Will Kaufman
@specwill.bsky.social
He/him. Author of one story that did okay, and some other stories.
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Will Kaufman
@specwill.bsky.social
· Feb 21
I really miss Adobe Photoshop Mix because it let me realize my genius from my phone
Wait, why did Brainworm and Dr. Snakeoil get obsessed with Canadian ostriches with bird flu? How does this further their part in the dismantling of the American state?
November 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Wait, why did Brainworm and Dr. Snakeoil get obsessed with Canadian ostriches with bird flu? How does this further their part in the dismantling of the American state?
Imported prosciutto and provolone with the works add hot mix from Bay Cities in Santa Monica. I'll throw my shoe and hop home instead.
what is your favorite sandwich that you would never throw at anyone?
November 7, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Imported prosciutto and provolone with the works add hot mix from Bay Cities in Santa Monica. I'll throw my shoe and hop home instead.
Yeah, we should all be pretty clear about the fact that slashing US AID was done specifically to kill brown people because Musk is obsessed with white replacement. The killing wasn't a side effect of "saving money," it was the point.
I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.
November 7, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Yeah, we should all be pretty clear about the fact that slashing US AID was done specifically to kill brown people because Musk is obsessed with white replacement. The killing wasn't a side effect of "saving money," it was the point.
The framing for all these conservatives suddenly sharing voting maps shouldn't be, "lol, these morons think land votes," because the ones in charge definitely don't think that. The correct framing is, "this is dangerous people trying to establish a narrative to further disenfranchise voters."
November 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The framing for all these conservatives suddenly sharing voting maps shouldn't be, "lol, these morons think land votes," because the ones in charge definitely don't think that. The correct framing is, "this is dangerous people trying to establish a narrative to further disenfranchise voters."
Holy shit. A babysitter rented this movie one night when I was like 11 and I never remembered it's name. I spent years trying to figure out wtf it was as an adult but never could. Then this comes across my feed. Man, I have such vivid memories from this movie. youtu.be/yJk7m-kjVmc
FREAKED (1993) | Official Trailer [4K]
YouTube video by Umbrella Entertainment
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Holy shit. A babysitter rented this movie one night when I was like 11 and I never remembered it's name. I spent years trying to figure out wtf it was as an adult but never could. Then this comes across my feed. Man, I have such vivid memories from this movie. youtu.be/yJk7m-kjVmc
Just realized "The Day Dick Cheney Died" maps to American Pie.
November 6, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Just realized "The Day Dick Cheney Died" maps to American Pie.
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Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time
November 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time
Current political divides mean there are people in our streets who don't think other humans deserve human rights, including the right to exist. It strongly disincentivizes interacting w/ strangers. A space where you can feel pretty sure about a baseline for the people around you is a big deal.
November 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Current political divides mean there are people in our streets who don't think other humans deserve human rights, including the right to exist. It strongly disincentivizes interacting w/ strangers. A space where you can feel pretty sure about a baseline for the people around you is a big deal.
Just catching up on @clppng.bsky.social and saw the Mirrorshades video. Had to go get my copy off the shelf...
November 4, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Just catching up on @clppng.bsky.social and saw the Mirrorshades video. Had to go get my copy off the shelf...
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
November 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
Let's be very clear: These CEO's are so highly paid BECAUSE they have structured the companies to offload compensation to the taxpayers and increase value to shareholders.
Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
November 3, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Let's be very clear: These CEO's are so highly paid BECAUSE they have structured the companies to offload compensation to the taxpayers and increase value to shareholders.
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“the techno-fascist assault on universities increasingly comes from within. (…) Far from offering genuine solutions, these technologies exacerbate social injustices and corrode the ecosystem of human knowledge.”
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
Open access link: archive.ph/ZHGCm
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
Open access link: archive.ph/ZHGCm
AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education
Olivia Guest & Iris van Rooij urge teachers and scholars to reject tools that commodify learning, deskill students, and promote illiteracy.
www.project-syndicate.org
November 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
“the techno-fascist assault on universities increasingly comes from within. (…) Far from offering genuine solutions, these technologies exacerbate social injustices and corrode the ecosystem of human knowledge.”
