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Morgan Johnson @poormojo.bsky.social · 10h

No joke. I think this is the most important video I have ever seen about mobile games. This guy breaks down how this game psychologically profiles you, and makes the game harder or easier in order to show you ads

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Valentin Zessinthal :: Endless River @varietyofdogs.com · 08/10/2026

A COMPUTER CAN BE NEITHER HORNY NOR SAD THEREFORE A COMPUTER MUST NOT MAKE "ART"

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Neil S. @usoki.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Which, yes-- fast food workers vs doctors or engineers are different skillsets. I would not say that guilty pleasure authors and literary genius authors are equal. But. It's a slippery slope to start judging those guilty pleasure authors too harshly.

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Neil S. @usoki.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

You don't have time to fully develop a deep and meaningful protagonist in a ten page bodice ripper-- and it would make the work worse. Disrepecting authors of guilty pleasures feels like saying fast food workers don't deserve living wages. If you consume and value that work, why penalize them?

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Neil S. @usoki.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I think this is where you have to be careful about separating the skill showcased vs the skill potential. Here I would point to Chuck Tingle- of course his horror novels will have better characters than the ones found in the erotica stories. But it's the same man writing both.

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Neil S. @usoki.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

People who loudly exclaim "AI art is not REAL art" but refuse to speak out against AI erotica are admitting they don't respect or value the work that goes into erotica. Whether it's ignorance or it's moral disgust, it's not a good look either way.

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Neil S. @usoki.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Honestly, I think it comes back to your earlier point about how some people respect the entire process, while some people only care about the output. If you only value erotica for the 'output' it gives you, then it becomes easy to justify cutting all of those corners.

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Neil S. @usoki.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It was William Carlos Williams for me, but-- yes, absolutely. Logically, I understand there is a beauty and an elegance to the way a small handful of words can evoke such imagery which is deceptively hard to achieve. Emotionally, he can take his stolen plums and his wet wheelbarrows and shove it.

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Neil S. @usoki.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Took me a bit to notice the numbers within the djinn counter-- that's a nice touch!

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Neil S. @usoki.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Should we be worried about Brent, or does he have his own list?

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I mean not EVERYTHING but maaaaaan…

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Neil S. @usoki.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

It gives me "Renaissance Monk" mixed with "someone dared Marilyn Monroe to wear a potato sack" vibes. Any monk with vows of modesty, poverty, servitude, etc. would not look anywhere near as stylish as the Jedi do in their robes.

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FieldExplores (Gator Days) @fieldexplores.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The Great Witch of Cedarhold - Gator Days

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Neil S. @usoki.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I'd be tempted, but it would be bad and I probably wouldn't press it. If that someone apologized or otherwise repented prior to their death, the button remains pressed. And people change over years or decades, you know?

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Neil S. @usoki.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Then, may I introduce you to Grandma Moses? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandma...

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Grandma Moses - Wikipedia

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

this is the kind of design costume designers make to tell you who are the bad guys in a space movie

Donald Trump posts an image on his Truth Social account. It shows a new uniform for US Space Force members, comprising of an all-black outfit with knee-high black leather boots, black cap, and minimalist looking suit.

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romulus - 🛸METROID RAVENOUS🍽️ @romulusofficial.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

it must be so difficult to act with a character who you can’t even see. thankfully, Foghorn is just that talented

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Neil S. @usoki.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Right? And it did boost their numbers by 30% or more, so... yeah, I guess that's a significant value if you can actually make that argument with a straight face.

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Neil S. @usoki.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Imagine being part of the last 10% of people who remain alive would have to deal with emotions of loss on top of failing infrastructure, utilities, and services as everyone collapses around you.

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Neil S. @usoki.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

No. Overlooking any sense of moral obligation to ensure the future of humanity can continue, and not protesting the assumption that people think the health benefits outweight the inability to have children...

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Neil S. @usoki.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I am reminded of the time someone pro-life attempted to argue that, in order to truly calculate "number of people killed via abortion," you must also estimate how many of those people would have grown up and had abortions of their own. Which they called Ghost Abortions.

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Jason Song Quinn (Comms Open) @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Think about Miss Piggy. She lost a best friend and now an ex-lover in matter of 24 hours.

Miss Piggy and Dolly Parton in fancy dresses posing together

photo of Tim Curry surrounded by muppets, smiling for a photo. A quote from curry is added “it didn’t go very well. It didn’t survive the shoot. She felt I wasn’t being faithful to her” it’s him discussing his ill fated affair with miss piggy

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Neil S. @usoki.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I would also point out that this scenario assumes the grocery stores are not incentivized to prioritize brands for shelf space even if they sell slower, which feels... optimistic at best, as someone who is admittedly uninformed but very skeptical about the fairness of this part of Capitalism.

