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Conor AKA Your Halloween Boyfriend George Glass @conorvoice.com · 8h

I imagine if you're reading this you know who Greg Stolze is, but it behoves me to point out yet again that his book Mask Of The Other is my favourite horror novel of the 21st century, and my favourite cosmic horror novel of all time.

Greg Stolze @gregstolze.bsky.social · 1d

There are people who say “I would sell my soul to write a book that good” who aren’t willing to write the four or five shitty books that stand between them and the good one.

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Rick Deckard @deckardr.bsky.social · 2d

Really enjoying @timmaughan.bsky.social’s Infinite Detail. It reads as if Islands in the Net crashed into The Long Tomorrow, but with its own colour and sound. 2020s cyberpunk done right.

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Sean Bohan @seanbohan.bsky.social · 14h

If you get the chance, Albert Moreto Font is sharing some of the process photos from his Golden Demon Slayer Sword win and it is pretty amazing.

www.instagram.com/albert.moret...

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tante @tante.cc · 17h

This is sometimes read as "look 'AI' isn't working". But the opposite is true.

_This_ is what "AI" is _for_. Push down labor power, push down wages, make employment more insecure.

https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/forrester_ai_rehiring/

Screenshot of an article headline "AI layoffs to backfire: Half quietly rehired at lower pay" with "at lower pay" being highlighted

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The RAD Seed @theradseed.blacksky.app · 1d

Pottery Throwdown is the best competition show. Because even though there's just 1 winner, everyone is so awesome they aren't losers

Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 1d

If you need comfort viewing/a break from everything, will note Great Canadian Baking Show free on Roku & Great Pottery Throw Down on HBOMax (2 seasons there, the rest are... shall we say, findable elsewhere). Spoke my truth on greatness of the GPTD a while back www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/20...

The Great Pottery Throw Down Is a Balm for a Weary Age

The TV cousin of The Great British Baking Show returns to HBO Max for a fifth season of delightful catharsis

www.vanityfair.com

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Reo Eveleth @reveleth.com · 23h

A lot of people warned for years that the combination of inaccuracy and state oppression made biometric scanning and facial recognition incredibly dangerous. I pitched sooooo many stories about this and was often told “but there are no victims yet.”

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 1d

so many companies say they are replacing people - laying them off - with automated systems, AI. but there has been no real auditing or regulatory approach to vetting such claims. i am deeply skeptical. think a lotta the cuts are just due to failures to sell or cut costs & prior over hiring.

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(k)illThePony @billthepony.bsky.social · 2d

Everything with silicon valley thing is like Scooby-Doo where you peel off the mask and it's just some low-paid person in Southeast Asia...

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Sean Bohan @seanbohan.bsky.social · 1d

1. hire them back at a lower rate
2. as freelancers
3. with no benefits
4. Profit!

AI might create autonomous, sentient, superintelligent beings (slaves) that will bring abundance OR reduce FTE headcount. Either way...

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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 2d

@archive.org ’s WayBack Machine is an archive spanning 30 years of the Internet that is unprecedentedly vital, necessary and... downright cool 😎

This month it's being rightfully honored & celebrated for archiving its’ trillionth web page! 🎉
touchgrass.fightforthefuture.org/fights-congr...

For a future of human thriving: Fight’s Congratulations to the Internet Archive

The Internet Archive has achieved a once-in-a-generation milestone of one trillion webpages preserved. We’ve gotta fight for the next trillion. This month, the Internet Archive is celebrating and bei...

touchgrass.fightforthefuture.org

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 2d

"An NBC News review of over 30 data center proposals across 14 states found that in a majority of cases, local officials signed NDAs and worked with what appeared to be shell companies that can conceal visibility into the project developers."

How Big Tech uses NDAs to hide AI data center details from Americans

Big Tech companies use secrecy agreements with local governments to keep communities from knowing who is building in their backyards.

www.nbcnews.com

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Somebody wake up Hicks @jonmarkhicks.bsky.social · 2d

The minis for the ALIEN RPG adventure 'Rapture Protocol' come with a booklet that adapts the rules as a skirmish miniatures game. The minis can be used beyond the adventure but you can use your own minis, too.

It's an ongoing project so updates and maps are on Free League's website. Awesome idea.

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Sean Bohan @seanbohan.bsky.social · 2d

Kermit!!!

Mel @thegatesofmel.blacksky.app · 3d

In New Orleans, the Mother in Law Lounge will begin having go plates for families in November.

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Due to the government shut down If push comes to shave, I'm going to have go plates for families at 5 o'clock on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at the mother-in-law lounge and by starting in November
anybody want to help out and donate text me at
504-435-8763
Kermit's Treme Mother In Law Lounge
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Remmelt 🛑 @artificialbodies.net · 2d

This part hits:

“I also wish that the many, exhausted activists who didn’t take money from Google or Facebook could have even a quarter of the attention, status and authority the Prodigal Techbro assumes is his birth-right.”

