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Matt Morrison

@senseistarman.com

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Librarian. Freelance writer/editor and comics historian. Cosplayer. General Know-It-All and Doctor of Many Things. KabOOOOOm. SuperHeroHype. No Flying, No Tights. Opinions are my own. He/him. https://linktr.ee/senseistarman

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Matt Morrison @senseistarman.com · Jan 20

Just cancelled all my Prime and Audible subscriptions.

Trying out Libro which lets you download audio books and support local book stores.

Also, if you sign up for a Libro subscription now, you can get two free audio books. Just use the promo code SWITCH.

libro.fm/referral?rf_...

Buy audiobooks & support local bookstores

Libro.fm makes it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through local bookstores.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Matt Morrison @senseistarman.com · 15m

John Carter. A great movie that could have been a franchise if Disney had any idea how to market it.

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 1h

’The only way to make today's AI investments profitable is for the sector to bring in $2 trillion by 2030 – more than the combined revenue of Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Apple, Nvidia and Meta.’

pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/e...

Pluralistic: The real (economic) AI apocalypse is nigh (27 Sep 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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Matt Morrison @senseistarman.com · 8h

#LetsPlay #DungeonKeeper2 - Part 4

In which we recruit the Dark Elves and use our new Possession spell to lead our troops into battle personally.

Sensei Starman Plays Dungeon Keeper 2 - Part 4

YouTube video by Sensei Starman

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Matt Morrison @senseistarman.com · 8h

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

Cosplayer Zbexx dressed as Black Canary.

Matt Morrison @senseistarman.com · 8h

Just the parts about what the Germans did that was so bad, so we can then talk about how great America was to give all those Nazi scientists jobs after the war.

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Evan Dorkin @evandorkin.bsky.social · 10h

Jim Lee openly disparaging AI in no way guarantees anything, no one knows what the future of AI is and no one knows who will be in charge at DC Comics down the line. But I think it's important that a popular artist publicly shot AI down. Fans and artists ignorant of or using AI need to hear this.

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Sara Gaiser @akrazia.bsky.social · 12h

This guy was very active in staging right-wing rallies in Berkeley during Trump's last term and generating film of confrontations with "antifa" counter protesters.

Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 12h

🧵 Trump is criminally invading states under false pretenses. His supporters are trying to instigate violence by dressing as antifa and committing crimes.

In this clip from Portland, Joey Gibson of "Patriot Prayer" and his fiancée, Lindsey Nichols, tried to cause trouble before being forced away.

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Matt Morrison @senseistarman.com · 10h

They already did.

Bethesda deletes Indiana Jones and the Great Circle "fascist" clip after accusations that it mocks Charlie Kirk

Bethesda's now-deleted X post appears to have been part of a wider social media push for the new Indiana Jones and the Great Circle DLC.

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Heidi MacDonald @comixace.bsky.social · 15h

"That's the point – the smudge, the rough line, the hesitation - that's what makes my work come alive." - Jim Lee talking about why DC will never use AI storytelling. "AI doesn't dream, feel or make art, it aggregates it."

@jimlee.bsky.social speaking very passionately at Retailer Day. #nycc

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 22h

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.

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Matt Morrison @senseistarman.com · 17h

What happens when the Clown Queen of Crime and Mistress of the Dark join forces in #HarleyQuinnXElvira? An epic #Halloween crossover!

10/10. No notes beyond READ THIS COMIC if you like #Elvira and/or #HarleyQuinn.

Harley Quinn X Elvira #1 Review: Perfect Pair Lead DC Crossover - Comic Book Movies and Superhero Movie News - SuperHeroHype

What happens when the Clown Queen of Crime and Mistress of the Dark join forces in Harley Quinn X Elvira? An epic Halloween crossover!

www.superherohype.com

Matt Morrison @senseistarman.com · 17h

The retro #SpiderMan mini-series #AmazingSpiderManTorn presents a thoughtful new examination of the college years of #PeterParker.

Highly recommended to all Spider-Fans and anyone curious what it would have been like had @straczynski.bsky.social been allowed to turn back the clock after OMD.

Amazing Spider-Man: Torn #1 Review: New Take on Peter Parker - Comic Book Movies and Superhero Movie News - SuperHeroHype

The retro Spider-Man mini-series Torn presents a thoughtful new examination of the college years of Peter Parker.

www.superherohype.com

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EK @ekplayscards.bsky.social · 1d

Hey PSA to my YT people out there but Auto-Dubbing using AI is getting automatically enabled on your channel and opting out of it is buried deep in the depths of your channel.

