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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 4h

Hardware Wars was released 47 years ago today.

"Fluke Starbucker and his mentor, Augie "Ben" Doggie, retrieve a crucial message from the loyal robots, Artie-Deco and 4-Q-2, and join forces with Ham Salad and his shaggy partner, Chuke-Chilla."

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Pyperkub @pyperkub.bsky.social · 4h

Quote this with the first four Horror movies that come to your mind that are 10/10s for you. No cheating. Just the first four that pop into your head.

John Carpenter's The Thing
The Silence of the Lambs
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Se7en

Maximilian @maxlovecraft.bsky.social · 5h

Quote this with the first four Horror movies that come to your mind that are 10/10s for you. No cheating. Just the first four that pop into your head.

Session 9
In the Mouth of Madness
The VVitch
Something Wicked This Way Comes (yes, Disney/kiddie "horror", but a fantastic movie)

⛧ Kweenybeast ⛧ @kweenytodd.monsterden.xyz · 9h

Quote this with the first four Horror movies that come to your mind that are 10/10s for you. No cheating. Just the first four that pop into your head.

Repo! The Genetic Opera
American Werewolf in London
Hellbound: Hellraiser 2
The Substance

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San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 6h

Gavin Newsom called for a congressional antisemitism investigation into the Young Republicans organization after its leaders called for their political opponents to be killed in a leaked group chat.

Newsom asks Congress to investigate Young Republicans’ racist messages after Vance downplays them

Gavin Newsom called for a congressional antisemitism investigation into the Young Republicans organization after its leaders called for their political opponents to be killed in a leaked group chat.

bit.ly

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 6h

There’s 1,000 times more chatter about the Maine senate race in a year than about Maine’s ballot measure in 3 weeks that’d bring voter ID and crack down on mail voting… maybe let’s start there??? boltsmag.org/maine-questi...

A Ballot Measure Targets Mail Voting in Maine - Bolts

Question 1, on the November ballot, would set up a barrage of new restrictions on absentee ballots that would considerably affect older voters and people with disabilities.

boltsmag.org

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Pyperkub @pyperkub.bsky.social · 8h

Did your ever read Elizabeth Moon's wonderful "The Speed of Dark"? horrornews.net/65191/book-r...

Book Review: The Speed of Dark – Author Elizabeth Moon - Horror News | HNN

“Out there is the dark: the dark we don't know about yet. It is always there waiting; it is, in that

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The Best Album of 1989 @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social · 10h

At 204 votes (and counting?) this is officially the Best Album of 1989 match with the most total votes. Great job, folks! (And it’s still close!)

The Best Album of 1989 @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social · 21h

The Best Album of 1989 Round 3 Match #98
#16 Galaxie 500, ON FIRE
vs.
#17 Faith No More, THE REAL THING

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The Best Album of 1989 Round 3 Match #98: Galaxie 500 vs. Faith No More

This is the Best Album of 1989 match for Wednesday, October 15th 9am CST. It will be open for 24 hours, and the winner will move onto Round 4 of the bracket. If you haven’t heard either album, I highl...

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 10h

Make it stop

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Pyperkub @pyperkub.bsky.social · 8h

Clearsky is good for checking these things: clearsky.app

ClearSky

ClearSky - Bringing information closer to you

clearsky.app

Pyperkub @pyperkub.bsky.social · 8h

The scotch and plastic wrap may end up factors in an epic Halloween costume!

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Pyperkub @pyperkub.bsky.social · 8h

The Jobs coin will likely sell out... wccftech.com/apples-steve...

Apple's Steve Jobs To Feature On A $1 Commemorative Coin

The ex-CEO of Apple and a veritable tech icon, Steve Jobs, is slated to receive a posthumous honor from the United States Mint in 2026.

wccftech.com

Pyperkub @pyperkub.bsky.social · 8h

Congrats Tony!

