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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 26/04/2026

You LOVE to see it, good work everyone, keep up the relentless dunks on AI, all these bros deserve a wedgie/swirlie combo and they are not allowed to sit at our table ever again.

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The AI Industry Is Discovering That the Public Hates It

If there was any doubt over the brewing public backlash to this technology, the last few weeks have erased it.

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Karla Ortiz @kortizart.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Here’s just ONE of the artists Marvel Studios let go today: Wesley Burt, a brilliant veteran, one of the best in the industry. He made the viral Fantastic Four Valentine’s day card! He was also pivotal for the look of many films and shows like for example Loki, Black Panther, Avengers and so on!

Artwork by Wesley Burt. Valentines Day card of the Fantastic Four.

Artwork by Wesley Burt. Concept Illustration of Loki variants

Artwork by Wesley Burt. Concept Illustration of Zuri for Black Panther.

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 15/04/2026

Just a reminder that JD Vance has been a Catholic for less time than Nacho Fries have been on the Taco Bell menu.

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⚔️excalibur!⚔️ @ COMMISSIONS OPEN !!! @knighthearts.com · 07/04/2026

tumblr calling me out with this post.

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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 13/04/2026

*cups ur face* You are not a “smol” “bean.” You are in your thirties and have a pet that’s grown accustomed to a certain lifestyle. You need to get it together.

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dr. hazel 🕸️🕷️ @hazelmonforton.com · 15/04/2026

Think of it this way: using ChatGPT is like employing a scheming eunuch whose obsequious lies will make your life difficult and embarrassing.

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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 25/03/2026

The right wing weirdos dominating the US Catholic Church are not gonna like this one bit.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

this is actually why i once had a positive opinion of Rowling. As a kid I got bullied for reading giant nerdy books. Once HP got huge suddenly every kid was hauling giant tomes around school and I didn't get laughed at anymore. no public figure ever burned more of my goodwill faster

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The Midnight Society @midnightpals.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Mary Shelley: sup fuckers Poe: joanne was explaining death of the author Poe: what do you think, mary Shelley: death of the author eh? Shelley: [brandishing swicthblade] i think it's a good idea Rowling: i Rowling: i have to go

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The Midnight Society @midnightpals.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Rowling: now now sssteve Rowling: there actually iss an ethical way to watch harry potter King: there is? King: quick tell me! Rowling: haven't you ever heard of Rowling: death of the author? King: oh, good point! Poe: steve, she's alive Poe: she's right here in front of you

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Toby Locke @tlockewrites.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Omg same - got it from an auntie who thought it was a run of the mill medieval fantasy fine for a 15-year-old - my horizons were BLOWN open 😅 Still a favourite book tho - Carey’s prose and world are so good I always want to recommend it but have to go ‘it’s not just SMUT/I’m not a freak!’

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

one thing I'm not gonna do is tell you, a stranger in my signing line, if my book is appropriate for your 13yo. baby i was reading kushiel's dart at 13 i am not the one to ask

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 16/03/2026

I was asked to give my thoughts on generative AI usage in games - here they are!

From the article:
"I think that until the bubble bursts, AI will be used by quite a few game companies, and perhaps even beyond the bubble," says Brandon Sheffield of Necrosoft Games, which released the RPG Demonschool last year. "Look, I am not a fool – I understand that AI has some uses. Primary among those being the devaluing of work, the cheapening of labour, the laying off of creatives, and the generation of busywork for humans to fix whatever AI generates."

"It's also useful for burning through water, raising the prices of RAM and chipsets globally, and poisoning anyone near the data centres that run them. So there are a lot of use cases for AI. From spurring on the death of the creative endeavour to dissolving our economy, AI is absolutely gangbusters at what it does. We don't use it in our studio though."

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Mall goth Koltira @momentomoron.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

My hot take is this; We're in a literacy crisis here in the US. The style of gaming that has been encouraged is to speed run everything, never read quest texts, lore doesn't matter, only those numbers for dps and whoever can get to end game first. 1/

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aquila 🍉 most normal frankenstein enjoyer @belllmonts.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

kate hawley winning best costume for frankenstein means she also wins for crimson peak according to me

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Micah @rincewind.run · 15/03/2026

friend, this is Marcus Junius Brutus CAESAR has declared himself DICTATOR FOR LIFE and MUST BE STOPPED can you rush a donation of ten denarii today to show that you STAND WITH THE REPUBLIC?

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POCGamer aka PanzerLion! @pocgamer.com · 11/03/2026

Anyone else tired of every single day being A Day™?

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

I finally lost my shit about so-called AIs, LLMs, enshittification & everything fucking evil that @officialgrammarly.bsky.social is doing. I'm fucking furious, and not just about what 1 company has done. An open letter to Grammarly & the rest of the LLM hype machine www.moryan.com/an-open-lett...

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An open letter to Grammarly and other plagiarists, thieves and slop merchants

To everyone at Grammarly, I am writing a book right now, a really challenging endeavor that no doubt someone in Silicon Valley will think it’s fine to steal the day it’s published. I’ve been a profes...

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Great now it’s trying to steal our ANXIETY too That’s ours, AI, hands-off, thief

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Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

the two phases of writing: (1) writing and (2) wandering aimlessly like an unmoored ghost and complaining about not writing

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Tara O'Shea (she/her) @fringe-element.net · 03/03/2026

At least one good thing.

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Kathryn Tewson @kathryntewson.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

I am starting to wonder if people who spend a lot of time talking to LLMs lose their stamina for actual critical analysis because they're so used to having their own priors reflected back at them in the guise of another's voice.

