The Epstein Files, everybody!

We spoke to a dozen professional concept artists who are currently or have previously worked in game development about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs any easier. Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder. thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...

Why We're Boycotting Xbox: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybj1...

Been thinking on the use of GenAi for mood boards. Ethics and legal risks aside, I truly believe using GenAi as references deprives one of many pivotal things. Here’s a blurb on what I mean:

If I had known the two paragraphs about genAI in my article today would be so controversial, I would have expanded them a bit! Here's a rough transcript of the relevant portion of my interview with Swen Vincke, so everyone has all the context. (Full article here: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...)

I need to do some research, but more than likely making the switch. I'm exhausted by companies trying to shove AI down my throat, but that doesn't mean I'm not going to do the work.

consider my feedback: i loved working at @larianstudios.com until AI. reconsider and change your direction, like, yesterday. show your employees some respect. they are world-class & do not need AI assistance to come up with amazing ideas.

It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.

This is Charles Clyde Ebbets, the photographer who took the iconic “Lunch atop a Skyscraper” picture. Look at this fearless, dapper fuck wearing spats, suspenders, and a tie 850 feet above the ground. Absolute legend.

Epic pays for licensing fees for the games they give away for free as promotions. Which means even if YOU aren't paying for it, you're giving money to JK Rowling to harm transgender people AND elevating her stature by giving her franchise higher numbers. NO TERF WIZARD GAME. NO TERF WIZARD SHOW.

Valve has now rejected my complaint, confirming that "I don't like muslims" is a valid reason to leave a negative review on a game on Steam This is where we're at now.

PLEASE Call your Reps! Kids Safety is important and should worked on BUT not at the risk and degradation of the internet for everyone! Keep the Internet Free and Open for EVERYONE!

Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.

Holy shit, Spotify is fucking repugnant. I keep thinking I know how trash that platform is, and I keep being shocked all over again. An old person, I just hoard MP3s. I buy ‘em with Bandcamp and stream from my hard drive with Plex.

Last year I spent 40+ hours learning how to mod the grinch into bonelabs so I could do this

New video today! Why Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Sam Altman and other wanna-be Silicon Valley gods love to cosplay Star Trek, all while stealing the very future they idolize from us all. “How Tech Billionaires Turn Star Trek into Fascism” youtu.be/V-7Spf1cLpU

I'm begging any artists still using Twitter claiming it's integral to their work to just leave. It's been revealed the site works off a made up "credit score" from hell and punishes you for posting like a normal human being. Abandon Twitter for good. It's time. It's been time.

Very funny how he tries to present “betting on the next head coach at Penn State” as a righteous force cutting through misinformation

I wrote about the dirty, demeaning, absolutely booming business of turning something like a shitty bigoted college essay into a shitty public career as a bigot, and also estimated how old Marine Todd would be today. defector.com/the-conserva...

We're releasing Takeshi Koike's newest entry in the Lupin the IIIRD saga on the big screen! 💥 The gentleman thief & company return in Lupin the IIIRD: The Movie - The Immortal Bloodline, in theatres January 4-6. Tickets coming soon. brnw.ch/21wXZbr

and i do not use this lightly

firefox AI and slop disablers from tumblr for the people from local hero mckitterick. Tried it on my end and the browser is significantly faster now (copy paste-able in the alt text)

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Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important. We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."

when you see this, post an image from your gallery to describe your mental health

Please be aware and stay vigilant out there 🚨

Key takeaway of 2025: Bluesky is an enormous activism force that punches above its weight. The paypros censorship stuff? This site is the one that’s getting us to the 20 yard line. The initial interest in the summer hasn’t returned to Twitter, whereas Bluesky is now the de facto source on this issue

Man, I dunno how this little jankbot got Taranchula to write his theme song! Dark is the day, in-freakin-deed!

Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.

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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling. 🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states. This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺

Important update: I have received word from insiders that Crunchyroll executives have deemed the user backlash to be small enough that their subtitle enshittification & OOONA plans will NOT be cancelled, only delayed. I have added an update to the article. There's a summary at the top now too.

Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist? MAMDANI: I've spoken about-- TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.

Some people seem big mad that Mamdani didn't bitch slap Trump or something, or maybe just ghost him. And that's cool that's good, people should push politicians. Fuck yeah. But in reality he's a goddamned Mayor, and his job is to serve NYC's interests. Today he did.

The House of Representatives voted 285–98 in favor of a resolution condemning socialism. 86 Dems joined Republicans in supporting the measure, incl. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

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My boyfriend got fired for being too sick too often and hasn't been able to find work and he needs grocery money. Please do him a solid and commission something, or at least boost this post, it'd mean a lot to us.

Just realized that TIME magazine is probably going to do something dumb and name AI as the Person of the Year, isn't it?

Now that’s a lede. Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social. Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features." There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.

This tracks: Cornell researchers: xAI's Grokipedia cites neo-Nazi website Stormfront 42 times, Infowars 34 times, and white nationalist website VDare 107 times www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...

My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨

Sobering thread. LLMs are helping deluded people organize, expand, and spread their delusions. These are monstrously destructive products that no healthy society should condone, much less enable, subsidize, and partner with.

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When I evacuated from the hurricane in 2005, the Red Cross offered us cash to help with expenses. The Salvation Army offered us "a hot meal" which was just a smoked sausage soaked in cheap barbecue sauce with a stale slice of white bread we had to say how thankful we were while getting preached at.