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Neil S. @usoki.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

This feels like a low-stakes variant of the Prisoner's Dilemma. If both buy the generic, prices go down. If either buy the name brand, prices stay the same and now one person has worse chips. Not all generics are equal, and I will die on that trivial hill. Generic Oreo/Hydrox are GROSS.

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Dani Donovan 👩🏻‍🎨 ADHD Comics @danidonovan.com · 25/08/2026

did it hurt? when you realized the reason you beat yourself up constantly is because everyone in your life got angry when you didn’t behave how they wanted?

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Food should either be expensive OR potentially deadly, please pick one

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Neil S. @usoki.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I still remember someone telling me that North is cold and South is hot. I pulled up a map of the world, and silently pointed to Antarctica. But she doubled down-- North is cold and South is hot. We were in 5th Grade at the time, which is... slightly better than coming from a grown woman? Maybe?

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Neil S. @usoki.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

But that's getting away from the original premise. Can I, in principle, actually object to the absorbtion of the work? No. The objection is in the lack of safeguards between input and output to ensure that the output is a unique product.

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Neil S. @usoki.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Like-- I see a lot of people using AI to make artwork of their D&D characters. Personally, I'm not a fan, but... if they were never going to pay an artist, who exactly lost out on profit, here? If it wasn't AI artwork, it would be a movie screenshot or a webpage right-click instead.

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Neil S. @usoki.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

We understand that when a person traces a painting, it is not a new drawing to be sold. We understand that when someone writes fanfiction without changing the source material, ot is not a new book to be sold. But somehow the AI output is treated as completely new.

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Neil S. @usoki.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I have to admit, based on this-- I don't object in principle. You could argue that a human making art *also* observes copyrighted things and makes tweaks or adjustments as they consume more art. The bigger issue is when people take the AI art and try to sell it as a meaningful and distinct product.

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Rank and file Republicans are turning against LGBT acceptance and GOP politicians are leaning into bigotry in both rhetoric and policy. But it is you, the progressive queer or ally, who needs to open your mind and consider other people's feelings. news.gallup.com/poll/710810/...

Most of the recent changes in LGBTQ+ attitudes have occurred among Republicans. For example, in 2021 and 2022, 55% of Republicans said they favored legal same-sex marriage, but today, the figure is 37%. Among independents, support has dropped six points, to 67%, while Democrats’ views are the same as in 2022 (87% in favor).

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Dani Donovan 👩🏻‍🎨 ADHD Comics @danidonovan.com · 11/08/2026

dreading a task? break it down into smaller tasks that still add up to the same amount of dread

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Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

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Neil S. @usoki.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I can't help but notice that "little" is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that sentence. 😄 I'll have to settle for "Be a Samwise Gamgee who still makes his husband deal with the really gross bugs that would gush everywhere, because eww!"

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

These days I google the end of every single movie before I watch it to see if it’s sad because I just can’t handle that shit anymore. Happy endings only the real world is sad enough.

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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

horse with human hands i love you, i love you, horse with human hands

ink drawing of a horse with human hands, he's upright looking at his human hands, he is not especially enthusiastic about them

two-page sketchbook spread of a horse with human hands, on one page he is trotting nicely, on the other he is peeking over his stable door, requesting apples

ink and colored pencil drawing of a horse with human hands, he's rolling about on his back and generally enjoying himself, what a silly, normal boy

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David Burbach 🇺🇸 @dburbach.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

There was a lot of talk about future drone warfare when I was a RAND fellow 30 years ago, but degrading civilian morale by singeing an adversary's mail order dildo supply was not something that came up

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SMBC Comics @smbccomics.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

In the final round, they pelt you with eggcorns. COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/legos PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersm... STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com

1-panel SMBC comic update. A professor paces in front of a young woman, stating "legos. NucULAR. EXpresso. OctoPI. Supposably. Febuary. Irregardless. NONirregardless. Anti-non-IRREGARDLESS." The young woman stands to attention, saying "very good, sir!" The professor asks "can something BE literally figurative?" The young woman responds "sir, yes sir!" The caption below the comic reads "in order to receive your Linguistics degree, you must not flinch as the master tests your dedication to descriptivism."

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Neil S. @usoki.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

The red button reminds me of one of my favorite 500-level professors whose field of study was Pointless Geometry. As in, if you do not assume the definition of a Point to be true, how do you prove other basic concepts and does this approach have other applications to geometry, but also... pointless.

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Neil S. @usoki.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

It's not something I would have noticed on my own, but I cannot deny that you have a point, huh. I'd assume it's a casualty of the decision to tell the story in a fully linear progression from near-start to death. Real Life seldom wraps up relevant themes neatly or cleanly.

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Neil S. @usoki.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

"Just don't be sad!" 🙃

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Bonnymama7 @booniebaby6.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Vampire servant 🦇

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Bonnymama7 @booniebaby6.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Tomboy shirt 👕 patreon request

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