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Alfie Erin @alfieerin.bsky.social · 16h

A little under a month till A PARTIALLY MUSCLED SKELETON STANDS BY THE PERIMETER FENCE AND SCREAMS FOR THIRTY SECONDS BEFORE VANISHING... day!

Who’s up screaming my partially muscled skeletons?

Alfie Erin @alfieerin.bsky.social · 16h

Congratulations!!!!

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Alfie Erin @alfieerin.bsky.social · 21d

Issue 12 was crazy good tho, just one gut punch after the next. It’s defo in my top three ongoings rn I think.

Alfie Erin @alfieerin.bsky.social · 21d

It’s so funny to me that I wrote an article detailing how Batman’s interpersonal relationships are his biggest strength in the absolute universe two issues before all of that comes crashing down lmao.

Alfie Erin @alfieerin.bsky.social · Aug 26

I promise the article isn’t negative! I love this series and it’s a jumping off point question.

Comics Bulletin @comicsbulletin.bsky.social · Aug 26

Is ‘Absolute Batman’ Playing the Hits?

What more could Snyder have to say about the caped crusader?

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Alfie Erin @alfieerin.bsky.social · 21d

This is an objectively stupid observation from me but it’s always funny how two of the first people to play Superman on the screen shared a last name

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 21d

This is insane—a school is paying to put its students under AI surveillance, empowering a glitchy system to delete schoolwork, expose student journalists’ sources, and out queer students to their parents

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 21d

Anything students at a Kansas high school write can get “Gaggled” — flagged by Gaggle Safety Management, a digital tool that uses AI to scan documents and emails for signs of unsafe behavior.

But students say it’s doing much more than that.

AI safety tool sparks student backlash after flagging art as porn, deleting emails

The tool, called Gaggle, uses artificial intelligence to search student documents for signs of unsafe behavior, such as substance abuse or threats of violence.

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Molly Templeton @mollytempleton.com · Sep 14

he still has a job. how many people have been fired for saying much milder things about a right-wing figure?

The Associated Press @apnews.com · Sep 14

Fox News host Brian Kilmeade has apologized for advocating the execution of mentally ill homeless people.

Fox News' Brian Kilmeade apologizes for saying mentally ill homeless people should be executed

Fox News host Brian Kilmeade has apologized for advocating the execution of mentally ill homeless people.

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Alfie Erin @alfieerin.bsky.social · Sep 15

(I've been reading Cates Venom the past two or so weeks lol)

Alfie Erin @alfieerin.bsky.social · Sep 15

King in Black would be too excessive if it wasn't the culmination of 40+ issues of one of the best Marvel runs of the decade. It's breaking all the toys but in a way that feels earned.

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Alfie Erin @alfieerin.bsky.social · Sep 15

I think social media is a net negative to us on the whole if I'm being honest. But 5 minutes on that website just did terrible stuff to my mental health.

Alfie Erin @alfieerin.bsky.social · Sep 15

Opened Twitter for the first time in forever and jesus christ.

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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · Sep 11

So, this is a mandatory question on the developmental questionnaire we are required to fill out for NYC schools; and I am seething.

6. Using these exact words, ask your child, “Are you a girl or a boy?” Does your child answer correctly?

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Carrie @carebear620.bsky.social · Sep 8

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Alfie Erin @alfieerin.bsky.social · Sep 2

Wrote a review for @comicsbulletin.bsky.social on Closer, a one shot by Gillen and Lieber that comes out this Wednesday. Make sure to listen to “Close To You” by the Carpenters before picking it up though! Trust me, it adds a lot.

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'Closer #1' Review: Do You Hear the Music? - Comics Bulletin

It's a perfect 5/5 to Closer by Kieron Gillen and Steve Lieber. Do You Hear the Music? Check out our review!

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Alfie Erin @alfieerin.bsky.social · Sep 2

Tech journalism has become so rotted and sycophantic. Really needs to be uprooted as a field in a lot of ways.

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Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · Sep 2

The difference between the text of the post and the headline of the article below it is staggering

Euronews @euronews.com · Sep 1

About two-thirds of patients who were flagged by the AI stethoscope as potentially having heart failure did not actually have it.

AI stethoscope can detect heart issues in 15 seconds, UK doctors find

About two-thirds of patients who were flagged by the AI stethoscope as potentially having heart failure did not actually have it.

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Alfie Erin @alfieerin.bsky.social · Sep 2

Hank McCoy circa New X-Men

Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · Sep 1

I'm sorry, but genetic engineering is getting out of hand.

Abercrombie and Fitch bag with ripped male torso and bottom half of face. A cat in the bag gives top half of face.

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Alfie Erin @alfieerin.bsky.social · Sep 1

He’s gone from such a scaredy-cat around me to the sweetest little guy. We love an enemy to friends arc.

Alfie Erin @alfieerin.bsky.social · Sep 1

My roommate’s shy cat finally let me pick him up and hold him like a baby. Growth is possible!

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Alfie Erin @alfieerin.bsky.social · Aug 30

I’m so curious as to what happened lol, everyone on my timeline seems to be celebrating

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Alfie Erin @alfieerin.bsky.social · Aug 27

I’m not the most well read on it but I’m also pretty sure that ai stuff has been used by governments for profiling and helping with carrying out genocide. So this stuff probably has a body count in the thousands by now, or will within the foreseeable future.

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Alfie Erin @alfieerin.bsky.social · Aug 27

Maybe I’m wrong but as a general rule i feel like for every one that gets reported there are at least double that for ones that don’t get reported. Or at the very least cases where is was a contributing factor.

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Alfie Erin @alfieerin.bsky.social · Aug 27

I had the pleasure to go to an author event she did a few months back in Bushwick. She’s an amazing writer and so correct on this.

Her author event actually inspired me to do the zine I recently made.

Mari Cohn @maricohn.bsky.social · Aug 25

Transgender studies professor Dr. Susan Stryker tears Gavin Newsom a new one while accepting the Transgender Legacy Award from the California state legislature 🔥🔥🔥 @susanstryker.bsky.social

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Alfie Erin @alfieerin.bsky.social · Aug 26

I’m really bad at keeping up with modern fiction prose atm but a good sorta horror/detective mystery comic series is The One Hand &The Six Fingers!

One of my favorite comics I’ve read this year.

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