Merk
@merk94.bsky.social
He/Him — Born Nov. 14, 199X
Writer, podcast host, gacha addict.
#Paragons
#Locacacast
#Nikke
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Writer, podcast host, gacha addict.
#Paragons
#Locacacast
#Nikke
Bots and bigots get blocked.
Minors DNI with my labeled posts.
I don’t do obligatory follow-backs.
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@merk94.bsky.social
· May 1
Paragons
In 1963, a Flying Man prevents the assassination of John F. Kennedy. It is the first known sighting of a superhuman. 41 years later, aging vigilante Moonlighter assembles a team of people with extraor...
www.scribblehub.com
www.scribblehub.com/series/13063...
It’s been a while since I first announced it (and a few days since I bumped the most recent chapter), so here’s your reminder to check out #Paragons. It’s my serialized webnovel about superheroes.
It’s been a while since I first announced it (and a few days since I bumped the most recent chapter), so here’s your reminder to check out #Paragons. It’s my serialized webnovel about superheroes.
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If there only was a word for a governing system in which one set of laws applied to people of a specific race, and a completely different and much harsher set of laws applied to those of another race...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...
December 21, 2025 at 3:23 AM
If there only was a word for a governing system in which one set of laws applied to people of a specific race, and a completely different and much harsher set of laws applied to those of another race...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...
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Buried lede is that Sandfall deliberately lied to the organizers that their game didn’t use any AI, and then when a producer admitted that AI was used AFTER it was approved to be nominated it was disqualified from nomination
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 developer Sandfall Interactive is finding itself in hot water over its use of AI generated assets in developing the game.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 loses a GOTY award over use of gen AI
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 developer Sandfall Interactive is finding itself in hot water over its use of AI generated assets in developing the game.
www.polygon.com
December 20, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Buried lede is that Sandfall deliberately lied to the organizers that their game didn’t use any AI, and then when a producer admitted that AI was used AFTER it was approved to be nominated it was disqualified from nomination
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AI shouldn't even be called "art".
It's trash, plain and simple. If you use it to "create" something, you're not really creating, you're doing the opposite. You contribute in destroying artists and what they believe in.
It's trash, plain and simple. If you use it to "create" something, you're not really creating, you're doing the opposite. You contribute in destroying artists and what they believe in.
December 21, 2025 at 5:29 AM
AI shouldn't even be called "art".
It's trash, plain and simple. If you use it to "create" something, you're not really creating, you're doing the opposite. You contribute in destroying artists and what they believe in.
It's trash, plain and simple. If you use it to "create" something, you're not really creating, you're doing the opposite. You contribute in destroying artists and what they believe in.
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December 14, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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As much as I agree with this it's pretty ridiculous that this thing that was known to some degree back in April is only coming back up now because the game won all those awards. If Polygon (or whomever) who had the access really cared they would have asked them then.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 developer Sandfall Interactive is finding itself in hot water over its use of AI generated assets in developing the game.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 loses a GOTY award over use of gen AI
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 developer Sandfall Interactive is finding itself in hot water over its use of AI generated assets in developing the game.
www.polygon.com
December 21, 2025 at 2:43 AM
As much as I agree with this it's pretty ridiculous that this thing that was known to some degree back in April is only coming back up now because the game won all those awards. If Polygon (or whomever) who had the access really cared they would have asked them then.
I have returned from my three-day suspension. What’d I miss?
December 20, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I have returned from my three-day suspension. What’d I miss?
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Hah! I’m sure you expected Yuki. This year Yuan was so hyped to be part of this challenge though. Don’t disappoint her ~
December 15, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Hah! I’m sure you expected Yuki. This year Yuan was so hyped to be part of this challenge though. Don’t disappoint her ~
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“On behalf of Director Park Chan-wook's new film, we are cordially inviting all Fortune 500 CEOs to a special screening of NO OTHER CHOICE.
This is truly a film that speaks to our gracious executive leaders and the culture they have cultivated.”
Beast mode shit.
This is truly a film that speaks to our gracious executive leaders and the culture they have cultivated.”
Beast mode shit.
December 15, 2025 at 8:08 PM
“On behalf of Director Park Chan-wook's new film, we are cordially inviting all Fortune 500 CEOs to a special screening of NO OTHER CHOICE.
This is truly a film that speaks to our gracious executive leaders and the culture they have cultivated.”
Beast mode shit.
This is truly a film that speaks to our gracious executive leaders and the culture they have cultivated.”
Beast mode shit.
