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Kate J. O’Neil

@sonicbug.bsky.social

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I review manga, anime, and other things over at www.fandompost.com! Used to make newspapers and greeting cards, always looking for another dying industry to chain myself to. Currently falling under through second floors in cursed houses. She/Her/Hey You.

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Kate J. O’Neil @sonicbug.bsky.social · Nov 13

Hey, hi. Check out my reviews over at www.fandompost.com/author/sonic...
This is where I do my writing on the internet, isn't that neat?

www.fandompost.com

Kate J. O’Neil @sonicbug.bsky.social · 13h

That snuffling game that came out a few years ago is literally just "ACAB, let's do some low key ecoterrorism and help the neighbors"

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Kate J. O’Neil @sonicbug.bsky.social · 18h

Okay, I’m ready for the nor’easter to fuck my shit up.

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Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 1d

Holy shit someone uploaded the entire stage play adaptation of the Yakuza videogame series with English subtitles and it’s glorious and 500x better than the Amazon show youtu.be/Z2Msr4si6dU?...

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Derf Backderf @derfbackderf.bsky.social · 19h

With the holidays upon us, don't give to Salvation Army. Not even change. It's a scumbag "charity" run by anti-gay zealots.

Habitat for Humanity is great. Your local Food Bank is great.

So many "charities" are for-profit scams. Use Charity Navigator to vet them. www.charitynavigator.org

Fascist Dem Tracker @fascistdemtracker.bsky.social · 1d

Fun fact about the Salvation Army: they use a form of substance use treatment called work therapy. Oh, and by treatment, I mean they have people who have been convicted of drug charges work for their stores & warehouses in exchange for room, board, around a $1 a week, and minimal actual therapy.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 2d

BIG NEWS, GANG.

HOEP U LIEK CAT CARTOONS.

Lackadaisy Tracy @lackadaisy.bsky.social · 2d

Hey everyone, we have some big news to share!

LACKADAISY - Last Call

A preview of Lackadaisy Season One - the Speakeasy is in its prime as Mitzi and the band regale the crowd with an original musical number, Last Call. This seemed like the ideal way to announce that Lackadaisy is now officially a ‪Glitch‬ Production!!

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Kate J. O’Neil @sonicbug.bsky.social · 2d

Congrats on the official new family member

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Simon Parkin @simonparkin.bsky.social · 3d

In 2014 I wrote for @newyorker.com about @kurtjmac.bsky.social, a YouTuber who began walking in Minecraft and never stopped. His quest was to reach the Far Lands, a place at the limits of the algorithmic world, where the landscape breaks apart. On Saturday, after fourteen years, he arrived:

A Journey to the End of the World (of Minecraft)

www.newyorker.com

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Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 3d

We banned a guy on the Steam forums for repeatedly saying there were “too many women” in our game

So he flipped his positive review to negative

Still totally worth it

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Kate J. O’Neil @sonicbug.bsky.social · 3d

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Kate J. O’Neil @sonicbug.bsky.social · 3d

Deep cut

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 4d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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M. Blind @mdotblind.bsky.social · 5d

Here's an "AI antidote" (and it's not new, it's an older site that is overdue, in the present circumstances, to get handed around again)

need a little "wtf did I just watch" in your life or need to lose an hour of it?
www.exptv.org

EXP TV is a live tv channel broadcasting an endless stream of obscure media and video ephemera

EXP TV’s daytime block is “Video Breaks”--a video collage series featuring wild, rare, unpredictable, and ever-changing archival clips touching on every subject imaginable. The nighttime block starts ...

www.exptv.org

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Jeremy Parish, imperial aerosol kid @jparish.bsky.social · 3d

Remember how I kept talking about the Metroidvania book I had in the works, and then it kinda dropped off the radar? I didn't lose interest. I was just working with a Legit Major Publisher (Dark Horse!) on turning it into the pilot release for a Press Run team-up: www.gamespot.com/articles/exp...

