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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 1h

“Copyright growing pains” is one hell of a euphemism for the biggest IP theft in history

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 1d

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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Alex Degen (Magic Serple 2025) @adactivity.bsky.social · 3h

This is cool after the war on everything called “porn” by platforms and payment processors. A machine that stole all your words can generate and sell “erotica” but you can’t haaa

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 3h

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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Henry McConnell’s House of Horrors @ghostmoth712.bsky.social · 57m

The definitive master of the film poster. Rest well, legend.

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 4h

Drew Struzan has passed away at the age of 78

He created many iconic movie posters

The Thing poster and Back to the Future poster

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Brendan Foley @thetruebrendanf.bsky.social · 19h

Probably the most consistent of the V/H/S movies I've seen, with a real willingness to play with both found footage and the anthology format. The BLACK PHONE adjacent "Dreamkill" is the most interesting experiment, and also the segment that most strains against the limitations of mockumentary.

Brendan Foley @thetruebrendanf.bsky.social · 21h

Now Watching: V/H/S/85

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 1h

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 1h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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🎃Boo-rendan Agnew🏳️‍🌈 @blcagnew.bsky.social · 40m

DEATH TO CHRONOS

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Jeremy Anninos @anninosart.bsky.social · 8d

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Stellaween? @antlervel.vet · Apr 20

scared dog under a piece of wooden furniture with a speech bubble as if speaking the quoted post

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 1h

If you haven't gone in for a flu shot yet, you might be able to get a fu vaccine nasal spray at home.
lifehacker.com/health/how-t...

The At-Home Nasal Flu Vaccine Is Now Available for Delivery

I love being able to pop into a pharmacy for a flu shot, but now the ability to get flu shots by mail has made the process even easier. You can order the FluMist (a nasal spray, not a shot) to be deli...

lifehacker.com

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Joseph Finn @josephfinn.bsky.social · 48m

All excellent performances that deserved far better movies.

Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 4h

Within 2 years Charlie Korsmo earned his place in the canon of great child actors.

Charlie Korsmo and Warren Beatty in DICK TRACY (1990)

Charlie Korsmo and Bill Murray in WHAT ABOUT BOB? (1991)

Charlie Korsmo and Dustin Hoffman in HOOK (1991)

Charlie Korsmo and William Hurt in THE DOCTOR (1991)

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🎃Boo-rendan Agnew🏳️‍🌈 @blcagnew.bsky.social · 43m

A genuine breakfast staple I couldn't live without.

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Natalie P (is not a vampire) 🦇 @sashette.bsky.social · 9h

I don't know whether it's unhinged, but it's certainly divisive:

I believe all novels should have illustrations in them again. Like etchings in Dickens, or Japanese Light Novels.

Every single novel would benefit. Artists would thrive. We all win.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Alisha Grauso (She/Her) @alishagrauso.bsky.social · 2h

Once again, I can not stress enough that Silicon Valley techbros are nothing more than the modern version of 1800s snake oil salesmen. Altman might as well be peddling Dr. Sam's Magical Cure-All Elixir out of a wagon.

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 2h

Sam Altman went from “AI will cure cancer" to "ChatGPT porn" in less than a month

ChatGPT boss predicts when AI could cure cancer

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Courtney Howard @lulamaybelle.bsky.social · 2h

The three words every woman wants to hear

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🎃Boo-rendan Agnew🏳️‍🌈 @blcagnew.bsky.social · 2h

This is bad and you should feel bad.

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 9h

In her life, Marilyn Monroe was exploited and abused by so many men.
Studio executives, so many people.
After she died, men continued to exploit her for their pleasure: trying to get themselves buried near/above her.
What your writer did here is obscene, nonconsensual and makes me feel slightly ill

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 1d

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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Matt McMuscles @mattmcmuscles.bsky.social · 4h

RIP to Drew Struzen, the greatest to ever do it. 🙌

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🎃Boo-rendan Agnew🏳️‍🌈 @blcagnew.bsky.social · 3h

Remembering #DrewStruzan with one of the final posters of the master. His work for STAR WARS was some of the most iconic art of the medium, and his Ep. VII piece is no exception.

Drew Struzan's treaser poster for STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 4h

The whites are literally arguing it's literally *unconstitutional* if they're not OVERREPRESNTED in Congress.

Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 4h

Just so everyone is clear, the main issue in the Supreme Court voting rights case tomorrow is whether it's racist against white people to enforce the Voting Rights Act.

I'm dead serious. We live in incredibly stupid times.

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The Haunting of Sam Van Haren @samshotfirst.bsky.social · 4h

Drew Struzan must have had a direct line to the art gods. His work was unmatched.

Poster for Del Toro’s HELLBOY, art by the late master Drew Struzan

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Zaki Hasan @zakiscorner.bsky.social · 4h

So many iconic images throughout my life came from this man.

Drew Struzan, the King of the Movie Poster, Has Died

The beloved artist, who illustrated iconic posters for 'Star Wars', 'Indiana Jones', 'Back to the Future', and more, was 78.

gizmodo.com

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britt hayes @britthates.bsky.social · 4h

studio execs & major outlets claim AI is "inevitable" and poised to take over Hollywood. the reality is much different. i spoke with filmmakers, producers, and editors about how AI is actually showing up in productions – and what it still can't do: