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Will "scifantasy" Frank @scifantasy.bsky.social · 2h

Good morning!

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Chad Orzel @orzelc.bsky.social · 2h

It's amazing how many other contexts you can find in which to use the ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN line "The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand."

Sarah O'Connor @sarahoconnorft.ft.com · 3h

Investors are betting big bucks on the idea that AI will create an explosion of leisure time...e.g. it was a key part of the public rationale for the massive $55bn takeover of video games maker Electronic Arts. But are they right?? (short thread linked to my column today www.ft.com/content/4011...)

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Will "scifantasy" Frank @scifantasy.bsky.social · 3h

As a filker, this is entirely correct.

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Will "scifantasy" Frank @scifantasy.bsky.social · 3h

I'm honored, but I do feel bad for @timcoronel.bsky.social ...

Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 8h

sorry only Will Frank is allowed to be yelled at in my mentions for bad puns

you have arrived too late

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Will "scifantasy" Frank @scifantasy.bsky.social · 10h

Splitters!

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Will "scifantasy" Frank @scifantasy.bsky.social · 10h

I used to be a trademark attorney for a major sports league.

They would never let this through QC.

Ditto the Seuss estate.

Will "scifantasy" Frank @scifantasy.bsky.social · 12h

Dammit, I looked for you!

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Will "scifantasy" Frank @scifantasy.bsky.social · 13h

Paging @lexlanham.bsky.social, @tudorsandtms.bsky.social, @design-law.bsky.social, and just for kicks, @questauthority.bsky.social.

I'd page Glenn "Oh, the Places You'll Boldly Go" Haumann but he isn't on Bsky.

dinger.bsky.social @dinger.bsky.social · 13h

Who is gonna sue first, The Dr Seuss estate, or the NFL

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Brandon O’Brien, low on Action Points @therisingtithes.bsky.social · 13h

Braincrack:

there should be a single unified non-blog place online to get a list (and a calendar view) of every upcoming SFF novel & novella release in a year. Something you can just set reminders for the week before, and when it's on preorder, so you can keep up with every pub without hassle.

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Meg Frank @peripateticmeg.bsky.social · 17h

a big adventure for a little kitten

A picture of a black kitten looking out of a partially zipped open cat carrier seated on a subway car

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Will "scifantasy" Frank @scifantasy.bsky.social · 17h

Madrox was indeed my first thought, especially in X-Corp.

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Will "scifantasy" Frank @scifantasy.bsky.social · 21h

Whoa, I get my ribbons from you!

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 23h

I am not one to play the patriotism card, but this is a fundamentally unAmerican statement.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bessent: "No Kings means no paychecks. No paychecks and no government."

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Will "scifantasy" Frank @scifantasy.bsky.social · 1d

Happy birthday!

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 1d

"Slashdot: What's the reason OneDrive tells users this setting can only be turned off 3 times a year?

[Microsoft's publicist chose not to answer this question.]"

Microsoft's OneDrive Begins Testing Face-Recognizing AI for Photos (for Some Preview Users) - Slashdot

I uploaded a photo on my phone to Microsoft's "OneDrive" file-hosting app — and there was a surprise waiting under Privacy and Permissions. "OneDrive uses AI to recognize faces in your photos.....

slashdot.org

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‎Synapsid (Scary) @synapsid.bsky.social · 1d

every new bit of information that comes out after one of his movies bombs not doing much to disprove my theory that Leto has the most blackmailable dirt on every studio exec and producer working today

Moxie @ blfc @dracocat.bsky.social · 1d

Its wild too because apparently Tron Ares was a different story/film initially but Leto wanted to explore his character so much he convinced the director to change it to focus on him.

“The first iteration of [Tron: Ares] was a different movie, but it had a character named Ares that [Leto] was cast as while we were in pre-production,” Wigutow says, “He really got his teeth into this character and really wanted to hold onto it, and ultimately came to me and said, ‘Let's just build a movie around this character. I want to understand this character, his origins, and I want to take him to a very different place.’ So that's really the provenance and the origin of this specific film is Jared's dogged persistence on getting it done, but also telling the story of this character specifically.”

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The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 1d

Here's an example of a 3D print file that adds original content and doesn't compete with GW originals - just for those who are wondering if this kind of lawsuit will necessarily doom the 3D printing proxy industry:

The Grimdark pay crapper.

Really.

www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-pr...

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Will "scifantasy" Frank @scifantasy.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, and now the tragedy deepens.

Will "scifantasy" Frank @scifantasy.bsky.social · 1d

Oh no, what a tragic happening!

Depenning?

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Will "scifantasy" Frank @scifantasy.bsky.social · 1d

www.gocomics.com/bloomcounty/...

www.garagejournal.com/forum/data/a...

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Will "scifantasy" Frank @scifantasy.bsky.social · 1d

RIP Tom, poisoning the pigeons forever.

The Midnight Society @midnightpals.bsky.social · 1d

Eddy: howard tell us
Eddy: all modern fellas are jealous
Eddy: ducks always envy the swans
Eddy: who got Sonia and Winifred and hazel

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Will "scifantasy" Frank @scifantasy.bsky.social · 1d

Like how you can have a party to watch the Big Game, you might even be able to have a party to watch the Super Bowl, but if you have a Super Bowl Watch Party expect a C&D.

Will "scifantasy" Frank @scifantasy.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, but you weren't hopped up on eschatonism.

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Will "scifantasy" Frank @scifantasy.bsky.social · 2d

I'm so sorry

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 2d

No institutional design can overcome a lawbreaking president, a Congress defending lawbreaking and forfeiting its own power, a Supreme Court that pretends legal text doesn’t count to facilitate lawbreaking, and a citizenry that votes for all that.
Need at least one that wants rule of law. Maybe two.

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