The Amber Heart
@amberheart.bsky.social
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once again it is extra enraging when it's being used by organizations that we all know have ample money and proper business infrastructure to pay human artists, but are just looking for ways out of doing so, when the impact on their total budget has got to be like trimming fingernails to lose weight
December 14, 2025 at 8:39 PM
once again it is extra enraging when it's being used by organizations that we all know have ample money and proper business infrastructure to pay human artists, but are just looking for ways out of doing so, when the impact on their total budget has got to be like trimming fingernails to lose weight
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We're long overdue for something to collapse America's cultural hegemony and "say mean things about God's Precious Baby Trump we'll make you sorry if you ever come here" sure seems like it might do the trick.
Want to go to Disneyland? Maybe rethink those mean tweets about US policy: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-12/us-social-media-australia-explainer/106128586
Want to go to Disneyland? Maybe rethink those mean tweets about US policy
Mean tweets about US policy might mean no trip to Disneyland, under a new proposal that would see Australians provide their social media history for the past five years.
www.abc.net.au
December 13, 2025 at 6:35 AM
We're long overdue for something to collapse America's cultural hegemony and "say mean things about God's Precious Baby Trump we'll make you sorry if you ever come here" sure seems like it might do the trick.
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Sorry I think using AI for placeholders is also bad
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I know you only care about finished art but placeholder art also needs to be made by a human being who also needs to be paid for that
But placeholder midjourney slop cuts that artist out
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I know you only care about finished art but placeholder art also needs to be made by a human being who also needs to be paid for that
But placeholder midjourney slop cuts that artist out
December 12, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Sorry I think using AI for placeholders is also bad
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I know you only care about finished art but placeholder art also needs to be made by a human being who also needs to be paid for that
But placeholder midjourney slop cuts that artist out
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I know you only care about finished art but placeholder art also needs to be made by a human being who also needs to be paid for that
But placeholder midjourney slop cuts that artist out
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The thing you need to understand about the Right is that they are absolutely fine just plain burning down higher education if taking it over ideologically doesn’t work. They’re perfectly happy reducing it to ashes.
From the Oklahoma U student paper: the school is now saying it will automatically suspend faculty (with pay) in response to student complaints
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
December 14, 2025 at 1:08 AM
The thing you need to understand about the Right is that they are absolutely fine just plain burning down higher education if taking it over ideologically doesn’t work. They’re perfectly happy reducing it to ashes.
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💀 there are three flavors of leftist in american media:
1. clueless leftist: caring about things is dumb and so is this character
2. deceptive leftist: nobody actually cares about things, likewise this character
3. genocidal leftist: we made a villain and realized he was too sympathetic
1. clueless leftist: caring about things is dumb and so is this character
2. deceptive leftist: nobody actually cares about things, likewise this character
3. genocidal leftist: we made a villain and realized he was too sympathetic
December 14, 2025 at 5:27 AM
💀 there are three flavors of leftist in american media:
1. clueless leftist: caring about things is dumb and so is this character
2. deceptive leftist: nobody actually cares about things, likewise this character
3. genocidal leftist: we made a villain and realized he was too sympathetic
1. clueless leftist: caring about things is dumb and so is this character
2. deceptive leftist: nobody actually cares about things, likewise this character
3. genocidal leftist: we made a villain and realized he was too sympathetic
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"What happened to (show that ended on it's own terms, with 5 seasons, & had no controversies whatsoever)?"
I hate this Youtube format so, so much.
I hate this Youtube format so, so much.
February 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
"What happened to (show that ended on it's own terms, with 5 seasons, & had no controversies whatsoever)?"
I hate this Youtube format so, so much.
I hate this Youtube format so, so much.
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Maybe it's time to find a bunch of people and make up a chore rota to take turns presenting objections in person every day.
Constituents breathing down their necks and making it clear they're serious enough to show up and occupy a person's time and not just a voicemail's.
Constituents breathing down their necks and making it clear they're serious enough to show up and occupy a person's time and not just a voicemail's.
I'm gonna be real honest man, the fact that we have to keep constantly exhorting everyone to call their elected representatives every other day to say "please do not sign off on the Make Life Worse For Everyone Bill please" is intensely degrading, and also a pretty poor sign for a functional society
December 14, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Maybe it's time to find a bunch of people and make up a chore rota to take turns presenting objections in person every day.
Constituents breathing down their necks and making it clear they're serious enough to show up and occupy a person's time and not just a voicemail's.
Constituents breathing down their necks and making it clear they're serious enough to show up and occupy a person's time and not just a voicemail's.
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I just think farming social media engagement by pumping out videos of animals, who broadly are harmed by the environmental impact of AI, absolutely sucks ass, and is a stain on the soul. Literally sit around in a park for an hour, you'll see an animal doing something cute.
December 14, 2025 at 3:19 AM
I just think farming social media engagement by pumping out videos of animals, who broadly are harmed by the environmental impact of AI, absolutely sucks ass, and is a stain on the soul. Literally sit around in a park for an hour, you'll see an animal doing something cute.
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it does all this, as well as poisons the atmosphere around data centers, drains local water supply making residents have to ration water, its being used for fucking FASCISM, its encourging so much mental delusions and inspiring scam artists.
