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Andy Oliver @andywpoliver.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Today I saw the term "ai aren'tists" for the first time and I rather like that.

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Astreia @redoubters.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

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Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

this is very funny and also because I am old, I am reminded of the guy who did a blog in the gawker comments section

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 27/09/2026

Exit, pursued by a fucking bear

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The Rev. Andy McQuery @frandym.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

MACBETH: I bear a charmèd life, which must not yield To one of woman born. MACDUFF: Despair thy charm, And let the angel whom thou still hast served Tell thee Macduff was from his mother’s womb Untimely ripped. MACBETH: Fuck.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 27/09/2026

“Then yield thee, fucking coward.”

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That Film Nerd with the Book @thatmatt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

So many incredibly funny responses here!

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Steve Gale @stevewg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Colley Hill, Surrey: coffee break from birding the steep scrub. Love the plaque on the bench I’m sitting on

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

we have a generation of trickle down economics we can look at now, it should just be accepted truth at this point that it doesnt work and the people who implemented it should never work in politics or the financial sector ever again

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

i think the political ideology that gave us the iraq war and the great recession and brexit and trump and the iran war has been thoroughly discredited at this point

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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

A lot of us hardly knew Charlie Kirk even existed, before he died.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 11/09/2026

Why is 'lb' the abbreviation for 'pound'?

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Steven Hyden @stevenhyden.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Hey, I was happy to talk with Anthony Fantano about my new book IS THIS IT. Really great conversation! www.youtube.com/watch?v=De8Y...

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The History of The Strokes

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Steven Hyden @stevenhyden.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Hey, today is the anniversary of Warren Zevon's death. It's also my birthday. Every year on this day I like to share this essay, one of my favorite pieces. www.theringer.com/2018/09/07/m...

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His Sh*t’s F***ed Up: The Complicated Legacy of Warren Zevon

The late singer-songwriter has been gone for 15 years, but his life and career still aren’t any easier to make sense of: He was as gifted, haunted, and destructive as any musician from his generation.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 05/09/2026

"Iran has imposed a strategic defeat on America without a single Iranian soldier firing a rifle. Hegseth obsessing over soldiers’ physical fitness in 2026 is like a European general fixating on his troops’ horsemanship in 1940."

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Pete Hegseth 💩 the Bed Again

The secretary of WAR is obsessed with doing pushups in the age of drone warfare. America will pay for his stupidity.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

And they say it’s hard to find new music.

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Brandon Bird @brandonbird.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Two-Falk

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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This is the thing about comics/cartoons. 95% of people won't notice the craft and thought going into this. But it's there, and it's what makes comics so good!

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Darren Mooney @darrenmooney.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This is a really good piece from @carolinesiede.bsky.social about the changing structure of modern television seasons, where the third episode takes on much greater import. www.avclub.com/lanterns-epi...

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Third episodes are now the most experimental place on TV

It used to be that shows saved their fireworks for their penultimate episodes. But the way TV is made and watched today necessitates some earlier flash.

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 02/09/2026

I'll add some nuance here — most local pushback against data centers is actually quite fluent, and not grounded in the more wild-eyed rhetoric you see on social media. Very often, the core premise is a simple, correct one: you can't trust what Big Tech says in its promises to a local community.

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The Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026

Massive AI infrastructure is being built out across the US, and it’s probably coming for your state. There’s one place where the data center occupation already arrived – 20 years ago. So if you want to know what it will look like... www.theverge.com/cs/features/...

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This is the correct position.

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Microplastics Sommelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

such giddy joy about trucks shearing themselves in half. this is pure hater energy. @reportermatt.bsky.social

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Victoria Song @vicmsong.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

🥹 it’s been so nice to see that an existential conversation about art, tech and humanity is resonating

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Travis Larchuk @larchuk.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Floored by the reception to yesterday’s Vergecast. @davidimel.com and @vicmsong.bsky.social were inspired by @lopatto.bsky.social’s amazing piece to have a conversation about what it means to be human and give a shit (my words). Edited beautifully by producer Josh Cajas.

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What the AI overlords get wrong about being alive | The Vergecast

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Here, the ghost is me. @highway62.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Today's, certainly this week's and probably this month's essential read. "You know what they said? Well some of it was TRUE!"

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The Trump Tax on American families — As Republicans shrug 🤷🏼

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Bart Harley Jarvis @williamzabka424.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I’m a very cynical guy, but I can think of literally nothing bad to say about Olivia Rodrigo and the good she is bringing to this world. (I’m sure some asshole will find something though.)

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The A.V. Club @avclub.com · 31/08/2026

There’s a stubborn, prickly nobility lurking inside John Stewart that hints there’s more to him than following orders. Read more of this week's #lanterns recap here: www.avclub.com/lanterns-rec...

