John Robinson
@hannibalv.bsky.social
Same screaming, different void. He/him; lamentably, cishet. Suburban Chicago. Co-host/Lead Theatrical Film Critic for The Neon Movie Bunker, available wherever you get your podcasts. https://www.neonmoviebunker.com Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/6DkUL
“The AI Engines were only eagerly and voluntarily used by 10000 people but everyone who did formed a bunch of laughable and frankly embarrassing opinions” - Brian Eno
And so much for the various attempts to revive the tradition of the dinner party. Odds are pretty good this guy would just leave it there after he was done for the hosts to clean up.
Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · yesterdayOh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.
Opinion | Jabba the Hutt: In Defense of Organized Crime “Boscka”
Opinion | David Ellison: In Defense of the Paramount-Warner Deal
The issue is whether I can be trusted as a steward of CNN
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Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.
PSA: Chris Onstad is still doing Achewood, putting out a frankly ridiculous amount of new stuff every week, and it’s beautiful as ever. www.achewood.com
So I've done this for two days now, and am fully prepared for it to become my entire personality--which means I need to transmit the disease. Anthropeum.com · Aug 3 2026 🟦🟩🟨🟨🟦🟩🟨🟩🟩🟦 69,119 · top 73% of players today!
Anthropeum
A daily game that challenges our understanding of human cultures. Ten objects. 5,000 years of human history. Guess where and when each artifact was made. See how you rank.
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I just subscribed to this block list, and I really appreciate the public service provided here
Tess is Surviving the Horrors@mothmother.com · 4d agoI started getting followed by some "film festivals" and "writing festivals" and thought "oh, these are cool!" Then I looked a little closer. They're all part of a network that preys on writers, charging us for reviews, and feeding our stuff into slop generators. So I made a list.👋🏻🖕🏻😠
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
I don't think you should worry about sounding like AI when you write. I don't think you should worry about AI, period, especially with that molotov cocktail just sitting in your hand. The lighter clicks. The data center beckons. A soft summer breeze tousles your hair as if to say: Attaboy.
Most @catieosaurus.bsky.social coded thing I've read on Bluesky in many a month.
David J Prokopetz@prokopetz.bsky.social · last wk.Kink scene rescheduled because halfway through me explaining the scenario my dom asked a clarifying question that uncovered a howling logical inconsistency and we ended up spending the next three hours workshopping the worldbuilding.
If you’re considering whether terms like ethnic cleansing or pogrom might be applicable to impending government action, there could be a problem.
Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social · last wk.TPS for Haitians officially expires tomorrow. ICE is planning big operations, with Springfield, Ohio among the targets www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-hai...
I'm currently sitting in my basement waiting out a tornado warning. These are the joys of life in the Chicago area.
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, or Alive in Chains. Perpetual answer to this is PJ Harvey's "To Bring You My Love", but given the restrictions, I'll go with this:
Ryan McGee@ryanboston.bsky.social · last wk.Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.
Yes, the Problems are bad, but this is no time for radical things like Solutions