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Swara A.S. ☀️🍉🌊🧿 @spiderswarz.bsky.social · 5h

Morrison invoking AI alike to "God" indicates a severe misunderstanding of how AI appropriates the work of thousands, including their own, and someone needs to rectify their understanding ASAP.

But also it's a severe disservice to their colleagues anyway to use it and justify it like this.

Reddit comment from comic writer Grant Morrison explaining why they use AI

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Racheline Maltese @racheline.bsky.social · 1h

Irreverent and rude signs are absolutely how we have fun together in NYC

Doctor Science ❌👑#NoKings2 Oct18 @doctorscience.bsky.social · 1h

Q: Are irreverant and rude signs a bad idea? or should they only be positive?
A: you're in charge of what feels right to you, we're standing for something & also we're having fun together
#WhatsThePlan

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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 1h

These are the 15 cowards who sold out freedom of the press for "access."

Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 2h

NEW:

The @washingtonpost.com obtained a list of the 15 individuals who signed the Pentagon press policy.

The Federalist, the Epoch Times, and OAN signed it. The rest are freelancers, independent or work for media outfits based overseas.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

More than 100 people cover the Pentagon. These are the 15 who signed its new press policy.

The Federalist, the Epoch Times, and One America News signed the Defense Department’s press rules. The rest are freelancers, independent or work for media outfits based overseas.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 5h

BREAKING from PP

We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*

The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:

Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer

More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado

www.propublica.org/article/immi...

by @nicolefoy.bsky.social

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

www.propublica.org

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3h

Penn joins MIT and Brown in saying “no” to Trump extortion move.

Penn rejects White House proposal for special funding treatment

With the decision, Penn becomes the third university to decline the offer.

www.thedp.com

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 3h

Help #horror 💙📚 fans! I have a free anthology in need of readers!

WE WILL SPEAK AGAIN OF THE RED TOWER is a passion project, a challenge between friends inspired by Thomas Ligotti's masterpiece of weird fiction. Click to learn more and to get a copy.

Reposts welcome!

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Get your FREE copy of We Will Speak Again of the Red Tower

“The ruined factory stood three stories high in an otherwise featureless landscape…” With these words, Thomas Ligotti begins one of the most influential short stories in the canon of horror and weird ...

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Nicole Rodovsky @nrodovsky.bsky.social · 10h

#HopeScrolling

Wolf Conservation Center 🐺 @nywolforg.bsky.social · 1d

Although classified as carnivores, wolves may sometimes follow an omnivorous diet. They can eat meat, eggs and even fruit!

This time of year, pumpkins are a special treat for our ambassador wolves.🎃 #wolffact

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Possum Every Hour @possumeveryhour.io · 10h

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Excavating Horror @excavatinghorror.com · 1d

Marvelous new @helleborezine.bsky.social! Looking forward to digging in to this article to find out what’s going on here & if there’s any chance I’m ever going to get my lipstick just right ever again

An ornate mirror with only the room behind it in the reflection

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Sean Beckner-Carmitchel @acatwithnews.bsky.social · 12h

The RAND Corp just released findings that the 2025 LA homeless count may have been off by up to 7900 people. The undercount coincides with “rough sleepers” - people without a vehicle or tent. The neighborhoods most affected are Venice, Hollywood and Skid Row.

Story TK

www.rand.org/pubs/researc...

Growing Inaccuracies in Official Counts Jeopardize LA Homelessness Wins

Official homeless counts increasingly underestimate the number of people living on the street in three key LA neighborhoods. Without a correction, this undercount could divert resources from the commu...

www.rand.org

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 1d

There’s more of us than there are of them. They can’t control us. They can’t stop us from voicing our dissent. Thugs and thuggery is not a winning future, even if they think so. See you at No Kings.

