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Fyi - yes we need more reporters talking about this. Bobo Design Studio on IG is doing an excellent job gathering data and talking with media about the issue.
Here is one article:
www.businessinsider.com/amazon-anger...
Here is one article:
www.businessinsider.com/amazon-anger...
Amazon angers retailers by listing products from other sites without consent
Amazon tests Shop Direct, pulling product listings from other retailers without consent, highlighting data scraping issues.
www.businessinsider.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Fyi - yes we need more reporters talking about this. Bobo Design Studio on IG is doing an excellent job gathering data and talking with media about the issue.
Here is one article:
www.businessinsider.com/amazon-anger...
Here is one article:
www.businessinsider.com/amazon-anger...
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Today is a good day to tell an artist about AdorkaStock! 📢✨
January 6, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Today is a good day to tell an artist about AdorkaStock! 📢✨
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I grew up mostly without TV, but even so, I knew the value of Public Broadcasting. On this dreary, stupid day when the Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, I shout out some of its heroes — people who made us a little more conscious.
January 6, 2026 at 1:51 AM
I grew up mostly without TV, but even so, I knew the value of Public Broadcasting. On this dreary, stupid day when the Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, I shout out some of its heroes — people who made us a little more conscious.
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Get really into dinosaurs. That's my recommendation for a happier life. Each day, I get news like "Look at this big freak that used roam the Earth!" or "Ya know the big freak you already loved? Fossils show it was even more freakish!" and it's a blessing every time.
October 2, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Get really into dinosaurs. That's my recommendation for a happier life. Each day, I get news like "Look at this big freak that used roam the Earth!" or "Ya know the big freak you already loved? Fossils show it was even more freakish!" and it's a blessing every time.
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This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
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Just gonna say this again for games sphere cus we get the same question:
Networking doesn't mean schmoozing up to famous people, it means making friends with your peers. Then in 10 years, 20, one of you might be famous? And sure you're still helping each other cus well yeah friends.
Make. Friends.
Networking doesn't mean schmoozing up to famous people, it means making friends with your peers. Then in 10 years, 20, one of you might be famous? And sure you're still helping each other cus well yeah friends.
Make. Friends.
Talking to one of these types at a con who asked how I 'got in' with so many 'famous writers' who I'd been talking to and I said "we made friends before anyone knew who we were decades ago by striking up interesting conversations and enjoying each other's company" and he kept re-asking the question.
They have come to the convention hoping to "break in" and then find themselves -- shocker! -- a "nobody in the book world." Yeah no shit! We all are! I have gently told guys like this a million times that it takes most of us *years* of hard work but they do not believe that could be true for them. +
December 27, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Just gonna say this again for games sphere cus we get the same question:
Networking doesn't mean schmoozing up to famous people, it means making friends with your peers. Then in 10 years, 20, one of you might be famous? And sure you're still helping each other cus well yeah friends.
Make. Friends.
Networking doesn't mean schmoozing up to famous people, it means making friends with your peers. Then in 10 years, 20, one of you might be famous? And sure you're still helping each other cus well yeah friends.
Make. Friends.
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Found this on the AO3 subreddit, and I'm about to let it change my whole life (or at least work really hard to internalize it wrt my writing).
October 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Found this on the AO3 subreddit, and I'm about to let it change my whole life (or at least work really hard to internalize it wrt my writing).
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if you would like your very own small and portable lv1 nothing, you can purchase one for just 3 poetics at the counter in revenant's toll!
December 26, 2025 at 1:21 AM
if you would like your very own small and portable lv1 nothing, you can purchase one for just 3 poetics at the counter in revenant's toll!
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We can all be decorated. I am a bear.
December 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
We can all be decorated. I am a bear.
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This can be a difficult and nuanced discussion, especially for people that are out of the tech loop. I try to break it down as
AI = shit you've been using for over a decade. Predictive text. NPC enemy AI. Specialized machine learning.
GenAI = shit built on stolen/scraped assets from the Internet
AI = shit you've been using for over a decade. Predictive text. NPC enemy AI. Specialized machine learning.
GenAI = shit built on stolen/scraped assets from the Internet
If we’re going to get really no quarter about genAI usage, I’m going to need people to learn the difference between AI and genAI real fast.
December 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
This can be a difficult and nuanced discussion, especially for people that are out of the tech loop. I try to break it down as
AI = shit you've been using for over a decade. Predictive text. NPC enemy AI. Specialized machine learning.
GenAI = shit built on stolen/scraped assets from the Internet
AI = shit you've been using for over a decade. Predictive text. NPC enemy AI. Specialized machine learning.
GenAI = shit built on stolen/scraped assets from the Internet
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Guys the strategy board just started growling at me is this normal? 😰 I'm scared
December 19, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Guys the strategy board just started growling at me is this normal? 😰 I'm scared
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do you want to see the before they patch it out and cast its legacy to the winds forever . here is your sightseeing log (noncomprehensive) (if you find more than what's listed here please let me know so i can add it) (i love this fucking deer) 🧵
December 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
do you want to see the before they patch it out and cast its legacy to the winds forever . here is your sightseeing log (noncomprehensive) (if you find more than what's listed here please let me know so i can add it) (i love this fucking deer) 🧵
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Idk who needs to hear this, but talking to blorbo on the plagerism machine is crossing the picket line.
