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Chris Lau Manson 阿劉 @chrislaumanson.bsky.social · 5h

'Member when NFTs were here to stay, and that we should have fun staying poor?

britt hayes @britthates.bsky.social · 6h

Jason Blum's take on AI sucks. an AI takeover isn't inevitable, and treating it as such (while also referring to filmmaking as "content creation," smdh) helps AI companies promote the lie that their deeply unprofitable, destructive tech is more powerful and useful than it actually is.

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Chris Lau Manson 阿劉 @chrislaumanson.bsky.social · 5h

Know what's kept me going through this week? Knowing that I'm getting to see my pals tomorrow night. Just hanging onto that.

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Leona Scream @editor.scot · 5h

This is such a load of disingenuous bullshit. ‘Governments aren’t their people’ - ok but the Saudi government are paying you?

I have been criticised for being part of the Riyadh comedy festival. This is why I did it | Omid Djalili

The headlines focus on money, but the gigs were great and I think there are different ways to achieve progress. Art, especially comedy, can be part of that, says stand-up comedian, Omid Djalili.

www.theguardian.com

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Chris Lau Manson 阿劉 @chrislaumanson.bsky.social · 5h

Kick-started my freelance illustration career. I was complimentary on the work done by @theferret.scot and they asked me to illustrate some excellent, hard-hitting articles for them. That gave me a body of work and contacts. I'll always be grateful to them for the opportunity.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 18h

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 22h

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Jess Zafarris @jesszafarris.bsky.social · 5h

Heads up for anyone who might be coming to my casual launch shindig at Reilly's NYC today: Barnes & Noble has already sold through their stock, and I'll only have about 10 copies on hand, so if you have a book already and you'd like it signed, please bring it!

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Ayo @darrylayo.bsky.social · 5h

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KrystaM @ @KrystalogyTV • 13h
How do racist ppl like X-men and still be racist?
Like u know this lesson is for u right @ 149.
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Big JOhn & @JohnWarpower • 2h
funny how it blows your mind that people can just enjoy things and not have to reframe everything as a lecture about racism
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Killjoy McCoy @letsgoayo
But big John, the x-men literally is a lecture about racism
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✪ Jonathan H. Gray: “Professor of Halloweenery” ✪ @jongraywb.bsky.social · 6h

Speaking as a Birmingham native, Bessemer ain’t nothing but black folks — and I find it oh so interesting that black neighborhoods are where they keep shoving all these data centers

Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 1d

I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that all these data centers are going into communities that have been historically targeted for exploitation and have the least amount of civic power wielded by the people living there.

wordinblack.com/2025/09/alab...

Why Are Plans for This Alabama Data Center So Hush-Hush?

Officials in Bessemer, Alabama, are mum on Project Marvel, a proposed data center the size of 18 Walmart Supercenters.

wordinblack.com

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Chris Lau Manson 阿劉 @chrislaumanson.bsky.social · 5h

That's exactly what works: It's vibes, the show. It feels like after hours in an exclusive club.

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Chris Lau Manson 阿劉 @chrislaumanson.bsky.social · 5h

I didn't think I'd get into Dropout's Dirty Laundry, but it hits SO many spots so well. It's gossipy, it's raunchy, it's scandalous, Lily is a great host and has wonderfully extra outfits, Grant's drinks are fascinating, the music choice fits the vibe so well.

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Chris Lau Manson 阿劉 @chrislaumanson.bsky.social · 7h

Yeesh, that's.......... That's alarming.

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Chris Lau Manson 阿劉 @chrislaumanson.bsky.social · 7h

Bring back fighty Videl!

말캉뇌 フワ脳 🪼 @jelly-brain.bsky.social · Mar 6

백만년만에 드볼 그림 #DBZ

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Bex Ollerton @schnumn.bsky.social · 9h

#DVpit Graphic novel pitch:

VIOLAPSE explores the nuances of escaping a dangerous home when violence has become the new normal. Ultimately hopeful, VIOLAPSE is both an indictment and celebration of anger.

Genre: adult thriller/horror
More info: schnumn.com/violapse
Contact: [email protected]

A black and white comic page depicting a woman washing dishes in an eerie way with a bruised eye. The final panel reveals a man tied up at her feet.

An illustration of a red-haired woman holding up a sheet of paper that's burning.

A comic page showing a woman vomiting black tar into another woman's mouth

An illustration of a woman sat on a fancy couch in a dark room. She's looking creepily into the camera as if she's expected you

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Chris Lau Manson 阿劉 @chrislaumanson.bsky.social · 7h

This is the single most stylish dog I've seen all day.

Chris Lau Manson 阿劉 @chrislaumanson.bsky.social · 7h

Y'know what, this has really made me wish I'd paid more attention in Modern Studies. I feel like it was talked down as being "a bit trendy", etc, and I think I bought into it a bit at the time, and now that I think about it I could have learned so much more from it.

Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 14h

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

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Chris Lau Manson 阿劉 @chrislaumanson.bsky.social · 7h

I am absolutely classy 😌

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Bex Ollerton @schnumn.bsky.social · 8h

(I'm gonna be reposting variations of this post several times today haha sorry if it's annoying!! I really want this to find a home, I believe in it SO MUCH)

Bex Ollerton @schnumn.bsky.social · 9h

#DVpit Graphic novel pitch:

VIOLAPSE explores the nuances of escaping a dangerous home when violence has become the new normal. Ultimately hopeful, VIOLAPSE is both an indictment and celebration of anger.

Genre: adult thriller/horror
More info: schnumn.com/violapse
Contact: [email protected]

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 12h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

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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Michael Love @elkmovie.bsky.social · 1d

Ancient Roman trying a banh mi: "ah yes, this is tasty and recognizable"

Ancient Roman trying eggplant parmesan: "what the fuck"

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Chris Lau Manson 阿劉 @chrislaumanson.bsky.social · 9h

Ugh, that sounds like a nightmare, I'm sorry they run things like that.

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Chris Lau Manson 阿劉 @chrislaumanson.bsky.social · 9h

Now, I would be able to tank redundancy myself, but I can't imagine the worry that must go through folks' minds every year. People with mortgages and families and stuff.

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Chris Lau Manson 阿劉 @chrislaumanson.bsky.social · 9h

Hopefully at least the promotion comes with a reasonable salary bump for the added responsibility - but yeah, it's been demoralising seeing colleagues, people I've worked with for years, become friends with, disappear.

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Chris Lau Manson 阿劉 @chrislaumanson.bsky.social · 10h

Meeting that I was dreading actually went very well, which was a relief, and probably also indicates I should look at the sheet of exercises my therapist gave me........

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Chris Lau Manson 阿劉 @chrislaumanson.bsky.social · 11h

I haven't even gotten to what's probably going to be my worst call of the day and I'm already exhausted. Nothing takes it out of you like thinking you've done a good job, and then finding out there's one very tiny but critical edge case that now needs to be solved and your tools won't allow for it.

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Chris Lau Manson 阿劉 @chrislaumanson.bsky.social · 11h

They're a smidge more expensive than normal plasters but they promote healing and they're a wee bit cushioned as well, all in all, a fab thing to have around.