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Government Spookdown @untimelygamer.bsky.social · 20h

I think it is time to start bullying people who post their Spotify Wrapped this year.

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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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 1d

Emily Tucker argues that the AI regulation debate largely misses the point: the real threat to democracy is unchecked data extraction and accumulation that is fueling corporate power. “We can have mass surveillance, or we can have political self-determination. We can’t have both,” she writes.

To Have Democracy, We Must Contest Data | TechPolicy.Press

Emily Tucker makes the case for redlines for data, not AI—real limits on corporate data collection to protect democracy and political self-determination.

www.techpolicy.press

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just jedd (they/them) @jeddcole.bsky.social · 6d

Go back this juicy, fleshy, full-of-way-too-many-eyes medieval mutant TTRPG that I'm editing!

The Stillfleet Studio ☉ more than play 🇵🇸 @stillfleet.bsky.social · 8d

Danse Macabre: Medieval Horror Roleplaying is LIVE on Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/wyt...

Preorder the rulebook and settings books today and get your name in the credits!

Danse Macabre: Medieval Horror Roleplaying

Explore the mysteries of a world beyond death. History, mutant madness, and old-school combat meet at the end of humanity.

www.kickstarter.com

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just jedd (they/them) @jeddcole.bsky.social · 2d

That's so cool dude

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just jedd (they/them) @jeddcole.bsky.social · 6d

Go back this juicy, fleshy, full-of-way-too-many-eyes medieval mutant TTRPG that I'm editing!

The Stillfleet Studio ☉ more than play 🇵🇸 @stillfleet.bsky.social · 8d

Danse Macabre: Medieval Horror Roleplaying is LIVE on Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/wyt...

Preorder the rulebook and settings books today and get your name in the credits!

Danse Macabre: Medieval Horror Roleplaying

Explore the mysteries of a world beyond death. History, mutant madness, and old-school combat meet at the end of humanity.

www.kickstarter.com

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Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 10d

““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

www.theguardian.com

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michael lutz @ztul.bsky.social · May 20

on destroying the internet

when i talk about "destroying the internet" i guess it should be read in concert with the comparison to iconoclasm, which did not destroy images entirely, but attacked images *in specific contexts* to argue their presence there was unnecessary or harmful.

similarly, my ultimate desire would be to "destroy" the internet by changing the shape of it: a general end to ubiquitous computing, for instance, with the understanding that while connection and communication is good, yes, great, there are places where computers and the internet do not need to be, or even places where they should not ever be.

as someone who's been online for a while, i've seen the shape of the internet change a ton, and i know it's going to change again. in fact, i think the primary appeal of the internet to the capitalist class is how quickly it can be changed, how quickly it can be made to move, how many situations where access to it can be made compulsory, and how significantly your life is impacted if something happens to even one of three or four websites.

so if i say "destroy the internet" i say it with the knowledge it will certainly be destroyed, is already right now being destroyed, regardless of what we do, because profit can be extracted when they shake their ant farms and wait for us to generate more culture in the ruin.

but i think there's a utopian horizon somewhere in there, because the protean nature of the internet also means *this doesn't have to be* what the internet is, and *this doesn't have to be* how we live on it.

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Argon Dreamcast Evangelion @synthandlasers.bsky.social · 13d

It's October now, so everyone has to say happy birthday to the bisexual Wikipedia skeleton

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Warwick History Post-Doc Club @post-doc-club.bsky.social · 16d

Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month

www.jstor.org/action/showL...

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just jedd (they/them) @jeddcole.bsky.social · 15d

Are you wanking rn

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just jedd (they/them) @jeddcole.bsky.social · 17d

Guess I'm a vinyl girly now!

just jedd (they/them) @jeddcole.bsky.social · 19d

The Dark Crystal predicted the social media feed

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · Aug 23

hey hey! i'm doing a sale of my packs of moody, atmospheric, amateur photos of Maine, "A Place Without Bodies", on sale for 2/3rds off! for just $20, you get over *600* photos, great for projects of all kinds, *with* license for commercial use! lasts till 9/30, midnight! ko-fi.com/s/bc50ecb11f

a late night shot of a gas station pump, with the yellow and orange neon lights particularly strong

a photo of a rusty green bridge and a distant building over a river, caked in fog

a photo of a graveyard, covered in snow, the sky blotted out in white, with a blue tint to it all

a late night winter road, with deep red street lamps lighting everything

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just jedd (they/them) @jeddcole.bsky.social · 19d

a woman is walking down a sidewalk wearing white pants and a pink shirt .

ALT: a woman is walking down a sidewalk wearing white pants and a pink shirt .

media.tenor.com

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just jedd (they/them) @jeddcole.bsky.social · 20d

am I doing it right

a cartoon of goofy throwing a baseball with a glove that says ' a ' on it

ALT: a cartoon of goofy throwing a baseball with a glove that says ' a ' on it

media.tenor.com

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🦇🩸Hexavier🩸🦇 @xavierck.com · 20d

Altered screenshot of the "What's your favorite tech innovation?" meme with "Modern Triangle Shirtwaist factory" added to the poll

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Nicole 🐸🌿 shop update live! 🎃 @munespice.bsky.social · 22d

welcome autumn! 🍂 🎃

An illustration of an old truck in the woods filled with pumpkins, with a pumpkin frog, several ghost frogs, and ravens about

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just jedd (they/them) @jeddcole.bsky.social · 23d

You should work on some horror stuff for October!

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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 26d

it's hard to be queer in appalachia, and someone I care a lot about was arrested seemingly for walking home on rural roads while queer after losing his keys. He's trying to raise funds for his court costs.

www.gofundme.com/f/5d3hr-help...

Donate to Help Grier with Court Costs!!, organized by Grier Low

Hey y'all -- my name is Grier & I'm a queer transmasc person living in rural West Virginia. I'… Grier Low needs your support for Help Grier with Court Costs!!

www.gofundme.com

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Leo Andrade @wizleo.bsky.social · 26d

My friends over at Stillfleet Studio are making dopeness again and you all should pay money for it.

I'm also a contributing writer in one of the books, and BOY am I excited for you all to see what I cooked up.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/wyt...

#ttrpg #rpg #osr #medieval #zombieapocalypse

Coming soon: Danse Macabre: Medieval Horror Roleplaying

Explore the mysteries of a world beyond death. History, mutant madness, and old-school combat meet at the end of humanity.

www.kickstarter.com

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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 27d

Corporate clients often deem AI-generated art "good enough"—especially when it won't be public-facing and thus subject to backlash.

As such, artists describe dramatic reductions in work over the last two years, an influx of gigs fixing AI output for less money, and vanished jobs altogether.

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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 27d

Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing.

These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.

Artists are losing work, wages, and hope as bosses and clients embrace AI

Visual artists, illustrators and graphic designers share their stories about how AI is being used to lower wages, degrade work and even replace it altogether, in this installment of AI Killed My Job.

www.bloodinthemachine.com

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just jedd (they/them) @jeddcole.bsky.social · Sep 13

Hope you're taking good care of yourself today. Unfortunately if you're on here you've failed. Sorry!

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