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Lur Noise @lurnoise.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Spinward Offices. A piece I did for PARAMOUR - An Orbital Blues Adventure.

Illustration of a some kind of retro-futuristic data center, bathed in green light. At the back, a security guard tries to keep the cold away while watching an old TV.

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Humanoid History @humanoidhistory.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

“Blade Runner” concept art by Syd Mead. Of all his paintings for the film, this one is easily my favorite.

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Beatrijs Brouwer @beastlyworlds.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

A busy stall of flowers to wish you a very happy Easter / bank holiday weekend! 🌷✨ I painted this serious-about-plants tapir recently using gouache, something I’ve been wanting to use more of 🎨🖌️

A tapir wearing an apron and some serious side eye, standing behind a bright stall stacked with colourful plants and flowers.

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Brock // tonicwater @thistoad.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

september #storygraph hopefully october i can finish up some of the non audiobooks I'm chipping away at.

my september storygraph recap. Lists 8 books read, 3246 pages, avg rating 4.38

cover collage of the books I read in September. Titles are: A Trade in Blood, Steering the Craft, Ludluda, Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe, One Leg on Earth, Enemy Feminisms, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, and Canon

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corpse eating dog @thuleanperspective.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Revisiting the triptych today

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Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

In recent years, the media has quietly begun to change the way in which it writes about Bobby Kotick, the former CEO of Activision Blizzard. PMG investigates how Kotick used the threat of defamation to reshape his legacy in the games business, one article at a time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKwp...

youtube.com

Inside Bobby Kotick's Campaign Against the Press

YouTube video by People Make Games

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Beefstrong @beefstrong.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Faerierrarium

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

There seems to be a coordinated talking point among the EA folks that the "standard" approach to "AI" on "the Left" is "AI is just stochastic parrots so no need to worry about it". (Sorry for all the scare quotes, but y'know) >>

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ます本なつみ（masu） @masumasu8.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

ばくばくばくばくばく

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Andrés L. Mignucci @andreslmignucci.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Colored the rest of the Diddy Kong Racing chums, and also DK and the bird are here. Donkey Kong / Banjo & Kazooie / Conker / Pipsy / Tiptup / Timber #diddykongracing #donkeykong #banjokazooie

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Louie Zong @everydaylouie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

taiko 🐟

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Folks, if you want to know what's *really* up with "AI", where the harms lie, and contextualize the nonsense du jour, this film is must watch.

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videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

microzine #15, oval office odyssey, screenshot, apple II (1986) www.mobygames.com/game/149343/...

a pixelated rendition of a woman wearing shades named 'alice somersault', a dolphin named 'emily oshan' and a robot named 'norton-99'.
below:
these are the candidates for vice president.
press return to continue or esc to quit.

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Froggers @froginatorart.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

very puzzled

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.

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Crisppyboat @crisppyboat.ca · 12/09/2026

Eh... What's Up Doc? 🥕✨

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Brock // tonicwater @thistoad.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Dropping a bunch of USB sticks around offices but instead of a virus/something nefarious it's just this video

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Jenna Stoeber @thejenna.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

If you missed this at PAX, there is a great recent interview with the people running the exhibiton on the Video Game History Hour with @philsalv.bsky.social! gamehistory.org/the-video-ga...

gamehistory.org

The Video Game History Hour | Video Game History Foundation

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

It seems like there's a new round of "stochastic parrots has been proven wrong" discourse going on, so I'm going to re-up this: medium.com/@emilymenonb... >>

medium.com

Stochastic Parrots 🦜: Frequently Unasked Questions

It’s been a bit over five years since the Stochastic Parrots paper (Bender, Gebru et al 2021) was published (and somewhat longer since…

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Voidomon @voidomon.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Momenta

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Pip Wren @lollibeepop.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Drawing dump of all the video games I've been getting into lately!

An illustration showing various scenarios in the game Big Walk

An illustration of a red pikmin from Pikmin Bloom wearing definitely just a sausage as decor

An illustration of some doofy guys from Mario Kart World

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ROCK-COMMISSION OPEN @hiimrock1.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Finished the Pikmin trio

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Brock // tonicwater @thistoad.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

not a lot of reading while on vacation. Gogmagog might be my favorite fiction read this year so far! #storygraph

My August storygraph. 3 books read, 1004 pages, average rating 4.42

Cover collage for august. Titles include If We Burn, Gogmagog, and Citadel of Fear

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Paratonia @paratonia.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Ink drawing of Akka, a grouchy hedgehog/mole grandma leaning towards a pot to scoop up some jam she's been preparing. Steam rises from the pot and partially obscures her. There's a mixed assortment of jars on the table, some of them empty and some of them already filled with jam.

Ink drawing of Auri, a mumrik with a tufted tail and padded paw feet, waving and winking at the viewer as they dash away. Leaves scatter out of their rucksack.

Ink drawing of Mottle, a grumpy moomin surrounded by odd hattifatteners. He is glaring at one of them in particular and holding his tail out of its reach.

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BERNERI ✧ @berneri.horse · 01/08/2026

krok

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patrick edell @patrickedell.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

believe!

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lasha3D @lasha3d.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

details

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404 Media @404media.co · 05/08/2026

NEW: Police in Wisconsin used Flock to determine that a man “travels to Michigan frequently,” where marijuana is legal, then back to Wisconsin, where it is illegal. They then used his travel across state lines as tracked by Flock as part of the probable cause justification to search his car.

404media.co

Cops Used Flock to Track a Man Across State Lines to Create Pretext to Search His Car for Weed

"The vehicle travels to Michigan frequently which is a known source state for marijuana as it is legal there," a probable cause justification reads.

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SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Tor Åge Bringsværd sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/brings... died on this day, so here are some of his book covers (3rd's artwork probably by Thore Hansen, but couldn't identify the other artists):

The cover for Tor Åge Bringsværd's "Gobi: Djevelens skin og ben"

The cover for Tor Åge Bringsværd's "Den som har begge beina på jorda star stille"

The cover for Tor Åge Bringsværd's "Ruffen"

The cover for Tor Åge Bringsværd's "Ker Shus"

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CafzkaSoft @cafzka.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Godzilla

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Panic Caption @captionpanic.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Submerged Castle

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User with this avatar just got blocked @avijustgotblocked.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

An account with this avatar was just blocked.

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𝔾𝕆ℝ𝔸ℕ @gorangligovic.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Drew a bunch of guys

Bilbo, Gandalf, and the thirteen Dwarves walking over a mountain range.

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PureAsbestos @pureasbestos.com · 11/07/2026

"Lenin in the Tretyakov Gallery" edited so that Lenin is holding a gun pointing at the painting, which has a shoddily concealed Meccha Chameleon character hiding on it.

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Shayna MoooOOOooon (she/they) @themoonis.gay · 07/07/2026

Twenty seven years

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splendidland🌱 @splendid.land · 29/06/2026

Alice & Ape III from Arm Wrestling (1985)

A girl with blonde hair holding a remote control, stood next to a mechanical ape

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disc horse bot @horsedisc.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

if you don't love these movies, just admit you hate Maoism

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Debt Collective 🟥 @debtcollective.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

This week, Debt Collective student debt members filed a motion for a preliminary injunction. Functionally, this is a payment pause. The next day, a federal judge ordered the Ed Department to reply by July 1. This has huge implications for anyone with student debt. We explain:

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