Mac4Coops
@mac4coops.bsky.social
Cofounder @Amelore.coop. He/him. Fuck white supremacy, fuck the patriarchy, fuck capitalism. Equity for all, let everyone thrive.
I still mask up!
I still mask up!
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www.theverge.com/news/845831/... would be great if we stopped this bs soon
AI’s water and electricity use soars in 2025
It’s guzzling up even more water than expected.
www.theverge.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
www.theverge.com/news/845831/... would be great if we stopped this bs soon
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This is like paying the guys that robbed your house to also burn it down.
Disney is making a $1 billion investment in OpenAI and will let the AI platform use its characters to make social-media videos.
Disney to Invest $1 Billion in OpenAI, License Characters for Use in ChatGPT, Sora
The three-year licensing deal will let users generate videos of more than 200 Disney, Marvel, Star Wars and Pixar characters.
on.wsj.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This is like paying the guys that robbed your house to also burn it down.
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Grateful to The Verge for publishing my essay on why large-language models are not going to achieve general intelligence nor push the scientific frontier.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Is language the same as intelligence? The AI industry desperately needs it to be
The AI boom is based on a fundamental mistake.
www.theverge.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Grateful to The Verge for publishing my essay on why large-language models are not going to achieve general intelligence nor push the scientific frontier.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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It may sound radical, but if one guy has so much wealth and power that he can use the large newspaper he owns to publicly threaten to ruin a service we all rely on, presumably as a bargaining tactic to get lower rates, we probably need to tax that guy until he can't do that anymore.
Exclusive: Amazon has long been USPS’s top customer, providing over $6 billion in annual revenue in 2025.
But Amazon may give up its long-standing partnership with USPS to deliver packages itself, which could spell disaster for the mail agency.
But Amazon may give up its long-standing partnership with USPS to deliver packages itself, which could spell disaster for the mail agency.
Amazon explores cutting ties with USPS, building its own delivery network
Amazon looks into expanding its nationwide delivery network and giving up its longstanding partnership with the U.S. Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
It may sound radical, but if one guy has so much wealth and power that he can use the large newspaper he owns to publicly threaten to ruin a service we all rely on, presumably as a bargaining tactic to get lower rates, we probably need to tax that guy until he can't do that anymore.
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We believe that in the wealthiest city in the wealthiest nation in the history of the world, working people deserve a dignified life.
And to the billionaires who think this movement is an existential threat to their corruption of our democracy: you're right.
And to the billionaires who think this movement is an existential threat to their corruption of our democracy: you're right.
October 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
We believe that in the wealthiest city in the wealthiest nation in the history of the world, working people deserve a dignified life.
And to the billionaires who think this movement is an existential threat to their corruption of our democracy: you're right.
And to the billionaires who think this movement is an existential threat to their corruption of our democracy: you're right.
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Keep pressuring Microsoft to end all complicity!
As a consumer, boycott Microsoft products whenever possible and join the Xbox boycott.
As a consumer, boycott Microsoft products whenever possible and join the Xbox boycott.
September 26, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Keep pressuring Microsoft to end all complicity!
As a consumer, boycott Microsoft products whenever possible and join the Xbox boycott.
As a consumer, boycott Microsoft products whenever possible and join the Xbox boycott.
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Canadians! There is a petition to sign to protest Mastercard and Visa's control over the purchase of legal adult content. This is specifically about the Steam & itchio situation, but language protects adult creators.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
#nsfw #censorship #canpoli
@acvalens.net
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
#nsfw #censorship #canpoli
@acvalens.net
Petition e-6695 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
September 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Kyle McCarley, the original dub actor for Mob in Mob Psycho 100, was recast for season 3 because Crunchyroll wasn't willing to have a single conversation with SAG-AFTRA.
Share a piece of anime lore that lives rent-free in your head.
August 28, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Kyle McCarley, the original dub actor for Mob in Mob Psycho 100, was recast for season 3 because Crunchyroll wasn't willing to have a single conversation with SAG-AFTRA.
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Yo! This Saturday, I'll be dropping my first album in 10 years!! It'll be available everywhere (except Spotify). Here's the first taste, I'll "unveil" more throughout the week 😎
Listening party Aug 23 10am PST: maximumcrash.bandcamp.com/live/s-i-g-n...
