von Explaino
@vonexplaino.com
Steampulp omnitologist. Ludicrology a specialty. Coder in PHP, Go, and JS. Puns ala cart.
He/ him.
Hear me at @CopperheartPod
Anti-fascism.
Views are my own, not my employer.
Brisbane, Q, Australia
https://vonexplaino.com/
He/ him.
Hear me at @CopperheartPod
Anti-fascism.
Views are my own, not my employer.
Brisbane, Q, Australia
https://vonexplaino.com/
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Bottom line: if you want to participate in communities where art is valued, stay away from AI. Don't use it as a placeholder. Don't use it as a joke. Don't use it to conceptualize. Don't use it to roleplay.
As the technology currently exists, there is NO ethical use for generative AI. None.
As the technology currently exists, there is NO ethical use for generative AI. None.
November 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Bottom line: if you want to participate in communities where art is valued, stay away from AI. Don't use it as a placeholder. Don't use it as a joke. Don't use it to conceptualize. Don't use it to roleplay.
As the technology currently exists, there is NO ethical use for generative AI. None.
As the technology currently exists, there is NO ethical use for generative AI. None.
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
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This evil is returning. Call your local elected officials and ask what they're going to do to stop it.
“Children relied on neighbors and strangers to pick them up outside their homes after school,” WJTV reported following the 2019 raids. “They drove the children to a community center where ppl tried to keep them calm. But many kids could not stop crying for mom and dad.” www.wjtv.com/news/childre...
November 24, 2024 at 9:52 PM
This evil is returning. Call your local elected officials and ask what they're going to do to stop it.
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Saw this and had to repost. <3 Credit to Marpal Embroidery for the work!
November 29, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Saw this and had to repost. <3 Credit to Marpal Embroidery for the work!
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Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
The user interprets AI as damage and routes around it.
November 25, 2025 at 3:03 AM
The user interprets AI as damage and routes around it.
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Anyway time to post this again.
AI is a tool of fascism.
AI is a tool of fascism.
November 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Anyway time to post this again.
AI is a tool of fascism.
AI is a tool of fascism.
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Women Pro GMs, tag yourselves below! 💖
We’re making a new starter pack, so let us know if you want to be added. Also, feel free to include a link to your games.
Let’s celebrate incredible storytellers, and telling women’s stories 🙌
(This is inclusive of all women. Trans women are women).
We’re making a new starter pack, so let us know if you want to be added. Also, feel free to include a link to your games.
Let’s celebrate incredible storytellers, and telling women’s stories 🙌
(This is inclusive of all women. Trans women are women).
November 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Women Pro GMs, tag yourselves below! 💖
We’re making a new starter pack, so let us know if you want to be added. Also, feel free to include a link to your games.
Let’s celebrate incredible storytellers, and telling women’s stories 🙌
(This is inclusive of all women. Trans women are women).
We’re making a new starter pack, so let us know if you want to be added. Also, feel free to include a link to your games.
Let’s celebrate incredible storytellers, and telling women’s stories 🙌
(This is inclusive of all women. Trans women are women).
I don't get it. I went outside and yelled at the unseasonably strong thunderstorm that I didn't believe in climate change, and it just threw bigger hail at me. Why doesn't it understand that it's a haox? /s
November 24, 2025 at 5:33 AM
I don't get it. I went outside and yelled at the unseasonably strong thunderstorm that I didn't believe in climate change, and it just threw bigger hail at me. Why doesn't it understand that it's a haox? /s
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"Two very rectangular gentlemen walked into the room. Their uniforms were a fusion of tactical gear and anti-concussive plate armour. Machado felt that he may not be capable of such a blast but took the compliment anyway."
invisiblespiders.com
invisiblespiders.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:26 PM
"Two very rectangular gentlemen walked into the room. Their uniforms were a fusion of tactical gear and anti-concussive plate armour. Machado felt that he may not be capable of such a blast but took the compliment anyway."
invisiblespiders.com
invisiblespiders.com
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Gmail users!!
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Gmail users!!
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
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I shouldn't be rooting for him
and yet
and yet
November 21, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I shouldn't be rooting for him
and yet
and yet
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Beautiful! I have welcomed my own personal Great Unfuckening.
"The filter you’re losing wasn’t protecting you. It was protecting everyone else from your truth.
"And your truth? It’s not the problem."
"The filter you’re losing wasn’t protecting you. It was protecting everyone else from your truth.
"And your truth? It’s not the problem."
November 16, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Beautiful! I have welcomed my own personal Great Unfuckening.
"The filter you’re losing wasn’t protecting you. It was protecting everyone else from your truth.
"And your truth? It’s not the problem."
"The filter you’re losing wasn’t protecting you. It was protecting everyone else from your truth.
"And your truth? It’s not the problem."
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I haven’t used Bluesky at all for promoting our DnD stream. But we’re very early into Rime of the Frostmaiden, it’s going to be a chill fishing episode, and we go live in 2.5 hours from now. Come join us over at twitch.tv/GettingDicey #kiwirpg #actualplay
GettingDicey - Twitch
Getting Dicey is an actual play Dungeons and Dragons podcast recorded in Wellington, New Zealand.
twitch.tv
November 17, 2025 at 4:30 AM
I haven’t used Bluesky at all for promoting our DnD stream. But we’re very early into Rime of the Frostmaiden, it’s going to be a chill fishing episode, and we go live in 2.5 hours from now. Come join us over at twitch.tv/GettingDicey #kiwirpg #actualplay
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November 11, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Why was it called Mansplaining, and not Himposther?
November 17, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Why was it called Mansplaining, and not Himposther?
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steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
Insulting to the players, insulting to the IP, insulting to the medium, the developers. And the craft itself. Fuck you executives who pushed this garbage.
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI art slop, because your $70 means nothing anymore
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI generated artwork which makes the $70 feel like a complete rip-off.
frvr.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
Today's morning was interrupted by finding an injured pigeon. Off to the vets and handed over. They're good vets.
November 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Today's morning was interrupted by finding an injured pigeon. Off to the vets and handed over. They're good vets.
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Not enough current policy makers, politicians, or CEOs played Werewolf: the Apocalypse in their formative university years, and it shows.
November 14, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Not enough current policy makers, politicians, or CEOs played Werewolf: the Apocalypse in their formative university years, and it shows.
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Fucking horrifying (and great) article.
Prof Marcus Carter is doing great work.
Prof Marcus Carter is doing great work.
This story by Sarah Martin has generated huge interest today all around the world. A question it poses for Aus - why is Roblox not in the government's social media ban?
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
My chilling week on Roblox: sexually assaulted and shat on as a child avatar roaming the online world
In seven days my young alter ego is cyberbullied and attacked while exploring clubs, casinos and horror games, all with parental controls in place. Is the platform safe for children – or an ‘X-rated p...
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Fucking horrifying (and great) article.
Prof Marcus Carter is doing great work.
Prof Marcus Carter is doing great work.