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Nicole Rodovsky @nrodovsky.bsky.social · 22h

I didn't, it made me happy! 😂

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Nicole Rodovsky @nrodovsky.bsky.social · 1d

Watching "The Haunting of Bly Manor" on Netflix:
redirect.teleparty.com/join/698fd29...

Teleparty

Watch TV together with your friends on Teleparty!

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James Brooks Cascade @alaska.bsky.social · 1d

#Alaska

Grubby, the opossum that came to Alaska in a shipping container, dies of old age at Alaska Zoo

The Virginia opossum ran loose for weeks in Homer before being caught and taken to the Anchorage zoo.

www.adn.com

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Nicole Rodovsky @nrodovsky.bsky.social · 1d

True...

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Guy Gavriel Kay @guygavrielkay.bsky.social · 1d

I’m a-gonna go way out on a limb (ahem) and predict a wave of jokes will come now.

2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 1d

www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/rare-whit...

Locals stunned by world-famous white whale sighting off NZ coast

Locals near Kaikōura captured rare footage of a white humpback whale.

www.nzherald.co.nz

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 1d

what’s most damning, IMO, about the “swastika flag in the background of a Zoom call” thing is that it’s clearly been up for a while, like, he didn’t put that up this AM, and nobody has said anything to him about it (nor did he think to take it down) because it’s just expected behavior among the GOP

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Nicole Rodovsky @nrodovsky.bsky.social · 1d

I STILL say...

a cartoon character is sitting at a table with a bowl of fruit and vegetables .

ALT: a cartoon character is sitting at a table with a bowl of fruit and vegetables .

media.tenor.com

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Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 1d

Q4.
Do hang around for the outro, in around 10 minutes.

Which is the easier route? Or the more satisfying?

#HorrorWritersChat

Q4
In your stories: is desperation scarier than the supernatural?

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Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 1d

#HorrorWritersChat Q3.

Who do you scare? As a writer, it's our chance to bite back, perhaps.

Q3
Do you write horror that scares the poor, the wealthy or everyone equally?

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Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · 1d

Q2. So many of you are diving in courageously. I salute you. Don't worry, now we go more abstract.
#HorrorWritersChat

Q2
How does scarcity or deprivation shape the worlds you build in your stories?

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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 1d

Today we delivered to senior management in NY a petition signed by 1,300 ProPublica readers, donors and supporters, as well as fellow journalists at peer newsrooms and former ProPublicans. It’s clear that we have wide support for a fair contract NOW.

ProPublica Guild Secretary Jeff Ernsthausen presents CEO Robin Sparkman with our petition signatures.

ProPublica Guild members gather in CEO Robin Sparkman’s office delivering petition signatures.

ProPublica Guild members gather in the hallway outside CEO Robin Sparkman’s office, delivering petition signatures.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 1d

WOW! Our survey of scientists who stopped using Twitter and started using Bluesky is now the #1 most-shared on social media article in the history of the journal Integrative and Comparative Biology! Thanks for reading it, everyone! @sicbjournals.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1093/icb/... 🧪

Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky

Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For

doi.org

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Racheline Maltese @racheline.bsky.social · 1d

Young Republicans in the ‘90s were also racist, Hitler-loving creeps who wanted to do real harm to people who weren’t like them.

Racheline Maltese @racheline.bsky.social · 2d

Today on zero surprise www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

It’s not new, it’s not a response to Trump, it’s not a turn to evil - The same garbage was happening at my university in 1991 when a group of Young Republicans threatened to rape me so I would stop embarrassing the school with my queerness

www.politico.com

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🌈Dr. Franken Frizzle 🎃 @swilua.bsky.social · 1d

It was the MWRG (Mormon Women for Ethical Government) who pushed the Utah Supreme Court to enforce the anti gerrymandering reforms the legislature had been ignoring (that the people voted for), so I would not count this option out TBH

Project Azar @projectazar.com · 1d

If the Mormons start memeing in favor of the frogs, I think it's a sign Trump is losing the FBI, which I welcome with open arms. Bring on the latter day memes.

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