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𝙹𝙺 @whatsayjk.bsky.social · Jun 18

What happens when you get laid off at the same time your evil govt starts attacking your community?

You make important shit.

Got around to finishing this piece and so excited to finally share it.
Happy Pride fam! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Meet Courtney – Drag Queen. Field Research Specialist. Unapologetically Unerasable.

YouTube video by Josh Kelley | Creative Producer

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𝙹𝙺 @whatsayjk.bsky.social · 1d

You *could* pull my unorthodox method…possibly an unpopular move, but I tend to box my starter after a certain point. 😬

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𝙹𝙺 @whatsayjk.bsky.social · 1d

Oct. 10 — Log entry from the war-torn, ravaged streets of Chicago:

I went for a walk tonight; it was past sunset. Darkness. Strangers at every corner. I stopped inside a store for a moment of safety when, much to my dismay, I was ambushed…

…by a man who proceeded to give me book recommendations.

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𝙹𝙺 @whatsayjk.bsky.social · 1d

Bonus story: There was a bit we shot where he was supposed to pour sugar into this giant mug, alluding to his over-the-top on-air personality. He bitched me out & refused to shoot, saying that sugar was poison; he didn’t want viewers to think he used it. I had track down creamer before he’d comply.

Man—who is now a congressman ruining the lives of the constituents who voted him in—pouring coffee creamer into a giant joke mug.

𝙹𝙺 @whatsayjk.bsky.social · 1d

I used to make this man stand on appleboxes for silly news promos because he was too short and too sensitive to stand next to his tall co-anchor. Call that gender-affirming care.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Independent C-SPAN caller to Rep. Mark Alford: "You're taking credit for $50b that you just gave to the hospital industry. That's after you took away $150b. You don't take credit for just giving back a little bit of money after taking away so much. So quit lying. It just makes you look horrible."

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𝙹𝙺 @whatsayjk.bsky.social · 1d

I used to make this man stand on appleboxes for silly news promos because he was too short and too sensitive to stand next to his tall co-anchor. Call that gender-affirming care.

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𝙹𝙺 @whatsayjk.bsky.social · 1d

Voices of #Chicago

A Mexican flag draped around her shoulders like armor, a bandana—a helmet proudly marked with the same tricolor bands. Her dark shades shielded her eyes, but it was clear she’d already seen the true terrors of this ‘war.’
“I’m an immigrant. We’re being treated like animals.”

𝙹𝙺 @whatsayjk.bsky.social · 1d

Voices of #Chicago

The older gentleman quietly walked his bike alongside the protestors—never chanting, but fully focused…present. I asked him why he thought it was important to show up and be heard. His eyes glistened and his voice choked, “Where else would I be?”

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Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 1d

Alex Jones tried to warn us about this

Reverend Jesus "H" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 2d

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

Three persons in inflatable frog costumes. One of them is holding a nicely painted sign with two little cartoon frogs holding hands, below the text "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG"

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 2d

It will soon come ashore looking for the manager.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 2d

Subtropical Storm Karen forms far from land in the north Atlantic Ocean.

Tropical Storm Raymond, third system now off the coast of Mexico, forms in the eastern Pacific Ocean

Tropical Storm Raymond has formed in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It is the third system now off the western coast of Mexico. The U.S.

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𝙹𝙺 @whatsayjk.bsky.social · 2d

It’s giving Darlene McBride IYKYK

youtu.be/oqZaQKskP-A?...

𝙹𝙺 @whatsayjk.bsky.social · 3d

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 4d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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𝙹𝙺 @whatsayjk.bsky.social · 3d

Wendy Williams, notable sleuth of the The Killer™️

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𝙹𝙺 @whatsayjk.bsky.social · 4d

Rejected from a job within 30 min of applying. I’m almost impressed.

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 4d

George Orwell’s Animal Crossing

Someone in a frog costume facing down a line of police in riot gear

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𝙹𝙺 @whatsayjk.bsky.social · 5d

We’re now in the “veteran newsroom producers falling for AI videos” phase of this societal spiral. Very cool.

𝙹𝙺 @whatsayjk.bsky.social · 6d

Same thing happened to me at a target once while I was looking a sheets. Guy started talking and then complimented my shoes. I quickly realized he was one of those FIRE evangelists and feigned trying to be friends so I could join their weird financial cult.

𝙹𝙺 @whatsayjk.bsky.social · 6d

Modern remake of The Ring but she goes after those who use generative AI, attacking people out of their phones and tablets using their own slop against them.

There is no passing it on this time; it’s shitty and they’ll deserve it.

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David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · Aug 20

I haven’t been this excited for a bubble to burst since I was a toddler.

Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · Aug 20

MIT’s NANDA initiative found that 95% of generative AI deployments fail after interviewing 150 execs, surveying 350 workers, and analyzing 300 projects. The real “productivity gains” seem to come from layoffs and squeezing more work from fewer people not AI.

MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing

There’s a stark difference in success rates between companies that purchase AI tools from vendors and those that build them internally.

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𝙹𝙺 @whatsayjk.bsky.social · Aug 13

The Life of a Showgirl

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𝙹𝙺 @whatsayjk.bsky.social · 8d

Attempting to construct normalcy while navigating a shitty job market while watching everything descend into chaos is absolutely soul-sucking.

So to cope, my latest escapism was playing thru Silent Hill 2 — a game about a depressed man also navigating thru a dark world adjacent to his dark reality.

𝙹𝙺 @whatsayjk.bsky.social · 8d

a biclet of good news

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 8d

Zach Cherry and Kali Reis have been cast in Zach Cregger’s ‘Resident Evil’ movie 🧟‍♂️

(via THR)

𝙹𝙺 @whatsayjk.bsky.social · 9d

girl, I know I'm playing with fire. I got in witness protection and moved to a whole other state before I even pressed send.

a woman is holding a lighter with flames coming out of it and smiling .

ALT: a woman is holding a lighter with flames coming out of it and smiling .

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𝙹𝙺 @whatsayjk.bsky.social · 9d

I'm not a Swiftie so my bf has to explain a lot of that world to me, and whew...I'll never be convinced otherwise that hardcore Swifties and Qanon don't drink from the same well. Like Q but with glitter and friendship bracelets.

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DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · 10d

Quentin Tarantino’s ‘KILL BILL’ movies will be released in theaters as one complete movie on December 5.

• Will include a never-before-seen 7-minute animated sequence

• Select presentations will be in 70mm and 35mm

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