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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 3h

Video game where you are a pair of ragdoll cats who must heist a mystical Egyptian cat statue from the British Museum.

You have to stake out the place, figure out a plan, execute it flawlessly etc. While being cats.

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Spooky Sasquatch @nerdysasquatch.bsky.social · 4h

At a time when billionaires would be all too happy to replace artists with AI slop, I think it's important to celebrate artists like Drew Struzan.

If you've seen a movie poster in the past 30+ years, you've seen something he did. A true master of the craft.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade poster

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T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 3h

My vote in the 2028 D primary for POTUS will hinge almost entirely on the % of this Administration they promise to imprison

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 5h

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

www.newsweek.com

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 2h

Pay people you like on the internet folks, it’s going to be rough out there

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 2h

Over half of all articles on the Internet are now written by AI

(via Axios)

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 9h

Whether it's young Democrats expressing their support for DEI or young Republicans saying "I love Hitler,' both sides have expressed controversial opinions.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 8h

Israel Warns Gaza Still Harboring Hundreds Of Doctors https://theonion.com/israel-warns-gaza-still-harboring-hundreds-of-doctors-1850964439/

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 10h

Transness is not bourgeois. This is a wedge idea dreamed up by some gleefully amoral think tank lobotomite to split trans people and make us fight each other. That we relay on modern medicine doesn't make us any more bourgeois than someone who needs antidepressants or cleft palate repair.

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Zoe TunnHELL @zoewithasword.bsky.social · 7h

Would it surprise you that the owner of Scientific American's parent company, Stefan von Holtzbrinck, invested $37 million in Inkitt, an AI firm?

What a SHOCK

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 1d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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Cyrus @digitalvergil.bsky.social · 10h

I think this "senior tech reporter" has fallen for all the ai stuff. And might just be kinda gullible? He speaks to multiple people with knowledge and experience who says its not conscious but seems to weigh those opinions equally his convo with an ai

www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-...

Can a Chatbot be Conscious? Inside Anthropic’s Interpretability Research on Claude 4

As large language models like Claude 4 express uncertainty about whether they are conscious, researchers race to decode their inner workings, raising profound questions about machine awareness, ethics...

www.scientificamerican.com

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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 11h

So I asked myself, "Why on earth would this be a thing I would want?"

I love storytelling, as an art form. I love games, TV, movies, books, plays. But I think something just clicked for me -

For some people, TV is just lights and sounds.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 1d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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Matthew Gault @mjgault.bsky.social · 13h

look, sometimes you get so depressed that you upload terabytes of porn to a government computer connected to nuclear secrets so you can make better AI robot porn.

Let's not make a federal case out of it!

According to the DOE employee, he’s been treated for depression since he was a kid. He has ups and downs, and was in a bad headspace when he accidentally uploaded his entire porn collection. He admitted he violated HR rules, but “did not think it was very wrong,” according to the DOE ruling. He also “asserted that his employer ‘was spying on him a little too much’...and compared the interview with his employer following the discovery of his conduct to ‘the Spanish Inquisition.’”

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 13h

Possibly the funniest thing in here is Jones’ lawyers describing The Onion as his “ideological nemesis.”

Meet the Press @meetthepress.com · 14h

The conspiracy theorist had asked the justices to immediately intervene, warning that the ownership of his Infowars website could be transferred to the satirical news site The Onion.

Supreme Court turns away Alex Jones' attempt to block $1.5B defamation judgment

The conspiracy theorist had asked the justices to immediately intervene, warning that the ownership of his Infowars website could be transferred to the satirical news site The Onion.

nbcnews.to

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Lhuzie Mummified Phoenix @strigarosa.bsky.social · 13h

The best artpiece of TTRPGs and narrative games is now crowdfunding.

You will never forgive yourself if you miss it.

Elizabeth Little @liz-shrikestudio.bsky.social · 21h

gamefound.com/en/projects/...

Oh, right, this goes live today. I should probably say something.

You Will Die In This Place by Shrike Studio - Gamefound

You Will Die In This Place is a nihilistic survival-horror dungeon crawl TTRPG about exile, decay, and the inevitability of death.

gamefound.com

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Jacob Oller @jacoboller.bsky.social · 14h

good movie! www.avclub.com/heightened-s...

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Mia Moore @miamoore.bsky.social · Sep 4

me picking out the sluttiest dresses at goodwill in my oversized the t-shirt and baggy cargo pants

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Kassandra Jo Tomaras @raconteuse.bsky.social · 1d

When a trans woman dies of natural causes, at an age greater than 75, having lived more than half her life as herself, that is cause for celebration, not mourning.

Thank you, Miss Major.

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Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein @deepcuts.blog · 13h

A reviewer once claimed that this book was an effort to re-frame WEIRD TALES centered on Robert E. Howard instead of Lovecraft. Which wasn't really the intent.

www.amazon.com/Weird-Talers...

Weird Talers: Essays on Robert E. Howard and Others

Amazon.com: Weird Talers: Essays on Robert E. Howard and Others eBook : Derie, Bobby: Kindle Store

www.amazon.com

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Freyja Valentine, Girl IRL Cat URL @freyjavalentine.bsky.social · 14h

It came along because the people who contribute most to all those problems on purpose made it. It's a straightforward continuation of their agenda.

Slurmsadako MacKenzie @slurmsmackenzie.bsky.social · 2d

GenAI truly was the worst technology to come along at this moment.

An energy and water guzzler when we most urgently need to take climate action.

A disinformation machine as our journalism fails.

A bias machine as fascism takes root.

A job killer in a cost of living crisis.

Bria "tries to write a book" Horses @thevoidencore.bsky.social · 8d

The "cognitive decline and brain damage from repeat COVID infections" and "easy to use robot that makes slop and melts your critical thinking skills" is a hell of a combo in a post-fact media ecosystem

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 15h

Rupert Murdoch TV is going 24/7 with the same message: Keep away from those No Kings rallies... apparently the 5 million people who attend them are all dangerous radicals paid by George Soros, who don't love Fearless Leader.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Emmer: "These guys are playing to the most radical, small, and violent base in the country. You'll see them on Saturday on the Mall. They just do not love this country."

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 1d

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, an activist who took part in Stonewall and remained an advocate for the decades that followed, including caring for AIDS patients & pioneering needle exchange & defending the rights of incarcerated trans people on both coasts, passed away. www.advocate.com/news/miss-ma...

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, activist since Stonewall, has died

The LGBTQ+ community — and particularly the transgender community — has lost an iconic activist.

www.advocate.com

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 17h

signing a bunch of LGBTQ+ protections into law but then vetoing two other ones bc they would cost health insurance companies 0.00001% in yearly profits is just so Newsom

Trans News Network @transnews.network · 1d

CA UPDATE:

Newsom has signed these queer rights bills:
- AB 82 / SB 497 (Medical privacy)
- AB 1084 / SB 59 (Name/Gender changes)
- SB 450 (Adoption access)

And vetoed these bills:
- SB 418 (HRT stockpile)
- AB 554 (PreP)

Final total: 8 bills signed, 2 vetoed.

transnews.network/p/california...

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𝕴𝖓𝖋𝖊𝖗𝖓𝖆𝖙𝖗𝖎𝖝 𝕾𝖔𝖕𝖍𝖎𝖆 @infernatrixsophia.bsky.social · 16h

Even if I dislike most of the state capitalist regimes that call themselves "Communists" Ari is just factually wrong.

Will German Reunification Hurt Transsexual Rights?

An article demonstrating that the DDR general public was concerned about how reunification could harm the rights of their trans minority.

Gender Identity and Expression in Cuba

Cuba provides specialized healthcare and reassignment surgery for trans people free of charge.

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 16h

In her life, Marilyn Monroe was exploited and abused by so many men.
Studio executives, so many people.
After she died, men continued to exploit her for their pleasure: trying to get themselves buried near/above her.
What your writer did here is obscene, nonconsensual and makes me feel slightly ill

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 1d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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John Calvin’s Strongest Soldier @waveturtlejake.bsky.social · 15h

Hey guys, bad news about my upcoming appearance on Brightsiders. On the one hand, I wish this would have happened before I got on the plane and missed my brother’s wedding. On the other hand, we don’t hold grudges in the Bright community. It’s not what Daryl and Nick would have wanted.

Gaius (from Tribunate) @gaius.bsky.social · Aug 18

Sad news everyone, I’m officially pulling the plug on Brightsiders, my super fan podcast for the 2017 movie Bright. I still feel like there were many interesting topics left to discuss but after 7 years of weekly episodes I’ve learned that no one has ever listened to the show.

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Cyrus @digitalvergil.bsky.social · 14h

My hope is that after the ai crash we can keep the power generation infrastructure and use it to help phase out fossil fuels

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