Bjork would have made her own bird automaton out of fresh moss and dreams.

“Digger” is not bad. The problem is that when you take that big of a swing you can’t afford to be merely “not bad.”

I think the Kelly Clarkson thing may be a psyop by Big Automata.

Odd sexy ballerina 🩶 📸: @gustavoturner.bsky.social

Jesus Christ just sell the woman the fucking $15,000 automaton bird

I’m gonna travel back to 2002 and try to warn the American Idol voters that they may be causing a “Sliding Doors” scenario that will result in a public confrontation about $15,000 bird automata.

grimm 🎃@mugrimm.bsky.social · yesterday

A story in two parts

I’m pretty sure our AI robot overlords are archiving all of Twitter for their massive study of human psychology, “Mankind: The Case for Obliteration.”

Imagine the government telling a musician “we don’t criminalize you or your music, but we will do anything it takes to arrest and harass anyone who may want to come to your show or even listen to your music online.” This is what Sweden, France and many US states tell sex workers.

Decrim Now@decrimnow.bsky.social · 6mo ago

This week sex workers went to the French Senate to present a proposed bill to decriminalise sex work, developed by sex workers themselves. France has now had the disastrous Nordic model (client criminalisation) for 10 years. The fight for decrim goes on! 💪

The official Nobel Prize account is coordinating influencer content to announce Anne Carson’s Literature win. It’s this kind of era.

According to the latest leak from Rockstar, GTA VII will entirely take place on The Bloc parking lot ramp.

If you are in / around Los Angeles, @gustavoturner.bsky.social and I are showing some of our photos on October 29th. I'd love to see you there.

Safe Mode Off Opening: Photography by Alex Steed and Gustavo Turner | Partiful

A show of work by Alex Steed and Gustavo Turner, to Los Angeles based photographers known for their work documenting the adult industry.

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Today in Music History: 1984: After eight weeks being stuck on how to complete the lyric “People are…,” Depeche Mode’s Martin Gore has a sudden epiphany while sitting at the pub with his mates.

“Duran Duran? The Barbarella villain?”

Just re-watched The Last Seduction for the first time in a long time. - genius level performance by Linda Fiorentino totally holds up - the transphobic twist is so wrong and insane. I had entirely erased it from my memory - same for the sexual violence scene - Bill Pullman 🙌🏼

I’m Choosin’ Hexes

Not all my stuff, I should point out. One a collab between @gustavoturner.bsky.social and me, one of @carolynkendrick.bsky.social's photography, one of @artofcoop.bsky.social's photography and one super fun one by Chel Nico.

My new article: “What ‘Choosin’ Texas’ Tells Us About Pornography Journalism” (Am I doing it right?)

I wrote about and photographed the supertalented Maddie Wren for @porncrush.bsky.social September “Crush of the Month” feature. An incredible performer with a truly compelling backstory: porncrush.com/articles/mad...

Maddie Wren, the Girl Next Door Who Will Ruin Your Life (And You’ll Thank Her)

One year into her pro porn tenure, the overachiever with the kinkiest heart (and the filthiest dirty talk) has turned all the right heads in the industry

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I fantasize that there was one network exec in the 80s and 90s whose only note for showrunners was always “cool, but add an exotic pet.” In my mind, this theoretical suit was responsible for both the alligator in Miami Vice and the monkey in Friends.

Still one of my favorite comic book parodies…

Yo— (a poem by Gustavo Turner) I ate The fucking plums In the fridge If you were Saving them for breakfast My bad Also Who eats Fucking plums For breakfast?

Imagine the government telling a musician “we don’t criminalize you or your music, but we will do anything it takes to arrest and harass anyone who may want to come to your show or even listen to your music online.” This is what Sweden, France and many US states tell sex workers.

Decrim Now@decrimnow.bsky.social · 6mo ago

This week sex workers went to the French Senate to present a proposed bill to decriminalise sex work, developed by sex workers themselves. France has now had the disastrous Nordic model (client criminalisation) for 10 years. The fight for decrim goes on! 💪

“The Nordic Model, despite numerous rebrands, still causes significant harm to sex workers. Sex workers cannot work together for safety, and still bear the brunt of criminalisation. ‘We’ve created an environment which is absolutely perfect for abusing sex workers.’”

I guess we only have a few weeks left to enjoy this scene on HBO…

Remember the Red Paperclip guy? Should he own Nebraska or something by now?

“‘Digger’? The musical?”

“More like ‘The Bitch Boys,’ right fellas?” Antonio Salieri if he had lived in Torrance, California, 1962.

My Angel Studios pitch: “The Early Adventures of Adam”—a happy-go-lucky naked dude with all his ribs intact (Tom Holland) hangs out with a bunch of nameless tame animals for centuries.

“IMPORTANT: Dear Build-A-Bear Group attendees—If using voice-to-text for directions, please over-enunciate the words, as some of us have had some very unfortunate incidents with security staff for the Bilderberg Group meeting down the street.”