🎨 Cover Art by @casualrad.bsky.social
Listening party Aug 23 10am PST: maximumcrash.bandcamp.com/live/s-i-g-n...
🎨 Cover Art by @casualrad.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Yo! This Saturday, I'll be dropping my first album in 10 years!! It'll be available everywhere (except Spotify). Here's the first taste, I'll "unveil" more throughout the week 😎
Listening party Aug 23 10am PST: maximumcrash.bandcamp.com/live/s-i-g-n...
🎨 Cover Art by @casualrad.bsky.social
Listening party Aug 23 10am PST: maximumcrash.bandcamp.com/live/s-i-g-n...
🎨 Cover Art by @casualrad.bsky.social
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Hi, my game just released. It's about the life of a single mother, as seen through the eyes of her child.
If you like small passion projects, it would mean a lot to me for you to check it out, share it and review it.
#indiegames #solodev #gamedev
store.steampowered.com/app/3129110/...
If you like small passion projects, it would mean a lot to me for you to check it out, share it and review it.
#indiegames #solodev #gamedev
store.steampowered.com/app/3129110/...
Save 10% on Camille and Laura on Steam
Camille and Laura is a point and click about the greatest adventure of all - parenting.
store.steampowered.com
August 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Hi, my game just released. It's about the life of a single mother, as seen through the eyes of her child.
If you like small passion projects, it would mean a lot to me for you to check it out, share it and review it.
#indiegames #solodev #gamedev
store.steampowered.com/app/3129110/...
If you like small passion projects, it would mean a lot to me for you to check it out, share it and review it.
#indiegames #solodev #gamedev
store.steampowered.com/app/3129110/...
Check out Camille and Laura on Steam, a handmade and hand-drawn slice of life game about parenting! From an awesome person @bonjourborzoi.bsky.social who put so much love into this experience!
August 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Check out Camille and Laura on Steam, a handmade and hand-drawn slice of life game about parenting! From an awesome person @bonjourborzoi.bsky.social who put so much love into this experience!
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Israel is using Microsoft Azure to store recordings of every phone call made by Palestinians in the occupied territories, then using AI to analyze the contents and select targets. Microsoft is (dubiously) claiming ignorance.
‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians
Revealed: The Israeli military undertook an ambitious project to store a giant trove of Palestinians’ phone calls on Microsoft’s servers in Europe
www.theguardian.com
August 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Israel is using Microsoft Azure to store recordings of every phone call made by Palestinians in the occupied territories, then using AI to analyze the contents and select targets. Microsoft is (dubiously) claiming ignorance.
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it's time to COMPLAIN about the delisting of NSFW games on steam and itch! tell these payment processors that they need to STOP listening to these boring anti-porn thought-policing friendless tossers and START LISTENING to us instead. there is no art without queers, sluts, perverts and weirdoes 💦
Complaint letter! You can copy/paste or edit
You can use the same info for a call!
Paypal:
Phone (US): 1-888-221-1161
Phone (outside US): 1-402-935-2050
Hours: 6am - 6pm PT
Online (for non-users or logged out - UK bc US site ONLY allows logged in users): www.paypal.com/uk/cshelp/co...
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You can use the same info for a call!
Paypal:
Phone (US): 1-888-221-1161
Phone (outside US): 1-402-935-2050
Hours: 6am - 6pm PT
Online (for non-users or logged out - UK bc US site ONLY allows logged in users): www.paypal.com/uk/cshelp/co...
2/🧵
July 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
it's time to COMPLAIN about the delisting of NSFW games on steam and itch! tell these payment processors that they need to STOP listening to these boring anti-porn thought-policing friendless tossers and START LISTENING to us instead. there is no art without queers, sluts, perverts and weirdoes 💦
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Some people on my feed aren't sure what to say. Here's a summary:
• talk about specific platforms that have been threatened
• talk about how their brand is not associated with porn, but capitulation to theocratic extremist orgs
• tell them you'll dump your stock or find a new card holder like Amex
• talk about specific platforms that have been threatened
• talk about how their brand is not associated with porn, but capitulation to theocratic extremist orgs
• tell them you'll dump your stock or find a new card holder like Amex
Maybe we could find out.
