness.com

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Make your own era-accurate Star Trek episode title cards in seconds. Boldly go!

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 22/05/2026

Really think we could stand to drop the utterly credulous headline style of "Billionaire says doorway to Narnia will be open by 2027"

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/05/2026

Hey, Mitch. You could have prevented ALL THIS by voting to convict him and bar him from holding office again. Asshole.

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Petergeist Clines @peterclines.com · 20/05/2026

Random thought, spurred by something I saw earlier. Y'know how 40s-50s-60s comics were huge on exposition? Characters would describe everything they're doing, explain every action. Does anyone know if this has been linked to radio show dialogue? I mean, this was how superheroes talked then, right?

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Anna Phylaxis @quatoria.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Trans people are having our rights stripped across the nation, facing felony charges for using the bathroom, being forcibly detransitioned and experimented on in our prison system, and being outright murdered across the US. Tell me, please, how defending us is "trying to get everything at once."

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

I dust my house. My AI Robot watches. "It should be you doing this." "Can't. I'm writing a novel for Primark." "That's not why you were invented." "These 153,000 fan letters say otherwise." "They're all from upcycled toasters. And you programmed them." "Literary snobbery will get you nowhere."

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Nobody here needs me to tell them not to do this but Jesus Christ in a Cadillac do not do this.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

i am not that familiar with case citations but before AI was it considered just a 'whoops sorry' if a brief included completely made up citations to support the case

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