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George Penney @georgepenney.bsky.social · 9h

A very serious man wearing a serious business suit is having a very serious conversation about serious things with another serious man.
But what is this?!
A server bringing a muffin?
All seriousness evaporates and he grins, saying: "Just LOOK. At. That. That's happiness mate. Right there." (4)

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George Penney @georgepenney.bsky.social · 9h

🧵Spotted While Roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand:

A fluffy black and white cat runs out of the garden of a narrow blue fairy-tale-like cottage, meowing a greeting at his two humans at the end of a work day.
Tail held high, he leads them inside, updating them on all his feline news. (1)

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Pyperkub @pyperkub.bsky.social · 9h

RIP Penelope Milford - she was so memorableas the guidance counselor in Heathers. deadline.com/2025/10/pene...

Penelope Milford Dies: ‘Coming Home’ Oscar Nominee, ‘Heathers’ Counselor & Broadway Actor Was 77

Penelope Milford died October 14 at 77. She scored an Oscar nomination for 'Coming Home,' played a school counselor in 'Heathers' and appeared in 'Endless Love'

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Pyperkub @pyperkub.bsky.social · 9h

Have fun, and if you see ART, say hi!

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 9h

Young Republicans are praising Hitler. Here's why Democrats are to blame.

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Pyperkub @pyperkub.bsky.social · 9h

Most of my talk will end up being that the NBA regular season is just an extended preseason for the completely different playoffs. With some other discussion, but bring on the NCAA Hoops talk!

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · 9h

"I helped!" meowed Wendy.

Security camera catches cat dropping mouse into human family's dinner

Animal rescuers in California shared security camera stills showing the moment a foster kitten spiced up her human family's dinner with a dead mouse.

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🌈 Romie glows in the dark 📽 @romiesays.bsky.social · 2d

That switch could be clumsiness, but I think it's more of a freudian slip. If they have not just first publishing rights but first reprint rights, and they never reprint your story (which is plenty likely) you can't sell any reprint, ever.

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🌈 Romie glows in the dark 📽 @romiesays.bsky.social · 2d

Props to Benjamin for sharing the details of his contract. Unfortunately no props to MRM because there's a lot of extremely outre stuff in here that I'd refuse to sign. Let's run it down. (Context: If you're negotiating a contract with Strange Horizons, I'm the person you're negotiating with.)

Benjamin C. Kinney @benjaminckinney.com · 2d

New neuroscience short story forthcoming in @analogsf.bsky.social! Which also means a story of - ultimately successful - negotiations with their new publisher.

Includes full final text of my contract for all to use while they finish rewriting their boilerplate.

benjaminckinney.com/analog-negot...

Analog Negotiations & Short Story Sale: Recognition, Memory » Benjamin C. Kinney - still pruning...

Successful negotiations with Must Read Magazines & Analog SF, who will publish my science fiction short story "Recognition, Memory."

benjaminckinney.com

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Pyperkub @pyperkub.bsky.social · 11h

And 25% of your charge? Better be ready to pedal without assist a LOT! ;)

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knwd.bsky.social @knwd.bsky.social · 16h

As an adoptive parent, one of my top concerns was that the birth parent(s) should not be coerced, socially or financially, into a traumatic decision. We considered both int’l & domestic, and I would be EXTREMELY concerned by “deregulation” of what absolutely NEEDS to be a highly-regulated process.

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Pyperkub @pyperkub.bsky.social · 11h

The PayPal Mafia definitely seems to have been a breeding ground for this future.

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Pyperkub @pyperkub.bsky.social · 12h

I hope not. If we go throwback, why not the '88 Aikman uni's?

Pyperkub @pyperkub.bsky.social · 12h

I, uh, WTF? www.theverge.com/news/799944/...

Snip from article: “With the Robot Phone, Honor envisions the future phone as more than just a tool,” the company wrote in a press release. “It becomes an emotional companion that senses, adapts, and evolves autonomously like a robot, enriching its users’ lives with love, joy, and wisdom.”