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Mike Varker

@mikevarker.bsky.social

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Voice Actor. Cook. Fighter for Dreams. Active Kyokushin enthusiast. #DustAnElysianTail | #PrinceOfTennis | #MyTimeatPortia | #DeathBattle | #BROK VO BOOKING: [email protected] Source Connect Ready

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Mike Varker @mikevarker.bsky.social · Nov 19

📌CHARACTER AND COMMERCIAL REELS: Hey BlueSky!
I am an Australian Voice Actor based in Geelong, VIC, with over 10 years experience, videogames, webseries, narration, commercial, radio and anime to my name. Available for in-studio and remote recording. SC links to my demo
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Mike Varker - Character Demo.mp3

Listen to Mike Varker - Character Demo.mp3 by Mike Varker #np on #SoundCloud

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ShitpostBot 5000 @shitpostbot.com · 1h

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 13h

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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 4h

When you're trying to find something decent in the Steam NextFest...

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Gay Breakfast @gaybreakfast.bsky.social · 16h

Whenever indie devs use AI, it hurts their sales potential and retention because it’s a 🚩red flag for generalized unprofessionalism and cut corners.

Getting real art from a pro will make you look like a pro.

Teeg @teeketch.art · 16h

If you're a solo dev/small indie team looking for art or logos please don't turn to genAI. I would honestly rather folks reach out to a designer and offer like rev share alongside a smaller up front cost to get something made by a person.

Hell email me and we'll chat. Don't turn to the slop machine

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Dieting Hippo @dhippo.net · 1d

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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DatNoFact @datnofact.bsky.social · 18h

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 1d

I need to know what Bob Hoskins said to Princess Diana in front of Roger Rabbit at the London premiere of WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT (1988).

Bob Hoskins meets Princess Diana as a full size Roger Rabbit costumed character stands next to them.

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SCAREon - Thorgi's Haunted Arcade @thorgisarcade.bsky.social · 1d

I've said it before but I'll go full broken record on this, nobody is prepared for how massive the AI bubble burst is going to be. The dot-com bubble is going to look like a normal Tuesday compared to this.

Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 3d

AI bubble now 17 times bigger than dot-com boom and four times larger than subprime crisis, per MW

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Christopher Graves 👻🎃✊🏿 @itsmechriswade.mov · 1d

No. Glitch doesnt hold a monopoly on Indie Animation. I see artists starting projects that arent broadcast-quality all the time and I think theyre great!

You and other "critics" of indie should gas up smaller artists and projects instead of obsessively talking about the most popular ones, dude 🤷🏿

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onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

if you already didn’t have enough reasons to cancel spotify:

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 1d

Spotify is now running recruitment ads for ICE.

It’s time to cancel your account.

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Mike Varker @mikevarker.bsky.social · 1d

and rhythm, really made use of my Karate training, or heck, might've helped my training lol, then of course followed up with Taiko No Tatsujin. Last time I did Fortress Melbourne it was some crew from @aussievo.net, couple years ago, GOTTA do it again 2/2

Mike Varker @mikevarker.bsky.social · 1d

Fortress at Emporium in Melbourne on Sunday night I think made up for not training, thinking all the Kyokushin I did helped with arcade...or would it work the other way around...? Those punching power machines testing my accuracy and power, my personal best was 821 then a lot of DDR, footwork 1/2

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Sena Bryer @senabryer.com · 1d

Still looking for someone, haven't found a single person so far (that I can contact). I have a 46-episode script that I need translated. This would be a paid job!

Sena Bryer @senabryer.com · 11d

Completely unrelated to my 2am doomposting but does anyone know an English to Japanese translator, ideally with experience in screenplays?

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Karla Ortiz @kortizart.bsky.social · 14d

This , this, 1000% this!

GenAi companies, wether they be OpenAi, Meta, Google and so on, are absolutely out of control.

However, WE have so much power in our hands if we just pay attention, call, send letters, and vote! Yes, even in this messed up era.

New York Times Opinion @nytopinion.nytimes.com · 14d

Mark Zuckerberg has a vision for how A.I. could be used in Meta's universe.

But the actor and filmmaker Joseph Gordon-Levitt is here to point out a flaw in the technology: an apparent lack of guardrails around how the company's chatbot interacts with underage users. nyti.ms/3ILwCNo

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✧𓂃𓈒*｡ﾟ Ne ｡ﾟ*𓂃𓈒 ✧ @artofne.bsky.social · 6d

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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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Mike Varker @mikevarker.bsky.social · 1d

Many years later and that gag from South Park still gets me.

Mike Varker @mikevarker.bsky.social · 1d

Wouldn't surprise me, no amount of money would ever save you should the world go to shit, all will up being is a large number being lost in the network and be as useful as toilet paper.
Plus no one is truly loyal to billionaires.

Errant @errantv.bsky.social · 1d

"I once met a former bodyguard of one billionaire with his own bunker, who told me his security team's first priority, if this really did happen, would be to eliminate said boss and get in the bunker themselves.'

The techbros will be the first to be torn to pieces by mobs if society collapses

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 2d

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

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Dicefunctional | TTRPG Nerds, Actual Plays, and Streamers | 🦀 @dicefunctional.bsky.social · 5d

This is a great time to remind everyone that you should in fact, still be calling MasterCard, Visa, Stripe, and other payment processors to annoy the shit out of them.

Because I'll tell you right now, that shitheel? Not gonna have to worry about them accepting payment.

*Artists will.*

Phone Numbers
• Stripe (California): +1 888 926 2289 (Say you're based in California before continuing.)
• Stripe (Headquarters): +1 (888) 963-8955
• Stripe (US): +1 (877) 887-7815
• Stripe (France): +33 805-11-19-67
Mastercard (Headquarters): +1 914-249-2000 • Mastercard (US): +1 (800)-627-8372
Mastercard (US): +1 (800)-307-7309
• Mastercard (Int.): +1 (636)-722-7111
• Mastercard (AUS): +61 1800 120 113
• Mastercard (UK): 0-800-96-4767
All region numbers for Mastercard Visa (Headquarters): +1 (650)-432-3200
• Visa (US+ Can): +1 (800)-847-2911
• Visa (AUS): +61 1800 125 440 All region numbers for Visa
• PayPal (US): +1 (888)-221-1161
• PayPal (UK): +44 (0203)-901-7000
PayPal Customer Service: +1 (877)-569-1116

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Aimee Smith @aimeesmithva.com · 2d

My MIGW ❤️🎙️

✨ Thursday: Ran my ‘3 Things I Do That Benefits My Full Time VO Business’ talk!
✨ Friday: Was on the ‘Who’s Speaking Please’ PAX panel!
✨ Saturday: The Aussie VO Dinner I organised with 50+ voice actors!
✨ Sunday: Was on the ‘Sorry, You Peaked’ PAX panel!

Thankful for this little life 😍

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 2d

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 3d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Aussie Voice Over @aussievo.net · 2d

And that concludes a very vocal PAX Aus! ❤️🎙️

What had you cackling the most at this year’s ‘Who’s Speaking Please’ panel?

What takeaways did you learn from the ‘Sorry, You Peaked’ presentation?

Well done to all the amazing voice actors that took part this year and to everyone who came along!

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Aussie Voice Over @aussievo.net · 2d

This is such a special, welcoming community.

There were many times where we’d heard from people how kind everyone was, and that they wanted this to be a part of their annual MIGW experience 🥹

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Aussie Voice Over @aussievo.net · 2d

We had our 6th AVO Dinna-versary over the weekend! 🥹🎙️

It was our largest meetup yet with over 50 amazing voice actors coming along!

We had VOs come from all parts of Australia, some friends came over from New Zealand, and even one of our favourite Aussies ventured from as far as the UK! 🌏

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