Brown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
Ben Templesmith
@templesmith.bsky.social
Australo-American. Grumpy rabble rouser. Co-created 30 Days of Night, you know, that became that film. Writer, artist, cephalopod, cat & horror enthusiast. Annoyingly for you, still here.
They could always sign up to give comment at a public meeting.
The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 20h agoNew York City’s business elites are long accustomed to direct access to City Hall, where even Democratic mayors felt the need to court the city’s wealthiest and most influential corporate leaders. That access is getting shredded by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
Another victory against the billionaire parasite techbros? If only all our work that they’ve stolen & scraped for their corporate products could fall under this. Pay us license fees or leave our work alone eh? www.nme.com/news/music/a...
AI music generator Suno loses copyright infringement legal case
AI music generator Suno has lost a copyright infringement lawsuit to German licensing agency GEMA.
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Since June last year, the US govt has gone from 0% ownership in private corporations, to being part owner of 30 of them. The Republicans are now socialists. Just not the kind that makes any sense, for anyone, & risks taxpayer exposure in the worst possible ways.
Sometimes I really love the country of my birth. Deranged selfish American christian trying to inflict his views on everyone on the train & he’s heckled, laughed at, & told to shut the fuck up. You can have your beliefs, but no one else needs to hear them unless requested.
Polymarket has millions of dollars in wildfire-related bets & more than $1M in beds were placed on the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires! DESPICABLE! THE PREDICTION MARKET PROMOTES THE OBSTRUCTION FIREFIGHTERS OR FOLKS TO GO OUT AND COMMIT ARSON! It's absolutely nuts!
Jacob Gellman@jacobgellman.com · yesterdayThere is no way that betting on wildfires should be legal. www.oregonlive.com/wildfires/20...
Looks like “P Diddly Puffy Wuffy” or whatever name that psychopath goes by got his release date pushed back to February 2028, on account of a fight in prison. Hopefully someone starts a new fight with him every time he gets close to release. Yeah, I watched his doco. www.tmz.com/2026/08/04/d...
Diddy's Prison Release Date Pushed Back After Fight Behind Bars
Diddy's prison release date was just pushed back after the brawl he got in behind bars.
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Look how easy it was for corporations to steal from us: Step 1: Trump enacts tariffs Step 2: Corporations pass the tax onto consumers Step 3: SCOTUS declares it illegal Step 4: Corporations demand 166 billion refund FOR THEMSELVES Step 5: Corporations steal 166 billion from the middle class
Melissa Nadia Viviana 🐸@resistrebelrevolt.net · 3d agoICYMI: We have to stop dividing our problems into “left & right" & start seeing our problems like “top vs bottom.” 977 U.S. billionaires have a combined wealth of 9.2 trillion & they funneled it out of the middle class. Then they keep us fighting with each other while they steal more.
Our thoroughly corrupt electoral system.
A look at White Collar Crime prosecuting, despite theft being at record highs (theft that costs the common worker in higher prices, lost jobs). tracreports.org/reports/760/
Bay Area friends: would you consider opening your home to these two cuddly cats? A friend found them behind a gas station. Their sibling, a black cat, got adopted, but it appears no one likes orange cats. They are being kept in a bathroom for the time being and need a home.
derek guy@dieworkwear.bsky.social · 4w agoA friend of mine found these three kittens behind a Bay Area gas station. They are tame, vaccinated, and incredibly affectionate. Unfortunately, she's unable to keep them and I'm trying to find them a home. They are at risk of going to a shelter. Bay Area people, are you open to adopting?
If you consider comics your skin & bone, we need your help! Let’s get this funded! His Name was Harvey Pekar www.kickstarter.com/projects/735...
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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You know, we kind of used to live in a world where people profited by making others happy, in some way. I totally missed it when we swapped over to having it be easier to profit off people by making them *angry*. I hope we can go back one day.
Faster heartbeats. Non-stop sweat. Endless rage. Get that dog blood today.
If you want a perfect capsule to demonstrate how completely divorced from reality the broligarchs and their toadies are, look only to the fact that someone thought a winning strategy is to bring a disgraced one-term NYC mayor to Wisconsin to sell angry residents a data center lol
Jessy Edwards@jessyedwards.bsky.social · 2d agoA video taken Saturday shows former NYC Mayor Eric Adams in sales pitch mode in Wisconsin Rapids, as he's heckled by residents opposed to the data center he's trying to sell them on. "My name is Eric Adams," he begins, as the boos begin to rain down. "You belong in prison!" one attendee shouts.
With THE FOLK OF DOONEY HOLLOW #1 on FOC today, I wanted to take a moment and share the genesis of my cover, from thumbnail all the way through to final dress. If you love my work and Folk Horror tales, make your way to your local comic shop, tell them you love them, and reserve you a copy!
It's all about priorities. The tech bros gave politicians a lot of money.
Loving what James Tynion is doing with B.O.D.E.G.A, especially because I think he's the guy to raise up indy comics to where they should be culturally. Check it out and donate: www.bodegacomics.org/donate
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I just found the first actual usage for ChatGPT. It’s allowing me to watch an entire movie, ad free, cos they’re “sponsoring it” with just one shitty add for their garbage at the front. It still doesn’t compensate me for raping my work financially of course.
The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.
The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor
The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.
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The way the media suck up & repeat tech bro billionaire marketing jargon is getting real disgusting. There’s no such thing as a “frontier model”. That’s called *experimental*. Call shit what it is. So sick of this added gloss, or humanising of badly made, flawed corporate products. Fuck ai!
I take this to mean she absolutely loathes him & can barely tolerate his presence? www.irishstar.com/culture/ente...
Donald Trump claims assistant Natalie Harp, 34, loves him as much as Melania
President Trump reportedly told associates that his personal assistant Natalie Harp is the only person who loves him as much as wife Melania Trump, according to a new tell-all book about his presidenc...
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Whoever needs to hear this, this is for you. If you knowingly use ai, in any of its shapes or forms, ( outside of being forced to for your job ) you are insulting me & pretty much every creative person you think you admire. You’re doing harm & damage to people, the environment & your own self.
Very sad that the sequel to Alien:Romulos has apparently been cancelled. I can never seem to have nice things. Ridley Scott just needs to step away I think. He’s done that franchise no favours the last few years. www.darkhorizons.com/alien-romulu...
"Alien: Romulus" Sequel Likely Shelved?
At last update a few weeks back, 20th Century Studios was still seeking a director to take over from Fede Alvarez to helm the proposed follow-up to “Alien: Romulus”. Alvarez was in pre-production on t...
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Count me in as a dastardly immigrant who very much celebrates the defeat of the traitorous South & their slavery support then I guess. “Heritage Americans” seems to mean “we want slavery” to this guy??
Alexander Clarkson@aphclarkson.bsky.social · 4d agoAnother datapoint for the fascist radicalisation of institutional pillars of much of the American Right
I’d thought they stopped making this years ago? Then I spied it on Amazon, since I always keep a little Ribena in the house. Americans are sadly less familiar with the joys of blackcurrants due to stupid old agriculture rules… but this should be glorious. Fizzy Ribena!
