MirandaPitcher
@mirandapitcher.bsky.social
Auntie, hat lover, always looking for the work worth doing.
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There is a little 'they are the same' stuff about R vs D but one of the parties wants regulatory agencies to protect industry and the other wants regulatory agencies to protect the public and that alone should be enough.
November 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
There is a little 'they are the same' stuff about R vs D but one of the parties wants regulatory agencies to protect industry and the other wants regulatory agencies to protect the public and that alone should be enough.
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(This is the same tactic that the Right uses to get people or businesses 'cancelled'. It's extremely effective. It's time we use it to our advantage to keep the quality of our entertainment, and its localization, at the highest possible quality.)
Keyboard warriors, it's your time to shine.
Keyboard warriors, it's your time to shine.
November 30, 2025 at 5:09 AM
(This is the same tactic that the Right uses to get people or businesses 'cancelled'. It's extremely effective. It's time we use it to our advantage to keep the quality of our entertainment, and its localization, at the highest possible quality.)
Keyboard warriors, it's your time to shine.
Keyboard warriors, it's your time to shine.
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Your voice -- your responses, your messaging that you will not pay for this garbage -- becomes the weapons workers in the industry need.
I guarantee you, every Reddit post, every huge Twitter thread, every article on a news site will be shared with management as an I TOLD YOU SO.
I guarantee you, every Reddit post, every huge Twitter thread, every article on a news site will be shared with management as an I TOLD YOU SO.
November 30, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Your voice -- your responses, your messaging that you will not pay for this garbage -- becomes the weapons workers in the industry need.
I guarantee you, every Reddit post, every huge Twitter thread, every article on a news site will be shared with management as an I TOLD YOU SO.
I guarantee you, every Reddit post, every huge Twitter thread, every article on a news site will be shared with management as an I TOLD YOU SO.
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We need journalists to help, too. Write articles about how terrible it is, and how bad it makes it look the company. Name and shame the people in the credits responsible for the travesty. Contact the company for comment.
Be the loudest, most annoying voice possible.
Be the loudest, most annoying voice possible.
November 30, 2025 at 5:07 AM
We need journalists to help, too. Write articles about how terrible it is, and how bad it makes it look the company. Name and shame the people in the credits responsible for the travesty. Contact the company for comment.
Be the loudest, most annoying voice possible.
Be the loudest, most annoying voice possible.
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Here's the good news: though the workers 'making' these AI locs can't do much to stop them, WE, THE CONSUMERS, CAN.
Email them. Cancel your subscription. Call them and complain.
Be a Karen. Tell them they have lost your dollar.
Workers secretly want this. They want consumers to riot.
Email them. Cancel your subscription. Call them and complain.
Be a Karen. Tell them they have lost your dollar.
Workers secretly want this. They want consumers to riot.
November 30, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Here's the good news: though the workers 'making' these AI locs can't do much to stop them, WE, THE CONSUMERS, CAN.
Email them. Cancel your subscription. Call them and complain.
Be a Karen. Tell them they have lost your dollar.
Workers secretly want this. They want consumers to riot.
Email them. Cancel your subscription. Call them and complain.
Be a Karen. Tell them they have lost your dollar.
Workers secretly want this. They want consumers to riot.
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Long story short: the people who are 'making' these dubs probably hate it just as much as we do, but they don't have any choice.
If they want to keep their job (and in this economy, and the only way to have health insurance being through your job, they do!) they have to do as they're told.
If they want to keep their job (and in this economy, and the only way to have health insurance being through your job, they do!) they have to do as they're told.
November 30, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Long story short: the people who are 'making' these dubs probably hate it just as much as we do, but they don't have any choice.
If they want to keep their job (and in this economy, and the only way to have health insurance being through your job, they do!) they have to do as they're told.
If they want to keep their job (and in this economy, and the only way to have health insurance being through your job, they do!) they have to do as they're told.
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"Every other company is doing it, and charging cheaper prices for localization. If we don't do this, we will go under."
"Audiences don't care that much about quality. So if we can meet the bare minimum and save money, that's best for everyone."
"Have you run the numbers though? Are you suuuuure?"
"Audiences don't care that much about quality. So if we can meet the bare minimum and save money, that's best for everyone."
"Have you run the numbers though? Are you suuuuure?"
November 30, 2025 at 5:03 AM
"Every other company is doing it, and charging cheaper prices for localization. If we don't do this, we will go under."
"Audiences don't care that much about quality. So if we can meet the bare minimum and save money, that's best for everyone."
"Have you run the numbers though? Are you suuuuure?"
"Audiences don't care that much about quality. So if we can meet the bare minimum and save money, that's best for everyone."
"Have you run the numbers though? Are you suuuuure?"
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I know a few managers who told Upper Management that this was a bad deal. It's not saving time, it's not saving money, and it could hurt our brand if it damages the quality too much.
