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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 11h

This is AI.

IT_Spook @itspook.com · 1h

It’s been up five hours and she turned off commenting to ignore repeated attempts by people to let her know it is fake.

She is either a grifter or an idiot or both.

Block and let everyone know she has zero creditability from this point forward.

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C. J. Lavigne @cjlavigne.com · 13h

On Spec was my first publication as CJ. They accepted my first ever submission, first story first try, and henceforth poisoned my expectations for all publishing ever after. Thank you so much, Diane Walton and the On Spec crew, for your 35 years as a pillar of Canadian SFF.

On Spec Magazine @onspecmag.bsky.social · 1d

With our new issue, we are making the sad announcement that this will be the final year for On Spec. See www.onspec.ca for details.

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IT_Spook @itspook.com · 13h

As avid viewer of indie films, I’d like to find a list like this.

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IT_Spook @itspook.com · 13h

We love Halloween in this home. The yard is coming together and the lights are up, complete with dripping blood icicles.

The inside is just a Halloweenie.

A sparse yard with metal ghosts and skills staked across it. A plastic pumpkin and ghost are also visible up near the house.

IT_Spook @itspook.com · 13h

George Clooney is still pretty fucking quiet.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

IT_Spook @itspook.com · 16h

I can promise to be normal, but cannot vouch for the million other freaks roaming the digital highway.

Congrats on the weight loss!

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IT_Spook @itspook.com · 16h

Watching the Yo-Yo ride of his random tariff announcements is hilarious…. because I am not China.

I think he just grabs random numbers of the air that sound good and losses track of what he all ready has in place.

Brought to you by the party of the 1500% medicine discount.

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ALT: a blue background with eleventy billion dollars written in white

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IT_Spook @itspook.com · 21h

I have lit my first four wick candle of the season in my office in celebration of the cold weather. It is a long weekend in Canada and I think I have time to enjoy it for once.

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IT_Spook @itspook.com · 22h

The world maybe on fire, but I had a hoot on stream last night.

Went on a great rant about how Disney ruins movies with their almost machine like process of what elements should be in it to make money (Tron: Ares, I am looking at you).

Let the creators create. This is how we get hits like Sinners.

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IT_Spook @itspook.com · 23h

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Seth Rudy @sethrudy.bsky.social · 1d

Meanwhile in #Portland

Kermit faces off with Hopper in The Muppet Movie

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Gorey Cask of Amontilladoing @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 1d

its weird idk i feel like if i was gonna sell out this hard to literal slave owning secret police having royals i would make my peace with everyone not liking me afterwards

Defector @defector.com · 2d

Bill Burr keeps cycling through excuses for doing the Riyadh Comedy Festival: defector.com/bill-burr-ke...

Bill Burr Keeps Cycling Through Excuses For Doing The Riyadh Comedy Festival | Defector

By default, Bill Burr exists in a state of his ass being chapped, but clearly it’s been feeling more chapped than usual. The comedian has continued to address his decision to perform at the Riyadh…

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IT_Spook @itspook.com · 1d

Not only did 47 not win, the rebuke the commitee wrote was just icing on the cake. Not sure if he is smart enough to understand it.

Honey, we are getting drive thru tonight and doing it twice to celebrate!

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 1d

This morning there is one Nobel Peace Prize winner, 8.1 billion or so people who did not win the Nobel Peace Prize, and one Nobel Peace Prize loser.

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IT_Spook @itspook.com · 1d

Trying my hardest not to be cynical about the peace deal for Gaza. I have doubts about either side to comply with all 20 points.

My worst fear is not all the hostages are returned by Tuesday and the violence will start once again.

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nobody @granddad.bsky.social · 2d

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IT_Spook @itspook.com · 1d

Narrator: He did not, in fact, get anywhere near a perfect score.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "I also did a cognitive exam. Which is always very risky because if I didn't do well, you'd be the first to be blaring it and I had a perfect score. And one of the doctors said he's almost never seen a perfect score. I had a perfect score. That made me well good ... not the easiest test."

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IT_Spook @itspook.com · 1d

You ever have someone buy and deploy a solution and then come to you to tell them it meets all your security requirements? And they get mad when you say it doesn't?

This right here.

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IT_Spook @itspook.com · 1d

AI GRIFTER: AI is great! It is amazing! Have a bite!

Me: No, I don't like it and it tastes bad.

AI GRIFTER: You really need to take a bite! You are missing out.

Me: No, I'm good.

AI GRIFTER: *repeated attempts to slam the spoon into my mouth* Take a bite! You will love it! Come on!

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IT_Spook @itspook.com · 1d

Once... so far, comrade!

Now where is the toiler paper distribution line...

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IT_Spook @itspook.com · 1d

Anxiously waiting for the announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize in hopes that 47 strokes out over losing.

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IT_Spook @itspook.com · 1d

This is why I write. I put a lot of time & effort into tales not many will ever read or hear, but I don't worry about that.

What matters is I made it. My work carries a part of me & is an expression of me; something I take pride in.

Not a soulless stolen image or collection of stolen words

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IT_Spook @itspook.com · 1d

I appreciate the photoshopped dog because if you got by the dimensions of the grass, that dog would only be a foot high sitting down.

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IT_Spook @itspook.com · 1d

Favorite review comment about Tron: Areas - This is a bad film. It is the Terminator Genisys of Tron Films. You could take a 20 minute bathroom break and not missing anything.