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Matt Wolfbridge@wolfbridge.bsky.social |
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Founder & editor of Typebar Magazine. Fiction writer. Seen in Apocalypse Confidential, Flash Fiction Magazine and The South Shore Review. Media industry expat. Typewriter enthusiast.
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J.R.
@jrbolt.bsky.social
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One of my favourite Art Deco pieces, over the door of the Fulton County Dept. of Health and Wellness. Swole spirit of medicine fights off the grim spectre of death, reminding you that medicine is Cool
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Lincoln Michel
@thelincoln.bsky.social
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"Being a brilliant writer does not elevate one above the common smallness of being a person."
Brandon Taylor on Alice Munro is a must read
blgtylr.substack.com/p/what-im-do...
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jon crunktian
@jon-christian.bsky.social
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the Archaeological Institute has excavated a salary from ancient history for this job listing
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Matt Wolfbridge
@wolfbridge.bsky.social
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In a hair salon for the first time in approximately 10 years π π¬
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Critical Nostalgia
@highway62.bsky.social
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*long sharp exhale* Incisive and ruthless (without being cruel.) Has much to say about several other things besides just the NYT Book Review as institution. Worth your time.
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Matt Wolfbridge
@wolfbridge.bsky.social
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The latest evolution in AI swallowing the internet is using it to summarize archives of a dead site as new URLs and posting these Franken-stories under bylines of the real writers who wrote the original stories.
www.404media.co/email/1f6797...
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Matt Wolfbridge
@wolfbridge.bsky.social
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Ooh
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cait
@cait.bsky.social
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when someone's entire social media presence is being loud and angry to "bad" people they eventually run out of "bad" people and just start being cruel to strangers who didn't do anything
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Audley: leftover wizard
@audleyzdarke.bsky.social
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It's very cool to see an expert agree with you. AI has no purpose! It does nothing! Stop trying to make fetch happen!
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Luke Plunkett
@lukeplunkett.com
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14765 on twitter (and lord knows how many of those are real people) vs 17037 on bluesky (who would nearly all be actual real people) this site aint perfect, but for this specific juice, its got the juice
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Matt Wolfbridge
@wolfbridge.bsky.social
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Great essay. Itβs about the UK but this feels true in the US as well (and from what Iβve seen online, pretty much everywhere else)
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Luke Plunkett
@lukeplunkett.com
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aftermath now has 2k more subscribers on bluesky than twitter, unreal
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Megan Fox
@glassbottommeg.bsky.social
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HAH. You know all that Return To Office Is Really Happening news that monied interests keep trying to shove out?
No. No, not at all. Office vacancies are at an all-time high. www.axios.com/2024/07/09/o...
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Emily Gorcenski
@emily.gorcen.ski
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It has been 0οΈβ£ days since a story about a part falling off a Boeing.
wapo.st/3XWL9Lo
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J.R.
@jrbolt.bsky.social
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Kate McKinnon playing her in an SNL sketch, rated as "worst thing in telecommunications history since WWII"
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Pickle Tiedrich
@prettyliltakemachine.is-extremely.gay
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Democratic messaging strategist slowly removing the gun from his mouth as he overhears an intern say βHawk Tuah polling locationβ
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Flaming Hydra
@flaminghydra.com
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TODAY: @rbuas.bsky.social on toys, AI and soulless grifterism of various kinds flaminghydra.com/r/bd8eec03?m...
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Matt Wolfbridge
@wolfbridge.bsky.social
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For me, this describes every piece of Star Wars media made by Disney
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Sean T. Collins
@seantcollins.bsky.social
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You really have to hand it to Disney Star Wars. From the crown jewel of nerd culture to The Go-Bots in less than ten years.
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Autism Powers
@petervulfranc.bsky.social
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Itβs fascinating that half of the posts I see about Gaiman are βof course he was a sex creep, he was twee and wholesomeβ and half of them are βof course he was a sex creep, he wrote horror storiesβ
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John Herrman
@jwherrman.bsky.social
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Elizabeth Spiers
@espiers.bsky.social
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That said, a good media critic can differentiate between a badly done story and a story that has unpalatable conclusions. And the right in particular has attacked the press for producing stories they don't like, and declaring it all "fake news." Portraying the press as illegitimate is a tactic.
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Elizabeth Spiers
@espiers.bsky.social
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Criticizing journalists is not only not illiberal, it's necessary. Arguing that the press shouldn't exist or should be restrained by the state (which is the Trumpian position) is illiberal.
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Cooper Lund
@cooperlund.bsky.social
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The rise of Substack has given us a lot of pundits who think they're journalists, while we're seeing portions of legacy media shift to punditry that reads like journalism and it stinks from both sides!
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Critical Nostalgia
@highway62.bsky.social
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"Bitcoin has generated $2 billion in value this last year." Yeah, no. It's generated speculative value that's mostly held by whales. Swear to god, if these people covered it as it is and not as they want it to be, we'd be better off.
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Paul Jessup says buy a copy of The Skinless Man Counts to Five
@pauljessup.com
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gee why doesn't anyone trust amazon or goodread reviews anymore
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Jonathan Cohn
@jonathancohn.bsky.social
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Would love to see the Venn Diagram of "Thinks Russia bombing hospitals is bad" and "Thinks Israel bombing hospitals is bad." Exist in that overlap! Too few people seem to.
