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Jack-In-The-Dark
@jackinthedark.bsky.social
Nerd. Starship enthusiast. Trekkie. Gamer. Mistie. Weeb. If you follow me you're gonna see the occasional butt.
My only a question is, are they a mustang? Because that would be hilarious.
(A mustang is someone who started as enlisted and earned their officer's commission through experience instead of starting as an officer)
December 23, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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Important context here: when Peter Thiel and David Sacks began their war on diversity as undergrads at Stanford, thirty years ago, the very first tactic they adopted was to normalize slurs that had already been stigmatized out of mainstream society. This return of these hateful terms was a key goal.
“It turns out that banishing the slur from public discourse was, in fact, important. Because now it’s back and it turns out that it does matter when subtext becomes actual text, when terrible people enable open hatred and bigotry, encouraging others to emulate them, degrading us all.”
Perry: The return of the r-word
"These days, the r-word slur has become a staple of the American right wing, uttered with few professional or social consequences," David M. Perry writes.
www.startribune.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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It’s almost been a year since Iwy was created and I’m happy she’s developing in various directions I want to show. Though i wish I could draw more
she locked in
December 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Erma and Scrooge
#erma #christmas
December 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Look how blissed out my dog is watching Fanny & Alexander
December 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Various science fiction space fighters.
December 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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December 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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At this point, if you are not disclosing that you used AI, you know that your audience doesn't want it
December 21, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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The ink bleeds a bit on this paper...

#art #ink #gundam #rkgk
December 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Sephiroth has no legs.

He lost them in Nibelheim Darth Maul style & fell into the Mako reactor
His real body is encased in crystal and all his boss forms float & don’t have legs
Whenever you see Sephiroth in FF7 walking, it’s a clone/projection of JENOVA

His legs are still out there. Somewhere.
i was going through my X archives and found this by @superpodsaga.com, which I qrt'd at some point years ago

so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
December 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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HOTELS COST BETWEEN $150-$200 IN MY TOWN AND IF ANYONE COULD HELP ME AND MY FAMILY AFFORD ROOMS WHILE WE SORT OUT OUR CAR SITUATION, (ESPECIALLY IF IT CAN HELP US MAKE IT THROUGH CHRISTMAS) IT WOULD MEAN THE WORLD THE TO ME

#MutualFunds
#MutualAidBoost
#MutualAidRequest
#HelpSky
December 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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If this doesn't motivate you to vote in the Midterms, nothing will.
December 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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I feel like when this movie first came out, they advertised it like a silly Tim Allen movie. Then my dad and I watched it on a plane a few months later, and we were both blown away. My dad’s not a big movie fan, but he spent the next few weeks telling everybody how great it was. I am, and so did I!
Galaxy Quest - a perfect movie, just a wonderful love letter to actors, sci-fi, Star Trek in particular, and to fandom - really deserves a proper physical release with decent extras. Think Weaver's right that releasing a R-rated cut would be fun, too.
Sigourney Weaver Says She Wishes DreamWorks Released A Director’s Cut Of ‘Galaxy Quest,’ Reminisces On Sequel That Never Came To Pass
Sigourney Weaver reflected on cult classic Galaxy Quest and how she wishes the sci-fi satire had released an R-rated director's cut.
deadline.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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I read this story earlier this morning, and it's horrifying. The panopticon is here.
Unlike many of Flock’s cameras, Flock’s Condor cameras track people, not vehicles.

The exposure highlights the fact that Flock is not just surveilling cars—it is surveilling people, and in some cases it is doing so in an insecure way.

LINK: www.404media.co/flock-expose...
December 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Telescope Types

xkcd.com/3182/
December 22, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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There's a lot of talk about how "it's inevitable" and "everyone's using it" in regards to gAI and I think it's pretty clear folk are misjudging just how much hatred there is toward it, the more the industry fucks with our jobs, tech, prices, privacy.

You use this shit & your blacklisted to me.
December 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Holy shit! I did not know.
The Brak Show turned 25 Yesterday. I really should have caught that but I didn't. Oh well, happy 25 years of everyone's favorite catboy having his own show for a bit
December 22, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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It's very easy:

Just don't. The idea that Copilot or ChatGPT are suddenly essential tools is just buying into the corporate ad blitz.

Games were made just fine (well, relatively) up through...what, 2023? 2024? They didn't suddenly become VITAL for budgets or design docs in the last 2-3 years.
December 22, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Miku Brazil 🇧🇷
December 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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The CBS 60 Minutes Doc confirms what we knew: The U.S. is currently using our tax dollars to imprison brown people with no criminal record in torture camps overseas.

It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...
CANCELLED 60 MINUTES CECOT DOC
YouTube video by eoin higgins
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:39 PM
QTP with a robot that's not Star Wars or Transformers
Hard Mode: No Gundam series, Battletech or Macross allowed

I have to say, looking at something and realizing I'm dramatically overqualified for it is a new and exciting experience.
December 23, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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Apparently Paypal is now asking those who commissioned artists through invoices for feedback on the experience, Please never type anything, Its a trap. Just putting both yours and their accounts at risk of bans.
December 22, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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James Baxter’s 2D animation in ‘The Wonderfully Weird World Of Gumball’ new episode.
December 22, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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Mads Mikkelsen reveals he helped his brother Lars Mikkelsen (Thrawn in AHSOKA) build a LEGO Death Star for Christmas.
December 21, 2025 at 8:25 PM