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Travis Johnson @travisjj.bsky.social · 5h

Travis Johnson @travisjj.bsky.social · Aug 6

As the winter of my years approaches, like the skalds of old I impart wisdom on the flower of youth.

Travis Johnson @travisjj.bsky.social · 1d

If you're into fairy folklore and related ephemera, this is an essential reference book. In fact, I just realised my old paperback seems to have disappeared, so that was an easy buy.

The Folklore Society @folkloresociety.bsky.social · 1d

A new edition of Katharine Briggs's Dictionary of Fairies was published last month, illustrated by Fee Greening. In tomorrow's online talk, Fee will be in conversation about her illustrations for the book, as well as her other work and influences. 7 Oct, 7pm BST www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fee-greeni...

Image of the cover Briggs's Dictionary of Fairies on a green background with accompanying illustrations of mermaids by Fee Greening and the wording 'A new edition of Katharine Briggs's short A-Z of Folklore, with beautiful, bespoke illustrations by Fee Greening'.

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Travis Johnson @travisjj.bsky.social · 1d

Ah! Spielberg's AI (and man, I had to wrack my brains for that one).

Travis Johnson @travisjj.bsky.social · 1d

High-Rise surely counts but you're right, we've seen very few.

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Travis Johnson @travisjj.bsky.social · 1d

Wait what

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Travis Johnson @travisjj.bsky.social · 1d

What is surprising is how low the bar is. We thought it'd be some perfect simulation or, at the cruder end, a hot wire twisted into the hypothalamus. Instead it's Disney Princesses with seventeen fingers and Trump as a space marine or some shit.

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Travis Johnson @travisjj.bsky.social · 1d

The exact mechanism and capital's both-boots-in embrace is a bit outside the box, but the ol' electronic lotus eater machine is a well established trope.

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Travis Johnson @travisjj.bsky.social · 1d

But we did see it coming. Fucking WALL-E saw it coming.

Bruno Redondo @brunoredondo.bsky.social · 4d

This is so sad, and so true already… our end by our own hands in a way we never saw coming.

MiMi Aye @meemalee.bsky.social · 4d

Author and filmmaker Justine Bateman on generative AI

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Travis Johnson @travisjj.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING NEWS: many, many Americans.

Travis Johnson @travisjj.bsky.social · 1d

Awesome!

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Hi, it's Abby. Yep. @itsabbyyep.bsky.social · May 23

Welcome to America

A sign in a parking lot reads:
NOTICE
MUST BE CUSTOMER AT ALL TIMES

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Travis Johnson @travisjj.bsky.social · 1d

Ah, an original Broccolini.

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Elise Wang @elisewang.bsky.social · 1d

One of the more incredible stories out of LA this year has been how a taco review blog became the best on-the-ground coverage of ICE raids in the city.

They do a dispatch every day, follow-up on the kidnapped people (which almost no media outlet has done), and fact-check government claims.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

@lataco.bsky.social first began as a blog documenting local Mexican cuisine. Now, it’s an essential reporting powerhouse to the city as Trump’s mass deportation plot unfolds.

Check out the latest from our friends at Reveal: tinyurl.com/4cm2bsdr

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 1d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 1d

For every €1 provided through a Basic Income For Artists pilot program in Ireland, the government got €1.46 back. So it’s being made permanent.

Over and over we see it. It saves public money to provide public housing. And it makes public money to provide basic income.

We can’t afford to NOT do it.

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 1d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

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Travis Johnson @travisjj.bsky.social · 2d

I try not to share too much of this stuff, but this is psychopathic.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2d

President Trump called the deadly U.S. military strikes on boats in the Caribbean Sea “an act of kindness,” claiming that the attacks had halted drug trafficking via those waters into the United States.

Trump Calls Deadly Strikes on Boats in Caribbean an ‘Act of Kindness’

The president, speaking aboard an aircraft carrier off Norfolk, Va., repeated his claims that the boats were trafficking drugs bound for the United States.

nyti.ms

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Travis Johnson @travisjj.bsky.social · 2d

I swear to God, if you learn any five things about the defenders of the Alamo, you'll get a Santa Anna tattoo.

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Travis Johnson @travisjj.bsky.social · 2d

If we get some of that sweet "Davy Crockett died because he believed his own press" juice...

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Travis Johnson @travisjj.bsky.social · 2d

Oh, this is gonna be fun

Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast @lionsledbydonkeys.bsky.social · 2d

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨The first in our four-part series about the Texas Revolution, a story in which some of the drunkest and worst-smelling guys of the 19th century decided to break away from Mexico for... reasons (slavery)
m.soundcloud.com/llbdpodcast/...

Episode 383 - The Texas Revolution: Part 1

Stream Episode 383 - The Texas Revolution: Part 1 by Lions Led By Donkeys on desktop and mobile. Play over 320 million tracks for free on SoundCloud.

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Travis Johnson @travisjj.bsky.social · 2d

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · 2d

I learned about Sports Thumb Jim Gavin dropping out of the Irish Presidential election from @tupped.bsky.social's The Gist this morning and I owe it to you to share this relevant passage, which got my week off to a great start:

The Long Game
Imagine you are a tenant, in the worst financial crash in living memory, and you discover that over three thousand of your very precious and irreplaceable euros have been sent by your idiot bank to your previous landlord.
And then he won't give them back. Not then, but also, not later either.
He just keeps the money, because that is how Irish private landlords behave. You pay a deposit to a landlord and then they try anything on to refuse to give it back.
Now imagine you spend the next 16 years seething every time that landlord appears on the
TV, being fêted for his sporting triumphs, receiving state appointments and still never giving you your money.
And now, and I invite you to imagine this in full 8k Hi-Def Surround Sound, imagine seeing that guy announce he was running to be President and realising you were going to tell your story and End It.

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Travis Johnson @travisjj.bsky.social · 2d

I keep a scrupulously curated timeline.

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Travis Johnson @travisjj.bsky.social · 2d

Genuinely need people to stop thinking that the Epstein Files are some kinda Holy Grail or, indeed, even the most important element in play right now.

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Travis Johnson @travisjj.bsky.social · 2d

Frankenstein: I didn't care for it.

Review: Guillermo Del Toro's Frankenstein Never Quite Comes To Life

Frankenstein has long been Guillermo del Toro's dream project, but the lauded fantasist fails to bring the horror legend to life.

bluntmag.com.au

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Travis Johnson @travisjj.bsky.social · 2d

Just said the same thing. They gotta know.

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Travis Johnson @travisjj.bsky.social · 2d

Moisturiser and sunscreen every day.

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 5d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

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