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Timmy Samuel

@starbellystudios.bsky.social
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Photo/video for live theatre. Founder of Starbelly Studios. Book lover, musician, and audio engineer. The new album from my band Professor Panic is out now on streaming services and Bandcamp. professorpanic.bandcamp.com/album/s…

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
If you're willing to sell out trans kids for theoretical votes I have to assume you'd sell out anyone for theoretical votes, so, yes, I do think supporting sports bans means you get not a fucking thing from me.
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Lætus @bajamothblast.vanadiel.network · 02/10/2024
now that it's october im legally allowed to post this
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 22/09/2026
this bigot is a republican
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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Local man says Canada will also not join the Ice Capades or Columbia House Record Club.
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Poilievre says Canada will never be ’28th state’ of EU at Ontario rally - National | Globalnews.ca
The Opposition leader says Canada already has a free trade agreement with Europe and close defence ties with the continent through NATO, but he doesn’t support European laws.
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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Once you start conceding ground to the “protect sports” angle in order to win an election you’re not fighting for anyone’s rights
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Timmy Samuel @starbellystudios.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I was photographing a conference this past week in Reno. At one point I was so exhausted that I mistook an apple for a stress ball.
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Jim Stewartson, Antifascist @jim-stewartson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
As a long-time technologist who has built many software products: If your software does something you can’t control, you are a shitty software engineer. You have not birthed an alien intelligence.
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Timmy Samuel @starbellystudios.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Looking forward to diving into this one. Just finished The Sixth Nik, which I dug. Plus, he lives in my town!
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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 17/09/2026
“A senior executive at Microsoft said A.I. systems built on the work of others will be seen as ‘an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions’ and possibly the greatest robbery of labor in human history, according to court documents unredacted Thursday in an ongoing Manhattan lawsuit.”
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Docs in A.I. copyright suit reveal startling admission by Microsoft exec over ‘astonishing theft’
The admission appeared in a newly unredacted filing in the landmark copyright infringement legal battle playing out between newspapers like the Orlando Sentinel and tech companies Microsoft and OpenAI...
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Timmy Samuel @starbellystudios.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
For @bcdreyer.social wgntv.com/midday-news/...
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Midday Fix: Broadway in Chicago’s JEKYLL & HYDE
David Moreland, Dr. Henry Jekyll and Mr. Edward Hyde Derek Van Barham, Producing Artistic Director, Kokandy Productions Check Out: JEKYLL & HYDE Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place 175 E. C…
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Timmy Samuel @starbellystudios.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Lost a friend early this morning to gliblastoma. Scott was a creative genius who came up with crazy-sounding shows on paper that translated into live shows that were so fucking funny. He combined pop-culture icons into his shows so that they transcended the originals to become something magical.
Medium shot of a man in a black turtleneck pushing up sunglasses from the bridge of his nose. He has short brown hair and a bushy, greying beard.
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badly drawn boo! 🎃👻🧛🏼‍♀️ @soapachu.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I've laughed at this for three minutes straight
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I am generally skeptical of boycotts. But I don't think one can overstate the degree to which J.K. Rowling has chosen to make loathing of trans people and cruelty about them into her primary identity. Nobody on earth will suffer from skipping the Harry Potter series. Let's not make her richer.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 21/08/2026
All of the LLMs stole from me. Most of the big "A.i." billionaires are horrifying right wingers. Consumer-facing generative "A.i." "writing" and "art" tools deskill people, cheat kids out of real education, spread falsehoods and disinfo, and violate privacy. So no, I ain't using that shit.
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Ian Fay @ianfay.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
This shit is why you can't separate continuing to financially support the Harry Potter IP (whether by buying the games, merch, watching the new TV show when its out) from the consequences of what JK Rowling does with that money She's become so stiflingly powerful that even private docs arent safe
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Timmy Samuel @starbellystudios.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The standards of courtroom illustration has dropped dramatically.
Screenshot of a headline reading “I shot Mr. Thompson.”: Luigi Mangiome describes his planning and the killing of health insurance CEO
A courtroom illustration shows a man with short, dark hair wearing a yellow prison shirt. He is depicted from the chest up. The illustration appears like it was drawn in crayon by a high-school freshman art class dropout.
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Richy Craven @richycraven.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I love when the cinema you're in has an advert for the cinema you're in. I'm here, buddy. I couldn't be any more here than I am right now. Job done. Congratulations.
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Timmy Samuel @starbellystudios.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Oh man, I’ve lost patience with smart home devices losing functionality due the errant whims of their makers. Fine. Dumb home it is.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 05/08/2026
Fair question! I use the periods to avoid slandering the Alberts, Albertos, and Alfredos of the world. I use a lower case "i" to devalue the industry's claim of "intelligence," because "A.i." is not sentient. And I add the quotes because the whole thing is an inaccurate, bogus marketing term.
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Tanya D. || Writer || Narrative Designer @cypheroftyr.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Daaaamn. “AI is the asbestos we're shovelling into the walls of our technological society. Our descendants will spend generations digging it out again, and the longer the bubble goes on without popping, the longer it will take to repair the damage." www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...
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Cory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying
It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our t...
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Timmy Samuel @starbellystudios.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I know there are bigger things going on in the world, but this reeeeeeeeeeally pisses me off. @tp-link.bsky.social
A screenshot of a press release from the company TP-Link that says:

