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Chris McCoy @vibrotronica.bsky.social · 2h

The film Primetime reminded me of most was Natural Born Killers — but in a good way. www.memphisflyer.com/primetime/

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Primetime - Memphis Flyer

Robert Pattinson is chilling as Chris Hansen in Lance Oppenheim’s brutal reality TV takedown.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026

Holy shit.

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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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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Sad news everyone. Our beloved friend the computer has now become a hated enemy

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Part of why I don't like the AI-or-bust economy is the constant flopsweat of people on the news who say this HAS to work. Quit making everyone so anxious. Goddamn. If this is the next Google then why are you acting like this? I don't remember being told to buy an iPhone at gunpoint.

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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 03/10/2026

sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from criminal negligence

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Mike Schuster @mcs212.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

There is a fifth wave of ska, beyond that which is known to rude boys

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Thank you once again Politico for providing a canonical example of when not to grant anonymity.

"Looks like a pussy move to send a text instead of actually saying it to someone's face. Shows what kind of character he is," a senior White House official told Playbook's Megan Messerly.

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Hugh Brechin @hughrbrechin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

You're laughing. Princess Beatrice's friend Alice Naylor-Leyland has been attacked by a rogue owl during a chaotic photoshoot and you're laughing.

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Peter Arnott @peterarnott.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

FDR fought and won a war against people who think exactly like Stephen Miller.

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Spirits and Monsters of Old Seattle @old-seattle-pod.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I was recently invited to join the amazing cast of @astronomicapodcast.com for a panel of fan-submitted questions at a live event in Memphis, TN! It was super fun, and you can hear a short snippet on our feed or the full episode at www.astronomicapodcast.com

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Chris McCoy @vibrotronica.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

We’re still riding the high from the Best of Memphis party. When I was putting together the interviewpalooza last week, I discovered that my talk with Michael Jasud was a whole podcast unto itself. Hear the Dead Soldiers frontman bear all! www.memphisflyer.com/memphis-flye...

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Memphis Flyer Podcast Oct. 1, 2026: BOM with Michael Jasud - Memphis Flyer

The Dead Soldiers frontman bares all at BOM.

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Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

why does the WaPo print headline on the botched TN execution read like The Onion

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Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is what comes from Dune two chicks at the same time without protection.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Subverting democracy isn't new to John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, or Amy Coney Barrett. All three were on George W. Bush's "Florida Recount Team," which lay the groundwork for stopping vote counting in Florida—and Bush v. Gore, the politically-motivated SCOTUS decision that gave Bush the election.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Signs you might really have crossed a line: The torture guy is suggesting a firing squad as a more humane alternative

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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Latest WSJ poll: "63% want to pause AI development 61% want a billionaire wealth tax 59% want Medicare for All 57% want a $20 minimum wage 58% want to end U.S. military aid to Israel" This is the center of the country politically. it is time all adjust to this political spectrum, esp. media.

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jaculis.bsky.social @jaculis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Dr. Strangelove • Mandrake and General Ripper • Bodily Fluids youtu.be/0he-LZNzVg0?...

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Dr. Strangelove Mandrake and General Ripper Bodily Fluids

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There is no steady unretracing progress in this life; we do not advance through fixed gradations, and at the last one pause

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Chris McCoy @vibrotronica.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Resident Evil has no agenda beyond scaring you. And that’s OK, because it does that very well. www.memphisflyer.com/resident-evil/

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Resident Evil - Memphis Flyer

Zach Cregger’s reboot of the horror series is a bloody good time.

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Chris McCoy @vibrotronica.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Resident Evil has no agenda beyond scaring you. But it does that very well. www.memphisflyer.com/resident-evil/

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Resident Evil - Memphis Flyer

Zach Cregger’s reboot of the horror series is a bloody good time.

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Chris McCoy @vibrotronica.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Experiencing 90s nostalgia by reverting to hipster asshole mode.

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Art Of Coop @artofcoop.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

maybe I haven't heard that song because I have better taste than you do

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Mike McMahan @mikemcmahan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Furry Pilot

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CPN @oksettledown.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Garth Merenghi's Darkplace was too twisted, too controversial, to raw for this list

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Chris McCoy @vibrotronica.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I’ll be filming the between-band interviews for this livestream. It’s a guaranteed good time!

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Steve Cohen @repcohen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

In 2017, I introduced 5 articles of impeachment against President Trump, and today, I am compelled to introduce 26 more. See my press release here: cohen.house.gov/media-center...

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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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John HELL Roberson @jlroberson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

never elect a golfer again. that's enough. you had your turns

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

the footage of the president speaking at a news conference and you can't hear him because it's the press he banned who bring the sound equipment is too on the damn nose because guess what we wouldn't have if people hadn't kept insisting on handing this asshole a microphone over & over & over again

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more mr. spice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Voight-Kampff Test Proctor: you see a tortoise on it's ba— Newsom: don't care. next question

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parseword @parseword.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

“We see ICE wreaking havoc in our communities, we see voter suppression increasing, and what we’re saying is we’re done with that. We are going to continue to fight, but also continue to love until we win, until every community has investment in safety and care, and not in ICE.”

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Faith leaders demand an end to Memphis Safe Task Force as one-year mark of operations approaches

Faith leaders across Tennessee are revamping their demands for an immediate end to what they refer to as an ‘occupation.’

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Robin Wilson @robinwilson250.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The nearest thing to art populists like is kitsch, matching their childish narcissism. The rest is something they don't understand and can't control--so they mangle or destroy it in the most philistine way imaginable: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u...

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How President Trump Broke the Kennedy Center

Internal emails and documents demonstrate the political capture of the institution, including how officials once pursued a plan to unload much of the art collection.

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🎃 Ryan S. Pumpkins 🎃 (Any Questions?) @ryanwritesgood.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Sometimes the heroes are not the ones smiling for the cameras. Sometimes they are the ones who... uh... are the cameras. 🫡

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 19/09/2026

Every now and then I see myself referred to as an "AI Denier" and I want to be clear I acknowledge "AI" exists, it's just I think it's a massive energy drain, created from theft, implemented poorly for inappropriate tasks by loathsome tech executives who get hard at the idea of the rest of us dying

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Doremus Schafer @doremus-schafer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Well now, Xi, what happened is, one of our chatbots, it had a sort of, well it had a little hallucination. And uh, we went and did a silly thing. Well, I'll tell you what we did, we sank one of your ships. Well, listen, how do you think I feel about it? Can you imagine how I feel about it, Xi?

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