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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 2d

Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.

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Marty Cahill @mcflycahill90.bsky.social · 1d

With many authors treating writing as their second job, they should not need a third job as social media influencer and become a walking brand in order to have, yknow, a chance at a career.

Also bring back the midlist.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

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

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waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 3d

Job occupations, from an 1881 census. Every one of these sounds like something a sorely provoked Captain Haddock would should at someone in times of heavy stress.

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 5d

“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”

Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
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Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.

futurism.com

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Feb 5

just saying: it's possible that "I'm gonna dramatically constrict my state capacity while plotting dramatic imperial expansion, and expanding my set of internal enemies while alienating most of my foreign allies" is the beginning of a world-historical masterstroke. but also possible that it isn't

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Jennbob (she/her) --✨No Cons sad time 😭✨🏴‍☠️ 💖💜💙 @jennbob4585.bsky.social · 4d

"Portland is full of crime"

Jason❌ @gizmosspace.bsky.social · 4d

This is awesome.

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Ro 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Wee Con @ramsaybaggins.bsky.social · 5d

The online verification explicitly stated that no information would be held and that it would be deleted as soon as you age verified. Does this mean they can be sued under GDPR? 🤔

404 Media @404media.co · 5d

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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Aimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · 5d

Authors - need a cover artist? This pack has you covered (lol) and is a great starting point for getting human made arts for your writing!

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StargazerKG 🦸🌠 Stellar Hero Vtuber @stargazerkg.bsky.social · 8d

Paypal is now playing harder ball on artists, going after anyone even mentioning commissions.

Artists, send invoices. That way, no one has to say what the money is for on Paypal's paper trail.

Customers, SAY NOTHING about commissions. Just say "thanks" on donos.

Everyone: INCREASE THE CALLS.

qdbuckwheat.bsky.social @qdbuckwheat.bsky.social · 8d

Sharing a helpful link, has other numbers and call scripts to use.
stop-paypros.neocities.org

Stop payment processors from censoring games!

stop-paypros.neocities.org

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magickedteacup.bsky.social @magickedteacup.bsky.social · 12d

@poppihin.bsky.social #theebonywitch fan art
pilot premiers Oct. 4 ✨

A black witch with cloud-like hair and a broomstick in front of a forest.

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magickedteacup.bsky.social @magickedteacup.bsky.social · 13d

Gorgeous!!! ✨♥️

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magickedteacup.bsky.social @magickedteacup.bsky.social · 13d

What a cutie pie ⭐️

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 14d

Ooh, that's something to chew on. People are going to be actively looking for weird, gnarly, unpredictable.

Emily Pawley @emilypawley.bsky.social · 14d

In food history, we notice how super-refined foods--gelatin, vienna sausage, white bread--lose class and become horrifying once they become industrialized. Suddenly, fingermarks in bread dough demonstrate skill, not clumsiness.

Post-chatGPT, I'm feeling this about writing. Smoothness feels gross.

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🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 15d

I try to focus this account so it's for my readers, but hey writers:

NEVER sign a contract where the publisher keeps your rights indefinitely. For short stories, there should be a point when you can sell reprints.

and NEVER sign your movie/TV/etc adaptation rights to a publisher. Those are yours.

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magickedteacup.bsky.social @magickedteacup.bsky.social · 16d

Hope you feel better soon! 💛 🐝

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✨Have courage and be kind💕 @dreameaterriku.bsky.social · 18d

Little moomin soriku sketch for today 🐈💕 #soriku

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magickedteacup.bsky.social @magickedteacup.bsky.social · 17d

🥹♥️♥️♥️♥️

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Alex Singer, Arbiter of Spooky Bagels @moonsheen.bsky.social · 18d

Jack Black is very much one of those people I look at him and what he does and the insane amount of energy he continues to apply to everything he does and, yeah, I fully believe that's the child of a rocket scientist.

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Guillermo del Toro @realgdt.bsky.social · 18d

If I controlled an animation studio- any animation studio- I would jump both feet forth. Alas- for good or bd- I do not.

Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 18d

Genndy Tartakovsky shared test footage from his film ‘The Black Knight’. It follows a knight who controls a 20ft suit of armor. Sony isn't sure there's an audience for the film and haven’t greenlit it yet.

After Kpop demon hunters success I don't understand why Sony are dragging their feet on this!

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magickedteacup.bsky.social @magickedteacup.bsky.social · 18d

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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 18d

I’ve been asked quite a lot over the years about how I remain calm when responding to trolls and bad actors. Some day I’ll do a bigger write up, but one of the biggest things that has helped me a lot is to remember:

“When you’re easily offended, you’re easily manipulated.”

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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 20d

I spoke extensively with the Crimson reporter. She understood the strength of the evidence, and it shows.

Odds ratios can be eye-glazing, but let's just say that when 2.5 million kids are studied, and it's still not possible to detect added risk from taking acetaminophen...there's no added risk.

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magickedteacup.bsky.social @magickedteacup.bsky.social · 19d

OOoohhhH!!! The 52 HZ one is spectacular, like a movie poster!!

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 19d

Italy has moved me to tears for 3 days straight. Bravo ❤️

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