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Townsend S. Wright

@townsend.bsky.social
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A vampirically pale scarecrow hopefully coming to the Sci-Fi section of a bookstore near you! Bookseller. He/they townsendwright.com

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 21h
Anthropic banning “abusive or cruel behavior” toward Claude in its new usage policies is proof to me that tech companies are going to moderate violence against AI before they ever moderate violence against women and minorities
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 12h
Islamic Relief calls for global action as deadly Israeli attacks in Gaza continue and humanitarian conditions worsen.
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Israel kills or wounds Palestinian every 90 minutes in Gaza since ceasefire
Islamic Relief calls for global action as deadly Israeli attacks in Gaza continue and humanitarian conditions worsen.
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Townsend S. Wright @townsend.bsky.social · 15h
Sounds like we're returning to the Seekers, time for #CriticalRole #CriticalRoleSpoilers!
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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 08/10/2026
Literally all these dudes
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Townsend S. Wright @townsend.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I’ve had a sketch/comic/something in mind for a while, where two guys just out of hospital realize they both got isekaid. Guy1 asks if 2’s world was also an agrarian paradise? 2 says it seemed so, but quickly realized the whole labor structure ran on ubiquitous slavery!
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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 07/10/2026
nobody finishes a book and concludes “that was great; now I shall never read another one.” other writers are your teammates and coworkers, not your competition.
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Demi @demi0186.blacksky.app · 06/10/2026
The death penalty shouldn't even be a thing.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026
This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead
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Townsend S. Wright @townsend.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The age old question: Is this actually flash fiction or am I just cramming a short story into a word count? #writing
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Lily Lachance 🏳️‍⚧️🚀✍️ @lilylachance.com · 26/06/2026
Burger King. Burger peasant revolt. Burger guillotine.
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Nagi Viperine @themetalviper.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Múmer @mumermao.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026
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David Gerard @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026
henstomper

oh my god the slot machine company says i have to keep putting coins in their machine or Im Gonna Get Left Behind. thats so scary. and it has to be true because they know more about slot machines than i do

