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toril
@toril.bsky.social
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HOTBLOOD! VOL.1: THE LAND OF PROMISE: tinyurl.com/hb1tlp
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motomatters.com
Seems to me that Waymo customers could help DoorDashers out by always, always leaving the door open when they leave the car.
404media.co 404 Media @404media.co · 3h
Waymo, Google’s autonomous vehicle company, and DoorDash have launched a pilot program that pays delivery workers, at least in one case, around $10 to travel to a parked Waymo and close its door that a previous passenger left open, according to a joint statement from the company given to 404 Media.
Waymo Is Getting DoorDashers to Close Doors on Self Driving Cars
The companies have launched a pilot program in Atlanta, where “during the rare event a vehicle door is left ajar, preventing the car from departing, nearby Dashers are notified, allowing Waymo to get ...
www.404media.co
February 12, 2026 at 7:53 PM
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osaka.zone
hits a little different in 2026
A gay hero wielding the mighty yaoi paddle before the monstrous conglomerate biff tannin president bastard king trump in memory of final fantasy 7
February 12, 2026 at 2:58 AM
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edzitron.com
Made an annotated version of "Something Big Is Coming" for all of you to enjoy. I hate this guy's writing so much
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/qw6k5...
February 12, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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wormvermin.bsky.social
Happy year of the horse! Let’s celebrate with centaur erotica!🐴💘

My new Horatio & Elethar comic drops Valentine’s Day. Until then, I’m putting both their existing comics on sale. If you haven’t met my favourite rival knights, come say hi (for 50% off)!

🔞🔞🔞
itch.io/s/179768/yea...
February 7, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: “.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.”

hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
February 10, 2026 at 1:17 PM
toril.bsky.social
Nah
February 10, 2026 at 4:31 AM
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catsuka.bsky.social
"Jin-Roh" 4K remaster looks magnificent. The Japanese UHD is coming next month (with english dub+subs).
>> www.catsuka.com/shopping/ind...
February 9, 2026 at 12:12 PM
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tommysiegel.bsky.social
congratulations to the Seahawks, who are technically named after the gorgeous Osprey — a great victory for birders everywhere!

below is my rendition of an Osprey soaring to victory, drawn with full attention to detail. and no, this is not a photo!
February 9, 2026 at 3:47 AM
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sna1l.bsky.social
venus in capricorn turns four years old this month, so I'm posting the full comic here to celebrate. 1/15
Front cover for 'Venus in Capricorn' by Jules Valera. Drawn in black and white, the outline of their face is barely visible through a flurry of snow and noise. A row of empty white panels lines the bottom of the image. Black page with the outline of a frayed rope net in the middle. A tiny snowflake melts delicately on the edge. Text reads VENUS in CAPRICORN - After the passing of a long, dark season, the reflection speaks.
February 8, 2026 at 9:37 PM
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michaelcaley.bsky.social
as always, people who have actually discovered an incredible productivity hack will simply use that productivity hack themselves, not sell their techniques to the masses in one-off classes
edzitron.com Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 4d
Oh she’s a scam artist, got it! Every single time you hear about a person offering coaching in one of these pieces they’re just a scammer and the media falls for it
Ms. Hart has become an A.I. evangelist. Through her author-coaching business, Plot Prose, she's taught more than 1,600 people how to produce a novel with artificial intelligence, she said. She's rolling out her proprietary A.I. writing program, which can generate a book based on an outline in less than an hour, and costs between $80 and $250 a month.
February 8, 2026 at 5:14 PM
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kmbrlei.bsky.social
BUT LOVE IS ALWAYS SELFISH, a dark sapphic comic with high school drama & vampire thrills is out!

Queen bee Annalyn Park has the school in her thrall, so why does this social butterfly stick to her dour roommate Maxine?

🩸 kmbrlei.itch.io/but-love-is-...
February 7, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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stereogum.com
R.I.P. Cake founding guitarist Greg Brown
Cake Founding Guitarist Greg Brown Has Died
Greg Brown, the founding guitarist for Cake, has died. The band’s social media account announced the news today, saying he passed “after a brief illness.” “It is with heavy hearts that we share the ne...
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February 8, 2026 at 12:57 AM
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redgoldsparks.bsky.social
www.kickstarter.com/projects/saw...