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John Stewart’s origin deepens Lanterns’ portrait of real world superheroing

In "OutKast," John Stewart's origin story teaches the Guardians Of The Universe that everything isn't just blue and green.

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Kevin Church (Spooky Remix) @beaucoupkevin.com · 27/08/2026

AVENGERS DOOMSDAY except it says what's on my hand seriously, when did that happen

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That Film Nerd with the Book @thatmatt.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

My favorite Dolly anecdote is from SNL. Jan Hooks said she went in on the first day and said “I won’t use any cuss words and I won’t make fun of Jesus. Everything else is fair game."

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WIRED @wired.com · 27/08/2026

ICYMI: Not even a quarter of the way into an expected 19-day federal trial over Meta’s alleged failure to protect young users, the social media giant agreed to settle the case. www.wired.com/story/meta-w...

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Meta Will Pay Up to $16.7 Billion to Settle Its Social Media Harms Case—and That’s Not All

In addition to sending billions of dollars to states, Meta will make substantive changes to its platforms as part of a landmark settlement.

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VictoriousYankee @victoriousyankee.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Just as we suspected, social media is toxic to young people. Thank god we won’t lift a finger to do anything about it. Zuck’s too rich and white. We’ll never force social media to change.

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Toss @stevenspoints.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I really cannot think of a greater honor than to have the Muppets say this about you upon your passing

Instagram post from the official Muppets account: Few humans have earned the title of honorary Muppet more than the legendary Tim Curry. As a performer he was unparalleled - witty, charming, unnerving, and deeply funny. We will always consider it one of our greatest treasures to have been part of Long John Silver’s crew. Thank you for everything, Tim.

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Danette Chavez @danettechavez.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

See also: Only Murders In The Building

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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

The latest dangerous TikTok trend? Lanterning, where kids shout "are you afraid" at each other and then shoot apples off each other's heads. Tonight, on 60 Minutes.

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Bree (half of Kit Rocha) @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 21/08/2026

This whole thread delights me.

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Elizabeth Sandifer @eruditorumpress.com · 11/08/2026

I refuse to pay attention to this discourse until Woke 4 mysteriously disappears twenty-four hours after it comes online.

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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

it was a generational fumble for the dems to pull back on letting coach tim, our gentle midwestern uncle, stand in front of a mic and express disgust and bewilderment at what an absolute grab bag of misfit freaks this admin is. this is weird! these people are fucking weirdos!!! it’s yucky!

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Darren Mooney @darrenmooney.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Worth shouting out that, even as somebody who loved Geoff Johns’ “Green Lantern”, but who doesn’t think Johns’ strength was characterising his lead, “Lanterns” has the best work I’ve seen done with Hal Jordan since Darwyn Cooke’s “New Frontier.” Kyle Chandler is incredible.

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Darren Mooney @darrenmooney.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

“Lanterns” is phenomenal. A series that asks what it means to be “chosen”, and who gets the privilege of living “without fear.” Big, bold, ambitious stuff. Maybe a shade shy of Lindelof’s “Watchmen”, but handily the best superhero project of the year. If not the last few years. Loved it. So much.

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Darren Mooney @darrenmooney.bsky.social · 07/06/2023

“Across the Spider-Verse” makes this conception of superheroism the villain of the film: the heroes who form paramilitary squads with masks as their badges and who protect the “status quo” without any questioning of the underlying morality. And that’s legitimately great.

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Darren Mooney @darrenmooney.bsky.social · 07/06/2023

O’Hara and his “elite strike force” are a pretty good representation of the post-9/11 MCU-derived paradigm as superheroes as cops. Hell, Gwen’s Spider-Man mask is likened to her father’s badge at one point, in case you don’t get the metaphor. His resignation mirrors hers from O’Hara’s force.

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Darren Mooney @darrenmooney.bsky.social · 07/06/2023

Superheroes are basically law enforcement or military units in so many of these movies. Hell, that’s explicitly what O’Hara is in “Across the Spider-Verse.” He’s a continuity cop. He even pins a young minority teenager to the ground and tells him that he doesn’t “belong” there.

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Darren Mooney @darrenmooney.bsky.social · 07/06/2023

Anyway, since 9/11, the paradigm has shifted. Secret identities are less important. Outside of Peter Parker, how many MCU heroes even have secret identities? Instead, they join paramilitary forces. They are (“winter”) soldiers who fight in (“civil”/“infinity”) wars. They fight huge battles.

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Darren Mooney @darrenmooney.bsky.social · 07/06/2023

One of the things that I love about “Across the Spider-Verse” is that it’s a text very overtly about what superheroes should be and who they belong to. Which is something that fascinated me as a superhero fan. “Across the Spider-Verse” has very strong, very thoughtful opinions.

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