America’s #1 Rose Maddox Stan
@wolter.bsky.social
Just a guy who did an antifascist drawing once, and used to tweet about Holiday Road. Also just a guy not actually named Nolan.
I have an itchy block finger and am often in a foul mood, but I swear I’m often nice!
Co-host of @MMISpodcast.bsky.social
He/Him
I have an itchy block finger and am often in a foul mood, but I swear I’m often nice!
Co-host of @MMISpodcast.bsky.social
He/Him
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We have been taught for so long (my generation especially) that the biggest sin in life is to let someone get one up on you. So what? Life isn’t a contest; the people selling you that already consider you the pawns in their game. Empathy being destroyed is the death of anything good in human culture
This is literally the most sincere statement I have ever made online and ever will. I believe it to my bones and the day I stop believing it is the day I am no longer me, and I hope it’s the day I die.
I think part of this is that anyone who actually makes art knows how hard it it to get as good as you want to be, and knows that just showing and telling people how they do it is only the first step. They still have to put in the work.
In my experience, many artists LOVE explaining tricks of the trade. People often go out of their way to make free tutorials for no reason other than to share it. It’s so anti-human to pretend art has ever been anything but a social activity that is small d-democratic.
The "Frieren angle" thing, apart from just being delightful, also completely demolishes the pathetic "AI is democratising art" argument. Someone struggling with a difficult drawing received advice from hundreds of strangers who just wanted to help them improve their art.
November 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I think part of this is that anyone who actually makes art knows how hard it it to get as good as you want to be, and knows that just showing and telling people how they do it is only the first step. They still have to put in the work.
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Also, VET your damn candidates especially the ones with NO meaningful history of political experience in their stated party. You all rush to vote in the latest person who tickles your ears without showing what they’re truly made of.
November 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Also, VET your damn candidates especially the ones with NO meaningful history of political experience in their stated party. You all rush to vote in the latest person who tickles your ears without showing what they’re truly made of.
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I don’t care if they’re switching from Dem to GOP or GOP to Dem. The people voted for you to empower the party that most reflects their interests for their local area or nation. This crap should demand an immediate recall so the electorate can decide to keep or dump the “new” you.
Another Democratic Florida legislator is joining the Republican supermajority.
“I will be joining the Republican Conference of the Florida House of Representatives because I believe in their vision for a better, more prosperous Florida,” State Rep. Hillary Cassel, of Dania Beach said.
“I will be joining the Republican Conference of the Florida House of Representatives because I believe in their vision for a better, more prosperous Florida,” State Rep. Hillary Cassel, of Dania Beach said.
This South Florida legislator says she’s switching party affiliation to Republican
A state legislator from South Florida said Friday she is switching her political party affiliation from Democrat to Republican.
www.sun-sentinel.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I don’t care if they’re switching from Dem to GOP or GOP to Dem. The people voted for you to empower the party that most reflects their interests for their local area or nation. This crap should demand an immediate recall so the electorate can decide to keep or dump the “new” you.
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People are facing down masked men with GUNS in their cul de sacs while wearing sweats and flip flops. USians are in the streets.
November 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
People are facing down masked men with GUNS in their cul de sacs while wearing sweats and flip flops. USians are in the streets.
Huge diss on @fartsjohnson.bsky.social by the Joker.
November 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Huge diss on @fartsjohnson.bsky.social by the Joker.
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“if I can suck up their time”
Ladies, nerds of all stripes, neurodivergents of every variety, when I tell you how MADE you were for this moment
Ladies, nerds of all stripes, neurodivergents of every variety, when I tell you how MADE you were for this moment
"I can help some people"
GO TELL YOUR WHITE SONS... THIS IS YOUR HERO!
GO TELL YOUR WHITE SONS... THIS IS YOUR HERO!
November 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
“if I can suck up their time”
Ladies, nerds of all stripes, neurodivergents of every variety, when I tell you how MADE you were for this moment
Ladies, nerds of all stripes, neurodivergents of every variety, when I tell you how MADE you were for this moment
In my experience, many artists LOVE explaining tricks of the trade. People often go out of their way to make free tutorials for no reason other than to share it. It’s so anti-human to pretend art has ever been anything but a social activity that is small d-democratic.
The "Frieren angle" thing, apart from just being delightful, also completely demolishes the pathetic "AI is democratising art" argument. Someone struggling with a difficult drawing received advice from hundreds of strangers who just wanted to help them improve their art.
