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Pip Wren @lollibeepop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A joyous fat bear week to all 🐻

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Rebecca Kim Wells @rebeccawriting.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Just finished Mad Men (first complete watch) and now I'm like...what do I even watch now...how do you follow that...

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Rebecca Kim Wells @rebeccawriting.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

AHAHAHAHA Not only am I getting those AI scam pitches about my own books, I also just received my first that was meant for the vastly more famous author Rebecca Wells (Ya-Ya Sisterhood fame).

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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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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 27/08/2026

HELLO! Our "let Bree & Donna write a book AND pay the lawyers to maybe get their money back from The Fiasco" auction/pop-up shop is live! It will run through 9/2 at 8PM CDT! www.32auctions.com/KitRocha2026

You are cordially invited to CHAOS!

WHO: Bree & Donna (and friends)
What: an auction/pop-up shop
where: 32auctions.com/KitRocha2026
when: 8/27 at 10 AM - 9/2 at 8pm
why: let bree & Donna live

Buy it Now: limited edition dragons, fidget toys
fancy jewelry, boxes & storage
fantasy themed gifts

Bid on It: AUTOGRAPHED KIT ROCHA BOoks
exclusive owlcrate special editions
be in the murder book

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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 18/08/2026

sleepy traveler

Digital illustration of a little pug wizard sleeping inside a stone structure, overgrown with vegetation. There are books, jars, and a wizard’s staff and hat. There are birds, trees, hills, and clouds outside.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/07/2026

Amnesty International put out a major report documenting the influence of UK based anti trans gender critical organizations and their funding. Within hours, GC groups threatened defamation lawsuits and Amnesty was forced to pull it down. Proving the point they're anti rights. Anyways, here it is.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

This is a really good explainer about the mortality estimates around USAID. One big point is that dismantling USAID also dismantled one of the main sources of mortality data in some of these regions. Early indicators of mortality are very worrying.

I met with, first of all, a woman named Angelina David, who is the clinical manager in Panyijiar for the International Rescue Committee clinics. She was overseeing the clinics that were shut down and could tell me exactly what happened. It was a complete shutdown, and a scramble, because there were medicines and other things on the shelves they didn’t want looted, so they had to get out to these places—and they’re very far away. You have to travel, in some cases, seven or eight hours in order to get to the extent of what’s there.

I then went and visited some of those facilities, and I connected, with her help, to the subcounty chiefs—they’re called the payam administrators—who keep their own records of deaths. So one of the things I found was that their own records showed that they are measuring an over-all tenfold increase in child and adult deaths.

Wait. A tenfold increase?

Yes.

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Celeste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

We’re at 82% of the current goal — thank you so much. I’m very grateful to everyone who has donated, shared, and sent kind notes. Every bit is helping me stabilize through a difficult medical period and build a safer bridge through this transition. Thank you for helping me get this close.

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Donate to A Safe Bridge Through a Medical Crisis, organized by C Pewter

Hi everyone — I was encouraged to update this, since I didn't fully explain the scope … C Pewter needs your support for A Safe Bridge Through a Medical Crisis

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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 28/05/2026

So I’ve started Pride and Prejudice, and already I feel bad for Mrs Bennet.

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Rebecca Kim Wells @rebeccawriting.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

The @romancingthevote.com auction is on through the weekend! Still plenty of time to jump in on this positivity read! There are so many other awesome items too, like...

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Rebecca Kim Wells @rebeccawriting.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

The @romancingthevote.com auction is on through the weekend! Still plenty of time to jump in on this positivity read! There are so many other awesome items too, like...

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Rebecca Kim Wells @rebeccawriting.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

@romancingthevote.com @anisekstrong.bsky.social I'm SO close to jumping in on this TTRPG one shot but need to know - when it says for "mature players," does that mean "adults" or does it mean "experienced TTRPG players"? www.32auctions.com/organization...

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Sense & Sensibility & Shub-Niggurath

Auction item 'Sense & Sensibility & Shub-Niggurath' hosted online at 32auctions.

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Rebecca Kim Wells @rebeccawriting.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Oh hey, it's @romancingthevote.com time (again? again!). This year I'm donating a positivity read - if you're a writer who could use a boost, this is for you! www.32auctions.com/organization...

