Neil Blackman
@n3il4real.bsky.social
Writer. Movie stuff. Music junk. Suck at Video Games. Mental Health. Still chasing the highs of discovering AOL and finding the lows of everything since.
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Neil Blackman
@n3il4real.bsky.social
· Sep 5
Loaded - Horror Short
YouTube video by Roundsquare21
youtu.be
A collaboration between me and @roundsquare21.bsky.social hope y'all enjoy! #shortfilm #horror #nobudgetfilmmaking
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I know I shared this yesterday already, but it took me a week to write so I'm sharing it again. It answers the question that I've been asked as a well known inventor of an information literacy model -- what does information literacy with ai look like open.substack.com/pub/mikecaul...
SIFT for AI: Introduction and Pedagogy
Once I thought more deeply about what people had been asking for it made a lot of sense
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I know I shared this yesterday already, but it took me a week to write so I'm sharing it again. It answers the question that I've been asked as a well known inventor of an information literacy model -- what does information literacy with ai look like open.substack.com/pub/mikecaul...
"History will not be kind to..." is the most toothless and pointless comment I can imagine. If there is no consequences or justice in the moments where these people are acting then what the fuck does it matter? History doesn't care. History is fallible and history has to keep being relearned.
November 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"History will not be kind to..." is the most toothless and pointless comment I can imagine. If there is no consequences or justice in the moments where these people are acting then what the fuck does it matter? History doesn't care. History is fallible and history has to keep being relearned.
The first batch of babies now have their own babies. The roosters can finally crow without sounding strangled. I ain't wrote shit. #from4to23chickens
November 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The first batch of babies now have their own babies. The roosters can finally crow without sounding strangled. I ain't wrote shit. #from4to23chickens
"all fires have to burn alive to live"
What is a song lyric that changed your life?
"Hearts are broken every day."
"Hearts are broken every day."
What is a song lyric that changed your life?
"No one can find the rewind button, girl, so cradle your head in your hands and breathe"
"No one can find the rewind button, girl, so cradle your head in your hands and breathe"
November 11, 2025 at 11:35 PM
"all fires have to burn alive to live"
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Congratulations to the 2025 recipient of the Volvo Prize, @naomioreskes.bsky.social! Naomi's work addresses vital issues such as why we need to trust science; a topic that becomes even more important with every new day.
Read more here: www.environment-prize.com/laureates/na...
Read more here: www.environment-prize.com/laureates/na...
Why we should trust scientists
Many of the world's biggest problems require asking questions of scientists -- but why should we believe what they say? Historian of science Naomi Oreskes thinks deeply about our relationship to belie...
www.ted.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Congratulations to the 2025 recipient of the Volvo Prize, @naomioreskes.bsky.social! Naomi's work addresses vital issues such as why we need to trust science; a topic that becomes even more important with every new day.
Read more here: www.environment-prize.com/laureates/na...
Read more here: www.environment-prize.com/laureates/na...
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Welcome to the 2025 Donation Drive
Check out the new sticker/shirt design by Jason Willis and learn how you can donate on the site!
razorcake.org/2025-donatio...
Check out the new sticker/shirt design by Jason Willis and learn how you can donate on the site!
razorcake.org/2025-donatio...
November 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Welcome to the 2025 Donation Drive
Check out the new sticker/shirt design by Jason Willis and learn how you can donate on the site!
razorcake.org/2025-donatio...
Check out the new sticker/shirt design by Jason Willis and learn how you can donate on the site!
razorcake.org/2025-donatio...
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happy #smallpoemsunday! 💜
feel free to participate by posting small poems you wrote, +/or small poems you love by somebody else :)
here’s one I love for the first weekend of the month, by Jane Cooper~
feel free to participate by posting small poems you wrote, +/or small poems you love by somebody else :)
here’s one I love for the first weekend of the month, by Jane Cooper~
November 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
happy #smallpoemsunday! 💜
feel free to participate by posting small poems you wrote, +/or small poems you love by somebody else :)
here’s one I love for the first weekend of the month, by Jane Cooper~
feel free to participate by posting small poems you wrote, +/or small poems you love by somebody else :)
here’s one I love for the first weekend of the month, by Jane Cooper~
Found a cool podcast interviewing lower budget indie horror filmmakers.
