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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The magnificence of the mushroom

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I'm studying biotech and every time someone brings up mushrooms our current professeor will look either extremely excited or pained and go, "listen, mushrooms are neither plants nor animals nor something inbetween. We do not know what they are. Some are immortal. Some produce life-saving substances some are so closely related to humans that eating them may cause an allergic reaction against your own body. I cannot teach you about the mushrooms.

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”

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Bluebell 🎐💉 @bluebellscript.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🥳💃🏻 Hard to believe I took my first steps around here on this day. Time flies when you're having fun, right? Thanks for the last 2 years, 'Chimes. 🎈 To many more together!

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

1. They caught this in time! It won't keep anyone from voting. 2. This happened bc TX lets you register to vote when you get your driver's license online. The DL office's web portal didn't send people's info to county voter roll registrars properly.

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Spooky Kodama 🌸🔞🏳️‍⚧️ @kodamagrey.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Making bad art is better than making no art

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This is the most masculine video on the internet right now

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Alex A. Pagliuca @alexpagliuca.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Haley Williams has included “Fuck ICE,” ”Free Palestine,” and “Fuck Trump” in every stop of her current tour. Today, she released a pre-show setlist that’s nothing but covers of artists who dropped out of Ed Sheeran’s tour. www.jezebel.com/at-least-one...

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At Least One Singer-Songwriter Isn’t Being a Disappointment This Week!

The people’s punk princess, Hayley Williams, has spoken: “Fuck ICE, free Palestine.”

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Lady Emily ☄️ @ladyemily.nebula.tv · 16/09/2026

I need y’all to know Sarah has been in tears and repeating “Captain Quattro, he is a CHAR” for at least ten minutes now

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Lee Johnson | swordofdestiny @swordofdestiny.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Well, I know what I'm buying when I get paid for this romantasy audiobook edit.

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Radiant G🌈 @radiantg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Sometimes my feed is just: [amazing art] looking for work [goated resume] looking for work [great writing] looking for work [banger music] looking for work Dave Slutbutt, CEO of Game Dev, has laid off 9000 people to buy a 4th house in Bora Bora. [industry veteran] looking for work

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Char's lil meow meow mewtype @mewtype.online · 14/09/2026

As always, I am breaking my hand tapping the sign

Velma unmasking a Scooby Doo villain
Mask reads "I don't like furries"
Villain is revealed to be thinly veiled bigotry against prominently queer communities

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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

He cooked Ed Sheeran on IG

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Ed was in a fucked up position. He knew it. His typical apolitical stance was being challenged in a way it never had been before. He told me that the words
"Free Palestine" and the image of the Palestinian flag were hurtful to a lot of people he spoke with. I told him that if those words were more offensive than tens of thousands of Palestinian children being killed by Israel, then there was a fundamental disconnect between where those people stood and where I stood. But he couldn't get past his public facing, "I don't take sides."

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Maxi Molina @maximjdev.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I've not said it in a while, play The Hayseed Knight! Fully voice acted charismatic characters that will have you laughing your lungs out one moment and crying the next! All in this unique picaresque Visual Novel made by one trans guy with 7 years to spare! store.steampowered.com/app/1332990/...

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Char's lil meow meow mewtype @mewtype.online · 13/09/2026

Happy Birthday to anime's dumbest of ass purest of heart magical girl: Hibiki "I'll return alive even if it kills me" Tachibana

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Symphogear Senki Zesshou Symphogear

Alt: Symphogear Senki Zesshou Symphogear Hibiki Transformation

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The Other Happy Place @theotherhappyplace.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

TODAYBORDAY

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Ran (abu_hobbit) @abuhobbit.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

קריאה מעניינת (ומבאסת)

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 04/09/2026

Amazon's own balance sheet presents the most compelling evidence that we are stuck in the Enshittocene, the era in which everything is turning into a pile of shit, because the worst ideas of the worst people now make the most money. 1/

Hieronymus Bosch's 'The Conjuror,' a painting depicting a medieval con artist playing a shell game for an audience of astonished peasant rubes. The image has been altered: the conman now has Jeff Bezos's grinning head, and the mouths of all the peasants have been replaced with inverted Amazon 'Smile' logos, so they are now frowning.

