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Furious Floridian @lmh82.bsky.social · 3d

The negative environmental impact of AI use alone is enough to never use them. Please stop using AI to generate your images or anything else. We already can't opt out of their use entirely.

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GamesIndustry.biz @gibiz.bsky.social · 9h

Owlcat Games has launched a free game development learning resource, featuring over 350 learning resources including software recommendations, tutorials, and online courses

www.gamesindustry.biz/owlcat-games...

Owlcat Games sets up educational resource hub for game devs

Studio partners with Fireshine Games, 11 Bit Studios, Gaijin Entertainment, and Midwest Games to build database of over 350 learning resources

www.gamesindustry.biz

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Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · 1d

'Sora cost $20 a month & subscribers can generate an unlimited number of AI videos... this costs (Sora owners) OpenAI "at least $5 per 10-second video"'.

Journalists, please ask more questions about how this tech could ever in a million years make a profit?

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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John Edwards @euclidianboxes.bsky.social · 6h

"I don't hear her talking about women's rights, I just hear her talking about trans people." absolutely spot on about Rowling.

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 7h

Carole Malone, "Youu can't say what women's rights are because you're not a woman"

Zack Polanski, "You're not trans are you. We can all say you're not that thing so you can't have an opinion" 🔥

"You can still have an opinion from listening to people"

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 16h

Pay people you like on the internet folks, it’s going to be rough out there

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 16h

Over half of all articles on the Internet are now written by AI

(via Axios)

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Paul Murphy TD @paulmurphy.pbp.ie · 7h

We have the largest gap between the wholesale prices paid by electricity companies, and the retail prices people are paying.

All while nearly 1 in 3 households are facing energy poverty.

Energy should be in public ownership, not at the mercy of private profiteering!
#SpéirGhorm #Budget2026

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Rine @rine.bsky.social · 6h

See, but if we make a fuckin' joke about it we get hounded out of jobs or banned off social media for being disrespectful.

Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 6h

At Charlie Kirk's posthumous Medal of Freedom ceremony yesterday (dead podcaster wins prize) Trump gave a long speech....which of these things do you think I made up?

1. He talked about how fit Kirk's wife is
2. He compared Kirk to MLK
3. He bragged that he dodged his bullet but Charlie didn't

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Rob MacWolf, Werewolf Hitchhiker @robmacwolf.thevoice.dog · 22h

When we write or draw porn or erotica, we get banned from having a bank account and our livelihoods get seized even if we give it away for free.

When billionaires steal what we've written or drawn to churn out a slop-approximate of porn, they're allowed to charge for it.

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 1d

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 21h

Holy shit he literally did it NO FUCKING WAY LMAO

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Trump opens the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "This is the first time we've been at the new and improved Rose Garden. And people are loving it. They are loving it like they have not loved a lot of things."

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 20h

I cannot believe people were losing their jobs for being mildly critical of Charlie Kirk and the president of the united states just went on tv and said "skill issue loser, RIP but I'm different"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 20h

Japanese full body tattoo (1940s)

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Fryda Wolff @frydawolff.bsky.social · 19h

"The future" is a sack of shit that you don't have to swallow.

demon grrl 😈🏳️‍⚧️ @demongrrl.gay · 4d

seriously

for fucks sake

cancel your spotify subscription

@PopBase on Twitter "Spotify teams up with ChatGPT to offer personalized recommendations."

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Selianne 🌙 Comms are open @selianne.bsky.social · 1d

Hi #PortfolioDay!
I'm Selianne and I'm a small artist from Poland. I love drawing anything with fantasy vibes and designing outfits!

✨ selianne.carrd.co
✨ vgen.co/Selianne

A drawing of a scene from Dragon Age: Origins. A red haired elf standing above a carnage with two daggers in hands. She's in a tattered and bloodied wedding dress. Behind her there's a stained glass.

A drawing of an elf girl with a celestial skin - blue with a lot of stars. She has white hair done into small braids. She has a big moon on her forehead and gold eyes. She has a gold diadem and wears a dress. She's sitting on a stairs barefoot, with one feet touching the water. She's in a forest with a small gazebo behind her. There's a blue katana near her.

Drawing of a blond archer girl in art nouveau inspired style, with nature themed background.

A drawing of a female elf character holding a tarot card. She has orange, wavy hair and is wearing a purple colored outfit with a green cape. She also holds a scythe. The background is art nouveau inspired, with flowers: asphodel, laurels and nerium.

