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Unnatural Educator @unnaturaleducator.bsky.social · 2d

Supernatural without the original music is just...not worth the time. DVDs 4 life

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Proton @proton.me · 3d

Last chance to turn it off.

On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.

To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.

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Andy VZ @andyvz.bsky.social · 3d

If you use the new Affinity, you may also want to go to your profile on Canva and turn off a variety of settings so that they don't train AI with your usage:
www.canva.com/settings/pri...
and
www.canva.com/settings/ai

Andy VZ @andyvz.bsky.social · 4d

They've announced that Affinity is now free, except for generative AI tools which are walled behind a Canva subscription. Which seems really good:
www.affinity.studio

Like "You can eat anything from the garden, but if you'd like to sample the wares from underneath the outhouse... that'll cost ya"

Andy VZ @andyvz.bsky.social · Oct 2

Affinity (which offers alternatives to photoshop and indesign) has turned off the ability to buy their software on their website.

They're touting some big reveal at the end of the month, though shutting off sales of their product for a month is... an interesting choice.

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Andy VZ @andyvz.bsky.social · 3d

Happy Halloween!

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Andy VZ @andyvz.bsky.social · 4d

oh certainly, I don't trust any tech company to not suddenly be like "we've secretly been monitoring your habits, and will kick you in the head when the algorithm says you won't expect it."

But at least the head-kicking hasn't happened yet, which is what I expected when they shut down the store.

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Andy VZ @andyvz.bsky.social · 4d

They've announced that Affinity is now free, except for generative AI tools which are walled behind a Canva subscription. Which seems really good:
www.affinity.studio

Like "You can eat anything from the garden, but if you'd like to sample the wares from underneath the outhouse... that'll cost ya"

Andy VZ @andyvz.bsky.social · Oct 2

Affinity (which offers alternatives to photoshop and indesign) has turned off the ability to buy their software on their website.

They're touting some big reveal at the end of the month, though shutting off sales of their product for a month is... an interesting choice.

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Andy VZ @andyvz.bsky.social · 5d

Warhammer dwarf gyrocopter I painted when I was a teenager.

I wanted it to look very scrapped-together, so I mixed a metallic silver with different colors to make the metal parts different. The wood is actually primarily a flesh wash so it would go into the texture lines of the wood.

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Gil Hova 🔜 Metatopia @gil.hova.net · 6d

My first of two reminders on this, I promise:

Ferret Frenzy, the light push-your-luck card game I co-designed about the best pets in the world, is only up on Kickstarter for the next few days.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/sha...

FERRET FRENZY: A Party Game of Risk, Reward & Ridiculousness

Unleash the push-your-luck thrill of Exploding Kittens, Blackjack & Uno, with the SPEED & GREED of Spoons in this wild new Party Game.

www.kickstarter.com

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 10d

If you want to see something REALLY SCARY for Halloween ...

🥧 suzanne 🥧 @425suzanne.bsky.social · 11d

IT'S SPACE SAVING!
TA DA!
#BoardGames

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Angelle Haney Gullett @cityofangelle.bsky.social · 15d

"But when the team looked at the employees’ actual work output, they found that the developers had completed tasks 20% slower when using AI than when working without it. Researchers were stunned. “No one expected that outcome. We didn’t even really consider a slowdown as a possibility.”

🎁link

David Mullin @rdmullin.bsky.social · 15d

www.theatlantic.com/economy/arch...

Just How Bad Would an AI Bubble Be?

The entire U.S. economy is being propped up by the promise of productivity gains that seem very far from materializing.

www.theatlantic.com

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Andy VZ @andyvz.bsky.social · 12d

This is at a restaurant we went to last night. Literally all claw machines in the "video" game room. My disappointment was immeasurable, etc.

Sign in an archway saying "video game room"

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Andy VZ @andyvz.bsky.social · 13d

"Remember to get the functional water. Last time you brought home non-functional water and we couldn't use it for anything."

Grocery store sign with different water types

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kim @kimmymonte.bsky.social · 14d

when you notice there’s enough room for you on the floating door.

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Andy VZ @andyvz.bsky.social · 14d

Ready to play some Magic?

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Kafkaesque @kafkaesque2024.bsky.social · 17d

Omg, Gary Larson of The Far Side is back with new comics! This is great news.

cc: @denalisam.bsky.social

Jane Goodall, RIP, gets one just for her. 💙
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/36...

Gorillas drinking and playing in a band at a bar café in which a table is reserved for Jane Goodall.

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Andy VZ @andyvz.bsky.social · 17d

Upper Deck sued Ravensburger over Lorcana 2 years ago, and has so far lost all their claims:

boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...

Upper Deck brings new claim against Ravensburger in Disney Lorcana lawsuit after losing all its existing claims against publisher, trial of designer Ryan Miller to start next month -

Trading card company Upper Deck has brought a fresh legal claim against Disney Lorcana publisher Ravensburger accusing it of stealing trade secrets, days after a court rejected all its prior claims ag...

boardgamewire.com

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Andy VZ @andyvz.bsky.social · 17d

I like looking at basic emoji and trying to figure out what made them decide that a specific thing was a core concept that deserved an emote.

Like slightly different magnifying glasses?
🔎🔍

Or the need to distinguish between camels with 1 hump or 2? 🐫🐪

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Andy VZ @andyvz.bsky.social · 17d

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18d

#TrumpTariffs

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Andy VZ @andyvz.bsky.social · 18d

I believe this is the artist: www.instagram.com/dinghuart/

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Andy VZ @andyvz.bsky.social · 18d

Peppers from our garden - we probably should have planted them a bit earlier.

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BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen 2025 @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 19d

Bohnanza, 6 Nimmt publisher Amigo Spiele shutters US operation after eight years, saying tariff uncertainty was the ‘final impetus’:

boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...

@amigogames.bsky.social

Wishing all the best to @alexyeager.bsky.social and Corey Delmonto for whatever comes next for them.

A yellow board game box with a cartoon image of a green runner bean aggressively hoeing a patch of earth. Two other beans, one orange, one blue, are visible in the background. The blue one is dressed like a cowboy. Box for board game Bohnanza, the title of which is written in red along the top.

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Andy VZ @andyvz.bsky.social · 19d

I was scrolling through stuff I had on my phone, and I apparently saved this meme in December. Whoever made the meme must be psychic.

Frog with a bat "my new year resolution is to be a problem"

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Andy VZ @andyvz.bsky.social · 20d

Season 2 of X-Men '97 isn't releasing until summer of next year(!)

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Andy VZ @andyvz.bsky.social · 20d

Half Price Books had some tempting stuff this week

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