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Rob Pilkington

@robpilk.com

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writer of copy, #comics, and screenplays header art by @hvon.bsky.social 📌 los angeles, ca // https://linktr.ee/robpilk

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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 5h

we've all been there

Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 6h

fuck yeah

Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 8h

reading these group texts

final shot of Inglorious Basterds after brad pitt's carved a swatstika into christopher waltz's head

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 12h

Consumer-facing "A.i." fucking sucks and you're embarrassing yourself if you pass it off for your actual thoughts.

Adam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.social · 12h

“The humans won hands down when it came to notes, which require actual analysis rather than just distillation. The AI programs were ‘an almost total fail across the board.’”

Nice to know I wouldn’t have been so easily replaced at my old job by an A.I.

variety.com/2025/film/ne...

Hollywood Script Readers Fear They Could be Replaced by AI. They Set Up a Test to See Who Gives Better Feedback

Fearing they could be replaced, Hollywood script readers face off against AI programs to see who gives better feedback.

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kylie, themeny of the state (pumpkin),,, @kylie.hater.club · 16h

*whispers* a protest that works with cops is a rally

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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 1d

just finished the first ep, i'm all in

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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 1d

first episode of The Chair Company is pretty much everything i coulda hoped for

Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 1d

just finished: Lies, Inc.
by Philip K. Dick, ★★★½☆

app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/123d...

Review by robpilk - Lies, Inc.

app.thestorygraph.com

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melanie newport @melanienewport.bsky.social · 1d

the students at the encampments were right

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tunes to make you run away @whippoorwont.bsky.social · 1d

The AI video pitches are incomprehensible. "What if you could watch a movie starring you?" that sounds fucking awful man no thanks

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 1d

“Win every election” is not a viable strategy for preventing authoritarianism

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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 1d

using "begs the question" wrong is really the cherry on top of the idiot sundae here

Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 2d

well we're not sure about me getting into heaven, it's true. we're looking into it very, very powerfully right now. we'll see

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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 2d

can you repeat that, your honor — i was thinking about WEAPONS (2025) again, sorry

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Lane! Draws! Comics! @lanedraws.bsky.social · 2d

Hey chat, is it good that our president keeps telling us he's not getting into heaven? Just wanna check!

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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 2d

it's got "Rehearsal" vibes for sure

Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 2d

at the rate we lose other, beloved places around here, this particular venture feels like it's mocking me

Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 2d

i know exactly which spot you're talking about, it's insane lol

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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 3d

no one:

no one at all:

my brain [sheryl crow voice]: put on a poncho

Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 3d

first ep I ever saw!

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The Pleasure Vice Principle (he/him/his) @hannibaltabu.bsky.social · 4d

I saw the dot coms crash from a front row seat. AI is running out of money way faster.

The evangelism is insecurity from people who made the wrong bet. I’ve seen it before. futurism.com/future-socie...

AI Data Centers Are an Even Bigger Disaster Than Previously Thought

An investment manager realized he made a crucial mistake — and that his grim prediction about AI investments may not have been cynical enough.

futurism.com

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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 3d

[googling what aura farming is] sure yeah that makes sense

Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 3d

it kinda feels shot like a horror film, right? the lighting, the framing, etc. i think there's an effect going on where we kinda recognize it as "scary movie" subliminally or something that adds a whole dimension to it

Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 3d

when the captcha wants me to select all the squares with a traffic light in them

apocalypse (x-men villain) saying "do i look like a player of games?" i believe during the x of swords event

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Rob Pilkington @robpilk.com · 3d

can't help but think a society interested in its own longevity would've had extremely strict AI watermarking laws in place like last year