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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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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

positive reframing is such a nice tool when you think "I feel like I'm drowning and one or two hard emails away from the burnout knocking me out of commission" you can instead think "honestly I can't believe my nervous system is even functioning at all with all the nonstop horrors lately"

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“Your windows need scrubbing,” said Frog. “Your plants need watering.” “Tomorrow!” cried Toad. “I will do it all tomorrow!”

Frog, ever the know-it-all, points out all the shortcomings of Toad's housekeeping. It is true, though, that Toad's house is a mighty mess, including a pile of dirty dishes in the sink.

From "Tomorrow"
In *Days with Frog and Toad*

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Also, invading & kidnapping the leader of another country, & then seizing its material assets, is an egregious violation of the UN Charter &, because we should take the law, Constitution, & our signed, ratified international treaties seriously, should immediately end his presidency.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Today's reminder that both threatening our NATO allies with territorial conquest & the war in Iran are egregious violations of the UN Charter &, because we should take the law, Constitution, & our signed, ratified international treaties seriously, should immediately end his presidency.

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TroytlePower @troytlepower.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

*performatively mad, not informatively. There's nothing "informative" about anything these losers do.

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TroytlePower @troytlepower.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Erika Ishii, a prominent video game voice actor, got cast in a video game. Angry men who can't figure out why nobody likes them are informatively mad about it because... queer people exist, I guess?

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TroytlePower @troytlepower.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"Well, well, well, if it isn't the consequences of my own actions."

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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I feel like we are so used to living in a time of madness that we can't grasp just how insane the Kennedy Center dispute is. Trump took something that was running just fine and destroyed it because he couldn't put his name next to the murdered president whose memorial it is. That's completely nuts.

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Jordan aka Jirdan @slclunk.com · 09/09/2026

Any answer other than “who gives a shit, republicans are using a dozen kids playing JV volleyball as a distraction from looting the county and covering for elite pedophiles” is cowardly horseshit

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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 06/09/2026

Re:that last, the DESPERATION of genAI marketing is what really stands out to me. I can think of some dot com boom marketing that was pretty aggressive, but this is a whole different level of trying to manufacture a market for a product people didn't ask for & are repeatedly saying they do not want.

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Imagine if Redwall had become the cultural juggernaut instead of the mold bigot. Redwall adults in their mouse ears preparing delicious banquets, their children in smaller mouse ears producing very strange dishes to contribute.

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TroytlePower @troytlepower.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

There's so much uncertainty in the world... wouldn't you be comforted knowing you have a whole show to watch on the day she dies?

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 30/07/2026

In response to the unprecedented number of game developers laid off this year, we have created a bundle on itch to benefit a Game Industry Hardship Fund, managed by @videogameworkers.bsky.social. More than 100 games for 10+ bucks! Please share widely and donate generously! itch.io/b/3802/game-...

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TroytlePower @troytlepower.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Every article about this needs to stop saying that sailors tried to jump overboard and start saying that multiple members of the US Military have attempted suicide because conditions on their vessel are so poor.

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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I wouldn't call myself a cartoonist, but I had the vision and just needed it to be on paper to the best of my ability.

A hand drawn eight panel cartoon. First two panels are a colander sitting frowning on a shelf. Then the colander is frowning straining pasta, then three more panels of frowning sitting on a shelf. Then a big panel where it's projecting a bunch of crescent eclipse shapes and smiling with speech bubbles around saying "Wow! Look! Amazing! Beautiful!" And then one final panel where it's sitting on a shelf smiling.

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TroytlePower @troytlepower.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

... presumably the moment he said that everyone in the room stood up and shouted "no you don't you lying twit", right? Right?