Generative AI has literally zero benefits to society
Generative AI has literally zero benefits to society
AI has actively made life worse for literally everyone
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
December 14, 2025 at 5:59 AM
it does all this, as well as poisons the atmosphere around data centers, drains local water supply making residents have to ration water, its being used for fucking FASCISM, its encourging so much mental delusions and inspiring scam artists.
Generative AI has literally zero benefits to society
Generative AI has literally zero benefits to society
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If devs/publishers genuinely believed AI was 'the future of game design', they wouldn't cry so hard about having to disclose use of it on their steam pages.
December 14, 2025 at 5:45 AM
If devs/publishers genuinely believed AI was 'the future of game design', they wouldn't cry so hard about having to disclose use of it on their steam pages.
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only like 5% of the population of furry world do that public sex hyper stuff and everyone else thinks it's really damn annoying. but it's one of the first things protected in the constitution so there's nothing they can do about it
December 14, 2025 at 7:25 AM
only like 5% of the population of furry world do that public sex hyper stuff and everyone else thinks it's really damn annoying. but it's one of the first things protected in the constitution so there's nothing they can do about it
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Sorry, let me be more constructive, here's a comprehensive guide on why age verification not only _does not_ work, but cannot work — and harms everyone, of all ages, on the internet: www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Age Verification Is Coming For the Internet. We Built You a Resource Hub to Fight Back.
Age verification laws are proliferating fast across the United States and around the world, creating a dangerous and confusing tangle of rules about what we’re all allowed to see and do online. That's...
www.eff.org
December 13, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Sorry, let me be more constructive, here's a comprehensive guide on why age verification not only _does not_ work, but cannot work — and harms everyone, of all ages, on the internet: www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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I have come to terms with the Thing I Hate not being made for me, and have moved on to two splendid pastimes: enjoying Other Things with my time, and being happy that other people enjoy Their Thing.
December 14, 2025 at 7:58 AM
I have come to terms with the Thing I Hate not being made for me, and have moved on to two splendid pastimes: enjoying Other Things with my time, and being happy that other people enjoy Their Thing.
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If you've been using Duolingo for Japanese, please switch to Renshuu immediately, you will not regret it and you may actually learn some Japanese.
I keep seeing posts asking if there are any alternatives to Duolingo for Japanese that don't use AI, and yes there are!!!
Also Mango languages might be free through libraries, but they use AI in course creation.
jtalkonline.com/japanese-stu...
Also Mango languages might be free through libraries, but they use AI in course creation.
jtalkonline.com/japanese-stu...
Japanese Study Apps That DON'T Use AI - Japanese Talk
The plagiarism machine seems to be worming its way into everything. Here's a list of Japanese Study apps That DON'T Use AI!
jtalkonline.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:09 AM
If you've been using Duolingo for Japanese, please switch to Renshuu immediately, you will not regret it and you may actually learn some Japanese.
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This is devastating. One of my favourite games of the year, To a T is a beautiful slice-of-life narrative with some of the best disability messaging I’ve seen in games.
Please play it!
Please play it!
Keita Takahashi said 'To a T' didn't sell well enough. He moved back to Japan with his family, unsure if he will stay in the industry.
store.steampowered.com/app/1875320/...
www.gamesradar.com/games/advent...
store.steampowered.com/app/1875320/...
www.gamesradar.com/games/advent...
December 14, 2025 at 9:33 AM
This is devastating. One of my favourite games of the year, To a T is a beautiful slice-of-life narrative with some of the best disability messaging I’ve seen in games.
Please play it!
Please play it!
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heartbreaking: GACKT just made a good point
From the Stopped Clock Department: Japanese singer/probable vampire GACKT has come out against over-reliance on generative AI after Google's AI falsely reported a tsunami warning had ended. "Are there really idiots who rely on AI during a disaster?"
December 14, 2025 at 6:05 AM
heartbreaking: GACKT just made a good point
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AI has actively made life worse for literally everyone
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
December 14, 2025 at 4:19 AM
AI has actively made life worse for literally everyone
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
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Some facts about Depression
July 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Some facts about Depression
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...then fucking perish.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
December 14, 2025 at 1:22 PM
...then fucking perish.
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Go see live theatre.
Whether it be something grand, a tight 5, or anything in between, it doesn't matter.
It's real. It's in the moment. It's truth.
Whether it be something grand, a tight 5, or anything in between, it doesn't matter.
It's real. It's in the moment. It's truth.
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Go see live theatre.
Whether it be something grand, a tight 5, or anything in between, it doesn't matter.
It's real. It's in the moment. It's truth.
Whether it be something grand, a tight 5, or anything in between, it doesn't matter.
It's real. It's in the moment. It's truth.
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Endlessly quotable www.cityandstateny.com/personality/...
56 best Eric Adams quotes of all time
There may never be another mayor like the bard of the Big Apple.
www.cityandstateny.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Endlessly quotable www.cityandstateny.com/personality/...
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Cool. No closure ever, we are all permament children who exist in an endless now and can never fully appreciate the bittersweetness of mortality; human lives are as endless and commodified as a worn out TV show that never quite reaches the brink of unprofitability, cool cool cool
November 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Cool. No closure ever, we are all permament children who exist in an endless now and can never fully appreciate the bittersweetness of mortality; human lives are as endless and commodified as a worn out TV show that never quite reaches the brink of unprofitability, cool cool cool
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New insult to life itself just dropped
November 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
New insult to life itself just dropped