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Dave @waveyart.bsky.social · 4h

We shouldn't be judging people for only leaving Twitter now, we should be accepting them that they didn't head to Mastodon.

Dave @waveyart.bsky.social · 5h

Shakma (1990)

What A Time To Be Alive @whatatimepod.bsky.social · 6h

An ancient tex

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🤏 eoᵹ̇an 🫳 @ohjann.world · 6h

odd how regular the pattern of "website gets popular"->"website slowly gets infested with fash"->"normal people leave and people who stay get radicalised"->"website becomes nazi website" has happened throughout the short history of the web

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KINDAFREE | IRI @denofsin.bsky.social · 8h

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little lamb @puddleofbrain.bsky.social · 1d

Charlie Browns mom: Waaah wah wah wah waaah waaah waaah wah

Charlie Brown: oh, you mean pigpen

Charlie browns mom: Wah way. Waaaah wahwahwah wah wah waaah waaaah wahwhawah wah wah

Charlie Brown: yeah I get that. It’s pretty bad over there but I don’t think they hit him

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innes @innes.bsky.social · 1d

Text: A computer can never be horny, therefore a computer can never make art

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wargen @funeralpig.bsky.social · 1d

Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves. One for practice and the other one is the "main" grave.

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Dave @waveyart.bsky.social · 13h

I never got the credits but ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS is the worst game I've put time into in the last 20 years.
Dogshit stuff, terrible.
Think people fawning over it in the pandemic was a huge cry for help and I hope people got that help elsewhere.

lex luddy (ichiban appreciator) @lexluddy.xyz · 1d

What's the worst game you finished/rolled credits on?

(games media folks, it can't be something you were assigned to review; this has to be something you subjected yourself to of your own free will)

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Dave @waveyart.bsky.social · 14h

One of the Call of Duty games - can't, after all this time, remember which one specifically but time hasn't been kind to any of them so just pick whichever one you also hated.

lex luddy (ichiban appreciator) @lexluddy.xyz · 1d

What's the worst game you finished/rolled credits on?

(games media folks, it can't be something you were assigned to review; this has to be something you subjected yourself to of your own free will)

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Rob MacWolf, Werewolf Hitchhiker @robmacwolf.thevoice.dog · 1d

When we write or draw porn or erotica, we get banned from having a bank account and our livelihoods get seized even if we give it away for free.

When billionaires steal what we've written or drawn to churn out a slop-approximate of porn, they're allowed to charge for it.

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 1d

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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Dave @waveyart.bsky.social · 18h

Thinking about Humphrey Bogart's ~40 years dead posthumous 1995 guest appearance on 'Tales From The Crypt'.

Humphrey Bogart looks into a mirror, Sherilyn Fenn stands beside him.

Dave @waveyart.bsky.social · 18h

Similar, tried explaining this to my 9yo niece and she looked at me like I told her I remembered her name but not her brother's.

Dave @waveyart.bsky.social · 18h

Not sure how I missed it but a belated Sudden Departure Day to all those affected.
Gonna go listen to some of the Wu-Tang Band & jump on a trampoline now.

Carrie Coon sporting a Wu-Tang Clan tattoo.

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Dave @waveyart.bsky.social · 1d

I do not use any payment apps.
Furthermore I only use my online banking on the big computer.

Amytiville Hoyrror @amyhoy.bsky.social · 1d

i have never, not once, listened to a song on spotify unless it was playing at somebody else's place

what are you a luddite about

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Dave @waveyart.bsky.social · 1d

When I say 'delete my browsing history when i die' I don't mean there's anything questionable in there, I mean it's an endless catalogue of:
"what does 'she ate' mean?"
"based definition"
"who is labubu?"

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James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 1d

Next time somebody asks me what Bluesky is like, I'll send them this

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caylen @caylen.bsky.social · 1d

"if you give us a photo of your driver's license, you can jerk off to our LLM" is somehow their best idea so far on how to monetize

The Verge @theverge.com · 1d

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

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Charlie Ashby @charlie-ashby.co.uk · 1d

RIP Drew Struzan - a man whose talent and imagination etched onto so many minds throughout the last 40+ years.

His art & posters are some of the first visuals I think of when I think about cinema - an invitation to watch these stories and worlds.

A massive loss 💔

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 1d

Novels are just comics consisting of one picture and an overwritten caption.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Dave @waveyart.bsky.social · 1d

No clearer are these ideals than in this last one.
It acting as a real celebration of the Warrens really pushed it into a new sphere of irresponsible that makes the previous films look restrained & nuanced.

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Dave @waveyart.bsky.social · 1d

It's the one to beat to the bottom of the my @letterboxd.social rankings for the moment:
Horror Films October 2025 boxd.it/Pgghu

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Dave @waveyart.bsky.social · 1d

If anyone watched The Exorcist tv series, which was cancelled after 2 seasons (2nd season is probably my favourite tv ghost story in recent memory), When Evil Lurks feels like what that show would have been in a 4th season only far bleaker.
A great time watching people have a bad time.

A ★★★★ review of When Evil Lurks (2023)

I consider myself pretty battle-hardened in terms of horror movies. I've spent a lot of my life watching some pretty wild shit - that this movie elicited two sincere "holy fuck!"s out of me is a testa...

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Dave @waveyart.bsky.social · 1d

I don't think I disliked a horror movie more recently than I did 'The Conjuring: Last Rites'.
A self-indulgent piece of garbage far beyond what was already portrayed of the Warrens.
That its horror elements are only 3rd in the film's priorities should tell you this isn't good.
Bad stuff.

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Dave @waveyart.bsky.social · 1d

Have been behind in horror watches this month because of some unpleasantness in the house.
Slowly getting back to the fictional scripted unpleasantness I prefer to bring into my life.

Dave @waveyart.bsky.social · 2d

Everyone has a book inside them, but for many people it's a day planner from 2013 that they swore they were going to use but now just has a few family members birthdays written in it.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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