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Mark Higgins
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Award winning screenwriter currently living in Montana. I like writing scary stuff and funny stuff.
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JFC.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Trump’s Tangled Web of Deal-Making, Policy and Riches (Gift Article)
The president, his family and some of their closest associates have engaged in a sprawling campaign of deals that stretches across industries and the globe.
www.nytimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 8:36 PM
marklhiggins.bsky.social
My #1 movie is Hannibal. Uh oh.
audconnelly.bsky.social Aud Connelly: Author & Idiot Philosopher @audconnelly.bsky.social · Dec 20
The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go.
December 20, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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catbus.phd
true story
screencap of beatles documentary, paul asks the boys if they can try his new song about having a wonderful Christmastime, they all say fuck no and he thinks "I need to break up the Beatles"
November 27, 2023 at 4:52 PM
marklhiggins.bsky.social
Guys…we might be able to use homophobia to trick the Trump into enforcing anti-monopoly laws!
goldengateblond.bsky.social shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · Dec 6
bugs bunny was literally the first guy in drag i ever saw but ok
weirdo @JackPosobiec reacts to netflix possibly buying warner bros: “They're going to make Looney Tunes gay They're going to make everything gay”
December 6, 2025 at 2:29 AM
marklhiggins.bsky.social
James Joyce’s Ulysses has a lot in common with Dracula Flow, but it’s difficult to say why without sounding like a crazy person.
December 6, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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pbfcomics.bsky.social
Two hands have an idea to give each other matching tattoos. Lefty gets a beautiful eagle tattoo rendered on their arm. Now it’s Righty’s turn to be inked, but he looks scared as Lefty wields the tattoo gun to draw a childishly-drawn sloppy eagle
December 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
November 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Philip Larkin’s this be the verse mangled into Ozymandias, the text reads They Oz you up, your mandyias. They may not mean to, but they do. They give you vast and trunkless legs A sunken shattered visage too. But they were Ozzed up in their turn By Mandyias upon the sand Who half the time had wrinkled lips And half in sneering cold command. Oz hands on mandyias to man. Like mighty works atop a shelf Look on them early as you can Ye mighty and despair yourself
October 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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goldengateblond.bsky.social
a classic six panel comic where there are two characters: one person (presumably a democrat) and someone else in a MAGA hat with a red button between them. in the first panel the MAGA dude says "for each press, an epstein file will be released." in the second panel, he adds, "but you won't know if it's for a dem or a maga" in the third panel, the dem hits the button — "bip!" — as the maga dude sweats. he continues to sweat in the fourth panel. in the fifth panel, the dem continues to hit the button — "bip bip bip bip!" and in the last panel, the dem is furiously hitting the button (bips are everywhere) as the maga dude tries to pull him away and yells "someone call kash!" the point is democrats want all pedophiles exposed, regardless of party affiliation, and knowing some of ours might be included doesn't change that.
September 9, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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Happy Labor Day!

Today we're bringing you The First Union, as told by HBomberguy (@hbomberguy.bsky.social) and illustrated by Skutch (@skutchdraws.bsky.social) It's the dawn of the industrial revolution, and of the way many of us work...

Have you ever heard of the term "Luddite" from an elder?
Stanhill, Lancashire, 1764. Wear and carpenter James Hargreaves invents the Spinning Jenny, the first practical spinning-frame, to make the tedious task of producing cloth a little bit faster. He doesn't know it yet, but this will destroy the world. Spurred by inventions like his, the industrial revolution will transform everything -- work power, the wealth of nations. Society as we know it began here, and it wasn't great for everyone. But a group of weavers and textile workers saw this future coming. And did their best to prevent it. "Curse you spinning jenny, you ruined everything!" The standard narrative does that LUDDITES were foolish lunatics who, in fear of technology, decided progress was bad, and started hitting it with sticks. But the truth is entire ways of life were being destroyed. Previously, skilled craftsmen were respected for the time and effort it took to do their work. The entire family usit would form a cottage industry - creating something valuable, and command a decent living. But when a machine can work 10 times faster its owner can charge less for the prodcts- craftsmen couldn't compete and were left out of work almost overnight. And as factories became a fixture of the british landscape, these now unemployed labourers often ended up working the factories that had just destroyed their way of life. Britain was the most prosperous nation in history, factory owners became extremely wealthy and influential. But the people doing the actual work saw almost none of it. Factory work paid little, since "the machines" did "the real work" human labourers were deemed unimportant and replaceable. FUN FACT!: Factory owners preferred to hire ORPHANS since less people would notice if they were maimed or killed on the job! Now the owners quickly realized the workers might notice they did all the work for almost no pay. If they went on STRIKE or ARGUED FOR HGHER WAGES, this would threaten their tremendous wealth. In 1799, Parliament passed the Combination Act, which made FORMING TRADE UNIONS, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, AND GOING ON STRIKE ILLEGAL. Organizing against the rich became a crime. If you were living through it, opposing the industrial revolution wasn't techno-phobia. It was SELF-DEFENSE. The combination act forced unions underground into secret societies. And the greatest secret of all was their leader - Ned Ludd. Ned had been a folk character for years. In one version after being whipped by his master, he smashed two knitting frames in a rage. In more fanciful versions, he then escaped to the Sherwood forest, here he lived among the animals as their king. Some versions specifically call him 'Much Better Than Robin Hood'.
September 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
marklhiggins.bsky.social
Everyone should play Disco Elysium.
funnywes.online wes @funnywes.online · May 6
best game ever
screenshot from disco elysium that reads "ELECTROCHEMISTRY. Medium Success - The *funk soul brother* at the back of his head has gone dark. Forever
May 7, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago:

—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.