oh my god the slot machine company says if we dont give them money to build the world's biggest slot machine the chinese are gonna build it first and win all the prizes. and then there wont be any prizes anymore
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Townsend S. Wright @townsend.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If I never see James Talerico begging for money again it’ll be too damn soon.
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Amy "Thunderjam" Chase @amythunderjam.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
For anyone not in CA who was thinking this detestable guy was a cool candidate.
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Townsend S. Wright @townsend.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I finished last week's episode just earlier today, so the events are fresh in my-- President Lincoln, look out behind you! #CriticalRole #CriticalRoleSpoilers
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Happy I Can't Fucking Figure Out Who Anyone Is Because You All Changed Your Display Names month to all who celebrate
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Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦 @deonandan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Townsend S. Wright @townsend.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I’m gonna start using this as a slur for people with jobs.
BART station pillar ad for some Ai called “Workos”
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 30/09/2026
GOAT OR BIRD????
This is even better than the
"what color is this dress" dress.
Goat?
or Bird?
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Island of Reil @islandofreil.northsky.social · 30/09/2026
Also stop saying "PDF file." I *kinda* get it on a platform with stringent censorship, but Bsky doesn't have those rules, and these euphemisms make you sound too immature and fatuous to discuss interpersonal violence.
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Ben Guilfoy @bkguilfoy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Good Place meme: Ted Danson is incredulous. "Florida figured it out? Florida. This is a real low point. Yeah, this one hurts."
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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I don’t fucking care how much LLMs can learn about my preferences or habits; I don’t feel like outsourcing my humanity.
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Sara Century @saracentury.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I released a zine 4 years ago with an intro about how much generative AI sucks. I just completed another zine with a totally different intro about how much it sucks. It's nuts to have to spend so much time fighting things that are complete disasters with no upsides and no benefits.
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Vicky MacDonald Harris @vickymharris.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
All of this. I'll add that not everyone knows public libraries are free, so make sure you talk about that esp if you're a teacher. Some parents don't know.
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Corey Brickley * Blight's Hollow Dot Com @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
drawing of a little guy wearing a tie with a worried expression, saying "I hope no one comments on the topic of the day" and behind him is a building labeled "Topic of the Day Comment Factory" with the bluesky logo
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Townsend S. Wright @townsend.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Now watching. Supposed to be one of the best of the best of the genre, curious how it plays out, I like to go into these blind.
Come Drink With Me on blueray, though you can’t see half the title because of the public library barcode
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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 25/09/2026
Every day we get closer to this:
Cartoon by the human artist Twonks, showing George Jetson vacuuming the floor while Rosie the robot paints a picture
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Happy Stanislav Petrov day! He saved the world from nuclear annihilation on this day in 1983. My freshman year in college would have been so much worse without his courage.🧵
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W. Ethan Duckworth @weduckworth.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I’ve read it! It had a very new feel to me: partly science fiction (space ships, planets), partly magic (the space ships are covered in, and partly depend on spells and a sentient life form). There’s a little gender bending, a little mind control, and a little romance.
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I have an ocean of hate in my heart for the way social media has taught so many Zoomers to reflexively self-censor. Makes me think of the bit in Demolition Man where nobody touches one another anymore, so high-fives have become this weird air-rubbing move.
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Townsend S. Wright @townsend.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Once again, no cold open on tonight's #CriticalRole! #CriticalRoleSpoilers
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hey so uhhhhh that Boston Globe story about the lesbian bar relaxing its covid rules is an *absolute fucking hit piece* targeting the disabled, chronically ill, and covid-conscious and it would be great if folks sharing and joking about it could recognize that framing.
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The entire thing exists solely to paint marginalized people and those who mask as hysterical weirdos. There is absolutely no reason whatsoever for a national publication to be covering a teeny tiny local community scuffle.
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ceej @ceej.online · 24/09/2026
impeach them all. fuck em. why should they get to fly around on our dime and hurt people? “they’ll never actually removed from office” who gives a shit? I want them miserable every day for the rest of the term. I hope they have nightmares. air their dirty laundry. make em sweat
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Townsend S. Wright @townsend.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“Oh hey, the food in that ad looks really tasty! DO THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A LOCATION ANYWHERE NEAR MY CITY????”
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Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A periodic reminder that the US is the only UN member that is *not* a signatory to the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child
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Max Gladstone @maxgladstone.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
*waits* *waits* *sigh* *with a vast reluctance:* “Yo dawg, I heard you like AI, so I put an AI in your AI, so you can—“ *tackled from off-screen by my security team for my own safety*
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Townsend S. Wright @townsend.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Wait, thats actually a fun premise. Some poor schmuck from a fantasy world has to travel to modern day Japan, navigate the local culture, adapt to non-RPG logic physics, & nab a highly competitive job as a truck driver. All so he can run down some dweebs who will save a world he’ll never return to.
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🎃 The AbominaSean 🧟‍♂️ @sean8urson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I wish the “we used to be a country” people would realize we were “a country” because of extensive post-war infrastructure, living wage and in some cities, accessible public transit and republicans will do everything in their power to take this things away and then gain more power to take more away
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merr-itt came from outer space @merrittk.com · 20/09/2026
things could be worse. at least we're not de facto ruled by a sex cult of guys who worship the computer and think its going to make them immortal if they feed enough poor people to it
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Townsend S. Wright @townsend.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It is time. For the Reacher season finale. I only caught up on this show recently, so having to wait a week between episodes has been a hassle.
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Townsend S. Wright @townsend.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I’ve said it before, unemployment’s a hassle but boy did I pick the right time to not be working at the airport anymore.
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Frank Cvetkovic (from comics) @gofrankgo.bsky.social · 17/09/2023
"Batman Day". Pfft. Come off it. Da Bat isn't real. He's made up. An urban legend started by da cops to scare goons like youse. Now get movin'. We're breakin' inta Ace Chemicals tonight and it's your turn to wear da red helmet.
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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 19/09/2026
people are always saying anti-AI arguments don’t understand the full nuances of the technology. which is correct. but only because it stole everyone’s work, exists solely to get you fired, has made the entire internet unusable and has been forced on everyone without consent
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Townsend S. Wright @townsend.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I’m still not caught up on Last season of Star Trek: SNW, but what I’m seeing of this season is not encouraging. You can’t make a Whole Season of “Jose Chung’s From Outer Space”.
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Townsend S. Wright @townsend.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
*Wanz voice* I wear your grandad’s clothes Your grandma thinks I’m him Don’t ruin this for me I have nowhere else to go
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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It’s very simple. A reality TV host became dictator because he turned down a role for Sharknado 4 and that’s why the king of outer space, who cheats at Diablo, got to kill Africa. Now the economy is controlled by a sex cult that has something to do with Harry Potter fanfic because of robots.
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disc horse bot @horsedisc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Cishet people would rather masturbate than go to therapy
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Townsend S. Wright @townsend.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Sometimes I think I’m a bit of a slob because my bedroom’s cluttered and dusty, and then my brother brings up a stack of dirty plates he’s had sitting around long enough that there’s mold growing between them. It’s all about perspective.
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