Cos!
@algernonentity.bsky.social
hi! i like birds // agender // they/them // neuroatypical // mancunian in glasgow // obsessed with film photography and #lomography // free palestine // fuck AI // no alt text, no follow, no rp
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Cos!
@algernonentity.bsky.social
· Aug 16
hello! my name is Cos and i'm just some agender weirdo pushing 40. i'm into photography & #lomography, #art (fuck AI), music, sci fi and video games (esp sci fi).
i'm very mental, very neurodivergent, chronically ill and spend most of my days managing my symptoms. see my link in bio for more!
i'm very mental, very neurodivergent, chronically ill and spend most of my days managing my symptoms. see my link in bio for more!
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"AI is a tool."
No. Empirically not. A tool empowers people; helps people. It solves an extant problem. Generative AI in creative mediums is being used as a cudgel that diminishes and eliminates people, and the only "problem" being solved is fiscal.
Stop validating it, even in passing.
No. Empirically not. A tool empowers people; helps people. It solves an extant problem. Generative AI in creative mediums is being used as a cudgel that diminishes and eliminates people, and the only "problem" being solved is fiscal.
Stop validating it, even in passing.
November 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
"AI is a tool."
No. Empirically not. A tool empowers people; helps people. It solves an extant problem. Generative AI in creative mediums is being used as a cudgel that diminishes and eliminates people, and the only "problem" being solved is fiscal.
Stop validating it, even in passing.
No. Empirically not. A tool empowers people; helps people. It solves an extant problem. Generative AI in creative mediums is being used as a cudgel that diminishes and eliminates people, and the only "problem" being solved is fiscal.
Stop validating it, even in passing.
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On the other hand, I cannot do my job effectively if a writer isn't there to explain their reasoning for the lines and where it came from to a director, who then translates that into vocal technique to the actor. This is a very collaborative process that requires human interaction and intention.
If your game has voice acting, then working with the voice actors is half of your writing process. It's not complete until you've heard it interpreted and reimagined by a voice actor. And they always reimagine it in ways that elevate the writing, in ways you never would have imagined yourself.
November 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM
On the other hand, I cannot do my job effectively if a writer isn't there to explain their reasoning for the lines and where it came from to a director, who then translates that into vocal technique to the actor. This is a very collaborative process that requires human interaction and intention.
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We are all, at best, temporarily abled.
Yall real silent about disability injustices because most of you don’t see disability as a thing that can happen to you.
We are “aww those poor people”. Meanwhile disability can happen to anyone at any moment and those injustices you ignored? They become your experiences too
We are “aww those poor people”. Meanwhile disability can happen to anyone at any moment and those injustices you ignored? They become your experiences too
November 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM
We are all, at best, temporarily abled.
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The thing that strikes me about replacing voice actors with AI slop is that, in the scope of a big AA/AAA production it barely saves money? These people aren't even full time. It's immizerating people because immizerating people is your goal, nothing more.
November 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The thing that strikes me about replacing voice actors with AI slop is that, in the scope of a big AA/AAA production it barely saves money? These people aren't even full time. It's immizerating people because immizerating people is your goal, nothing more.
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ik i keep harping on that @maitlis.bsky.social, @jonsopel1.bsky.social, @lewisgoodall.com podcast.
here’s emily maitlis in 2017 claiming that primary school children are getting sex change operations.
this is not something that happens. it’s certainly not journalism. it’s straight-up propaganda.
here’s emily maitlis in 2017 claiming that primary school children are getting sex change operations.
this is not something that happens. it’s certainly not journalism. it’s straight-up propaganda.
