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WIRED @wired.com · 09/10/2026
More than two dozen workers at three major publishing houses—HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Hachette—tell WIRED that LLMs are being used for publicity, cover art, back cover copy, and emails, as some execs push junior staff to champion the tech. Read the full story: buff.ly/p0ymGmN
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 09/10/2026
if you don’t keep up with the youth i want you to know they’ve renamed “tramp stamps” to “cake toppers” which feels like the first advancement for feminism in a long time
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Robin Marty @robinmarty.com · 10/10/2026
Would also like to point out AI tools are being tested in medical records systems without consent, with medical providers being forced to take on the risk of hipaa violations. Ask me how much cyber insurance I had to purchase this week…
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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
the year is 2030 and i no longer consume anything that isn't personalized to me. every game, every book, every movie extends to the limits of my own imagination and no further. i haven't been surprised in five years. i cry softly, in bewilderment, if i see a word i don't know
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actually madeleine is the scientist🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🦇 @webway.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
vampire hunters just are NOT putting in the effort these days
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Morgan Jerkins @mjerkins.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I haven't felt this embarrassed for Ed Sheeran since he made that cameo in "Game of Thrones."
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
look at how seamlessly they transitioned from “we must evaluate Arday’s life and work no matter the motives of his critics” to the opposite position: defending Cofnas because of his critics’ motivations, no matter the quality of his work
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Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Thread. There are a lot of Super PACs with non-descript, even pleasant sounding names, that are throwing millions into Democratic primary elections in order to boost the crappiest Dem candidates (like the one, below)
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
"The reason the Mitch McConnell saga is so disturbing isn’t because McConnell may be dead, but because the Senate is." sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/ghost-senate
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Ghost Senate
The vanishing of Mitch McConnell.
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Assignment Understander @90sslowjamz.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The Anakin/Padme meme with Anakin saying “Well, here we are in the catacombs.” And padme says “For the Amontillado?” And Anakin looks back at her and she is partially covered by a brick wall
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Reuters @reuters.com · 14/08/2026
Spain removes remains of 11th century kings from monastery as wildfire rages reut.rs/4zAAN4r
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Spain removes remains of 11th century kings from monastery as wildfire rages
Spanish authorities on Thursday removed the remains of three kings who ruled the Aragón region in the 11th ​century from a monastery threatened by a wildfire.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 14/08/2026
this is the correct response to anything Potter-related no "I personally disagree with her but I'm going to do it anyway" it's a hard no, end of story
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Hello: actual co-organizer of No Kings here: these texts are not from anyone who actually organizes No Kings. Please trust that we hate them just as much as you do
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Mad Scholar Frights @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Coyote v. Acme is "a reminder that there are ways to homage decades of animated comedy without feeling like fan service, bringing these characters to both new fans and the old ones who may have forgotten how much they love them."—@briantallerico.bsky.social www.rogerebert.com/reviews/coyo...
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Coyote vs. Acme review: Embrace your inner cartoon with this clever family flick
“Coyote vs. Acme” understands that you can be both gloriously silly and remarkably smart at the same time.
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Frighty MacDonald @comixace.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I didn't want to drop this on a summer Friday afternoon, but Zach and I have been working on this story for nearly a year, and it went in very unexpected places.
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Joe Keenan @joekeenan.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
When I wrote for Frasier I never thought about what our apartment set was saying, except that Frasier was pretty posh and had a kitchen that rendered him inaudible to people six feet away. My niece Meaghan Roddy has thought about the set a *lot* and proves it in this terrific article for Dwell.
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How "Frasier" Brought ’90s Minimalism to the Masses
The beloved sitcom’s set introduced audiences to a vision of wealth that was quietly sophisticated instead of gaudy—its showpiece Chihuly notwithstanding.
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💥 @dynamoe.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I sell three good stickers. My own designs! CHEAP! nobodyssweetheart.bigcartel.com
sticker: Stop Forcing A.I. Into Every Fucking Thing!sticker: Impeach - Convict - Removesticker: ICE GO HOME (Get Out of Our City!)
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r o o @jakepaulsartre.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
"Bluesky is dying" bro you're talking about a website full of 38 year olds who have fringe political beliefs and listen to black metal bands with >1000 listeners on spotify, nobody here cares about popularity
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Jenn @jennburrill.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Multiple attempts by sailors to jump overboard as poor conditions & mental stresses on the Lincoln reach breaking point ✏️ @theguardian.com
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USS Abraham Lincoln sailors tried to jump overboard amid extended deployment – reports
Aircraft carrier’s crew in ninth month at sea and has spent record 250 days consecutively without making land
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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 13/08/2026
Twitch says quiet part out loud: Amazon AI is opt out because "nobody would opt in" aftermath.site/twitch-ai-amaz...
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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I talked to this person years ago about a job writing about the ultra wealthy and he told me I was a bad fit because I was obviously going to make jokes about them. I remember this, to be honest, because the hat was present then too www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/b...
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Forbes Fired Top Editor After Discovering He Received Secret $6 Million Payment (Gift Article)
Randall Lane, the magazine’s chief content officer, received the money from the founder of Shook Research, which has worked with Forbes on content about wealth advisers.
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Ed Morrish @edmorrish.com · 08/08/2026
amazing how this is still relevant a year after i posted it
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wildcard @wildcard47.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Insane-making
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Jackson Crawford @norsebysw.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Even more visitors will be flocking to Iceland for the solar eclipse, so here’s a much-requested phrase in Icelandic (“Hello. I am fleeing the American century of humiliation. Can you show me where to buy Mountain Dew Baja Blast?”). Icelandic pronunciation tips: youtu.be/ivLPqkEaKOI
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 04/08/2026
If you think there was outrage for Christopher Nolan casting a Black woman as Helen of Troy and a Trans man as Sinon Just wait till they figure out what the movie was actually about Oooooh boy
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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I am begging you not to believe gazillionaire baseball owners when they tell you Skubal going to the Dodgers means we need a salary cap. Competitive balance is not the reason they want a salary cap. They just want to spend less, and with more predictability, on total payroll. That is all.
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 02/08/2026
People keep trying to run an “eugenics but for good” play and you really don’t have to do that.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Sobbing
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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 01/08/2026
it's about 20 years late to start worrying about this if we're being generous, 40 if we're not lol
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 11/04/2026
I don't know how to explain to the people who pop up when creatives complain about "AI" to say there are legit uses for it just how much they sound like someone saying "Well actually fire is used to make bread" when people are talking about an organized arson ring burning down their fucking houses
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Diabolical Plots @diabolicalplots.com · 01/08/2026
1. Thank you 404 for reporting on this 2. This place advertised this as an available service, then pretended they didnt. 3. I have asked for them to remove our anthologies from their site as they clearly cannot be trusted with other people's work.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 31/07/2026
1. Newer writers, just don't fucking use "AI" for anything, ever 2. How odd that being an established writer with a firm "no 'AI'" stance and ample pre-"AI" IP will become a definite competitive advantage over "new, hot, and possibly copyright compromised" deadline.com/2026/07/ai-q...
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AI Questions Spoil Book & Movie Heat On 'Call Me, I'll Hide The Body' Novel
That screeching sound you heard from international publishers and film rights buyers was an abrupt application of the brakes after a fevered pursuit of the unpublished debut novel.
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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Traditionally situations like this have only *almost* tanked the world economy so I think we're probably fine
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Nate Bethea @inthesedeserts.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Apple charges people ~20% more than the Patreon list price and they keep the difference for themselves. They also hold the proceeds of iOS app sales for 75 days, making it impossible for creators to accurately predict earnings. They basically inserted themselves in order to rip *more* people off
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Tom BunchOfNumbers @tombunchofnumbers.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
GRASS IS LIKE HUMAN BEINGS
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KAFUI 🇬🇭 @mykafuiohkafui.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
If pocket calculators regularly and randomly gave you incorrect answers to your queries like ChatGPT does, we would have left the technology behind, not insisted that 2+2=5 is HERE TO STAY, BABY.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 29/07/2026
Uber Eats and DoorDash hid tip buttons and set default tips below 10%. As a result, tips for delivery workers fell 79%.  In January, we made these corporations change their apps — and in the past six months, we've put $104 million back in delivery workers' pockets.  This is only the beginning.
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Veronica McDonald @veronicamcdonald.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Your kid in 2026 is not struggling academically because of the 2 month covid lockdown at the end of the school year in 2020. If they are, that’s on YOU 🫵🏻.
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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I had a ton of expired Skittles from Halloween ‘16 and they wouldn’t let me send those to hospitals either!
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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
just a real all timer moment

INTERVIEW OF [REDACTED]
Q.
So how did you get yourself started into submersible
operations?
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Well, I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic.
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SinnamonS @sinnamonscouture.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Mom and Daughter playing face off 🎭! 🔥
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Crockett Houghton @crocketthoughton.com · 28/07/2026
I lived 41 years on this earth without hollandaise sauce, then a week ago I had hollandaise poutine and everything changed. Last night I enjoyed my first eggs benedict. Why did the people in my life let me live like this? Why did the world keep this secret from me? Obnoxious.
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
hell yeah willie www.chron.com/culture/musi...
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Texas data center boom gets a new foe: Willie Nelson
"The last thing we need is a loud, water thieving, light polluting, data center near our town."
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personally knows jack shit @muffinpoots.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
everyone gets a pass on christina Hendricks. everyone.
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💥 @dynamoe.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
new podcast logo designed I can design yours too for ~$100. Get at me. → nobodyssweetheart.com
The Vocal Fries podcast 
yellow on redThe Vocal Fries podcast 
red on yellow
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Angri Bundel @anibundel.com · 29/07/2026
For years I thought it was called POPE YES and we didn't go there to eat because we weren't Catholic.
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Alexandra Gallant-Lee @alexandragallant.com · 28/07/2026
Someone just dropped off some fresh tomatoes for me, I cannot WAIT to have a tomato sandwich tomorrow!! Anyways, since I got some nice tomatoes, I thought I'd pay it forward, give you some nice tomatoes, too and put FRIED ZINE TOMATO on sale on itch, it's free/pay what you want for the next day!
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Fried Zine Tomato Sale by Alexandra Gallant-Lee
A sale by Alexandra Gallant-Lee, 80% off Fried Zine Tomato
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