OBSESSION is out there absolutely crushing it right now and I am so fucking here for it. Whenever a truly great horror film comes along, it encourages people to watch more horror. It's good for all of us. Congrats to every single talented mother fucking one of you involved with that masterpiece.

This is bad. I mean BAD bad. I'll just leave this headline here and remind you of the drone warfare going on in Ukraine and Iran and let you draw your own conclusions as to why this literal thing is what fucking keeps me up at night.

I've seen people do the work of writing their book, having an editor, getting a good cover, and then squander all the time and hard work by resorting to AI slop for their marketing. Any credible author will blacklist you and readers will avoid you like the plague. open.substack.com/pub/tristanz...

Two things I hate about the wearable health tech industry: 1. That many of the best devices are at unobtainable prices for those who most need them 2. The biggest companies within that sphere will take that data, and sell it to the highest bidder. Or just hand it over to governments, no qualms.

We haven't solved the power issue. Or the cooling issue. Or the chip availability issue. Everyone's power bills are going up. We created a new mental illness called Ai psychosis responsible for actual suicides. And our model is just wrong 9% of the time. But you're just not evolved enough to get it

Does someone want to tell this dude that his money comes from humans, or...?

Taking my best girl out for an afternoon date to the dog bar.

For even more context making $3 for every 1000 clicks means you need to get 96,000 clicks a week to make FEDERAL minimum wage for full time work. (7.25 x 40hrs). Also $290/week def isn’t enough but just wanted to add some more perspective.

Happy I don't work at TheGamer anymore. I worked with so many lovely people, but Valnet is fucking awful.

There are a lot of great writers and editors working at these places who try really hard to do good work and make things better for their co-workers, and then there are the Valnet execs who wouldn't hesitate to throw them in a meat grinder if they could make more money selling them as hamburgers.

When I was five I was absolutely convinced there were little people who lived in the TV and came out to perform for me every time I turned it on. I can't help but think of that every time an Ai enthusiast shows up to explain the little person in their computer who tells them how right they are.

When politicians say they can't hold corporations accountable, remember: they can. They just choose not to. www.reddit.com/r/WhitePeopl...

Valnet is a truly evil company

On Thursday evening Valnet issued new contracts to writers at TheGamer instituting a minimum article viewership threshold for payment. Most writers already have pay tied to article performance, but this new system would mean that if a piece didn't get X number of clicks you wouldn't be paid for it.

so Horses was a problem, but Valve I guess is fine with this racist crap that flagrantly violates at least two of its content guidelines and has 300+ reviews that all almost certainly violate those guidelines too kotaku.com/racist-plant...

Happy birthday to one of the best in the biz @hauntedmeg.bsky.social

Turned the post into a blog, because it's always exciting to get the chance to explain how unions work aftermath.site/magic-the-ga...

I hate this. I mean a typo is by no means a dealbreaker or anything—I, too, am human, after all, and make them sometimes—but I still think attentiveness to detail in writing is a virtue and I don’t love that we’re at a point where people are now making mistakes on purpose to signal their humanity.

Oh man, did you see the new Scorsese movie? Killers of the Flower Moon? No! Mandalorian and Grogu…

NEW: Bungie is planning a significant layoff following the end of Destiny 2's development. Destiny 3 is NOT in active production. Some Bungie staff are pitching and prototyping new ideas including Destiny games, but none are yet greenlit. Story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Keep windows closed & air filters on when possible (& keep hydrated) KN95 masks or better do a great job of filtering out smoke & airborne viruses Even if doesn’t smell smoky, harmful carcinogens are still probably present. Studies show wildfire smoke have both short & long term health impacts

Horror fans, there's no better way to find your people than with this little beauty from threadsofdread.com! It's made for Librarian's Day at StokerCon (6/5) but you don't have to be a librarian or attend the con - they're for anyone who celebrates the genre! Art by @orionzangaraart.bsky.social ⭐

Interesting timing

If they are directing, I'm seating. Go team Radio Silence!

AOC: This is what drinking water in Georgia looks like after Meta began data center construction in the community.

