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Patti (tm) @pattithebard.bsky.social · 19h

The tickets I got for the Dimension 20 show are unreal, they could sense that I’m the biggest Starstruck Odyssey fan (circled in the photo)

Photo of arena showing where seat position for Dimension 20 show is

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

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.

buff.ly

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Kate Beaton @katebeaton.bsky.social · 1d

I have letter to the editor this week in our local paper.
Our community is, once again, facing a developer who wants to turn public, protected coastal land into a golf course. We've been here before. This time, it's shadier. And God knows it was shady last time. www.invernessoran.ca/top-story/co...

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Patti (tm) @pattithebard.bsky.social · 1d

Starstruck Odyssey is my favorite season I manifested this

Patti (tm) @pattithebard.bsky.social · 1d

VIVA MAS VEGAS BABY 😎

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Patti (tm) @pattithebard.bsky.social · 2d

Post ACL depression and also dusty lungs do be hitting

Patti (tm) @pattithebard.bsky.social · 2d

I’m too tired to be in a civil war can we do something else

Patti (tm) @pattithebard.bsky.social · 2d

This is what reading the news feels like rn

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Patti (tm) @pattithebard.bsky.social · 3d

Post ACL I always feel so crusty but there were amazing shows this year 😭

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 5d

The New York Times doesn't tell you why the alleged murderer said he sent pizzas to the victim's house just before he ran down the girl and her best friend. He said on video that he was getting revenge for social media comments about death of Charlie Kirk.

2 Teen Girls Died In a Hit-And-Run. Another Teen Faces Murder Charges.

www.nytimes.com

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InkyInGreen 🍂 @blackwallmancer.bsky.social · 6d

Found this on the AO3 subreddit, and I'm about to let it change my whole life (or at least work really hard to internalize it wrt my writing).

Someone's screenshot of a two-post twitter thread, from user blue (@bluewmist):

the fastest way to kill motivation is to make your identity depend on the outcome. it's called ego involvement. when failing becomes failing as a person, your brain starts avoiding the whole thing. not because you don't care, but because you care too much.

you don't need lower standards. you need less self-worth tangled up in your goals. the work gets easier when it's not about proving who you are.

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Patti (tm) @pattithebard.bsky.social · 4d

Have fun!!! I’m going to try and catch them at ACL 🤞

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 6d

yeah this is child abuse sorry

Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 7d

Some parents are letting their kids talk to ChatGPT in the guise of characters. Some are using it to tell bedtime stories or create coloring books.

"My son thinks ChatGPT is the coolest train loving person in the world. The bar is set so high now I am never going to be able to compete with that.”

‘My son genuinely believed it was real’: Parents are letting little kids play with AI. Are they wrong?

Some believe AI can spark their child’s imagination through personalized stories and generative images. Scientists are wary of its affect on creativity

www.theguardian.com

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 5d

comic book authors: we invented the punisher as a cautionary tale about vigilante crime fighting
the director of the fbi: at long last, we are implementing the ethos from the classic comic book the punisher

Sam @samd.bsky.social · 6d

reddit occupied government

Ken Dilanian
@DilanianMSNBC
Follow
The challenge coins being handed out by @FBIDirectorKash. Seems someone put a lot of thought into this.

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nattie winters @utilitylimb.bsky.social · 5d

to prove i am immune to harassment, i have made a tactical decision to flash red and become stunlocked

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Patti (tm) @pattithebard.bsky.social · 6d

I went to a Critical Role watch party and when Tyranny said anything we were hooting and hollering I love her LOL

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Patti (tm) @pattithebard.bsky.social · 6d

Initial thoughts on Critical Role: Wow the players gave Brennan so many children to kill

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Patti (tm) @pattithebard.bsky.social · 7d

Including food and transportation if you see three big acts you’ve basically gotten your money’s worth

Patti (tm) @pattithebard.bsky.social · 7d

I used to think ACL was expensive but with how crazy concert tickets are now it’s the budget option lmao

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Patti (tm) @pattithebard.bsky.social · 7d

Critical Role premiere save me

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Cheebs @chillbobagginz.bsky.social · 8d

this is how September felt

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 7d

We're getting a wave of articles that are like, "gee willikers it sure seems like the people who complained about 'cancel culture' for years really like canceling people."

Yes! This was extremely obvious at the time and a lot of us pointed it out!

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 7d

Some say canceling is an act of redress. Others blame it on a mob.

“People have used the word ‘cancel’ so loosely,” Ernest Owens author of “The Case for Cancel Culture,” said, “that everyone’s calling everything a cancellation.”