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#SaveSpeech
Netchoice won their legal battle against Age verification in louisiana! This follows similar rulings in AK and OH!
This is huge!
These laws can be stopped, they can be overturned. Do not give in to dooming! Keep calling your reps and support orgs that fight these laws in court!
Netchoice won their legal battle against Age verification in louisiana! This follows similar rulings in AK and OH!
This is huge!
These laws can be stopped, they can be overturned. Do not give in to dooming! Keep calling your reps and support orgs that fight these laws in court!
NetChoice Wins Permanent Block of Louisiana Age Verification Law, Protecting Free Speech and Parental Rights - NetChoice
BATON ROUGE, La.—Today, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana granted NetChoice’s motion for summary judgment in NetChoice v. Murrill, striking down Louisiana’s Act 456. The cou...
netchoice.org
December 16, 2025 at 12:53 AM
#SaveSpeech
Netchoice won their legal battle against Age verification in louisiana! This follows similar rulings in AK and OH!
This is huge!
These laws can be stopped, they can be overturned. Do not give in to dooming! Keep calling your reps and support orgs that fight these laws in court!
Netchoice won their legal battle against Age verification in louisiana! This follows similar rulings in AK and OH!
This is huge!
These laws can be stopped, they can be overturned. Do not give in to dooming! Keep calling your reps and support orgs that fight these laws in court!
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we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
December 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
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#SaveSpeech
We only have about a week before most legislators go out for a holiday recess, so i recommend giving your reps a call to oppose bad internet bills!
I've included a script i adapted from one initially written by FFtF
www.congress.gov/members/find...
www.badinternetbills.com
We only have about a week before most legislators go out for a holiday recess, so i recommend giving your reps a call to oppose bad internet bills!
I've included a script i adapted from one initially written by FFtF
www.congress.gov/members/find...
www.badinternetbills.com
![Hi there, My name is (your name) and I am calling to oppose multiple harmful internet bills that are moving through Congress right now. I oppose all bills that mandate online ID checks, infringe upon our constitutional right to free speech on the internet, enable government policing of online resources, and threaten end-to-end encryption. If you truly care about young people’s experience on the internet, you should pass comprehensive data privacy legislation and oppose any bill that forces Internet users to submit to ID checks or would censor the internet, like the SCREEN Act, App Store Accountability Act, and KOSA
additionally, I want to advocate for section 230, which I have seen multiple legislators call for repealing. Section 230 is integral to a free and open internet, and repealing it would destroy the internet as we know it and countless livelihoods. I do not want to see section 230 repealed, I want to see it protected.
[optional]
here is a list of bills that i believe must be opposed due to either increasing censorship, or surveillance:
The Kids Online Safety Act
SCREEN Act
App Store Accountability Act
Stop CSAM act of 2025
Sammy's law
RESET Act
GAMING Act
Safe Messaging for Kids Act
Parents Over Platforms Act](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xawhcpoqu6pdxpp72fd43wuf/bafkreic3czewlpy3x4hv3egoajd2mrknydxc6ecu42ionk5ur4ilowi2uy@jpeg)
December 15, 2025 at 8:35 PM
#SaveSpeech
We only have about a week before most legislators go out for a holiday recess, so i recommend giving your reps a call to oppose bad internet bills!
I've included a script i adapted from one initially written by FFtF
www.congress.gov/members/find...
www.badinternetbills.com
We only have about a week before most legislators go out for a holiday recess, so i recommend giving your reps a call to oppose bad internet bills!
I've included a script i adapted from one initially written by FFtF
www.congress.gov/members/find...
www.badinternetbills.com
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When she stole your t-shirt 🖤
December 15, 2025 at 6:48 PM
When she stole your t-shirt 🖤
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Elon's little serfs are quite literally begging journalists to come back because every publicly available source of data shows people have fled the platform and young people won't use it.
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
December 15, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Elon's little serfs are quite literally begging journalists to come back because every publicly available source of data shows people have fled the platform and young people won't use it.
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
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You need to read this thread and you need to be calling every representative you have and threatening to literally never vote for them again and donate your time to getting them replaced if they do this.
If you don't, it's basically the end of the internet.
If you don't, it's basically the end of the internet.
It’s very simple. Genuinely very simple. Until Section 230, it was the case that any website that allowed a user to publish any content of any kind could be sued if they said *anything* libelous or bad. That includes web hosts, blogging platforms, social media etc.
December 14, 2025 at 7:25 AM
You need to read this thread and you need to be calling every representative you have and threatening to literally never vote for them again and donate your time to getting them replaced if they do this.