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Positivity Read from Rebecca Kim Wells

Auction item 'Positivity Read from Rebecca Kim Wells' hosted online at 32auctions.

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Rebecca Kim Wells @rebeccawriting.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Oh hey, it's @romancingthevote.com time (again? again!). This year I'm donating a positivity read - if you're a writer who could use a boost, this is for you! www.32auctions.com/organization...

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Positivity Read from Rebecca Kim Wells

Auction item 'Positivity Read from Rebecca Kim Wells' hosted online at 32auctions.

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Molly Templeton @mollytempleton.com · 27/03/2026

sorry I'm like this y'all but you have FIVE MORE DAYS, is all, and because I have totally forgotten to mention it, let me just add that one lucky nominator will win a whole pile of books, which is to say the entire 2025 shortlist! could be yours! go forth and nominate!

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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

I don't really think your opinion on Harry Potter has any intrinsic moral valence, but c'mon, you should really not be giving Rowling money or attention if you care at all about trans rights, y'know? She's not an author with bad opinions, she's a full-time political activist who used to write books.

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Rebecca Kim Wells @rebeccawriting.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

There's still time to bid in the Lit for Queer Liberation auction! I've donated a signed book bundle of my three YA fantasies, plus a manuscript page that only three people in the entire world have seen. (You could be the fourth!) Bid link: www.32auctions.com/organization...

Poster for Lit for Queer Liberation auction advertising a book bundle from Rebecca Kim Wells including Shatter the Sky, Storm the Earth, and Briar Girls, plus a bonus manuscript page from an adult fantasy work in progress.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 12/03/2026

Our volunteer collective of whistle printers is up past 1.2 million whistles shipped. It's happening very quietly, because we've basically settled into a groove, but we are still here for all your whistle needs. linktr.ee/3Dwhistles

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3D Printed Whistles | Linktree

We ship community protection whistles for free. Need some? Click the email link below & tell us how many you need (between 100 - 3000) & where to send them.

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Kelly McCullough @kellydmcc.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

I continue to be fascinated by the phenomenon whereby an expert engages with any of the LLMs on their field of expertise and is instantly horrified by the wrong answers, and then goes on to use it for things they are not experts in as though it won’t be just as bad for those.

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Molly Templeton @mollytempleton.com · 24/02/2026

keep seeing people talking about Hugo and Nebula nominations which means it is my professional duty to remind you that nominations for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize open on SUNDAY

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Rebecca Kim Wells @rebeccawriting.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

I have an item for bid in the upcoming Lit for Queer Liberation auction! It's a signed book bundle of my three YA fantasies, plus a manuscript page that only three people in the entire world have seen. (You could be the fourth!) queerliberationnetwork.auctions.networkforgood.com/auctions/Lit...

Lit for Queer Liberation Virtual Auction Post describing an auction item from Rebecca Kim Wells: signed/personalized hardcover copies of Shatter the Sky, Storm the Earth, and Briar Girls, plus a manuscript page from an adult fantasy work in progress.

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Rebecca Kim Wells @rebeccawriting.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

This is one of my biggest problems with the Hugos, and it has such an easy fix (nominate actual Young Adult for the Young Adult award 🙄). Alex is correct and this is an excellent guide for doing just that.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

The media should be PRAISING these athletes who know and understand the importance of public health. These articles should be about how they are setting an example for EVERYONE. And how we should all take their lead. Instead their positioning is: “look at these fucking weirdos”

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The Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 31/07/2025

This isn't a list of jobs that A.I. can easily replace. It's a list of jobs that techno fascists don't think are worthwhile or meaningful and that they want to eliminate. They don't want humans to try to make sense of the world, they want us to believe whatever we're told.

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ascalaphid @ascalaphid.com · 11/07/2025

shrewtabaga

a proud father of an enormous rutabaga. brother shrew's gonna win so many awards at the annual monastery garden festival

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Rebecca Kim Wells @rebeccawriting.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Just started Doctor Odyssey - 23 minutes in and my impression is WTF is this show? *bewildered but not un-entertained?*

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 19/06/2025

Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

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Kness @kness.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

68 Capybaras 🥭

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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 28/05/2025

And then there’s… the dragon otter

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Digital drawing in burnt umber of a cute otter with horns and dragon wings looking calmly at the viewer

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Rebecca Kim Wells @rebeccawriting.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

I started a queer movie brunch club this year and chose Saving Face as one of the first features. I don't even remember the first time I saw it, but I sure fell in love when I did. Don't miss Wu's more recent directorial outing (The Half Of It) either! I hope to see much more from her.

