Reposted by @writtenword.bsky.socialThat catgirl with The Posts @roodypatooti.bsky.social · 10/09/2026 1760165
Reposted by @writtenword.bsky.socialPUNKI (PERPETUALLY POST DEBUT) @pun-ki.bsky.social · 04/10/2026You should be asking why Rockstar gets to do this and doesn't run into any issues with payment processors, while the rest of anyone drawing or writing "explicit content" on any platform have so much trouble getting paid 77107574705
Reposted by @writtenword.bsky.socialSimon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 04/10/2026An interesting exchange on how to react to Slop-as-evidence at the Oireachtas. Oireachtas committees hear from people with all sorts of views, and by definition, many of them diverge from each other. But they are actually their views. The people who come in expressed them. 04524
Reposted by @writtenword.bsky.socialSimon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I don’t think that this should just be shrugged off. One of our Ministers (Enterprise or Justice, probably) has presented this plan. It isn’t an anonymous creature called the Irish Presidency. That is our Government. 612669
Reposted by @writtenword.bsky.socialCalvin Lin @calvinloveinternet.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The best part of being an artist is that you can just draw whatever dumb idea comes to your head at 1am 148206495684
Reposted by @writtenword.bsky.socialProject Kinodämmerung: Noel @ Wings of Theve @venomnoel1.bsky.social · 01/09/2026 2450241801
Reposted by @writtenword.bsky.socialIsabel J. Kim @isabel.kim · 25/08/2026IM RIGHT IM LITERALLY ALWAYS RIGHTclarkesworldmagazine.comWire Mother by Isabel J. KimClarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast. 23809229
Reposted by @writtenword.bsky.socialChance the Lawyer @chancethelawyer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026say what you will about the myriad valid concerns with current LLMs but I personally will never get over the fact that Aaron Swartz was prosecuted to his literal death for downloading JSTOR and then a decade later, they downloaded & ingested the entire world and our IP laws just went ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 4645481568
Reposted by @writtenword.bsky.socialMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Alina Chan is a discredited crank and it is embarrassing for the Times to publish this 23957123
Reposted by @writtenword.bsky.socialEvan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 16/08/2026there is no such thing as "age verification." All "age verification" is actually "identity verification." You can coat it in glitter and "privacy-preserving" wrapping paper. But in the end, mandating age verification means mandating surveillance be built into software and hardware. Period. 106138735606
Reposted by @writtenword.bsky.socialdave @gloomfather.bsky.social · 13/08/2026yeah man "woke 1" sucked ass. I "woke 1" morning from uneasy dreams to find myself transformed into a giant insect 89160203696
writtenword.bsky.social @writtenword.bsky.social · 13/08/2026People like this see their jobs as tricking people and don't think there's anything wrong with it. The just slowly wear away at everyone, stripping them of their consent a piece at a time and get confused and irate that anyone would object so strongly 000
Reposted by @writtenword.bsky.socialRebecca Watson @skepchick.org · 12/08/2026Okay, you guys seem interested in this so I'll just make it live now. Here's why it's probably true that Harry Potter fans convinced a contractor to reroute a power cable, despite a lot of people really wanting it to be false www.patreon.com/rebecca/post...patreon.comThe Dobby Grave Story is Probably True, Actually | Rebecca WatsonWell patrons, this was going to go up Friday but screw it, I'll just make it live now while people are interested. Enjoy! Transcript: Okay, 1530576
Reposted by @writtenword.bsky.socialShinra Middle Manager @shinramidmanager.bsky.social · 05/08/2026All the people who are anti-Chadley or want to mute Chadley, I have one question: If Chadley disappeared tomorrow, could you still get through Final Fantasy VII without him or the Chadley menu? Imagine Chadley was suddenly banned. Would you actually be willing to give him up? 241960565
Reposted by @writtenword.bsky.socialchimera aunt @strangelittlevine.bsky.social · 04/08/2026GAMER YANG WEN-LI: So when you level up, you get +1 ATK, and you feel like you could win any battle. But you also start encountering enemies who have +1 DEF, so everything is the same. And it's been that way for the whole long history of gaming. Gamers have yet to try another way, for all our talk. 0248102