Turn it off here:
Settings > Upload Defaults > Advanced Settings

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Matt Morrison @senseistarman.com · 1d

📚 It’s Banned Books Week. Book bans don’t protect kids — they censor them. Stand with libraries, stand with readers, stand for the #FreedomToRead. ✊ #BannedBooksWeek #StopBookBans Sign the pledge today! via @everylibrary.bsky.social

action.everylibrary.org/bookbanpledge

Pledge to Protect the Freedom to Read

This Banned Books Week (October 5–11, 2025), join EveryLibrary and We Believe in standing up for every reader’s right to read and access every story.

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jen sometimes aph 🌻 @bunnibytz.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s the CBS News report about ICE making bogus 911 calls and filing false police reports in Chicago.

ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social

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Gilbert #NewDeal4Animation @discord12395.bsky.social · 6d

This is a warning to every artists and clients using PayPal: Leave the note blank or send invoices. Apparently even saying "commission" makes them trigger happy. #SaveSpeech #StopPaypros

And continue the pressure by calling PayPal. Helpful link here: anti-censorship-campaign.carrd.co#phonescript

@Inker_comics: I JUST GOT FUCKED UP REAL BAD [shared a screenshot of his suspension from PayPal]

@MrQuessos: [quote tweeting @Inker_comics] If you are going to pay an artist via PayPal, please DO NOT include ANYTHING related to commission or nsfw in the payment description. Whether out of ignorance or innocence, you could screw up someone's job.

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KabOOOOOm.com @kabooooom.com · 1d

#DallasFanFestiva2025l offered a fun family festival leading into #Halloween.

Check out our #cosplay gallery!

@fanexpodallas.bsky.social #DallasFanFestival

DALLAS FAN FESTIVAL 2025 [Gallery]

Dallas Fan Festival offered a fun family festival leading into Halloween.

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Matt Morrison @senseistarman.com · 1d

Context.

Taylor Swift Fans Furious as She's Caught Using Sloppy AI in Video for New Album

Hot off the heels of the release of her new album, pop star Taylor Swift has been accused of using AI slop to promote the record.

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Matt Morrison @senseistarman.com · 1d

I'm going to laugh my ass off so hard if the thing that finally makes the Swifties turn on Taylor is her using cheap ass AI for her viral marketing stunt.

And then I will cry because we live in the fucking stupidest dystopia.

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KabOOOOOm.com @kabooooom.com · 2d

@jimzub.bsky.social and Alex Horley partner on a historic tale fit for a king. #KingConan, that is!

Matt reviews #ConanTheBarbarian #25, rating it 5/5 - kabOOOOOm! Check it out on October 8!

CONAN THE BARBARIAN #25 [Advance Review]

Jim Zub and Alex Horley partner on a historic tale fit for a king. King Conan, that is!

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Luke W. Henderson @lukewhenderson.bsky.social · 2d

Official news now

www.shawlocal.com/daily-journa...

Momence’s Baker & Taylor to close

The book is being closed on a Momence employment fixture as book publisher Baker & Taylor informed workers Monday the site is being closed.

www.shawlocal.com

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 2d

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

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Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want.
To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough,
, just so
other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it.
Gross.

And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 2d

“…that Sora is being used for stalking and harassment will likely not be an edge case, because deepfaking yourself and others into videos is one of its core selling points.”

Far from an edge case, it’s the primary use case.

Stalker Already Using OpenAI's Sora 2 to Harass Victim

A journalist claims that her stalker used Sora 2, the latest video app from OpenAI, to churn out videos of her.

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Matt Morrison @senseistarman.com · 2d

I regret that I have but one like to give this post.

Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · 3d

It's #bannedbooksweek and the book banners who stalk my account for things to screenshot are back on their 'BoOk BaNs ArE a HoAx bullshit, so I dare them to screenshot this thread.

Funny, they try to stir up rage about most any banned book post, but they never shared these, huh, weird, wonder why.

Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · Jul 5

Book banners always seem confused about how we can call something a ban if the books are still available elsewhere.

I'll put this in a way they'll understand.

When your outreach leader was barred from going within 2500 feet of a playground?

Still a ban even though they sell slides on Amazon.

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