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Coder, pun perpetrator Grumpiness elemental Hyperbole abuser Don't put words in my mouth It's not my fault you can't perceive tone and context (TurfsterNTE off The Bird Site)

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Turfster @turfster.bsky.social · Oct 18

I guess I'm on here now as well, if only just to stake my claim.
Will I use this for actual posting?
Probably not, if I'm honest.

Still.
I'm here now too.
For given values of "here".

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Turfster @turfster.bsky.social · 1h

Sasuga The Swedish Government, Yet Again
Getting Big Walter Duranty¹ Vibes from all of their "actions" described here

www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...

¹: Look up 'Duranty Holomodor' and Gareth Jones

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

www.aftonbladet.se

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Olivia Hill @machineiv.bsky.social · 2h

How do you plan a meal to observe Israel breaking a ceasefire?

Start cooking the meal when you hear about the ceasefire. By the time you're done cooking it, they've broken the ceasefire.

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Typewriter Skeleton @tpwrtrmnky.bsky.social · 5h

Oh yeah? You think capitalism is bad? Here are some inventions you can thank capitalism for:

[Tech that was developed through publicly funded research and then packaged as a Product by people who didn't invent it, and gets worse each year to increase profit]

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Turfster @turfster.bsky.social · 10h

Can't wait for E22 Racer!

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Alien Bob but also @jeremyoduber.com · 23h

Game dev friends, I am looking for any resources on making 3D outdoor levels based on real life locations because I'm trying to make a game based on real life locations and am thirsty for learning.

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OverClocked ReMix (We ♥ video game music!) 🎮🎵 @ocremix.org · 3d

25 years in, we are NOT allowing genAI music onto OC ReMix, full stop.

We're 100% against genAI music and are a community geared toward authentic creativity and artistic development. You don't get that by doing text prompts.

ocremix.org/remix/OCR04918
youtube.com/watch?v=fUsg...

Recent comment: "This A.I. music is as fake as 🏈 🦇."

In this case, this is human-made. (3 of our judges panel are also involved as collaborators on it: jnWake, pixelseph, and paradiddlesjosh.)

We explicitly do NOT accept any music made with generative A.I. There are tools out there that help identify genAI music. If music involving genAI is ever unknowingly let on, it will be removed if it's discovered.

We're 100% against genAI music and are a community geared toward authentic creativity and artistic development. You don't get that by doing text prompts.

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Turfster @turfster.bsky.social · 12h

Big "Jesse, what the fuck are you talking about" energy in that word fart too

Turfster @turfster.bsky.social · 12h

But friend Megan, you already *are*

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🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮 @unormal.bsky.social · 18h

literally if ai worked at all companies would keep it secret and use it to make a lot of money like they wouldnt advertise to you

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Megan Fox @glassbottommeg.bsky.social · 17h

What's this? An actually reasonable, explanatory, clearly understandable take on what AI can and can't be reasonably expected to do (and how the "AI" that works has actually been in tools for years already)?

GOSH

Anyways this is real good

britt hayes @britthates.bsky.social · 1d

studio execs & major outlets claim AI is "inevitable" and poised to take over Hollywood. the reality is much different. i spoke with filmmakers, producers, and editors about how AI is actually showing up in productions – and what it still can't do:

Hollywood Has a Major AI Hype Problem

Studio execs and major media outlets claim that AI is "inevitable" and poised to take over film and TV. The reality is much different.

movieweb.com

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 12h

The last time the Witchcraft Act was used in the UK was against Helen Duncan, as a means to nobble her for espionage.

She'd heard about the (classified) sinking of HMS Duncan, and was using that to claim she had info from the spirits of departed sailors.

depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 15h

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Turfster @turfster.bsky.social · 12h

Trailer has vibes of Misery for everyone that has had to work for an asshole boss, of which there are Too Many.

Turfster @turfster.bsky.social · 12h

That new humble prompts¹ book bundle is so fucking bleak. Grifters are always going to grift and hitch their cart to the latest big scam, but jesus fucking wept, who buys this shit?
If it could really make you rich they wouldn't be selling it to ya, idiots.

¹: it's exactly as bad as you're thinking

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Megan Fox @glassbottommeg.bsky.social · 1d

Oh! This actually makes sense!

Like it's obviously very bad but also it's FASCINATING because this is the same problem chocolate has: plants are bio-concentrater of heavy metals, and the more refined the plant product is, the more of said heavy metal you're going to end up ingesting

Bad! But cool!

