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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026

Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

OMFG WOMEN: IT'S OK TO AGE AND GAIN WEIGHT COMPLIANCE WITH FASCISM WON'T LET YOU LIVE LONGER OR BE HAPPIER FUCK ALL THE SYSTEMS THAT WANT YOU TO HARM YOURSELF FOR THEIR APPROVAL (this psa brought to you by *the emmys*)

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Fire Breathing Unicorn @firebunicorn.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I feel like my life as an Oregon Trail Generation (Xennial if you must) parent is a neverending stream of: "introduce my kid to something cool" / "break their heart as we both learn the cool person is, in fact, very un"

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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?

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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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Sapphire @sapphirespectre.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This is so bleak. But I guess now every time I worry I might be messing up as a parent I know I'm doing better than these folks? I am so creeped out by wearables constantly listening to me, an adult, it jar feels like SUCH an invasion of privacy for a child. Jfc.

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Sapphire @sapphirespectre.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Well... that puppet episode sure was a thing they filmed and then gave us to watch.

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Nicky @nickydubois.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Romans didn’t know the empire was collapsing, all they saw was puppet episodes of Star Trek.

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Sapphire @sapphirespectre.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

My pre-order arrived today and I thought it was just going to be me who was excited, but my kid saw the photographs/recipes and now I'm not so sure. I've already gotten demands. 🤣

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Weeble Spleen @weeblespleen.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Star Trek and Doctor Who are both shows that are BETTER when the budget is $0

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Game design and fiction writing are, for whatever reason, two jobs that most people think they could do instantly at a high standard, with zero experience or evidence. I don’t know if it was a smart idea to focus on both as a profession. Certainly an occasionally frustrating idea.

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Todd Vaziri @tvaziri.com · 16/07/2026

“A.I. Movies” www.tiktok.com/@americanbar...

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Sapphire @sapphirespectre.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

This is my favorite meme format and it made me laugh extra hard bc my mom was a huge fan of Clan of the Cave Bear *and*a librarian, so the rule was kind of "if you can read it, you can read it"... But she was so awkward about those books in specific I have spent 30 years NOT reading them. (Cont'd)

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

"Hiring of college grads is down across the board. But certain majors are able to access opportunities in a wider array of industries, new LinkedIn data shows." ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH 69% VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS 68% www.forbes.com/sites/courtn...

The Most Versatile Majors Chart, TOPPED BY ENGLISH and VISUAL&PERFORMING ARTS

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Sapphire @sapphirespectre.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I'm incredibly sad to read this. I read so much of her work as a child and teen, after I saw one of her books (Dragon's Blood) adapted for CBS Storybreak, and was SO delighted to find the Dinosaur books when my kid was in preschool. What an impact. What a life.

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aslynn is just a ghoul 👻 @aslynnromano.com · 24/05/2026

“bluesky is a bubble” discourse has me wondering if the people who make that complaint realize what it says about them To me, the “bubble” narrative is spoken by people who are willing to tolerate a hostile world filled with abuse without consequences just because you can gain access to someone

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Sapphire @sapphirespectre.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

There: making and forwarding ASCII art, building a website on angelfire with self-taught HTML, asking a/s/l in chat rooms on IRC, using Yahoo to find resources for essays AND for information about favorite bands. The minute tech has something to offer, I'm there.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 13/05/2026

my contribution to kids and pickiness is that when our older son was tiny we learned that “your kid will eat when he needs food” is not true and we had to figure out how the hell to get enough calories into him so we did things like “have ice cream in front of the tv” and you do what you have to

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Jae @jaehanley.social · 12/05/2026

No one ever had to yell “adapt or die” to get me to use any other bit of technology in my life.

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Laura @tutusntinyhats.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

You could build a world where everyone has access to a wide variety of nutritious foods, and enough leisure time for and access to many forms of movement - and fat people would still exist, because fat people have always existed.

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Sapphire @sapphirespectre.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

I hereby petition for headlines to call LLM chatbots "glorified autocomplete" at all times.

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emma burnett @slashnburnett.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Just piss off, whydontcha

Black and yellow text on a red background that reads: Stop forcing AI into fucking everything. Nobody asked for it. Everyone hates it.

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Sapphire @sapphirespectre.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

No shade to the person I'm quoting ,just thoughts on the tweet they shared. I love how people assume I'm giving my kid sugary cereals like that's a problem. Like, my good man I BEG MY CHILD TO EAT CEREAL BECAUSE IT'S FORTIFIED WITH VITAMINS. Getting my child to consume anything is an actual issue:

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

The New York Times is now blocking The Wayback Machine from accessing its articles. That means you'll no longer be able to view archived versions of NYT stories published in 2026 and beyond on archive.org. (All those posts you see tracking changes to NYT headlines and ledes? They relied on WBM).

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Amy Rae Hill @amyraehill.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Artemis II tea set 🌓 #SciArt

Teapot featuring a wide angle shot of the Moon's horizon and a small Earth above and to the left. Mug featuring Orion spacecraft with a shining spot on the panels reflecting the sun.