December 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Idk who needs to hear this, but talking to blorbo on the plagerism machine is crossing the picket line.
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One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
December 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
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You are ABSOLUTELY NOT going to regret listening to this bird:
A male rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in winter plumage.
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
December 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM
You are ABSOLUTELY NOT going to regret listening to this bird:
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when I tell you this made me tear up 🥺 thank you @jeffberg1.bsky.social for speaking out about it, it's so important 💜
December 4, 2025 at 9:52 PM
when I tell you this made me tear up 🥺 thank you @jeffberg1.bsky.social for speaking out about it, it's so important 💜
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A truly great idea. 10,000 ethical assets freely available.
There’s no excuse for resorting to so-called AI with this and the *many* other assets you can use without resorting to laundered plagiarism.
Support real artists, not con artists.
There’s no excuse for resorting to so-called AI with this and the *many* other assets you can use without resorting to laundered plagiarism.
Support real artists, not con artists.
More coverage of our 10,000 Game Assets Pack, this time on Dexerto. We really do appreciate all the support everyone is giving this - basically it makes the last year of working on it full time worthwhile & spurs us on to create more assets!! www.dexerto.com/gaming/indie... #gamedev #indiedev
Indie studio releases 10k human-made game assets so devs “don’t turn to AI” - Dexerto
Indie creators got a boost as a new 10k human-made asset pack launched to help developers avoid relying on AI tools.
www.dexerto.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:51 AM
A truly great idea. 10,000 ethical assets freely available.
There’s no excuse for resorting to so-called AI with this and the *many* other assets you can use without resorting to laundered plagiarism.
Support real artists, not con artists.
There’s no excuse for resorting to so-called AI with this and the *many* other assets you can use without resorting to laundered plagiarism.
Support real artists, not con artists.
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'Tis the season and by season I mean #DragonAgeDay! I'm so happy to be back in this world and to meet so many lovely people through it 💜 #DragonAge #TheVeilguard #Rookanis #MyArt
December 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
'Tis the season and by season I mean #DragonAgeDay! I'm so happy to be back in this world and to meet so many lovely people through it 💜 #DragonAge #TheVeilguard #Rookanis #MyArt
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Happy #DragonAgeDay! Last year was my first time playing a DA game and Emmrich quickly became one of my fave characters of all time, I can’t believe it took me over a year to finally post fanart of him 💀💚
#emmrichvolkarin #dragonage #datv
#emmrichvolkarin #dragonage #datv
December 4, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Happy #DragonAgeDay! Last year was my first time playing a DA game and Emmrich quickly became one of my fave characters of all time, I can’t believe it took me over a year to finally post fanart of him 💀💚
#emmrichvolkarin #dragonage #datv
#emmrichvolkarin #dragonage #datv
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Happy #DragonAgeDay! Sharing a thread of the commissions I’ve requested so far in celebration. Art by @fantasyalpacca.bsky.social, I can totally imagine an Emmrich statue with the hand’s patina rubbed away because all the students want to shake his hand
December 4, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Happy #DragonAgeDay! Sharing a thread of the commissions I’ve requested so far in celebration. Art by @fantasyalpacca.bsky.social, I can totally imagine an Emmrich statue with the hand’s patina rubbed away because all the students want to shake his hand
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As some of you are aware, part of Dragon Age day was to thank the DA Devs for all the hard work they put into the series we love so much.
This is also the first DA Day where we have no DA team, as they were laid off earlier this year.
So let's make an effort to support their new projects!🧵
This is also the first DA Day where we have no DA team, as they were laid off earlier this year.
So let's make an effort to support their new projects!🧵
December 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM
As some of you are aware, part of Dragon Age day was to thank the DA Devs for all the hard work they put into the series we love so much.
This is also the first DA Day where we have no DA team, as they were laid off earlier this year.
So let's make an effort to support their new projects!🧵
This is also the first DA Day where we have no DA team, as they were laid off earlier this year.
So let's make an effort to support their new projects!🧵
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Oh, I *will* be using this as a reaction image for people in my mentions
December 2, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Oh, I *will* be using this as a reaction image for people in my mentions
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y'know, if tech companies weren't so fired up to call every single thing "AI" it would be a lot easier to distinguish "ML spam filter that is well-sandboxed and tuned on your emails" from "giant context and IP-eroding foundation model that makes people paranoid and unhappy"
since the "google is now training gemini on your email contents" thing keeps bumping around here: it's _not happening_. I say this not to defend google but because I know a lot of people that have broken their filtering and made their lives much more annoying from sheer misinformation.
The malwarebytes Google opting-your-emails-into-ai-training thing is not true. The post is based on one bad tweet.
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
November 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
y'know, if tech companies weren't so fired up to call every single thing "AI" it would be a lot easier to distinguish "ML spam filter that is well-sandboxed and tuned on your emails" from "giant context and IP-eroding foundation model that makes people paranoid and unhappy"