Fryda Wolff @frydawolff.bsky.social · 1d

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"The lead levels in plant-based products were, on average, nine times the amount found in those made with dairy proteins like whey, and twice as great as beef-based ones."

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 1d

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

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innes @innes.bsky.social · 1d

telling the information making up machine to give me information. but don't make any of it up

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Saoirse Ní Chiaragáin @miseryvulture.bsky.social · 2d

You should care about trans rights just generally, because trans people are people, they have always been here and they always will be.

BUT if you MUST put a cis spin on it, this is where transphobia gets you. It's either bodily autonomy for all of us or none of us.

Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 2d

The right-wing campaign group that helped topple Roe v Wade in the US is now working to roll back abortion laws in the UK, with the help of Nigel Farage.

Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 1d

Every future imagined by a tech company is worse than the previous iteration. www.theverge.com/news/798174/...

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Eniko Fox @enikofox.com · 2d

just discovered that the shell textures on leaf blocks do a really cute thing when they surround another block :3

#EniBlockGame #GameDev 🎮

leaf blocks surrounding a bark block. the bark block's top surface is visible, and it's edges are slightly covered by leaves

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Turfster @turfster.bsky.social · 1d

"... and in this one, we meet the Space Texans!"

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Jim Rossignol @rossignol.bsky.social · 1d

We recoil from taxing the rich, yet they tax us.

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Freyja Valentine, Girl IRL Cat URL @freyjavalentine.bsky.social · 1d

It came along because the people who contribute most to all those problems on purpose made it. It's a straightforward continuation of their agenda.

Slurmsadako MacKenzie @slurmsmackenzie.bsky.social · 3d

GenAI truly was the worst technology to come along at this moment.

An energy and water guzzler when we most urgently need to take climate action.

A disinformation machine as our journalism fails.

A bias machine as fascism takes root.

A job killer in a cost of living crisis.

Bria "tries to write a book" Horses @thevoidencore.bsky.social · 8d

The "cognitive decline and brain damage from repeat COVID infections" and "easy to use robot that makes slop and melts your critical thinking skills" is a hell of a combo in a post-fact media ecosystem

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Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 1d

I'm so glad we all get to burn to death so a bunch of losers can get a video of Spongebob kissing Shrek.

Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 1d

This is an alarming compression of the planetary destruction timeline: with the massive growth of the AI bubble, data centers are expected to consume up to 12% of total US electricity by 2028, up from 4.4% in 2023.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/t...

Sora 2 and ChatGPT are consuming so much power that OpenAI just did another 10 gigawatt deal | CNN Business

OpenAI is partnering with Broadcom to design and develop 10 gigawatts of custom AI chips and systems, a massive amount of power that will use as much electricity as a large city. The move further high...

www.cnn.com

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cécile @haraiva.bsky.social · 1d

been having the music/games 'industry' parallel on the mind all the way through games week, and that always leads back to me thinking about steve albini being essentially my standard for the kind of person i want to be in a scene/community. heres a little something from a reddit ama he did ages ago

Connections don't mean shit. I've never had any connections that weren't a natural outgrowth of doing things I was doing anyway. Additionally, the people you might make connections with who work in the industry and value connections themselves, all those people are clueless assholes with no clout anyhow. You can tell because they think they can get somewhere with connections and spend their energy trying to make connections rather than being good at things, and being good at things is the only thing that earns you clout or connections.

It's a myth that you can get anywhere in music through connections. The guy on the other end of the connection has to be into what you're doing, and if you're doing it publicly and he's receptive, he probably hears about it on his own.

Don't worry about anything but making music you like. Everything else is bullshit.

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Turfster @turfster.bsky.social · 1d

Unfortunately, we lost Mr. Computer Products when the Dot Gobbler Bubble Burst in 1986

Joe Wintergreen @joewintergreen.com · 1d

thinking of him

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-Boulet- @bouletcorp.bsky.social · 1d

Et ça me faire rire que cette vidéo soit suivie de celle-ci immédiatement, ça m'a rappelé les (plus vieux) américains qui, quand je disais que je venais de France, me voyaient comme une sorte de rescapé d'un enfer communiste sans voitures ni flingues.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf7s...

The Crazy Sh*t Americans Say In My Comment Section

YouTube video by Evan Edinger

www.youtube.com

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