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Mathew Kumar @mathewkumar.com · 5h

I've decided to take my life into my hands and post something that isn't just uncritical praise of the latest PTA.

One Battle After Another (2025) - exp.

I take my life into my hands and post something that isn't just uncritical praise of the latest PTA.

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Paulie @gibbspaulus.bsky.social · 9h

“Doth thine box rolleth on wheels?”
“It doth not, good sir!”

( Original screengrab by @stevewriteswords.bsky.social )

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Keri Ferencz @keriferencz.bsky.social · 8h

Totally. Hard to find that kind of mix in the US, I think, because it doesn’t have the same kind of panel show culture. Can’t imagine a US equivalent of Celia Imrie signing up for a show like Traitors.

Keri Ferencz @keriferencz.bsky.social · 9h

Agreed! Tho I’m glad they got ordinary joe Traitors up and running first - Canada & the US are just celeb versions and IMO it’s somehow less satisfying.

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Keri Ferencz @keriferencz.bsky.social · 20h

Congratulations!

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 1d

We'd better build more AI data centers, AI will fix this problem for us --

*waits five years*

The oceans have boiled and the drinking water is gone but at least all the intellectual property has been stolen and now I can use AI to create a really accurate representation of Batman fucking Pikachu

Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 1d

Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating

- CO2 in the air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening
@wmo-global.bsky.social

#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating

CO2 in air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening

www.theguardian.com

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Joshua Eaton @joshuaeaton.bsky.social · 2d

If you’re a man in the room and a public official says this about your female colleague, you don’t continue as if nothing happened.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."

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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 2d

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 · 3d

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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Ben Hart, Gender Archivist @pavlovforgoths.com · 3d

Found out that Spotify is running ICE recruitment ads, if you need another reason to quit using it.

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LateToGaming|Henry @latetogaming.bsky.social · 3d

This is my first time hearing about this zine set. I'm glad to have been able to get my order in.

Mathew Kumar @mathewkumar.com · 4d

New exp. Dispatch! First images of the zine set (so fresh!!!) an update on exp. 2602 shipping (next week!) and all the usual article, zine and interesting things links! expzine.com/2025/10/12/t...

Last chance to order zines to go out in the first batch! expzine.com/shop/

a picture of all three zines together. It looks so good. I really am thrilled. What a nice thing to have!!!

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insert credit @insertcredit.com · 3d

Ep. 410 - Games Somerton, with Mathew Kumar

Writer and developer @mathewkumar.com guest hosts the panel, covering the Balatro of coin flips, Bitmap Books bad decisions, and especially crude actions performed by Rabbids.

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Games Somerton, with Mathew Kumar

Writer and developer Mathew Kumar guest hosts the panel, covering the Balatro of coin flips, Bitmap Books bad decisions, and especially crude actions performed by Rabbids.

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Justin Decloux @declouxj.bsky.social · 3d

The feature I directed, IMPOSSIBLE HORROR, is playing at The University of Toronto this Wednesday @ 8:00 PM!

I'll be there to introduce it, and do a Q&A, so come one, come all — it's totally FREE!

They even cut a very cool new trailer for it:

www.cinema.utoronto.ca/events/cinss...

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 3d

The brother of federal Industry Minister, Mélanie Joly, is the president and CEO of Intelcom, a courier company that exploits subcontracted delivery drivers for pennies per package. It stands to benefit mightily from the dismantlement and privatization of public postal services in Canada.

The privatization crisis at Canada Post

Canada Post is under attack. Political favouritism, privatized delivery, and precarious subcontracting are putting workers and public service at risk. From Intelcom’s exploitative practices to the gov...

canadiandimension.com

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Keri Ferencz @keriferencz.bsky.social · 3d

The Canadian Government is seeking input around AI. I strongly encourage everyone to give it - and not just because the questions make clear the focus is squarely not on public safety or the climate risks of the technology.

Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership

Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renew...

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Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 8d

Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.

If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:

Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership

Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renewed...

ised-isde.canada.ca

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 3d

The fact that I can’t immediately tell if a video is AI now actually makes me sick to my stomach. I cannot believe there are people who think this is a good thing

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Boo-ly, Li'l Ghost Bull 👻🐮 @bullythelsb.bsky.social · Jun 28

you have a right to be angry

Drawing of Little My, a small girl in a red dress, sliding down a hill. She is drawn by Tove Jansson from the Moomin series. The text reads: "WHEN you're angry, then you're angry," thought Little My, peeling her potato with her teeth. "Sometimes you have to be angry. Every little creature has the right to get angry."

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 4d

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 5d

The palpable relief of reading a syntactically awkward student paper nevertheless brimming with ideas they’re trying on after having to consume the stale cardboard generalities of a Chat GPT essay.

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 4d

The new pope is quoting Hannah Arendt. www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

www.cbsnews.com

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Justin Decloux @declouxj.bsky.social · 5d

Today! Join us at secretcinematheque.com for THE 24-HOUR HORROR MOVIE MIND MELTER starting @ 11:00 AM (ET) to watch a stream of rare, weird and wonderful horror movies. It's a secret line-up, but as the films play, I will reveal the titles and posters below:

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Lynn Coady @lynncoady.bsky.social · 6d

“I still think back to the moment when those plants were discovered. It was joyful. This whole project has becone a celebration.” Consider this story of renewal your Friday timeline cleanse www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Creatures buried in soil for over a century burst back to life in Toronto waterfront

A project to restore coastal wetland leads to astonishing discoveries of a host of life: seeds and plant scraps, as well as water fleas, worms, larvae and plankton

www.theguardian.com

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Keri Ferencz @keriferencz.bsky.social · 6d

A delightful must-read.

The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 6d

Dear Tilly Norwood, https://bit.ly/3J4jNOk?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=3595fdbe-1ecb-4c91-9af4-e131186a6f3c&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

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Wil Zmakula 🧛‍♂️ @wilzmak.bsky.social · 7d

I wrote an episode of television in 18 hours, taking into consideration actor availability, daylight shooting hours, standing sets, turnaround times, unit moves, weather cover, budget shortfalls, oh and block shooting with another episode which had already started prep. GenAI can gargle my balls.

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 7d

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.

wrote 20 pages on Faulkner's The Bear four hours before final papers were due on trucker pills and coffee and cigarettes and got an A, fuck you.
You people couldn't hang with real slackers.
finn
wokeupchic • 4d
It's fuck Al till your homework due in 25 minutes

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 7d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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