"Dear TP-Link User,

We regret to inform you that IFTTT services will be discontinued for Tapo and Kasa smart home products according to the following timeline:

August 1, 2026: Full termination of IFTTT services.

To provide more advanced and reliable smart home experiences, we are focusing our development on AI-powered technologies. While we understand this change may cause inconvenience, it enables us to deliver faster response times and more innovative features in the future.

For continued automation needs, we highly recommend using the Smart Action feature within the Tapo app or Kasa app to create seamless, powerful local automations."
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👻👹 boo-rit 👹👻 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
christ if that’s not a metaphor for our times
reuters: 

Sunken Nazi warships resurface as water levels drop
Scuttled German WW2 warships have reemerged from the Danube in drought-hit Europe.
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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
A Democrat saying "Black people shouldn't have healthcare" or "Jews aren't biological people" or "immigrants shouldn't be allowed to play sports" would be ostracized and condemned from coast to coast, so why should we accept these repulsive beliefs when it comes to trans people?
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pistachiOoOoOo 👻👻👻 @streetlightlily.horntforgood.com · 31/01/2026
You don’t want hands free driving, you want trains. You want trains you want trains you want TRAINS
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dmercer.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Gorgeous mural at 1048 N. Ashland in Chicago. It's called "Who You've Always Been" and honors Marsha P. Johnson, a protestor at the Stonewall Uprising in 1969. chicago.suntimes.com/murals/2025/...
Three-story red brick corner building from the 1880s. Part of one wall is covered with a mural depicting a young black girl in a sundress and flowers in her hair walking through a meadow of flowers. A buttefly flits just in front of her and the Chicago skyline is in the background.
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Stephen Farrow @stephenfarrow.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Many thanks to the Toronto Star for inadvertently showing us why we should all use the Oxford Comma. Apparently Sylvia had some, let's say, complicated hobbies:
Headline from the Toronto Star:

The latest historical fiction
books take inspiration from
Sylvia Plath, a New York
vigilante and Shah of Iran

We review ‘Daffodil Days,’ ‘Lady X,’ ‘Love Lane’ and
‘Mistress of the Persian Boarding House.

