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Ian Kenworthy @whisperingsand.bsky.social · 21h

Assuming you're dumb enough to connect your bank account to an AI agent. What happens if it spends all your money? Do you get it back? Or have they not thought this through either?

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I've got a good idea for how the BBC should pick the live action show's next showrunner. Ask them how this show fits into canon. If they give any answer other than 'what on earth are you talking about?' 'who cares?' or 'grow up', they are immediately disqualified:

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First look at 'TARDIS Crew', brand new CBeebies animated adventure from the Whoniverse | Doctor Who

The TARDIS is set to welcome aboard a whole new generation of fans in an exciting new animated series...

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Owen D. Pomery @odpomery.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This is it. Only 3 days left to secure yourself a lovely hardback edition of THE ARC FALL!!! With lots of exclusive extras too, it might be time to climb aboard >>> www.kickstarter.com/projects/ave...

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Film Stories @filmstories.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

David Zaslav's tenure at Warner Bros is at an end, and he's penned a farewell, while he gets ready to bank hundreds of millions of dollars. filmstories.co.uk/news/david-z...

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David Zaslav says farewell to Warner Bros, pockets hundreds of millions of dollars

David Zaslav's tenure at Warner Bros is at an end, and he's penned a farewell, while he gets ready to bank hundreds of millions of dollars.

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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!" Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds.

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Rob Williams @robwilliams71.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It’s national poetry day. There was a young man from Devizes Who had balls of varying sizes One was so small you couldn’t see it at all And the other was large and won prizes.

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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

When you have no concept of how people engage with music

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I am not joking when I say this.
Spotify, Apple Music, and streaming in general is over.
Al music is now very, very good. You just don't know yet because all Al music circulating today is from ~2-3 generations ago.
Suno v6 pro et al has solved infinite personalized music.

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Darren Mooney @darrenmooney.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

So, with Zach Cregger’s “Resident Evil” being a smash - and very good - it has sparked something of a reappraisal and re-engagement with Paul W.S. Anderson’s films. So I made a video at @SecondWindGroup.com about those post-modernist action movie monuments. WATCH: youtu.be/fZ4qRmA-bBM?...

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I Rewatched All of Paul W.S. Anderson's Resident Evil Films | The Backdrop

YouTube video by Second Wind

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Ryan Lambie @ryanlambie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The new edition of Film Stories is a 168-page horror special, and was a joyous monster to put together. You can find out what's inside and order a copy here: filmstories.co.uk/news/film-st...

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Film Stories magazine #61 | Two exclusive covers, Ghosts return, and bundle deals in our autumn horror special

You’ll find Ghosts: the movie, 1970s horror, Other Mommy and more in our autumn edition of Film Stories magazine. Here’s what’s inside issue 61:

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 25/09/2026

I'm very sorry everyone, I made *another* new game. MP Chain 🏛️ I recognised 1️⃣5️⃣ MPs in a row. How long is your chain? toys.jamesomalley.co.uk/mpchain/

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MP Chain — How many MPs can you recognise?

Pick the named MP from two portraits. One wrong answer ends your chain.

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ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Literally everyone will tell you that.

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Early Beatlemania was fuelled by teenage girls, but they won't tell you that.

Women and girls have always been the trendsetters and the tastemakers.

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Ian Kenworthy @whisperingsand.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Oh - that's how AI is going to make money. They're just going to hack the banks and/or collapse the monetary system.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

So much of what we’re living through right now, from Trump to AI, feels like it’s driven by an explicit strategy of “we just do the crimes so quickly that we can’t be stopped and by the time the courts weigh in, they have no choice but to accept our crimes.” www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/it-s-the-a...

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It's the accountability, stupid.

Doing crime

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Andrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I think maybe an underrated reason for why everyone is so mad is that we’re all* driving massive cars at each other in spaces that don’t fit them several times a day

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Ian Kenworthy @whisperingsand.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I'm sure this was a joke in Team America.

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Darren Mooney @darrenmooney.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This week at @SecondWindGroup.com, I took a look at Zach Cregger’s #ResidentEvil, and how it adapts the video game to live action. Asking, “What do we even want from a video game to film adaptation anyway?” WATCH: youtu.be/buwfQ-2Uhgk?...

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Zach Cregger's Resident Evil Is the Perfect Video Game Adaptation | The Backdrop

YouTube video by Second Wind

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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I've signed up to be a mentor through Arts Emergency, which pairs people in creative industries with young people from underrepresented backgrounds hoping to work in the arts. If that's something you are interested in, you can also sign up! They're always looking for mentors: www.arts-emergency.org

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Arts Emergency

We help young people get a fair start in the arts and humanities

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Wrote something about SNL:UK and what I learned by going to see it being made… joelmorris.substack.com/p/live-from-...

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Live from London, it’s SATURDAY NIGHT!

What seeing this week’s episode of SNL UK taught me about comedy.

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Iain Clark But In The Fog @iainjclarkart.com · 21/09/2026

Our little rescue hedgehog is still living in our hedgehog box. Here she is sticking her nose out yesterday evening. #hedgehogs

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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 19/09/2026

The RNLI is the closest you will ever get to actual Batman. When rescue is visibly, viscerally, obviously impossible; when the water is a smothering, thundering black wall and the wind is screaming straight from Hell; when you are absolutely going to die: someone’s hand pulls you out and you don’t.

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Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

it is shockingly easy to post AI generated music under the name of real artists on Spotify. It took us five minutes to do. You can do it to small bands, dead artists, even Taylor Swift. This is a giant loophole in digital music distribution that's widely abused www.404media.co/spotify-ai-m...

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I Hijacked a Real Artist's Spotify with AI Music. It Was Disturbingly Easy

A glaring loophole in digital music distribution makes it very easy to piggyback on the talent of real artists with AI generated music.

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Steven Hyden @stevenhyden.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I wrote about the career and catalog of Arctic Monkeys, who wanted to be the British Strokes and then sold a ton of records, and now seem to be in the midst of a soft retirement. Also reviewed albums by Beck, Graham Hunt, Slow Pulp, and Lily Seabird. tinyurl.com/3vpz7d25

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Four Stars Out Of Five: An Arctic Monkeys Survey

Also: Reviews of new albums by Beck, Lily Seabird, Slow Pulp and Graham Hunt

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Still annoyed that the 2006 Thing prequel wasn’t called “And Another Thing.”

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R Subramanian (he/him) @rsubramanian.com · 17/09/2026

"NPR tracked down equipment and found that some of it was auctioned, donated or thrown in the trash... NASA donated hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of radio communications equipment to Capitol Technology University without the knowledge of the scientists who used it"

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Ian Kenworthy @whisperingsand.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Imagine writing a record like that and then have Julian do space kazoo noises over it all.

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Cethan Leahy @cethanleahy.com · 06/12/2024

Who called it Megalopolis when Times New Roman was right there?

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Jess Miers 🦝 @jmiers230.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I did a somewhat deep dive into the recent OpenAI and Anthropic "hacks" for an upcoming interview. IMO, the AI companies are better off running with the "rogue AI" story because the real story is actually pretty embarrassing. Like making your Wi-Fi password "wifi" embarrassing. 🧵

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The Black Archive @blackarchive.co.uk · 11/09/2026

The price of Archives has only gone up once in 10+ years since 2016 and printing costs have gone up many times since then, to the extent it now costs me money to sell copies of some of the longer Archives! As a result, we're scrapping the 5.99 sale price on the website from next week.

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Toby Nangle @tobyn.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

🚨 How big is the open-model threat to AI hyperscalers? (Spoiler: non-trivial) www.ft.com/content/4858...

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How big is the open-model threat to AI hyperscalers?

Games without frontiers

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Oeming @oeming.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This is incredible

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R.E.M. @remhq.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

We’re celebrating 30 years of New Adventures in Hi-Fi, released on this day in 1996. Revisit the expanded version of the album here: i.craftrecordings.com/newadventures

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 09/09/2026

All the other issues aside, this attitude is a big part of why I see genAI coding in particular as a very material climate / fossil fuel threat A chatbot blurting out tens of thousands of lines of code each time instead of a person designing one efficient, good, smart app once = wild energy bloat

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

NEW WRITERS' ROOM COURSE Starting October 18th 5 weeks, online, Sunday afternoon Zooms... www.gralefrit.co.uk/writers-room...

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The Arthur C. Clarke Award @clarkeaward.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Some scams are easier to spot than others. That said, we get these semi-regularly and they are only getting more focused and custom-tailored, so be careful writers! And, no, we didn’t reply, but it was super-tempting.

Text from a scam email message which reads:

Hi Arthur C. Clarke,

I recently came across 2001: A Space Odyssey, the 25th Anniversary Edition, and wanted to reach out.

I’ve been connecting with authors whose books are available to readers but may not be reaching as many new audiences as they could.

I’m curious how has your experience been with book visibility and reaching new readers? And have you considered exploring new ways to promote your book or expand its reach to additional platforms?

I’d genuinely be interested in hearing your thoughts and experience.

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Kat Brown @katbrownwrites.com · 07/09/2026

Have I wanged on to you about how much I enjoy ‘It’s a Superpower??’ Very funny, very charming and very British sitcom about a group of neurodivergents who accidentally get superpowers when they attend a support group. It actively makes me look forward to Mondays: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

My “Your top shows” banner on Apple Podcasts showing that my most regularly listened to shows are It’s a Superpower??, Hello Crawlers, and Every Outfit.

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

NEW The legal agony of Wile E Coyote Coyote vs Acme may be one of the best films about civil litigation ever made By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

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The legal agony of Wile E Coyote

Coyote vs Acme may be one of the best films about civil litigation ever made

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Ian Kenworthy @whisperingsand.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Just discovered there's a punk band called Luxury Nan Smell. Right up there in the 'best band name' awards. luxurynansmell.bandcamp.com/music

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Luxury Nan Smell

Noisy mathrock-scented three-piece.

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Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Hive mind! I’m on the lookout for people who have moved to Manchester from London and bought a house, for a piece on the market here. If you’ve done that and fancy a chat about your experience (where you bought, why, how it compares to London etc) please do shout me

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Darren Mooney @darrenmooney.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

For absolutely no reason, resharing an essay I did earlier this year about these soulless recycled reimaginings of existing intellectual property and the larger culture of generative AI. youtu.be/0TEvK09XVvY?...

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Harry Potter and the Culture of AI | The Backdrop

YouTube video by Second Wind

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Already Heard @already-heard.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

We're Looking for Trial Review Writers Fancy getting involved with Already Heard? We're trialling new review writers to cover all things rock, metal, punk, emo, and more. alreadyheard.com/review-writers-wan…

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