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Brock Wilbur @brockwilbur.bsky.social · 9m

wait,

Brock Wilbur @brockwilbur.bsky.social · 14m

sorry sorry I had a lot of questions about what I was seeing and then in my pursuit of answers along comes KEVIN

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Brock Wilbur @brockwilbur.bsky.social · 1d

stellar work from @abbyolcese.bsky.social for @thepitch.bsky.social on the VITAL new documentary WTO/99, which could not come at a better time: www.thepitchkc.com/daring-docum...

Daring documentary WTO/99 wants you to rethink how we talk about protests

For a lot of millennials, the World Trade Center Organization protests of 1999, also called “The Battle of Seattle” are, if we think about them at all, a footnote in the history of U.S. collective act...

www.thepitchkc.com

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Brock Wilbur @brockwilbur.bsky.social · 1d

stunning work from @britthates.bsky.social today on one of the most annoying AI panics of all, where the call keeps coming from inside the house. so glad to consider her a friend close enough to text me "... and then there's this SHIT" throughout the research process movieweb.com/ai-hollywood...

Hollywood Has a Major AI Hype Problem

Studio execs and major media outlets claim that AI is "inevitable" and poised to take over film and TV. The reality is much different.

movieweb.com

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Dr. Nic, Namer of the Universe @quakefultales.bsky.social · 19h

Hey narrative folks my team is looking for a narrative designer to come work with me in Iceland! If you have solid storytelling fundamentals, some technical experience, and live ops or adjacent experience, we are looking for someone like you!

careers.ccpgames.com/en/postings/...

Narrative Designer

Job Opening: Narrative Designer at CCP Games in Reykjavík.

careers.ccpgames.com

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Brock Wilbur @brockwilbur.bsky.social · 1d

stellar work from @abbyolcese.bsky.social for @thepitch.bsky.social on the VITAL new documentary WTO/99, which could not come at a better time: www.thepitchkc.com/daring-docum...

Daring documentary WTO/99 wants you to rethink how we talk about protests

For a lot of millennials, the World Trade Center Organization protests of 1999, also called “The Battle of Seattle” are, if we think about them at all, a footnote in the history of U.S. collective act...

www.thepitchkc.com

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Brock Wilbur @brockwilbur.bsky.social · 1d

stunning work from @britthates.bsky.social today on one of the most annoying AI panics of all, where the call keeps coming from inside the house. so glad to consider her a friend close enough to text me "... and then there's this SHIT" throughout the research process movieweb.com/ai-hollywood...

Hollywood Has a Major AI Hype Problem

Studio execs and major media outlets claim that AI is "inevitable" and poised to take over film and TV. The reality is much different.

movieweb.com

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Brock Wilbur @brockwilbur.bsky.social · 1d

and you should because you are right

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Brock Wilbur @brockwilbur.bsky.social · 1d

new american lips (dfa1979 side project) LP inbound, first single has a space quest video, I'm seated. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExPg...

"Cardboard Trash" by American Lips

YouTube video by Ancient Fashion Records

www.youtube.com

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The Pitch @thepitch.bsky.social · 1d

Kansas Young Republicans shut down after Politico report on racist, violent encrypted chat
www.thepitchkc.com/kansas-young...

Kansas Young Republicans shut down after Politico report on racist, violent encrypted chat

Politico reports the chairman and vice chairman of Kansas Young Republicans participated in racist, antisemitic encrypted chats with GOP political peers. (Illustration by Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflecto...

www.thepitchkc.com

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Cara Ellison @caraellison.bsky.social · 1d

Increasingly thinking this might be the game about how to dismantle the Torment Nexus

Project KVASIR - Wishlist NOW! @projectkvasir.bsky.social · Feb 4

We are Project KVASIR:

- STEALTH into secured sites, get in & out unnoticed
- ACT when things go sideways
- INTERACT with environment to turn the odds in your favor
-INVESTIGATE corp secrets that're swept under the carpet

🔊👉WISHLIST: store.steampowered.com/app/3285390/Project_KVASIR/

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Brianna Ashby @briannaduggan.bsky.social · 3d

TNKKBBG (The Nice Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Guys)

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Brock Wilbur @brockwilbur.bsky.social · 3d

Congrats man!

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Skel-Ettin @ettin.itch.io · 4d

4 days to go, 94% funded, only 18 backers needed, like 10 USD to back... we got the nice numbers

CRINGE WIZARD: A TTRPG Isekai Light Novel

A light novel about a guy forced to live through the terrible TTRPG campaign he ran when he was a teenager.

www.kickstarter.com

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Brock Wilbur @brockwilbur.bsky.social · 4d

KC Current ready to roll today

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Brock Wilbur @brockwilbur.bsky.social · 5d

… and Zendaya Is Meechee

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Abby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social · 5d

The only thing cooler than a friend who lets you know Clipping is coming to town is a friend who lets you know they already got your ticket sorted out (thanks @brockwilbur.bsky.social).

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Brock Wilbur @brockwilbur.bsky.social · 5d

always & 4ever

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Brock Wilbur @brockwilbur.bsky.social · 8d

🎹🎤 *i wanna fund you like an animal*

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @bwdr.bsky.social · 8d

"MIRACLE MILE is about many things — romance and Los Angeles and the looming threat of nuclear devastation at the close of the Cold War — but also, obsessively, it’s about marking the passage of time."

The End of the World Will Come at Dawn | Miracle Mile (1989) | BW/DR

Miracle Mile is about many things — romance and LA and the looming threat of nuclear devastation — but also, obsessively, it’s about the passage of time.

www.brightwalldarkroom.com

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 9d

We're working with Greg Johnson, the creator of ToeJam and Earl, on a beautiful and deeply personal game he's making called Dancing with Ghosts - the Kickstarter went live today, check it out: www.kickstarter.com/projects/hum...

Dancing With Ghosts

A charming, poignant interactive narrative ghost story, starring two girls, set in a Thai river village.

www.kickstarter.com

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Elise Wang @elisewang.bsky.social · 9d

One of the more incredible stories out of LA this year has been how a taco review blog became the best on-the-ground coverage of ICE raids in the city.

They do a dispatch every day, follow-up on the kidnapped people (which almost no media outlet has done), and fact-check government claims.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 9d

@lataco.bsky.social first began as a blog documenting local Mexican cuisine. Now, it’s an essential reporting powerhouse to the city as Trump’s mass deportation plot unfolds.

Check out the latest from our friends at Reveal: tinyurl.com/4cm2bsdr

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Brock Wilbur @brockwilbur.bsky.social · 9d

Disco

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Brock Wilbur @brockwilbur.bsky.social · 9d

I believe this was the plot of FLIGHT with denzel washington

Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 9d

Monday Night Football Skycam Sponsored By NyQuil is incredibly silly to me for some reason.

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Disco Elysium Quotes @discoelysiumbot.bsky.social · 9d

SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL IS GOING TO HAPPEN

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