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there's a trailer for an Everest docu in front of Primetime (high altitude mountaineering is another of my special interests) but ski descents are the one thing I don't really care about. I'll watch it anyway

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 6h

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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Aysha U. Farah @ayshaufarah.bsky.social · 6h

Looks like applying as an American isn’t really feasible, but I recently wrapped up a freelance contract with Fallen London and it’s an awesome world with cool mechanics, and everyone I worked with was very cool. So if you’re in Europe def give it a look

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toril @toril.bsky.social · 16h

my sister (freshman in college) joined a sorority and that's how i learned 1) you have to pay thousands of dollars per semester to be in a sorority 2) to get in you are graded on your appearance and social media value by an auditorium of your peers

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Aysha U. Farah @ayshaufarah.bsky.social · 19h

The fact that there’s still no locked accounts in this website is wack tbh

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toril @toril.bsky.social · 19h

off to see Primetime :)

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Peter Clines @peterclines.com · 29/09/2026

Didn't have this, but bringing it up just so @toril.bsky.social will see it.

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toril @toril.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i counted and by the end of this year i will have flagged 22 motorsport events in 18 months ^_^ one thing about me is that if i want to do something... i will do it

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toril @toril.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

read a really beautiful fic with google translate today... sometimes living in the future is good

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toril @toril.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

kos is one of the smartest & wisest people making comics on this bitch of an earth. read FFAK

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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Happy Stanislav Petrov Day He passed in 2017. As Encyclopedia Britannica puts it, “He is survived by his two children, two grandchildren, and the entire human race.” If you don't know his story, please take 3 minutes now to learn it. @gchalliance.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social

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Happy Stanislav Petrov Day

Take five minutes to not destroy civilization

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nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

cogwork core

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Animated trailer for the final volume of "YON", a French comic book by Camille Broutin. www.instagram.com/camillebrout...

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toril @toril.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

whenever BART posts about recovering from an earlier problem i'm like yeah... me too

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COYOTE @coyotemedia.org · 24/09/2026

In addition to penning today's Newsom column, @soleilho.com wrote up this great guide to using up the mushy fruits you might accumulate from a neighbor with an abundant tree or the discount section of the grocery store. They contain multitudes! www.coyotemedia.org/fermenting-f...

coyotemedia.org

First Aid Kit: Turning Not-So-Good Fruit Into Something Delicious

How to make fruit into ferments, jam, kimchi, and lots more.

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Glacier Bay Books @glacierbaybooks.com · 24/09/2026

As part of this process, we're working on overhauling the GBB digital catalog this fall to update it and add more of our releases from the last couple years, where available. These will make their way onto the GBB webshop and over time, potentially onto partner platforms as well.

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JCJB @phantanoir.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I don't have faith readers will like AI slop graphic novels but I don't trust publishers to care. That said, They generated one out of context spread that looks semi passable. If they were really about it they'd post back to back pages but we already know what AI "consistency" looks like lmao

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Amy "Thunderjam" Chase @amythunderjam.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I simply do not care what "small useful" purpose you've justified for using these chatbots. Extricate yourself from them. Ban them.

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toril @toril.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

memorizing your phone number and address, like zipping up your coat or spelling the word Orange, are kindergarten skills

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JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

it's important to arrive at sturdy ethical principles that you can't be annoyed out of. people are annoying as shit

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toril @toril.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

imo the most important lesson i learned from being capital P Published is that you don't have to go through a door just because it's open... if it doesn't feel right, it probably isn't

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Clever Mia @readvesna.com · 22/10/2024

Thread of my Loyal Hound Vesna comic:

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Mr. Moo Sky @bricebowl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Disable gambling ads:

Discord Settings. "Sponsored Content" button is pressed

Sponsored Content settings. "Manage Sponsored Content" button is pressed

Manage Sponsored Content settings. "Real Money Gambling" radio switch is "off" (disables gambling content)

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

never forget lemon grab's immortal words (yes, i get to post annihilation riffs until the power goes out)

lemon grab from adventure time declaims the words from the tower tunnel in Annihilation

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 24/09/2026

This may end up being the most consequential story I’ve written, or one of them. “How many AI data centers are actually functional” is the most obvious question of the bubble - and the most important answer to understand what’s going on - yet answering it with any specificity has taken years.