Read it.
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New images could change cancer diagnostics, but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them
Without scientist Kseniia Petrova’s expertise, no one can fully unlock the data’s potential, putting crucial advancements in early cancer detection at risk.
www.nbcnews.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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actioncookbook.com
looking back, AOL had it right. 30 hours of internet per month was the right amount.
February 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
marklhiggins.bsky.social
Oops! Tried to make a joke and ended up saying something terrible. Time to feel embarrassed about it for the rest of my life.
January 12, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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viktorwinetrout.bsky.social
[interrupting opponent during rap battle] Are you mad at me
January 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
marklhiggins.bsky.social
Are you an American? Do you want to have trouble sleeping tonight? Then read this.
josh-kaplan.bsky.social Josh Kaplan @josh-kaplan.bsky.social · Jan 4
THREAD: In 2023, I received an envelope with no return address. Inside was a flash drive containing tens of 1000s of secret files.

It came from a vigilante with a tumultuous past, who'd conducted a years-long undercover operation. He didn’t tell the FBI or his family. He only told me.
January 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
marklhiggins.bsky.social
Jenn is a hell of a good writer. Check it out!
jfonteyn.bsky.social Jenn Fonteyn @jfonteyn.bsky.social · Dec 25
Dove's Labyrinth, my new novel based on my award-winning screenplay, will be FREE on Amazon from Dec26-Dec 28!

a.co/d/5kZdqEg

#DovesLabyrinth
#JennFonteyn
#Novels
#Writers
December 25, 2024 at 10:51 PM
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marygillis.bsky.social
Huh.
"Buckle up bitches, you're entering the Twilight Zone" was only said three times in the original series.
www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/th...
Article headline that says: The Twilight Zone's most iconic catchphrase barely ever said There's a black and white photo of Rod Serling, looking at the camera.
December 22, 2024 at 6:58 PM
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catbus.phd
spellcheck went from 'pretty good' to 'an AI gremlin that randomly substitutes whole ass other words in place of the one you typed'

gj techbros, well played
msemilyedwards.bsky.social Emily J. Edwards @msemilyedwards.bsky.social · Dec 21
fucking autocorrect didn't even get better
lexxmoves.bsky.social Alex Malcolm aka Lexx @lexxmoves.bsky.social · Dec 21
This assertion that AI will only get better is a strange one to me because, let me ask a question. Did Facebook get better? Did Twitter get better? Did Social media get better?
December 22, 2024 at 8:28 PM
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brendelbored.bsky.social
“Brock Purdy” sounds like something Frankenstein says when he skips stones on a lake
December 22, 2024 at 10:01 PM
marklhiggins.bsky.social
First half of his videos “Wow what an interesting an niche topic he’s found.”

Second half “Rich and Influential people use our own obsessions to blind us from the sins they commit!”
eliotetc.bsky.social Eliot @eliotetc.bsky.social · Dec 19
so what does everyone think hbomberguy's annual 3 hour video is gonna be about this time
December 19, 2024 at 8:10 AM
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eliotetc.bsky.social
so what does everyone think hbomberguy's annual 3 hour video is gonna be about this time
December 19, 2024 at 6:04 AM
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lonestartallboi.bsky.social
20 years ago we were suing teenagers for millions of dollars because they were torrenting a single Metallica album and now billionaires are demanding the free right to every work in history, so that they can re-sell it.

The law only ever serves capital.
guardian-world-rss.bsky.social Please Follow the Official Guardian Account @guardian-world-rss.bsky.social · Jan 8
‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says
‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says
Pressure grows on artificial intelligence firms over the content used to train their productsBusiness live – latest updatesThe developer OpenAI has said it would be impossible to create tools like its groundbreaking chatbot ChatGPT without access to copyrighted material, as pressure grows on artificial intelligence firms over the content used to train their products.Chatbots such as ChatGPT and image generators like Stable Diffusion are “trained” on a vast trove of data taken from the internet, with much of it covered by copyright – a legal protection against someone’s work being used without permission. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2024 at 4:34 PM
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pixelatedboat.bsky.social
imo The Ramones should’ve recorded a Pet Sematary-esque song for every Stephen King film adaptation, e.g.
🎶I don’t want to be dining at the hotel from The Shining/
I don’t want a blowjob from a bear🎶
December 11, 2024 at 12:01 PM
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joshgondelman.bsky.social
Raw milk is cool if you want to do something dangerous with absolutely no benefit. All risk, no reward. Like trying to eat a campfire.
December 12, 2024 at 2:30 AM