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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 9d

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 12d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 14d

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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 16d

Antifa membership perks for 2025 are available now! ✊️

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Didi Wood @didiwood.bsky.social · 16d

Let’s gooooooo 🔱⚾️

Mariners pitcher George Kirby throws the first pitch of the ALDS vs the Tigers in T-Mobile Park

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Didi Wood @didiwood.bsky.social · 17d

Love this one, Phebe - congratulations!

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Didi Wood @didiwood.bsky.social · 24d

It’s a beautiful night to watch the A.L. West champions play some other team. ⚾️
#mariners #baseball

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Didi Wood @didiwood.bsky.social · Sep 20

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Didi Wood @didiwood.bsky.social · Sep 19

It’s always fun to see what people suggest! 🙂 My tiny story “Freeze” appeared in Ghost Parachute last year: ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...

Freeze — Ghost Parachute

We haven’t seen another soul for weeks. We’re down to two dented, label-less cans. Chickpeas? Pumpkin? I watch Father’s footprints disappear beneath the silent snow. On the wall, a finger of frost poi...

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Didi Wood @didiwood.bsky.social · Sep 13

Time to kick some monster ass

#finalgirl
#finalgirlboardgame #soloboardgames #camphappytrails #hansthebutcher

Setup of the Final Girl solo board game featuring player boards, dice, cards, and tokens

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CNN @cnn.com · Sep 3

The governors of California, Washington and Oregon announced they will form a West Coast Health Alliance to begin coordinating public health guidelines separate from the CDC. https://cnn.it/41BLxzZ

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Pat Foran @pdforan.bsky.social · Aug 31

“Maybe they did walk into a bar, maybe on the way they said *You know what? Screw this* and now they’re sitting at a corner table in facepaint and finery, gulping Budweiser and ...”

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A princess, a cowboy, and a clown walk into a bar | MrBullBull

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Didi Wood @didiwood.bsky.social · Aug 31

Thank you for sharing, Pat! 🤡

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Didi Wood @didiwood.bsky.social · Aug 23

ICYMI my story “A princess, a cowboy, and a clown walk into a bar” was published this week in BULL LIT: mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...

A princess, a cowboy, and a clown walk into a bar | MrBullBull

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Didi Wood @didiwood.bsky.social · Aug 24

Oh, my goodness, I need this! Thank you for posting, Kathy. 🩵

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Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social · Aug 23

I love Bernadette Mayer's list of writing experiments & try them sometimes. Most recently, I created a story where I "systematically deranged the language," filling it with gerunds and passive verbs. I love the result, but I don't know that an editor would. www.writing.upenn.edu/library/Maye...

EPC DIGITL LIBRARY

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · Aug 24

WE NEED A GOOD HASHTAG. THE BEST, AND MOST EXPENSIVE, FIT FOR THE WORLD'S GREATEST AND EVERYONE'S FAVORITE TWEETER--ME, YOURS TRULY!! IT WILL BE THE MOST BRILLIANT HASHTAG EVER!!!

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · Aug 24

LOL. WE SHOULD DESIGNATE A DAY WHERE WE ALL TWEET LIKE DERANGED AUTHORITARIAN FRAUDSTERS!! MANY PEOPLE ARE SAYING THIS!!

Decoding Fox News @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social · Aug 24

FOLKS AT FOX NEWS ARE DING-DONGS! THEY THOUGHT GAVIN NEWSCUM WAS TRYING TO BE TRUMP! HE CAN NEVER BE TRUMP! EVERYONE IS SAYING THAT TRUMP IS THE GREATEST PRESIDENT EVER! BETTER THAN LINCOLN. BETTER THAN GEORGE WASHINGTON. NEWSCUM IS THE CLOWN SHOW NOT TRUMP!

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Didi Wood @didiwood.bsky.social · Aug 23

ICYMI my story “A princess, a cowboy, and a clown walk into a bar” was published this week in BULL LIT: mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...

A princess, a cowboy, and a clown walk into a bar | MrBullBull

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Didi Wood @didiwood.bsky.social · Aug 21

Thrilled to have a new story out at BULL! 🤠

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MrBullBull @mrbullbull.bsky.social · Aug 21

"It’s not a bar but a backyard party, twins. The princess & the clown never showed. It's just the cowboy out there shooting water from his pistols & lassoing the birthday boy while the horde shrieks & the birthday girl wails by the fence." @didiwood.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...

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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · Aug 11

TONIGHT WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING A CLOWN-DISCO.

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Didi Wood @didiwood.bsky.social · Aug 2

It was amazing! I couldn't stop reading - abandoned the page guide and just blew through it.

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Didi Wood @didiwood.bsky.social · Jul 20

Sooooo … just the eyes, then? Oddly specific warning tag attached to new curling iron. 🤔

Tag depicting a hot curling iron next to an eye, above the words “CAUTION - THIS PRODUCT CAN BURN EYES”

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Pat Foran @pdforan.bsky.social · Jul 17

"... and oh how we savor these morsels, cradle them on tongues till they’re sucked dry and tasteless, savor them during endless rallymass, savor their memory through hungry crumb days ..."

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deliver us — Ghost Parachute

sunday mornings on callused knees, praise our vengeful gilded god who delivers us from thought and choice, pledge allegiance and partake, these blessed burger bits his body, these tangy ketchup sips h...

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Didi Wood @didiwood.bsky.social · Jul 18

Thank you for sharing, Pat! ☺️

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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · Jul 16

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