Joe O'Brien
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Joe O'Brien
@joseph-obrien.bsky.social
· Nov 19
Remember: every time you make a piece of art, some Nazi's dick falls off.
Get to work.
Get to work.
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Years ago, we got word that Joni Mitchell was at death's door. She's still with us. Hoping a similar scenario will play out with her fellow singing songwriting genius here. No siree, this is not the time to be losing Dolly Parton.
Dolly Parton’s sister, Freida Parton, is asking for people to pray for her sister’s health.
October 8, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Years ago, we got word that Joni Mitchell was at death's door. She's still with us. Hoping a similar scenario will play out with her fellow singing songwriting genius here. No siree, this is not the time to be losing Dolly Parton.
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there is a certain irony around tech bros who believe that the work of writers is largely worthless, while also claiming at the same time that they desperately need to use that written work - without compensating human authors - so they can make a bazillion dollars off LLM products.
I've spent my entire life being told that everything I do is useless, mocked and being told no one should be paid for "underwater basket weaving," and now they're like, "I must steal all the underwater basket weaving lore because it's imperative for my survival"
Eat farts, my dudes.
Eat farts, my dudes.
September 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
there is a certain irony around tech bros who believe that the work of writers is largely worthless, while also claiming at the same time that they desperately need to use that written work - without compensating human authors - so they can make a bazillion dollars off LLM products.
Currently editing @thealichappell.bsky.social's short film in my underwear as God and Walter Murch intended.
August 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Currently editing @thealichappell.bsky.social's short film in my underwear as God and Walter Murch intended.
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Happy THE THING/BLADE RUNNER Day to all who celebrate.
Still blows my mind that these movies were released on the exact same day.
Still blows my mind that these movies were released on the exact same day.
June 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Happy THE THING/BLADE RUNNER Day to all who celebrate.
Still blows my mind that these movies were released on the exact same day.
Still blows my mind that these movies were released on the exact same day.
What's a poster you had up in your room growing up?
June 23, 2025 at 2:35 AM
What's a poster you had up in your room growing up?
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Canada elected a policy wonk who knows what needs doing. Having an idiot thrashing about next door has certainly focused Canadian minds
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"Canada is finally backing out of its corner"
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"Canada is finally backing out of its corner"
June 17, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Canada elected a policy wonk who knows what needs doing. Having an idiot thrashing about next door has certainly focused Canadian minds
on.ft.com/442Xqzr
"Canada is finally backing out of its corner"
on.ft.com/442Xqzr
"Canada is finally backing out of its corner"
June 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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if you think every voice actor is a millionaire, you are not immune to propaganda and would not survive the winter, sorry.
June 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
if you think every voice actor is a millionaire, you are not immune to propaganda and would not survive the winter, sorry.
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A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.
April 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.
Serum 2 just dropped and I may never need another softsynth ever again. Thank you @xferrecords.bsky.social.
March 19, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Serum 2 just dropped and I may never need another softsynth ever again. Thank you @xferrecords.bsky.social.
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Happy Jason Vorhees Day to all who celebrate. As is tradition I am listening to the awesome eerie disco stomp that is the theme to Friday the 13th Part 3. Vorhees a jolly good fellow...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6P4...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6P4...
Friday the 13th Part III (1982) Theme
YouTube video by Killing Moon
www.youtube.com
December 13, 2024 at 1:31 PM
Happy Jason Vorhees Day to all who celebrate. As is tradition I am listening to the awesome eerie disco stomp that is the theme to Friday the 13th Part 3. Vorhees a jolly good fellow...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6P4...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6P4...
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AI is going to exacerbate Climate Change and damage our health. Of course the Tech Bros don’t care, but do you? And they are scraping art and output from all of us in the creative industries for free so they can make billions…
www.caltech.edu/about/news/a...
www.caltech.edu/about/news/a...
Air Pollution and the Public Health Costs of AI
A new study by Caltech and UC Riverside uncovers the hidden toll that AI exacts on health throughout its lifecycle, from chip manufacturing to data center operation.
www.caltech.edu
December 12, 2024 at 7:14 PM
AI is going to exacerbate Climate Change and damage our health. Of course the Tech Bros don’t care, but do you? And they are scraping art and output from all of us in the creative industries for free so they can make billions…
www.caltech.edu/about/news/a...
www.caltech.edu/about/news/a...
