"Things were better 40 years years ago." No, they weren't. Things are shit now, sure. But they used to be so much worse.

I hadn't actually intended the thumbnails of my two latest videos to look like palette swaps of one another, it just worked out that way. 😅

I'm just gonna say: it somewhat baffles me that people who are understandably skeptical of opaque LLMs as legitimate sources of information will suddenly go full on "the computer KNOWS" when they are using opaque tools to "detect" AI. The computer does not know.

Susanna Kearsley@susannakearsley.bsky.social · 2d ago

❤️ Gillian Green, publisher at Tor Bramble, told The Bookseller: “HM Wolfe has confirmed that Daggermouth was written entirely without AI. We stand behind our author, and we do not recognise third-party AI detection tools as a fair or reliable measure of authenticity when used on their own.”

A chilling reminder that things are not normal or okay, seen on our way to dinner last night, on the corner of Woolsey and Telegraph in Berkeley. (Alt text widget not working for me so: A sidewalk with “ICE TOOK A NEIGHBOR HERE” written on it in white chalk)

Today is August 4th, 2026. mollylele.rocks/track/there-... (read by @unarmedoracle.bsky.social, music'd by me)

There Will Come Soft Rains, by Mollylele (ft. Cameron Lauder)

track by Mollylele (ft. Cameron Lauder)

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Okay, I am going to tell a little story. It's one I have saved for the last couple years, almost nobody knows about it. But it lives in my heart. I don't know how others will feel about it, maybe something, maybe nothing. It's about the Uncanny X-Men. 1/

Born 100 years ago today, Tony Bennett

Tony Bennett "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" on The Ed Sullivan Show

Tony Bennett "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" on The Ed Sullivan Show, November 22, 1964. Subscribe now to never miss an update: https://ume.lnk.to/EdSullivanSubscribe Watch more of Tony…

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I called WNET in NY to ask them to remove this video. I told them it was damaging to kids. You can call them, too! Call 212-560-1313 and press 2 to leave a message (the phone prompt seems to indicate 1, but that message directs you to 2). ny.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/ruf...

AI Poetry Lesson | RUFF RUFFMAN: HUMBLE MEDIA GENIUS | Grades 3-5 Engineering & Technology Teaching and Lesson Resources

Ruff wants to create a new poem for his fans, but he has writer's block. He ends up using artificial intelligence to help write the poem in this animated video about media literacy from RUFF RUFFMAN: ...

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Last week I got a promotional email from a restaurant that shut down the week before.

T H E VV O R S T@milfparade.bsky.social · 3d ago

A few weeks ago I realized that tomorrow is the date the Ray Bradbury story “There Will Come Soft Rains” takes place. It’s a shame science fiction from 75 years ago isn’t relevant anymore

WHAT the everlasting FFFFFF... 😡

Carolyn Fiddler@cfidd.bsky.social · 3d ago

I'm surprised this is not a literal crime in Germany (It is, of course, an artistic crime that deserves the most severe punishment) www.ft.com/content/181e...

Harvey & Joyce's adopted daughter Danielle is trying to raise funds to deal with Pekar's raw archive; basically four storage lockers full of notes, outlines, ideas, etc. Note this is not Pekar's comics per se. Those rights have been tied up in court for years. Long, ugly story. Worth backing.

His Name was Harvey Pekar

Saving the legacy of Harvey Pekar:Urgent mission to rescue four full storage units of American Splendor history before its lost forever

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I don't know who needs to hear this, but I have a Tab Buddy Mini on my keychain and it makes my life better. 😊 (IIRC, I bought two larger ones, they threw a mini in as a free bonus, and that's the one I use because I know where it is.)

Tab Buddy Mini | Soda Tab Opener by Tab Buddies

Shop Tab Buddies to save your nails, joints, and fingertips with cute, colorful, and accessible designs made for everyone.

