Bernie The Wordsmith
@berniethewordsmith.bsky.social
Periodista y documentalista. Escribo sobre #cibercultura, #rol, #medios, #literaturafantástica y #cienciaficción. #journalist #archivist #librarian. Stop the genocide in Gaza. Trans rights=human rights
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Alt: Shioban, dressed in black, wearing glasses and a necklace is smiling and jumping on her chair because of excitement
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Hear ye, hear ye, behold the great watching guide for @dimension20.bsky.social, one of my favorite IPs of actual play. This is going to be long, so bear with me let's gooooooo
Por un momento leí mal y pensé que Garzón estaba diciendo una burrada. Pero no, la que lo decía era Analía Plaza. Me vais a pillar defendiendo guerras intergeneracionales entre clase obrera cuando el infierno se congele
November 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Por un momento leí mal y pensé que Garzón estaba diciendo una burrada. Pero no, la que lo decía era Analía Plaza. Me vais a pillar defendiendo guerras intergeneracionales entre clase obrera cuando el infierno se congele
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My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
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Did you know when someone feeds their hungry child with SNAP benefits mind your own goddamn business it's not taking food out of your fucking mouth?
November 9, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Did you know when someone feeds their hungry child with SNAP benefits mind your own goddamn business it's not taking food out of your fucking mouth?
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40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
El partido de la muerte
Ya vamos sabiendo por qué Ayuso no quería compartir información sobre cribados con el Ministerio de Sanidad.
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La Comunidad de Madrid dio resultados negativos de cáncer de colon a pacientes con pruebas positivas
Los detalles En febrero, cerca de 571 madrileños recibieron cartas erróneas sobre los cribados de cáncer de colon. Notificaban falsos negativos a pacientes que podían padecer la enfermedad y necesitab...
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November 9, 2025 at 1:17 AM
El partido de la muerte
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Text from a low income neighbor. His family hasn’t eaten in 2 days because they didn’t get their SNAP benefits
He works 60 hour weeks at a min wage job & it just isn’t enough. He has young children. This is the horrific cruelty Trump is imposing on ordinary Americans😓
(We bought them 2 weeks food)
He works 60 hour weeks at a min wage job & it just isn’t enough. He has young children. This is the horrific cruelty Trump is imposing on ordinary Americans😓
(We bought them 2 weeks food)
November 8, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Text from a low income neighbor. His family hasn’t eaten in 2 days because they didn’t get their SNAP benefits
He works 60 hour weeks at a min wage job & it just isn’t enough. He has young children. This is the horrific cruelty Trump is imposing on ordinary Americans😓
(We bought them 2 weeks food)
He works 60 hour weeks at a min wage job & it just isn’t enough. He has young children. This is the horrific cruelty Trump is imposing on ordinary Americans😓
(We bought them 2 weeks food)
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I found this helpful during a period of very bad burnout (you can download it for free) hillaryrettigproductivity.com/the-lifelong...
The Lifelong Activist - Hillary Rettig
The Lifelong Activist: How to Change the World Without Losing Your Way Note: The entire text of The Lifelong Activist, including some translations, is now online. Or, purchase the paperback from one o...
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November 8, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I found this helpful during a period of very bad burnout (you can download it for free) hillaryrettigproductivity.com/the-lifelong...
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Hey BlueSky! 👋
Building something different: an open-source, federated TikTok alternative called Loops.
Creator-owned. Community-driven. Fully transparent.
Because short-form video shouldn't be controlled by a single company.
joinloops.org
Building something different: an open-source, federated TikTok alternative called Loops.
Creator-owned. Community-driven. Fully transparent.
Because short-form video shouldn't be controlled by a single company.
joinloops.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Hey BlueSky! 👋
Building something different: an open-source, federated TikTok alternative called Loops.
Creator-owned. Community-driven. Fully transparent.
Because short-form video shouldn't be controlled by a single company.
joinloops.org
Building something different: an open-source, federated TikTok alternative called Loops.
Creator-owned. Community-driven. Fully transparent.
Because short-form video shouldn't be controlled by a single company.
joinloops.org
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"La diferencia entre tener razón y ser mejores es que tener razón trata de demostrar el pasado mientras que ser mejor trata de construir el futuro." ❤️
November 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
"La diferencia entre tener razón y ser mejores es que tener razón trata de demostrar el pasado mientras que ser mejor trata de construir el futuro." ❤️
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It's reasonable to conclude from all this that Bluesky has been silently experimenting on us, manipulating the order and visibility of replies.
This has already resulted in suppression of political speech: bsky.app/profile/its....
and if it hasn't been weaponized yet, well, do you trust them?
6/6
This has already resulted in suppression of political speech: bsky.app/profile/its....
and if it hasn't been weaponized yet, well, do you trust them?
