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Grim Flandango @grimflandango.bsky.social · 2h

Blows my mind that this is controversial

Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 3h

Okay so I’m not a strategist and I’m trying to not PLAY strategist very much but if I can just say: I think this should be a model for Dems all over the country, even in conservative areas

Not in literal content but in sentiment. “Trans people are vulnerable and targeted and that’s wrong”

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 6h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 3h

the inability to view any stand you personally disagree with as motivated by anything except clout chasing is a true disease of the soul and the fact the sufferers walk around like asymptomatic carriers openly saying things like this and thinking they have been insightful is part of the pathology

larry @larrrrrry.bsky.social · 1d

her advocacy for Palestinians doesn't bother me nearly as much as she is so desperately doing all this as an actual act of transparent virtue signaling, to fill the absence she has in depth of character

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Carmine 🖤✨❤️ @carminedeville.bsky.social · 4h

Good morning! I'm tired as fuck and have arrived to offer an array of scribbles of gay bitches, most of them doing gay bitch shit 🌈

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Grim Flandango @grimflandango.bsky.social · 4h

Please let me see more of your weird and fantastical art. Want it all!!

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Grim Flandango @grimflandango.bsky.social · 4h

Love the style!

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tonnerre comics @tonnerrecomics.bsky.social · 5h

thanks for hosting this tremendous share!

here's some of my artwork, the first 3 are from this week when i've been trying to practice/develop drawing my character edie. the last picture is from some time ago from her wedding.

@jennyuncensored.bsky.social @questioncave.bsky.social

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Grim Flandango @grimflandango.bsky.social · 4h

Unicorns are the new renewable fuel source but solar panel installers must be at the heart of how they’re used.

Chris Bloore MP @chrisbloore.bsky.social · Aug 4

🧠 AI is the new industrial revolution—but workers must be at the heart of how it's used.
In my piece for @huffpost.co.uk, I set out why the Government’s plans must empower working people, not just big tech.
Read it here ⬇️

'AI May Be The New Industrial Revolution – But We Must Still Put Workers First'

Writing for HuffPost UK, Labour's Chris Bloore said working people must still have a say in how the technology is used.

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

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Joanna @purenonsens.bsky.social · Sep 10

guarding a dead city #illustration #Arcane #JayceTalis

Jayce's evolved form, waist-up as seen in Ailya Chen's concept art, with starry sky in the background

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Grim Flandango @grimflandango.bsky.social · 5h

I love this guy

Guillermo del Toro @realgdt.bsky.social · 5h

This workshop will initiate with people from Mexico, Latin America and Europe to strengthen the ties of stop motion and collaboration and, in exchange, education will be provided for free for one Mexican / Latinamerican student for the first ten years also.

Cartoon Brew @cartoonbrew.bsky.social · 6h

Guillermo del Toro, Netflix, and Gobelins have teamed to open a stop-motion studio in Paris. The endeavor shares a kindred spirit with Mexico's El Taller del Chucho, also co-founded by del Toro, and will honor stop-motion legend Mark Gustafson.
www.cartoonbrew.com/stop-motion/...

Grim Flandango @grimflandango.bsky.social · 5h

Fucking NIMH. Some things you just don’t recover from.

Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 5h

When they used to sneak a horror film into the cinema disguised a kids movie.

A still from Don Bluth's The Secret of Nimh. A small mouse faces off against a silhouetted rat creation

A still from Don Bluth's The Secret of Nimh. A great big scary cat.

A still from Don Bluth's The Secret of Nimh. A small mouse escapes underwater from a dog with sharp teeth.

A still from Don Bluth's The Secret of Nimh. A small mouse talks to an wizened mouse with long claws and glowing eyeS

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Grim Flandango @grimflandango.bsky.social · 5h

Ok, anyway

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 7h

The administration “is currently pressuring OpenAI and other AI companies to make their models more conservative-friendly.”

OpenAI is trying to clamp down on ‘bias’ in ChatGPT

GPT-5 is better at resisting liberal ‘pressure,’ the company says.

www.theverge.com

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C h r i s n a @chrisna.bsky.social · 7h

I was at a karaoke night where someone sang the "True Blood" theme song and the spontaneous lustful dance party that broke out among women throughout the crowd was a sight to behold.