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Ah, this warms the cockles of my cold, dead heart. Wait til you see the price a TERF had to pay for lying about a trans woman. "...also be required to publish a court-approved apology that must remain pinned on their social media channels for three months" www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/07/an-a...

An anti-trans activist lied about a trans athlete injuring cis women. Now she has to pay the price. - LGBTQ Nation

Kirralie Smith admitted in court she didn't have any evidence to back up her claim about a trans woman injuring two cis women.

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@amyrhodabrown.ca Happy birthday! 💖

YouTube decided the other day that I wanted to see Professor Julius Sumner Miller explaining physics to Australian television viewers in the 1960s, and it was 100% correct.

IT'S UP!!! A brief history of the illegal hunger games a generation of teens ran on Fanfiction dot net, and the insane and complex economics thereof. NEW VIDEO now on YouTube. youtu.be/PH3U77KeT00

The Illegal Fanfiction Death Games Of 2011

YouTube video by Sarah Z

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indefensible & enraging. imagine being so puritan-pilled that you make your pathological fear of pleasure everybody else’s problem instead of urgently seeking therapy for it

Sam Cole@samleecole.bsky.social · 5d ago

a bunch of popular ASMR artists lost their channels forever this week, after YouTube cited them for violating terms against "sexually gratifying" content: www.404media.co/youtube-asmr...

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Etrigan (unrelated)@etrigan.bsky.social · 6d ago

Look, friends. I know that you don't think it's much. But the NYT Puzzles app is very much propping up the NYT's ideologically driven hate campaign against trans people. You gotta let your streak go. There are so many other puzzles out there you could be playing that won't fund hate.

Harrison Ford, the actor behind loveable scoundrels Han Solo and Indiana Jones, started his career as an on-set carpenter. That makes him a roguelike deckbuilder.

No camera. No AI. Just Normal Sunglasses. From DuckDuckGo x @Knockaround. (Yes, these are actually real. Get a pair here: knockaround.com/products/duc...)

*standing up on the plane with a ukulele* This is the song that doesn't end, it just goes on and on, my friend. Some people started singing it, not knowing what it was, and they'll continue singing it forever just because this is the song that doesn't end, it just goes on and on, my friend...

Lisa Nohealani Morton@lnmorton.bsky.social · 6d ago

*standing up on the plane* Hwæt! We Gardena in geardagum, þeodcyninga, þrym gefrunon, hu ða æþelingas ellen fremedon. Oft Scyld Scefing sceaþena þreatum, monegum mægþum, meodosetla ofteah, egsode eorlas. Syððan ærest wearð feasceaft funden, he þæs frofre gebad, weox under wolcnum, weorðmyndum þah

This is going to make it very difficult to know which sports we should ban them from.

Kat Kerlin@katkerlin.bsky.social · last wk.

Some avocados are female in the morning and male in the afternoon, while others are on the opposite schedule. This helps them avoid self-pollination. How do they do it? A @ucdavis.bsky.social study explains. www.ucdavis.edu/food/news/st...

Supergirl (2026): 4.5 out of 5 stars. There's a particularly inspired music choice toward the end.

Yup. Our set had these covers, I think.

S. Kramer@libraryephemera.bsky.social · 7d ago

Were you a child who read The World Book Encyclopedia for fun?

A few days ago, I posted a link with some publishing news that, on further review, was very likely AI slop. I've taken down my original post, and will redouble my efforts to vet my sources in the future.

Possibly everyone else has seen this already, but I hadn't. (Attn: @nonelvis.com, @damnslippy.slippy.me)

In which I pitch Animorphs, a series I have not read since I was ten years old but is apparently burned into my brain

Prairie Dawn, Bert, Don Music

Moss Lawton @ Midsummer Scream #667@dinolich.bsky.social · 2w ago

if you had to pick three muppets to represent you (not your three favorites) who would you pick? greater henson canon counts. I think I'd go Gonzo, Rizzo and Uncle Deadly.

I just want a version of “The Odyssey” by Megan Thee Stallion, called the Bodyodyodyssey