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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 20h

“Copyright growing pains” is one hell of a euphemism for the biggest IP theft in history

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 2d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

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Austin Shinn @untitleduser.bsky.social · 13h

Reminder that Drew Struzan also did the majority of the Bantam Star Wars covers and they made the books feel legit.

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 17h

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Ben Schouten @bengschout.bsky.social · 19h

"usage-maxxing" is an underrated evil thing for a person to say

Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · 19h

i don't have the words to emphasise how seriously bad things are gonna get

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F9rAh @skyroads1.bsky.social · 6d

📢 Do not allow this to be hidden. The message in the quoted post is the unvarnished truth. Read it and share it.

ᖴᗩᖇᗩᕼ @standwithhumanity1.bsky.social · 17d

Every day brings fear, loss, and destruction. Explosions shatter homes, streets turn into graves, and children bear wounds too heavy for their hearts. Our are trapped in this nightmare. Please extend your hand, help save us 🙏🏻
tinyurl.com/StandwithFar...

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“Rebuilding After Loss: Your Support Makes All the Difference

Farah and Muhanad: Our Dreams Turned to Rubble My name is Farah, and I am 23 years old. This is my husband, Muhanad, who is 28. We live in Gaza, Palestine. We met at work, sharing a dream of a bright ...

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onion person @junlper.beer · 21h

these people know how extreme they are

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💫Allison Cassandra Ashtear🏳️‍⚧️🔞 @jayeallisonashtear.bsky.social · 2d

Morning~
Just starting my new monthly goal
I have a few potential job leads, and plenty of comms to work on.
So please help out of you can!
Anything is appreciated!!

ko-fi.com/dreamingnoct...

Support Jaye Allison Ashtear

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Spooki Mane @ashleynaftule.bsky.social · 20h

The most important unanswered question: what was the race name of the Elon handie horse? Shake On It? A Good Firm Grip? Reach Across The Aisle? Finger Licking Good? Hands Off The Merchandise?

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Spooki Mane @ashleynaftule.bsky.social · 20h

Not a day goes by where I don’t think about that time Elon tried to bribe a woman into giving him a handjob by offering her a horse. Imagine being so crazy down bad that you’d resort to literal horse trading in a doomed attempt to get the most boring of sex acts—the Zeppo Marx of fucking—done to you

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Ben Schouten @bengschout.bsky.social · 1d

Mohammad still needs money for his son's broken arm, please give what you can

yusef05.bsky.social @yusef05.bsky.social · 9d

I don’t ask for much only that my children sleep without fear, and not cry from hunger.
The war took everything, but I still believe there are pure hearts in this world that can reach us with mercy.

If you are browsing please leave a dot... 💔😭
chuffed.org/project/1448...

Help Mohammad and his family by providing food, treatment, and shelter

I am Muhammad Jaber Shaqliya from Gaza, Palestine. For a year and five months, we have been suffering from a genocidal war and a severe famine. I am a father of five children. One day, our neighbors’ ...

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Ben Schouten @bengschout.bsky.social · 1d

"New Elsbeth": Vince McMahon intrigued
"It's about a late night show": Vince McMahon smiling
"Starring Amy Sedaris, Stephen Colbert and Andy Richter": Vince McMahon ecstatic, sucking in air
"it's a tribute to Merrily We Roll Along": Vince McMahon laser eyes

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 1d

Showing up to No Kings with a sign reading “monarchy is an affront to human dignity but, when incorporated into a liberal democratic system, may nevertheless be a useful safety valve for nationalist and/or authoritarian impulses” and then getting clobbered by a Buttigieg-supporting grandmother

Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 1d

Incidentally, I’ve been chafing a bit at the “No Kings” thing, because there are loads of monarchies that have more limits on executive power than the US does, but it has the great advantage that it makes Americans who want to oppose it sound, well, unamerican….

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 1d

one of the reasons they're so mad at "no kings" is that they thought they were going to get a different kind of protest. they *want* the black bloc to be out there fighting with the cops. those are the images they've been trying to generate from "go." instead--

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Ben Schouten @bengschout.bsky.social · 1d

This is why Nightcrawler and Logan sent Juggernaut to beat him up, he needs to just try dudes at this point

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Ben Schouten @bengschout.bsky.social · 1d

Getting a lot of Lair of the White Worm vibes from this

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Ben Schouten @bengschout.bsky.social · 1d

I've been meaning to read his stuff for a while, could be good reading for spooky season

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Ben Schouten @bengschout.bsky.social · 1d

I happened on it purely by scrolling through movies on prime lol, seems like the right level of investment for me right now

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Filbi (they/them) @filbi.bsky.social · 1d

[naked snake voice] uptown... funk?!

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Ben Schouten @bengschout.bsky.social · 1d

NW

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💫Allison Cassandra Ashtear🏳️‍⚧️🔞 @jayeallisonashtear.bsky.social · 1d

The deeper premise of Megaman 3 is basically "look this goody goody robot isn't gonna cut it we need a doggo if he's gonna handle this shit."

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Ben Schouten @bengschout.bsky.social · 1d

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 1d

"Hello, music industry? It's comics. We need to talk."

TresTiffany 🎃 @trestiffany.bsky.social · 1d

This is inherently unserious and completely shameless

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You Call Yourself a Film Critic @filmcriticmaybe.bsky.social · 1d

I legitimately don't know how to prove to these people more that Gaza 100% meets the criteria of genocide. Like the ICC disagrees with this clown

It's exhausting

Keyah (banned era) @sapphic-film-nerd.bsky.social · 1d

Reminder that this guy fucking sucks, he's said this shit more than once btw, and more recently.

Aaron Rupar

@atrupar.com

I think Netanyahu is terrible and the attacks on Gaza have gone way too far. I also think people like you have cheapened the word "genocide" and toss it around so recklessly that there is no upside in engaging in discussion.

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The One True Poster @onetrueposter.bsky.social · 1d

I actually think we have too much respect for genre fiction nowadays, and practically all I read is genre fiction

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 1d

My other literature opinion is...

You know those humorless librarians in the 1990s and 2000s who warned that the Harry Potter craze would yield kids who only read Harry Potter? And how they were mocked as shriveled old killjoys? Told that HP was a doorway to reading?

Apology when?

darwin from the amazing world of gumball is shown with the words apologize below him

ALT: darwin from the amazing world of gumball is shown with the words apologize below him

media.tenor.com

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Ben Schouten @bengschout.bsky.social · 1d

Another goat claimed by Netflix, hate to see it

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