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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

I knew Fox News was theater. I just didn't realize it was a repertory theater that recycles actors for different roles.

You'd think a company that had to pay $787,000,000 for deceiving its viewers would be a little more careful about blatantly continuing the practice.

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 14h

A billion dollars is the socio-political equivalent of a loose nuke, and we should work as ruthlessly and diligently to prevent the acquisition of the former as we do the latter.

Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 20h

“The problem with billionaires isn’t that they’re hoarding money that would otherwise pay for a Scandinavian social utopia. It’s that their money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.”

Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money

Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 14h

a close up of a man 's face with the words inconceivable written on it .

ALT: a close up of a man 's face with the words inconceivable written on it .

media.tenor.com

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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 14h

blade runner actually has a lot in common with dick’s novel in terms of the broad outlines of the plot and the characters but the details and thematic preoccupations don’t really match up, especially once ridley scott went on his “deckard
is a replicant” tear.

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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 14h

indeed - hollywood makes every philip k. dick protagonist into han solo when he always intended them to be george constanza. he was all about the schlubs tortured by runaway tech. and god.

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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 1d

rereading "do androids dream of electric sheep". hard to imagine harrison ford playing the scene where deckard is so ashamed and of owning a fake sheep instead of a rare real animal that he gets in a bickering argument with his smug neighbor over buying a pony, and eventually leaves in a snit.

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Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 2d

Heyyyy! Wanna do something awesome for trans creators today?

Galaxy 2: As the World Falls Down is available for preorder. It's the sequel to Galaxy the Prettiest Star by @planetx.bsky.social and @ryehickman.bsky.social and it's gonna be BEAUTIFUL.

LINK:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/799756...

Galaxy 2: As The World Falls Down by Jadzia Axelrod: 9781799503446 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

The highly anticipated sequel to the YA trans coming-out graphic novel Galaxy: The Prettiest Star brings more romance, more action, and more queer joy as Taylor faces her biggest fear: the Vane. Tayl...

www.penguinrandomhouse.com

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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 1d

wonderful

javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 1d

as close as i could come to it, yes

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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 1d

#inktober #inktober2025 a few days behind but catching up…

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 1d

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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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 1d

If you're watching the situation in Chicago from afar & want to help, on the off chance you have spare $$, you can give to the Midwest Immigrant Bond Fund, which posts "bond for individuals held in the custody of ICE w ties to IL, IN, KY & WI who cannot afford to pay"
www.mibfc.org/helpusgrow

How to Help MIBFC — Midwest Immigration Bond Fund

www.mibfc.org

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James Van Fleevil Dead @horrorfilms101.bsky.social · 1d

If AI was actually so effective as to be inevitable, we wouldn’t have so many people browbeating us with commentary about how inevitable it is.

James Van Fleevil Dead @horrorfilms101.bsky.social · 1d

It took AI to convince me the human soul exists in much the same way it took a bar full of stripper vampires to convince Harvey Keitel that God exists.

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Jadzia Axelrod 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @planetx.bsky.social · 1d

Listen, if Charlie Jane is suggesting it, it must be a good idea!

Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 2d

Heyyyy! Wanna do something awesome for trans creators today?

Galaxy 2: As the World Falls Down is available for preorder. It's the sequel to Galaxy the Prettiest Star by @planetx.bsky.social and @ryehickman.bsky.social and it's gonna be BEAUTIFUL.

LINK:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/799756...

Galaxy 2: As The World Falls Down by Jadzia Axelrod: 9781799503446 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

The highly anticipated sequel to the YA trans coming-out graphic novel Galaxy: The Prettiest Star brings more romance, more action, and more queer joy as Taylor faces her biggest fear: the Vane. Tayl...

www.penguinrandomhouse.com

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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 2d

also - LOL!

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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 2d

"beneath the surface lies the queue."

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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 2d

but god i fucking love being gen-x and getting to go fogey on AIs unholy ass. this brand of luddism is sweet like an apathy-themed soda illustrated by charles burns.

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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 2d

nowadays it takes pretty much all my energy to get through an all-dayer.

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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 2d

yeah, perhaps all those triumphs fueled an occasionally self- harming approach to work, but damn it if the high wasn't worth the low. it was exhilarating to work that way. my last all-nighter was in when i was in my late twenties - for an outline on an episode of the OG "charmed".

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Professor Darkness @professordarkness.bsky.social · 3d

This is what I've been saying for MONTHS!

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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 2d

i kinda resent being constantly asked to review things by every app, website, and phone representative with whom i interact. i think a person should be entitled to keep their own counsel on something in this world.

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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 2d

my favorite aspect of andor was how the imperials were felled not by the rebels, but their faith that their innate value to the empire would keep them safe. the rebels didn’t put a gun to lio partagaz’s head, or deedra mero in prison, but rather their belief in palpatine’s patronage. sound familiar?

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 2d

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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 12d

A friend writes:

I saw someone's post somewhere that talked about how their
nine-year-old and all his friends have started using "That's AI"
instead of "I don't believe you."

Mom: "We're having dinosaur meat for dinner tonight."
Kid: "That's AI."

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javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 2d

i truly appreciate that - may your deity of choice bless and keep you!

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