But they wanted to stay the course, and they gave us a lot of different reasons why:
But they wanted to stay the course, and they gave us a lot of different reasons why:
November 30, 2025 at 5:03 AM
I know a few managers who told Upper Management that this was a bad deal. It's not saving time, it's not saving money, and it could hurt our brand if it damages the quality too much.
But they wanted to stay the course, and they gave us a lot of different reasons why:
But they wanted to stay the course, and they gave us a lot of different reasons why:
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My manager grimaced and shrugged.
"Yeahhhh, I know it's not ideal, and that doing it the way we always have would be better all around... but the CEO reeeeally wants us to start using more AI. Can we just do it for this project and... see how it goes?"
"Yeahhhh, I know it's not ideal, and that doing it the way we always have would be better all around... but the CEO reeeeally wants us to start using more AI. Can we just do it for this project and... see how it goes?"
November 30, 2025 at 5:02 AM
My manager grimaced and shrugged.
"Yeahhhh, I know it's not ideal, and that doing it the way we always have would be better all around... but the CEO reeeeally wants us to start using more AI. Can we just do it for this project and... see how it goes?"
"Yeahhhh, I know it's not ideal, and that doing it the way we always have would be better all around... but the CEO reeeeally wants us to start using more AI. Can we just do it for this project and... see how it goes?"
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In private messages, we all agreed: this was bad for the shows, bad for consumers, and bad for our translation teams. No one was benefiting from this, except for the company's bottom line... and honestly, even that was all speculation.
But complaining to our management didn't do much.
But complaining to our management didn't do much.
November 30, 2025 at 5:02 AM
In private messages, we all agreed: this was bad for the shows, bad for consumers, and bad for our translation teams. No one was benefiting from this, except for the company's bottom line... and honestly, even that was all speculation.
But complaining to our management didn't do much.
But complaining to our management didn't do much.
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Then came the push to start using AI as part of our subtitling flows.
"It'll save time and money, because translators can just post-edit!"
Never mind the fact that we spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on purchasing AI licenses, it didn't lead to much improvement in translation speed.
"It'll save time and money, because translators can just post-edit!"
Never mind the fact that we spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on purchasing AI licenses, it didn't lead to much improvement in translation speed.
November 30, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Then came the push to start using AI as part of our subtitling flows.
"It'll save time and money, because translators can just post-edit!"
Never mind the fact that we spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on purchasing AI licenses, it didn't lead to much improvement in translation speed.
"It'll save time and money, because translators can just post-edit!"
Never mind the fact that we spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on purchasing AI licenses, it didn't lead to much improvement in translation speed.
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"Well, you can also use it to write client emails!"
Emails are not the hard, time-consuming part of our job. Any person in the industry who's been here a while knows how to write an email.
So literally none of us in the department were using AI.
Emails are not the hard, time-consuming part of our job. Any person in the industry who's been here a while knows how to write an email.
So literally none of us in the department were using AI.
November 30, 2025 at 4:59 AM
"Well, you can also use it to write client emails!"
Emails are not the hard, time-consuming part of our job. Any person in the industry who's been here a while knows how to write an email.
So literally none of us in the department were using AI.
Emails are not the hard, time-consuming part of our job. Any person in the industry who's been here a while knows how to write an email.
So literally none of us in the department were using AI.
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We were encouraged to start using AI in our day-to-day work. Our direct department head did a 'tutorial' with us to show us how to use it... to automatically schedule weekly meetings for a project.
Except we already could do that by hand, like, super easily.
Except we already could do that by hand, like, super easily.
November 30, 2025 at 4:59 AM
We were encouraged to start using AI in our day-to-day work. Our direct department head did a 'tutorial' with us to show us how to use it... to automatically schedule weekly meetings for a project.
Except we already could do that by hand, like, super easily.
Except we already could do that by hand, like, super easily.
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At least two years ago, we got word from upper management that they want us to "start using more AI".
Why? Because "they want to save time and money".
Why? Because "they want to save time and money".
November 30, 2025 at 4:58 AM
At least two years ago, we got word from upper management that they want us to "start using more AI".
Why? Because "they want to save time and money".
Why? Because "they want to save time and money".
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For clarity, when I say "we" in the following bit, I mean "the people who actually do the localization work: translators, adaptors, actors, directors, project managers, department heads".
When I say "upper management", i mean "upper-level directors, CFOs, CTOs, CEOs".
When I say "upper management", i mean "upper-level directors, CFOs, CTOs, CEOs".
November 30, 2025 at 4:58 AM
For clarity, when I say "we" in the following bit, I mean "the people who actually do the localization work: translators, adaptors, actors, directors, project managers, department heads".
When I say "upper management", i mean "upper-level directors, CFOs, CTOs, CEOs".
When I say "upper management", i mean "upper-level directors, CFOs, CTOs, CEOs".
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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.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
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.
