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Shane Madej @shanemadej.bsky.social · 12h

I weep for the day when this post will be screenshotted for its harrowingly accurate foresight but I nevertheless have a moral responsibility to say it: all Labubus will detonate on Christmas morning 2025.

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Rin (they/them) @rinwrites.bsky.social · 11h

Briefly went to the Other Place to check on some fandom stuff by people who haven't moved from there and whew so much random bigotry and racism in Twitterjaya. I'm going to dissociate and listen to murder podcasts or something.

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Rin (they/them) @rinwrites.bsky.social · 18h

Every time someone tries to argue that being gay is a choice I'm like... do you really think I chose to be a man-liking afab? Who would knowingly choose this level of hell!

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

doomscroll break

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Rin (they/them) @rinwrites.bsky.social · 20h

Eating some spag with a really basic tomato sauce that I made to use up some slightly too soft tomatoes, added scrambled eggs because I need the protein (and also because tomato egg is amazing)

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Rin (they/them) @rinwrites.bsky.social · 20h

It's so aaaargh, the cognitive dissonance!!!

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feeb 🍓 @magicmooshka.bsky.social · 8d

THE DEAD NAME 🪦 page 1/31

Born with supernatural sight and abilities, 14-year-old Jordan Kwon runs an exorcism charity to fulfill her community service requirements. On her latest mission, Jordan must confront something far scarier than the undead: coming out as trans.

#comic #trans #lgbtcomic

A black and white comic page numbered [01.] We open on a lone car travelling along a road lined with brush and evergreen trees.
An unseen speaker, from inside the car: [Hey, how much money do exorcists make?]
Cut to interior of the car. The speaker is the driver, a young woman with black hair with a dyed underlayer. She wears stud earrings and an over-sized sweater, an easygoing but mischievous smile on her face. Her companion slouches in the passenger seat, an androgynous teenager with shaggy dark hair and a t-shirt over a striped long-sleeve. They look out the window at the passing trees.
Driver: [When your clients pay you, I want a cut for the gas money. (This place is far.)]
A callout identifies the driver as [Stephanie Kwon: she/her, university student, 19.]
The passenger turns from the window, looking at Stephanie with a disinterested expression.
Passenger: [Nuna, it’s a charity. They don’t pay me.]
Author’s Note: [Nuna: Korean for “older sister, used by younger males.]
Stephanie: [HUH!? Why not?]
Passenger: [Child labor laws.]
A callout identifies the passenger as [Jordan Kwon: she/they (undercover as he/him), nonprofit exorcist, 14]
Stephanie glances critically at Jordan through the rear view mirror.
Stephanie: [Then why did we come all this way?]
Jordan earnestly holds up a sheet of paper and points to it.
Jordan: [Because it fulfills my community service requirement for student council.]

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crynojutsu @cangustia.bsky.social · 2d

hinata con washijo

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Niao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 23h

Nothing says ‘interesting film’ than the HK government banning it for national security reasons

Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hongkongfp.com · 1d

A total of 50 films have been required to be edited, and 13 titles have not been approved for screening on national security grounds since HK amended the Film Censorship Ordinance in 2021, according to authorities. In full: buff.ly/roPWvdO

HK bars 13 films from screening on nat. sec grounds since 2021 censorship law

A total of 50 films have been required to be edited, and 13 titles have not been approved for screening on national security grounds since HK amended the Film Censorship Ordinance in 2021, according to...

buff.ly

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Rin (they/them) @rinwrites.bsky.social · 23h

I thought maybe he meant AI to be used for repetitive grind work so the humans would have more capacity to do the actual creative work, but nope it's a festival for fully AI-generated content.

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 1d

‘AI is here to stay and change things’: Mad Max director George Miller on why he is taking part in an AI film festival

The director believes AI has made film-making ‘way more egalitarian’ – and is set to lead the judges at Omni AI film festival in Australia There’s no arguing the use of artificial intelligence in film-making is getting a bad rap. Last week’s unveiling of Hollywood’s first AI “actress”, Tilly Norwood, generated howls of protest from actors’ unions across the UK and US, where the industry is still reeling from last year’s 118-day strike over, among other issues, the threat of AI. And earlier this week, Australia’s Productivity Commission was pilloried by Liberals and Greens alike for failing to recognise the dire impact AI may have on the country’s creative industries. Continue reading...