November 20, 2025 at 7:25 PM
In my experience, many artists LOVE explaining tricks of the trade. People often go out of their way to make free tutorials for no reason other than to share it. It’s so anti-human to pretend art has ever been anything but a social activity that is small d-democratic.
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The "Frieren angle" thing, apart from just being delightful, also completely demolishes the pathetic "AI is democratising art" argument. Someone struggling with a difficult drawing received advice from hundreds of strangers who just wanted to help them improve their art.
November 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The "Frieren angle" thing, apart from just being delightful, also completely demolishes the pathetic "AI is democratising art" argument. Someone struggling with a difficult drawing received advice from hundreds of strangers who just wanted to help them improve their art.
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I turned this off in my email, and as Monica notes in her follow up post, it killed the Promotions, Updates, and Social tabs in my email. Which is fucking infuriating. I'm so goddamn sick of GenAI stealing every fucking thing it can just to be mid. I'll live without the tabs, you don't get my words.
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I turned this off in my email, and as Monica notes in her follow up post, it killed the Promotions, Updates, and Social tabs in my email. Which is fucking infuriating. I'm so goddamn sick of GenAI stealing every fucking thing it can just to be mid. I'll live without the tabs, you don't get my words.
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What's kind of evil about this is that unchecking this box removes the "inbox categories" function which was the DEFAULT VIEW in Gmail for years. Deeply anti-user design!
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
What's kind of evil about this is that unchecking this box removes the "inbox categories" function which was the DEFAULT VIEW in Gmail for years. Deeply anti-user design!
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I would've preferred to see it far sooner, but it's nice to *finally* see a member of the White House press corps snapping back a correction when a misstatement has been made.
Leavitt: Why aren't you talking about what these members of congress are doing to encourage violence…. They're literally saying to 1.3 million active duty service members not to follow lawful orders
Reporter: Actually they said illegal orders.
Reporter: Actually they said illegal orders.
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I would've preferred to see it far sooner, but it's nice to *finally* see a member of the White House press corps snapping back a correction when a misstatement has been made.
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It's also rather telling that any attempt to make a "conservative version of Wikipedia" basically goes full nazi almost immediately
That the richest man in the world is determined to jam fascist misinformation into mainstream discourse is an emergency. I don't know how else we can talk about it.
www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...
www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...
November 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
It's also rather telling that any attempt to make a "conservative version of Wikipedia" basically goes full nazi almost immediately
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Every day, someone yells at me that if something was truly illegal, it wouldn't be allowed to happen.
Please, I am begging you, understand that ILLEGAL AND IMPOSSIBLE ARE NOT SYNONYMOUS.
Please, I am begging you, understand that ILLEGAL AND IMPOSSIBLE ARE NOT SYNONYMOUS.
November 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Every day, someone yells at me that if something was truly illegal, it wouldn't be allowed to happen.
Please, I am begging you, understand that ILLEGAL AND IMPOSSIBLE ARE NOT SYNONYMOUS.
Please, I am begging you, understand that ILLEGAL AND IMPOSSIBLE ARE NOT SYNONYMOUS.
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See also: "You can beat the rap, but you can't beat the ride."
Every day someone calls me and tells me that they don't understand how [thing] is happening to them because it's illegal.
Every day I explain that the law doesn't prevent actions, it only prohibits them.
Every day I explain that the law doesn't prevent actions, it only prohibits them.
November 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
See also: "You can beat the rap, but you can't beat the ride."
Oh fuuuuck this.
saw that google was opting every gmail user into feeding everything into gemini via "smart features," opted out, and google retaliated by disabling non-LLM features like the promotions and updates tab, fucking up my inbox. very cool
November 20, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Oh fuuuuck this.
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If Spotify symbolized the major labels plowing a camera-surveilled 8-lane highway through the thickets and warrens of mp3s and blogs, their approval of A.I. will quickly populate those crowded roads with giant, ugly, gas-guzzling pickup trucks that you can't pass
All three major record labels — Universal Music, Sony Music and Warner Music — have reportedly licensed their works to a music AI streaming service
Major Music Labels Strike Deals With New AI Streaming Service
The world’s largest music companies have licensed their works to a music startup called Klay, which is building a streaming service that will allow users to remake songs using artificial intelligence ...
www.bloomberg.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
If Spotify symbolized the major labels plowing a camera-surveilled 8-lane highway through the thickets and warrens of mp3s and blogs, their approval of A.I. will quickly populate those crowded roads with giant, ugly, gas-guzzling pickup trucks that you can't pass
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Dr. Barr from the TOP FUCKNG ROPE
November 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Dr. Barr from the TOP FUCKNG ROPE
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To note, folks: This was an accurate and correct use of the term "lost media."