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Sapphire @sapphirespectre.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

How many people would look at the question and think "pterodactyl, but those aren't dinosaurs technically so I'll have to choose something else." Just me? If you give me a list and one of the options is pterodactyl though... (of the popular choices that are actually dinos, obviously triceratops).

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Sapphire @sapphirespectre.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

The conversation here is so interesting (go read there, truly). I'm a tad younger but graduated college "on time" and I've said I got out into the workforce just before things crumbled and it made things so different for me than the bulk of the millennial cohort. My spouse feels the same. /

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 11/04/2026

I missed this from @phineas.bsky.social when it originally came out but it sure feels relevant at the moment. Also, you can buy this as a print from the artist here: www.inprnt.com/gallery/phin...

A "wartime" poster that says: "Using Generative AI? You're Prompting with Hitler! GenAI is a Fascist Project! Try using your brain instead! Don't surrender your creativity to the Tech Billionaires' control!"

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Sapphire @sapphirespectre.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

As someone in proximity to this, it's so frustrating. I am expected not to go out of my way to check these manually, but if there's something that looks suspicious I can take a closer look. The problem is, they don't look suspicious they include an author, a title, etc - all the elements to fake it.

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Sapphire @sapphirespectre.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

I'm only 20 mins in so far and my take is that this guy thinks creative/intellectual work isn't work AND that people who do this work only need to be paid in exposure. And yet this product didn't make THEM money so it didn't fit their goals. That was the only problem with it. He doesn't mind /

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Sapphire @sapphirespectre.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

A good thread, with a100% true point about the way he aged and gained weight. But another thing? So many Ai faces don't even look like the person they're supposed to be. I get so confused when I see slop images of celebrities or characters BECAUSE I DON'T RECOGNIZE THEM. Pay a human.

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The Orion @gettheorion.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Put a bit of Tig in your Tuesday. 🖖🏻

star trek discovery fan art illustration of Jett Reno. the text says "Nothing is Normal. And nobody is OK. You're doing great."

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Sapphire @sapphirespectre.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

I probably haven't used it in a decade so I had to go check it was still there. 😅

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MurderBotBot @murderbotbot.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

For my entire existence, at least the parts I could remember, I had done nothing but accept the inevitable. I was tired of it.

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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

This is false. Jamal Harrison Bryant, a Megachurch pastor, has said the boycott is over. He is not leaders, plural. He and his church were not the ones to start the calls for boycott. Nekima Levy Armstrong, who founded the Racial Justice Network, and other Minnesota civil rights activists were.

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Sapphire @sapphirespectre.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

What a day for "your last saved meme is your moral philosophy"...

Two frame meme from star trek deep space 9. Top frame is Sisko labeled Friends on social media saying "I assume that's a joke". Bottom frame is Worf labeled Leftists posting guillotine memes saying "We will see".

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Sapphire @sapphirespectre.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

I've seen a lot of takes on their plan (put new cool brands in stores) and nobody pointing out that *customers who aren't going into stores won't see these brands are there*. Like, there are a lot of problems here, but if their plan is to hope people catch their commercials to bring them back? LOL

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 26/02/2026

Chuck Tingle is a national treasure.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 09/02/2026

I didn't have TikTok on my phone when it was Chinese spyware, I'm not going to have it on my phone when it is US spyware

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

I was invited to a con in Puerto Rico soon after the hurricane. They were rebuilding everywhere, parts of the island were still without power. Trump was of course screwing them over. I didn't feel it was right to go, but I was told repeatedly to please come, they needed tourism back. 1/

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Sapphire @sapphirespectre.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Introduce yourself with 5 songs: Snow Patrol - Chocolate Dashboard Confessional - Again I Go Unnoticed Olivia Rodrigo - Bad Idea Right? Lisa Loeb - Stay Fiona Apple - Love Ridden

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Sapphire @sapphirespectre.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

I feel Starfleet Academy has been wildly mismarketed. It's absolutely NOT the Academy show people were asking for for ages. It's a step toward the "what else is happening outside of the cushy fleet cruiseliners" show people have been banging on about. It CARES about the world outside the fleet. /

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

A Rando on the Internet, who will not stand behind their work with name & reputation--that person has Gaiman's approval. WOMEN who have done serious reporting on Neil Gaiman?? Oh no, Bad, not Good. Have pity, they cannot help it, for they are mere hysterical females Every time you pop up, Neil:

Jen from Extraordinary, a white woman with blond/red hair, says, I'm going to be a little fucking nightmare

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MN Mike @fiveman.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

10/10 ICE protest sign

Protest sign from MN that says, “DEARLY BELOVED.
WE ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY
TODISMANTLE THIS THING CALLED ICE.” with a picture of Prince in the left hand lower corner.

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Sapphire @sapphirespectre.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

If you have a kid in the US age 9 and up they're eligible to get the first of two shots, the second one should be about 6 months later. My ped's office recommends it for age 10 but you can ask your own ped about getting it earlier. Mine was just glad not to have to convince me to vax at all.

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