6/6
Here's my post from a couple days ago. Dig into the replies and then come back and tell me which part of the AT Protocol is responsible for what I'm describing. Even the 'database rate limit bug', helpfully suggested by one person in the replies, doesn't explain it. bsky.app/profile/its....
Welp, Bluesky is now hiding my responses to the Canadian PM apparently. Not sure if that applies to any other posts or not.
November 6, 2025 at 11:19 PM
It's reasonable to conclude from all this that Bluesky has been silently experimenting on us, manipulating the order and visibility of replies.
This has already resulted in suppression of political speech: bsky.app/profile/its....
and if it hasn't been weaponized yet, well, do you trust them?
6/6
This has already resulted in suppression of political speech: bsky.app/profile/its....
and if it hasn't been weaponized yet, well, do you trust them?
6/6
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Calling all horror content creators 👻
I just launched the demo for Shutter Story - a game about investigating haunted family photographs.
Know anyone that would like streaming this? Tag them here! 🙂
#screenshotsaturday
I just launched the demo for Shutter Story - a game about investigating haunted family photographs.
Know anyone that would like streaming this? Tag them here! 🙂
#screenshotsaturday
November 1, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Calling all horror content creators 👻
I just launched the demo for Shutter Story - a game about investigating haunted family photographs.
Know anyone that would like streaming this? Tag them here! 🙂
#screenshotsaturday
I just launched the demo for Shutter Story - a game about investigating haunted family photographs.
Know anyone that would like streaming this? Tag them here! 🙂
#screenshotsaturday
So, OpenAI says no thank you to IPO for now and ask help from daddy government and now Nvidia publishes this?
Are we about to have a 2008 moment????
Are we about to have a 2008 moment????
What the hell is this statement from NVIDIA? What am I meant to do with this info?
November 6, 2025 at 5:41 AM
So, OpenAI says no thank you to IPO for now and ask help from daddy government and now Nvidia publishes this?
Are we about to have a 2008 moment????
Are we about to have a 2008 moment????
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BREAKING: Starbucks workers have just authorized a massive strike.
Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.
Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.
Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
November 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
BREAKING: Starbucks workers have just authorized a massive strike.
Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.
Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.
Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
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Whistlemania is real, folks.
Calls by multiple speakers for residents to make sure they always have a whistle on them, so they can help alert others when ICE is around.
November 6, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Whistlemania is real, folks.
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FYI this is what you do when your business is great and you are very liquid and creditworthy
BREAKING: OpenAI is requesting US government support to help guarantee financing for the massive investments in AI chips and data centers it needs for expansion, per Bloomberg.
November 6, 2025 at 12:51 AM
FYI this is what you do when your business is great and you are very liquid and creditworthy
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you shouldn’t talk to a journalist about how people in need of abortions access them when abortions are outlawed, and this is no different.
shutting the fuck up is free.
shutting the fuck up is free.
heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
November 5, 2025 at 11:17 PM
you shouldn’t talk to a journalist about how people in need of abortions access them when abortions are outlawed, and this is no different.
shutting the fuck up is free.
shutting the fuck up is free.
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heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
November 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
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Os recomiendo encarecidamente ver las vistas del juicio al Fiscal General. Es absolutamente alucinante. Y es alucinante porque lo que hay en juego no es solo el porvenir de ese señor sino la credibilidad del sistema judicial, del periodismo y de la política. Es The Wire en España.
November 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Os recomiendo encarecidamente ver las vistas del juicio al Fiscal General. Es absolutamente alucinante. Y es alucinante porque lo que hay en juego no es solo el porvenir de ese señor sino la credibilidad del sistema judicial, del periodismo y de la política. Es The Wire en España.
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One minor take-away from the NYC mayor's race for those concerned with AI/synthetic media and its effects on politics and elections might be that, in this particular instance, the guy who made a malicious deepfake lost and the guy who made authentic videos won.
November 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
One minor take-away from the NYC mayor's race for those concerned with AI/synthetic media and its effects on politics and elections might be that, in this particular instance, the guy who made a malicious deepfake lost and the guy who made authentic videos won.
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La APIV (Asociación Profesional de Ilustradores de Valencia) está en peligro de desaparecer. Tras 30 años en marcha, la entrada de V*x/PP al gobierno autonómico fulminando subvenciones culturales deja a la asociación colgando de un hilo. Puedes colaborar para que no desaparezca (y difundir) aquí:
Salvemos APIV
Campaña por la supervivencia de la Associació Professional de la Il·lustració Valenciana
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November 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
La APIV (Asociación Profesional de Ilustradores de Valencia) está en peligro de desaparecer. Tras 30 años en marcha, la entrada de V*x/PP al gobierno autonómico fulminando subvenciones culturales deja a la asociación colgando de un hilo. Puedes colaborar para que no desaparezca (y difundir) aquí:
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“While there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.” —Eugene V. Debs
November 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
“While there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.” —Eugene V. Debs