artkento
@kentocosplay.bsky.social
He/They 28 Trans Non-Binary Cosplayer with a passion for fancy builds Loves anything fuzzy 🔞18+ content is retweeted occasionally🔞
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U.S. pals:
Do. Not. Donate. To. Salvation. Army.
There are better charities out there. Much better.
Do. Not. Donate. To. Salvation. Army.
There are better charities out there. Much better.
December 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
U.S. pals:
Do. Not. Donate. To. Salvation. Army.
There are better charities out there. Much better.
Do. Not. Donate. To. Salvation. Army.
There are better charities out there. Much better.
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Game Devs of Color has been awarded $15,000 by the New York State Council on the Arts! 🎉
“New York’s arts and culture sector is a cornerstone of the state’s identity, and we're making bold investments to ensure it remains strong,” Governor Hochul said.
Celebrate with us! 🥳
“New York’s arts and culture sector is a cornerstone of the state’s identity, and we're making bold investments to ensure it remains strong,” Governor Hochul said.
Celebrate with us! 🥳
December 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Game Devs of Color has been awarded $15,000 by the New York State Council on the Arts! 🎉
“New York’s arts and culture sector is a cornerstone of the state’s identity, and we're making bold investments to ensure it remains strong,” Governor Hochul said.
Celebrate with us! 🥳
“New York’s arts and culture sector is a cornerstone of the state’s identity, and we're making bold investments to ensure it remains strong,” Governor Hochul said.
Celebrate with us! 🥳
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On the first episode of our new YouTube series Making Sense, privacy expert Chad Marlow discusses Ring cameras, Elf on the Shelf, and why we should avoid gifts that normalize surveillance this holiday season.
December 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
On the first episode of our new YouTube series Making Sense, privacy expert Chad Marlow discusses Ring cameras, Elf on the Shelf, and why we should avoid gifts that normalize surveillance this holiday season.
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around 40 game developers affiliated with @videogameworkers.bsky.social have gathered outside the peacock theater, where the game awards will take place in a few hours, for a “the industry is dead” demonstration
December 11, 2025 at 11:13 PM
around 40 game developers affiliated with @videogameworkers.bsky.social have gathered outside the peacock theater, where the game awards will take place in a few hours, for a “the industry is dead” demonstration
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I would like to be adopted, please 🥹
December 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I would like to be adopted, please 🥹
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Tomorrow the 11th, there will be a markup on various "child safety" bills
This is part of the process where they are debated and amended before moving forward
It is a good idea to make some rep calls TODAY and make it clear which bills are currently unacceptable and why
This is part of the process where they are debated and amended before moving forward
It is a good idea to make some rep calls TODAY and make it clear which bills are currently unacceptable and why
#savespeech #stopKOSA
ATTENTION! The House of Energy and Commerce has pushed a package of(now 18) "child safety" bills to a subcommittee markup.
This means the bills will be likely voted on to go to a FULL committee markup, which sends it out to the House.
Call the Committee. Tell them to vote NO
ATTENTION! The House of Energy and Commerce has pushed a package of(now 18) "child safety" bills to a subcommittee markup.
This means the bills will be likely voted on to go to a FULL committee markup, which sends it out to the House.
Call the Committee. Tell them to vote NO
December 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Tomorrow the 11th, there will be a markup on various "child safety" bills
This is part of the process where they are debated and amended before moving forward
It is a good idea to make some rep calls TODAY and make it clear which bills are currently unacceptable and why
This is part of the process where they are debated and amended before moving forward
It is a good idea to make some rep calls TODAY and make it clear which bills are currently unacceptable and why
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I kinda want to say this is dunk quote pervert material, but the fact that people think this is some sort of reasonable want instead of creating a venue for psychologically vulnerable people to pay a monthly subscription is really just sickening
IN DEPTH | If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
www.independent.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I kinda want to say this is dunk quote pervert material, but the fact that people think this is some sort of reasonable want instead of creating a venue for psychologically vulnerable people to pay a monthly subscription is really just sickening
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European game unions combine forces to protest against AI, toxic workplaces and layoffs
www.gamesindustry.biz/european-gam...
www.gamesindustry.biz/european-gam...
European game unions combine forces to protest against AI, toxic workplaces and layoffs
"Together, workers can transform their jobs, their careers, and their lives for the better"
www.gamesindustry.biz
December 9, 2025 at 5:08 PM
European game unions combine forces to protest against AI, toxic workplaces and layoffs
www.gamesindustry.biz/european-gam...
www.gamesindustry.biz/european-gam...
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My bad. But still...
December 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
My bad. But still...
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WASHINGTON AND OREGON CARTOONISTS: Seattle's bus service is commissioning 6 artists for public art pieces, 2 each, of local stories, 16-32 pages, over 2026, for $54k per artist, to be freely distributed over their ridership.
details here: www.4culture.org/grants/movin...
details here: www.4culture.org/grants/movin...
