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ouinne @ouinne.bsky.social · 2h

The only correct take on a fundamentally anti-human technology.

Screenshot of David Simon interview
SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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pawpaw @pawpaw72546.bsky.social · 2d

WHOA

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Paulina Ganucheau @paulinaganucheau.bsky.social · 3d

Just got an email from a hacked editor's account with a fake docusign link in it and I definitely tried to open it. Unsure if I got got tbh. Goddamn. Be careful.

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pawpaw @pawpaw72546.bsky.social · 4d

Not sure if it being the weekend factors into a lighter writing schedule for you -- but if it does, enjoy the weekend!

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pawpaw @pawpaw72546.bsky.social · 4d

For the appys:

www.ctvnews.ca/windsor/arti...

Salsa heist: $35,000 worth of dips stolen in Essex County, Ont.

Ontario Provincial Police in Essex County, Ont., say $35,000 worth of salsa and dips has been stolen during the theft of two tractor-trailers.

www.ctvnews.ca

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pawpaw @pawpaw72546.bsky.social · 6d

We've tried nothing and we're out of ideas

Willow @rockshrimp.bsky.social · 7d

what's the stupidest/randomest Simpsons quote that lives in your head rent free? Mine is the urge to say "you said go to bread" every time I am about to head to bed.

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Cholula @cholulaconamor.bsky.social · 8d

“Can I sip it?”
Yes, you can! 🍻

Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.bsky.social · Oct 2

A very good name for a beer.

A Tribe Called Quench Hazy IPA from Barrel Brothers

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Lou Inglese @chaos440.bsky.social · 11d

Got my performance review.

Old floppy drive with printed label 'Works, but makes Sad Noises'

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Alfred Hitchcock's Kevin Newburn @kevinnewburn.bsky.social · 10d

Artists, quote with something silly

An ink and marker drawing of the CloverGarfield Monster.

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Brandon Kennedy @bicycleidiot.bsky.social · 11d

RIP Kaleb Horton
kalebhorton.ghost.io/2025-so-far/

I also have advice. Everybody loves reading advice on the computer, so I'll share it: the best thing you can do right now is log off as hard as you can. Go outside, talk to people in real life where it's actually kind of rude to talk about the news, try to actually see the friends you usually just text message. Go for a long drive and turn the phone off while you do it. Get back into your hobbies or pick one and learn it for a while. Watch one of those studio movies that reviews called "wildly miscalculated" and you haven't seen since high school. Play an album you like but find embarrassing. Go to free community events even if they sound stupid. If you take the freeway, try the surface streets. Go to a bad diner and just order some bad coffee because even bad coffee is good coffee.
You can't help anybody when you're exhausted and keep posting one million college-educated rewordings of "I would love to be dead right now" on the computer. Walk away from the thing and try out some of those normal things you hear about and if you get bored that's wonderful because we're not supposed to get bored anymore. It turns out boredom is the Cadillac of feelings.

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Kaleb Horton @kalebhorton.bsky.social · Nov 22

Gonna write a Charles Bukowski poem. I call it "los angeles winter."

whiskey, good
women bad
but maybe
it's the other way
around

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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 12d

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH

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pawpaw @pawpaw72546.bsky.social · 12d

I wish Hoopla wasn't so cost prohibitive. My local library system first stopped offering comics on Hoopla, then discontinued using the service completely, all due to cost.

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Ruckawriter @gregrucka.com · 15d

Out tomorrow! LAZARUS: FALLEN #4! Published by @imagecomics.com, brought to you by the tallents of @airy.bsky.social @mercuryeric.bsky.social @michaellark.bsky.social @alejandrobot.com @richardhowe.bsky.social and Santi Arcas!

A ghost-like silhouette stands against a red-tinted stained glass window. Art by Michael Lark.

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LAZARUS @lazarus-comic.bsky.social · 21d

In case you didn't get the memo, there's a new issue of LAZARUS Fallen next week ⚔️
@gregrucka.com
@michaellark.bsky.social
Santiago Arcas
@alejandrobot.com
@airy.bsky.social
@mercuryeric.bsky.social
@richardhowe.bsky.social
@imagecomics.com

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pawpaw @pawpaw72546.bsky.social · 22d

Not sure what region I would pick...but A is definitely the worst option, right? You'd have some nice beer options, and some rich French cuisine. But otherwise you've got a lifetime of bland British food in store

Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 22d

For the rest of your life, you can only eat food from one of these regions. Which do you choose?

For more maps: brilliantmaps.beehiiv.com/s...

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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 24d

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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pawpaw @pawpaw72546.bsky.social · 24d

It's only in Southern Ontario

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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 26d

All I saw was cheesecake boat and ocean for at least 5 minutes

Photo of a missing slice of cheesecake that looks like a cheesecake hull floating in a deep blue ocean. The "ocean" is actually the blueberry topping on the large cheesecake that we don't see completely.

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pawpaw @pawpaw72546.bsky.social · 25d

Just the acronym "McDCU" seems just so incredibly on brand, from what I recall

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pawpaw @pawpaw72546.bsky.social · 25d

Likewise, long time no see krisis!

pawpaw @pawpaw72546.bsky.social · 26d

He's supposed to be working on his One World Under Doom book report! It's not going to write itself

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pawpaw @pawpaw72546.bsky.social · 27d

Sometimes you're scrolling YouTube and you see a video that just makes you think " @danthemcmahon.bsky.social must be made aware of this...unless maybe they somehow sponsored or created it?" 🤔🤔🤔

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The Convoluted History Of McDonald's Characters

YouTube video by Weird History Food

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pawpaw @pawpaw72546.bsky.social · 27d

When is his book report due?

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Ruckawriter @gregrucka.com · Sep 8

Repeating with proper linkage -- new newsletter today, talking process, heists and Cheetah & Cheshire Rob the Justice League #2! Free!

Might make you smile, and God knows we could use some smiles....

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16 - Whackjobs Need Not Apply

A Greg Rucka newsletter

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