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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d

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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Tom & Lorenzo @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · 3d

Pray for Dolly

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Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 4d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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Andy Diggle @andydiggle.bsky.social · 5d

“Technically it wasn’t fascism, son. Definitions were very important…”

Ragged survivors push a shopping cart of meagre belongings through a post apocalyptic landscape. “Technically it wasn’t fascism, son. Definitions were very important…”

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Rufus jones @rufeydoof.bsky.social · 7d

Amazon have removed the guns from their Bond posters, giving the tantalising impression that Sean Connery and Pierce Brosnan think you’re a wanker.

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Viz Comic @vizcomic.bsky.social · 12d

subscriptions >>> shop.viz.co.uk/viz348bs

I WAS in Lyme Regis recently
and there was a sign that read
Do Not Feed Me', accompanied by
a photo of a scrawny seagull. That's
all well and good, but there were
literally thousands of the fuckers
flying about, and they all looked the
same. How was I meant to know
which was the one in the photo?
Rupert Deering, Dulwich

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Jake-o-lantern @gloriousnoise.bsky.social · 13d

Here’s Kaleb Horton on John Prine.

pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

John Prine: The Tree of Forgiveness

The songwriter’s first album of new music in 13 years is wise and economical. At 71, John Prine is a virtuoso at understatement, finding the joy in the mundane, and writing about what it means to be a...

pitchfork.com

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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 14d

Is the error that he’s not a terrorist?

The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 14d

BREAKING: The terrorism case against Kneecap rapper Liam Og O hAnnaidh has been thrown out following a 'technical error'

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Lucy @loocetweets.bsky.social · 17d

Bring me sunshine…

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

New statue on National Mall celebrates ‘long-lasting bond’ between Trump and Epstein

Bronze statue by an anonymous creator shows the two men frolicking and holding hands with a foot kicked back in joy

www.theguardian.com

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Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social · 18d

I quite like immigration.

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 20d

"Up to 60 ‘ambiguous’ athletes in female finals" [Times]

"Just protecting women"

Up to 60 ‘ambiguous’ athletes in female finals
Matt Lawton - Chief Sports Correspondent

The celebrations begin for Hunt after realising that she had clinched the silver medal in Tokyo behind Jefferson-Wooden.
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As many as 50 to 60 athletes with male biological advantages have been finalists in the female category at global and continental championships over the past 25 years, according to data collected by World Athletics.

Women who want to compete in the female category at the World Athletics Championships here in Tokyo have first had to undergo a new biological sex test designed to protect the integrity of their competition. #TransAgendaClips

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Chris Addison @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social · 20d

The sheer half-arsedness of the flag-shaggery is so completely appropriate and the most fantastic satirical metaphor. We are PATRIOTS and our country is FANTASTIC but we can't be ARSED painting this roundabout any better than THIS.

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amy brown (spooky edition) @amybrown.xyz · 21d

friday night hot take: channing tatum tap number should be just as popular as tom holland umbrella dance

On The Sea: Channing Tatum Taps Away! | Hail, Caesar!

YouTube video by Popcorn Picks

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 22d

I am biased but I don’t think there is a better website on the internet today than TheOnion.com.

Nation Grateful to GOP for Protecting It From TV

Report: You to Be Fired for Reading This Headline About Charlie Kirk

Trump Spends Entire UK Trip Trying to Figure Out Where He Knows Prince Andrew From

Charlie Kirk, Not In His Own Words: We Honor The Right-Wing Activist By Making Up Quotes That Sound Much Better, Given The Moment

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 24d

In London, hate will never win.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 23d

From Wired a few weeks ago. A lot of the people who I was told for years were the adults in the room are being asked how they want to be remembered, and that answer is very clearly "cowards."

www.wired.com/story/uncann...

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Tom & Lorenzo @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · 23d

I think one of the better, more subtle tributes to Robert Redford's life is the string of utterly iconic female co-stars who've come forward to eulogize him; each of them take-no-shit types like Fonda and Streisand, and every one of them without a single bad thing to say. A model for male behavior

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Lucy @loocetweets.bsky.social · 24d

Checks out

Lucy @loocetweets.bsky.social · 24d

So is this actually an offence, or is this just keeping people (presumably Donkeys) out of the way to avoid further embarrassment?

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Four arrested after images of Trump and Epstein projected on to Windsor Castle ahead of president’s visit

Trump arrived in Britain late on Tuesday for an unprecedented second state visit in which he will be hosted by King Charles

www.theguardian.com

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The Onion @theonion.com · 24d

Report: You To Be Fired For Reading This Headline About Charlie Kirk

NEW YORK—Insisting your fate was sealed the moment you clicked the link, a report released Tuesday found that you will be fired for reading this headline about Charlie Kirk. “Shortly after you navigat...

theonion.com

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C.A. Petrified 🎃 @capetrov.bsky.social · 25d

I know we all enjoyed his video about male friendships, but I think this one about reading might be even better.

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ian.fenrisgames @fenrisgames.com · 25d

picture of a burst dam flooding water into the valley below. dam is labelled "I am not racist" in white type. Flood is labelled "But" in heavy black type.

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Jonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social · May 8

One of the strangest ironies of the last ten years has been watching Britain immersing itself as deeply as ever in memories of WW2 while proudly turning its back on the project that emerged from it.

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shardcore @shardcore.org · 27d

finally we get to see what true patriotism looks like

group of racist melts pissing on a wall. one of them is wearing a st george cross on his arse.

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