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toril @toril.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

24 hours later still thinking about this

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AP Stylebook @apstylebook.com · 23/09/2026

Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.

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https://apnews.com/article/openai-safety-ai-framework-089e75b95bc935af092da7b79d92706d

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Wendy Xu @wendyxu.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

well well well i really wanted to make something new for the only show I'm officially tabling at this year (BEC the weekend of Nov 14) so here we are. it'll be about 28 pages of collected comics + art. you really can just make a little book if you want to!

downstream: collected little daoist and friends. bubble text set on a pond painting

bug or rabbit, who
can say--
they drift downstream,
to seek the Way

in flowers and sun,
in rain or tree
perhaps those smallest
are the ones most
free

little daoist drifts downstream among willow leaves and minnows

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magnolia siddell ✨ @magnoliapearl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Saw someone say on Twitter, of Jane Schoenbrun, “At some point you have to make a movie that isn’t about yourself.” No you don’t. That isn’t true

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theo @theoplum.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

if you've been abstaining from reading bc you don't like webtoon/tapas it is now on comicfury. i'll be adding more eps every day until we're caught up. thenamelessprisoner.thecomicseries.com/comics/1/#co... still vertical scroll format tho. sorry girls

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👔 @salarryman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

happy birthday to all my fellow bisexuals who were born today

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toril @toril.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

i've taped out a space next to my desk. i think it's happening

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Aysha U. Farah @ayshaufarah.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I always advertise my writing and consulting services like “I have lots of experience with every step of the dev process! I have a great grasp on pipelines!” But honestly. Hire me to make a guy everyone will want to fuck. I’m so good at it.

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Llewellyn @llewellynrose.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

aysha is amazing, we've collaborated on several award-winning projects and she is so much fun to work with! hire her!!

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"My Husband" now for free on Youtube. A short film by Remus & Kiki, co-created with Mitko Karakolev (Blink studio). Based on a short story by Anton Chekhov (1860-1904). >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzeR...

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Every time I return to Paris, I notice they've done more to reclaim streets from drivers and cars, including removing on-street parking, protecting cyclists from drivers, and prioritizing pedestrians and cyclists in shared spaces. Other cities can learn a lot from Paris.

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toril @toril.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

seriously considering the new dark red kallax...

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toril @toril.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

you should read suzanne's webcomic

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toril @toril.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

i don't think there's anything more disingenuous than selling a book by claiming that reading it will make the consumer a good person

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Aysha U. Farah @ayshaufarah.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

me, seeing a zodiac symbol my eyes: leo my brain: oh a nepeta

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doodlemancy ✨ @doodlemancy.com · 22/09/2026

everyone wants to tell artists what to do and i wish we could shift to telling audiences what to do sometimes. if you liked webcomics that were on tapas, follow somewhere else. learn to use RSS. don't let the seamlessness of apps turn your brain into soup. you can change your habits

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Nero Villagallos O'Reilly @itsnero.com · 24/07/2025

please make a website for yourself, even if it’s just a single page, I am BEGGING blog.itsnero.com/webguide

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The Quick ‘n’ Dirty Guide to Making a Website (2022) – Nero Villagallos O'Reilly Art Blog

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toril @toril.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

fwiw i'm not done beating my dead horse (the webcomic i started when i was 22) but i'm relearning how to establish a work/life balance with my creative projects

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toril @toril.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

the writing was on the wall for tapas since the kke buyout and i'll dance on the grave, but it's a shit hand for creators who will lose income

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toril @toril.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

this arrived today and it turns out it is worth the money. what a lovely, high quality little product

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Jared Pechaček @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

this meeting could’ve been a psychosexual journey into the id

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Ben Applegate @benapplegate.com · 21/09/2026

Fellow NJ people, you can reach the office of the attorney general at 609-984-5828. Maybe ask why she is settling her lawsuit and allowing a Trumpist billionaire to take over CNN. www.njoag.gov/contact/offi...

njoag.gov

Office of Constituent Services - New Jersey Office of Attorney General

State of New Jersey | Department of Law & Public Safety

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toril @toril.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

proof there are two wolves

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