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Debbie Moon @debbiemoon.bsky.social · 8h

If only we could persuade the tourists of that 😂

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Writers Guild of America West @wgawest.bsky.social · 8h

Our new Board of Directors at their first meeting— ready to defend writers’ creative and economic rights! #WGAStrong

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Alice Bennett but scarier @aliceponderland.bsky.social · 10h

Shout out to all my fellow arts and humanities graduates in the UK with our rip off degrees- many of us may not be the biggest earners but I would argue have generally been considerably better contributors to society than vast majority of the Tory party.

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Sophie Petzal @sonicscrewup.bsky.social · 8h

Maxine Peake and Shirley Henderson and Peter Mullen are fantastic. Also some young actors in there with Tourettes’ syndrome who are truly excellent. Robert Aramayo puts in an award winning turn. So excited to see how his career develops. That’s a generational actor, I think.

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Sophie Petzal @sonicscrewup.bsky.social · 8h

Remarkable movie, and astonishing central performance. Made me think how infrequently we see this kind of film now. Grounded, social realism, very British drama. Good to see posters everywhere and a cinema release. Old school British cinema that isn’t only twee or ‘old person does something quirky.’

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Brad M. Johnson @bradmjohnson.com · 8h

WRITERS: the 2026 GREY LIST submission window will open Monday, Nov. 3!

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#filmsky #scriptsky

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Debbie Moon @debbiemoon.bsky.social · 8h

Coed 🌳🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 9h

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

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Boze the Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 9h

Chatbots and AI slop are going to ruin countless brains. Yours doesn't have to be one of them. Study history. Read poetry. Get acquainted with Bach, Shakespeare, George Eliot. In a time when people are rapidly getting dumber, we need communities devoted to the life of the mind.

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Mo Moshaty @momoshaty.bsky.social · 9h

Our book is so sexy I can’t stand it!
🖤🙏🏽🖤🙏🏽🖤🙏🏽🖤

🔪 To Meet You @ear-a-corn.bsky.social · 9h

Hehehehe look what I got in the mail today! Y’all should go checm out CLAIRVIOLENCE by @momoshaty.bsky.social from @tenebrouspress.bsky.social i hear the guy who did the cover’s pretty cool too, wonder who that was 👀

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Jennifer Grand-Guignol 🔪🩸 @jennifergrand.bsky.social · 9h

Y'all remember in the 90s, they launched WOW! Doritos with Olestra?

Then almost overnight, every chip product on the shelf had Olestra jammed in?

Only it inhibited absorption of nutrients and gave everyone loose stools, abdominal cramps and anal leakage.

AI is only here to stay if we consume it!

The WOW! versions of Lays, Doritos and Ruffles

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Joseph Knoop @josephknoop.bsky.social · 9h

Extra funny when you think about how Sinners, which features Michael B. Jordan gunning down Klansmen in broad daylight in slow-mo, is the 10th highest-grossing R-rated film of all time - higher than The Hangover, 300, Logan, John Wick 4, etc....

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 10h

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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🔪Akilla Booper👻 @akelacooper.bsky.social · 9h

I'll repeat this until the LLMs bubble finally bursts: We were told NFTs were "the future" "here to stay" and "inevitable"

Where's that market now.

britt hayes @britthates.bsky.social · 12h

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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Amberley Museum @amberleymuseum.bsky.social · 16h

This is Ada Lovelace, daughter of Lord Byron and considered to be the first person to write a computer programme which was for Babbage's Analytical Machine. She died in 1842
In her honour, today is Ada Lovelace Day and is all about encouraging women and girls in mathematics, science and engineering.

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britt hayes @britthates.bsky.social · 12h

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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Lisa Holdsworth @lisaholdsworth.bsky.social · 17h

Leeds peeps!

Do you like daft quizzes? ✔️

Do you like cheese (vegan options available)? ✔️

Do you like a tombola? ✔️

Do you like the warm feeling you get from knowing you've helped care-experienced young people have an amazing Christmas? ✔️

Then have I got an event for you...

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kate conger @kateconger.com · 12h

Jonathan Rinderknecht, a white man, was charged with starting the Palisades Fire. But on X, the company's news summary tab shows a photo of a black man.

Screenshot depicting posts on X, one showing the suspect accused of starting the Palisades Fire, a white man. The X news tab reports on the suspect's arrest, but shows a photo of a black man instead.

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no context our flag means death @ofmdnocontext.bsky.social · 8d

Stede Bonnet, gesturing to a section in his auxiliary wardrobe: Autumn vibe.

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 11h

His wit’s as thick as Tewksbury mustard

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Debbie Moon @debbiemoon.bsky.social · 11h

*thinks briefly* Nah, changed my mind. You can't have my cat.

Notorious P.I.G. (Your Halloween Hogmother) 🐽 @anotoriouspig.bsky.social · Dec 11

Aragorn: you have my sword

Legolas: and my bow

Gimli: and my axe

Me: and my cat

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John Gary @johngary.bsky.social · 12h

Which is to say I am not surprised that low-budget low-effort low-goal content is extensively utilizing LLMs to drive down cost.

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Carole Kirschner @carolekirschner.bsky.social · 12h

That Hollywood meeting you're nervous about? Flip the script: they WANT you to be great. They're hoping you'll be the writer who solves their problems. When you realize they're rooting for your success, anxiety transforms into your secret weapon.
#scriptsky

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Cat Lady Belvedia @catladybel.bsky.social · 13h

Out of curiosity, I ran some of my writing through an AI checker to see if it flagged any of it as AI generated. I gave it an allowance for the grammatical suggestions made by Word, but even then the checker tried to tell me 35% of my manuscript was AI generated.

Even these detectors ain't shit.

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Ann Leckie @annleckie.com · 12h

Oh, look, a cover!

www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/ann-l...

Radiant Star

Space opera's sharpest mind returns to the world of the Imperial Radch in this brilliant standalone from award-winning author Ann Leckie. The Temporal Locati...

www.hachettebookgroup.com

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Keri Ferencz @keriferencz.bsky.social · 12h

If this were true, it wouldn’t need to be an advertorial.

The Ankler @theankler.com · 1d

The “GPT-5 pass” has gone from curiosity to mandate. Scripts, trailers, pitch decks are all being filtered through an AI model that remembers every draft and forgets what originality looks like. @erikbarmack.bsky.social on Hollywood’s uneasy reset:
theankler.com/p/run-it-thr...

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Omar Khan @omaromalleykhan.bsky.social · 1d

I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter

Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them

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