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Mako @mako69.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Any leftist politician, party, or government itself is going to have to reckon with the sobering reality that one of the major and most influential pillars of the global far right power movement is JK Rowling. That is fact. Equal rights will never be achieved while she continues to hold influence.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Republicans constantly say they don’t like DEI because it means that people are given jobs for which they don’t have enough qualifications. They then turn around and make Darline Graham Nordone a senator, a woman whose only qualification for the job is being the sister of a dead senator. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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capitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Journalists: please, please get ready for this in ADVANCE. We know Trump's going to claim "new evidence shows the 2020 election was stolen". You've got 3 days to write a story that confronts that lie head-on before he says it - pre-write this like an obit. America is begging you: plan ahead. 1/

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👁️🍄🪸 @bloomfilters.plus · 13/07/2026

i check social media to see cute art and read about what basic human rights were lost today

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TroytlePower @troytlepower.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

For me, it's more that I don't think we know enough to be pumped at this point. I think if we got that tease without the leaks I'd feel differently, but since we've been *pretty sure* this was coming for so long, getting a teaser that doesn't tell us what sort of remake it is frustrates me.

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TroytlePower @troytlepower.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I refuse to thumb wrestle anyone who isn't willing to get their face real close to that video chat camera.

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TroytlePower @troytlepower.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

it is AI. bsky.app/profile/acin...

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Podcasters Assemble! (A Movie Podcast) @podcastersassemble.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Just a friendly reminder - entries for #TerminatorSalvation are due next week: Monday, June 15th!

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TroytlePower @troytlepower.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

The industry runs on empty threats.

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TroytlePower @troytlepower.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Then how are Republican States pulling it off?

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TroytlePower @troytlepower.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

I never said it wasn't relevant.

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TroytlePower @troytlepower.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

See Tom Holland dancing to Umbrella, share Tom Holland dancing to Umbrella.

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TroytlePower @troytlepower.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

This is from when they were sentenced in 2017 for an incident in 2015. Not including that information makes this seem like a current situation. There's enough going on in the world that we don't need more misinformation.

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TroytlePower @troytlepower.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

100% my favorite book series of all time. Loved em as a kid, loved em even more as an adult. Plus the authors are both great, wholesome, kind, supportive people.

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Dave Jackson | Tales from the Backlog @realdavejackson.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Today on Tales from the Backlog, @troytlepower.bsky.social and I take to the seedy streets and alleyways of Santa Monica for a discussion about Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines! As always, no spoilers for a while- enjoy! LISTEN: talesfromthebacklog.fireside.fm/210 WATCH: youtu.be/GGjndGXg0Aw

Tales from the Backlog episode 210- Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines

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TroytlePower @troytlepower.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Prologue and epilogue yes, but if you ripped the forward out of every book I own I'd probably never notice.

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lex luddy needs a nap @lexluddy.xyz · 01/04/2026

hey guys, has anyone else noticed that everything is expensive as shit right now? on a totally unrelated note, has anyone noticed that everything seems bad right now? on another unrelated note, has anyone else noticed that their mental health ain't great right now?

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TroytlePower @troytlepower.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

ahhhh gotcha gotcha. Looks like I wasn't one of the chosen few.

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Dave Jackson | Tales from the Backlog @realdavejackson.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Coming to Tales from the Backlog in April- long chats about video games, if you can believe it! With special guests: @traviscolenutt.bsky.social @troytlepower.bsky.social @nostalgiumpod.bsky.social @funandgamespod.bsky.social @jgalecki.bsky.social @characterissues.bsky.social Let's go!

Tales from the Backlog April 2026:

April 1- Chants of Sennaar with Travis Colenutt of Left Behind Game Club

April 8- Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines with TroytlePower

April 15- Is It Harder for Video Games to be Funny? with Doug Lief of Nostalgium Arcanum and Gen Moonen of "Fun" and Games

April 22- Baby Steps with Josh Galecki of Pixelated Playgrounds

April 29- The Seance of Blake Manor with Brian Edwards of Cane & Rinse and Character Issues

Tales from the WAY-Backlog on Patreon- Maniac Mansion

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𝕮𝖆𝖗𝖑 𝖔𝖋 𝕽𝖎𝖛𝖎𝖆 🐺⚔️ @carlofrivia.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Look I used to love Harry Potter growing up... Even have an Elder Wand from Universal Studios Orlando in a box somewhere collecting dust. But fuck JK Rowling and what she stands for 😁

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