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
Open access link: archive.ph/ZHGCm
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
Open access link: archive.ph/ZHGCm
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I want one of those "you've done this for 17 days straight so we'll gear up to assume we'll also do this on day 18" brains instead of my "you're saying you've done this by force for 213 consecutive days? I have no idea what you're talking about, never done this before in my life. sounds hard" brain
November 1, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I want one of those "you've done this for 17 days straight so we'll gear up to assume we'll also do this on day 18" brains instead of my "you're saying you've done this by force for 213 consecutive days? I have no idea what you're talking about, never done this before in my life. sounds hard" brain
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The funny thing about the invention of the wheel is the guy who invented it died penniless. It wasn't until much much later that pennies were invented
October 29, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The funny thing about the invention of the wheel is the guy who invented it died penniless. It wasn't until much much later that pennies were invented
My five year old is learning to spell.
October 31, 2025 at 2:56 AM
My five year old is learning to spell.
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My mum died ten years ago today, so here's a couple of memories. She'd been a war child, so hated to waste food. When she had a new hip fitted, she asked the doctor if she could take the old bone home for the dog.
October 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
My mum died ten years ago today, so here's a couple of memories. She'd been a war child, so hated to waste food. When she had a new hip fitted, she asked the doctor if she could take the old bone home for the dog.
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Not like I'm saying anything anyone sensible doesn't already know, but these pastel nostalgic wishes for a return to agrarian life glosses over how grueling those lives were.
If I wanted a return to the good old days, it'd be to a time you could make a good living writing short stories...
If I wanted a return to the good old days, it'd be to a time you could make a good living writing short stories...
October 27, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Not like I'm saying anything anyone sensible doesn't already know, but these pastel nostalgic wishes for a return to agrarian life glosses over how grueling those lives were.
If I wanted a return to the good old days, it'd be to a time you could make a good living writing short stories...
If I wanted a return to the good old days, it'd be to a time you could make a good living writing short stories...
My audiobook hot take is that audiobooks should just be one person reading a book. Getting a bunch of voice actors to do different role and doing music cues or even sound effects just ruins the experience. That's a radio play, and they can be great, but they're not what I want from an audiobook.
October 27, 2025 at 4:16 AM
My audiobook hot take is that audiobooks should just be one person reading a book. Getting a bunch of voice actors to do different role and doing music cues or even sound effects just ruins the experience. That's a radio play, and they can be great, but they're not what I want from an audiobook.
I'm "I thought a friend's kid was dressed as Janet Jackson but they were a K-Pop Demon Hunter" years old
October 26, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I'm "I thought a friend's kid was dressed as Janet Jackson but they were a K-Pop Demon Hunter" years old
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They should invent a way out that isn't through
October 23, 2025 at 8:30 AM
They should invent a way out that isn't through
I'm reminded of going to see Independence Day on July 4, 1996. That imagery had so much power, such a hold on the national imagination. And I remember which side the audience was cheering for, too.
I'm not the sort of person anyone would accuse of being patriotic, but I'm gonna be honest: those pictures of backhoes pulling apart the White House have a symbolic value that's affecting to me in a way I wouldn't have expected.
October 23, 2025 at 2:11 AM
I'm reminded of going to see Independence Day on July 4, 1996. That imagery had so much power, such a hold on the national imagination. And I remember which side the audience was cheering for, too.
It will never not be hilarious to me that people created an economic bubble around the commodity "fancy receipt that proves you paid for said receipt"
NFTs are amazing because you apparently “own” them but the AWS outtage yesterday took out everyones apes lol
October 22, 2025 at 5:30 AM
It will never not be hilarious to me that people created an economic bubble around the commodity "fancy receipt that proves you paid for said receipt"
So either you need to be active on the N*zi site or they'll let assholes impersonate you. I still miss the network I had on Twitter, but I have absolutely zero regrets about fully deleting my account.
October 22, 2025 at 5:21 AM
So either you need to be active on the N*zi site or they'll let assholes impersonate you. I still miss the network I had on Twitter, but I have absolutely zero regrets about fully deleting my account.
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Remember folks. The original bluesky ethos by us bluesky elders (apparently I count?) is block and move on.
Don't quote dunk, don't pick fights.
Block, and move on.
This is what made this site unpalatable to the right early on, and we can continue to make it unpalatable to them.
Don't quote dunk, don't pick fights.
Block, and move on.
This is what made this site unpalatable to the right early on, and we can continue to make it unpalatable to them.
October 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Remember folks. The original bluesky ethos by us bluesky elders (apparently I count?) is block and move on.
Don't quote dunk, don't pick fights.
Block, and move on.
This is what made this site unpalatable to the right early on, and we can continue to make it unpalatable to them.
Don't quote dunk, don't pick fights.
Block, and move on.
This is what made this site unpalatable to the right early on, and we can continue to make it unpalatable to them.
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The weekend is here!
October 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The weekend is here!