slab
@slabbityslab.bsky.social
Thirty-something lapsed speedrunner and software engineer. she/her.
Other places I am: https://thread-local.net/profile/
Other places I am: https://thread-local.net/profile/
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My beloved...
December 24, 2025 at 12:11 PM
My beloved...
I count 25 cuts in 45 seconds of advertisement.
McDonald's has released an AI-generated Christmas ad
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
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The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
Comments have been turned off on YouTube
December 8, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I count 25 cuts in 45 seconds of advertisement.
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I gave the IFPA my view of the trans-exclusionary OBX pinball tournament. I reject the notion that it's the responsibility of trans people to compromise with transphobia, and also reject that it's just a "women's issue".
arborelia.net/ifpa-obx.html
arborelia.net/ifpa-obx.html
ifpa-obx
obsidian - ifpa-obx
arborelia.net
November 10, 2025 at 5:51 AM
I gave the IFPA my view of the trans-exclusionary OBX pinball tournament. I reject the notion that it's the responsibility of trans people to compromise with transphobia, and also reject that it's just a "women's issue".
arborelia.net/ifpa-obx.html
arborelia.net/ifpa-obx.html
All HW zones get tweaks to have at least two aetherytes (Coerthas West gets one outside of Dusk Vigil, Hinterlands gets one on both sides, Sea of Clouds gets a third on the east side, Azys Lla gets a second over in the southeast quadrant)
#wolqotd #wolquestion
You have been granted one (1) minor boon from Yoshi-P: you can add, subtract, or change something about FFXIV in a *minor* way, no restructuring entire systems or expac stories, nothing that changes the course of the narrative. What do you choose?
You have been granted one (1) minor boon from Yoshi-P: you can add, subtract, or change something about FFXIV in a *minor* way, no restructuring entire systems or expac stories, nothing that changes the course of the narrative. What do you choose?
November 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
All HW zones get tweaks to have at least two aetherytes (Coerthas West gets one outside of Dusk Vigil, Hinterlands gets one on both sides, Sea of Clouds gets a third on the east side, Azys Lla gets a second over in the southeast quadrant)
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I hate that this what our entire economy has become. Endless growth is what cancer does. Why can't we be happy with stability?
October 29, 2025 at 3:44 AM
I hate that this what our entire economy has become. Endless growth is what cancer does. Why can't we be happy with stability?
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The great irony of CWs and tagging systems is platforms identified them as easy ways to moderate content at the insistence of app stores and paypros. So now we all have to go back to an era where nothing gets tagged and nothing gets a CW
This is why Bluesky introduced the tagging system, so you are in control of what you see on your feed. But now the platform punishes artists for tagging their works correctly by removing art instead of adding more granular controls
maybe a hot take but I can absolutely see why bluesky doesn’t want to permit what equates to rape porn for most people. it’s a sensitive subject for a lot of people. reddit still exists.
September 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The great irony of CWs and tagging systems is platforms identified them as easy ways to moderate content at the insistence of app stores and paypros. So now we all have to go back to an era where nothing gets tagged and nothing gets a CW
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I've been saying it, but I'm gonna let her say it better
Do not put your name on a website to register for a rally in this political climate. What the fuck's wrong with y'all. Are there any people of color that work at this org who might knock some sense into your peach colored heads.
We need your help to make October 18 the biggest peaceful protest of the year. Please spread the word, register your local event as soon as you can, and start RSVPing for the local protests to help build momentum: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
September 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I've been saying it, but I'm gonna let her say it better
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To my fellow cishet dudes: when we are quiet about supporting the trans community, the only voices anyone hears are the Charlie Kirks of the world. Don't let accusations of being "performative" or "virtue signaling" shut you up - that's their whole point. Our voices are needed now more than ever.
September 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
To my fellow cishet dudes: when we are quiet about supporting the trans community, the only voices anyone hears are the Charlie Kirks of the world. Don't let accusations of being "performative" or "virtue signaling" shut you up - that's their whole point. Our voices are needed now more than ever.
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At @leadstories.com we've been debunking a stream of these. Seems like a network operating out of Vietnam churning out dozens of versions of the same stories using the same AI prompts but with different celebrities and locations inserted.
Someone just sent me a bunch of examples of these. Apparently the site is flooded with them.
There's gotta be a story behind all of these.
There's gotta be a story behind all of these.
September 13, 2025 at 10:17 AM
At @leadstories.com we've been debunking a stream of these. Seems like a network operating out of Vietnam churning out dozens of versions of the same stories using the same AI prompts but with different celebrities and locations inserted.
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Someone just sent me a bunch of examples of these. Apparently the site is flooded with them.
There's gotta be a story behind all of these.