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Archangel Beth @archangelbeth.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Boosting! If vaccines are a matter of choice, how dare anyone deny my access to them!

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Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters. www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...

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Rebecca Kim Wells @rebeccawriting.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Great list, also adding my personal faves SLOW HORSES!!!, BAD SISTERS!!!, FOUNDATION!!!!!, and DICKINSON!!!!! SCHMIGADOON! if you're into Broadway! AppleTV is the most underrated streamer right now for the quality of what they're putting out IMO.

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Jennifer Granick @granick.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

It's been some time since I watched this, but imo it is one of the very best explanations of why you should not allow yourself to be interviewed by the police. youtu.be/d-7o9xYp7eE?...

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Don't Talk to the Police

YouTube video by Regent University School of Law

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Gavin, Small Beer (closed due to long covid), &c. @gavingrant.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

My interview with Anne Ursu is up on Lit Hub!

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Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Beloved f/sf author Diane Duane could really do with help for funeral expenses right now. See details below for how we can help:

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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

#HandsOffHerVote Tell your Congressional Representatives to reject the SAVE Act! The SAVE act (HR22) is not just a way to further voter suppression allegedly to halt voter fraud, a virtually nonexistent problem, it is a backdoor repeal of the 19th Amendment for 69 million women-

How the SAVE act could Disenfranchise Millions of Women's and Trans Voters

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 31/03/2025

HI Y'ALL!!!! Donna & I really could use a little help getting through the next month so I'm doing a 20% off EVERYTHING IN THE SHOP sale for the next 72 hours! Fidgets! Gaming stuff! Book boxes! Little guys! thebrokencircle.etsy.com

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Rebecca Kim Wells @rebeccawriting.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

I've only managed to read one book in the last while but it was WOODWORKING by @emilystjams.bsky.social - absolute banger of a story, my favorite read of 2025 so far. Bonus: finished during #transrightsreadathon. 🏳️‍⚧️

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Jeanne (she/they) @fangirljeanne.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

I need people to not humor very obvious bad faith content trying to normalize bigotry in book spaces. “Clean” is a conservative Christian term. It’s explicitly sex negative and anti-lgbtqia. It not only means no on page sex but present no a very specific type of love and world view. White supremacy

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a woman is holding a stack of white papers and says " white is quality quality is good "

Alt: a woman is holding a stack of white papers and says " white is quality quality is good "

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Dahlia Adler 📚 @missdahlelama.dahliaadler.com · 18/03/2025

We're still trying to help a beloved friend and kidlit author out of a terrible DV situation, so if you're able to give, boost, or both, it's greatly appreciated! www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-bel...

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Friends, a beloved member of the kidlit community needs our help. This author is… Jessica Burkhart needs your support for Help a Beloved Kidlit Author Recover

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Mother Astra @astraenby.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

I LOVE REGULATION. I LOVE THE PEACE OF MIND KNOWING THAT A RESTAURANT IS SAFE TO EAT AND A PRODUCT WONT KILL ME. I WANT MORE REGULATION. I DONT WANT CORPORATIONS TO BREATHE WITHOUT GOVERNMENT PERMISSION.

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David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

“People simply disappeared, always during the night. Your name was removed from the registers, every record of everything you had ever done was wiped out, and your one-time existence was denied and then forgotten. You were abolished, annihilated: vaporized was the usual word.“ - 1984, Orwell

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Carly Lane-Perry @carlylane.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

I spoke with Shohreh Aghdashloo about how her devoted Expanse fans manifested her casting in #TheWheelOfTime Season 3, facing off with Sophie Okonedo, and why she loves Elaida, flaws and all:

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"I Was So Surprised and Shocked": Shohreh Aghdashloo on How Devoted 'Expanse' Fans Manifested Her Casting in 'The Wheel of Time' Season 3

She also discusses facing off with Sophie Okonedo and why she loves Elaida, flaws and all.

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Rebecca Kim Wells @rebeccawriting.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Kino Loy lives and I don't want to hear another word about it.

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