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Geneviève Bergeron, Hélène Colgan, Nathalie Croteau, Barbara Daigneault, Anne-Marie Edward, Maud Haviernick, Maryse Laganière, Maryse LeClair, Anne-Marie Lemay, Sonia Pelletier, Michèle Richard, Annie St-Arneault, Annie Turcotte, Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz. I remember. We must always remember.
December 6, 2024 at 2:12 PM
Geneviève Bergeron, Hélène Colgan, Nathalie Croteau, Barbara Daigneault, Anne-Marie Edward, Maud Haviernick, Maryse Laganière, Maryse LeClair, Anne-Marie Lemay, Sonia Pelletier, Michèle Richard, Annie St-Arneault, Annie Turcotte, Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz. I remember. We must always remember.
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Robocop is a movie about a guy who gets killed on the job and they still made him go back to work
December 1, 2024 at 5:04 PM
Robocop is a movie about a guy who gets killed on the job and they still made him go back to work
Billionaires will make slaves of us all.
November 25, 2024 at 7:42 PM
Billionaires will make slaves of us all.
Remember: every time you make a piece of art, some Nazi's dick falls off.
Get to work.
Get to work.
November 19, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Remember: every time you make a piece of art, some Nazi's dick falls off.
Get to work.
Get to work.
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If you are a writer, artist or other creative person and you are wondering if what you do still matters...
...this is a culture war. Which means that you are on the front line. You matter more than ever.
...this is a culture war. Which means that you are on the front line. You matter more than ever.
I've gotten a TON of new followers this week. Welcome, all! FYI: I'm taking a break from social media right now.
I've done a lotta stuff, but my most relevant thing atm is definitely NEVER SAY YOU CAN'T SURVIVE, my guide to using creativity to get thru awful times.
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
I've done a lotta stuff, but my most relevant thing atm is definitely NEVER SAY YOU CAN'T SURVIVE, my guide to using creativity to get thru awful times.
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Never Say You Can't Survive
WINNER OF THE 2022 HUGO AWARD FOR BEST RELATED WORKFrom Charlie Jane Anders, the award-winning author of novels such as All the Birds in the Sky and The City...
us.macmillan.com
November 9, 2024 at 7:55 PM
If you are a writer, artist or other creative person and you are wondering if what you do still matters...
...this is a culture war. Which means that you are on the front line. You matter more than ever.
...this is a culture war. Which means that you are on the front line. You matter more than ever.
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If they remade The Ring it would be a tiktok video. But if you watched it on your phone it would be ok because Sadako would crawl out of the phone screen and she'd be so small
May 21, 2024 at 7:36 PM
If they remade The Ring it would be a tiktok video. But if you watched it on your phone it would be ok because Sadako would crawl out of the phone screen and she'd be so small
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The concept of "surge pricing" for a fixed number of something like gig tickets is so utterly disgusting and greed-driven beyond even the concept of surge pricing in general, I'm not sure I can put my hatred of it into words.
September 1, 2024 at 3:38 PM
The concept of "surge pricing" for a fixed number of something like gig tickets is so utterly disgusting and greed-driven beyond even the concept of surge pricing in general, I'm not sure I can put my hatred of it into words.
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If you're using 'AI' images, even if it's to ridicule famous figures on the right, please stop. Using this stuff validates it and feeds it more data, making you part of the problem.
It's ruining artist's careers and fucking up the web. Don't use it, don't help promote its use, just ghost that shit.
It's ruining artist's careers and fucking up the web. Don't use it, don't help promote its use, just ghost that shit.
August 17, 2024 at 3:22 PM
If you're using 'AI' images, even if it's to ridicule famous figures on the right, please stop. Using this stuff validates it and feeds it more data, making you part of the problem.
It's ruining artist's careers and fucking up the web. Don't use it, don't help promote its use, just ghost that shit.
It's ruining artist's careers and fucking up the web. Don't use it, don't help promote its use, just ghost that shit.
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the whole purpose of the post-menopausal woman is to prevent the rise of generative AI
August 15, 2024 at 7:23 PM
the whole purpose of the post-menopausal woman is to prevent the rise of generative AI
Any day you get to write a Gilligan Cut into a script is a good day at work.
August 15, 2024 at 1:23 AM
Any day you get to write a Gilligan Cut into a script is a good day at work.
I really want to write comics again.
May 19, 2024 at 4:04 AM
I really want to write comics again.
Gonna tell my kids this was FALLOUT.
May 15, 2024 at 5:56 PM
Gonna tell my kids this was FALLOUT.