There's gotta be a story behind all of these.
September 13, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Someone just sent me a bunch of examples of these. Apparently the site is flooded with them.
There's gotta be a story behind all of these.
There's gotta be a story behind all of these.
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How close did we get yesterday to some trans person, somewhere, getting killed because the Wall Street Journal decided to lie about this
September 12, 2025 at 2:46 PM
How close did we get yesterday to some trans person, somewhere, getting killed because the Wall Street Journal decided to lie about this
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how do you know that, apple
September 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
how do you know that, apple
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I feel there can be no canon of games that doesn't *at the very least* include tiny Finnish demoscene games, Polystation and Gameboy hacks from the Middle East and LATAM, half-translated hacked ROMs from South Europe, mobile games from Africa, and the entire corpus of mini-iterative RPGs from Asia.
September 9, 2025 at 2:11 AM
I feel there can be no canon of games that doesn't *at the very least* include tiny Finnish demoscene games, Polystation and Gameboy hacks from the Middle East and LATAM, half-translated hacked ROMs from South Europe, mobile games from Africa, and the entire corpus of mini-iterative RPGs from Asia.
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EVEN if you can, somehow, delude yourself into justifying staying at the Nazi bar, the business case for staying on Substack also no longer makes sense.
Get the hell off Substack before you literally can’t anymore without blowing up your business
August 31, 2025 at 7:22 PM
EVEN if you can, somehow, delude yourself into justifying staying at the Nazi bar, the business case for staying on Substack also no longer makes sense.
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The IRS wants Americans to weigh in on Direct File, the agency's free tax filing program.
We already know Direct File has been widely popular and successful.
The program could save Americans billions annually between filing fees and time costs.
www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs...
We already know Direct File has been widely popular and successful.
The program could save Americans billions annually between filing fees and time costs.
www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs...
IRS asks for public input on free tax filing options to inform congressional report | Internal Revenue Service
IR-2025-85, Aug. 21, 2025 — The IRS invites the public to participate in an anonymous feedback survey on tax preparation and filing options, which will run through Sept. 5, 2025.
www.irs.gov
August 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The IRS wants Americans to weigh in on Direct File, the agency's free tax filing program.
We already know Direct File has been widely popular and successful.
The program could save Americans billions annually between filing fees and time costs.
www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs...
We already know Direct File has been widely popular and successful.
The program could save Americans billions annually between filing fees and time costs.
www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs...
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so an app providing censorship bypass tools to mainly chinese users got kicked off play store a while ago cuz the verification expired and per (new?) policies the developer must now list their real name & address; guess what someone threatened by a totalitarian superpower might not want to share?
Google wants to make sideloading Android apps safer by verifying developers’ identities
Google wants to make sideloading Android apps safer by verifying developers’ identities
Google wants to verify the identity of all developers who distribute apps on Android, even if it’s outside the Play Store
www.androidauthority.com
August 26, 2025 at 6:57 AM
so an app providing censorship bypass tools to mainly chinese users got kicked off play store a while ago cuz the verification expired and per (new?) policies the developer must now list their real name & address; guess what someone threatened by a totalitarian superpower might not want to share?
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i am out of estradiol patches because AI made a fucky wucky :)
August 26, 2025 at 12:34 AM
i am out of estradiol patches because AI made a fucky wucky :)
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This how to participate for FFXIV's MH collab is so fucking funny
August 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This how to participate for FFXIV's MH collab is so fucking funny
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Enough people said they wanted to see the final slide deck, so I took the time to put it on my non-teacher github so I could share it. I didn't end up getting in trouble. I ended up being encouraged by a colleague to share it with my dept chair, and he liked it
authorblues.github.io/lecture-slid...
authorblues.github.io/lecture-slid...
August 18, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Enough people said they wanted to see the final slide deck, so I took the time to put it on my non-teacher github so I could share it. I didn't end up getting in trouble. I ended up being encouraged by a colleague to share it with my dept chair, and he liked it
authorblues.github.io/lecture-slid...
authorblues.github.io/lecture-slid...
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Oh, look. It's that thing everyone predicted would happen when you give them an inch
The Supreme Court says Mississippi can force people who use platforms like Instagram, X, Bluesky and Reddit to scan their face or otherwise prove who they are to access content on those platforms.
Just a few weeks ago, we were told that would only ever apply to "porn."
Just a few weeks ago, we were told that would only ever apply to "porn."
Supreme Court issues ruling on emergency relief to Big Tech over Mississippi social media law
An internet industry trade group representing Facebook, X and others pressed a First Amendment challenge and asked the justices for emergency relief.
www.msnbc.com
August 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Oh, look. It's that thing everyone predicted would happen when you give them an inch