If you don't, it's basically the end of the internet.
If you don't, it's basically the end of the internet.
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"RemoveWindowsAI" is a script created by zoicware, available on GitHub, that does exactly what it says: it remove every AI feature in Windows 11. Do what you wish to do with this information. I'm sharing this because some folks are forced to use Win11 at work or other places for any reasons.
December 10, 2025 at 9:56 AM
"RemoveWindowsAI" is a script created by zoicware, available on GitHub, that does exactly what it says: it remove every AI feature in Windows 11. Do what you wish to do with this information. I'm sharing this because some folks are forced to use Win11 at work or other places for any reasons.
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Trench coats informally banned from every high school since 98 but the suicide robot is installed on your school laptop automatically
December 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Trench coats informally banned from every high school since 98 but the suicide robot is installed on your school laptop automatically
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Repealing Section 230 would chill free speech by allowing platforms, not users, to be held responsible for what its users say. Platforms will become much more censorious over what its users can post. This is extremely bad
They're trying to rush it. Call your reps, don't let them
They're trying to rush it. Call your reps, don't let them
Sen. WHITEHOUSE: We finally are moving to file a bipartisan Section 230 repeal bill. Waiting any longer serves no useful purpose.
December 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Repealing Section 230 would chill free speech by allowing platforms, not users, to be held responsible for what its users say. Platforms will become much more censorious over what its users can post. This is extremely bad
They're trying to rush it. Call your reps, don't let them
They're trying to rush it. Call your reps, don't let them
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You need to contact your representative and demand that Section 230 be protected, not repealed, NOW.
www.congress.gov/members/find...
www.congress.gov/members/find...
December 12, 2025 at 8:03 PM
You need to contact your representative and demand that Section 230 be protected, not repealed, NOW.
www.congress.gov/members/find...
www.congress.gov/members/find...
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while KOSA passed the subcommittee, there is still the full committee meeting it needs to go through before being voted on by the Senate/House
support is more split on it than you'd think, we just need to pull away enough votes to block it. CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES!
www.badinternetbills.com
support is more split on it than you'd think, we just need to pull away enough votes to block it. CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES!
www.badinternetbills.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
while KOSA passed the subcommittee, there is still the full committee meeting it needs to go through before being voted on by the Senate/House
support is more split on it than you'd think, we just need to pull away enough votes to block it. CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES!
www.badinternetbills.com
support is more split on it than you'd think, we just need to pull away enough votes to block it. CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES!
www.badinternetbills.com
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I have no idea how to respond to this except to say that however bad you think it is for women, it is worse
how do women not die of rage aneurysms every single day
December 11, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I have no idea how to respond to this except to say that however bad you think it is for women, it is worse
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Bluesky now requires age-verification in Mississippi, even though X does not.
So Mississippians can still access X anonymously, but htey have to submit paperwork to read Bluesky. Guess which site doesn't think they'll get prosecuted in Mississippi.
Asymmetrical enforcement threats are censorship.
So Mississippians can still access X anonymously, but htey have to submit paperwork to read Bluesky. Guess which site doesn't think they'll get prosecuted in Mississippi.
Asymmetrical enforcement threats are censorship.
Bluesky Is Back for Mississippi Adults, But Social Giants Still Lack Required Age Checks
Months after Bluesky blocked access to Mississippi, Bluesky is available in the state once again with age verification for adults.
www.mississippifreepress.org
December 11, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Bluesky now requires age-verification in Mississippi, even though X does not.
So Mississippians can still access X anonymously, but htey have to submit paperwork to read Bluesky. Guess which site doesn't think they'll get prosecuted in Mississippi.
Asymmetrical enforcement threats are censorship.
So Mississippians can still access X anonymously, but htey have to submit paperwork to read Bluesky. Guess which site doesn't think they'll get prosecuted in Mississippi.
Asymmetrical enforcement threats are censorship.
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In the UK I can’t even read DMs unless I give them my passport and a video of my face.
This happened almost overnight! Don’t take this for granted, America!
This happened almost overnight! Don’t take this for granted, America!
December 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
In the UK I can’t even read DMs unless I give them my passport and a video of my face.
This happened almost overnight! Don’t take this for granted, America!
This happened almost overnight! Don’t take this for granted, America!
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I am in Canada and can't call anyone about KOSA but if you live in the states I'm begging you to call your reps and tell them to oppose it.
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 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I am in Canada and can't call anyone about KOSA but if you live in the states I'm begging you to call your reps and tell them to oppose it.