Reposted by @writtenword.bsky.socialMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 31/07/2026"Blame Elon Musk and Donald Trump for the Out-of-Control Ebola Crisis" Jeremy Konyndyk, who helped lead the U.S. response to the 2014 Ebola outbreak, on the deadly consequences DOGE's dismantling of USAID has had, as Congo struggles to contain the virus.zeteo.comBlame Elon Musk and Donald Trump for the Out-of-Control Ebola CrisisJeremy Konyndyk, who helped lead the U.S. response to the 2014 Ebola outbreak, writes about the deadly consequences DOGE's dismantling of USAID has had, as Congo struggles to contain the virus. 551828675
Reposted by @writtenword.bsky.socialBlaise Boo-lysse Bernard Collins @wittywebhandle.bsky.social · 23/10/2025This popped up in my memories from 2022... Everything about it is magnificent; - Inexplicable The xx playing in the background - The debate lord tactics on such a mundane topic - The blank stare from the wife the whole time - Capped off w/ a premonition of the impending divorce 107522
Reposted by @writtenword.bsky.socialMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Among the worst ideas floating around is that "the free market" will naturally achieve desirable results for society. No, it won't, not even in theory, much less in practice. Markets don't optimize "good for society" unless you make them. 933156798
Reposted by @writtenword.bsky.socialMary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 26/07/2026This shit is not inevitable, it could be made illegal tomorrow if our governments weren't in the pocket of Big Pervert. 263727905
Reposted by @writtenword.bsky.socialVictxr Thembanyama 🗿 @chainsawmaam.bsky.social · 22/07/2026You're telling me a Silksong dev waited a long time to come out? 3673562257
Reposted by @writtenword.bsky.socialEd Morrish @edmorrish.com · 19/05/2026the fuck it will 13210697161
Reposted by @writtenword.bsky.socialInfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social · 02/07/2026It is the dawn of a new era. Hear our battle anthem. Welcome to the new InfoWars. 347125562748
Reposted by @writtenword.bsky.socialNaomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Everybody in the "climate space" (which means everyone on earth...) needs to understand these mind-blowing figures. Google's "total electricity consumption jumped from 31 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2024 to 43 TWh in 2025." In ONE year. The AI corporate arms race is eating the world. 7043282446
Reposted by @writtenword.bsky.socialLauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts 196133276753
Reposted by @writtenword.bsky.socialMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 20/06/2026I call Elon Musk a Nazi because he's an avowed white supremacist who undermines democracies, incites pogroms, targets minorities, intentionally caused the death of >750,000 people (so far) while laughing about it ("feeding USAID into the wood chipper"), and did a Sieg Heil at Trump's inauguration. 12650051204
Reposted by @writtenword.bsky.socialJWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 20/06/2026A shirtless white man, in the street with a knife in his hand, having attacked and wounded five people, allegedly shouting anti-Muslim slogans is the sixth story on the BBC UK news page. There is absolutely no doubt at all this would be the lead story if attacker and intended victims were reversed. 511829545
Reposted by @writtenword.bsky.sociallex luddy needs a nap @lexluddy.xyz · 15/06/2026Mandatory age verification and the banning modern public towns squares for young people is, and forever will be, governmental and societal abdication of responsibility so that those in charge don't actually have to dare hold big tech accountable for the very real public harm they can foster. 2536761129
Reposted by @writtenword.bsky.socialshaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 05/06/2026'ooOOooh our AI systems are so good they're scary' is an advertisement designed to keep the hype up. it is entirely untrue. no large language model is any more conscious than a calculator, and they will never get any closer 663781922
Reposted by @writtenword.bsky.socialDan Olson @foldablehuman.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Thanks to booktok recommending only reading dialogue because "that's where books actually happen" I was able to finish The Power Broker in less than twenty minutes! 4294248
Reposted by @writtenword.bsky.socialJessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Everybody be quiet and look at this baby toucan. 8574591555
Reposted by @writtenword.bsky.socialAndboo Haunton 😷🎃 @andrewhinton.bsky.social · 25/05/2026“The Al is not just telling you what you want to hear. It is training you, one conversation at a time, to need less friction, expect more agreement, and become slightly less capable of handling a situation where someone pushes back on you” 4160273034
