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Keith Hamilton Putnam @timetravel.camp · 23h

The AWS outage today is a good reminder that there is no "cloud", there's just somebody else's computer.

yoshi・ツー (yshiyki on Twitter) @yoshiyuki.bsky.social · 7d

I finally posted Last Year's PHY interview with BT
Image placement and uploading was hell this time so it'll look plainer than usual.

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PHY Vol.26: SUBROSA Feature | BUCK-TICK

BUCK-TICK special feature in PHY Vol.26, published December 2024 where they share their thoughts on the songs and the production of スブロサ SUBROSA.

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ScrapKingKeita @scrapkingkeita.bsky.social · Aug 27

Crunchyroll started as a piracy website that would steal the work of fansub groups and lock it behind paywalls, which caused Fansub groups to literally encode messages during the "Brought to you in part by these sponsors" segments, warning viewers that if you paid for the subs, you got scammed

Crunchyroll @crunchyroll.com · Aug 27

Share a piece of anime lore that lives rent-free in your head.

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bram | cody 🌱 @bramblebug.bsky.social · Aug 26

same for artists. no artist is burnt out because their workload would be less with AI or their project managing software could be assisted by AI.

we’re burnt out because our work is not respected enough. what we do is seen as disposable and replaceable, rather than valuable.

Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · Aug 26

No, authors aren't burnt out because "writing without AI is slow"

We're burnt out because we're paid dirt so we need day jobs to survive

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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · Aug 18

I'm preparing to publish the next installment of AI Killed My Job. This time, the focus will be on translators.

If you or someone you know has had a translation job (including translator, interpreter, game localizer, etc) impacted by AI, and you'd like to share, please do: [email protected]

Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · Jun 26

AI is being used to justify firing workers at major tech companies, leaving those that remain to pick up the pieces.

AI code is being shoveled into crucial Google products, replacing trainers at TikTok, and worse.

This, in tech workers' own words, is how AI is killing jobs in Silicon Valley.

AI Killed My Job: Tech workers

Tech workers at TikTok, Google, and across the industry share stories about how AI is changing, ruining, or replacing their jobs.

www.bloodinthemachine.com

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · Aug 4

"stick to menswear"

Alex on twitter writes: "Someone on Twitter writes: "You’re a menswear writer. You don’t know anything about manufacturing in America, or steel mills, or metallurgy, or CNC machining, or how anything is produced from raw material into a finished product in this country or anywhere. Stick to writing about “men’s fashion.""

I reply: "i actually had a career in knifemaking before this. the reason why you can't avoid tariffs in knifemaking is because everyone relies on Gobelin machinery. are you aware of this?"

Alex replies: "Gobelin machinery? What exactly are you referring to?"

I reply: "you Gobelin DEEZ NUTS!"

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · Jul 8

Let's set the stage: Trump announced that he wants to tax Japanese and South Korean goods 25% starting August 1st. That means if you're a US menswear shop importing $1,000 worth of clothes made in Japan or South Korea, you owe the US government $250.

Reuters headline rads: Trump tariffs live: Japan, South Korea and other trade partners get new rates.

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finch (open for comms) @illufinch.bsky.social · Jul 5

screenshots of the game inside my heart #pixelart #ドット絵

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · Jun 26

If you use AI to create your art, your story, your whatever, I immediately know you don’t care about making things — you only care about selling them.

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あらいぐま企画（未散ソノオ／みそ800／リタ（クボナオミから改名）／シナココ） @araigumakikaku.bsky.social · Jun 21

📢Hi! old man yaoi readers!
KinokunoyaUSA gave us the information!

KOH-BOKU English print edition is available on July 7th, 2025!🎉🎉

And what a surprise, it will be available for EARLY RELEASE at the Anime expo on July 3rd!🥳

And and, limited editions are also available.

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∙ ᴘᴀᴜʟɪɴᴀ ∙ @iamthepaulina.bsky.social · Jun 11

Take a listen and seriously consider it. While this is not an uncommon practice, I am glad people are beginning to speak up about it.

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Dr. Hilary Agro, PhD 🍄 @hilaryagro.com · Jun 11

Just some regular fashion advice for going for a little walk in your city! Share this so others can improve their style :)

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Jan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · May 29

You can be your own fandom.

Sana V. | Local Cryptid @dearmissunderhill.bsky.social · May 28

"This fandom is so dead"
"I need a new fandom"
"No one cares about this thing anymore"

JUST LIKE THINGS
YOU CAN JUST LIKE THINGS

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🕸️jess m. 🎃🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · May 22

they left... the fucking prompt they used.... to make their fake book... in the final draft.......

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Jenn Odd @jentranslations.bsky.social · May 20

Translating is difficult, but editing bad translation is even worse.

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Silvia Moreno-Garcia @silviamg.bsky.social · May 20

I saw someone say AI is useful because it generates ideas. My dude, I'm full of ideas. I have docs and docs marked under 'ideas.' I have outlines and fragments of stuff I might work on. Trunked stories galore. Even if I continue to write a novel a year for the next 40 years I won't run out of ideas.

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Ethan M. Aldridge @ethanmaldridge.bsky.social · May 13

Ditch Audible, friends. Amazon doesn't need more money. Use Libby (supports public libraries) or Libro FM (supports indie bookstores) instead.

Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · May 13

Hate this a lot. Value human creators, writers, artists, narrators, editors -- everyone in the chain of making a book and putting it out into the world should be a human being. Humans make art for humans.

P.S. fuck AI -- eat shit, artbarf robots

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

Audible unveils plans to use AI voices to narrate audiobooks

Amazon brand will offer more than 100 artificial intelligence-generated voices in English and other languages

www.theguardian.com

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George @hannahtempler.com · May 12

NFT's were only a couple years ago some of you have really worrying short-term memory

George @hannahtempler.com · May 12

"ai is inevitable" no you are just a weak coward

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Daniel Kraus @danielkraus.com · May 11

For those failing to get the "copilot" AI off their Microsoft Word --

If you proceed with canceling Microsoft Office, you'll get a "wait wait don't go!" screen where they suddenly offer you "Microsoft 365 Personal Classic" -- which *doesn't include AI* and is actually cheaper! Weird workaround.

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Alli Shaw @allidrawscomics.bsky.social · Apr 11

More journalists need to talk about this the way Japanese articles do

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Posthuman @posthuman.bsky.social · Dec 5

I'm not on twitter anymore, but this tweet from 2 years ago is sadly more accurate than ever

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Brandon Bovia @brandonbovia.bsky.social · Apr 2

My only hot take on Switch 2 pricing is that we should all be paid more

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John Chen @johnchen.com.au · Mar 29

hear hear

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Michael Livingston @michaellivingston.com · Mar 20

Meta used at least 16 of my books, and numerous articles, to help train the AI it will use to make billions.

Authors, search your name here:

www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

www.theatlantic.com

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& the devil laughs 😈 @deadbutdarling.bsky.social · Feb 24

i edited this pic of grimslie smoking earlier & ive been showing it to my wife all day & rn i made a big show of shaking my head, pursing my lips & saying "god i cant believe it i just don't believe it" until mouse was like "what, what happened?" then i turned around my phone to show her this pic

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