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Proloe 🌙🧚‍♀️ Very Fairy Vtuber @proloe.gay · 28/02/2026

I do not like this gen AI I do not like what it implies I do not want it in my art I do not think it makes you smart I do not want it in my games I do not like its goals and aims I do not want it in my books I do not like the way it looks I do not like it, I don't care I do not want it anywhere

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

One cool thing about unequivocally hating AI is that you will be proven right over and over again every single day

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

No other word has done more damage to the craft of writing in recent years than “content”. Even if you’re using the word “content” ironically, or as a cute little joke, don’t. When someone calls writing “content” they’re pissing on someone’s hard work & passion. “Content” is Technosatan’s henchword.

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Toby Locke @tlockewrites.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Me and my friends every time we try a new board game or TTRPG system 😅😭

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Jeff Gerstmann @jeffgerstmann.com · 23/02/2026

One of my least favorite things around AI in video games is when these LLM idiots try to say that "AI has been in video games for decades," as if the routines that tell ghosts to chase Pac-Man are exactly the same as the chat bot claiming there are nine Rs in strawberry.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 23/02/2026

at last, we have invented retrophenology from the classic Discworld text Don’t Invent Retrophenology

Retrophrenology:
It works like this. Phrenology, as everyone knows, is a way of reading someone's character, aptitude and abilities by examining the bumps and hollows on their head. Therefore - according to the kind of logical thinking that characterizes the Ankh-Morpork mind - it should be possible to mould someone's character by giving them carefully graded bumps in all the right places. You can go into a shop and order an artistic temperament with a tendency to introspection and a side order of hysteria. What you actually get is hit on the head with a selection of different size mallets, but it creates employment and keeps the money in circulation, and that's the main thing.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

you can really blow some minds with “actually there was an entire library and research institute for queer / trans history, science and medicine founded by a Jewish sexologist but the Nazis destroyed it in the hopes of exactly this outcome, ie future generations not believing trans people are real”

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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

D'oh! My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social (with apologies to Matt Groening) And in case you'd like to know the episode this references, it's "Duffless", Ep 16, Season 4... google "Bart gets electrocuted by muffin" for a Youtube clip of the moment. You're welcome. 🤓)

A political cartoon by Megan Herbert, referencing a moment in episode 16, season 4 from The Simpsons ("Duffless"), in which Lisa Simpson sets out to prove that Bart is dumber than a hamster because he is unable to learn from operant conditioning (that touching a cupcake leads to an electric shock). The cartoon is split into 4 panels and all people featured are drawn in The Simpson's style. In panel 1, titled JUNE 2024, Peter Dutton (with smiling Angus Taylor and Sussan Ley watching on) is attracted to the sight of a model of a nuclear power plant on a bench top. The model is connected to a device which will deliver an electric current to anyone who touches it. Dutton is looking at a small sign announcing "VOTERS DO NOT WANT". Nevertheless, he is clearly drawn to it, and is saying "OOOOOH...". Panel 2. Labelled MAY 2025, Peter Dutton touches the Nuclear model, receiving an electric shock (BZZZZT!). Taylor is still smiling. Ley now looks concerned. Panel 3, labelled NOVEMBER 2025. The same scene, but now the Nuclear model has a sticky note added to it saying "SCRAP NET ZERO", and this time it's Sussan Ley (with Dan Tehan looking on) touching the model and receiving the electric shock. Panel 4, labelled FEBRUARY 2026, is the same scene yet again, except with the sticky note now removed, and the label saying "VOTERS STILL DO NOT WANT". This time it's Angus Taylor grabbing the nuclear model and receiving the shock, with a smiling Jane Hume watching on. Not pictured: Lisa Simpson watching on from the next room saying "Hamster: two, Liberal party: zero."

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Michelle Travis @samuraiko.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

UPDATE THE LEXICON! ai;dr (didn't read) ai;dl (didn't listen) ai;dw (didn't watch) ai;du (didn't use) and also Sloperator

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Gennifer Hutchison @gennhutchison.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

It's enraging to understand the amount of thought, time, craft, and care that every writer and artist I know puts into their work only to see these GenAI proselytizers have the gall to take that work, shove it into a blender, and then demand we enthusiastically support them and the resulting slop.

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Gennifer Hutchison @gennhutchison.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

The environmental and community damage alone should make it a non-starter (tack on the cognitive and mental health dangers and that shit should be doa), but I'm also never going to get behind tech trained off my and so many others' stolen work just so people can more easily write shitty emails.

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Boze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

This is why you need to be reading books and writing your own emails, by the way. When you outsource your thinking abilities, you risk turning your brain into soup. Heavy dependence on AI has already been linked with severe cognitive decline. What you don’t use, you will lose.

Headline in today's Guardian that reads "Reading and writing can lower dementia risk by almost 40 percent, study finds. Cognitive health in later life is 'strongly influenced' by lifelong exposure to intellectually stimulating environments, say researchers."

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 09/02/2026

I really do think this is an excellent metaphor for the moment.

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 09/02/2026

Next time somebody tries to get me to justify the existence of the humanities, I’ll just point out how for the past two Super Bowls we’ve all jumped online and engaged in collective semiotics and hermeneutics of the half-time show as text.

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Book Jawns @bookjawns.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

I want to laugh at it but sadly it’s true.

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✨chipzel @chipzel.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

you: [stressing for days to send the perfect single email] billionaires: hi, . w=en r we mee&ting to do iLlegiL stuff , . ?

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