Peter Clines
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NYT bestselling maker-upper of things. Still making things up. Still getting paid for it. No, it doesn't make sense to me, either. Former film guy. Toy enthusiast. he/him. Try to be a better person than you were yesterday.
SCREEN failed to pass out of committee, despite a 15-13 vote (in favor). Not enough members voting, but looks like a party line vote. Good work everyone! Keep up the pressure for after recess and beyond!
Mike Stabile@mikestabile.bsky.social · 20h agoIf SCREEN were to pass, you'd be required to scan your face and upload an ID to access this site because it allows "harmful" material. This affects you even if you don't care about sex work or porn.
Professional writer organizations should not send out pro-AI propaganda in the form of tantrum-having "essays" to their members, and I don't think that's controversial.
Regarding The Pro-AI Tantrum In The HWA Newsletter
Today I, and every other HWA member, received the HWA newsletter in our inboxes. In that newsletter was an essay (“essay”) of pro-AI propaganda that made a number of specious points in …
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I really don't want to wade into this but I do think the HWA needs to address this, like, now, if they don't want to deal with the backlash.
Holly Lyn Walrath@hollylynwalrath.bsky.social · 17h agoThere is a lengthy pro-AI screed in the latest HWA newsletter and it is . . . a mood.
More cops have been arrested for using flock cameras to stalk women than there are transgender athletes in youth sports.
292) Great Space Dragon, aka Daiku Maryu. Not an action figure but a 3d printed slug of a fond childhood memory. I could never afford/ justify buying one of the actual toys, but I found an STL on line and begged a friend to print it. Painting it is, well, an ongoing process. But I love this thing.
Somewhat relatedly, my fellow Californians, did you know about DROP? A new thing from our state that lets us simplify the process of getting our data out of data brokers hands? privacy.ca.gov/drop/
Delete Request and Opt-out Platform (DROP)
Protect your personal information. Data brokers collect, share, and sell your personal information. You can stop that from happening.
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One of the most true things printed here on Al Gore's internet.
Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist@nameshiv.bsky.social · 22h agothere are two types of fans of things- those who treat it like a hobby and understand it's ok to laugh at things you enjoy and those who use it to replace church or whatever in their lives and are very vigilant against Blasphemy
Today is There Will Come Soft Rains day, and it’s interesting how much the story reads to me now less as a “horror of nuclear war” snapshot and more as an examination of how impersonal our automated homes have become, that they could just go on without us
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Werewolf By Night is one of the best things to come out of the MCU.
Peter Clines@peterclines.com · 18h agoI miss that brief window when Disney/ Marvel was doing "special presentations" and it felt like we were going to get regular holiday specials out of them.
Polls close in one hour in Michigan. And say it with us: If you’re in line, stay in line!
Indivisible ❌👑@indivisible.org · yesterdayIt’s Election Day in Michigan! We get the Democratic Party we demand, and we demand real Democratic fighters who will actually hold the regime accountable and turn the page on the failed status quo. If you’re in Michigan and you still need to vote, make sure you have a plan today: iwillvote.com
mamdani's social media: NYC, today is a monumental day. I've slain Gorlax the Spurious, the beast who lived in the sewers and ate children and small dogs. every conservative thinkpiece article: Slaying Gorlax the Spurious might *sound* appealing, but what if you don't have children or small dogs?
honestly can't stress enough, as a former family law attorney, how depressingly common Max Miller's behavior and words are, right down to the petty fixation on custody procedure and rules when faced with allegations of shocking violence.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 20h agoRep. Max Miller: "When I was reported for child abuse of my daughter for a broken collarbone, my daughter was in my ex-wife's care 9 out of the last 11 days and she took her to the emergency room, which is a contempt violation from our shared parenting plan."
When are polls tonight closing? —7pm local time (ET) in Virginia —7pm local time in Missouri, which is 8pm ET —7pm local time in Kansas (8pm or 9pm ET) —8pm local time in Michigan (8pm, mostly, or 9pm ET) —8pm local time in Washington (11pm ET) What to watch? boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
It is 2006. I am 22. The US is mired in a costly Forever War. A predictable historic market collapse looms. I do not have health insurance. It is 2026. I am 42. The US is mired in a costly Forever War. A predictable historic market collapse looms. I do not have health insurance.
Jendia let me read this last month and it is wonderfully twisted and creepy in that dark-yet-beautiful way. If you ever kept running into the same person(???) again and again or wondered if an ancient forest god (?!?) was haunting your rental house, this book is absolutely for you. So check it out.
