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Jeff Doctor @jeff.doctor · 1d

I'm ranting now but I'm getting really irritated all this. Generative "AI" is the most obvious bubble ever that's gonna burst and wreck the economy yet Canadian "experts" who really should know better are hitting themselves in the face with every rake imaginable because OMG FOMO. It's pathetic

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Cortana 👻 @cortanav.bsky.social · 25m

Six weeks prior to Halo: CE shipping, 16 player multiplayer over LAN was not functioning.

It took dedicated engineers and a lot of people in test undergoing intense crunch to save that feature.

The landscape of video games is owed in major part to test.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 5h

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 4h

No. No. No.

(Nothing against Steven, I used to do this too until I learned that it was a bad idea.)

Swim goggles hit by a projectile (like a tear gas canister or pepper ball) can direct force to the area around your eyeball and pop it out of your skull.

NOT desirable.

Steven W. Thrasher is finishing The Overseer Class @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 4h

Pro tip to reporters and protesters: always have swim goggles in your pockets or bags. They’re small, $10 and if tear gas is used, slip them on & no matter how much you cough, you’ll still be able to SEE without burning eyes.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1h

People are spontaneously posting up near any laborers or street vendors they spot. Just saw a rapid responder guarding a man working on a building exterior. Many things are terrible today but lord, this stuff matters.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 3h

There are a tremendous number of ICE watchers out in Rogers Park this afternoon after some early morning abductions.

People are guarding churches and patrolling alleyways. Ran into Alderperson Hadden. First timers tell us they're primed and ready to use their whistles.

Know your rights flyer in Spanish on street pole

Alderperson Maria Hadden on street corner

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 22h

theonion.com/ice-raids-my...

MYTH: ICE agents lack proper training.

FACT: Most have been racists their entire lives.

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Jen Larkin @petticoatdespot.bsky.social · 21h

Sex ed for young children focuses on teaching kids what touching is inappropriate and what to do about it, which *fights* child sex abuse. LGBTQ+ inclusion fights bullying.

These bigots call it "grooming" to teach kids to not bully and to report sexual abuse.

That's what's really sick.

Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 22h

One of the nastiest things from these nasty pieces of work has been the lie that kidlit creatives, teachers & librarians are somehow grooming kids.

Statistically, a parent, guardian, or other relative is more likely to be the perpetrator: www.nationalchildrensalliance.org/media-room/n...

National Statistics on Child Abuse - National Children's Alliance

A look at the scope of the problem of child abuse, including how it impacts kids, where and how it happens, and how CACs help.

www.nationalchildrensalliance.org

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beverlylove / Bev Johnson @bevsi.bsky.social · 22m

I love when moe anime fans argue about which of their favs is hotter. they all have the same face you’re more or less arguing about color palettes

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starberrymint @starberrymint.com · 16h

I barely remebered my WIPs the other day, make me dig through my ipad/computer/hard drive for all the unfinished things, I dare you 🤣

Image caption reads 1 like = I post a sketch/wip/doodle

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

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Dr. NerdLove @doctornerdlove.com · 8h

Alexandra Jones, the column’s author, makes a really important point at the end: the fact that people are *hiding* their LLM use really makes it clear that they know this is ultimately a bad move.

Not to mention the number of “they/I were basically dating the AI” from folks on both sides of it.

C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social · 14h

This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

As 32-year-old Rich points out, though, "it's not like using ChatGPT guarantees success".
When he met someone in a bar one Friday night and swapped social media handles, he asked AI what his next move should be.
ChatGPT discerned that sending an initial message on Monday midmorning would set the right pace. "Then it gave me some options for what the message could be," says Rich.
"Keep it light, warm, and low-stakes so it reads as genuine interest without urgency," the bot advised. "Something like: Hey Sarah, still laughing about [tiny shared moment/reference if you've got one] - good to meet you!" Rich went back and forth with ChatGPT until he felt they'd hit upon exactly the right message ("Hey Sarah, it was lovely to meet you") but sadly she never replied, he says. "It's been two weeks now."

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Jackz Boone - Tiefling King - Looking for work @jackzarts.bsky.social · 1d

Here's a character design I did for my bestie @derekcdesign.bsky.social 👀
This is their tiefling Serendipity (they/them) 🧋 ✨

Here you can see a bit of the process and decisions made based on a picrew and a call, before getting to the final design.

#dndart #ocs #ocart #ocart #artsky #dnd #tiefling

A difital drawing exploring the design of a tiefling. There are four headshots in the upper left corner, exploring different type of horns for them, before deciding for the goat-like ones. Their design was based on a picrew drawing sent by my friend. Then there were some full body explorations where we decided on the type of feet they'd have. I drew some options with hooves, another one with humanoid feet, and another one with paw-like feet, which were the ones that were chosen. They are a purple tiefling, with goat-like horns, they have fluffy ears, light pink hair up in a half-bun. They are wearing a little crop top vest, a skirt, and some kind of leg warmers over their feet. This is an old design, a new one is on the works... cus this one is at least one year old and things have changed.

