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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 8h

Veteran creators like Picacio may feel more comfortable negotiating than new or first-time authors and artists—and MRM might even be open to negotiation—but no one should have to negotiate every single contract to get even basic stuff like this added back to the boilerplate.

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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 5h

The same company that doesn't pay artists seems to always find the money to pay this jackass. If you're still using Spotify... why? Pretty much every alternative is better in every way.

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Joe Rogan Renews Nine-Figure Spotify Deal

Spotify and Joe Rogan have entered into a new multiyear licensing agreement, continuing a relationship that began in 2020 for his hugely popular podcast.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 7h

this is so bleak, actually imagine being called a slur for a group you don't even belong to and instead of going "wow holy shit, no one should have to put up with that, we need to hold people to account," you go "no guys it's okay I hate them too!!!" and just hand the bully your lunch money

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 9h

“We want people to come in the right way,” they said — and then barred every entry except a hatch labeled “white South Africans only.”

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Jeremy Ghooooost Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 17h

Videodrome (1983)

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Scott Edelman @scottedelman.bsky.social · 10h

Bravo to @johnpicacio.bsky.social! A sad but necessary decision.

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Fred Coppersmith @unrealfred.bsky.social · 9h

Throwback Thursday. I don’t think anybody else who might remember this from twenty-something years ago in the Penn State Monty Python Society is here or follows me, but if I’m wrong, hey.

A white pin with black text reading Famous By Monday

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Fred Coppersmith @unrealfred.bsky.social · 10h

Even dogs know to *dislike* dog whistles.

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Fred Coppersmith @unrealfred.bsky.social · 10h

Why even have a kid? You can just train an AI model to act like one.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 11h

If you have ever read a book to a baby, you will realize it's not a linear experience. The baby wants to turn pages backward, wants to ask questions (if they're old enough), wants to examine the pages and get really excited if they can say "bear!" even if the word "bear!" is not on the page.

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Fred Coppersmith @unrealfred.bsky.social · 10h

At best, they’re well-intentioned bollocks. People understandably want tools to detect and weed out AI, but there’s nothing to suggest that *more* AI is the tool to do it.

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Fred Coppersmith @unrealfred.bsky.social · 11h

I see the things people are amazed generative AI can do—which are invariably not amazing, often very much not so—and think, “oh, this is why a more nuanced discussion about its very real harms seems to completely fail to engage you. Your brain’s been broken.”

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Fred Coppersmith @unrealfred.bsky.social · 13h

Even the people who still believe the bad economy was all Biden’s fault have to recognize that Trump and Republicans have made it much worse, not better.

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Fred Coppersmith @unrealfred.bsky.social · 13h

I didn’t sleep well last night. You would think, after years of practice… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Fred Coppersmith @unrealfred.bsky.social · 22h

Wanna feel old? It's been almost fifty years since this jack-o-lantern was smashed. #FrightClub

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Fred Coppersmith @unrealfred.bsky.social · 22h

As much as he's an unstoppable boogeyman, one of the reasons this works so much is that, underneath the mask, as both a child and an adult, he's just some random guy. It's the banality of small town evil. #FrightClub

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Fred Coppersmith @unrealfred.bsky.social · 22h

The idea of playing this as a video game seem deeply weird to me. #FrightClub

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Fred Coppersmith @unrealfred.bsky.social · 22h

I just admire this movie's simplicity. #FrightClub

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Fred Coppersmith @unrealfred.bsky.social · 22h

Did this neighborhood not get *any* trick-or-treaters? #FrightClub

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Fred Coppersmith @unrealfred.bsky.social · 22h

I'm not the first person to point this out, but the way that Michael stares puzzledly at Bob after stabbing him to the wall really is unnerving. #FrightClub

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Fred Coppersmith @unrealfred.bsky.social · 22h

Not for nothing, but Halloween 1978 was a *Tuesday*. #FrightClub

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Fred Coppersmith @unrealfred.bsky.social · 22h

Is it ever established where the Doyles or Wallaces are supposed to be all Halloween night? #FrightClub

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Fred Coppersmith @unrealfred.bsky.social · 22h

Kyle Richards, who plays Lindsey Wallace, would grow up to be part of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. So in a way, she never left horror. #FrightClub

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Fred Coppersmith @unrealfred.bsky.social · 22h

Murderous boogeyman notwithstanding, it's a real quiet Halloween night in Haddonfield. #FrightClub

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Fred Coppersmith @unrealfred.bsky.social · 22h

"Spread out, everybody! We're gonna try to figure out the shape of this thing." Fun bit of dialogue from The Thing from Another World, considering that Michael is referred to as The Shape. #FrightClub

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Fred Coppersmith @unrealfred.bsky.social · 23h

Yeah, nothing to see at the hardware store. All they took was...checks notes...a full murder kit... #FrightClub

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Fred Coppersmith @unrealfred.bsky.social · 23h

Wild that this was Jamie Lee Curtis' first film role. #FrightClub

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Fred Coppersmith @unrealfred.bsky.social · 23h

I know there are occasionally palm trees in the background, but for a movie filmed in Pasadena in May, I totally buy that it's October in Illinois. #FrightClub

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Fred Coppersmith @unrealfred.bsky.social · 23h

The next film—um, spoiler warning?—establishes Laurie as Michael Myers' sister, but I've always thought that was a dumb plot twist, not least because it led to soooo many bad sequels, but also because here she's still living in his hometown. #FrightClub

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Fred Coppersmith @unrealfred.bsky.social · 23h

Oh no! They've wandered into Night of the Living Dead! #FrightClub

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Fred Coppersmith @unrealfred.bsky.social · 23h

Oh, that pesky Druid curse acting up again! 😉 #FrightClub

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Fred Coppersmith @unrealfred.bsky.social · 23h

Halloween is maybe my second favorite horror movie, behind only The Exorcist. I am less a fan of the sequels or remakes that I've seen—I like Season of the Witch, but that's really about it—but I'm looking forward to this rewatch. #FrightClub

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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 23h

When's the last time a Trump rally was interrupted by protesters this many times? And for it to happen in red Texas right before an election, no less. I wonder if fed up Americans will take this as a challenge to similarly interrupt the rest of his rallies over the next month.

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Come away, O human child, and enjoy @mariness.bsky.social's new story of unexpected deals made with fairies in "The Bargain. kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2026/...