The Prodigal Tech Bro is a similar story, about tech executives who experience a sort of religious awakening. They suddenly see their former employers as toxic, and reinvent themselves as experts on taming the tech giants. They were lost and are now found.
They are warmly welcomed home to the center of our discourse with invitations to write opeds for major newspapers, for think tank funding, book deals and TED talks. These guys - and yes, they are all guys - are generally thoughtful and well-meaning, and I wish them well. But I question why they seize so much attention and are awarded scarce resources, and why they're given not just a second chance, but also the mantle of moral and expert authority.

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Sean Bohan @seanbohan.bsky.social · 3d

I cannot wait for the next book

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404 Media @404media.co · 3d

NEW: Con Edison, the energy company serving New York City, refuses to say how ICE gets its customers' data. We reviewed a bunch of cases where both HSI/ICE and FBI get or 'search' through Con Edison data. Con Edison won't even say if they require a warrant www.404media.co/con-edison-r...

Con Edison Refuses to Say How ICE Gets Its Customers’ Data

Court records show Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), a part of ICE, and the FBI obtained Con Edison user data. The utility provider refuses to say whether law enforcement needs a warrant to acce...

www.404media.co

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Scott Smith @changeist.bsky.social · 3d

We wrote this piece to collect our experiences and learnings from the work we enjoy the most — designing engaging future experiences for different audiences around the world.

gquaggiotto.bsky.social @gquaggiotto.bsky.social · 3d

6 principles for designing public experiences about the future www.linkedin.com/pulse/six-pr...

Six Principles for Designing Public Experiences About the Future

How we've learned to make tomorrow tangible for public audiences Over the past decade, Changeist has had the opportunity to research the futures of arts and culture globally, with the additional privi...

www.linkedin.com

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🎃 Really Spooky Smith @reallyseansmith.bsky.social · 3d

Reference for the olds: the John Birch Society won, it just took the invention of the internet. The post office didn't have the bandwidth to make it work with paper.

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ian.fenrisgames @fenrisgames.com · 3d

Reminder on this! Grab one of our beautiful (subjective) Deep One Heralds from Forge of Ice (go here if you're in the US!) and compete for an original concept art sketch by legendary mini artist John Dennett plus some Fenris prizes I haven't sent to Andy yet. Rules in Andy's OG thread below!

Andy Claaaaaarrrghhhhk, Nerdling Herder @andycruns.bsky.social · 3d

In case you missed it.

#Nerdlings #MiniOfTheMonth

Andy Claaaaaarrrghhhhk, Nerdling Herder @andycruns.bsky.social · 4d

Mini Of The Month - November
Deep One Herald.

Ok so this is a special one. For November we’ve partnered with @fenrisgames.com for a single mini competition.

Your mission this month is to paint this, the Deep One Herald. It’s an awesome mini with loads of potential for shenanigans.

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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 4d

i should be able to click a button at the beginning of a sports season that says “i’m normal” and i don’t get served any ads for crypto or gambling

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Andy Claaaaaarrrghhhhk, Nerdling Herder @andycruns.bsky.social · 4d

Mini Of The Month - November
Deep One Herald.

Ok so this is a special one. For November we’ve partnered with @fenrisgames.com for a single mini competition.

Your mission this month is to paint this, the Deep One Herald. It’s an awesome mini with loads of potential for shenanigans.

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Fenris games deep one herald in green.
It’s a sort of lizard fish man. He’s holding a scroll that says ‘enter by 7am 1/12/25’

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Sean Bohan @seanbohan.bsky.social · 4d

and well deserved (a third time!)

truly a beautiful piece of work

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Agata Weronika @aquedita.bsky.social · 4d

thank you for signal boosting and shout out to @adapalmer.bsky.social for organizing this fundraiser 🙏✨
donated $10 to South Philadelphia Community Fridge since a trusted friend volunteers with them.
would very much appreciate a match if possible.
southphillyfridge.com

a screenshot confirming $10 donation to South Philadelphia Community Fridge

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 4d

One of the reasons I love retro-SF futures is because they speak to this increasing trend of turning shit off and disconnecting devices. When AWS goes down and bricks your bed, fridge, and thermostat, the appeal of analog is keenly felt.

www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/th...

The return of dumb things: Why young people are ditching their smartphones for MP3 players and digital cameras

Young people are using dumb phones, MP3 players and digital cameras in lieu of iPhones. Experts explain why.

www.yahoo.com

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Sean Bohan @seanbohan.bsky.social · 4d

“We saw you from across the Monster Mash and really liked your vibe”

Retroist @retroist.com · 5d

The team-up no one expected, Alf and Freddy.

Alf and Freddy Kruger Halloween Masks ad

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