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Aversal
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· Feb 13
if someone's willing to generate artwork for their release, how can I trust their music to be a human creation
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our bluesky safety manager replied with this to a woman venting after ICE kidnapped her husband, and then banned her.
How do we trust this person to have the empathy needed to be in charge of safety on this website? what the fuck?
if we spam the feedback, it might get somewhere
@safety.bsky.app
How do we trust this person to have the empathy needed to be in charge of safety on this website? what the fuck?
if we spam the feedback, it might get somewhere
@safety.bsky.app
December 8, 2025 at 12:45 AM
our bluesky safety manager replied with this to a woman venting after ICE kidnapped her husband, and then banned her.
How do we trust this person to have the empathy needed to be in charge of safety on this website? what the fuck?
if we spam the feedback, it might get somewhere
@safety.bsky.app
How do we trust this person to have the empathy needed to be in charge of safety on this website? what the fuck?
if we spam the feedback, it might get somewhere
@safety.bsky.app
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Its cheaper than all the modern tech they expect us to buy every year, with increasingly aggressive designed-obsolescence
It typically just works
You don’t have to deal with forced built-in Ai/LLM bullshit, or mandatory ads
Often very easy to jailbreak/homebrew, making it fully customisable
It typically just works
You don’t have to deal with forced built-in Ai/LLM bullshit, or mandatory ads
Often very easy to jailbreak/homebrew, making it fully customisable
Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
Gen Z are going retro, with studies showing a resurgence in people buying tech in the modern age that can be dated back decades.
www.bbc.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Its cheaper than all the modern tech they expect us to buy every year, with increasingly aggressive designed-obsolescence
It typically just works
You don’t have to deal with forced built-in Ai/LLM bullshit, or mandatory ads
Often very easy to jailbreak/homebrew, making it fully customisable
It typically just works
You don’t have to deal with forced built-in Ai/LLM bullshit, or mandatory ads
Often very easy to jailbreak/homebrew, making it fully customisable
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Good on Penn Jillette. Having to come to terms with your entire political identity and philosophy being wrong is not easy and most people could never do it.
December 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Good on Penn Jillette. Having to come to terms with your entire political identity and philosophy being wrong is not easy and most people could never do it.
Imagine if people who watch torture videos were like "wow look at how awful torture is" and then led large volumes of other people to also watch torture videos. Do you think turning those videos into content would be a good way to campaign against torture videos?
This is a genAI analogy btw
This is a genAI analogy btw
December 7, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Imagine if people who watch torture videos were like "wow look at how awful torture is" and then led large volumes of other people to also watch torture videos. Do you think turning those videos into content would be a good way to campaign against torture videos?
This is a genAI analogy btw
This is a genAI analogy btw
man why are all my american merch shirts disintegrating
December 7, 2025 at 2:12 AM
man why are all my american merch shirts disintegrating
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I know there's a lot going on, but scientists just confirmed that sugar has been found on Bennu, the asteroid NASA collected a sample from in 2020
This means the ingredients for life are common throughout the universe
This means the ingredients for life are common throughout the universe
December 2, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I know there's a lot going on, but scientists just confirmed that sugar has been found on Bennu, the asteroid NASA collected a sample from in 2020
This means the ingredients for life are common throughout the universe
This means the ingredients for life are common throughout the universe
I got nothing against the style of dance, but to me, bachata as a genre of music is one of the dumbest ones I know
December 6, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I got nothing against the style of dance, but to me, bachata as a genre of music is one of the dumbest ones I know
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More of this nationwide please!
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara issued a stern warning to his officers on Thursday: Intervene when you see Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents using unlawful force or lose your job.
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
December 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
More of this nationwide please!
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It's an actual game plan on the right. They use it for book bans as well. They start with something easy: no porn in libraries. That hooks in the low information folks. Then you slowly broaden the scope until you're yanking any YA that violates Christian nationalism.
one of many parallels between anti-vaxxers & those who oppose gender-affirming care: they start by pretending they have a very specific concern (MMR vaccine, puberty blockers, etc), but once given any sway or say on the matter, they quickly strive to eliminate all of it
Kennedy's zombie ACIP panel just voted to restrict hepatitis B vaccine for newborns. Experts say it will harm children for no reason. www.ms.now/news/rfk-cdc...
ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner:
"'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."
ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner:
"'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."
December 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
It's an actual game plan on the right. They use it for book bans as well. They start with something easy: no porn in libraries. That hooks in the low information folks. Then you slowly broaden the scope until you're yanking any YA that violates Christian nationalism.
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It would cost $30 billion to end homelessness in the USA.
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the "Metaverse" has lost his company more than $77 billion.
December 6, 2025 at 7:03 AM
It would cost $30 billion to end homelessness in the USA.
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Can't believe our tax dollars are going to be spent settling the upcoming exorbitant defamation suit with Sabrina Carpenter, but maybe this is just how public arts funding is going to work now.
Sabrina Carpenter ratioed the White House after it used her song in an ICE video.
The WH deleted the post…but now it’s back with a new ICE video, this time using an altered clip from Carpenter’s SNL monologue.
The WH deleted the post…but now it’s back with a new ICE video, this time using an altered clip from Carpenter’s SNL monologue.
December 6, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Can't believe our tax dollars are going to be spent settling the upcoming exorbitant defamation suit with Sabrina Carpenter, but maybe this is just how public arts funding is going to work now.
