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Owen Hammer @thehammer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

@marianopnavarro.bsky.social has recovered and has returned to work. He and @hernancabreracolor.bsky.social now estimate that "Necessary Evil" issue 3 will be completed in mid-October. Here's another completed ink.

A black and white page of artwork from issue 3 of the comic book series "Necessary Evil."

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.”

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Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics. This is called anthropomorphizing, when we ascribe human traits, emotions or behaviors to non-human things, such as animals or inanimate objects.
Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.

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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Really eloquent writing here bud! It’s a wonder the screenwriting career never panned out.

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Owen Hammer @thehammer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I got my hardcover copy of "Sleep" by @zandercannon.bsky.social. The question is, have *you*?

Owen Hammer excitedly holding up a copy of the graphic novel "Sleep" by Zander Cannon.

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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The one thing I will make a point of watching in 2028 on a Paramount/Warner Bros channel is Gavin Newsom’s concession speech in New Hampshire.

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Garrett Gilchrist @garrettgilchrist.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

REPUBLICANS: We will kill you and your children DEMOCRATS: We don't know how to run against this REPUBLICANS: We will kill five specific children for being gay at sports. This is the biggest problem we face today DEMS: They make good points, we must kill these children BOTH: And Gaza obviously

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

when ai leaves u behind

7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2:
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4:
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6:
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy.
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”

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warrior cop @wyattprivilege.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Republicans can’t even rhetorically maneuver their way out of dogfucking allegations and there are dems still volunteering to gas trans people

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Dante The K9 @dantethek9.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Perfect comedic timing, no notes

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Linkara @linkara.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This is even funnier when you remember that this dude was only on because the billionaire owner of the station thought this dude had great new insights to share. ...In Jimmy's defense, he realized right afterwards his mistake, but still.

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Stella Sacco @antlervel.vet · 16/09/2026

I have made the difficult decision to pull out of Ed Sheeran’s tour. Don’t worry, I’m still an unprincipled coward. It’s just I’ve come down with a type of diarrhea the CDC has classified as “huh” and “really not supposed to do that”

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brennan @brennan.computer · 15/09/2026

really the main fight seems to be people who see AI as the right one foisted upon them, and people who see AI as a way to build the left one themselves and finally be free of the corpo version forever

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JVG 骨 @jasonv.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

We have to support these unprincipled opportunists so that we can make them do the right thing later when we have no leverage over them

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Lauren Flans @laurenflans.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Every commercial for AI is like "Are you ALMOST too stupid to live?? Then ChatGPT is for YOU!"

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

underrated part of El-Sayed’s messaging strategy seems to be shaming journalists who ask dumb questions that play into right-wing frames. you can’t answer these in a way that satisfies them, but you can make it embarrassing enough that you impose a toll on asking.

Abdul El-Sayed: "Weijia, with all due respect, this is the third time you've asked about a Twitch streamer ... their whole game is to make us fight culture wars so that we don't pay attention to the fact the president has made $2.2 billion ... "

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Christopher Wade ✊🏿 @itsmechriswade.com · 14/09/2026

Really fuckin SOLID video by @jessiegender.bsky.social about how marginalized artists are often criticized for being "self-indulgent". "Give me weird, personable, obsessive over something that has been sanded down into universal relatability". Dont miss it! youtu.be/3urDThfi8Cw?...

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Why Queer Art Makes Critics Uncomfortable

YouTube video by Jessie Gender

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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The Baltimore Sun, who canned longtime cartoonist Kevin Kallaugher last year for "ultra-liberal" politics, now runs unauthored AI cartoons showing citizens thanking their mayor for everything he does. editorialcartoonists.com/an-open-lett...

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An Open Letter to the Publisher and Editors of the Baltimore Sun from the AAEC - AAEC

On September 4, 2026, The Sun published what can only technically be called an “illustration” it intended its readers to accept as an editorial cartoon. Whatever the intent, the only message The Sun ...

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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.