Moving Stories: Short-Form Graphic Novels for King County Metro Transit RapidRide
King County Metro and 4Culture seek six artists to create short-form graphic novels that illuminate community stories along new and existing RapidRide lines.
www.4culture.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:47 AM
WASHINGTON AND OREGON CARTOONISTS: Seattle's bus service is commissioning 6 artists for public art pieces, 2 each, of local stories, 16-32 pages, over 2026, for $54k per artist, to be freely distributed over their ridership.
details here: www.4culture.org/grants/movin...
details here: www.4culture.org/grants/movin...
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It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
December 3, 2025 at 1:58 AM
It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
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even if you plug your ears up to all the eugenicist propaganda here
the idea of “picking” your biological baby is… such a perversion of parenthood. imagine the family fallout from a designer baby eventually going against their design.
the idea of “picking” your biological baby is… such a perversion of parenthood. imagine the family fallout from a designer baby eventually going against their design.
December 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
even if you plug your ears up to all the eugenicist propaganda here
the idea of “picking” your biological baby is… such a perversion of parenthood. imagine the family fallout from a designer baby eventually going against their design.
the idea of “picking” your biological baby is… such a perversion of parenthood. imagine the family fallout from a designer baby eventually going against their design.
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While this article goes very rightly into the disrespect actors have faced in dubbing, underneath that is an entire ecosystem of abused and rushed freelancers doing the timecoding, adapting, directing, engineering, and mixing who Amazon also attempted to cut.
www.avclub.com/amazon-ai-an...
www.avclub.com/amazon-ai-an...
Amazon's AI anime dubbing fiasco reminds us that voice actors are severely undervalued
Amazon recently rolled out bad AI-generated dubs for several anime on Prime Video, demonstrating yet again that voice actors are undervalued.
www.avclub.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:22 AM
While this article goes very rightly into the disrespect actors have faced in dubbing, underneath that is an entire ecosystem of abused and rushed freelancers doing the timecoding, adapting, directing, engineering, and mixing who Amazon also attempted to cut.
www.avclub.com/amazon-ai-an...
www.avclub.com/amazon-ai-an...
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This is DEFCON 1 priority, y'all. Call your senators, reps, call your friends and tell them to call their senators and reps about this. Call your grandma and tell her to call her senators and reps about this.
What we have here will be *gone* if these bills pass.
What we have here will be *gone* if these bills pass.
Congress is attempting to fast track KOSA and more than a dozen bills that would restrict internet access, censor speech and increase surveillance under the guise of protecting children.
Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
Lawmakers to consider 19 bills for childproofing the internet
KOSA is back, along with more than a dozen other bills that will erode free speech and privacy in the name of protecting kids.
reason.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:38 AM
This is DEFCON 1 priority, y'all. Call your senators, reps, call your friends and tell them to call their senators and reps about this. Call your grandma and tell her to call her senators and reps about this.
What we have here will be *gone* if these bills pass.
What we have here will be *gone* if these bills pass.
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They’re describing it as a “shock and awe” campaign, which is why it’s essential to show them there’s huge opposition NOW. Call / email your reps to let them know you oppose censorship bills like KOSA and the SCREEN.
Read up and get involved in the @fightforthefuture.org Week of Action.
Read up and get involved in the @fightforthefuture.org Week of Action.
With SCREEN Act and KOSA on the legislative block this week, there couldn't be a better time for Fight's "Stop Online ID Checks" Week of Action.
Today's action: Share and sign the petition.
Find out more here: www.stoponlineidchecks.org
Today's action: Share and sign the petition.
Find out more here: www.stoponlineidchecks.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:06 AM
They’re describing it as a “shock and awe” campaign, which is why it’s essential to show them there’s huge opposition NOW. Call / email your reps to let them know you oppose censorship bills like KOSA and the SCREEN.
Read up and get involved in the @fightforthefuture.org Week of Action.
Read up and get involved in the @fightforthefuture.org Week of Action.
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Congress is attempting to fast track KOSA and more than a dozen bills that would restrict internet access, censor speech and increase surveillance under the guise of protecting children.
Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
Lawmakers to consider 19 bills for childproofing the internet
KOSA is back, along with more than a dozen other bills that will erode free speech and privacy in the name of protecting kids.
reason.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Congress is attempting to fast track KOSA and more than a dozen bills that would restrict internet access, censor speech and increase surveillance under the guise of protecting children.
Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
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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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*on my hands and knees looking up into the heavens*
Companies put and allow AI-slop into their games (whether it is AAA, AA, indie, whatever) because they think players are stupid and accept anything and everything shoveled into their faces.
Please stop rewarding them for believing so.
Companies put and allow AI-slop into their games (whether it is AAA, AA, indie, whatever) because they think players are stupid and accept anything and everything shoveled into their faces.
Please stop rewarding them for believing so.
SO... I'm pretty much done with Fortnite. There were statements made by Tim Sweeney saying that AI usage doesn't need to be disclosed, and then AI usage was found all over this current season- from art to sprays to in-game songs. Between that, and the upcoming shitty wizard collab... Yeah, I'm done.
