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Dr Ronni Googe, of the Mid Rim Network 🍉
@clembastow.bsky.social
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Featuring an 8-page colour photo insert of thrilling images from the hit movie! 😈 newsletter: the-monologue.ghost.io Critical Autism & action studies researcher and screenwriter in Naarm. We wish to stay at the inn; our opinions are our own.
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Dr Ronni Googe, of the Mid Rim Network 🍉 @clembastow.bsky.social · 3h
Truly. Went from being a card-carrying fan, wrote academic essays about its structure etc, to trying to offload bulk lots of merch on Marketplace at fire sale prices. The, uh, Noah Schnapp issue didn't help.
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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 4h
We should never be surprised by the cruelty of humans - anyone who has read about Rhythm O, the 1970s performance art piece created by Marina Abramović could tell you that. She still bares the scars of people's glee at permitted punishment
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 10h
The Boaty McBoatface side of human nature is always there, the instinct to troll, to mock, to turn sincerity into a joke. Now it’s just got better tools, & sometimes that means people making tasteless things like Sora2 videos of Stephen Hawking being horribly brutalized. futurism.com/artificial-i...
People Are Making Sora 2 Videos of Stephen Hawking Being Horribly Brutalized
People are using OpenAI's Sora 2 to generate videos of theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking being brutalized in ghoulish ways.
futurism.com
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Jay Gish @jaygish.bsky.social · 4h
[Butthole Surfers thru a megaphone voice]

RFK, lying on the topic of disease,
Jarod gettin’ money from the Saudis and Chinese.
Kristi hates the NFL, prez’s brains are fog…
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 6h
trumps nazi goons trying to pepper ball a frog
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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 19h
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.
theverge.com
The Verge @theverge.com · May 26
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
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dr mo 🇵🇸 @redactedquirk.bsky.social · 6h
a close-up of Obama's eyes and eyebrows. he looks dismissive. the photo is tinted orange-red. this is a reference to the "then perish" meme that went around tumblr back in the day
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Fergus Murray @fergus.oolong.co.uk · 5d
The episode of the Middletown Centre for Autism podcast about Someone Like Me is up!

Cat @naturetable.bsky.social Hughes, always an excellent host, interviews the editors @clembastow.bsky.social and @jocaseau.bsky.social.

I've been looking forward to this!
www.middletownautism.com/social-media...
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Dr Ronni Googe, of the Mid Rim Network 🍉 @clembastow.bsky.social · 6d
Any of you nerds know of a good CD hifi repair person in Naarm? Looking to get a turn of the century (lmao lmao) Telefunken system serviced. I think it's too modern for Multisonics.
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El Gibbs @bluntshovels.bsky.social · 7d
NDIS can now deliver debts to disabled people if they get things wrong, even though new permanent rules aren't in place

ndis.gov.au/news/10949-n...
The NDIS supports transition period is ending | NDIS
The 12-month transition period for adjusting to the NDIS support lists ends on 2 October 2025.
ndis.gov.au
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Dr Ronni Googe, of the Mid Rim Network 🍉 @clembastow.bsky.social · 6d
Watching the Particle6 AI-generated "comedy sketch"--which was the debut of "Tilly Norwood"--is particularly bleak when you realise how much of the "humour" hinges on notions of consent (or lack thereof). It also looks like hot garbage
AI Commissioner | Comedy Sketch | Particle6
YouTube video by Particle6 TV
www.youtube.com
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 6d
We are losing something by having newsrooms where everyone who has more than a few years’ experience has gotten fired. I don’t fault a young writer for not knowing about things that happened before she was born. But now there are no editors to help give context to these stories, either.
Prince with “Slave” written on his face, in protest of his unfair recording contract, including lack of ownership of his master recordings.
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Dr Ronni Googe, of the Mid Rim Network 🍉 @clembastow.bsky.social · 7d
Bro has written no more than three songs of worth, and is clearly working hard to keep Just For Men afloat
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Stephen Wright @mycommunistcat.bsky.social · 7d
Tapping the sign for the nth time this year.
Extracts on the stupidity of Nick Cave from a piece by Stephen Wright @ Overland literary journal
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Dr Ronni Googe, of the Mid Rim Network 🍉 @clembastow.bsky.social · 7d
Huge news: Milly had a bath
Milly, a shiny black kelpie cross dog, looks extra shiny after her bath. Shes curled up on a pale grey fur rug on a colourful couch, and looks directly at the camera.
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Dr Ronni Googe, of the Mid Rim Network 🍉 @clembastow.bsky.social · 7d
Yes, that's definitely a factor with screenplays - although honestly sometimes the writing/reading process is so fun it doesn't really matter. Books, on the other hand...
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Dr Ronni Googe, of the Mid Rim Network 🍉 @clembastow.bsky.social · 7d
It's fantastic! Golden age of miniatures/rigs/CGI in combination
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Dr Ronni Googe, of the Mid Rim Network 🍉 @clembastow.bsky.social · 7d
FANTASTIC NEWS: some heroic local VHS-ripper has uploaded a good quality version of the 1994 SFX doco MASTERS OF ILLUSION, hosted by Roy Scheider and Jonathan Brandis. My brother and I watched our taped-off-TV version until it broke.
Masters of Illusion The Wizards of Special Effects (1994)
YouTube video by Prince of Darkness
www.youtube.com
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Mel Campbell @incrediblemelk.bsky.social · 7d
AI has ruined all comms. Here's the SEO slug for Arnott's Biscuits:

"Delighting Aussies for 150+ years, Arnott's Biscuits is the go-to treat for every cherished moment. From Tim Tam to Shapes, embrace the classics that define…"

– 'embrace' is a top 10 ChatGPT word
– 'from X to Y'
– 'Biscuits is' ?
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performative male @milesklee.bsky.social · 7d
This is the biggest, toughest article I’ve done about so-called “AI psychosis.” It’s the story of a man who committed a horrific crime in his youth but served his time and against all odds found love and a new life—one that completely unraveled after he started talking to Google’s Gemini chatbot.
He Grew Obsessed With an AI Chatbot. Then He Vanished in the Ozarks
Jon Ganz committed a terrible crime in his youth, but he survived prison, fell in love, and started over. His new life unraveled in a way nobody could have predicted.
www.rollingstone.com
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Dr Ronni Googe, of the Mid Rim Network 🍉 @clembastow.bsky.social · 7d
God I would love the energy to write literally anything
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Dr Ronni Googe, of the Mid Rim Network 🍉 @clembastow.bsky.social · 8d
Nightmare update from the Show 2025: presumably AI generated “songs” plugging various products (ie chips on a stick) blasting from stalls
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Dr Ronni Googe, of the Mid Rim Network 🍉 @clembastow.bsky.social · 12d
Hooray!!! SOMEONE LIKE ME is out in the UK!! Thank you Verve for filming the IRL launch at Lighthouse starring two of our amazing new contributors @fergus.oolong.co.uk and @juliefarrell.bsky.social !!
Someone Like Me: Launching an Anthology of Non-Fiction by Autistic Writers
YouTube video by Lighthouse Bookshop
www.youtube.com
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Jonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 13d
Some people here love to dismiss ‘sportsball’ but S. African teams being banned from international competition was an important factor in ending Apartheid because it made their crimes real for non-political folk.
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 13d
It appears that there is an increasingly high chance Israel will be banned next week from UEFA due to its genocide in Gaza, which would in turn effectively end its hopes of qualifying for the World Cup.

I have heard this independently confirmed from another source.

www.thetimes.com/article/11e9...
Uefa members in favour of banning Israel from European football next week Pressure has ramped up on European football’s governing body after protests and the UN Commission’s declaration of genocide in Gaza exclusive
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pretty bug @inyourculture.bsky.social · 13d
the cultural crisis is straightforward: there are no longer any formal consequences for blatantly anti-social behavior, and the rest of us are constantly just getting lectured that we have to put up with these assholes making our lives worse
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 13d
Imagine if NPR had actually talked to safe streets advocates for this story and learned how the solutions to drivers killing people is not, in fact, victim blaming
You've heard of defensive driving — driving practices to help you stay safe on the road, like reducing your speed in bad weather or signaling before switching lanes. But what about defensive walking and cycling?
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Dr Ronni Googe, of the Mid Rim Network 🍉 @clembastow.bsky.social · 13d
Man, ALIEN3 and SLIPSTREAM would be an incredible “future dystopia that make you feel like you haven’t showered for a month” double bill
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