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Amanda Cook

@amandacook627.bsky.social

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Writer, artist, cosplayer. Fiction at Apex, Etherea, Apparition Lit, Wyngraf. Poetry at The Future Fire & Kaleidotrope.

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Amanda Cook @amandacook627.bsky.social · Sep 13

It feels like a good time to reshare this story of mine from 2022, published by @apparitionlit.com .

apparitionlit.com/the-impossib...

The Impossible Task of Bringing Water - Apparition Literary Magazine

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Don't Fret. It Adores You @seed-corn-thoughts.bsky.social · 6h

If you don't attack the protest you've shown yourself as weak. If you do, the news will be covered with images of you throwing tear gas at priests, grannies, and guys in frog costumes, *not* hardened ANTIFA super-soldiers. It makes you look tyrannical and thin-skinned.

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Don't Fret. It Adores You @seed-corn-thoughts.bsky.social · 6h

Having your protest have a front line of a dozen furries shaking their asses at ICE while other people blow bubbles disarms this narrative that the protests are comprised of and led by violent antisocial outcasts who want to bring down The State and puts them in a dilemma.

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Effie Cyborg @effies.bsky.social · 8h

content warning: all of them

Politico @politico.com · 13h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 10h

Setting aside graverobbing woman who died in no small part due to men exploiting her image, copyright violations aren't "growing pains." It's literally the law. They’re breaking the law. Without copyright law, there is no creative industry, and without a creative industry, there is no genAI.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 1d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 11h

I wish just once a reporter would ask some of the men behind these technologies: Does it bother you knowing that you've created an engine to skip the need for their consent after death from women who likely would have never consented while living?

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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 11h

The use of AI to marionette a woman whose tortured existence was spent trying to carve her own life and identity out of the space men forced her into is both damningly macabre and a surprisingly perfect encapsulation of the problems with this ghoulish use of technology.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 1d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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servane mouazan🍉 @servanemouazan.bsky.social · 10h

Wow. Look, a unicorn CEO whose innovation is eventually about ..well, just wanking. What a feat, mate.
Honestly.
🫩 Tech Bros surpassed themselves.
Again

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · 10h

i don't have the words to emphasise how seriously bad things are gonna get

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Mary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinettekowal.com · 4d

Washington, DC, save the date: @sentencebender.bsky.social and I will be at Little District Books on October 29 at 7 PM ET.

Registration is free, but space is limited. Tell your friends!

Link to register: littledistrictbooks.com/products/app...

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Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 15h

It finally feels like autumn in our neck of the woods, and you know what that means — our Kickstarter exclusive hoodie has arrived! 🧥✨

Bundle up in our 2026 design, featuring an eco-inspired take on our iconic alien head logo 🍄🌿👽 Available only on Kickstarter! ⬇️

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

"KS Exclusive Hoodie"
A black zip-up hoodie with a small upper righthand design, and a larger back design, both in white.

A closeup of the right breast-pocket design: A celestial Hercules beetle on top of the text: "APEX MAGAZINE"

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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 10h

Folks, Gaza still needs us.

In case some losers report the OG post, here's a link to the campaign.

www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-es...

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michael black @michaelblack.bsky.social · 11h

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 14h

nearly all the plant-based products we tested had elevated lead levels: vegan powders had 9x as much lead as dairy and 2x as much as beef

though dairy-based powders had the lowest levels, half were still too contaminated for safe daily use

you may be asking: how could this be? well...

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michael black @michaelblack.bsky.social · 11h

"though dairy-based powders had the lowest levels, half were still too contaminated for safe daily use"

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Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 11h

what this appears to show is that something is going on specifically with plant-based and vegan protein powders, and in particular there are two that seem full-on dangerous

but there's very little to nothing wrong with any of the dairy- and meat-based ones www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Ross Dothot @newenglandrevs.bsky.social · 11h

Everyone is Twelve (times over the lead exposure limit) of politics is always solid

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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 11h

The “Oops, protein powder is full of lead” thing would explain so much.

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Carrie Brown @brizzyc.bsky.social · 14h

"The heartfelt beliefs and concerns of a traumatized nation, as spoken by ordinary citizens? That would be a good story, but I’m not seeing it in Big Journalism." by @sulliview.bsky.social margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/the-media-...

The media is largely ignoring the trauma of millions. Here's why.

Plus: Watch George Stephanopolous pushes JD Vance with follow-up questions, cringe at Bari Weiss's pep talk to CBS journalists; and more

margaretsullivan.substack.com

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Matthew Story @mattstorymusic.bsky.social · 10h

Back when Marvel was the thing, I'd ask guys who said they couldn't pronounce black names if they could pronounce "Mjolnir".

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Edgar Allen Dope @ecsweet.bsky.social · 10h

Someone once tweeted:

Don’t let ppl ruin your name. Cause they can say “Daenerys Targaryen” with no trouble!”

From then my brain shifted.

🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 10h

Racism. It’s just the racism. I know you know . It’s just exasperating to watch

They say Murkowski with now problem and just stumble over this man’s name

Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️‍🌈 @chimeracoder.bsky.social · 11h

how are people still having trouble saying "Mamdani", lmfao.

like, not only has it been months, but it's literally 100% phonetic. Just... say the letters that are written!

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Lisa Schmeiser @lschmeiser.bsky.social · 10h

You're talking about a brand and a product that is already amassing a significant number of stories about how it exacerbates users' mental health challenges; demonstrating an awareness & intentional product design can only increase brand trust in a skeptical market, yes?

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Lisa Schmeiser @lschmeiser.bsky.social · 10h

I would love to know why, in the wake of the news about Meta being cool with its chatbots grooming children and Grok's whole history, OpenAI did not see an easy & obvious PR win by leading with the announcement that their planned sexting feature had stringent anti-abuse guardrails.

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Lisa Schmeiser @lschmeiser.bsky.social · 11h

Missing from Altman's statement is any mention of how/whether OpenAI plans to put in safeguards to prevent generating CSAM.

The Verge @theverge.com · 13h

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

buff.ly

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Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 13h

It's spooky season! So I reviewed four great recent scary books:

Fiend by @almakatsu.bsky.social
Moonflow by @bitterkarella.bsky.social
Slashed Beauties by A Rushby
You Weren't Meant to be Human by @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social

www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...

4 terrifying new novels to get you through the scariest season

With an emphasis on body horror, these books by Alma Katsu, Bitter Karella, Andrew Joseph White and A. Rushby will leave you with a lingering sense of dread.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Jörg Hillebrand @gaghyogi49.bsky.social · 10h

There is this one smaller unknown book in Picard's quarters in season 4 of #StarTrekTNG that is evading me. Here it is seen in "Qpid"↖️, "Suddenly Human"↗️ and "Devil's Due"⬇️. It is not one of his Shakespeare books but I have no clue what it is, the one illustration seen also isn't helping...

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ACLU @aclu.org · 1d

We’ve been honored to work alongside her throughout the years in defense of trans peoples’ right to live in freedom and safety, including when we talked to her in 2023 where she shared advice for our community in dark times.

Her legacy will serve as a torch guiding the fight ahead.

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