I'm glad I came across this kickstarter while it was still funding! The artists in the book all chose to publish anonymously so they can't spread the word- please take a look. Thank you @comicsworkshop.bsky.social for supporting this :)
Young in Iran
A collection of 32 personal and emotional memoir comics by Gen Z comic creators in Iran.
www.kickstarter.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:12 PM
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sendaibooks.eu
NEW MANGA AVAILABLE!
🗾 Furari - Jiro Taniguchi 🦅

Custom-free and with FREE shipping! 🇪🇺
Affordable shipping elsewhere 🇦🇺
Format: A5, hardcover, 208 pages
From #PonentMon #Fanfare

📯 sendaibooks.eu/furari
February 6, 2026 at 8:35 PM
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lizrummy.bsky.social
From @acyn.bsky.social (posted on X)

"Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?

Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…

Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.

Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake."
February 6, 2026 at 3:47 PM
toril.bsky.social
driverless cars pollute the environment, take attention & funding away from public transit, and enable misanthropy (people who use waymo don't want to risk interaction with an immigrant) I recently went on a date with a guy who worked for a startup that was reinventing *checks notes* the bus
February 6, 2026 at 11:32 PM
toril.bsky.social
I'VE BEEN SAYING
February 6, 2026 at 11:16 PM
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klingley.bsky.social
I was talking with @wendyxu.bsky.social about the 1981 animated short "The Nine-Colored Deer," a loose retelling of the Deer King Jataka inspired by paintings in sixth-century caves at Dunhuang. It's a delight and everyone should have a look. The source material comes mainly from three caves:
The Nine-Colored Deer (1981 Shanghai Fine Arts Film Studio) with English Subtitles
YouTube video by Unravel China
youtu.be
February 6, 2026 at 5:35 AM
toril.bsky.social
set off the fire alarm boiling water for pasta. it's setbacks like these that keep one humble
February 6, 2026 at 3:28 AM
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j-tkelly.bsky.social
Red Ogre (@ogre.red) gets rights to your work upon *submission*.

And those rights are ridiculous. They can change your work, not credit you, use your work for advertising, or put it in an anthology.

Don't submit to this one, folks.
Content Licensing# Content submissions of any type to Red Ogre Review are conditioned on, and evidence of, your explicit agreement that in exchange for Red Ogre Review’s evaluation of your content submission for potential publication with Red Ogre Review or any other publication outlet, you intentionally and unreservedly grant Red Ogre Review an unrestricted, transferable, and nonrevocable worldwide license and right to use the submission content on this site and in any reproduced, related, or derivative materials, including in print books and in electronic books produced by Red Ogre Review, and on social media channels operated by or affiliated with Red Ogre Review, without expectation of any cash payment, royalty payments, or any other valuable compensation; you also irrevocably waive in their entirety any current or future exercise of “natural rights” or “moral rights of authors” as may potentially be asserted.
February 4, 2026 at 8:48 PM
toril.bsky.social
getting really into Enya
February 5, 2026 at 3:14 AM
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paintkatt.bsky.social
I just got this notification from this trial Meta is conducting. For art to be seen, fees are required. No more likes because your work is interesting to ppl, it is all just paid access to huge audiences. And these are just starting fees, they go up after a month. 👎😬😭
$1 for your first month a prevents your profile from being impersonated and people are able to find you when they search $3.29 for your first month means ppl can find you in the search feature and you get a sticker $10 for your first month means you get to be in the search feature, can add links to reels and custom chats $33.49 for your first month means you are special so we promote you
February 4, 2026 at 4:51 PM
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51st.news
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February 4, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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zeburnay.bsky.social
Augur of Emptiness
Bird with vase head
February 3, 2026 at 4:41 PM
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poodlewool.bsky.social
the petliner... yay
a watercolor of a cute animal airplane
February 3, 2026 at 7:01 AM