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A.J. Demas @ajdemas.bsky.social · 16h

Newfoundland. (I’m not from there, but my mom is, so I grew up pronouncing it correctly.)

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 16h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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A.J. Demas @ajdemas.bsky.social · 16h

You’re supposed to be able to fit many little tents inside your big tent, I think.

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David M. Bennett MD (FAAOS, FPOSNA, DABOS) @davembmd.bsky.social · 19h

This is the funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time. @aptshadow.bsky.social @abraham.bsky.social

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Katherine McDonald @katherinemcdon.bsky.social · 2d

I'm sorry, but for budget reasons, your chariot to the afterlife is scheduled to be pulled by a chicken.

Small votive dedication to Hades showing a man in a chariot and, sorry, a chicken. With greek inscription.

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A.J. Demas @ajdemas.bsky.social · 2d

So this is one kind of AI (Adobe’s prediction software) hyping another kind of AI. But only one of them is making money off of this scenario.

TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 2d

AI-assisted online shopping is still booming, new U.S. holiday e-commerce forecast shows.

Adobe predicts AI-assisted online shopping to grow 520% during the 2025 U.S. holiday season | TechCrunch

AI-assisted online shopping is still booming, new U.S. holiday e-commerce forecast shows.

techcrunch.com

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Typewriter Skeleton @tpwrtrmnky.bsky.social · 4d

[holding my phone in my hand and opening a social media app to make a post] i would simply resist the cursed amulet's tempting whispers of power and infamy

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 3d

Explaining to my wife that I cannot simply “read the books I’ve already bought and haven’t read” like some kind of peasant.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 5d

Today's artist w/out a known birthday: Luis Egidio Meléndez, brilliant still-life painter from Madrid. Also quite able in other areas, as displayed in his self-portrait w/ an academic drawing, 1747. Plus Historical Hottie du jour!

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EAC Ceramics @eacummins.bsky.social · 4d

I was very lucky this morning to capture on video one of the juvenile pots venturing out into the art studio for the first time. As you can see It’s still a bit skittish and has a lot of growing up to do before it can join the other pots on display. #pottery #art #ceramics #ceramicart

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May “Bunny” Peterson 🦄 (Mostly Updates ) @goddessblade.bsky.social · 4d

If you're looking for a spooky read this October, my entire Sacred Dark trilogy is dripping with gothic drama, featuring three queer romances about witches, shifters, and ghosts.

Buy the series: tinyurl.com/j2jjvucx
Book pages: www.maypetersonbooks.com/books/

Lord of the Last Heartbeat, by May Peterson. Cover depicts a cyan flower blooming through silver chains.

The Immortal City, by May Peterson. Cover depicts a mountain city in violet and blue tones.

The Calyx Charm, by May Peterson. Cover depicts a smiling young trans woman with flowing red hair and violet eyes, surrounding by swirling violet magic.

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MythologyBot @mythologybot.boodoo.co · 4d

F529
Other monstrous persons.

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 4d

It was a mistake, too, for feminists to abandon the idea that women’s inclusion in all institutions on equal terms is a prerequisite of justice in itself, no matter what the institution is.

Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 4d

Side point but is a pretty big dignity harm to American women that pseudoscience, anecdote, and undisguised personal bigotry are acceptable pretexts for all this talk about resegregating us out of large swaths of public life.

Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 5d

Sure, literally will not matter in big boy war

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A.J. Demas @ajdemas.bsky.social · 4d

Standing at the font:
“Name this child … oh right, I’m doing this one!”

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 5d

You knowe the cool thinge about Gen AI, that one litel true thinge wyth potential that doth redeem it?

Nope! Me neyther.

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A.J. Demas @ajdemas.bsky.social · 5d

INDEED IT IS NOT!!

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A.J. Demas @ajdemas.bsky.social · 5d

*banging fists on the table shouting* I want a tentacle pot! Why do I not have a tentacle pot!

Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 11d

All the pots currently available on my website www.roseschmits.com

International shipping available

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A.J. Demas @ajdemas.bsky.social · 6d

An army marches on its what now?

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Vanessa Gillings @vanessagillings.bsky.social · 6d

My sixth piece for my solo show @gallerynucleus.bsky.social! 🐦‍⬛

#illustration #fantasyart #magicalforest #forestspirit #watercolor #gouache

watercolor and gouache painting of a girl wearing a feather cloak and holding a small blue flame, surrounded by crows and an overgrown forest

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A.J. Demas @ajdemas.bsky.social · 6d

Asking Benjamin Dreyer to weigh in on this is some serious “bringing a gun to a knife fight” energy. 😂

Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 6d

Lest you think I'm hemhawing over some little bit of arguable nuance, the AI creature was insisting that the proper opening of a business letter is:

Dear, Mr. Jones

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A.J. Demas @ajdemas.bsky.social · 6d

“The AI creature” is such a lovely phrase.

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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 7d

when they said there'd be bread and circuses, they should have specified that the bread would cost 200% more than it did four years ago and the circuses are only available on your least favourite streaming network for $19.99/month

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A.J. Demas @ajdemas.bsky.social · 7d

Well played, Merriam-Webster, well played.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 7d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Felicia Davin @feliciadavin.com · 8d

gonna start making a list of cool jobs that contemporary romance main characters should have instead:

1. surrogate migratory bird parent/flying biologist www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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A.J. Demas @ajdemas.bsky.social · 8d

Muahaha! ☺️

A Jelly Squishes Slowly By @ubiquisquish.bsky.social · 8d

“I’ll just read a bit before bed,” I lied to myself.
Ugh, this book is so damn good!

A.J. Demas @ajdemas.bsky.social · 9d

I wrote a book about a hot assassin with trauma and gender feels falling in love with the guy he’s totally serious about assassinating, and you can buy it here: sextonscottage.com/products/the...!

(Good advice in the quoted thread, btw!)

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A.J. Demas @ajdemas.bsky.social · 8d

I am heroically resisting going down a rabbit hole of reading all about this, and you are not helping! 😆

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