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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 16h

fountainhead book cover image illustration of man holding glowing ball above shoulder by skyscraper in background. title edited to say: HOWARD ROARK NEEDS EVERY WRITER AND ARTIST TO LET HIM USE/SELL ALL THEIR WORK FREE OR HIS BUSINESS MODEL WON'T WORK.

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Zoe TunnHELL @zoewithasword.bsky.social · 18h

Would it surprise you that the owner of Scientific American's parent company, Stefan von Holtzbrinck, invested $37 million in Inkitt, an AI firm?

What a SHOCK

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 2d

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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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 21h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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MORROCCO @mikemorrocco.bsky.social · 1d

#portfolioday
I draw comics
And I think they’re GREAT

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 18h

Take a few minutes to appreciate Drew Struzan creating the original artwork for THE PHANTOM MENACE. Truly a master at work.

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MORROCCO @mikemorrocco.bsky.social · 23h

two men are standing next to each other with the words things are just popping right now on the bottom .

ALT: two men are standing next to each other with the words things are just popping right now on the bottom .

media.tenor.com

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MORROCCO @mikemorrocco.bsky.social · 1d

#portfolioday
I draw comics
And I think they’re GREAT

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Doug Wood @dougawood.bsky.social · 1d

Hey #portfolioday, I am Doug Wood! I am a disabled comic creator from KC. I write, letter and flat comics.

I’d love to write on crime stories or YA/MG graphic novels. So consider hiring me!

Here is my portfolio:
www.jumpstartcomic.com

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MORROCCO @mikemorrocco.bsky.social · 5d

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cow tools daily @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social · 5d

it's not FOR us

edited comic panel. Batman is breaking a lump-with-handle cow tool over his knee and saying "this is the tool of the cow. we do not understand it. we will not use it."

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MORROCCO @mikemorrocco.bsky.social · 5d

Oh that’s fair
Detroit too honestly
But in terms of playoff droughts lowest tier possible for a bit there

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MORROCCO @mikemorrocco.bsky.social · 5d

Can I just say, as a life long Orioles fan, despite our step backwards this year, how great is it that so many small market teams from great fucking baseball towns have made these playoffs?!

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 6d

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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MORROCCO @mikemorrocco.bsky.social · 7d

Which made everything after it seem out of place for me- the fandom, the mech etc
Like, he buried that entire show, he rebuked all of this
Then he did the movies to remaster the whole thing, which made a TON more merch and junk, which makes me think maybe I didn’t understand him at all

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MORROCCO @mikemorrocco.bsky.social · 7d

I think about this too
The ending of Eva is the literal end to that universe, like a big retcon
Like I felt at the time End of Eva was Anno saying “fine, have more fight scenes, but the ending is still the same” kind of like saying “I’ll take your money and give you what you want but it’s still over

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MORROCCO @mikemorrocco.bsky.social · 7d

Good thread

Eric Kim (김현철) inkskratch.com @inkskratch.com · 7d

I've never thought of evangelion in this way before, but the television series ended in such an experimental anti-capitalist note, garnering an intense reaction...and now it's one of the most recognizable brands in anime

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Eric Kim (김현철) inkskratch.com @inkskratch.com · 7d

I've never thought of evangelion in this way before, but the television series ended in such an experimental anti-capitalist note, garnering an intense reaction...and now it's one of the most recognizable brands in anime

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 7d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 8d

This is great. The absurdity of this moment captured. Make it go viral.

Andy @andyoregon.bsky.social · 8d

Jess Waters recycling the same guy over and over to represent “former” different enemies

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8d

Miles was chief of staff at DHS in Trump’s first term 👇🏽

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MORROCCO @mikemorrocco.bsky.social · 7d

New CLAIRE alert

Good Old Claire @illusclaire.bsky.social · 13d

Time for a new story. A romance comic for the dark days of the year🖤 cosy-witch-book-brutal.neocities.org

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MORROCCO @mikemorrocco.bsky.social · 7d

You all are going to want to have eyes on this one!

therealgstoye @therealgstoye.bsky.social · 7d

So, we have a horror Kickstarter coming up that is, quite literally, six years in the making: It’s called PATERFAMILIAS, and its a book that delves into the sheer terror of an abduction, but heightened with a sense of the unknown. www.kickstarter.com/projects/sid...

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MORROCCO @mikemorrocco.bsky.social · 7d

Socket contact

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therealgstoye @therealgstoye.bsky.social · 7d

So, we have a horror Kickstarter coming up that is, quite literally, six years in the making: It’s called PATERFAMILIAS, and its a book that delves into the sheer terror of an abduction, but heightened with a sense of the unknown. www.kickstarter.com/projects/sid...

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MORROCCO @mikemorrocco.bsky.social · 12d

Shares appreciated!
The projects I’m working on are winding down, so I’m looking at late fall/early winter being open to a new sequential project

Samples below, more at mikemorrocco.com

And thanks for looking!

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 11d

It’s the Epstein files shutdown.

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