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Blair Shedd @onegemini.com · 14h

Commissioner asked for a happy Eeyore.

Eeyore with a butterfly on his bum. Digital drawing.

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Molly Templeton @mollytempleton.com · 19h

many things are wrong with las vegas, including the fact that I just took a shower and now I feel as if all the moisture has left my body. i'm sorry, desert lovers, I am a child of the damp! I don't know how to live like this!!!!

however I did quite enjoy this sign

a big sign that says CASINO across the top and then, beneath that, in black letters, it reads "READ THE VOWELS IN CELINE DION OUT LOUD THANK YOU"

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Laura Snow @lsnow.bsky.social · 1d

See, now, if I were you I’d be way more upset about the time I made you walk all over SLC, but you do you…

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Laura Snow @lsnow.bsky.social · 1d

I can do this all night…

a person is holding a small pink violin in their hand

Alt: a person is playing a tiny violin in honor of Grace’s sufferings. Again.

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Laura Snow @lsnow.bsky.social · 1d

a person is holding a small pink violin in their hand

Alt: a person is playing a tiny violin in honor of Grace’s sufferings

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Laura Snow @lsnow.bsky.social · 1d

a young boy is making a funny face and smiling with the words `` really '' written on his face .

Alt: a young boy is making a funny face and smiling with the caption “really”

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Laura Snow @lsnow.bsky.social · 1d

somehow feels like we missed something on the YT livestream?

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Laura Snow @lsnow.bsky.social · 1d

I got three vaccines and dropped off my ballot this morning (YES ON 50 CA VOTERS!); I think I get to lie down now.

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 2d

this feels like the corollary to we need Mamdani in NYC and an oyster fisherman in Maine and a midwestern dad in Minnesota.

we're supposed to be the party that embraces the fact that we're a diverse and chaotic nation, stop test-polling yourself to generic national oatmeal!!!

Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 2d

It's interesting seeing the different ways resistance has formed in different cities. Los Angeles Organized, Chicago Radicalized, and Portland Got Weird as Fuck. All 3 have had success unifying their respective cities.

I guess my point is there are multiple paths to ungovernability.

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Matt Forbeck @forbeck.com · 2d

My Gen Con murder mystery novel is the Deal of the Day at DriveThruFiction. Go grab it fast!

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Dangerous Games: How to Play - Full Moon Enterprises | Dangerous Games | DriveThruFiction

WELCOME TO THE BIG SHOW! Once a year, the greatest tabletop gamers in the world descend upon Indianapolis for Gen Con — the Best Four Days in Gaming — to play games, see friends, and have fun. They pl...

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Laura Snow @lsnow.bsky.social · 2d

heh...

Is Portland Burning?

No. See real-time Portland cameras, PulsePoint incidents, and sourced fact checks.

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 3d

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 3d

My new book, THE FLESH KING is out today and available everywhere your get your books. But I’d feel like an ass if I didn’t mention new books by two of my favorite writers: THE ESSENTIAL HORROR OF JOE R. LANSDALE and SHADOW TICKET by Thomas Pynchon. Why not go nuts and get all three?

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Blair Shedd @onegemini.com · 4d

From my eldest daughter's sketchbook; a funny drawing of our cat Dot sitting while she -- WHAT THE HELL IS THAT THING?!

Pencil drawing of a cat, and watercolor of a... thing.

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Blair Shedd @onegemini.com · 5d

Really would like to make this picture book one day, telling the story of Pen, the Peculiar Penguin.

Pen the penguin with his penguin family swimming in the sea. Digital drawing.

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J. Elvis Weinstein @jelvisweinstein.bsky.social · 5d

In a functioning world, a single aerial photograph could end this discussion.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 5d

Trump: Portland is burning to the ground—insurrectionists all over the place. The politicians are afraid for their lives. That’s the only reason they say there’s nothing happening.

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Pejman Yousefzadeh 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇮🇱👑 @pejmanesque.bsky.social · 5d

Yesterday, a federal court put a halt to Trump Nazi regime plans to federalize the Oregon National Guard and use them in Portland against the supposed “war zone” that the Trump Nazi regime claims exists in the city.

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Greg Proops @gregproops.bsky.social · 5d

California
To Save Democracy
#YesOn50

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Tananarive Due - The Reformatory @tananarivedue.bsky.social · 5d

😘😘😘

Mark Peters @markpeters.bsky.social · 6d

Ebook version of THE REFORMATORY by @tananarivedue.bsky.social is currently only $2.99 on various sites.

If you’ve not yet read this horror masterpiece, now is a great time to do so!

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 5d

NEA Axes Grant

The National Endowment for the Arts has canceled all the creative writing fellowships awarded for 2026. Grant winners were notified by email that the writing category had been “withdrawn by the …

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Blair Shedd @onegemini.com · 5d

Wolverine for a friend.

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 6d

This will make your weekend better
via Very important Positivity

A photo of a cat in a little superhero costume with the caption, "If you're feeling depressed or overwhelmed today, I just want you to know that David Dastmalchian adopted a stray cat that approached him during the Suicide Squad shoot in Panama. Then the costume designer made her a little Polka dot Man suit."

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 7d

So creepy

Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 8d

🧵 Libertarian economist Tyler Cowen is making headlines for an extremely creepy post at Bari Weiss's blog fantasizing about robot virgins and the AI character Tilly Norwood.

Unfortunately, the story behind is much worse...

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Blair Shedd @onegemini.com · 8d

Buffy with axe swinging action!

Digital drawing of Buffy Summers: Vampire Slayer.

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Sean Thomason @seanthomason.bsky.social · 8d

Uh if this guy wants to see "a virgin on screen" he should just put his phone in selfie mode

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 8d

Paramount is about to pay $150 million for this

New article from The Free Press

My Favorite Actress Is Not Human

“Not everyone is happy about this gorgeous innovation,” writes Tyler Cowen.

Tilly Norwood doesn’t need a hairstylist, has no regrettable posts, and if you wish to see a virgin on-screen, this is one of your better chances. That’s because she’s AI.
By Tyler Cowen
10.02.25

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