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 1d

FanTASTIC news let’s get this done

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Supervising Animation Wizard @brendering.bsky.social · 1d

Miyazaki survived the bombing of Utsunomiya as a child. His family escaped in a car, but left a neighbor and her daughter behind to save themselves. Miyazaki regrets this, and said this has stayed with him and shaped his film making. He hopes his audience will learn the courage he lacked in 1945.

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Blue (he/him) @eternaltrophyboy.bsky.social · 1d

Piggybacking off your great post: those old blankets and towels with hair dye stains and little rips can have a new home with animal shelters this time of year too. They also need warmth, and they dont care about those little stains and small tears.

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Frank O'Connor @frankoconnor.bsky.social · 1d

& here @judesherry.bsky.social & I are earlier in front of Dáil Éireann, Dublin Ireland for #worldvacanthomesday

We believe everyone should have a home, we have the homes lying empty, time for compulsory sales & compulsory rental

ffud art for #derelictireland #vacantireland #housingcrisis

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Rin (they/them) @rinwrites.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe my desire to get and use an ita bag is like a midlife crisis thing because we all know none of the millennials can afford to get a sports car or a superbike or a holiday home or a new spouse as a midlife crisis. It's just going to be anime merch and games on Steam that we'll never play

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Rin (they/them) @rinwrites.bsky.social · 1d

Some can I think. There's a few Japanese brands that have a takoyaki plate, and a lot of China arms Europe ones have a pancake plate.

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The Jaunted Castle of Stephen Ray Garza @stephenrgarza.bsky.social · 2d

In praise of older women

Ghostbusters (1984) @ghostbusters1984.bsky.social · 4d

Some moron brought a cougar to a party and it went berserk.

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Rin (they/them) @rinwrites.bsky.social · 2d

So anyway I now have a toastie maker, suggestions welcome!

Also, as always, I love the Internet Archive @archive.org

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Rin (they/them) @rinwrites.bsky.social · 2d

I knew I had hit the mother lode when the first recipe in the book was this beautifully unhinged thing (I mean, who in this day and age would think to make this in a toastie maker?):

A recipe for spinach oyster tarts. To make it, leftover cooked spinach is beaten with cream and seasoned with salt and pepper. Shortcrust pastry triangles are then pressed into the preheated toastie maker and topped with the spinach, some canned smoked oysters, and grated gruyère cheese. These are then topped with another layer of shortcrust pastry before the toastie maker is closed to bake the tarts.

A note at the end of the recipe says that this recipe can be made with bread, and that either way it would make an excellent accompaniment to grilled ham steaks.

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Rin (they/them) @rinwrites.bsky.social · 2d

First stop was Reddit and honestly kind of boring, but then again serious food reddit isn't very exciting or inventive to begin with. Still, do better!

Next stop was Internet Archive, where I found one of those recipe books they gave out with a purchase of something called a Snackster.

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Rin (they/them) @rinwrites.bsky.social · 2d

Problem 2: Me hating the idea of a single use appliance.

This was an easy fix; I just narrowed the search down to a toastie maker with interchangeable plates so I could at least attempt a waffle or something.

BUT ALSO! I went looking for ideas of what else to make in a toastie maker.

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Rin (they/them) @rinwrites.bsky.social · 2d

Problem 1: All the toastie makers that do the sealed edges made 4 triangle toasties. I wanted something more like the one pictured, but they were all basically just square panini presses (YES THERE'S A DIFFERENCE)

A sandwich press that makes just two triangle toasties.

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Rin (they/them) @rinwrites.bsky.social · 2d

I've been trying to find things that give me a tiny bit of joy lately, to stave off the SAD, and I don't know how I got the idea but I thought that getting a toastie maker would help. The basic ones are really cheap, and I figure even if I only really use it for a week it wouldn't be such a waste.

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Rin (they/them) @rinwrites.bsky.social · 2d

By toastie I mean the ones made in a toastie/jaffle press, where it seals the triangles. I haven't had one since I left school, and when I got my own place I reasoned that I could just make grilled cheeses on a pan instead of buying the ridiculous Tefal Snack thing I wanted (also I was/am poor lol).

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