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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en

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Clsn @clsn.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Also a reason the DMV and Post Office are hated is because they're deliberately underfunded and understaffed, to harm them, because they historically employed a lot of Black and brown workers in good union positions. See also: grocery store workers, including baggers. Remember them?

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Dave Capdevielle @cadaverdave.com · 02/09/2026

As someone who has written for multiple of what people label as "the big indie animated shows", it's truly frustrating to only ever see the same few popular cartoons be discussed. There are so many different animated projects made by a vast sea of creators to explore. They deserve your attention!

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Meredith Nudo 🤌🏻 @meredithnudo.myatproto.social · 02/09/2026

Watch this the next time you want to say that all Texans are ignorant hicks who deserve everything bad that happens to them. Watch these people fight. Watch how our voting rights keep getting stripped away as they have been for over a decade. If you won't help, then shut up and get out of the way.

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Jen Rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Happening now in TX: Voters in battleground Tarrant County are telling GOP local officials what they think of their plan to cut 30% of voting locations this year “Nothing you can do can stop us from removing you in November”

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Txnewsprincess @txnewsprincess.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

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BOO!👻 LAO GATE! @cheflubu.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I try to be kind, but the "America is best" liberals who spent all their lives thinking a white nationalist could never take over America, and are still flabbergasted, are dumb. They're fucking dumb. They're naive, willfully unread, unstudying of history, uncritical buffoons who should feel shame.

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YanManXplore @yanmanxplore.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

A bit inactive here recently but I figured I should post my recent Dragon Ball piece! Put my heart and (Dragon) soul into this one lol!

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Stuck In Attic @stuckinattic.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

We recently got accused of using AI for music in our game and, while it's disheartening, it encouraged me to make a thread about making music for games, what it takes, and why it can be heartbreaking to be accused or even suspected of something we detest. 🧵Long thread follows:

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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

folks SAY they want kindness but this is not always the case. the most controversial thing that i ever post is 'the best way to make inroads in any creative profession is to be kind'. i get SO much pushback, because it is a scary idea for those who have trained themselves to be unkind as a defense

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 24/08/2026

The question of what is a “good” translation matters to people more than ever. Michael-Christopher Koji Fox has been an English translator for Final Fantasy since the 11th title and now supervises the team that “localizes” them for English speakers.

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In translating the world’s biggest entertainment, accuracy isn’t everything

A Final Fantasy veteran says some debates over localization can overlook the nuances of the craft.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

🎯🎯🎯

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Jason Kirk @jasonkirk.fyi · 20/08/2026

Antiquing find

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revolver ocelthot @rnaboursiii.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

This is what datacenters are taking from you

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Soatok @soatok.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

If you're ever mad at yourself, you're allowed to feel good for having never spent money on NFTs.

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Mカエル @m-kaeru.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

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TBSkyen @tbskyen.com · 19/08/2026

It's a logic you could find in the music industry once upon a time as well, where it took the form of aggressively signing a lot of bands into often bad, exploitative contracts, and counting on the one act that blows up to more than pay for studio/promo costs for all the "duds."

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Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 19/08/2026

US soldiers can play GTA VI for 4 days if they agree to reenlist for a minimum of two years and up to six years. Very normal country.

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Lee Johnson | swordofdestiny @swordofdestiny.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I just had the worst movie trailer copy come to mind. Apologies in advance and two decade old Full Metal Alchemist spoiler warning: Shou Tucker will return in The Dogfather Part II: Too Nina, Too Furryous.

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Lee Johnson | swordofdestiny @swordofdestiny.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Anime fun facts/idk I'm overcaffinated and on a lack of sleep (hence the caffination): Q: Why do Japanese dubs and English dubs sound so different outside of language? A: You have to understand that there's a completely different acting paradigm between the two...