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oops it's her again
December 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
oops it's her again
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Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
How to quit Spotify
This Black Friday, here's a guide to finding the best Spotify alternative
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
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yeah we’re gonna have to think bigger than “wealth tax” when it comes to Elon.
My proposal: he spends the rest of his life in a prison cell and his personal fortune is seized by the government and used to fund an expanded USAID
My proposal: he spends the rest of his life in a prison cell and his personal fortune is seized by the government and used to fund an expanded USAID
It woud be helpful if more people understood that a man who says and thinks such monstrous things now has enough money to purchase private armies and sway elections. We can solve part of this problem with two words: wealth tax.
it should probably be a bigger story that the richest man on earth and leading Republican is a fucking Nazi
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
December 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
yeah we’re gonna have to think bigger than “wealth tax” when it comes to Elon.
My proposal: he spends the rest of his life in a prison cell and his personal fortune is seized by the government and used to fund an expanded USAID
My proposal: he spends the rest of his life in a prison cell and his personal fortune is seized by the government and used to fund an expanded USAID
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it should probably be a bigger story that the richest man on earth and leading Republican is a fucking Nazi
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
December 3, 2025 at 5:03 AM
it should probably be a bigger story that the richest man on earth and leading Republican is a fucking Nazi
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
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36% of Spotify's "Viral 50 Sweden" playlist is AI according to an article published in Swedish media today 🙃
www.svt.se/kultur/toppl...
www.svt.se/kultur/toppl...
Topplistorna fylls av AI-musik – maskineriet bakom hitsen
Är din nya favoritlåt gjord med AI? Då är du inte ensam. På Spotifys lista över virala låtar i Sverige är 36 procent AI-låtar, visar SVT:s genomgång. – Det har kommit in en flod av AI-musik till strea...
www.svt.se
December 3, 2025 at 11:57 AM
36% of Spotify's "Viral 50 Sweden" playlist is AI according to an article published in Swedish media today 🙃
www.svt.se/kultur/toppl...
www.svt.se/kultur/toppl...
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So, fun fact: licensors are notoriously protective of their brands, and will take literal months at times to ensure that every single aspect of a title is being presented properly. You can't even SNEEZE without telling the licensor.
To have Kadokawa come out and say this directly is amazing
To have Kadokawa come out and say this directly is amazing
Kadokawa stated that it did not approve of an AI dub, and Sentai stated that it wasn't aware of the dub beforehand.
Amazon Streamed AI English Dubs on Banana Fish, 'No Game, No Life Zero,' Vinland Saga, Pet Anime
Voice actors speak out against AI dubs, Kadokawa & Sentai Filmworks respond
www.animenewsnetwork.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:15 AM
So, fun fact: licensors are notoriously protective of their brands, and will take literal months at times to ensure that every single aspect of a title is being presented properly. You can't even SNEEZE without telling the licensor.
To have Kadokawa come out and say this directly is amazing
To have Kadokawa come out and say this directly is amazing
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Kadokawa stated that it did not approve of an AI dub, and Sentai stated that it wasn't aware of the dub beforehand.
Amazon Streamed AI English Dubs on Banana Fish, 'No Game, No Life Zero,' Vinland Saga, Pet Anime
Voice actors speak out against AI dubs, Kadokawa & Sentai Filmworks respond
www.animenewsnetwork.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Kadokawa stated that it did not approve of an AI dub, and Sentai stated that it wasn't aware of the dub beforehand.
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Charlie Kirk and the Conservative Death Cult
YouTube video by F.D Signifier
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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Hahaha, right?! Or what about mandatory disclosures for the discrepancy between the salaries of the CEO and their lowest paid worker? That would be so funny, right?! Let’s do it as a funny joke!!!
"Why stop at AI use? We could have mandatory disclosures for what shampoo brand the developer uses" — Epic boss Tim Sweeney says Steam should ditch its AI generated content disclosure. https://bit.ly/4a193vt
November 30, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Hahaha, right?! Or what about mandatory disclosures for the discrepancy between the salaries of the CEO and their lowest paid worker? That would be so funny, right?! Let’s do it as a funny joke!!!
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We all agree that these "dubs" suck.
But once again, that's not the core problem here. The quality will inevitably improve, though I personally doubt to the quality of a dub made by actual humans who care.
The problem is that these exist AT ALL. They're an offense to art, and always will be.
But once again, that's not the core problem here. The quality will inevitably improve, though I personally doubt to the quality of a dub made by actual humans who care.
The problem is that these exist AT ALL. They're an offense to art, and always will be.
Welp, a second AI dub on Amazon has apparently been found, and it's a show that already had a perfectly normal (albeit non-union) dub: No Game No Life.
November 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
We all agree that these "dubs" suck.
But once again, that's not the core problem here. The quality will inevitably improve, though I personally doubt to the quality of a dub made by actual humans who care.
The problem is that these exist AT ALL. They're an offense to art, and always will be.
But once again, that's not the core problem here. The quality will inevitably improve, though I personally doubt to the quality of a dub made by actual humans who care.
The problem is that these exist AT ALL. They're an offense to art, and always will be.
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If you’re in Tennessee’s 7th district, vote for Aftyn Behn- it’s a much tighter race than expected(in a good way). Tennessee going for a progressive is a huge deal, and ofc would be a major blow to republicans.
November 29, 2025 at 9:25 PM
If you’re in Tennessee’s 7th district, vote for Aftyn Behn- it’s a much tighter race than expected(in a good way). Tennessee going for a progressive is a huge deal, and ofc would be a major blow to republicans.
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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao