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Andrew Deck @andrewdeck.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

ChatGPT is adding the signatures of real New Yorker cartoonists to its AI-generated images. So far, I've found the signatures of more than 15 contributors. "It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat...

Left: A cartoon generated by ChatGPT and signed with Emily Flake’s signature that was posted to a Reddit forum in June. Right: A real Emily Flake cartoon published in The New Yorker on August 20, 2026 and licensed via The Cartoon Bank.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Anyway, a movie culture without the possibility of insane overpriced whiffs will be a less healthy movie culture, and I'll eat these words the day that I can say that David Ellison has taken at least three big creative gambles, but I'm not holding my breath. x

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Seriously: Hate Digger all you want, but [pauses for flow of hate] movies like Digger are why we need studios. A world in which Digger doesn't get made one in which Sinners and One Battle also don't get made. You miss with Heaven's Gate and you still swung. You miss with Paw Patrol and you >

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Announcing the merger with Titanic footage is an incredible bit

David Ellison • @ellisonskyd... 2h
What once was the peak, is now just the beginning.
Paramount and Warner Bros. shaped over a century of culture. By combining them, we aren't rewriting history — we're equipping these iconic studios with a more powerful engine. Together, we are Skydance: a creative-first ho Show

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Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

McCall's Costumes unlicensed Dr. Strange Men's Costume Multisize will return in Avengers: Doomsday.

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Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Ezra Klein asked Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about AI making kids worse at math and reading. Huang’s reply: “Does it matter?” Then he said he doesn’t know his own address or phone number. “We’re going to lose some fine intellectual dexterity.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/o...

So the message of this research out of China, where you were seeing a lot of kids using A.I. to help them, was that when they were using the A.I., they were getting things done faster. But it turned out that the skills they were learning were not holding, that their actual personal performance, at least in the way we traditionally measure it, was degrading.

What do you think when you hear that?

The last part — I completely agree. Try to get a kid to do long division right now. The multiplication table is starting to be forgotten. Doing square roots, my goodness. Basic math is being forgotten. Does it matter?

That’s my question for you.

Yeah. I don’t think it does. I don’t think it does.

But there must be some set of skills that matter.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. But maybe not those. We’re going to discover new ones. Just maybe not those.

There are a lot of skills that don’t matter. My first confession, I actually don’t know my address.

And I ——

I don’t really believe that to be true.

It’s completely true. Janine will tell you and Lori will tell you.

One day I had to pump gas — it was a few years ago. They needed my ZIP code, and I panicked. I didn’t know my ZIP code. I don’t know my telephone number. I forget these things. I can live with it.

But let me take the other side because I don’t want to fall into a thing where, because some skills can be safely offloaded ——

Yeah.

I also can’t get anywhere without a mapping system now. Never could, frankly. But I’m a big reader. And one of the skills I really value, one of the capacities I have that I really value is an attention span formed on physical books.

You’re a big reader. I’ve read about the kind of reading you do. And there is, prior to A.I., a lot of concern and noticing among college professors and others that the way people use the internet has probably shortened attention spans.
Some skills can be safely given away. Others are valuable. They are capacities that are needed for that flexibility, for that creative thinking, for that focus. It can’t be the case that everything can be traded off.

Some skills can be safely given away. Others are valuable. They are capacities that are needed for that flexibility, for that creative thinking, for that focus. It can’t be the case that everything can be traded off.

Yeah. Well, I think that we’re going to lose some finer intellectual dexterity, but we’re going to be better systems thinkers.

Today’s engineers are far better systems thinkers than I was when I graduated from school. But I was a much better transistor thinker.

What do you mean by systems thinker?

They think of large systems. Today’s computers have trillions, hundreds of trillions of transistors in them. When I first graduated from school, the first chip I worked on had 200 transistors. I knew every one of them by name. No engineer does that today. Most engineers now work well above the transistor, well above the functionality, and they’re cobbling things together to do things.

So you need to think much more about systems and interactions of systems. So some of the lower-level knowledge is gone.

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Dan Szymborski @dszymborski.fangraphs.com · 24/09/2026

If you say the name of an injured quarterback to a mirror three times, Joe Flacco suddenly appears.

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John Walton @thatjohn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

this second session being impossible to schedule is the most D&D thing you could possibly imagine

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Sarah Langs @slangsonsports.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Joshua Baez is the first player in MLB history with 3 home runs in his debut The previous earliest career game for a player to have a 3-HR game was 10th, by 8/10/19 Aristides Aquino and 9/4/97 Bobby Estalella h/t @EliasSports

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Erin Macdonald @drerinmac.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

DS9 fans are great. Also, be ready to cry.

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

waiting to see what inevitable grift is related to this

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Wes Burdine @wesburdine.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Look man, is it too much to ask that there’s an infinite supply of quality period piece, sci fi, or spy thriller tv?

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

what i’ve learned from ambiently listening while my husband watches silo is that they love to say the word silo

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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

"Each year, the participants spoke about 338 fewer words a day than they did in the previous year, amounting to a decline of about 28 percent over the entire time period." (and this is BEFORE Covid!) www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/...

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Another Symptom of Growing Isolation

A recent study found that people spoke fewer words a day in 2019 than in 2005.

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Olivia Miles goes between the legs on a drop pass to Kayla McBride for 3

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 27/07/2026

I think I'd die if she spoke to me like that, I think I'd politely walk away from the room afterwards and I'd spontaneously combust

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 27/07/2026

This is Sampson. He's about to get hit with a vicious draw 2. Has no idea. Poor fella. 12/10

a black and tan long-haired dachshund is sitting in a dining chair across a wooden table from the camera. the dog's chin barely reaches over the top of the table. both the photographer and the dog have uno cards raised in front of them and are analyzing their hands. there's a red draw 2 card that's slightly raised in the photographer's hand.

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Howard Sinker @howardsinker.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Sunday at Wrigley Field, all the more because the Twins would have had the bases loaded with none out in the ninth, except for... bsky.app/profile/scor...

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Jason Snell @snell.zone · 22/07/2026

This will happen for power users but is nonsense for everyone else

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Wes Burdine @wesburdine.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The scariest part of this story is that someone created a start up called HUGGING FACE

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Phillies radio

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

JT Realmuto with the dumbest baserunning move of the season

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Andrew Marchand @andrewmarchand.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

NEWS: Karl Ravech, one of the most prominent voices at ESPN for more than three decades, is expected to be let go by the network on Tuesday as part of the company's layoffs, The Athletic has learned. www.nytimes.com/athletic/746...

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ESPN expected to lay off Karl Ravech after three decades on air: Sources

More expected cuts Tuesday at ESPN would most widely impact staff at NFL Network.

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Cheryl Platz @funnygodmother.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

This is a weird planet and there are a lot of small weird things on it I cannot convince my brain this image is not a bad 3D render

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Sarah Langs @slangsonsports.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

The A’s allowed 23 runs yesterday They scored 15 today That’s the most runs allowed in the game prior to scoring 15+ since the 1895 Phillies lost 24-6 and then won 15-2 in consecutive games May 20-21 h/t @EliasSports

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Penelope: so, you fought one-eyed monsters, a sentient waterspout— Matt Damon: Hot sea women saying mean things Penelope: -hot sea women saying mean things, and it took 10 years? Matt Damon: Yes Penelope: Ten Matt Damon: Yes Penelope: and did you ever try asking for directions? Matt Damon:

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Andy Pohlman @andypohlman.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Yes. 4 year old girls for scale.

Americans will use anything but the metric system

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JAC 🐔 @jaconthebrazos.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

If this isn't the true Minnesota Dairy experience I don't want it.

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Getting Gophery @gettinggophery.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Watched some cool guy teen order two scoops to impress is girlfriend and she was horrified

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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Every year, my first visit, I seem to completely forget how much ice cream it is. I feel like they’re also getting better. We got a cup for this and Talmage and I split it. Would probably do 2 kid’s in the future.

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Matt P @scifi451.com · 18/07/2026

Always get the child size there at Nelson’s. Single way too much. 😂 Even child size is too big. 😂

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🚲🕸️𝖘𝖈𝖔𝖔𝖕𝖘🕸️🚲 @scoopsstp.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

🙄 1. Prosecute the regime for their constitutional trespasses and graft 2. Pack the court, pass court ethics reforms 3. Tax reform

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I saw it at TCL Chinese theater with 1000 other people so I recommend that as well. Do it big if you can.

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Justin Garrison @justingarrison.com · 17/07/2026

People complain about too many streaming services and forget that they have the power to demand physical media stays available Markets don’t exist in a vacuum and if there’s enough demand the market will respond

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Why are people buying so many CDs?

Collectors, affordable prices, and big K-pop albums.

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Kate Violette @kateviolette.com · 16/07/2026

I think part of changing the Overton window on the care that ill & disabled people receive, is for all of us to state what we actually need clearly and out loud Just my two cents and it's ok if not everybody is ready to do that :) 💜 I understand how weird it feels to actually say what we need

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EurekaMSP @eurekamsp.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I need a 4 day work week without losing my benefits or pay (sick single home owner) OR I need a cleaner, shopper, chef, grounds crew. You see, my greatest struggle is limited cognitive energy. By the end of the work day, I can’t tell my body to do anything. My brain is in standby.

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EurekaMSP @eurekamsp.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

It should be permanent standard time

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I’ve seen the Odyssey cast do so many silly press Instagram games I’m beginning to wonder if they were all held hostage in a studio and denied necessities until they hit a quota. “WE TOLD YOU, YOU’LL GET WATER WHEN YOU TELL MASHABLE WHAT KIND OF DOG YOU THINK TOM WOULD BE, MATT”

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Formula for the Battlestar Galactica book is: cool behind the scenes stuff, insightful thoughts from key people, my analysis, yelling about stuff I love, some "whoops, what was THAT," & then some spicy takes that will make a subset of people kinda mad? Or happy!? PLUS 2.8% OH GOD HOLY SHIT wut WHY 💀

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I have a quote from Katee on Lee vs Anders and it's so perfect and so good, and yes, I'm going to make sure that stays in the book and it's SO GOOD so gooood.... my whole interview with Katee was lowkey life-changing? soooo gooodd.

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

ok i'm behind on the Katee Sackhoff Battlestar Reactica pod, BUT would anyone like some SPICY TAKES on Kara & Anders vs. Kara & Lee? Yes? Yes you would!! This is just an excerpt but ...from my work in progress, my holy grail book on BSG (2028! no preorder link yet! next yr!) -- here you go!

When Trucco arrived in Vancouver, “Katee and I just kind of clicked, we had chemistry.” It was a no-brainer for the show to engineer Anders’ return later: He was a useful character to have around, plus a plausible new love interest for Starbuck. “Part of it was just how well Michael popped on screen and, and he had a very different energy than everyone else in the cast,” Ron Moore told me. Leoben was Starbuck’s impassioned acolyte; her relationship with Lee was complicated verging on migraine-inducing, but with Anders, there was an uncomplicated and even joyful attraction. And there was one more reason to bring him back: It would make a vocal subset of fans angry. Some folks in the audience saw Anders as the man who wrecked the chances of Lee and Starbuck making a go of it, and they made their displeasure known on certain message boards.

I understand that impulse — Bamber and Sackhoff believably imbue that relationship with such longing and complexity that wanting them to be a couple makes sense. When Starbuck brutally dumps him by marrying Anders in “Unfinished Business,” that’s one of the most devastating moments of the show (and one of Bamber’s most deeply affecting scenes). But I will die this hill: Lee and Starbuck made for a terrible long-term couple.

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Matt P @scifi451.com · 17/07/2026

Love Mo’s work and love to see these kind of updates.

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 16/07/2026

This year’s schedule (next year’s schedule), home dates April: 17 (16) May: 12 (12) June: 16 (14) July: 12 (12) August: 13 (13) September: 11 (14) … 2026 was a bad schedule & 2027 is arguably rougher. One fewer April home game (good) but 2 fewer summer games. (I love September baseball tho.)

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