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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 14h

Take a few minutes to appreciate Drew Struzan creating the original artwork for THE PHANTOM MENACE. Truly a master at work.

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Rebekah Weatherspoon @rdotspoon.bsky.social · 15h

Some of my favorite Drew Struzan poster art. RIP. 🕊️

Hook movie poster featuring Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman

Harlem Nighta movie poster featuring Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor

Hocus Pocus movie poster featuring bette middler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy

Back to the future poster featuring Michaela Fox

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optiMSTie @optimstie.bsky.social · 18h

The man who made movie poster art, well, *an art* has passed: the great Drew Struzan.

Loved his work.

Let's not forget how he was tasked to make a poster for The Thing in hours knowing only the premise of the original 1951 film. The paint was STILL WET when he handed it in.

May he rest in peace.

Drew Struzan's poster for John Carpenter's 1982 movie The Thing, which depicts a weird unearthly light emanating from the unseen face of a man wearing a parka in a wintry setting.

Tagline: "The ultimate in alien terror."

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skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 3d

How to be an educated, informed, and pro-library voter in the upcoming election cycle: bookriot.com/library-elec...

Be an Informed Pro-Library, Pro-Literary Voter Now: Book Censorship News, October 10, 2025

Elections in several states will be coming up throughout the months of October and November. Here's how to be a pro-library voter.

bookriot.com

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Denver Westword @westword.com · 3d

Ekko Astral will be at the Highland store ahead of its Mission Ballroom show.

New Wax Trax Location Opens Today With a Special Headliner

Ekko Astral will be at the Highland store ahead of its Mission Ballroom show.

www.westword.com

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The Oatmeal @theoatmeal.bsky.social · 7d

Let’s talk about AI art.

theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about AI art.

theoatmeal.com

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Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 6d

This is a REALLY good video that gets into the *specifics* of how AI is degrading our information environment and putting truth further out of reach for the average person / the population as a whole

🎃 🧟 Prof. Dr Beth Singler 👻 🎃 @bvlsingler.bsky.social · 7d

I walked into the lounge last night to find my teenage son watching this. We have long admired @kurzgesagt.org and found their videos to be extremely illuminating. But this one in particular I think is so important right now!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zfN...

AI Slop Is Killing Our Channel

YouTube video by Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

www.youtube.com

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 6d

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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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 7d

You can also be like my mom and order Angelica and the Bear Prince, in fact!!! It’s out now! 🐻‍❄️

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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 7d

Join the Space Unicorn Ranger Corps! There are many ways to SUPPORT UNCANNY MAGAZINE! Patreon! Subscriptions from Weightless Books! Late Kickstarter Pledges! Or just spreading the word! buff.ly/OCDkfOv

Cover: Listen To Me and I’ll Tell You A Story by Ejiwa “Edge” Ebenebe. In an underwater scene tinted in sea green, a child-like being with flowing ochre-colored hair and dark sea green skin sits on a mass of orange-ochre and green tentacles talking to a school of salmon-color fish. In the foreground, another school of brown fish swimming away from the scene. The text "Uncanny," "September/October 2025," "Issue Sixty-Six," and the credits are in white.

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Kelly Said @kellysaid.bsky.social · 7d

Happy Release Day CJ Burright and DRUID CURSED! ✨ www.barnesandnoble.com/w/druid-curs...

Druid Cursed|Paperback

Don’t miss out on the stunning DELUXE LIMITED EDITION while supplies last. This breathtaking collectible is only available on a limited first print run in the US and Canada only, a must-have for any b...

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 8d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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Malinda Lo @malindalo.bsky.social · 7d

Last week, PEN America released its fourth annual report on the state of book banning and censorship in America, and I learned that Last Night at the Telegraph Club was the fourth most banned book in schools during the 2024-25 school year. How do I feel about it? www.malindalo.com/blog/2025/10...

Telegraph Club is the 4th most banned book in America — Malinda Lo

Last week, PEN America released its fourth annual report on the state of book banning and censorship in America, and I learned that Last Night at the Telegraph Club was the fourth most banned book...

www.malindalo.com

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 7d

More essential with every passing day, friends. Collect 'em all.

Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 13d

As always, check out @laminda.bsky.social's starter pack of independent news rooms and journalists. Lotta good folks here. go.bsky.app/2Fq4P6e

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L @banalplay.bsky.social · 10d

I think the question of AI personhood is pertinent and a discussion that will need to be had in several hundred years when we're close to creating actual sentient AI.

Not so sure why we're having it now when we can't even get others to agree that certain people are people.

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DownOnThePharm (Shrultist 🦐) @downonthepharm.bsky.social · 11d

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The Denver Gazette @denvergazette.com · 18d

More than Tacos: How the Taco Bell 50K is helping athletes with disabilities go the distance buff.ly/DEe3tWe

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Kelly Said @kellysaid.bsky.social · 11d

👀 ready for preorder! HOWL, a brand-new anthology of original stories and poems from women of contemporary horror who give voices to wolves as they shed their skin and bare their teeth ft my faves @erikatwurth.bsky.social and @delilahsdawson.bsky.social www.barnesandnoble.com/w/howl-steph...

Howl: An Anthology of Werewolves from Women-in-Horror|Paperback

Flesh splits. Bones break. Screams build. The synchronicity of woman and wolf has long been buried. Ruled by the moon and her cycles of blood, rage, and transformation, the desire and pull to shapeshi...

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-indy ✨ (it/follows) @indigo-k.com · 11d

"Trans Rights" are, to put it simply, the right for each of us to live OUR OWN LIVES the way WE WANT TO.

And that applies to EVERYONE.

Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 11d

And just in case it needs underlining: if you’re not trans you can celebrate victories for trans human rights as human rights. Not out of altruism but solidarity. Every victory for human rights is a victory for all who know everyone is human.

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Sage Coffey🌿☕ @sagecoffey.bsky.social · 12d

I've heard countless folks say "I can't even draw a stick figure" and let me tell you, that squiggly hand-drawn line will always have more heart and expression than any AI art could ever have.

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · Sep 9

For those who need an #Uplift:

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Hand-curated by yours truly, updated daily via @blueskyfeedcreator.com. Criteria unapologetically subjective, but esp: word nerds • art showing human process • quirky • obscure interest deep-dives • alt-text

Note: feed geared toward adults

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Denver Westword @westword.com · 12d

Some people will say you can only get good green chile in New Mexico. Others are loyal to Pueblo. But there's plenty of great green chile right here in Denver.

Check out our guide to the best green chile in the metro area: westword.com/food-drink/best-green-chili-in-denver-11483894/

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Shannon Lawson @nanlawson.bsky.social · 12d

October 🦇

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nixCraft @cyberciti.biz · 12d

Red Hat confirms security incident after hackers claim GitHub breach, This include a wide range of sectors and well known organizations such as Bank of America, T-Mobile, AT&T, Fidelity, Walmart, Costco, FAA, U.S. Navy’s Naval Surface Warfare Center, the House of Representatives, & many others

Red Hat confirms security incident after hackers claim GitHub breach

An extortion group calling itself the Crimson Collective claims to have breached Red Hat's private GitHub repositories, stealing nearly 570GB of compressed data across 28,000 internal projects.

www.bleepingcomputer.com

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nixCraft @cyberciti.biz · 14d

This is how you are going to teach lessons to AI batshit companies like Microsoft. Hit them financially

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