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Owen Hammer @thehammer.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I feel compelled to tell @markfrost.bsky.social that, whenever someone recommends a movie or TV show to me because it’s “just like Twin Peaks,” it’s always a lie. I think that people don’t get how or why Twin Peaks is distinct. Something that’s a little weird is not “like Twin Peaks.”

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AdequateEmily @adequateemily.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Me looking at my furniture after the moving company packs it up

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Anna Hughes 🍁 @annaghughes.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

trying to make new friends as an adult

Amy Adams in Arrival holding the white board that says HUMAN while she's trying to communicate with aliens

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 11/09/2026

Shanah Tovah, New York! Wishing all Jewish New Yorkers celebrating a sweet, joyful and meaningful Rosh Hashanah. Here’s to a new year filled with health, happiness and blessings (and yes, even another Knicks championship).

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This airline rules so hard

Ryanair will dispute passenger's claim he was sucked out of window
CEO Michael O'Leary tells reporters the businessman was sucked 'towards' but not out of the opening
Business live -latest updates
Gwyn Topham

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

"I oppose trans athletes playing in girls' sports if the fantasy hypothetical that does not and never will exist because it was invented by the Heritage Foundation magically comes true."

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/09/2026

For a certain kind of white man, there is no fear more primal than the fear that the people they have abused will gain power and treat them the same way.

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Kurt Busiek @kurtbusiek.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.

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FunnyVia @funnyvia.com · 08/09/2026

"Hig will sit on my steps and howl until I open the door and acknowledge him. Also, Hig is not my dog."...

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The Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026

As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.

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There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series

You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.

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Lauren Flans @laurenflans.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

this is my job until someone gives me an actual job

Screenshot of a text exchange between me and a spambot. The bot texted me:

Hi, I am Ruby from US Speaks. We're polling CA residents. Will you answer a 5-question poll?

1) Yes
2) No (or QUIT Poll)

At 5:31pm I replied:

I would LOVE to, but first you gotta answer *my* 5-question poll! 😃

1) Wtf is "US Speaks?"
2) Is Ruby your real name, or just one that the marketing team thought people would respond to favorably?
3) Why did Josh Hartnett never quite achieve the leading man heights he seemed destined for early in his career?
4) Where did you get this number?
5) How about you never fucking text me ever again?

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This has to be my number one pet peeve. Or at least in the top three. People get to leave! They do not have to stay and endure repugnant words or actions. They are not taking the ball and going home. They are leaving you the ball! Talk to the ball about how much you love racism!

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

People removing themselves from your presence is not bullying.

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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 01/09/2026

We're in an era where no company wants to be in their own industry, and are much more interested in financial shell games and pulling the copper out of the walls. There is no economic struggle. The game industry is more profitable than ever. This is entirely managerial and executive failure.

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Owen Hammer @thehammer.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I just saw “Blazing Saddles.” Man! You couldn’t make that movie today because it takes more than a day to make a movie.

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Corinne Green @ket.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

which word did y'all make it to, i got all the way to "bitcoin" before i died

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Stella Sacco @antlervel.vet · 30/08/2026

TESTER: You’re walking in a desert when you see a tortoise. You flip it over on its back. TESTEE: I wouldn’t do that. TESTER: Haha right, because that’d be tortoise interference! TESTEE: TESTER: TESTEE: Sorry is that a question. Like part of the test TESTER: *writing, muttering* Rrreplicant

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Owen Hammer @thehammer.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Sometimes, you can believe the hype. "Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma" really was that good.

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Brian Drew @bmdrew73.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Authorities are looking for this man.

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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 28/08/2026

"Milo got arrested!" "That's good!" "By an unaccountable secret police force" "That's bad" "He supported them, though, so there's delicious irony at play." "That's good!" "But they came for him because fascist power has reached a point where petty infighting can lead to arrests" "That's bad"

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

They made this reply in the Bluesky Lab, it may not be the most pure Bluesky response ever but it is in the slide deck

Don't pile on this guy, he's silly, but earnest

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Owen Hammer @thehammer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The first ten minutes of every “Lone Ranger” movie: “Let’s take a shortcut through Ambush Gulch.”

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