Jendia Gammon@jendiagammon.bsky.social · yesterdayOne week to my strangest journey, Godfestation! Why are monsters and luminous beings appearing wherever Fern goes, and can she escape them? Find out on August 11 in this Appalachian weird horror novella. Via Sley House Publishing. #books #horror #fantasy #Appalachia #folkhorror
One of the most true things printed here on Al Gore's internet.
Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist@nameshiv.bsky.social · 22h agothere are two types of fans of things- those who treat it like a hobby and understand it's ok to laugh at things you enjoy and those who use it to replace church or whatever in their lives and are very vigilant against Blasphemy
Finally, there's an *economic* coin-trick: "AI will destroy jobs." Sure, yes, AI is destroying jobs. But there's a vast difference between "You got fired because an AI can do your job" and "You got fired because your boss was convinced that the AI can do your job, even though it *cannot*." 45/
There were TWO new chapters of Book of CoL yesterday! Here's chapter 2 of The Arborist! tapas.io/episode/3951... This mystery webnovel series is entirely HUMAN MADE! #Booksky #Webnovel #Novel #Tapas #FreeToRead #HumanMade #BookofCoL #Mystery #Novel #LGBTQIA+ #Queer #Asexual #BodyHorror
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Happy publication day to @matthewdowsmith.bsky.social and AMELIA SHADOWS AND THE MONSTER IN THE BOX! #TeamTriada #BookSky www.simonandschuster.com/books/Amelia...
The Fae: so we’re going to take you away from here and— Me: I accept! The Fae: and you won’t remember anything and you will not return for a century— Me: I ACCEPT HARDER
The robot father-and-son picnic/crypid hunt is off to a smooth start www.atomic-robo.com/atomicrobo/1...
Nor do we want to be on Truth Social. I would hate to find a welcome home there. I would hate to be somebody who would be palatable to such a place. We don't go on Truth, because nobody needs bullies. They *do* try to come on Bluesky, because bullies need the rest of us.
Ruth Zakarin@ruthz.bsky.social · yesterdayThe burden is always on us lefties to welcome them, debate them, compromise with them, find middle ground, and generally make them comfortable. It’s totally one directional. No one is calling for Truth Social to make any room for us.
My thoughts on Bluesky not being welcoming to Republicans is Trump blocks disaster relief to states voting blue, & is also legally codifying anyone who opposes him as a terrorist deserving violence, & his kidnapping brute gangs terrorize the streets, & there's much more but I'm out of characters
Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨@ciaraioch.bsky.social · yesterday"Bluesky is a political echo chamber" okay but I'm mostly here to chat with fun internet people and post art and make jokes, I cannot stress how much I don't care
That's what taxes are, man. That's the definition of taxes. "You are subsidizing things you might never use" man shut the fuck up. My taxes currently subsidize like oil company exec private jets, you think I'm upset at low-income people eating inexpensive bananas?
USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d agoOpinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.
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.
Call your senators and tell them to vote against the SCREEN Act! I just did again this morning. You can read the full thread below, but it is genuinely one of the largest scale attempts at on-and-offline censorship, data harvesting, and anti-privacy legislation in recent memory. It's a bad bill.
Mike Stabile@mikestabile.bsky.social · 2d agoWhat can you do? CALL. WRITE. SCREAM. The bill is up for a vote THIS WEDNESDAY. Call your Senator. Dem. Republican. Whomever. Right now, it's a solid R bill, but they're looking for Dems to take it across the finish line. Let them know how badly it stinks. www.defendonlineprivacy.com/screen/
New Yorkers had to subsidize the $117 million that the NYPD paid out for misconduct lawsuits in 2025 alone, even though most of them were never personally abused by a cop. Where's your worried op-ed on that one?
USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d agoOpinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.
After a college student finally found a treatment that worked for his ulcerative colitis, UnitedHealthcare decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs. His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for rejecting claims. (Published Feb. 2023)
UnitedHealthcare Tried to Deny Coverage to a Chronically Ill Patient. He Fought Back, Exposing the Insurer’s Inner Workings.
After a college student finally found a treatment that worked, the insurance giant decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs. His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for r...
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Just so everyone knows, this is a tried-and-true mainstream media tactic. For progressives/leftist candidates, every election is a “crucial test” and any loss would serve as proof to the media that the latest left-side moment is at its end. Any win, though, just means it’s time to find a new test.
Politico@politico.com · 2d agoMichigan will provide another crucial test of whether progressives can not only keep up their winning streak in safe-blue seats but also break through in battlegrounds crucial for control of Congress. The stakes for the Democratic Party are huge.