Home video recording tech did not exist until 1976. Broadcast masters were thought to be destroyed. No recording would have existed, period. *THAT* is lost media.
Home video recording tech did not exist until 1976. Broadcast masters were thought to be destroyed. No recording would have existed, period. *THAT* is lost media.
The "Golgo 13" anime (from 1971) will be released on Blu-ray in Japan.
This series was considered lost until the masters were found two years ago.
natalie.mu/comic/news/6...
This series was considered lost until the masters were found two years ago.
natalie.mu/comic/news/6...
November 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
To note, folks: This was an accurate and correct use of the term "lost media."
Home video recording tech did not exist until 1976. Broadcast masters were thought to be destroyed. No recording would have existed, period. *THAT* is lost media.
Home video recording tech did not exist until 1976. Broadcast masters were thought to be destroyed. No recording would have existed, period. *THAT* is lost media.
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Dennis Hastert Just Going To Assume He Welcome Back In GOP
November 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Dennis Hastert Just Going To Assume He Welcome Back In GOP
Everyone racing to attack working actors for doing “bad” projects needs to remember to look for details like this. Companies often do their damnedest to squeeze wherever they can out of existing performances to make a buck.
Wait holy shit, a nice correction on this story - THESE CELEBS DIDNT KNOW ABOUT THIS PROJECT. They recorded voices 15 years ago for an audio bible project and Fox is repurposing it bsky.app/profile/falc...
Okay, this is kind of wild? www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
November 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Everyone racing to attack working actors for doing “bad” projects needs to remember to look for details like this. Companies often do their damnedest to squeeze wherever they can out of existing performances to make a buck.
Those bastards. Yeah. Turn this off. I just did.
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Those bastards. Yeah. Turn this off. I just did.
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Trump ranting about sedition, hangings, and death because some members of Congress said that US military personnel have to follow US law is quite bad, yes.
But it's frustrated impotence more than actionable threat.
He can't get James Comey in jail, he's far from able to murder members of Congress.
But it's frustrated impotence more than actionable threat.
He can't get James Comey in jail, he's far from able to murder members of Congress.
November 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Trump ranting about sedition, hangings, and death because some members of Congress said that US military personnel have to follow US law is quite bad, yes.
But it's frustrated impotence more than actionable threat.
He can't get James Comey in jail, he's far from able to murder members of Congress.
But it's frustrated impotence more than actionable threat.
He can't get James Comey in jail, he's far from able to murder members of Congress.
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A lot of people upset about this should bear in mind that the audio was recorded 15 years ago for an audio book.
This is about a corporation fucking over actors.
This is about a corporation fucking over actors.
A lot of actors in here making terrible choices but I have the most noise for Sean Astin who is the sitting SAG-AFTRA president and has a fiduciary duty to not fuck around with fascists
He should watch the Lord of the Rings. It has lessons!
www.avclub.com/fox-news-nat...
He should watch the Lord of the Rings. It has lessons!
www.avclub.com/fox-news-nat...
Fox News decides it was being insufficiently Jesus-y
Fox News decides it was being insufficiently Jesus-y
www.avclub.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
A lot of people upset about this should bear in mind that the audio was recorded 15 years ago for an audio book.
This is about a corporation fucking over actors.
This is about a corporation fucking over actors.
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“Mister Rockford, this is the clerk at LA Superior Court. I know the judge said he never wants to see you face again but that doesn’t mean you can fail to appear.”
November 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM
“Mister Rockford, this is the clerk at LA Superior Court. I know the judge said he never wants to see you face again but that doesn’t mean you can fail to appear.”
Thank goodness we live in a sane and just society where anyone who heads the executive branch saying something like this would be immediately impeached as a dangerous authoritarian demogogue threatening the entire system he was ostensibly elected to safeguard.
'HANG THEM': Trump Boosts Message Calling For Executing Democrats In Congress www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
'HANG THEM': Trump Boosts Message Calling For Executing Democrats In Congress
In a series of unhinged social media posts, he also called it “punishable by DEATH” that lawmakers released a video urging military service members to disobey unlawful orders.
www.huffpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Thank goodness we live in a sane and just society where anyone who heads the executive branch saying something like this would be immediately impeached as a dangerous authoritarian demogogue threatening the entire system he was ostensibly elected to safeguard.