Katie Cullen
@kiaxet.bsky.social
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Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
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tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
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The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 30, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
YOU GUYS LOOK at that COMPACT
I made a few #KPDH / #KpopDemonHunter stuff uwu (there are sticker sheets too, but no room to add photos lol)
I'm REALLY excited by the mirror (it says both sayings on front/back) ♥️ You can get 10% off right now for black friday!
www.seateas.store
I'm REALLY excited by the mirror (it says both sayings on front/back) ♥️ You can get 10% off right now for black friday!
www.seateas.store
November 28, 2025 at 10:52 PM
YOU GUYS LOOK at that COMPACT
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If your favourite artists, creators or local independent shops choose not to participate in Black Friday/Cyber Monday for any reason, please continue to support them. They need us most of all.
November 28, 2025 at 2:56 PM
If your favourite artists, creators or local independent shops choose not to participate in Black Friday/Cyber Monday for any reason, please continue to support them. They need us most of all.
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Your Black Friday reminder that in 75% of U.S. industries, a smaller number of companies now control more of the business than they did twenty years ago. We must stop the monopolization of America. Shop small if you can, please.
November 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Your Black Friday reminder that in 75% of U.S. industries, a smaller number of companies now control more of the business than they did twenty years ago. We must stop the monopolization of America. Shop small if you can, please.
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Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
November 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
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🦃🎮 Creator Day returns this Friday with the start of our Black Friday 2025 Sitewide Sale. For 24 hours we'll waive our free on all transactions. Over 15,000 projects to be on sale from this Friday through December 3rd. More details here itch.io/blog/1124058/creator...
November 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
🦃🎮 Creator Day returns this Friday with the start of our Black Friday 2025 Sitewide Sale. For 24 hours we'll waive our free on all transactions. Over 15,000 projects to be on sale from this Friday through December 3rd. More details here itch.io/blog/1124058/creator...
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Instead of doing a consumerism on "Black" Friday, consider supporting small businesses, dropping a few coins in someone's ko-fi or go fund me, sign up for their patreon instead.
Life is expensive, things are hard. Drop coins to humans, not AI, or big corporations today.
QRP with your links!
Life is expensive, things are hard. Drop coins to humans, not AI, or big corporations today.
QRP with your links!
November 28, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Instead of doing a consumerism on "Black" Friday, consider supporting small businesses, dropping a few coins in someone's ko-fi or go fund me, sign up for their patreon instead.
Life is expensive, things are hard. Drop coins to humans, not AI, or big corporations today.
QRP with your links!
Life is expensive, things are hard. Drop coins to humans, not AI, or big corporations today.
QRP with your links!
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Hey reminder please be kind to anyone working in public service jobs over the holidays we’re all doing our best and are really tired!!!
November 26, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Hey reminder please be kind to anyone working in public service jobs over the holidays we’re all doing our best and are really tired!!!
Most libraries have a request form! If you want to see a book in your library's collection, fill out the form! Get your friends to fill it out! If there is demand, the library will fulfill it!
AND supporting your local library is super important! If you actually DO want books to be available to everyone, the library *already exists* and is staffed by the people who are deep in the trenches of fighting censorship! Supporting the library is doing actual good for your community!
TAPS SCREEN
For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
November 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Most libraries have a request form! If you want to see a book in your library's collection, fill out the form! Get your friends to fill it out! If there is demand, the library will fulfill it!
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Boss, the FASCISM.
November 26, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Boss, the FASCISM.
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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This is actually pretty good beer, from Burning Bush Brewery, at Irving Park & Rockwell.
Chicago-brewed "Da Pope" beer is now in Pope Leo’s fridge, thanks to Gov. Pritzker. blockclubchi.co/4r7wDfN
November 25, 2025 at 11:26 PM
This is actually pretty good beer, from Burning Bush Brewery, at Irving Park & Rockwell.
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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Absolute genius
November 25, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Absolute genius
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If we're talking turkeys, this one is my favourite.
November 24, 2025 at 3:50 AM
If we're talking turkeys, this one is my favourite.
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
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This is just how we sing it now.
Last Christmas
I gave you my heart
Not really my heart
Just somebody's heart
This year
If the cops should appear
Please tell them that you don't know me
I gave you my heart
Not really my heart
Just somebody's heart
This year
If the cops should appear
Please tell them that you don't know me
November 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This is just how we sing it now.
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We are back on the Monday before a holiday! Join hosts Kari Lane and @kiaxet.bsky.social for #anime news, #SPYxFAMILY, #Gachiakuta, and more! Going live NOW! www.youtube.com/live/LoeDaqm...
Nighttime at the Nerd Bar - Ep 184
YouTube video by FANVERSATION
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November 25, 2025 at 3:36 AM
We are back on the Monday before a holiday! Join hosts Kari Lane and @kiaxet.bsky.social for #anime news, #SPYxFAMILY, #Gachiakuta, and more! Going live NOW! www.youtube.com/live/LoeDaqm...
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starkid has been secretly making some of the most vital musicals of the past decade and a half, like Twisted is both an incredibly funny parody of both Wicked and Aladdin and also a very nerdy and very angry takedown of Bob Iger-era Disney
So now everyone is catching the themes of Wicked and are interested in musicals documenting the rise of fascism in America
November 24, 2025 at 1:53 PM
starkid has been secretly making some of the most vital musicals of the past decade and a half, like Twisted is both an incredibly funny parody of both Wicked and Aladdin and also a very nerdy and very angry takedown of Bob Iger-era Disney
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LET'S ALL WEAR ONSIES TO THE AIRPORT
Sean Duffy: "Dressing with respect -- whether it's a pair of jeans and a decent shirt, I would encourage people to maybe dress a little better which encourages us to maybe behave a little better. Let's try not to wear slippers and pajamas as we come to the airport."
November 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
LET'S ALL WEAR ONSIES TO THE AIRPORT
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More generally, wherever you are in the world: if you have kids’ toys, books, clothes or anything else in just-about-giftable condition that you were thinking of decluttering some time soon, please do it now, this week ideally, and get them to your local charity shop.
Hey Ottawa folks: I gave some kids' books to Twice Upon a Time and they said they've receved fewer donations than usual for this time of year. So if you have any kids' books in good condition, or time or money to spare, here's the info:
Donate - Twice Upon a Time
twiceuponatime.ca
November 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
More generally, wherever you are in the world: if you have kids’ toys, books, clothes or anything else in just-about-giftable condition that you were thinking of decluttering some time soon, please do it now, this week ideally, and get them to your local charity shop.
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Do not steal books, I beg. Borrow from a library. Libraries lend e-books!
November 24, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Do not steal books, I beg. Borrow from a library. Libraries lend e-books!
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Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.