Mastercard (US): 1-800-627-8372
Mastercard (Int.): +1-636-722-7111
Visa (US + Can): 1 800 847 2911
Visa (AUS): 1 800 125 440
PayPal: +44-0203-901-7000
Mastercard (US): 1-800-627-8372
Mastercard (Int.): +1-636-722-7111
Visa (US + Can): 1 800 847 2911
Visa (AUS): 1 800 125 440
PayPal: +44-0203-901-7000
Collective Shout, the group that took credit for bullying Mastercard into recently censoring more platforms, stated that apparently it took them ~1000 phonecalls to convince them to give them what they wanted?
We got like way more people than that don't we?
We got like way more people than that don't we?
July 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Some people on my feed aren't sure what to say. Here's a summary:
• talk about specific platforms that have been threatened
• talk about how their brand is not associated with porn, but capitulation to theocratic extremist orgs
• tell them you'll dump your stock or find a new card holder like Amex
• talk about specific platforms that have been threatened
• talk about how their brand is not associated with porn, but capitulation to theocratic extremist orgs
• tell them you'll dump your stock or find a new card holder like Amex
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Here’s a short script:
“Hello, my name is _____, and I would like to file a complaint. I find it troubling that Mastercard is blocking content on (the platforms you use) and making it difficult for me to make legal purchases. I am going to stop using Mastercard if this isn’t rescinded and fixed."
“Hello, my name is _____, and I would like to file a complaint. I find it troubling that Mastercard is blocking content on (the platforms you use) and making it difficult for me to make legal purchases. I am going to stop using Mastercard if this isn’t rescinded and fixed."
Maybe we could find out.
Mastercard (US): 1-800-627-8372
Mastercard (Int.): +1-636-722-7111
Visa (US + Can): 1 800 847 2911
Visa (AUS): 1 800 125 440
PayPal: +44-0203-901-7000
Mastercard (US): 1-800-627-8372
Mastercard (Int.): +1-636-722-7111
Visa (US + Can): 1 800 847 2911
Visa (AUS): 1 800 125 440
PayPal: +44-0203-901-7000
Collective Shout, the group that took credit for bullying Mastercard into recently censoring more platforms, stated that apparently it took them ~1000 phonecalls to convince them to give them what they wanted?
We got like way more people than that don't we?
We got like way more people than that don't we?
July 24, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Here’s a short script:
“Hello, my name is _____, and I would like to file a complaint. I find it troubling that Mastercard is blocking content on (the platforms you use) and making it difficult for me to make legal purchases. I am going to stop using Mastercard if this isn’t rescinded and fixed."
“Hello, my name is _____, and I would like to file a complaint. I find it troubling that Mastercard is blocking content on (the platforms you use) and making it difficult for me to make legal purchases. I am going to stop using Mastercard if this isn’t rescinded and fixed."
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Maybe we could find out.
Mastercard (US): 1-800-627-8372
Mastercard (Int.): +1-636-722-7111
Visa (US + Can): 1 800 847 2911
Visa (AUS): 1 800 125 440
PayPal: +44-0203-901-7000
Mastercard (US): 1-800-627-8372
Mastercard (Int.): +1-636-722-7111
Visa (US + Can): 1 800 847 2911
Visa (AUS): 1 800 125 440
PayPal: +44-0203-901-7000
Collective Shout, the group that took credit for bullying Mastercard into recently censoring more platforms, stated that apparently it took them ~1000 phonecalls to convince them to give them what they wanted?
We got like way more people than that don't we?
We got like way more people than that don't we?
ok then. one angle of attack then needs to be actively bombarding Visa and Mastercard's phone numbers and emails.
are customer support phone numbers/emails the best avenue to start with or is there a better option?
are customer support phone numbers/emails the best avenue to start with or is there a better option?
July 24, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Maybe we could find out.
Mastercard (US): 1-800-627-8372
Mastercard (Int.): +1-636-722-7111
Visa (US + Can): 1 800 847 2911
Visa (AUS): 1 800 125 440
PayPal: +44-0203-901-7000
Mastercard (US): 1-800-627-8372
Mastercard (Int.): +1-636-722-7111
Visa (US + Can): 1 800 847 2911
Visa (AUS): 1 800 125 440
PayPal: +44-0203-901-7000
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Consume Me just got delisted in a wave of delistings on itchio. It's a semi-autographical game about disordered eating. It won the grand prize at the most recent IGF awards.