🧵⬇️
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REPUBLICANS: he is a business-killing communist
MAMDANI: I’m gonna slash regulations and invest in small business owners
MAMDANI: I’m gonna slash regulations and invest in small business owners
Soon small businesses won’t have to wait for Small Business Saturday to get attention from their Mayor.
Some changes that they can look forward to:
Some changes that they can look forward to:
November 30, 2025 at 5:56 AM
REPUBLICANS: he is a business-killing communist
MAMDANI: I’m gonna slash regulations and invest in small business owners
MAMDANI: I’m gonna slash regulations and invest in small business owners
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
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Sure,I could not cut off my nose, but what if I want to spite my face?
One of the major reasons we are here right now is that the white electorate does not reward politicians for making their lives better if that improvement also benefits non-white people.
November 30, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Sure,I could not cut off my nose, but what if I want to spite my face?
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Roger Stone & Matt Schlapp were banging on the doors in Miami to stop the vote count (The Brooks Brothers Riot).
Meanwhile, John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett were on W's legal team drafting the legal arguments to make sure those votes in Florida never counted.
Meanwhile, John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett were on W's legal team drafting the legal arguments to make sure those votes in Florida never counted.
literally the same people who also stole an election!! real two-for-one accepting-the-indefensible thing there
November 30, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Roger Stone & Matt Schlapp were banging on the doors in Miami to stop the vote count (The Brooks Brothers Riot).
Meanwhile, John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett were on W's legal team drafting the legal arguments to make sure those votes in Florida never counted.
Meanwhile, John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett were on W's legal team drafting the legal arguments to make sure those votes in Florida never counted.
This is such an under-appreciated point about journalism. Unlike many other things in this world, an article in a nationally prestigious publication like this actually is zero-sum.
If they publish this one, they don't have room for another. That means someone else DOESN'T get that spotlight.
If they publish this one, they don't have room for another. That means someone else DOESN'T get that spotlight.
There are so many smart, funny, talented people in this world to write about, there is no reason to continuously revisit this particular jerk.
That this piece exists at all is a failure of both imagination and editorial judgment.
That this piece exists at all is a failure of both imagination and editorial judgment.
When a cancelled performer reënters the culture, we expect them to offer us a great work, channelling their newfound clarity into the finest art they’ve ever made. With his new comedy show and début novel, has Louis C.K. met the bar?
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
November 30, 2025 at 5:52 AM
This is such an under-appreciated point about journalism. Unlike many other things in this world, an article in a nationally prestigious publication like this actually is zero-sum.
If they publish this one, they don't have room for another. That means someone else DOESN'T get that spotlight.
If they publish this one, they don't have room for another. That means someone else DOESN'T get that spotlight.
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There are so many smart, funny, talented people in this world to write about, there is no reason to continuously revisit this particular jerk.
That this piece exists at all is a failure of both imagination and editorial judgment.
That this piece exists at all is a failure of both imagination and editorial judgment.
When a cancelled performer reënters the culture, we expect them to offer us a great work, channelling their newfound clarity into the finest art they’ve ever made. With his new comedy show and début novel, has Louis C.K. met the bar?
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
Louis C.K.’s Next Chapter
In a new standup special, and a début novel, the comedian navigates murky, post-#MeToo terrain: not quite exiled, not quite welcomed back.
www.newyorker.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:12 AM
There are so many smart, funny, talented people in this world to write about, there is no reason to continuously revisit this particular jerk.
That this piece exists at all is a failure of both imagination and editorial judgment.
That this piece exists at all is a failure of both imagination and editorial judgment.
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“When we say we take care of farmworkers in our county, it doesn’t matter where they’re from,” said Mendoza. “We’re going to make sure that we have some kind of touch point with them and connect them to resources where they live, if it’s possible.”
“Jimenez Almaras said that while the world sees farmworkers as a vital source of food for their plates, many fail to recognize that farmworkers themselves face food and financial insecurities, as well as chronic diseases.” www.mercurynews.com/2025/11/27/s...
Share the Spirit: Hijas del Campo uplifts farmworkers in east Contra Costa County
Mayra Jimenez Almaras was 8 when she came to the U.S. from Mexico with her parents and two siblings. At 11, she was working long hours under the scorching sun in the Brentwood fields, picking green…
www.mercurynews.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:12 AM
“When we say we take care of farmworkers in our county, it doesn’t matter where they’re from,” said Mendoza. “We’re going to make sure that we have some kind of touch point with them and connect them to resources where they live, if it’s possible.”
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I think a big thing I struggle with, and something that is an important thing for people of my generation to attempt to understand, is separating toxic nostalgia from knowledge of the actual ways in which American life has gotten appreciably worse in my lifetime
it’s so weird to look around and realize like, tech and media are materially worse than a decade ago
November 30, 2025 at 5:37 AM
I think a big thing I struggle with, and something that is an important thing for people of my generation to attempt to understand, is separating toxic nostalgia from knowledge of the actual ways in which American life has gotten appreciably worse in my lifetime