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Lee Johnson | swordofdestiny @swordofdestiny.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

There's a troll going around getting IMDb to delete credits for English VAs on anime and us only being able to get them back under "Voice Actors - Dubbing." Kind of ironic considering by that logic, you'd need to do the same to the Japanese Seiyuu, since they are -also- dubbing.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Actress Hayden Panettiere has died, her representative confirms. She was 36 abcnews.com/US/hayden-pa...

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 14/08/2026

Well, we did it - more than $250k for game devs who have been laid off, to be distributed by @videogameworkers.bsky.social. Congratulations and thanks to everyone who donated their time, games, and money to help folks out in a time of need.

A screenshot of the game industry hardship bundle on itch.io, which has made $252,466.19 from 18,598 contributors.

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금인 グミン @pn2395guo.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

3배 더 잘닦이는 휴지

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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 13/08/2026

It's time to play Don't Share that Atlantic Article Designed to Deliberately Provoke You! Can you internalize the idea that engaging with bad faith reporting is just a manipulation to get you to share it? Let's find out if NOPE failed already well we have some lovely parting gifts

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Twonks @twonks.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Eclipse day!

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Taylor Fernandez @taylorsconfused.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Hey, hey! In the coming months, you’ll be able to hear me as Alan in this spectacularly scary audio drama, just in time for Halloween! Many thanks to @kimlinhtran.com and @blackicesheep.bsky.social for having me on! 🎃🎉 Super excited!

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Joshua Bowman @thalesdisciple.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Working on an A.I. policy for my calculus classes. Decided to be upfront about the current situation with LLMs and to give a heartfelt explanation for why the course still matters.

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Artificial Intelligence, or "A.l.," Is a broad term used to refer to several different kinds of technologies. The kind most relevant to this class are Large Language Models (LLMs), which use mathematics to analyze large amounts of human-produced text and then generate new text that simulates what a human might write in response to prompts or questions. Some examples of LLMs are OpenAl's ChatGPT, Anthropic's Claude, and Google's Gemini.

Current LLMs can provide a solution to any calculus problem I give you. So why should we work on them, you might ask? Here's the thing: for the most part, the problems were already solved anyway. Calculus as a subject is nearly 400 years old. It has reached into virtually every modern scientific and economic field. And while I would like to believe that I have crafted a few new problems with some small amount of originality tailored to this class, for the most part I have curated a collection of exercises drawn from my years of teaching calculus. Those exercises come from textbooks, workshops, friends, and other fields of study, as well as my own invention.
And they nearly all have known solutions, often with fairly standard approaches.
Before A.I. became widely available, you could find those solutions in another textbook, or from a friend's notes, or through a repository on the internet.

The point of this class is not necessarily to solve problems that have never been solved before. It is for you to develop habits of thinking that are used by mathematicians, scientists, and policymakers-to develop a sort of mental toolbox that can be applied to new problems. If along the way you happen to find a new way of solving one of the class exercises, that's great! I am constantly learning new things from my students. But you will be bereft of discovery if you rely on a LLM for solutions to the calculus problems before you. Here I mean the discovery of having your own realizations, crystallizing your own internal understanding, claiming the knowledge in a way that cannot be taken away from you.
That ownership is what I want for you, and that is what the course is built around.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I want El-Sayed to win for a lot of reasons but id be lying if i said getting the “sure it works in New York and California but it can’t work in middle America” people to shut the fuck up wasn’t high on my list.

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Danny Lore @weredawgz.blacksky.app · 04/08/2026

I’m open for speedy editing!

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Jett Barker @jettbarker.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Hi, all! Kylie, Elina, and co. are looking for actors on a super cute game jam project currently in the works! Roles are 2F/1M/4 that're open to all; please have files submitted by 12pm GMT on the 16th! This is on the Game Jam Waiver, so it's open to U + NU folks alike! 🥳 tinyurl.com/crittercall

Casting call graphic for "Seafaring Critters" with a deadline of Aug 16, 2025. 2 femme, 1 masc, and 4 open-gender characters are looking for auditions. Shortlink included for the Doc is https://tinyurl.com/crittercall

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