Stephan Fleet—VFX supervisor of "The Boys"—made a great video about logistics and safety, politely debunking an internet bozo who asked "why didn't they JUST film it practically?" www.tiktok.com/@stephanflee...

Today, the IGNCG sent this letter to our President of Ziff Davis Gaming & Entertainment to demand pay that reflects the rate of inflation in our contract. Please join us in asking @errorjustin.bsky.social, @peer-ign.bsky.social, @corradimus.bsky.social, and @yprough.bsky.social to pay us fairly.

Introduce yourself with 10 bands you've seen live Slipknot Whitechapel Fleshgod Apocalypse Behemoth Lamb of God Carnifex The Black Dahlia Murder Periphery Ice Nine Kills Gojira

There is no opt out. You can opt out of video mixing, but then your video doesn't get pushed to the shorts feed. "Deal with AI video mixing, or don't get seen at all." This is not an opt out, this is accept out policies or fuck off.

PSA for YouTube Creators! Just wanna share this in case you don't want Google to have access to remix your YouTube shorts with GenAI using Gemini! YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY ENROLLED. Here is what it's doing and how to opt out of said option if you don't want your shorts to be remixed with AI.

I loved The Boys finale. The final two seasons were flawed, largely due to plot armor, but I think it stuck the landing. It goes down from top-tier, all-timer for me but still a great TV show. Antony Starr's Homelander is cemented as my favorite villain in any medium. Down for the spinoffs.

Moving in a week and still trying to reach our goal to cover attorney fees and moving expenses. Shares very much appreciated. ❤️

look man i liked project hail mary, it was compelling, rocky was great, but "high art"?! holy shit man, watching beau travail would make this dude's head explode.

Is God Is was great. A fresh revenge movie. Give me more movies from Aleshea Harris, who crushed it as writer-director. Bonus point for capitalizing "is" in the title as many don't in titles of things.

BREAKING: Senate votes 50-47 to force Trump to stop his illegal war on Iran. 4 GOP voted with Dems Fetterman voted with MAGA because of course he did. Paul (KY), Cassidy (LA) lost his primary, Murkowski (AK) faces a tough Dem opponent, & Collins (ME) down in polls to Platner, voted with Democrats.

Ever fucking green

we're all gonna be fucking jobless and on the street while the internet just becomes deluded AIs talking to each other and running busted websites for nobody

[taps the sign]

I hope Google goes out of business. Fuck this shit.

google is a blight, and all good it ever did it has undone one thousand times over

NEW: Hasbro has canceled a Dungeons & Dragons game from veteran director Stig Asmussen (Star Wars, God of War) and his studio Giant Skull, less than one year after announcing it as “a definitive moment in both companies’ gaming ambitions.” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Chat GPT cannot be sexy because there's no human on the other side growling and breathing at you. Also this.

"The surge has not gotten much national attention in part because Tennessee’s Republican governor supports it—he has said it will continue indefinitely." "“We are under full-blown occupation and immigrants are going missing. No one should fear their government for holding a phone.”"

I wish I had something better to report about THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU. Broadly speaking, it's an unwatchable slog with a 30-minute interlude of fun. It has no interest in being a film, instead opting for five episodes of TV stacked in a trench coat. www.picketywitch.com/star-wars-th...

HOLY DANG, WOULDYA LOOK AT THAT PAPERBACK COVER! Coming Sept. 22nd! “Coffin Moon bares its teeth and froths at the mouth. . . .Rosson has created one of the great vampires—maybe oneof the great villains—of recent fiction.” —VULTURE

Rw. Somehow whipped by, speeches n all, seeing even more awfulness from Bev and her st(r)ain of Christianity + how Flanagan fits the pieces (exposition as confession, Linklater's just fire here), but this still hit hard. Brillaint vampire reworking, huge characters, an SK riff for all time.

feels very spot on how I've felt about so much of game conversations lately. Whether it's in the media side but especially on the player side, almost everyone feels like a mini shareholder they so claim to despise. It's important to be aware of what's going on, but it shouldn't be the main focus.

Hell yeah. Don't let bosses convince you that you don't deserve more. Don't let someone who hoards $100 million tell you that working people don't deserve $100,000. Instead organize and get yours.