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Emily Bick

@saving-throw.bsky.social

Editor @thewiremagazine. she/her. @saving_throw@ohai.social on Mastodon. Message me there, forget this ID data scraping nonsense. Dexterity 6, Charisma 4, a d20 kiss for luck.

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Blue Tapes@bluetapes.bsky.social · 7d ago

NEW We are donating all proceeds from the release of the new Blue Tapes House Band release to support the medical bills and rehabilitation of BTHB member Eugene S. Robinson, who recently suffered a stroke that robbed him of the ability to speak, read or write.

Eugene S. Robinson in hospital, post-stroke
Mutable Joe@mutablejoe.bsky.social · 2mo ago

a horse walks into a bar and says to the barman, "on a right angled triangle with sides x, y and z, if x and z are perpendicular which side is opposite the right angle?", and the barman says "y, the long face"

The Wire Magazine@thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Listen back to last night's edition of The Wire’s weekly radio show, which was hosted by @lucythraves.bsky.social and featured music by Scott Walker, Marvin Tate, Fire-Toolz, Rosa Pistola and more www.thewire.co.uk/audio/on-air...

Lucy Thraves hosts Adventures In Sound And Music - The Wire

The 21 May edition of The Wire ’s weekly radio show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured music by Scott Walker, Marvin Tate, Fire-Toolz, Rosa Pistola and more

thewire.co.uk

Emily Bick@saving-throw.bsky.social · 3mo ago

this is one of the best, sharpest dystopian books predicting some present day horrors, and it's especially sick/brilliant for being written from the perspective of painfully vapid teens. love it so much and so glad to see it recommended here

Brittany R. Clark, Ph.D.@brittrclark.bsky.social · 3mo ago

This is from the novel Feed by M.T. Anderson (2001) where people have a chip embedded in their brains that allows them to access the internet (among other things) in front of their faces at all times. I keep telling people this is the dystopia we are in, but no one else has read the book.

Will Wiles@willwiles.bsky.social · 3mo ago

(I make a "mouth" with the side of my hand and draw little eyes above it) Richard Dawkins: hmmmm (I put lipstick around the "mouth") Richard Dawkins, suavely: well hello

Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran.com · 4mo ago

Today is a good day to remember that Carl Sagan was as outspoken about the dangers of war and nuclear weapons as he was an advocate of space exploration.

Emily Bick@saving-throw.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Zola! last year this dude's novels kept me sane; rec. his R-M novel cycle for rhymes with/relief from the insanity of the present moment: super detailed/historically damning, humane, treats women as real people and there are racy/trashy pulp plots to boot, something for everyone ❤️

Dean Frey@dean.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Remembering Emile Zola on his birthday 🎂 A self-portrait from around 1900. Zola was a remarkable photographer, though I hear he also wrote a bit on the side :) "He was a moment in the conscience of Man." Anatole France

The author wearing his pince-nez, his hands clasped together
Emily Bick@saving-throw.bsky.social · 4mo ago

got this ad on the guardian website for some bs AI language learning app. (there was a larger image explaining it was AI, but the proportions were wrong to upload here) fluent in italian? this isn't even fluent in english. dis-apper indeed.

some brain dead & misspelled ad text for an illiterate AI translation app
Supper Mario Broth@mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 5mo ago

In Mario Kart Wii, crashing the game and activating the crash handler will eventually start playing back the contents of the Wii's RAM as sound. Since the data was never intended to be interpreted like this, it ends up sounding like experimental harsh noise music.