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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 18m

In a hundred years Bob Ross will be known as one of the great masters.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 12h

Thirty paintings by Bob Ross are set to be auctioned to support public television stations. The Bonhams auction begins Nov. 11 in Los Angeles with three of the paintings.

Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts

Thirty paintings by Bob Ross are set to be auctioned to support public television stations. The Bonhams auction is to begin Nov. 11 in Los Angeles with three of the paintings.

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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 3h

WHERE IS HE GETTING THIS FROM

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 4h

It appears that the narrative audiobook version of the second Eric Carter book, BROKEN SOULS, is on sale until 11/2 if you are so inclined to check it out.

www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...

PROVIDED THIS DOESN'T GET MARKED AS SPAM OR ANYTHING

50% OFF Broken Souls

Sister murdered, best friend dead, married to the patron saint of death, Santa Muerte. Necromancer Eric Carter's return to Los Angeles hasn't gone well, and it's about to get even worse...

www.audiobooks.com

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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 5h

I'm sure the same thing would happen. I don't know how many posted links would trigger it being labeled spam and eventually I imagine they'd just kill it outright.

And I'm way too tired to deal with it.

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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 6h

You are a true friend.

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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 6h

Honestly, I wouldn't mind it so much if I got actual Spam out of it.

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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 6h

Same.

Joseph Fink @planetoffinks.bsky.social · 6h

this is how I, a resident of LA, found out that the Palisades fire was arson, that they caught the guy, and that he used gen AI to work his way up to doing the crime

niki grayson @nikigrayson.com · 7h

the city of los angeles burned in january in part because of a man who couldn’t stop generating images of burning cities on ChatGPT, and then after he lit the fire he asked if the fire he started was his fault

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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 7h

And a fuckton of packing tape.

Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 8h

Either way, it was fun while it lasted. So go out and buy books.

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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 8h

I don't know if it was triggered by auto-moderation or somebody complained.

If it was a person complaining, hey, your prerogative. Though I do wonder why you're following me.

I'll be more annoyed if it was auto-moderation, since I've been doing this for years without this happening.

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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 8h

I AM OUT OF THE SPAM HOLE!

So, yeah, I won't be doing the whole Enshillening thing anymore. I'll still promote authors' books but this was a pain in the ass.

Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 1d

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

So, my shilling other people's books here has resulted in my account being labeled as spam for the next 24 hours.

Fair enough. I've been called worse.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 11h

JUST IN: The Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska’s second biggest city, lost re-election last night to a Democrat.

Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 14h

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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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 18h

Why is your heart so filled with hate?

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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 20h

No idea. It'll be clear sometime tomorrow, so everything should be visible then.

Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 21h

"And is the invisible Democrat in the room with us right now, Mister President?"

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 1d

Ruben Gallego on whether Trump is talking to Democrats:

“Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia, so I think there's a he's probably talking to himself, or think he's talking to a Democrat, but I sincerely doubt that that's actually he's actually physically talking to a Democrat.“

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Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 1d

Jessica Tarlov: I'm stunned that Republicans want to draw attention to this because... the senators who were part of this investigation are not just random names that he picked off a list, but people who were named in Jack Smith's charging documents for trying to turn over a free and fair election.

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Katie Slivensky @kslivensky.bsky.social · 1d

This is my Tom Holland Umbrella video.

Grem, of 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐏 🔜 MCAtlanta! @gremlin.world · 3d

I will never not repost this

(Sound on for maximum effect)

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Ana Visneski @oceanbound.bsky.social · 1d

As a comms pro- bravo on this thread. This is how you communicate this sort of thing.

Rudy wants revolution. @rude1.blacksky.team · 1d

I hear and see your concerns. Over the weekend, a couple users hosted on Blacksky's PDS were banned from the Bluesky app and thus the Bluesky API servers. This was a weakness of our system I've been aware of and hoped we had more time to address before any kind of public incident. 1/11

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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 1d

Apparently I touted too many books at once. AND SO I AM NOW MY OWN FAVORITE BREAKFAST MEAT.

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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 1d

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

So, my shilling other people's books here has resulted in my account being labeled as spam for the next 24 hours.

Fair enough. I've been called worse.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER