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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 23h

The palpable relief of reading a syntactically awkward student paper nevertheless brimming with ideas they’re trying on after having to consume the stale cardboard generalities of a Chat GPT essay.

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 2h

The new pope is quoting Hannah Arendt. www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

www.cbsnews.com

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Justin Decloux @declouxj.bsky.social · 1d

Today! Join us at secretcinematheque.com for THE 24-HOUR HORROR MOVIE MIND MELTER starting @ 11:00 AM (ET) to watch a stream of rare, weird and wonderful horror movies. It's a secret line-up, but as the films play, I will reveal the titles and posters below:

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Lynn Coady @lynncoady.bsky.social · 2d

“I still think back to the moment when those plants were discovered. It was joyful. This whole project has becone a celebration.” Consider this story of renewal your Friday timeline cleanse www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Creatures buried in soil for over a century burst back to life in Toronto waterfront

A project to restore coastal wetland leads to astonishing discoveries of a host of life: seeds and plant scraps, as well as water fleas, worms, larvae and plankton

www.theguardian.com

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Keri Ferencz @keriferencz.bsky.social · 2d

A delightful must-read.

The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 2d

Dear Tilly Norwood, https://bit.ly/3J4jNOk?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=3595fdbe-1ecb-4c91-9af4-e131186a6f3c&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

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Wil Zmakula 🧛‍♂️ @wilzmak.bsky.social · 2d

I wrote an episode of television in 18 hours, taking into consideration actor availability, daylight shooting hours, standing sets, turnaround times, unit moves, weather cover, budget shortfalls, oh and block shooting with another episode which had already started prep. GenAI can gargle my balls.

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 3d

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.

wrote 20 pages on Faulkner's The Bear four hours before final papers were due on trucker pills and coffee and cigarettes and got an A, fuck you.
You people couldn't hang with real slackers.
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It's fuck Al till your homework due in 25 minutes

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 3d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 2d

Men claim women talk too much, but boy if you get that man on a panel, he will over talk every woman present in the room.

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Keri Ferencz @keriferencz.bsky.social · 2d

The Jays are so in it - even how they celebrated on the field in the moments after the game showed they’re focused on the work to be done - but I can’t pretend not to love the twisting of the knife. We’ve been cowed by the “mighty Yanks” for so long and it’s amazing to see them let that go.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2d

From @theathletic.com: For years, Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York” has been the Yankees’ victory anthem. On Wednesday, the song was used as part of one final twist of the knife for the Blue Jays.

‘Theeee Yankees lose!’ Blue Jays’ Schneider, Guerrero troll N.Y.

Schneider borrowed a lyric from Frank Sinatra's "New York, New York" song, and Guerrero did his own take on “theeee Yankees win!" call.

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John Gary @johngary.bsky.social · 3d

The article Javi is reacting to here claims to quote anonymous showrunners, and at first I was like who the eff is that reporter talking to and then I see he's not a reporter, he's a former Netflix exec who now owns a production company and I doubt he's ever made a show under a WGA contract.

javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 3d

a few years ago i sincerely believed it to be the duty of artists to take these tools and show the world how to use them humanely and respectfully. i don’t believe that any more. every time i have tried i have left the experience frustrated and angry…

pjrodriguez.bsky.social @pjrodriguez.bsky.social · 3d

@okbjgm.bsky.social uh wut theankler.com/p/run-it-thr...

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Keri Ferencz @keriferencz.bsky.social · 3d

Truth.

Keri Ferencz @keriferencz.bsky.social · 3d

If this were true, it wouldn’t need to be an advertorial.

The Ankler @theankler.com · 4d

The “GPT-5 pass” has gone from curiosity to mandate. Scripts, trailers, pitch decks are all being filtered through an AI model that remembers every draft and forgets what originality looks like. @erikbarmack.bsky.social on Hollywood’s uneasy reset:
theankler.com/p/run-it-thr...

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Mathew Kumar @mathewkumar.com · 5d

As is only proper, I'm dedicating this month on exp. to scary games! First up for subscribers we go way back to what I believe is the very first horror film to video game adaptation: Poltergeist for TRS-80 CoCo(!) expzine.com/2025/10/07/p...

Pre-order exp. 2602: expzine.com/current-issue/

Poltergeist art. "It knows what scares you."

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Lindsay Britts in the Sky @lindsays.space · 4d

Absolutely don't do it. Energy and water costs are doubling for home and business owners in some US cities that have centers.

The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 4d

OpenAI eyes artificial intelligence data-centre capacity in Canada

Company’s chief global affairs officer says it can be part of country’s effort to build sovereign AI capabilities

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 4d

I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that all these data centers are going into communities that have been historically targeted for exploitation and have the least amount of civic power wielded by the people living there.

wordinblack.com/2025/09/alab...

Why Are Plans for This Alabama Data Center So Hush-Hush?

Officials in Bessemer, Alabama, are mum on Project Marvel, a proposed data center the size of 18 Walmart Supercenters.

wordinblack.com

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Erik Angner @erikangner.com · 7d

The Dawit Isaak Library in Malmö is releasing a special edition of Orwell’s 1984. The book cannot be read, on account of having two spines. The “double bind” is a protest against censorship across the world: malmo.se/boundbookspr...

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 8d

Jane Austen. Spike Lee. MrBeast. “Modern Family.” The Atlantic’s new AI Watchdog search tool lets you see which creative works tech companies may have used to train their generative-AI models: https://theatln.tc/vQSlfiyC

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Keri Ferencz @keriferencz.bsky.social · 7d

Nationalism is complex at best but big flag time always gets me at the Dome.

MMorden 🇨🇦 @mmorden.bsky.social · 7d

That is a massive Canadian 🇨🇦flag at the Jays vs Yankees game tonight at the dome which is packed to the gills! Canadian Forces unfurled it. Right on, Go Jays Go!

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 8d

Every time you use stupid ChatGPT, a thing that I once saw get a long multiplication sum wrong, it uses ten times as much electricity as searching the same thing on Google and the server cooling systems mean each use consumes half a litre of water.

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 9d

I really need all of us to abandon any impostor syndrome. It’s time.

Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 9d

In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...

Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report

Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...

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Keri Ferencz @keriferencz.bsky.social · 9d

Loved last season but S5 is the all-timer for me. Bob Mortimer! Sally Phillips and her gonzo “special cuddle”! The greatest musical task ever: m.youtube.com/watch?v=emz6...

Write And Perform A Song For A Stranger - FULL TASK

YouTube video by Taskmaster

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Keri Ferencz @keriferencz.bsky.social · 9d

Desperate to start the new TM season! Such a balm for all the real-life insanity!

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Rob McCallum @robmccallum.bsky.social · 9d

No it fucking doesn’t

Bloomberg Opinion @opinion.bloomberg.com · 9d

Tilly Norwood raises the question of who will be the first to win an Oscar for best AI in a leading role

Tilly Norwood Is Expensive, Even for Hollywood

The “synthetic actress” may be cheaper to cast than Leonardo DiCaprio, but AI’s footprint carries major economic and environmental costs.

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András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 11d

A reminder share.google/OwIEPAiBqPNp...

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Audry T. ~ she/her @audryt.bsky.social · 11d

If you haven't watched ANDOR yet I recommend you watch ANDOR. You don't have to be a huge STAR WARS fan. It's simply very, very, accidentally relevant to our times.

But balance it out by also watching something fluffy, like GREAT BRITISH BAKING SHOW or some Nat Geo show about cute baby animals.

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