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BlindCoyote 🔜 BLFC @blindcoyote.com · 23h

I’m at @goblfc.org this weekend! Come out and see the wares!

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Eze @ezetheigwe.blacksky.app · 1d

Counter point: monarchies are inherently anti democratic and therefore bad. If you still operate under the idea that there are some “good” monarchies out there, then you might not be equipped to comment on this moment.

Respectfully, though.

Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 1d

Incidentally, I’ve been chafing a bit at the “No Kings” thing, because there are loads of monarchies that have more limits on executive power than the US does, but it has the great advantage that it makes Americans who want to oppose it sound, well, unamerican….

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 1d

one of the reasons they're so mad at "no kings" is that they thought they were going to get a different kind of protest. they *want* the black bloc to be out there fighting with the cops. those are the images they've been trying to generate from "go." instead--

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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That Dragon Guy @paintyourdragon.bsky.social · 1d

I hate that “vibe coding” means AI-assisted slop. Losing yourself in a flow state for four hours with Orbital’s “Kein Trink Wasser” on loop as your fingers somehow write bare metal cycle-accurate code with linked DMA descriptors and shit, THAT is ✨the vibe✨.

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Akane ⚔️🫀 DTIYS pinned! @akanelogics.bsky.social · 1d

Hey #portfolioday! ✨

I'm Akane, a freelance digital artist from Spain whose work is dark fantasy and medieval themed.

I've worked for Critical Role, also as a cover artist, doing private commissions and on my own comic Kaelis. 🪶⚔️

💼 akanelogics.carrd.co
✉️ [email protected]

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onion person @junlper.beer · 2d

zack polanski is so good and i genuinely think if the left rallies around this guy and the green party in the UK, they can easily beat back the hysteria of the reform party

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matthew @pahuski.com · 2d

Happy Columbo’s Day

Screenshot from Columbo. He his talking to his dog, which is sitting is the drivers seat of a car. “Okay, I’m gonna put you in charge. You take care of the car. You’re a responsible dog. When I get back, if the car’s okay, I’ll give you another cookie.”

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Dieting Hippo @dhippo.net · 2d

Newgrounds has a very helpful guide for detecting AI audio over at www.newgrounds.com/wiki/help-in... for anyone interested in catching AI-generated music. Don't rely on any service that uses AI for detection, that's just using slop to find slop and you'll get false positives/missed catches.

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Tonya Song 🪶 @tonyasong.bsky.social · Sep 15

The reason we connect genocide of Native people in the US to genocide against Palestinians by Israel is that Israel is literally using multiple genocide techniques already employed by the US against us Native people; & often times it's the same down to the detail.

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krad @kradeelav.com · 1d

There's a UK adult games creator on reddit who's been rejected from 36(!) and counting UK banks and unable to process the earned £90,000. Debanking for adult creators continues to be a real threat.

reddit.com/r/UKPersonalFinance/comments/1o5nw74/i_develop_adult_video_games_on_steam_i_cant_find/

From the UKPersonalFinance community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the UKPersonalFinance community

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 1d

This is "debanking", and its a problem that has plagued sex workers for decades. It isnt right when its targetting sex workers and its not right when its targetting game devs and creators either.

Give paypros and your givt reps your grievances and demand that debanking of adult content stop

Ana Valens | 🔞 | Comms Open @acvalens.net · 1d

Per Reddit: Steam adult developer in the UK is sitting on a USD equivalent of six figures, can’t find a bank to take his money because the developer creates adult games

www.reddit.com/r/UKPersonal...

r/UKPersonalFinance
3 hr. ago
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I develop adult video games on Steam. I can't find a bank that will actually let me withdraw my money from Steam. Can I get some advice?
Game has sold quite well on Steam. I've got almost £90,000 ready to withdraw after Steam's cut + VAT taken off.

However, it's been 2 months now and I can't find ANY bank in the UK who will let me withdraw my money from Steam.

I've been banned/refused/unable to get a business account with:

Wise
Revolut
Monzo
Monese
Chase
Starling
Nationwide
Halifax
Barclays
Lloyds
RBS

It always comes down to, "Where did you get this money from?"

"It's coming from games I sell on Steam."

"Can we see the store page?"

"Sure."

"I'm sorry, we can't do business with you at this time."

It keeps coming down to a commercial decision purely because I make adult content.

What the hell am I supposed to do? I've pretty much exhausted the whole banking system. I just want to be able to be paid for products I've sold.

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JintiGoast @jinti.bsky.social · 1d

Let me reiterate: that shit ain't real.

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wome...

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