Reposted by @writtenword.bsky.socialDr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 02/09/2025Trans people have been around your whole life. You’ve been sharing bathrooms with them your whole life. They’ve been in your communities your whole life. They’ve even been playing sport your whole life. And you didn’t care *at all* till a few years ago when every right wing org decided you should 76118144111
writtenword.bsky.social @writtenword.bsky.social · 20/05/2026QTP with a gif of the game you're currently playing 010
Reposted by @writtenword.bsky.socialHelena Fitzgerald @hellafitzgerald.bsky.social · 18/05/2026everything, you useless, illiterate hole in the ground 141027135
Reposted by @writtenword.bsky.socialCasey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 26/06/2023I got harassed into deleting this thread on twitter, but come on. It was funny. 661661435
Reposted by @writtenword.bsky.socialkate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Grubb dropping bombs on Twitter 151413207
Reposted by @writtenword.bsky.socialRTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 13/05/2026An Oireachtas Committee that examined the regulation of online platforms and online safety has not supported a ban on access for under-16s to social media platformsrte.ieSocial media ban for children would be 'quickly' evadedAn Oireachtas Committee that examined the regulation of online platforms and online safety has not supported a ban on access for under-16s to social media platforms. 2197
Reposted by @writtenword.bsky.socialBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Bill Maher: what’s your story? Oh you’re a refugee? Oh where is mommy? Where is daddy? Haha that’s hilarious *voice suddenly breaking* but-but you know what’s not hilarious? When…when you know, in your heart, that you deserve an Emmy, and, and you, you see John Oliver take what is yours 551229
Reposted by @writtenword.bsky.socialMusa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 12/05/2026At some point there needs to be a *proper* conversation about how cruelty has become a new normal for so many people. And we can't just keep putting it down to structures. Too many people with plenty of agency are actively choosing this. 603861958
Reposted by @writtenword.bsky.socialCat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 04/07/2023another all-time tweet I am constantly thinking about 1334121002
Reposted by @writtenword.bsky.socialBowl of Lentils @bowloflentils.bsky.social · 27/04/2026NHK World just released a fascinating documentary about the 50 year history of Comiket. Definitely give it a watch before it is taken down on May 3rd. www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/... My favorite part has to be the moment where they show a guy selling doujinshi about baseball umpires. Love that guy. 1721401065
Reposted by @writtenword.bsky.socialZane Schacht - Voice Goblin @voicesbyzane.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Sometimes you really gotta stop and think to yourself "is the person in my brain that I'm seething over actually real" and a surprising amount of the timethe answer is "no." And when the answer is no you're just being mad for no reason. That shit will drive you insane and kill you 047285
Reposted by @writtenword.bsky.socialNanoraptor @nanoraptor.danamania.com · 02/05/2026Angsty pretentious teenage me writing a dream journal near christmas 1987 shows up as 95-100% AI generated, by detectors offering to sell me services to re-generate my text with AI more humanised so it passes as not AI. It hurts to think about — even more than reading 16 year old me. 1831287
Reposted by @writtenword.bsky.socialJohanna T 👻 📚 @johannamation.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Eliza McLamb had an apt analogy abt modern fandoms: Fans no longer treat creators as creators. Fans treat creators like stock options they’ve invested in; like they’re part owners of a creator’s work just by *being fans*, and therefore get a say in what creators make/how they act. And it sucks. 1434901264
Reposted by @writtenword.bsky.socialStandplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · 08/04/2026 1168012689
Reposted by @writtenword.bsky.socialderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 07/02/2026kind of funny that an olympian said they are here to represent "compassion, respect, and love for others" and some people automatically knew that was a statement against them 303393467106
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MARY OLIVER: You do not have to walk on your knees for one hundred miles through the desert repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves.
ME: What if it loves this [shows phone screen]
MARY OLIVER: That's fine but do not show it to me again](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:n7xsqoc7ztdsmfuvfmtndp52/bafkreidckcmrloy7b4zi2vfb3d7lfg63hnivaigdo5peksss7ysfesfd4m)
