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priscilla page @priscillapage.bsky.social · 1h

screenshot from The Insider - Russell Crowe's Jeffrey Wigand seen from behind in a white collared shirt and gray wig, standing slightly off-center (on the right side of the frame) in his dark hotel room. caption for Pacino's Lowell Bergman (in voiceover) reads, "I'm running out of heroes, man"

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Canadian Snark Lady and Potato Lover @kristadb1.bsky.social · 11h

OH THANK GOD.

The Octopus Gallery @octopusgallery.bsky.social · 13h

Good news for sewists: the paper pattern company feared lost to bankruptcy has been saved as an independent company.

craftindustryalliance.org/sewing-patte...

Sewing Patterns Rise from DGA Bankruptcy Ashes - Craft Industry Alliance

The “Big 4” sewing patterns are saved. Simplicity, McCall’s, Vogue & Butterick get new life under Rubelmann Capital.

craftindustryalliance.org

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 18h

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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Alex Hanna-ween @alexhanna.bsky.social · 3h

As an instructor, I'd rather see your fever dream, No Doze-fueled 4AM essays written at an IHOP rather than anything generated by an LLM.

Hope this helps

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 6h

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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Elisabeth Van Every @e-van-every.bsky.social · 2h

Jason Blum needs to shut the fuck up and make better movies.

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 9h

Jason Blum says Hollywood should 'embrace AI' and viewers 'don't care if what they’re looking at is AI"

"it’s here to stay. It’s very important to use it ethically and legally, and for studios and guilds to protect the copyright of the artists"

(via Variety)

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Elisabeth Van Every @e-van-every.bsky.social · 2h

a black and white photo of a woman talking on a telephone

Alt: Myrna Loy as Nora Charles in THE THIN MAN. She is talking to someone on the telephone and scrunches up her face in annoyance in response to something the other person says.

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Elisabeth Van Every @e-van-every.bsky.social · 3h

Well, got myself to start one of the things I need to do; it's a creative project and YET AGAIN my ideas are wildly mismatched with my materials. Something got done but it's not at all what I envisioned. And there's glitter all over my workspace. 🤪

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Elisabeth Van Every @e-van-every.bsky.social · 4h

[pretend there's a GIF here of Nora saying, "I'm glad you're not a detective!"]

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all hallows eve-run enjoyer @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social · 7h

you can’t even occupy an american city without getting laughed at anymore, because of croak

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TrustedReveler @trustedreveler.bsky.social · 1d

LA: we will fight you.

Chicago: we will fight you.

PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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DuendeonSpooko @duendeonfuego.bsky.social · 16h

Dance party protests might be one of the best moves right now.

These make fascists look ridiculous, counter the "Portland is dangerous" narrative, and showcase joy and community at a time when those things are in short supply. Keep it up.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 1d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 6h

California passes law requiring social media companies to remove your personal data when you delete your account 📱

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 7h

This is the lesson of 2025

Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 8h

he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity

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Chuck Taggart, Private Eye @sazeracla.bsky.social · 5h

The girlfriend of one of the founders of Antifa.

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Elisabeth Van Every @e-van-every.bsky.social · 5h

Heh. I ran a magazine at my last job. For one issue I was forced to do a profile of a specific person. But it was short & I needed to fill more space. I created a theme out of thin air & wrote relevant short profiles of two other people the day before I had to send the whole magazine into layout.

Laura Lorson @lauralorson.net · 5h

We should all tell our stories like this...mine is "the time I totally forgot about an essay and cranked out a paper on Deleuze & Guattari's Anti-Oedipus in two hours and ended up winning an award for it"

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 6h

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.

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Elisabeth Van Every @e-van-every.bsky.social · 5h

I gave myself too many things to do and I could choose not to do some of them, but then I would be angry with myself. In response to this I am revenge-procrastinating and really glad I bought Fudgecicles the last time I was at the grocery store.

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Elisabeth Van Every @e-van-every.bsky.social · 5h

The day I managed to combine Victoriangoth, dark academia, and postpunk in the same outfit I felt like I had finally found myself.

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 5h

The IDF took 3D animations from the Scottish Maritime Museum, a cyberpunk project and other places to make shit up about Gaza, Lebanon and Iran and these were reproduced in international outlets for the past 2 years.

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 15h

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

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J.M. Berger @jmberger.com · 5h

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 5h

Two big GOP activists from Oregon were in DC last month for meetings with Trump admin officials. On their podcast they talk about a plan they discussed to nullify the results of Oregon's 2026 federal elections. Pass federal voter ID law, then refuse to seat OR delegation because OR didn't comply.

Ep. 18: September to Remember
October 6 • S1 E18 • 44 min
Also, we proposed a idea how to do a end run on vote by mail. Concept is based on what Trump proposed. When you vote, you check everyone's citizenship as well as voter ID.
In a vote by mail state, you might be able to check citizenship during voter registration. You can send copies of your passport and your birth certificate in.
How in the world are you going to check our voters?
Voter ID, right? Vote by mail. So that creates a problem for Oregon.
But if federal government new requirement is to check both, and if Oregon can comply with the requirements, what would happen to our election result? I'm talking about the entire federal delegation.
For federal elections, we're talking about only federal elections.
COMMON SENSE
Vascluar

Ep. 18: September to Remember
October 6 • S1 E18 • 44 min
So entire federal delegation, congressmen and senators could be challenged, could be unseated because you didn't follow federal requirements to elect them. So I said the trade-off is worth it. You know why?
Democrats control two Senate seats out of six congressional seats. We only control one. They control five.
You talk about trade-off, right?
COMMON SENSE
Sanctuany

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Jill Blake @biscuitkitten.bsky.social · 5h

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca

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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 6h

What's your Autumn look?

1. cozy sweater witch
2. exhausted elder goth
3. weird mossy shape
4. rust & shadow

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Elisabeth Van Every @e-van-every.bsky.social · 5h

STOP MAKING ME CHOOSE. Geez.

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Elisabeth Van Every @e-van-every.bsky.social · 5h

I wrote (many of them by hand, in cursive!) every paper I ever submitted the night before they were due. GenAI was not a thing in those ancient days, nor was the internet, but I cannot imagine resorting to Ch*tGPT for those works even now.

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 6h

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.

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💖 Birdhism Jen @birdhism.com · 13h

*BOOP*

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 5h

A reporter asked me what my conversations have been like with GOP WA Reps Newhouse and Baumgartner.

Nonexistent—they've been on vacation.

But if they WERE here, I'd say it's YOUR constituents that are most at risk. You need to talk to Speaker Johnson about protecting health care.

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