Shawn Marier
@smarier.bsky.social
Runner of SF Conventions and Film Festivals. Norwescon, Speculative Film Fest, and now multiple Worldcon Film Festivals. (He/Him) SciFi, horror, fandom, smof, cons, Lovecraft, Cthulhu, comics, Seahawks.
For any crimes that an AI does, the CEO of the company that created it should be held 100% responsible and prosecuted as if they ordered the crime to be committed.
And he’s president right now because a shocking number of American voters agree with him on that particular issue
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 17h agoQ: Barack Obama just said 'if you put women in charge of every government for two years, things would be better.' Do you buy that? TRUMP: It's ridiculous. I love women. I think they're great. But what a ridiculous statement that is.
Just starting season 5 of American Horror Story. I'll probably regret saying this later, but what a cool looking hotel, I would love to stay there... :)
🎥 Five Nights at Freddy's 2 (2025) ★★★★ I actually think this was a better horror movie than the first one. This time the animatronics actually were scary. Hope they can keep it up for the next one. I'm sure I missed the in jokes, as I have never played the… View full review on @popfeed.social
A review of Five Nights at Freddy's 2 (2025)
I actually think this was a better horror movie than the first one. This time the animatronics actu
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Trump's policies are allowing the country which most of the 9/11 terrorist came from develop nuclear weapons.
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · yesterdayTrump’s nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia could pose a huge problem. trib.al/w6oeLQP
The networks need to band together, and stop all press pool activities until he is gone.
CNN@cnn.com · yesterdayThe White House is barring CNN from flying on Air Force One on Saturday as part of the news outlet's duties covering the president on behalf of major television networks. https://cnn.it/3TpnjIc
Had to reboot my Xfinity router. I was getting Internet speed SLOWER than dialup. Speed tests were saying it was under 10k. After reboot I'm back at around 500m.
🚨 BREAKING: In a major loss for voters, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to allow the Trump administration to initiate voter roll purges using a flawed database involving Americans' private data. The ruling will disproportionately impact naturalized citizens who've been wrongly flagged in the system.
SCOTUS just allowed the President to create the system which will "verify voters" and give the data to states to purge voters.
Bold strategy to sanction ourselves before anyone else gets a chance. Trump's diesel export ban needs some reworking. https://platypuseconomics.substack.com/p/why-is-the-president-pointing-sanctions
Why Is the President Pointing Sanctions at America?
We block Iranian and Russian energy exports to weaken their economies. Now the White House wants to do the same thing to our own diesel.
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2/ Here's a closer look because the regional differences are pretty striking. The West’s wave is still going, while the Midwest and Northeast are seeing smaller increases than we saw last winter and last summer. Meanwhile, the South had a relatively mild summer wave that now appears to be declining.
I believe this is the 4th edition. I know I read the 3rd edition a few years back and really enjoyed it,. Learned a lot of details on the mythos that I didn't know. My only concern is that the new publisher @chaosium.bsky.social might not allow them to add stuff from other publisher books.
Chaosium@chaosium.bsky.social · 2d agoThe Encyclopedia Cthuliana launches on October 28th.
I know I've posted this many times - needs to flood the media until election day.
College football fans are pulling their hair out after a head coach revealed how President Donald Trump impacted a championship game.
Mass freakout as coach claims Trump disrupted Miami's final drive with title on the line
College football fans are pulling their hair out after a head coach revealed how President Donald Trump impacted a championship game.The head coach of the University of Texas at Austin Longhorns football team, Steve Sarkisian, shared a story on Thursday that suggested that Trump caused a security-re...
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Any Republican which "distances" themselves from Trump 40 days before the elections, will be back in bed with him as soon as the election is over. Don't fall for it, the Whitehouse has given them permission to do it.
So how high will t-bills go before Trump's policies completely implode the economy?
Barchart@barchart.com · 2d agoJUST IN 🚨: U.S. 10-Year Treasury Yield jumps to highest level since the run-up to the Global Financial Crisis
I normally would not even consider attendimg a Macklemore concert, but I'm tempted now.
The Hollywood Reporter@thr.com · 2d agoJust 10 days after Macklemore‘s removal from Ed Sheeran’s tour over his pro-Palestine statements during his performances, the rapper announced a “Free Palestine” Tour of his own on Thursday, with all the proceeds pledged to pro-Palestinian organizations.
Trump has stated that anyone who opposes AI or Data Centers is a traitor, and wants the DOJ to prosecute them. I guess I'll be sharing a cell with hundreds if not thousands of people I know. 25th or impeach and convict, he is destroying our country.
Raw Story@rawstory.com · 2d agoPresident Donald Trump is casting Americans who oppose AI and data centers as agents of China, and a new Justice Department warning has raised alarm that the administration could try to prosecute them, according to a new report.
Behold, the prelaunch is open for the graphic novel of The Murderbot Diaries: All Systems Red!
Paul Cornell@paulcornell.bsky.social · 3d agoMy company @cosmiclighthouse.co.uk is putting out a Murderbot graphic novel, All Systems Red, with a new @marthawells.com Mb short story too! @ericaschultz42.bsky.social @garyerskine.bsky.social @stillwintercraft.bsky.social @simonbowland.bsky.social ! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cos...
A television ad promoting President Trump began airing on cable Wednesday saying it was paid for by the U.S. government, despite a federal prohibition on using taxpayer dollars for “publicity or propaganda.”
Trump ad airing with government funding despite law against ‘propaganda’
A TV ad boosting President Trump and saying that it was paid for by the U.S. government is airing in two major markets despite a federal law against using tax funds for "propaganda."
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A ban on exporting ribeye makes it less profitable to raise cattle, reducing the supply of both ribeye and brisket. Brisket prices rise. Fuel is also jointly produced: Diesel is ribeye, gas is brisket, and now you can predict where gas prices might go. youtu.be/UwsPWUbGUVs
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Would a diesel export ban actually lower fuel prices? The White House is floating a temporary ban on U.S. diesel exports, and the pitch sounds simple: keep the diesel here, and prices fall for…
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The AI build-out is on track to become the biggest economic bet in U.S. history, dwarfing the investments made to fund other huge U.S. infrastructure projects such as the railroads, the highway system and the plumbing for the internet. www.wsj.com/economy/the-...
The AI Build-Out Is Becoming the Biggest Economic Bet in U.S. History
Data-center spending is greater than that for canals, railroads and grid combined—creating jobs and stock-market wealth, while boosting inflation and crowding out housing.
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WSJ: The AI build-out is on track to become the biggest economic bet in US history, dwarfing the investments made to fund other huge US infrastructure projects — such as the railroads, the highway system and the plumbing for the internet.” (via Jefferies)
Trump winces in pain during the loud military flyover as Xi shows no reaction