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bene and the gesserits @doomcountry.bsky.social · 2h

YEAHHHHHHHHH

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

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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bene and the gesserits @doomcountry.bsky.social · 17h

powered thru an anxiety attack at work today. turns out it's hard to shoot bordatella vaccine into a dog's nose when your hands are shaking

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Lucius Fox In The Box @carnegro.bsky.social · 1d

Pope Leo is spitting.

www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...

Leo questioned a world where the wealth of the elite grows
"exponentially" while many "millions of people die of hunger or survive in conditions unfit for human beings." He also criticized "ideologies that defend the absolute autonomy of the marketplace and financial speculation,"
with false promises "that a free-market economy will automatically solve the problem of poverty."

Leo described a "new tyranny," which shuns any kind of oversight and where the economy is structured "in such a way that sacrifices are demanded of the masses in order to serve the needs of the powerful." The poor, he wrote, are only allowed "drops that trickle down."

The pope openly challenged "prosperity theology" and called Christians to the practice of giving charity. "It will not solve the problem of world poverty, yet it must still be carried out, with intelligence, diligence and social responsibility," he wrote.

Popular movements that challenge "the empire of money," invite people to take on the cause to combat poverty alongside the poor, instead of on their behalf, and "make history," the pope said. It our duty, Leo said, to "make their voices heard, albeit in different ways, in order to point out and denounce such structural issues, even at the cost of appearing foolish or naïve."

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bene and the gesserits @doomcountry.bsky.social · 1d

i wish i could endless sunshine my own brain but just to remove my memory of the movie

bene and the gesserits @doomcountry.bsky.social · 1d

IM SO HAPPY FOR YOU oh my god

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bene and the gesserits @doomcountry.bsky.social · 1d

i'm so jealous of people for whom iwtv (2022-) will be their first exposure to anne rice and this story. i'm SO jealous

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bene and the gesserits @doomcountry.bsky.social · 1d

I WILL WAIT PATIENTLY

bene and the gesserits @doomcountry.bsky.social · 1d

!!!!

bene and the gesserits @doomcountry.bsky.social · 1d

mexia

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 1d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

bene and the gesserits @doomcountry.bsky.social · 1d

is it "biyerica"?

bene and the gesserits @doomcountry.bsky.social · 1d

is political scifi a Genre? or like political science fantasy? i just want something with the vibes of DUNE or A MEMORY CALLED EMPIRE

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bene and the gesserits @doomcountry.bsky.social · 1d

i haven't had a win in this genre in agesssss

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bene and the gesserits @doomcountry.bsky.social · 1d

extending my hands out bluesky. please give me political fantasy book recommendations. queer is a bonus but not a requirement

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bene and the gesserits @doomcountry.bsky.social · 1d

met all my best and longest lasting friends on social. sold some books too i guess

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 2d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

bene and the gesserits @doomcountry.bsky.social · 1d

such an underrated one and imo the best demonic possession movie out there 🤷🏻‍♀️

Sarah Makes People Watch Things! @torsodapop.bsky.social · 2d

#31DaysofHorror Day 8

THE BLACKCOAT'S DAUGHTER (2015), Osgood Perkins

A perfectly doom drenched trip if your vibe is hiding on picture day in a bathroom with blinking fluorescents, a creaky echo through empty library stacks or a lone footprint edged in muddy melt slowly filling with falling snow.

bene and the gesserits @doomcountry.bsky.social · 2d

s3 kendall roy-ass startup. you'll see

bene and the gesserits @doomcountry.bsky.social · 2d

agreed

bene and the gesserits @doomcountry.bsky.social · 2d

michael shannon types

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bene and the gesserits @doomcountry.bsky.social · 2d

who are some other actors who are like. strange but delightful. i'm thinking willem dafoe types, jeremy strong types

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bene and the gesserits @doomcountry.bsky.social · 2d

it lasted five seconds but it was MAGICAL

bene and the gesserits @doomcountry.bsky.social · 2d

frankie and goose both plopped down to snuggle with me at the same time....this has never occurred before

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bene and the gesserits @doomcountry.bsky.social · 2d

i'm so sorry, logan ❤️ thinking of you

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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 2d

This is Chicago but the take-home lesson here is universal. Pay attention to your local elections and vote in them!

Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social · 3d

Actually, it really matters whether your electeds are progressive. We are often frustrated on the left at what electeds can deliver, but we have to remember moments like this. Paul Vallas would NOT have created ICE free zones.

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 4d

HAPPENING NOW — This morning, Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order establishing “ICE-free zones.”

“That means that city property and unwilling private businesses will no longer serve as grounds for these raids,” Johnson said to applause.

thetriibe.com/2025/10/mayo...

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