Explore The Origins Of Metroidvania In This New Retro Gaming Book

This new book will explore the history of the enduring metroidvania genre in video games.

www.gamespot.com

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sarah margaret (scary) 🍂 @sarahmargs.bsky.social · 3d

The college kids are losing the vital ability to bullshit an essay and it’s so sad

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 4d

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.

wrote 20 pages on Faulkner's The Bear four hours before final papers were due on trucker pills and coffee and cigarettes and got an A, fuck you.
You people couldn't hang with real slackers.
finn
wokeupchic • 4d
It's fuck Al till your homework due in 25 minutes

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DIZZI2X @windowsmetan.bsky.social · 4d

promise mascot agency (2025)
MASCOTS WILL save the world

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 7d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Rebecca Heineman @burgerbecky.bsky.social · 8d

I’ve started a GoFundMe to help with my cancer battle gofund.me/6850175a3

Donate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca Heineman

I’m Rebecca Ann Heineman. The very first video game champion, creat… Rebecca Heineman needs your support for Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer

gofund.me

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Kate J. O’Neil @sonicbug.bsky.social · 5d

Isakaipad is the most cursed thing. (Also me every night at 10 when I fire up that slime gatcha in bed.)

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blurrychou @blurrygrey.bsky.social · Jul 3

a thick, yummy one? 🤔 #furryart

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Ghoulish Beveridge @chrisbeveridge.bsky.social · 6d

And the third season is a go, and we've got @sonicbug.bsky.social back to look at this final run.

The Haunting Of Fandom Post @fandompost.com · 6d

To Your Eternity Season 3 Episode #01 #Anime Review (Season Premier)

In our world, it has been two years since Fushi merged with the world to watch over and protect humanity. In his time, it has been many years.

dlvr.it

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 6d

MOOMIN MOVIE INCOMING this is not a drill!!!!

reactormag.com/rebecca-suga...

A Moomin Movie Is Coming From Steven Universe’s Rebecca Sugar - Reactor

In a just world there would be more Moomin movies than Marvel movies.

reactormag.com

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Kate J. O’Neil @sonicbug.bsky.social · 6d

Thank god for alt text, I didn’t even know what those were.

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Nate Cosby @natecosby.bsky.social · 6d

GARGOYLES X DARKWING DUCK #1

by Darkwing creator @tadstones.bsky.social, Gargoyles creator GREG WEISMAN, CIRO CANGIALOSI, JEFF ECKLEBERRY & NATE COSBY!!!!

Covers by Stones, Shalvey, Bigarella, Henry & Cangialosi

I'VE READ IT. IT IS AWESOME.

On-sale JANUARY from @dynamitecomicshq.bsky.social!!!!!

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Ghoulish Beveridge @chrisbeveridge.bsky.social · 6d

Hey, you! Yeah, you! Looking for a new podcast to check out on the topic of anime? Look no furthers than @fandompostradio.bsky.social!

The Haunting Of Fandom Post @fandompost.com · 6d

#FandomPostRadio Episode 160: Pockets of Sincerity #Podcast

Rockin' Bods

dlvr.it

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Ghoulish Beveridge @chrisbeveridge.bsky.social · 6d

We got another fall anime launch checked out with @sonicbug.bsky.social getting in on the fun!

The Haunting Of Fandom Post @fandompost.com · 6d

Pass the Monster Meat, Milady! Episode #01 #Anime Review (Season Premier)

This is not a slow burn romance, this is fast food.

dlvr.it

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Colossal @thisiscolossal.com · 6d

At the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, an expansive exhibition explores the ever-evolving techniques and approaches that photographers use to document people and daily life.

www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/10/face...

a photo by Helen Levitt of a man carrying a paper package and a hot dog and pretzel vendor in New York City

a black-and-white photo by Dawoud Bey of a Black man standing on a street in New York next to two women in large coats and hats, who are turned away from the camera

a black-and-white photograph by Cristobal Hara of a child and other adults standing on a bus or train

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