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
ik i keep harping on that @maitlis.bsky.social, @jonsopel1.bsky.social, @lewisgoodall.com podcast.
here’s emily maitlis in 2017 claiming that primary school children are getting sex change operations.
this is not something that happens. it’s certainly not journalism. it’s straight-up propaganda.
here’s emily maitlis in 2017 claiming that primary school children are getting sex change operations.
this is not something that happens. it’s certainly not journalism. it’s straight-up propaganda.
so some nice folks are sending me a 25 iso 35mm film to test and like. i'm at a loss. the slowest speed film i've ever used is 80. i have no idea at all what to do with a 25 iso film
November 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
so some nice folks are sending me a 25 iso 35mm film to test and like. i'm at a loss. the slowest speed film i've ever used is 80. i have no idea at all what to do with a 25 iso film
i, for one, did not!
yes yes we all know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, rest her soul, but did you know about the ship laden with explosives that sank in the mouth of the Thames in 1944 and could explode at any minute and which attempts to disarm keep failing
November 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
i, for one, did not!
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if you don’t hire VO actors you don’t get to make them laugh, which is one of the great joys in life
November 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
if you don’t hire VO actors you don’t get to make them laugh, which is one of the great joys in life
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My last word on the matter
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
My last word on the matter
honestly if they undo the ridiculous "uk through the lens of an american whose only prior exposure to britain was the episode of friends where they met richard branson running a market stall for comedy purposes" thing i'd be into it, but it seems unlikely.
'V for Vendetta' TV series is in the works at HBO and DC
James Gunn will exec produce
(via Variety)
James Gunn will exec produce
(via Variety)
November 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
honestly if they undo the ridiculous "uk through the lens of an american whose only prior exposure to britain was the episode of friends where they met richard branson running a market stall for comedy purposes" thing i'd be into it, but it seems unlikely.
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credits that include the names of everyone who worked on the game at any point
November 11, 2025 at 4:32 AM
credits that include the names of everyone who worked on the game at any point
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One of the funner moments from my South Africa trip occurred when these two little borbs decided to chase each other on the edge a lagoon.
(They're Black Crakes, btw.)
(They're Black Crakes, btw.)
November 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
One of the funner moments from my South Africa trip occurred when these two little borbs decided to chase each other on the edge a lagoon.
(They're Black Crakes, btw.)
(They're Black Crakes, btw.)
Song of the day: Genesis - Land of Confusion
November 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Song of the day: Genesis - Land of Confusion
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you can't just bring back austin powers. the franchise wrote itself into a corner after he volunteered to stay behind forever in the shagadelic dimension to save foxxy and vanessa. they already brought him back once without explaining how he escaped from fembot island, the audience won't buy it
November 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
you can't just bring back austin powers. the franchise wrote itself into a corner after he volunteered to stay behind forever in the shagadelic dimension to save foxxy and vanessa. they already brought him back once without explaining how he escaped from fembot island, the audience won't buy it
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If you ever use the men's toilets in a pub, bar or venue, you would understand this is unfortunately not an unpopular opinion at all
November 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
If you ever use the men's toilets in a pub, bar or venue, you would understand this is unfortunately not an unpopular opinion at all
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I'm at the dentist, and they've put an artsy print of a molar next to a bunch of lilies on a small table and it feels like I'm at a funeral for a tooth
November 11, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I'm at the dentist, and they've put an artsy print of a molar next to a bunch of lilies on a small table and it feels like I'm at a funeral for a tooth
i'm very hungry but dinner time isn't until like 5ish
November 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
i'm very hungry but dinner time isn't until like 5ish
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welcome to bluesky. if the word "mapquest" means anything to you and/or you used it as a verb, you're in the right place
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 AM
welcome to bluesky. if the word "mapquest" means anything to you and/or you used it as a verb, you're in the right place
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While I never want to go through what they have suffered it is flatly incorrect to believe that next of kin always knows what's best for you.
Lets not forget how Joe Cox was murdered by a radicalised fascist only for her husband to set up a 'be nice to MPs' foundation.
Lets not forget how Joe Cox was murdered by a radicalised fascist only for her husband to set up a 'be nice to MPs' foundation.
November 11, 2025 at 11:32 AM
While I never want to go through what they have suffered it is flatly incorrect to believe that next of kin always knows what's best for you.
Lets not forget how Joe Cox was murdered by a radicalised fascist only for her husband to set up a 'be nice to MPs' foundation.
Lets not forget how Joe Cox was murdered by a radicalised fascist only for her husband to set up a 'be nice to MPs' foundation.
