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J.C. Joranco @jcjoranco.bsky.social · 1d

Thomas Pynchon Has Been Warning Us About American Fascism the Whole Time

Paul Thomas Anderson’s adaptations of Thomas Pynchon’s novels—first Inherent Vice in 2014, and now One Battle After Another in 2025—may be tipping the scales, with more first-time Pynchon readers f…

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Sebastian Posth 🇪🇺 @posth.me · 8h

Commander, your words strike true. At last I can speak the way my brain’s been itching to, without alarming the civilians.

Sebastian Posth 🇪🇺 @posth.me · 19h

Every time we speak about "blobs" this come to mind 😅

vm.tiktok.com/ZGdaHPow3/

Sebastian Posth 🇪🇺 @posth.me · 20h

Oh, great. I haven't decided yet whether I'll go for the German translation. To be honest, I've read most of his books in excellent translations. – My literary vibe is still German. #LostInTranslation

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Sebastian Posth 🇪🇺 @posth.me · 20h

It's him, this year. #nobel

Sebastian Posth 🇪🇺 @posth.me · 1d

Shadow Ticket,
Thomas Pynchon
(2025)
bookshop.org/p/books/shad...

Shadow Ticket

Check out Shadow Ticket - The new novel from Thomas Pynchon, bestselling and award-winning author of Gravity's Rainbow, The Crying of Lot 49, Vineland, and Inherent Vice...

bookshop.org

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Sebastian Posth 🇪🇺 @posth.me · 1d

Is anyone aware of a domain-sharing bug in Bluesky? When following an external link to a webpage and then attempting to share that page back into Bluesky, the app crashes. Seems reproducible when returning from an in-app browser session.

Sebastian Posth 🇪🇺 @posth.me · 1d

Shadow Ticket,
Thomas Pynchon
(2025)
bookshop.org/p/books/shad...

Shadow Ticket

Check out Shadow Ticket - The new novel from Thomas Pynchon, bestselling and award-winning author of Gravity's Rainbow, The Crying of Lot 49, Vineland, and Inherent Vice...

bookshop.org

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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 1d

The 24 new books out today include titles by Thomas Pynchon, Chris Kraus, Cory Doctorow, and more!

Thomas Pynchon, Marisa Meltzer, Chris Kraus, and more: 24 new books out today!

The clock struck October, and with it, we welcomed in a slew of meaty, fascinating, and binge-worthy books. At long last, Thomas Pynchon’s Shadow Ticket, a much-anticipated work by the 88-yea…

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Center for European Policy Analysis @cepa.org · 4d

Europe’s Digital Markets Act: Conflict and Confusion | "Three years ago, Europe enacted a revolutionary regulation designed to rein in digital 'gatekeepers.' It's causing transatlantic tensions." William Echikson

Europe’s Digital Markets Act: Conflict and Confusion

Three years ago, Europe enacted a revolutionary regulation designed to rein in digital “gatekeepers.” It's causing transatlantic tensions.

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Sebastian Posth 🇪🇺 @posth.me · 5d

Nearly a third of all tracks uploaded to Deezer are now fully AI generated, says platform. www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/nearly-a-thi...

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Sebastian Posth 🇪🇺 @posth.me · 5d

Me, coming out of that 3 day meeting --> vm.tiktok.com/ZGdaus9KF/

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Ricardo Gutiérrez @molenews1.bsky.social · 5d

#Ukraine: French photojournalist Antoni Lallican killed by a drone in Donbas. This is the first time a journalist has been killed by a drone in Ukraine.
europeanjournalists.org/blog/2025/10...

Ukraine: French photojournalist Antoni Lallican killed by a drone in Donbas

The European and International Federations of Journalists (EFJ-IFJ) extend their condolences to the family and relatives of French photojournalist Antoni ...

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Galaxy Project @galaxyproject.bsky.social · 7d

On Day 1 of European Galaxy Days, Titusz Pan presented The ISCC Discovery Protocol: Decentralized signing, timestamping, and discovery for the International Standard Content Code (ISCC).
Read more: https://iscc.foundation/

@hhrhotz.bsky.social
##discovery ##EGD2025 ##decentralized ##iscc (1/2)

The ISCC Discovery Protocol: Decentralized signing, timestamping, and discovery for the International Standard Content Code (ISCC)

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Blaft Publications @blaft.bsky.social · 9d

These exquisite band trolleys from Lucknow are just a few of the many treasures to be found in Pooja Saxena's INDIA STREET LETTERING.

Releasing in December! Pre-order now for a discount! It's the perfect Christmas gift for graphic design buffs and type geeks!

www.blaft.com/products/ind...

The very colourful Amrit D.J. Band trolley (painted by Anwar Art) Photo (c) Pooja Saxena

Jai Bharat D.J. Band trolley (painted by Anwar Art) Photo (c) Pooja Saxena

Azad Band’s red, black, and white music trolley, painted by Md. Islam in Lucknow. (c) Pooja Saxena

A stack of India Street Lettering books on a blue background

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Sebastian Posth 🇪🇺 @posth.me · 9d

The blob size limits are defined by the hosting provider, right? So if you're thinking about launching a video subscription service, you'd not use the existing services (and host the files externally – also to offer premium paid access/services).

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Sebastian Posth 🇪🇺 @posth.me · 9d

Tbh, he doesn't have a lot to say to address today's issues.

Sebastian Posth 🇪🇺 @posth.me · 9d

Think about one account using Bluesky for post, Leaflet for micro blogging, @liccium.com for content certification, etc. – only one PDS hosts the signing key and the blobs for all apps. It's not possible to have one account but multiple PDS. So the user has to choose and trust one hoster.

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Sebastian Posth 🇪🇺 @posth.me · 10d

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Sebastian Posth 🇪🇺 @posth.me · 10d

Excellent post!

dan @danabra.mov · 12d

i wrote about atproto and why it matters

Open Social — overreacted

The protocol is the API.

overreacted.io

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Sebastian Posth 🇪🇺 @posth.me · 10d

Success. Curious how you will manage access. In my understanding, all content is public by default.

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Sebastian Posth 🇪🇺 @posth.me · 10d

So the USD lost 15% this year?!

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Sebastian Posth 🇪🇺 @posth.me · 10d

This would allow creators or users (or AI systems) to transparently disclose AI use so we do not need to guess. These "AI detectors" are not super accurate, so we recommend FAIR AI attribution.

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Sebastian Posth 🇪🇺 @posth.me · 10d

Together with Leiden University and GO FAIR Foundation, we are working on a system to flag content to disclose AI involvement: faia.liccium.com/technology/v...

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Sebastian Posth 🇪🇺 @posth.me · 10d

True.

Sebastian Posth 🇪🇺 @posth.me · 10d

sightengine.com/detect-ai-ge...

<-- I used this one, but f you google "AI detector" you'll find a lot of them. They compare perceptually or semantically similar content and come up with an evaluation. They may not be 100% accurate, but this image you can tell with quite some certainty.

AI image detector. Detect AI-generated media at scale

Check the authenticity and provenance of images with our AI image detector. Automatically detect fake images.

sightengine.com

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