December 1, 2025 at 1:54 PM
*on my hands and knees looking up into the heavens*
Companies put and allow AI-slop into their games (whether it is AAA, AA, indie, whatever) because they think players are stupid and accept anything and everything shoveled into their faces.
Please stop rewarding them for believing so.
Companies put and allow AI-slop into their games (whether it is AAA, AA, indie, whatever) because they think players are stupid and accept anything and everything shoveled into their faces.
Please stop rewarding them for believing so.
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Today is World AIDS Day. We honor and recognize the hard-fought struggles and loss of all affected.
“AIDS is a global phenomenon, its ravages known everywhere.“
www.neh.gov/article/aids...
“AIDS is a global phenomenon, its ravages known everywhere.“
www.neh.gov/article/aids...
AIDS in One City: The San Francisco Story
Conceived in 1987 and supported early on by a grant from the National Archives, the archive at UCSF specializes in the history of AIDS in San Francisco, where many early cases were discovered and key ...
www.neh.gov
December 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Today is World AIDS Day. We honor and recognize the hard-fought struggles and loss of all affected.
“AIDS is a global phenomenon, its ravages known everywhere.“
www.neh.gov/article/aids...
“AIDS is a global phenomenon, its ravages known everywhere.“
www.neh.gov/article/aids...
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The reason why this hurts so much is because every dubbing studio in the Los Angeles area has been hit with at least one wave of layoffs or a significant reduction in the amount of contractors that have been hired.
All that devastation to our economy, for this?
All that devastation to our economy, for 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 11:38 PM
The reason why this hurts so much is because every dubbing studio in the Los Angeles area has been hit with at least one wave of layoffs or a significant reduction in the amount of contractors that have been hired.
All that devastation to our economy, for this?
All that devastation to our economy, for this?
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“Sex must be civilized and civilizing”
The Christian right is *really* aching to get into your bedroom. They’ve flooded the zone with pseudoscience and moral panics around porn, but their real missionary position is to control sexuality like the old Catholic Church.
ifstudies.org/blog/the-pro...
The Christian right is *really* aching to get into your bedroom. They’ve flooded the zone with pseudoscience and moral panics around porn, but their real missionary position is to control sexuality like the old Catholic Church.
ifstudies.org/blog/the-pro...
November 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
“Sex must be civilized and civilizing”
The Christian right is *really* aching to get into your bedroom. They’ve flooded the zone with pseudoscience and moral panics around porn, but their real missionary position is to control sexuality like the old Catholic Church.
ifstudies.org/blog/the-pro...
The Christian right is *really* aching to get into your bedroom. They’ve flooded the zone with pseudoscience and moral panics around porn, but their real missionary position is to control sexuality like the old Catholic Church.
ifstudies.org/blog/the-pro...
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Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
November 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
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I went to an "ojos" training tonight hosted by New Orleans DSA and Union Migrante and thought I'd pass on new things I learned:
1. Low/old info ICE sighting posts are wreaking havoc on immigrant communities. Basically, incomplete or old info is actively harmful (even if ppl have good intentions)
1. Low/old info ICE sighting posts are wreaking havoc on immigrant communities. Basically, incomplete or old info is actively harmful (even if ppl have good intentions)
November 29, 2025 at 6:23 AM
I went to an "ojos" training tonight hosted by New Orleans DSA and Union Migrante and thought I'd pass on new things I learned:
1. Low/old info ICE sighting posts are wreaking havoc on immigrant communities. Basically, incomplete or old info is actively harmful (even if ppl have good intentions)
1. Low/old info ICE sighting posts are wreaking havoc on immigrant communities. Basically, incomplete or old info is actively harmful (even if ppl have good intentions)
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Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
Artists are losing work, wages, and hope as bosses and clients embrace AI
Visual artists, illustrators and graphic designers share their stories about how AI is being used to lower wages, degrade work and even replace it altogether, in this installment of AI Killed My Job.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
September 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
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It feels really performative at this point, but a reminder that it’s National Day of Mourning for Native folks
Relatedly, thousands of Native women are still disappearing and agencies are doing fuck all about it
Learn more here:
www.niwrc.org/mmiwr-awaren...
And here:
notournativedaughters.org
Relatedly, thousands of Native women are still disappearing and agencies are doing fuck all about it
Learn more here:
www.niwrc.org/mmiwr-awaren...
And here:
notournativedaughters.org
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives (MMIWR) | NIWRC
www.niwrc.org
November 27, 2025 at 11:39 PM
It feels really performative at this point, but a reminder that it’s National Day of Mourning for Native folks
Relatedly, thousands of Native women are still disappearing and agencies are doing fuck all about it
Learn more here:
www.niwrc.org/mmiwr-awaren...
And here:
notournativedaughters.org
Relatedly, thousands of Native women are still disappearing and agencies are doing fuck all about it
Learn more here:
www.niwrc.org/mmiwr-awaren...
And here:
notournativedaughters.org