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Mandatory digital ID for all, but no phones for school kids. Also we’re making it so you can’t access the internet without giving all your information to the makers of Fortnite.
November 11, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Mandatory digital ID for all, but no phones for school kids. Also we’re making it so you can’t access the internet without giving all your information to the makers of Fortnite.
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Twenty days later, one of Labour's most foul-mouthed transphobes, Rosie Duffield, has joined Labour's phone pouch campaign.
Why wouldn't she? A campaign that's working to bury the truth about what happened to Brianna, whilst insinuating that she caused her own death? How could Duffield resist?
Why wouldn't she? A campaign that's working to bury the truth about what happened to Brianna, whilst insinuating that she caused her own death? How could Duffield resist?
If you'd just arrived in the UK, you'd think that Brianna Ghey was one of the growing number of children who had taken their own lives, either due to online bullying or pressure from social media algorithms.
You wouldn't think she'd been murdered by two of her classmates in a premeditated attack. 🧵
You wouldn't think she'd been murdered by two of her classmates in a premeditated attack. 🧵
Meeting yesterday with Brianna Ghey's mother Esther - and pupils at Brianna's former school - was a powerful reminder of why controls on social media and smartphone use in schools is so important for children, teachers and parents. (1/2)
November 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Twenty days later, one of Labour's most foul-mouthed transphobes, Rosie Duffield, has joined Labour's phone pouch campaign.
Why wouldn't she? A campaign that's working to bury the truth about what happened to Brianna, whilst insinuating that she caused her own death? How could Duffield resist?
Why wouldn't she? A campaign that's working to bury the truth about what happened to Brianna, whilst insinuating that she caused her own death? How could Duffield resist?
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It’s funny because it’s true
Columbo in his first episode looks like a dog that's just come back from the groomer
November 11, 2025 at 10:31 AM
It’s funny because it’s true
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Fine, I will write the next James Bond.
INT: SEX CASINO, NIGHT
BOND: Hello I am Bond James Bond my car goes NYOOM
CUT TO: ten minutes of a chase in a sports car
BOND: Also my watch is a special watch that makes ladies blouses see through
EXPLOSION
BOND: This film is for grown ups
INT: SEX CASINO, NIGHT
BOND: Hello I am Bond James Bond my car goes NYOOM
CUT TO: ten minutes of a chase in a sports car
BOND: Also my watch is a special watch that makes ladies blouses see through
EXPLOSION
BOND: This film is for grown ups
November 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Fine, I will write the next James Bond.
INT: SEX CASINO, NIGHT
BOND: Hello I am Bond James Bond my car goes NYOOM
CUT TO: ten minutes of a chase in a sports car
BOND: Also my watch is a special watch that makes ladies blouses see through
EXPLOSION
BOND: This film is for grown ups
INT: SEX CASINO, NIGHT
BOND: Hello I am Bond James Bond my car goes NYOOM
CUT TO: ten minutes of a chase in a sports car
BOND: Also my watch is a special watch that makes ladies blouses see through
EXPLOSION
BOND: This film is for grown ups
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HELLO the "israeli" government is passing a bill that allows them to execute "terrorists" in prison.
they see EVERY PALESTINIAN or brown person as a "terrorist"
they are going to round people up, put them in camps and kill them.
we need to be louder about this.
they see EVERY PALESTINIAN or brown person as a "terrorist"
they are going to round people up, put them in camps and kill them.
we need to be louder about this.
November 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
HELLO the "israeli" government is passing a bill that allows them to execute "terrorists" in prison.
they see EVERY PALESTINIAN or brown person as a "terrorist"
they are going to round people up, put them in camps and kill them.
we need to be louder about this.
they see EVERY PALESTINIAN or brown person as a "terrorist"
they are going to round people up, put them in camps and kill them.
we need to be louder about this.
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when are labour gonna realise that until they get rid of starmer this shit just comes off as gaslighting?
November 11, 2025 at 12:46 PM
when are labour gonna realise that until they get rid of starmer this shit just comes off as gaslighting?