Jared Off The Clock
@anactualwizard.bsky.social
reader, writer, loves stories across mediums
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this joke plagues transphobes because it’s an incredibly cutting take on what the modern transphobic panic is, a hysterical panic based off of a lie that transness is fake and that there is an intentional effort from the right to prop up this wedge to destroy all LGBTQ rights
December 10, 2025 at 5:28 AM
this joke plagues transphobes because it’s an incredibly cutting take on what the modern transphobic panic is, a hysterical panic based off of a lie that transness is fake and that there is an intentional effort from the right to prop up this wedge to destroy all LGBTQ rights
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Childhood is primetime for developing creativity. It's usually when a person takes their first, wobbly steps into getting their imaginations down on paper.
Redirecting that into typing prompts feels genuinely defiling.
Redirecting that into typing prompts feels genuinely defiling.
December 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Childhood is primetime for developing creativity. It's usually when a person takes their first, wobbly steps into getting their imaginations down on paper.
Redirecting that into typing prompts feels genuinely defiling.
Redirecting that into typing prompts feels genuinely defiling.
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"I can't afford to support my favorite author right now, I—"
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
December 9, 2025 at 11:04 PM
"I can't afford to support my favorite author right now, I—"
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
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THIS!
Please leave five star reviews for books that you love wherever you can!
Please leave five star reviews for books that you love wherever you can!
"I can't afford to support my favorite author right now, I—"
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
December 10, 2025 at 3:02 AM
THIS!
Please leave five star reviews for books that you love wherever you can!
Please leave five star reviews for books that you love wherever you can!
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it's alt+0151 fwiw, or "--" will autocorrect to it on lots of software
it's alt+0151 fwiw, or "--" will autocorrect to it on lots of software
are we still on about em dashes and ai. imo human writers should just use the em dashes even harder. we should be out here pummeling out those em dashes like we're emily dickinson
December 10, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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it's alt+0151 fwiw, or "--" will autocorrect to it on lots of software
it's alt+0151 fwiw, or "--" will autocorrect to it on lots of software
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Yep. This is literally how it goes with popular media. Books, film, television, everything.
The majority of what you put out will break even, be a mild success, or lose money. But you'll have a scant handful of superstars that basically pay for everything else.
The majority of what you put out will break even, be a mild success, or lose money. But you'll have a scant handful of superstars that basically pay for everything else.
I'm starting to really believe that the only way to get a runaway success is for companies to fund like 20 new projects, 19 of them will either fail or make no impression, and then the 20th will resonate with audiences and create tons of merch opportunities like Bluey or KPop Demon Hunters
« KPop Demon Hunters Is TIME’s 2025 Breakthrough of the Year »
time.com/7338690/brea...
time.com/7338690/brea...
December 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Yep. This is literally how it goes with popular media. Books, film, television, everything.
The majority of what you put out will break even, be a mild success, or lose money. But you'll have a scant handful of superstars that basically pay for everything else.
The majority of what you put out will break even, be a mild success, or lose money. But you'll have a scant handful of superstars that basically pay for everything else.
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I'm starting to really believe that the only way to get a runaway success is for companies to fund like 20 new projects, 19 of them will either fail or make no impression, and then the 20th will resonate with audiences and create tons of merch opportunities like Bluey or KPop Demon Hunters
« KPop Demon Hunters Is TIME’s 2025 Breakthrough of the Year »
time.com/7338690/brea...
time.com/7338690/brea...
December 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I'm starting to really believe that the only way to get a runaway success is for companies to fund like 20 new projects, 19 of them will either fail or make no impression, and then the 20th will resonate with audiences and create tons of merch opportunities like Bluey or KPop Demon Hunters
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mcdonalds deleted their ai ad, bullying works
December 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
mcdonalds deleted their ai ad, bullying works
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In a sane and fair world, yeah. But fuck me, I guess!
(Me and all the other publishers losing stock and payouts, actually. Not alone in this one.)
Diamond pulled this same nonsense a few months back, folks may remember! That didn't hit me, cuz I never did any significant business through them.
(Me and all the other publishers losing stock and payouts, actually. Not alone in this one.)
Diamond pulled this same nonsense a few months back, folks may remember! That didn't hit me, cuz I never did any significant business through them.
What I really don't get about the B/T bankruptcy is the "not only aren't we going to pay you, we're not going to return your stock".
If they aren't going to pay, it's not their stock to keep, yeah?
If they aren't going to pay, it's not their stock to keep, yeah?
December 9, 2025 at 7:24 PM
In a sane and fair world, yeah. But fuck me, I guess!
(Me and all the other publishers losing stock and payouts, actually. Not alone in this one.)
Diamond pulled this same nonsense a few months back, folks may remember! That didn't hit me, cuz I never did any significant business through them.
(Me and all the other publishers losing stock and payouts, actually. Not alone in this one.)
Diamond pulled this same nonsense a few months back, folks may remember! That didn't hit me, cuz I never did any significant business through them.
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A reminder that Iron Circus is gonna get WALLOPED with Baker & Taylor bankruptcy backdraft for the next several months, turning our usual distro payout into bills.
If you'd like to help a small business making weird-ass comics weather the storm, a 💥30% OFF💥 sale is on now!
store.ironcircus.com
If you'd like to help a small business making weird-ass comics weather the storm, a 💥30% OFF💥 sale is on now!
store.ironcircus.com
Iron Circus Comics
Iron Circus Comics is the premiere publisher of award-winning, critically-acclaimed graphic novels in the American Midwest, a small-mid house built from the ground up by founder C. Spike Trotman.
store.ironcircus.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:39 PM
A reminder that Iron Circus is gonna get WALLOPED with Baker & Taylor bankruptcy backdraft for the next several months, turning our usual distro payout into bills.
If you'd like to help a small business making weird-ass comics weather the storm, a 💥30% OFF💥 sale is on now!
store.ironcircus.com
If you'd like to help a small business making weird-ass comics weather the storm, a 💥30% OFF💥 sale is on now!
store.ironcircus.com
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For months, we've been working on a better way for creators to host their comics online, but WE NEED YOUR HELP TO FINISH!
Check out our Kickstarter for full details and how you can help us create a better comic-hosting ecosystem that's fair and accessible!
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Check out our Kickstarter for full details and how you can help us create a better comic-hosting ecosystem that's fair and accessible!
🔗 bit.ly/4azC95a
A Better Way to Host Webcomics
YouTube video by Panel Party
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December 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
For months, we've been working on a better way for creators to host their comics online, but WE NEED YOUR HELP TO FINISH!
Check out our Kickstarter for full details and how you can help us create a better comic-hosting ecosystem that's fair and accessible!
🔗 bit.ly/4azC95a
Check out our Kickstarter for full details and how you can help us create a better comic-hosting ecosystem that's fair and accessible!
🔗 bit.ly/4azC95a
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After months on testosterone, @jpawlik.com's pesky period is still sticking around. Fortunately, they can get rid of it with a POP! No, not a soda, a Progestin-Only Pill. Pop on over to read their story!
www.ohjoysextoy.com/t-with-a-sid...
www.ohjoysextoy.com/t-with-a-sid...
December 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
After months on testosterone, @jpawlik.com's pesky period is still sticking around. Fortunately, they can get rid of it with a POP! No, not a soda, a Progestin-Only Pill. Pop on over to read their story!
www.ohjoysextoy.com/t-with-a-sid...
www.ohjoysextoy.com/t-with-a-sid...
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pretty wild seeing just how far right the average conservative has gotten now that they all say that a standard nazi germany era policy is “moderate” in their bubbles
December 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
pretty wild seeing just how far right the average conservative has gotten now that they all say that a standard nazi germany era policy is “moderate” in their bubbles
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Was chatting with @mattsheridan.bsky.social a night or two ago about how rarely I find parodies of Warhammer40k funny, and he replied "That's because Warhammer itself is fundamentally an absurdist parody, and it knows it's a parody and acts like it, and making a parody of a parody never works well"
December 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Was chatting with @mattsheridan.bsky.social a night or two ago about how rarely I find parodies of Warhammer40k funny, and he replied "That's because Warhammer itself is fundamentally an absurdist parody, and it knows it's a parody and acts like it, and making a parody of a parody never works well"
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Recently found one of my fave kind of accounts, a Black-owned farmstead account, and I am loving it. Follow here!
www.youtube.com/shorts/Ie-Hz...
www.youtube.com/shorts/Ie-Hz...
Which mean they ultimate room to grow and graze #farm #gardening #viral #garden
YouTube video by Eastates Farm
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December 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Recently found one of my fave kind of accounts, a Black-owned farmstead account, and I am loving it. Follow here!
www.youtube.com/shorts/Ie-Hz...
www.youtube.com/shorts/Ie-Hz...
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Jimmy Fallon would host the Hunger Games.
December 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Jimmy Fallon would host the Hunger Games.
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jimmy fallon has a knack for embracing scams
December 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM
jimmy fallon has a knack for embracing scams
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the way that ai is being advertised now is that everyone has to pretend to be incompetent and incredibly incapable and useless at everything
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
the way that ai is being advertised now is that everyone has to pretend to be incompetent and incredibly incapable and useless at everything
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type of shit gay men married to women post
December 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
type of shit gay men married to women post
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I dropped this prelaunch page a few weeks ago without getting into many more details. And now I have some pretty spreads too. So: 🧵
NULL_SPACE is itchfunding for Zine Month (Feb 2026)! Smash that "notify me" button and I'll let you know when: binary-star-games.itch.io/null-space-p...
NULL_SPACE is itchfunding for Zine Month (Feb 2026)! Smash that "notify me" button and I'll let you know when: binary-star-games.itch.io/null-space-p...
NULL_SPACE prelaunch by Binary Star Games
Coming soon, Zine Month 2026
binary-star-games.itch.io
December 5, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I dropped this prelaunch page a few weeks ago without getting into many more details. And now I have some pretty spreads too. So: 🧵
NULL_SPACE is itchfunding for Zine Month (Feb 2026)! Smash that "notify me" button and I'll let you know when: binary-star-games.itch.io/null-space-p...
NULL_SPACE is itchfunding for Zine Month (Feb 2026)! Smash that "notify me" button and I'll let you know when: binary-star-games.itch.io/null-space-p...
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An adventure in the Land of Oz.
December 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
An adventure in the Land of Oz.
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flabber
December 8, 2025 at 11:32 PM
flabber
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IT'S LIKE IF SHADOW THE HEDGEHOG TRIED TO MAKE DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS FROM BASE PRINCIPLES.
December 9, 2025 at 1:56 PM
IT'S LIKE IF SHADOW THE HEDGEHOG TRIED TO MAKE DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS FROM BASE PRINCIPLES.
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Folks might not know a lot of people are getting *very* upset that the materials they request are not available in the libraries/archives they're requesting from.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
I wish a notice like this wasn't necessary.
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
Important notice: AI-generated archival references
www.icrc.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Folks might not know a lot of people are getting *very* upset that the materials they request are not available in the libraries/archives they're requesting from.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.