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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 5h

archive.ph/MTcOJ

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 9h

Sora is a paper machete. It is low-quality, impossible to make consistent or reliable, while also being incredibly expensive to run. Every single “good” video you’ve seen is cherrypicked from dozens of terrible ones to make you feel scared that this can create entire movies’ worth of content.

Dustin @hareandthere.bsky.social · 9h

Curious to hear your perspective on Sora. It seems to be the only real (and terrifying) AI product to hit the market lately. How much mileage are they going to get out of this thing that needs to be regulated out of existence?

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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 23h

1086) Sinisterbot. Just showed up this morning, looming over everything. We don't know why. It won't answer any questions. Bit worried tbh. #SmallRobotsRemonstered #Halloween

A huge, pyramidal robot looming over a dark, curved horizon. The front of the robot is in shadow, and it has a stern expression on its face.

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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 17h

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CODE-CWA @codecwa.bsky.social · 17h

Today, nearly 400 workers with Blizzard's Platform & Technology department have formed a union with @cwaunion.bsky.social!

“We are forming a union to hold leadership accountable and to ensure that we can focus on building amazing experiences for the gaming community.” 💪

Activision Blizzard’s Platform and Technology Workers Form Union with Communications Workers of America

Today, nearly 400 video game workers within Blizzard’s Platform & Technology department have voted strongly in favor of union representation with CWA.

cwa-union.org

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Mags @magsthepirate.bsky.social · 17h

OMG! WE'RE DOING IT THE SAME WEEKEND :D

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aahrun @aahrun.bsky.social · 17h

Every year a few of us get together to raise money for Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity, in a few days we'll be doing it again for 2025. Please check out our campaign page at justgiving.com/page/teamche... and donate if you can - it's an incredible charity that touches a lot of people's lives.

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Mags @magsthepirate.bsky.social · 22h

The delicious irony of a (badly made) poster on water scarcity made by the water guzzling death machine. If someone wrote that, I'd say it was too on the nose.

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Kendra, regular version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 2d

You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't

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Jaime Cʁoƨƨ @speedyjx.bsky.social · 1d

Bad news for all Scottish people trying to get jobs down south

The Independent @the-independent.com · 1d

Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK

www.independent.co.uk

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Josh "A-Horror-iand" Fagundes @anoriand.bsky.social · 2d

The Witcher implies the existence of The Lioner and The Wardrober.

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Mags @magsthepirate.bsky.social · 1d

Current mood:

a cat with a sad look on its face is laying down on a yellow blanket

Alt: a cat with a sad look on its face is laying down on a yellow blanket

media.tenor.com

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Ian McQue @ianmcque.bsky.social · 1d

Another day, another ai enthusiast warning me I’ll get ‘left behind’ if I’m not careful. He makes the future of entertainment sound delightful

An ai arsehole tries to defend his use of ai

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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 2d

The veneration of Books As Objects misses the point entirely. If you're reading a book, turn the corners down, break the spine, spill soup on it. It's your book, go nuts. A pristine, unread book is a tragedy in a way that a beloved, much-read book that looks like the dog's been at it could never be.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Mags @magsthepirate.bsky.social · 2d

Forget voting, pick mayors based on who can do the most crack but remain vaguely coherent.

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Isa / EvilCleverDog @evilcleverdog.bsky.social · Aug 23

Using ChatGPT

Edith @edithcharles.bsky.social · Aug 23

What's something that isn't considered embarrassing but you think it should be?

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Mags @magsthepirate.bsky.social · 2d

Congrats on the launch! I hope you ate all the cake.

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 3d

We should be asking this
c o n s t a n t l y.

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Mags @magsthepirate.bsky.social · 2d

There's even an easy way to remember it! PrinciPAL applies to people (because people can be pals). Shout out to my high school Modern Studies teacher for that top tip.

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Illiterate Autodidact 🇵🇸🙂👍🇮🇱☹👎 @cigaretteliker.bsky.social · 3d

The virgin AGI existential risk vs the chad global warming

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Mags @magsthepirate.bsky.social · 3d

Ever since 2007, I've liked hanging out with you. You're fun, funny, and have such a cool perspective.

You're pretty awesome. Never forget that!

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Mags @magsthepirate.bsky.social · 3d

AI wrote our documentation.

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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 4d

Israel used 3D scans developed by the Scottish Maritime Museum in propaganda animations, which were a key part of its attempts to justify attacks on hospitals and residential areas in Gaza, Syria and Iran. The 3D scans, developed for boatbuilding workshops, were used without the museum's knowledge.

How a Scottish maritime museum ended up in Israel’s 3D propaganda

An analysis of dozens of Israeli army animations discovered digital assets sourced not from classified intelligence but commercial libraries and content creators.

www.972mag.com

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Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens @csmfht.bsky.social · 4d

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 5d

This mode of talking about your experiences and feelings comes from a particular school of thought from a particular, recent culture and time period. If you're writing fantasy and sci-fi, you need to be aware of what other lenses there are and which ones make sense for your setting.

rowan kaiser @rowan.monster · 6d

I'd really appreciate if writers these days took a look at their characters doing therapyspeak and whether that's appropriate for their work and their world.

By "therapyspeak" I mean speaking like this: "This is the emotion I'm feeling, and feeling that emotion makes me want to act in a way"

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jade @goblinmode.com · 5d

That joy must not be sold. It must not be "privatised," made into another privilege for the privileged. A public library is a public trust. And that freedom must not be compromised. It must be available to all who need it, and that's everyone, when they need it, and that's always. — Ursula K Le Guin

screenshot of Jason from The Good Place saying to a photoshopped-in image of Ursula K. Le Guin “Oh Ursula, we’re really in it now.”

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