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Hawklorddragon @cimerians.bsky.social · 18h

Rebels vs The Galactic Empire by Sean Cooke
#StarWars

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 21h

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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matthewspalmer.bsky.social @matthewspalmer.bsky.social · 22h

if it carries on like this the tories will end up MPs so pale you'll be able to see the colour of the wall behind them.

Perhaps if we give them all Vitamin D suppliments it will bring them back to sanity...

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matthewspalmer.bsky.social @matthewspalmer.bsky.social · 23h

Sentai show with different colours of optimus when?

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DocBuglove @docbuglove.smokefleet.net · 1d

Everyone on the fence about A.I., there's something you don't realize.

It's purpose is to eliminate human jobs and human skills.

That's it. That's its single purpose. For companies to no longer pay people or train them in skills.

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matthewspalmer.bsky.social @matthewspalmer.bsky.social · 1d

Every time you post one of these, I see an experience writer fail the challenge of four panels of coherent dialogue and I feel better about my own ability...

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Sham Jaff @shamjaff.bsky.social · 1d

It’s a "crisis" when immigrants "take jobs away", but "innovation" when machines do. Funny.

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Grem, of 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐏 🔜 MCAtlanta! @gremlin.world · 4d

I will never not repost this

(Sound on for maximum effect)

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Jez Conolly @jezconolly.bsky.social · 2d

It’s highly unfashionable to big up the BBC, but their YouTube archive has grown into a lovely collection of classic old telly. youtube.com/@bbcarchive?...

BBC Archive

Welcome to the BBC Archive. Hop aboard an audiovisual time machine, that will transport you back to the golden age of TV. Whether you are looking for some childhood nostalgia (clackers - remember t...

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 2d

Right. Apologies for the delay. Really didn’t expect so much interest in a grumpy little Welsh owl so thank you for all the kind words - I’ve loved reading some of your own rescue stories.

Lots of you had rehab-related questions so thought I’d tackle the big ones here in one looong thread… 🧵

Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 4d

Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.

After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵

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matthewspalmer.bsky.social @matthewspalmer.bsky.social · 2d

I'm sure it is 99.9% paranoia and imposter sydrome.

Comes with having a broken brain.

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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 3d

They’ll tell you that the arts & humanities aren’t practical and then …

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matthewspalmer.bsky.social @matthewspalmer.bsky.social · 3d

Somebody in my writing group looked at me funny when I said that I was hoping to self publish at easter and it was like a shotgun blast through my confidence.

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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 3d

Never has so much been used by so few for so little.

Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 3d

You know, it reminds me of medieval cathedrals at this point. Huge edifices that took literal generations to complete, a vast investment of resources: time, materials, money, even lives. All for the glory of god, because people thought (as they always do) they were living in the End Times.

Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 3d

OpenAI’s planned data centers will use more power than New York City & San Diego use at their peak consumption, combined. More power than the entire nations of Switzerland & Portugal combined. And San Altman’s buddies in this administration have been cutting all of our energy infrastructure upgrades

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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 3d

You know, it reminds me of medieval cathedrals at this point. Huge edifices that took literal generations to complete, a vast investment of resources: time, materials, money, even lives. All for the glory of god, because people thought (as they always do) they were living in the End Times.

Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 3d

OpenAI’s planned data centers will use more power than New York City & San Diego use at their peak consumption, combined. More power than the entire nations of Switzerland & Portugal combined. And San Altman’s buddies in this administration have been cutting all of our energy infrastructure upgrades

Sam Altman’s AI empire will devour as much power as New York City and San Diego combined. Experts say it’s ‘scary’ | Fortune

Andrew Chien told Fortune he’s been a computer scientist for 40 years but we’re close to “some seminal moments for how we think about AI and its impact on society.”

fortune.com

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 3d

Rebecca Sugar (Steven Universe) to direct a "Moomins" animated feature film.
variety.com/2025/film/ne...

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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · Aug 11

Close, intelligent, in some cases near lifelong friends are starting to talk casually about the use of ChatGPT in their lives or in some cases are clearly getting paid/perks to promote its use and it’s like watching your social circle slowly, and with a big smile on their face, all join Scientology.

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matthewspalmer.bsky.social @matthewspalmer.bsky.social · 4d

Log Horizon.

I’ve never seen any fiction capture the vibes of what it was like to be part of a guild in an MMO in the 00s.

Then it takes a hard turn into fantasy economics.

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Birds Are Dinosaurs 🦢=🦖 @birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social · 4d

Imagine making a Harry Potter comic in 2025.

You're on the Internet. You know that the author is a hateful bigot. But that doesn't bother you. And you're okay with telling everyone that you're fine with transphobia.

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Machine Pun Kelly @kellyscaletta.bsky.social · 5d

About 125,000 transgender people are assaulted in the restroom every year.

No transgender woman has ever been convicted of assaulting a woman in a public restroom.

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matthewspalmer.bsky.social @matthewspalmer.bsky.social · 4d

I mean, the MU is pretty weird when you dig under the surface. There are mole men, lava men, morlocks, deviants and all sorts down there.

The early Avengers even a giant living rock that somehow threatens to blow up everything if it is disturbed. All that weird stuff has to come from somewhere...

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Adam @trotwood.bsky.social · 4d

Holy shit this is my entire mind distilled into a few sentences. 🤯

InkyInGreen 🍂 @blackwallmancer.bsky.social · 7d

Found this on the AO3 subreddit, and I'm about to let it change my whole life (or at least work really hard to internalize it wrt my writing).

Someone's screenshot of a two-post twitter thread, from user blue (@bluewmist):

the fastest way to kill motivation is to make your identity depend on the outcome. it's called ego involvement. when failing becomes failing as a person, your brain starts avoiding the whole thing. not because you don't care, but because you care too much.

you don't need lower standards. you need less self-worth tangled up in your goals. the work gets easier when it's not about proving who you are.

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matthewspalmer.bsky.social @matthewspalmer.bsky.social · 4d

Describe your self-publishing style with a gif

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Post Punk-y Brewster @krismeana.bsky.social · 5d

Greta Thunberg is being mistreated in that Isreali prison, with them knowing who she is and how high profile she is, no one is safe from this regime… and I’m so disgusted, every day.

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The Dispatch @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social · 6d

Ryan Bridge has become a familiar face in Stirchley lately. He's one of two "company directors" of raisetheflags.org, where he collects donations from £10-£500 for flags.

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