Interview w/Jason Goldberg, writer of Stay Out of the Attic
open.spotify.com
October 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Found a cool podcast interviewing lower budget indie horror filmmakers.
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Hello Bluesky! We have 12 days to help fund my indie comic book and could use a little push! It’s funny and QUEER! If you have anything to give, please consider backing our kickstarter! We need a little over $18k!! Sharing is also caring! 🙇🏾♀️
www.kickstarter.com/projects/com...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/com...
October 12, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Hello Bluesky! We have 12 days to help fund my indie comic book and could use a little push! It’s funny and QUEER! If you have anything to give, please consider backing our kickstarter! We need a little over $18k!! Sharing is also caring! 🙇🏾♀️
www.kickstarter.com/projects/com...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/com...
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The Comic Shop (Workplace Comedy) | Episode 2 “Ratz City”
YouTube video by Awkward Virgo TV
youtu.be
September 5, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Is nobody gonna talk about Dean Koontz's hair? #koontzshair
September 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Is nobody gonna talk about Dean Koontz's hair? #koontzshair
A collaboration between me and @roundsquare21.bsky.social hope y'all enjoy! #shortfilm #horror #nobudgetfilmmaking
Loaded - Horror Short
YouTube video by Roundsquare21
youtu.be
September 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
A collaboration between me and @roundsquare21.bsky.social hope y'all enjoy! #shortfilm #horror #nobudgetfilmmaking
Bedtime for Chickens #freerange or #freestrange
September 4, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Bedtime for Chickens #freerange or #freestrange
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Yeah here’s an essay I wrote about Crimson Peak, what I see in @realgdt.bsky.social’s work and how tragedy is the most misunderstood dramatic form in our day & age, back in 2015 medium.com/@somebadidea...
September 3, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Yeah here’s an essay I wrote about Crimson Peak, what I see in @realgdt.bsky.social’s work and how tragedy is the most misunderstood dramatic form in our day & age, back in 2015 medium.com/@somebadidea...
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THE COMIC SHOP | A Workplace Comedy - PILOT
YouTube video by Awkward Virgo TV
youtu.be
August 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
@alfreds-mad-world.bsky.social finally saw one in the wild again after many years. I guess they do compilation issues now instead of new content? It's still cool to see it back in the grocery store, especially in an area that needs some "Mad"ness.
August 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
@alfreds-mad-world.bsky.social finally saw one in the wild again after many years. I guess they do compilation issues now instead of new content? It's still cool to see it back in the grocery store, especially in an area that needs some "Mad"ness.
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Real talk (reel talk?):
BWDR recently lost a partnership that covered nearly half our operating budget, so things are suddenly very tough. If what we do has ever meant something to you, or you’ve ever thought about subscribing, now’s the time—it *truly* makes a difference.
BWDR recently lost a partnership that covered nearly half our operating budget, so things are suddenly very tough. If what we do has ever meant something to you, or you’ve ever thought about subscribing, now’s the time—it *truly* makes a difference.
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August 17, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Real talk (reel talk?):
BWDR recently lost a partnership that covered nearly half our operating budget, so things are suddenly very tough. If what we do has ever meant something to you, or you’ve ever thought about subscribing, now’s the time—it *truly* makes a difference.
BWDR recently lost a partnership that covered nearly half our operating budget, so things are suddenly very tough. If what we do has ever meant something to you, or you’ve ever thought about subscribing, now’s the time—it *truly* makes a difference.
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It's tiring to live in a compassionless society.
July 3, 2025 at 8:23 PM
It's tiring to live in a compassionless society.
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Worldwide hunt for long lost song ends in Nashville
Worldwide hunt for long lost song ends in Nashville
Nashville's Alex Caress had all but given up on music. But passionate fans of a song that he wrote, have been trying to find him for years.
wpln.org
August 9, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Worldwide hunt for long lost song ends in Nashville
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Chickens Sitting in Chairs: Various Interpretations (2025)
August 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Chickens Sitting in Chairs: Various Interpretations (2025)
Give the people what they want.
August 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Give the people what they want.