When storefronts start mass bannings, everything is threatened.
When storefronts start mass bannings, everything is threatened.
July 24, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Consume Me just got delisted in a wave of delistings on itchio. It's a semi-autographical game about disordered eating. It won the grand prize at the most recent IGF awards.
When storefronts start mass bannings, everything is threatened.
When storefronts start mass bannings, everything is threatened.
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To clarify: Boston doesn’t need a mayor who only recently registered as a (Blue Dog) Democrat before launching his campaign, but voted Republican in the 2016 Presidential election cycle, & has supported MAGA anti-choice, anti-marriage equality, election denier federal candidates around the country…
July 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
To clarify: Boston doesn’t need a mayor who only recently registered as a (Blue Dog) Democrat before launching his campaign, but voted Republican in the 2016 Presidential election cycle, & has supported MAGA anti-choice, anti-marriage equality, election denier federal candidates around the country…
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So, if we really want to tackle the loneliness problem, we need to prevent paid work from demanding so much of our time and energy that we can't (or simply don't want to) contribute to a shared project of care. Because that pressure is at the core of both loneliness and inequalities in care. 4/
July 15, 2025 at 9:45 PM
So, if we really want to tackle the loneliness problem, we need to prevent paid work from demanding so much of our time and energy that we can't (or simply don't want to) contribute to a shared project of care. Because that pressure is at the core of both loneliness and inequalities in care. 4/
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ICE killed a farm worker who was just doing their job. Murdered.
July 11, 2025 at 9:15 PM
ICE killed a farm worker who was just doing their job. Murdered.
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#PortfolioDay yay!
We do: gameplay & AI programming, concept art, 3D sculpting & modelling, environment design, rigging & animation, and more.
We offer Unreal Engine game development support, as well as 3D characters, from concept to playable in engine.
www.artstation.com/amelore_coop
We do: gameplay & AI programming, concept art, 3D sculpting & modelling, environment design, rigging & animation, and more.
We offer Unreal Engine game development support, as well as 3D characters, from concept to playable in engine.
www.artstation.com/amelore_coop
July 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
#PortfolioDay yay!
We do: gameplay & AI programming, concept art, 3D sculpting & modelling, environment design, rigging & animation, and more.
We offer Unreal Engine game development support, as well as 3D characters, from concept to playable in engine.
www.artstation.com/amelore_coop
We do: gameplay & AI programming, concept art, 3D sculpting & modelling, environment design, rigging & animation, and more.
We offer Unreal Engine game development support, as well as 3D characters, from concept to playable in engine.
www.artstation.com/amelore_coop
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We should probably be clear eyed about the fact that Microsoft purchased a huge roster of some of the world's best game development studios only to turn around and use them all as kindling for its ill-begotten AI boondoggle
July 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
We should probably be clear eyed about the fact that Microsoft purchased a huge roster of some of the world's best game development studios only to turn around and use them all as kindling for its ill-begotten AI boondoggle
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We've done it; we've reached 100 followers for the preview page!
So, here's why Allison feels this is the most important game that she has ever designed (and maybe ever will).
If you've followed, thank you! If you haven't, maybe this will encourage you to!
gamefound.com/en/projects/...
So, here's why Allison feels this is the most important game that she has ever designed (and maybe ever will).
If you've followed, thank you! If you haven't, maybe this will encourage you to!
gamefound.com/en/projects/...
July 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
We've done it; we've reached 100 followers for the preview page!
So, here's why Allison feels this is the most important game that she has ever designed (and maybe ever will).
If you've followed, thank you! If you haven't, maybe this will encourage you to!
gamefound.com/en/projects/...
So, here's why Allison feels this is the most important game that she has ever designed (and maybe ever will).
If you've followed, thank you! If you haven't, maybe this will encourage you to!
gamefound.com/en/projects/...
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ok but seriously cancel your game pass. with the BDS boycott and the microsoft higher ups constantly bleeding their developers for the most miniscule of gains you'd be doing yourself a favor in the long run not giving those assholes your money. with every passing month they get all the more ghoulish
July 3, 2025 at 12:52 AM
ok but seriously cancel your game pass. with the BDS boycott and the microsoft higher ups constantly bleeding their developers for the most miniscule of gains you'd be doing yourself a favor in the long run not giving those assholes your money. with every passing month they get all the more ghoulish