July 16,2026 at 12:45 p.m.
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Marguerite Kenner @margueritekenner.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
-Find a way of moving your body that brings you joy and do it every chance you get. -Learn how and when to maintain things you rely on, and buy the best versions you can afford. -Avoid cheap shoes and mattresses -Don’t make your profession your personality -Hydrate -Moisturize -Read
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Timmy Samuel @starbellystudios.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Christopher Nolan made me deaf. No, I will not elaborate. Ok, a little elaboration. I saw two shows in the past few days, Rush and The Odyssey. I didn’t need earplugs for the Rush show.
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Timmy Samuel @starbellystudios.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Never thought I’d be saying this ever again, but I am seeing Rush tonight. Forty-three years after seeing them for the first time.
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Timmy Samuel @starbellystudios.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Trent Reznor has a field of tiny hay. Nine Inch Bails
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FALKE-6416 @drone6416.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
sci fi writers be like: nooo dude you dont get it this setting is really cool actually because i meticulously spent years researching everything to ensure my spaceships follow all relevant physical laws and properties of spaceflight and are feasible fantasy writers: what if a dragon fucked your mom
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Timmy Samuel @starbellystudios.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I'm pleased to announce my debut fake novel. Here is the cover what I threw together when I should have been doing other stuff. The title makes me laugh.
A book cover with a quarter of a blue planet sphere along the right side against a black background, with dark blue flames above the planet, turning into bright orange flames as they pass the edge of it. A dark purple clock face is subtly overlaid across the entire cover. The title of the book is large along the left side, in bright orange and blue lettering, and it says 'CHILDREN OF EARTH AND TIME AND FIRE AND BLOOD AND THE NIGHT AND OTHER SHIT, PROBABLY' and beneath that "a novel". The lettering gets smaller with each succsesive line. At the bottom is the author "TIMMY SAMUEL'.
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Timmy Samuel @starbellystudios.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I just bought the soundtrack to Del Toro’s Frankenstein and, damn, it is exquisite. Desplat doing stellar work here.
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Timmy Samuel @starbellystudios.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Migrating my email servers on the Fourth. That's a cause for celebration! If it works, anyway. #goodbyegoogle
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Timmy Samuel @starbellystudios.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I had a dream about the revivified Starlog. I think I’m now required to seek it out.
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Timmy Samuel @starbellystudios.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Also, Bluesky is giving me life this morning.
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Timmy Samuel @starbellystudios.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Waking up to the smell of propane wafting through my window this morning. 🫤
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Heather Anne Campbell @heathercampbell.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
can’t believe a narcissist is being so publicly humiliated by a reflecting pool
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Timmy Samuel @starbellystudios.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
@editr.bsky.social Hi there! You wouldn’t happen to know of any professional transfer services that can handle U-matic tapes? A friend in NY is looking for a reputable company.
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Timmy Samuel @starbellystudios.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
The look of House of the Dragon has changed ever so slightly this season. It’s very subtle, but I think I like it.
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Timmy Samuel @starbellystudios.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
I got my first-ever royalty payment from ASCAP last week. It was for $2.67, but still.
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Like twice a day now I read a headline that makes me remember that time I went to Versailles with my mom, and she looked around and went, “They had it coming.”
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Timmy Samuel @starbellystudios.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The shorts/tanks/whatever ads being (relentlessly) thrown at me on insta assume I am jacked. Unfortunately, they’re about 30 years too late for this blobby blob.
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Dex Anderson @dexanderson.com · 15/06/2026
I am begging cisgender people to stop using the pronoun part of their introductions in meeting to say nouns that are clearly not the pronouns they actually use. I don't care if you have ~feelings~ about being asked pronouns. You are mocking trans people.
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MurderBotBot @murderbotbot.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Hard not to be paranoid when you remember all the times your paranoia was justified.
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Timmy Samuel @starbellystudios.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Does a Cardi B imply there was a Cardi A? Maybe even a Cardi Refit.
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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Godzilla stomps through a city and thinks to himself "For Godzilla all cities are walkable."
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
A President ordering the Justice Department to criminally investigate a woman who won a sexual assault lawsuit against him makes Watergate look like an unpaid parking ticket.
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