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Discontinued Foods!
@discontinuedfoods.bsky.social
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Dilberitos (1999-2003): A line of licensed vegan microwave burritos tied-in with the comic strip "Dilbert". Available in Mexican, Indian, Barbecue, and Garlic & Herb. Noted for it's poor taste and food engineering that packed all 23 essential vitamins and minerals into each one
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Wacky Lesbian Hour
@wackylesbianhour.com
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No Escape from the Final Shape π΄π΅πΈπ³οΈββ§
@noescapevg.bsky.social
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This has "works at a defense contractor while scolding people for unseemly content in media" energy
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Jon Olfert
@jonolfert.bsky.social
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Truth. Any riff on this runs face-first into a Poe's Law brick wall. I think the term is self-satire.
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Matt Wolfbridge
@wolfbridge.bsky.social
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This was a great essay simultaneously about AI sludge, private equity, and the myth of toys r us
flaminghydra.com/issue-113/
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Bo Thompson
@gaudipern.bsky.social
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I just saw an interview with a male fantasy author where he said "I guess I haven't really written female protagonists because it's not really something I feel like I can write from a place of knowledge." Reader, this man wrote a series with a whole ass ancient dragon as their protagonist. π
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bakoon
@bakoon.bsky.social
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retire EVERY meme. post NEW THINGS. online has gotten FUCKING STALE
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Silvia Moreno-Garcia
@silviamg.bsky.social
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Neil Gaiman was just accused of some horrible stuff and he has the most twee oh I'm just a little nerd who loves rainbows persona online.
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Indrapramit Das
@indrapramitdas.bsky.social
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The person in the screenshot wouldn't agree, but this (the screenshotted take) is exactly the kind of thinking that leads progressives to circle right back into fascism and its anti-art characteristics.
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Silvia Moreno-Garcia
@silviamg.bsky.social
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Also this is mindset is extremely dangerous for POC and GLBTQ authors. Because they're already vulnerable, so people can easily say oh "black writer wrote horror story? We must yank it from shelves because it's horror, horror is only written by immoral people."
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Lincoln Michel
@thelincoln.bsky.social
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Being preoccupied with violence does not mean you yourself have committed violent acts. There are countless action directors / crime fiction writers / horror artists / etc. in the world and most are not committing violence in real life. This is the norm not the exception.
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Joseph Fink
@planetoffinks.bsky.social
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people are responding to this like the post is saying there is no connection between the artist's inner self and their art, and that is...not what it is saying.
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π° π―ππππππππππ π°
@dungeonlust.bsky.social
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Art by β’ Jeffrey Catherine Jones
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Seize The Press Magazine
@seizethepress.bsky.social
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Our first newsletter has gone out! You can read it here and also subscribe to get it delivered directly to your inbox so you can bypass the colossal stinking pit of dogshit that social media has become.
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crimesididntcommit.π³οΈββ§οΈ (miss congeniality)
@crimesididntcommit.bsky.social
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[about to go inside voice] time to feed the building
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ryan cooper
@ryanlcooper.com
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nice summary of the transphobe movement here ironically. "this person is doing something with their own body I don't like despite it not affecting me in the slightest, I'm going to move heaven and earth to stop them, fuck you"
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Lincoln Michel
@thelincoln.bsky.social
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Similarly, there's no connection between enjoying art and morality. Reading happy, hopepunk work doesn't make you a good person. Enjoying dark, and challenging art doesn't make you a bad person. We are all drawn to create and consume art for many indiscernible and unknown reasons.
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Lincoln Michel
@thelincoln.bsky.social
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People really need to give up the idea there's any connection between morality and art. Immoral people are capable of creating moving, empathetic art. Nothing about writing dark and violent art implies the artist is themselves dark and violent. Etc. There just isn't a connection.
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C.B. Blanchard is writing about gay werewolves
@gaycannibalism.bsky.social
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People are desperate for simple, easy rules to tell them who to avoid and who not to and sorry, they don't exist. Everyone is capable of doing awful things. Everyone is capable of doing wonderful things. It doesn't matter what art they make or how nice or nasty they are to you, peronally. Sorry.
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G. Willow Wilson
@gwillow.me
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Weβve returned to the olden days, when word-of-mouth was the only real way to advertise. As an author, if you enjoy a book, please: tell your friends. Your group chat, your sewing circle, your family WhatsApp, your work Slack, the voice channel of your MMORPG guild, anything.
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ΒγγγγγγγγγtheγγγγγγγγγγγγγγγγγγγγγΒγγγγγγγγγγγγγγγγγγγγγγγpostes
@rem.postes.club
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take me the fuck back to when the web looked like shit like i miss the fuck out of that
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Ed Burmila
@edburmila.bsky.social
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Beginning to wonder if Serious Moderate journalists are the ones who actually want the far right in power but theyβre afraid to admit it so they project the enthusiasm for the far right onto a populist juggernaut that doesnβt actually exist! Many such cases!
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Ed Zitron
@zitron.bsky.social
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Investing a billion dollars to train a model that is 10% better at generating a picture of Garfield with an ak47 and giant cans for the low price of boiling an entire lake
www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
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