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Seb Downie-Blackwell 🔜 Games Ground Berlin @downieseb.bsky.social · 1h

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Seb Downie-Blackwell 🔜 Games Ground Berlin @downieseb.bsky.social · 1h

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Frank Strong @frankstrong.bsky.social · 8h

“tHEre ArE nO bOok bAns in tHe uS. YoU cAn sTiLL gET aNy boOk aT a bOokstOre!”

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Texas Retailer Pulls 'Dragon Ball' Due to New Law, Backstreet Boy Helps Store Sell Rare Comic for Charity, 'X-Men' #1 Stolen

Shop Talk, September 2025

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proletkvlt @proletkvlt.bsky.social · 3d

Mainstream American Protestantism is basically a bronze age-esque civic religion where the purpose of the faith and community is, expressly, to justify and reinforce state authority

Juliette Rihl @julietterihl.bsky.social · 3d

I don’t usually cover breaking news, but this story is truly wild.

A pastor in central PA brought an AR-15 to church and pointed it at people during his sermon. Gun safety experts and internet commentators are, predictably, not happy!

(Paywall free link below)

www.pennlive.com/news/2025/10...

Dauphin County pastor under fire for pointing assault-style rifle during sermon

In a move experts called a serious safety violation, he pointed the unloaded weapon at churchgoers, while asking for a 'violent action of faith.'

www.pennlive.com

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Omar Rayyan @omarrayyanart.bsky.social · 4h

"Isilu, Carrier of Twilight"
An illustration I did for the upcoming Magic the Gathering set, Lorwyn Eclipsed.
The original art is being auctioned on the MTG Art Market FB page. www.facebook.com/groups/mtgar...
🌙 #mtg #art #watercolor #lorwyn

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Bria "tries to write a book" Horses @thevoidencore.bsky.social · 5d

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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Fox Popvli @foxpopvli.bsky.social · 1h

When you post a drawing and a better idea suddenly spawns in your mind 😩

I guess you'll soon see a new finished pic of this shortstack :D
#fpvsketchbook

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antifa’s sleepiest soldier @emilydwarfield.bsky.social · 17h

The only reason this isn’t considered trafficking via fraud is because crime is something poor people do

Fascist Dem Tracker @fascistdemtracker.bsky.social · 20h

Fun fact about the Salvation Army: they use a form of substance use treatment called work therapy. Oh, and by treatment, I mean they have people who have been convicted of drug charges work for their stores & warehouses in exchange for room, board, around a $1 a week, and minimal actual therapy.

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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 1h

I saw this on Threads (my mistake) and it absolutely infuriated me. Oh no, this creator, who was always making toyetic properties and probably isn’t seeing a ton of money from them these days, didn’t provide an adequately emotionally fulfilling experience at their temporary place of business???

I met the creator and animator of He Man and the Masters of the Universe today and told him what an honor it was to meet someone who shaped the very foundation of my childhood and of millions of kids in India. He just shrugged his shoulders and asked me if I wanted to buy the $60 Funko he was selling at his booth in New York Comic Con.
Reminder to not meet your hero's.

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WanderingNewbie @wanderingnewbie.bsky.social · 2h

Fire Emblem: Binding Blade

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 3d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Turbo Ultra @turboultracomics.bsky.social · 1d

A new dnd campaign means a new slightly overdesigned artificer...
#art #drawing #dnd #dndart

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Solgeon Solray @solgeonsolray.bsky.social · 1h

That's... Ominous...

the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 8h

In 2004, Parisian police were conducting a training exercise in the french catacombs and found, after moving past a desk and a tape playing audio of snarling dogs, a fully functional movie theater and bar. When they returned 3 days later, the equipment was gone, with a note: “Do not try to find us.”

Members of the force's sports squad, responsible
- among other tasks - for policing the 170 miles of tunnels, caves, galleries and catacombs that underlie large parts of Paris, stumbled on the complex while on a training exercise beneath the Palais de Chaillot, across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower.
After entering the network through a drain next to the Trocadero, the officers came across a tarpaulin marked: Building site, No access.
Behind that, a tunnel held a desk and a closed-circuit TV camera set to automatically record images of anyone passing. The mechanism also triggered a tape of dogs barking, "clearly designed to frighten people off," the spokesman said.
Further along, the tunnel opened into a vast 400 sq metre cave some 18m underground, "like an underground amphitheatre, with terraces cut into the rock and chairs".

There the police found a full-sized cinema screen, projection equipment, and tapes of a wide variety of films, including 1950s film noir classics and more recent thrillers. None of the films were banned or even offensive, the spokesman said.
A smaller cave next door had been turned into an informal restaurant and bar. "There were bottles of whisky and other spirits behind a bar, tables and chairs, a pressure-cooker for making couscous," the spokesman said.
"The whole thing ran off a professionally installed electricity system and there were at least three phone lines down there."
Three days later, when the police returned accompanied by experts from the French electricity board to see where the power was coming from, the phone and electricity lines had been cut and a note was lying in the middle of the floor: "Do not," it said, "try to find us."

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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 8h

In 2004, Parisian police were conducting a training exercise in the french catacombs and found, after moving past a desk and a tape playing audio of snarling dogs, a fully functional movie theater and bar. When they returned 3 days later, the equipment was gone, with a note: “Do not try to find us.”

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