The hip swaying, girlfriends grinding on each other. It was a Pavlovian erotic response.

Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 22h

I’m rewatching “True Blood” and I forgot that HBO used to be so slutty. What a time.

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TJ Alexander (they/them) @tjalexandernyc.bsky.social · 6h

I'm cynical as hell and I'm always going to want action to match words, but man. It's been a long time since I heard anyone in this town even say the words.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 6h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Grim Flandango @grimflandango.bsky.social · 6h

Okay, but does this count as war profiteering?

Dave Hutchinson @hutchinsondave.bsky.social · 6h

“Frogs, sir. Thousands of ‘em.”

Stanley Baker and Nigel Green, in Victorian red army uniform, in Zulu

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Grim Flandango @grimflandango.bsky.social · 6h

Gorgeous picture!!

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Lyanna 🌙 comms open @lyannatropes.bsky.social · 6h

Shine bright, be the guiding light ✨

#art #repostober

A digital artwork of Ipomoea inspired by Alphonse Mucha's "The dance." Ipomoea's horns are lapped in flames, while a fire wraps their left arm and their right harm in shining bright. They are holding onto their dresses, which edges scatter into starlight. Her hair is also spread, sparkling. The frame is a thin crescent moon around Ipomoea, with stars etched into it.

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Grim Flandango @grimflandango.bsky.social · 6h

Absolutely grotesque but also I’m American and no one’s gonna bother asking my opinion before they ram this shit right up my ass.

Kate Heartfield @kateheartfield.com · 18h

Government survey: How can we support AI champions to own the podium? What barriers exist to uptake of AI in all areas of the economy across all regions?

Me: I strongly believe these questions are an insult to life itself

Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 3d

Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.

If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:

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J. Margot Critch @jmargotcritch.bsky.social · 6h

Things used to be so sexy!

Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 22h

I’m rewatching “True Blood” and I forgot that HBO used to be so slutty. What a time.

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Grim Flandango @grimflandango.bsky.social · 6h

That was the whole point of premium cable television back in the day!

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Grim Flandango @grimflandango.bsky.social · 6h

I wonder how many articles like this we need before, I dunno, anyone with any power does anything at all. These dipshits are already set to devastate the economy and every day we let this grift continue we only sink deeper…

The Pleasure Vice Principle (he/him/his) @hannibaltabu.bsky.social · 12h

I saw the dot coms crash from a front row seat. AI is running out of money way faster.

The evangelism is insecurity from people who made the wrong bet. I’ve seen it before. futurism.com/future-socie...

AI Data Centers Are an Even Bigger Disaster Than Previously Thought

An investment manager realized he made a crucial mistake — and that his grim prediction about AI investments may not have been cynical enough.

futurism.com

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strigix @sovereignbeast.bsky.social · 14d

It's pretty wild to me that investigators have uncovered that anti-trans campaigns are largely funded by the fossil fuel industry, and that the presumed motivations are pretty directly to redirect the public conversation away from climate change... and that this isn't bigger news.

Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 15d

Fossil fuel billionaires are bankrolling the anti-trans movement

An investigation shared exclusively with Atmos and HEATED finds that 80% of anti-trans organizations receive fossil fuel funding.

heated.world

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 1d

I don't think for me it is so much "criticism" as "if you were a comic I still listened to before you went this thing, that's not what you are anymore, so long and thanks but no thanks."

There are plenty of other funny people out there to listen to.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I have been criticised for being part of the Riyadh comedy festival. This is why I did it | Omid Djalili

The headlines focus on money, but the gigs were great and I think there are different ways to achieve progress. Art, especially comedy, can be part of that, says stand-up comedian, Omid Djalili.

www.theguardian.com

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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · Aug 13

We are not trivialising LLMs.

Copyright theft is not trivial.

Environmental damage is not trivial.

Unreliability is not trivial.

Risk to human cognition is not trivial.

Ignoring consent when shoving it into every fucking thing while making us pay our hard-earned money for it is not trivial.

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Grim Flandango @grimflandango.bsky.social · 7h

Actually, in this case, yes it is.

Eric Wickham @ericwickham.ca · 20h

This is what the woke left wants to turn Christmas into

Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 20h

Walked into a Canadian Tire and no longer know what holiday season we’re celebrating anymore

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 16h

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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