Daaaamn. “AI is the asbestos we're shovelling into the walls of our technological society. Our descendants will spend generations digging it out again, and the longer the bubble goes on without popping, the longer it will take to repair the damage." www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...

Cory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying

It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our t...

thenerve.news

Dropout is legitimately one of the most inspiring media companies around rn

Cartoon Brew@cartoonbrew.bsky.social · yesterday

Don Hertzfeldt’s full catalog of films has found a new streaming home. Dropout has acquired a collection that includes ‘Rejected,’ ‘World of Tomorrow,’ ‘It’s Such a Beautiful Day,’ and more, with Annecy winner ‘Paper Trail’ arriving September 1. www.cartoonbrew.com/shorts/don-h...

“Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. removed jalapeños from multiple stores in Minnesota after learning the peppers may be linked to a salmonella outbreak in the state that’s sickened 110 people.”

Chipotle Pulled Jalapeños Tied to Minnesota Salmonella Cases

Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. removed jalapeños from multiple stores in Minnesota after learning the peppers may be linked to a salmonella outbreak in the state that’s sickened 110 people.

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Anyone had issues getting covid boosters lately? Going to try to get one soon (in Georgia) and seeing conflicting stuff online about how easy it is.

Woah Mama it's a Blanksword update!! New Movement Options, new team members, new UI and a reminder to our backers to send us their stuff if they haven't already!

Update 18: August 2026 (Big) Update · BLANKSWORD

Hi everyone! It's been a little while since the last Update, so let's catch you up on what we've been up to.New Movement!It's been in the works for a little while, and we can finally start to show you...

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in insane local news, the 26 year old director of a rocky horror production was arrested for sending threatening messages to himself in order to get the play shut down bc he didn’t want to deal with cast drama www.mynbc5.com/article/rock...

VT musical director of planned 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' created fake threats, police say

The director of a planned production of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" admitted to sending himself threatening texts that eventually got the play canceled out of safety concerns.

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“DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE. DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE IN YOUR REPORT OR COMPLAINT."

‘DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE’: How Cops Are Trying to Hide the Existence of Flock

“DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE. DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE IN YOUR REPORT OR COMPLAINT."

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I have a big freelance project for August (and part of September potentially) but I'm pretty open in Sept for freelance video editing! I have a fulltime job so it's a nights and weekends thing but I have a huge portfolio and edit very quickly! Here's one of mine www.kickstarter.com/projects/din...

Dungeon Crawler Carl - V2 & V3 LIMITED Edition Hardcovers!

Books 2 & 3 of Matt Dinniman's Dungeon Crawler Carl series launch as limited edition hardcovers with a few surprises in store...

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Once upon a time . . .

copyright claims released! here is my 53-minute video essay on John Wick. it's called With the Animals. youtu.be/IlCPnaJyZL4

John Wick: With the Animals

YouTube video by Innuendo Studios

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I have a big freelance project for August (and part of September potentially) but I'm pretty open in Sept for freelance video editing! I have a fulltime job so it's a nights and weekends thing but I have a huge portfolio and edit very quickly! Here's one of mine www.kickstarter.com/projects/din...

Dungeon Crawler Carl - V2 & V3 LIMITED Edition Hardcovers!

Books 2 & 3 of Matt Dinniman's Dungeon Crawler Carl series launch as limited edition hardcovers with a few surprises in store...

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Ton of vegan cookbooks (way more than pictured) for $18!

Humble@humblebundle.com · 6d ago

Expand your horizons and abilities in the kitchen with The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook Bundle! - Southern Vegan - Vegan Asian: A Cookbook - La Vida Verde - and more! Supports @wck.org | https://bit.ly/4x6sj2B

Whatever you do don’t take me to The Island from The Prisoner! I’d hate to live in a cool rent free apartment full of bold late 60s modern furniture haha noooo a bubble don’t chase me haha

Hanging out with family and got Lee's Bakery for lunch then Sweet Hut as a treat :) I love Atlantaaaaaa

Prob gonna shell out for this one!

Discotek Media@discotekmedia.bsky.social · 4d ago

Lupin the Third: Part 2! The entire 155 episode series in one SD-BD set. Subbed, and all the existing dubs using the best sources available for everything. This is a big set. Coming later this year.

This is a good one!

Discotek Media@discotekmedia.bsky.social · 4d ago

Lupin the IIIrd: Zenigata & the Two Lupins! The 4th & final OVA installment of the Takeshi Koike Lupin reinvention! Coming to Blu-ray dubbed & subbed later this year!

The most valuable: he told me about how Jim taught him his method for memorizing lines. Two-sided note cards, cue line on the front, your line on the back. Write them all out (which also helps to learn them), make a stack, go through the cue lines, say your line, check the back.

A gifted actor and VERY nice man (and Bronx neighbor!) who gave me so many good tidbits for the Gandolfini book. RIP deadline.com/2026/08/vinc...

Vincent Pastore Dies: 'The Sopranos' Star Was 80

Vincent Pastore, known for playing mobsters in film and TV, most notably Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero on HBO's The Sopranos, has died. He was 80.

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You know ai is the future because every time a popular creator gets caught using it they have to make big dramatic statements and beg their viewers for forgiveness

Writers, stop using Gen AI products. In addition to the many other reasons it sucks (tech based on theft, tool of fascism, makes your brain soft) if you are found out, companies that might've wanted to republish you internationally, adapt for film/TV, etc., will label you a lawsuit risk & walk away.

Lincoln Michel@thelincoln.bsky.social · 6d ago

More info: "The problem: publishers and movie companies may not be able to register copyright and come away with a clear title chain if there are certain AI elements in the mix. That’s because AI-aided copy is an amalgamation of many other copyrighted works." deadline.com/2026/07/ai-q...

Drawing and writing are a huge part of my life and two skills I worked to develop since childhood. Self-expression is great but diligent self-improvement and crafting my own style/voice over time have been positive contributors to my self-conception and self-esteem. Using genAI lacks ANY of that

The federal government is protecting the AI child porn apps and Google goes after someone wearing cat ears whispering into a mic while eating cereal

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...

I have two more episodes left in my True Detective rewatch. Very excited to finish it, so much so that you wouldn't think it's my fourth or fifth time watching the season

I truly feel for kids growing up now who will have to unlearn using AI, but if you've been writing for more than 2 years it is the easiest thing in the world to just Keep Doing The Thing You Did and ignore AI tools!! It makes me feel crazy that people act like this isn't the case!!!

Maddy Myers 🏳️‍🌈@midimyers.com · 5d ago

it's actually sad as hell to use AI for research when research is the fun part. you can just email people and call them on the phone and ask them questions about the thing that they have expertise in. you can read documents & learn cool shit. ok now i'm just talking about how being a reporter is fun

ANTHROPIC: Our son loves humanity and for the low price of trillions and trillions of dollars will usher in an era of unprecedented peace and prosperity! OPENAI: Our horrible oafish son is hacking web sites without our permission. ANTHROPIC: (eyes narrowing) Our son is also evil

Re: a prominent figure getting caught using ChatGPT for writing/research youtu.be/9auXBz-02Jk?...

How EMBARRASSING

YouTube video by Collin Schleper

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And a skib of the toilet to you as well, sir.

one really baffling thing that a lot of AI-booster types say is "nobody even knows how this all works!" and uh. they definitely 100% do? we didn't like find it inside of a meteorite.