scotchy.bsky.social
@scotchy.bsky.social
Lurker in the shadows.
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this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing

these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous

this is worth sharing and educating people about
December 15, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Imagine confessing you let a car’s OS turn you into a toddler.
tesla owners admitting without shame they don’t know how to drive anymore
December 15, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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tesla owners admitting without shame they don’t know how to drive anymore
December 14, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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The Heritage Foundation is an authoritarian Christian Nationalist organization.

Treat their people accordingly.
In case you ever needed proof that the Heritage Foundation is not a conservative organization, here we have them cheering on the Federal Government threatening to strip all funding from a state that does not make political decisions the President likes. Any true conservative would be howling.
The US government is now a mafia organization.
December 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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"I'm not in denial, I'm in open rebellion" damn that quote goes hard
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”

Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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Like anything @tkingfisher.com writes I devoured this book.

Definitely weird, but my kind of weird, and I’m also glad 47North took a flyer on it.

Also books she sets in the desert are my FAVORITES, and I adored Selena.

(Reposting because the first time I was so excited about it I forgot the pic)
December 10, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Ignore the bullshit propaganda coming out of the White House and the Kremlin (which are arguably the same institution these days).

The REALITY is, 62% of American voters believe the USA should give more support to Ukraine and want to see a Ukrainian victory.

www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
December 8, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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Go Bernie !! 🇺🇸
December 8, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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I promised animal stories, so: the Ballad of Curly, Best of Owls. CWs for thread: domestic abuse, animal-on-asshole violence.
July 6, 2023 at 3:19 AM
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December 7, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Spot on, Mr. Rather. 🎯 💯
December 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Authors, Beware! There's a firm called "ClaimsHero" doing aggressive social media outreach claiming to
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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….Almost like he knew.

xkcd.com/2910/
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
xkcd.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Wife of a furloughed federal worker here. We live in Okinawa & they aren't paying our housing or his salary. We are worried about neighbors & coworkers in the same boat. This sucks. But what sucks worse? Dems fucking betraying us and caving so all of this was for nothing right when we had leverage.
November 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Here's the bottom line about Sliwa:

Two decades ago he was a fringe lunatic Republican.

These days he's still a fringe lunatic, in everything but politics. His political opinions are left of the Republican party.

He has not changed his political opinions in two decades.
November 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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A Republican Tale as Old as Time
November 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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If you want or need SNAP benefits, literally the only barrier should be...signing up.

"But what about fraud?" My sibling in red, white, and blue, THE PENTAGON HASN'T PASSED AN AUDIT IN YEARS AND MONEY IS FAKE. I don't care if too many people have food assistance.
November 1, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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I didn't think I needed an "always repost the Nazi bar story" but it feels like it bears repeating far too often.
for those unfamiliar with the nazi bar:
October 22, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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A message to Mike Johnson & the GOP:
October 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Had a blast getting to meet one of my favorite authors- I highly recommend everyone read Seanan McGuire’s books and know that she will write at least 3 more in the time it takes for me to post this 😂 thank you for coming to Raleigh!
October 15, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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threw on some Toby Daye civvies to head up to @quailridgebooks.bsky.social and chat with the singular @seananmcguire.bsky.social about Silver and Lead, the 19th (!!) installment of her October Daye series. an exhilarating, poignant, only somewhat terrifying experience that I would absolutely repeat
October 15, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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I haven’t laughed this much in a while. I cant wait to get home and read my copy! Seanan McGuire is my favorite author.
hey Raleigh, I’m chatting with @seananmcguire.bsky.social about her new October Daye novel, Silver and Lead, at @quailridgebooks.bsky.social tomorrow night, if anyone’s into that sort of thing 📚🎤
October 15, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Stop smoking on the El or you will be keelhauled
October 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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ICE is recklessly throwing tear gas into our neighborhoods and busy streets, including near children at school and CPD officers.

The Trump Administration must stop their deployment of dangerous chemical weapons into the air of peaceful American communities.
October 14, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Please remember that "that's illegal" is a *description*, not a *conclusion*.

The law PROHIBITS people from doing things. It does not PREVENT people from doing things. "Illegal" does not mean "impossible." "Illegal" means "on a list of actions the government can, but is not required, to punish."
October 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM