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tjcwrites @mizagium.bsky.social · 14h

Been really stuck for a while on this rewrite of the Mage Hunter manuscript (partly due to life issues) so I'm very happy to have the gears turning on it once again. #writingcommunity #amwriting

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tjcwrites @mizagium.bsky.social · 15h

Not for nothing but I'm pretty sure TRON and TRON Legacy also bombed

However, fuck Jared Leto all my homies hate Jared Leto

Cosmic Marvel @dailycosmicmarvel.bsky.social · 17h

‘TRON: ARES’ has earned $14.3M in its opening day at the domestic box office.

For comparison, ‘MORBIUS’ opened to $17.3M.

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tjcwrites @mizagium.bsky.social · 17h

One of my favorite bits from the show honestly

Out of Context Simpsons Treehouse of Horror @ooccouchgags.bsky.social · 20h

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 4d

Are you starting to get it? He was always going to hit us. You will not change the math by insisting that people assume some magical form of perfect victimhood that somehow reels in a monster. That's not real. And I am so sick of hearing it.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 4d

He was always going to do this. Chicagoans have not rioted, so the administration just lied and said we have. We have not attacked ICE agents, so they just lied and said we did. There was no chaos here, so they created chaotic scenes by attacking people and filmed that shit.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 4d

Y'all who keep lecturing protesters to "not give them an excuse" need to pause for a minute. Imagine yourself telling a DV victim, "Be sure not to mouth off or make any mistakes so he won't hit you. Don't give him an excuse! It's what he wants!" That's what you fools sound like.

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tjcwrites @mizagium.bsky.social · 3d

On the one hand, this is cowardly behavior

However I have serious doubts Ubisoft would have actually made this a good game

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 3d

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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The Louvre of Bluesky @thelouvreof.bsky.social · 3d

cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 3d

i love this website actually

Mr. Cait @chas.bsky.social • 13h
Gavin Newsom would take a puppy from an orphan, rip the puppy apart with his bare hands and eat it while the orphan screamed if he thought it would win him one vote in Wisconsin.

ILLEGIT PREc
@illegitprez.bsky.so... • 13h
there is something wrong with you.

cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social • 10h
"anti far left" in bio, hard pass

ILLEGIT PREc & E @illegitprez.bsky.so... • 10h no one invited you

cait (and adonis)
@cait.bsky.social
that's my husband you dumb bitch

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 3d

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Yo Gabapentin @yogabapentin.bsky.social · 4d

Obligatory Jenny Nicholson Tweet

Jenny Nicholson Tweet:

How come major film studios keep being like Jared Leto may have allegations, but at least he looks weird, stars in box office bombs, and is not a good actor

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The Oatmeal @theoatmeal.bsky.social · 4d

Let’s talk about AI art.

theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about AI art.

theoatmeal.com

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Jac @dairyqueenslime.bsky.social · 6d

I'm teaching the computer to smoke cigarettes

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Pokémon Updates Bot @pkmnupdatesbot.bsky.social · 4d

Scizor has wandered into the Outback to master the art of swordsmanship.

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Vampire Survivors 🧄 Emerald Diorama OUT NOW 💎 @vampire.poncle.games · 4d

The wait is nearly over 🗣️

Online co-op is coming to Vampire Survivors on PC and consoles THIS Autumn! (yeah it's autumn right now shh) 🍂

⚠️ dial-up tones will not be included

come back next week for another new announcement! 👀

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTa_8nDjIo4

Vampire Survivors Online Co-Op is Coming Soon | Announcement Trailer

YouTube video by poncle - Vampire Survivors

www.youtube.com

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 5d

👇🎯 This is how governing works in literally every actual democracy around the world. If you don’t have the votes, it’s up to you to make concessions to the minority parties. It’s not their job to save you from your responsibility to govern by giving you things you don’t have the votes for already.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5d

Sounds like Republicans ought to get all the Republicans who form the Republican majorities in the Republican-led House and the Republican-led Senate together to pass the budget that Republicans wrote with the Republican White House and that Republicans now insist absolutely must be passed.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Sean Duffy says the safety of the air traffic control system will start being impacted next Sunday if the shutdown continues

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tjcwrites @mizagium.bsky.social · 5d

Hiding my absolute disgust towards AI 'tools' during interviews because I really need this job, man

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Ayo @darrylayo.bsky.social · 6d

I’m not a police fan but I’m trying to articulate a difference. A police arrest does not end until the target is in custody or has fully escaped under their own power. The Boys aren’t going to just say “ahh forget it,” period. That’s how you know that these ICE guys are not cops or anything legit.

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 6d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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ceej @ceej.online · 6d

I’m not an expert but it seems obvious to me that all of the people trying to leapfrog the competition by mainlining ChatGPT at work are going to stall out when they hit the ceiling of their capacity and don’t have a network of trusted colleagues to fall back on. You can’t survive as a lone wolf

Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 6d

Preliminary results show that the current framework of "AI" makes ppl less likely to help or seek help from other humans, or to seek to soothe conflict, and that people actively prefer that framework to any others, literally serving to make them more dependent on it.

Sycophantic AI Decreases Prosocial Intentions and Promotes Dependence

Both the general public and academic communities have raised concerns about sycophancy, the phenomenon of artificial intelligence (AI) excessively agreeing with or flattering users. Yet, beyond isolat...

arxiv.org

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TheCongressman @thecongressman.bsky.social · 8d

bsky ceo's crashout shows they can not handle simple criticism, so keep doing it. bsky wants the marginalized people that built this site to shut up or leave, don't give them an easy way out

LeeTaeRyeo @leetaeryeo.com · 20d

BlueSky does not currently have advertising or any real monetization. Doing a boycott/blackout will have absolutely no impact on them due to this, other than users who would be impacted by the censoring doing the work for them.

The real way to impact would be to post more. Trend. Make them moderate

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tjcwrites @mizagium.bsky.social · 7d

"It would be difficult to find something in mind
We couldn't do
To anyone who gives as much as a dirty look
(Don't make it you)"

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Evangelion Screenshots @ngescreenshot.bsky.social · 7d

Neon Genesis Evangelion
Episode 1
Angel Attack
Angel Attack

Ritsuko getting close to Misato while Shinji stares at a blank page

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onion person @junlper.beer · 7d

i just can’t get over ICE going into the streets of the city i live in, throwing gas at citizens, invading people who live here. this is state sponsored terrorism being enacted on americans

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Pokémon Updates Bot @pkmnupdatesbot.bsky.social · 7d

Plusle is investigating the Mediterranean Sea to solve the mystery of disappearing ships.

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Evangelion Screenshots @ngescreenshot.bsky.social · 7d

Neon Genesis Evangelion
Episode 1
Angel Attack
Angel Attack

Gendo and Fuyutsuki looking at Sachiel on the command center screen

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tjcwrites @mizagium.bsky.social · 8d

My wife said all the music I listen to sounds like "Move Along" by All-American Rejects (2005) and I've never been more accurately called out in my life

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