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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 12h

there’s this weird idea a lot of people seem to have about how all of us writers and artists must secretly want to use AI and are merely resisting temptation for ethical reasons, and like, no, it’s not hard for me to resist drinking the bowl of Piss With Glass In It actually

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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 13h

Minnesota is ready to take the Trump administration to court if the president sends military forces here like he has to Chicago and other cities.

Walz: Minnesota will take Trump administration to court if it sends troops here

Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison say they will be ready if Trump tries to put troops in Twin Cities.

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 13h

updated, disappointing version of the Odyssey where a shitposter goes on a quest that takes them far from home [having to post like a grownup]

by the time the return, none of their mutuals recognize them anymore

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Quiara (they/them) @quiara.net · 12h

Hey, friends. Molly loves you.

A large brown tabby looks wistfully into the distance as if to say, “when will my husband return from the war?”

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Quiara (they/them) @quiara.net · 12h

Here is a gremlin, plotting all crime.

Small tortoiseshell cat. No brain, only crime. She stands astride a generous belly, looking out into the window where a whole world waits for her criminal machinations.

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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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Lili Saintcrow @lilithsaintcrow.com · 12h

"Others were hollowed out to have two opposing leaves on each side of spine for assembly into a codex. One is engraved with a word that may be a name. Another example has six lines written in ink."

Wood writing tablets found in Roman wells – The History Blog

A group of at least 15 wooden writing tablets has been discovered in ancient wells at Izernore, eastern France. The tablets and other rare organic remains were beautifully preserved thanks to the waterlogged environment and low light and oxygen levels of the wells.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 12h

Was there a moment in the 90s when executives saw those Clip Art Packs on CD-ROM and announced that graphic design was now dead forever?

Because genAI art does really remind me of generic 90s clip-art a lot of the time

Buttadeus @thewanderingjew.bsky.social · 12h

I think what AI seems to do 'best' in terms of visual art is generating images that are ultimately disposable. Created in seconds to be viewed once and then forgotten forever.

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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 12h

this is the ideal type of Post

Saoirse ☀️ @scratchcarddust.bsky.social · 18h

If you know basic kabbalah it's actually not too hard to make a golem out of a labubu. Don't recommend it though. They have a pre-existing body-dharma. As soon as they wake they run straight for the sea. V hard to counter. Lost the first one. No idea what it's doing out there. Moved like lightning.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 11h

🎶 Some people clap on the one and three
Some people clap on the two and four
Some people don't join at all 'cause they got no rhythm
And that's alright
Some people, they drink too much
Some people don't drink enough
Some people are just like me
I hope y'all forgive 'em🎶

Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 11h

I saw a tiktok comment that said the only war in Portland is the war on rhythm... and they're not wrong.

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Andromeda Yelton @thatandromeda.bsky.social · 21h

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u... Interesting obit of a tiny powerhouse lawyer who'd been active in progressive movements *all the way back to labor in the 1930s*.