Aivan Martinez
@aivanm.bsky.social
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God is a gay furry who loves us and wants us to be happy
"Not even in my wildest dreams did I imagine that one day I would paint a picture of hot Bowser for official material, announced by Miyamoto himself. 😭 I laughed so hard in disbelief while painting, you have no idea lol"
November 13, 2025 at 1:51 AM
God is a gay furry who loves us and wants us to be happy
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i’m not going to be lectured about political violence by people whose politics is violence
September 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
i’m not going to be lectured about political violence by people whose politics is violence
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Shame on Brazil…
…for making us look feckless.
…for making us look feckless.
Bolsonaro Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison for Plotting Coup in Brazil
www.nytimes.com
September 11, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Shame on Brazil…
…for making us look feckless.
…for making us look feckless.
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The thing the “the game is meant to be hard” crowd never gets is that if the game is hard for you, someone who loves hard games, the game is near impossible for me. And I think if the game was near impossible for you you’d be like fuck that.
September 9, 2025 at 6:06 AM
The thing the “the game is meant to be hard” crowd never gets is that if the game is hard for you, someone who loves hard games, the game is near impossible for me. And I think if the game was near impossible for you you’d be like fuck that.
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August 16, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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You can have story. Or you can have data.
Story is choices. Data is no choices, just more stuff, but presented with no weight, value or sense. Just more.
We are watching the tyranny of the takeover of story - of choice, of taste, of craft, of meaning - by the data people.
Horrible.
Story is choices. Data is no choices, just more stuff, but presented with no weight, value or sense. Just more.
We are watching the tyranny of the takeover of story - of choice, of taste, of craft, of meaning - by the data people.
Horrible.
You know that classic Edward Hopper painting evoking isolation and despair? We used AI to make it look terrible for no reason
August 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
You can have story. Or you can have data.
Story is choices. Data is no choices, just more stuff, but presented with no weight, value or sense. Just more.
We are watching the tyranny of the takeover of story - of choice, of taste, of craft, of meaning - by the data people.
Horrible.
Story is choices. Data is no choices, just more stuff, but presented with no weight, value or sense. Just more.
We are watching the tyranny of the takeover of story - of choice, of taste, of craft, of meaning - by the data people.
Horrible.
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Yet another helpful explainer to counter the ignorant disinformation spouted by the unqualified extremist who is currently destroying the HHS
August 7, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Yet another helpful explainer to counter the ignorant disinformation spouted by the unqualified extremist who is currently destroying the HHS
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Learning from @animeigo.com that we could have gotten a Spice Girls anime from Production I.G at their PEAK is hurting me so badly that I needed to blog about it for @aftermath.site aftermath.site/spice-girls-...
I'm Mad We Didn't Get A Spice Girls Anime - Aftermath
In an interview with AnimEigo, a pitch for a Spice Girls anime by Manga Video and Production I.G was revealed. I'm mad it didn't happen.
aftermath.site
July 25, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Learning from @animeigo.com that we could have gotten a Spice Girls anime from Production I.G at their PEAK is hurting me so badly that I needed to blog about it for @aftermath.site aftermath.site/spice-girls-...
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America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
July 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
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The Switch 2 has me thinking lately about resolution bumps being the biggest culprit for diminishing returns on game hardware upgrades.
So much power goes to rending everything at 4x the previous resolution, whereas nearly everything ran at 240p across those first 5 console generations.
So much power goes to rending everything at 4x the previous resolution, whereas nearly everything ran at 240p across those first 5 console generations.
June 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The Switch 2 has me thinking lately about resolution bumps being the biggest culprit for diminishing returns on game hardware upgrades.
So much power goes to rending everything at 4x the previous resolution, whereas nearly everything ran at 240p across those first 5 console generations.
So much power goes to rending everything at 4x the previous resolution, whereas nearly everything ran at 240p across those first 5 console generations.
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The Splatoon kids still keeping it real
June 22, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The Splatoon kids still keeping it real
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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Yknow the vast majority of the population hates his fucking guts, and we shouldn't ever really forget that
June 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Yknow the vast majority of the population hates his fucking guts, and we shouldn't ever really forget that
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To all the homies that may be headed out today: stay safe and hydrated!
FUCK ICE. FUCK FASCISM.
FUCK ICE. FUCK FASCISM.
June 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
To all the homies that may be headed out today: stay safe and hydrated!
FUCK ICE. FUCK FASCISM.
FUCK ICE. FUCK FASCISM.
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The Lord of the Rings films are older than ICE.
The Matrix is older than ICE.
Legally Blonde is older than ICE.
We're not talking about a venerable American institution. We're talking about post-9/11 Patriot Act overreach.
Claw that power back. Destroy ICE.
The Matrix is older than ICE.
Legally Blonde is older than ICE.
We're not talking about a venerable American institution. We're talking about post-9/11 Patriot Act overreach.
Claw that power back. Destroy ICE.
ICE has only existed since 2003. A Bush-era creation, it is a militarized federal secret police that has been imbued with the Supreme Court with the unconstitutional power to ignore the fourth amendment.
Abolishing it and salting the earth where it grew is the moderate stance.
Abolishing it and salting the earth where it grew is the moderate stance.
June 10, 2025 at 7:36 AM
The Lord of the Rings films are older than ICE.
The Matrix is older than ICE.
Legally Blonde is older than ICE.
We're not talking about a venerable American institution. We're talking about post-9/11 Patriot Act overreach.
Claw that power back. Destroy ICE.
The Matrix is older than ICE.
Legally Blonde is older than ICE.
We're not talking about a venerable American institution. We're talking about post-9/11 Patriot Act overreach.
Claw that power back. Destroy ICE.
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This is the first time in 60 years that a president has deployed a state’s National Guard for a domestic operation without the governor’s request.
For Trump, This Is a Dress Rehearsal
Ordering the National Guard to deploy in Los Angeles is a warning of what to expect when his hold on power is threatened.
www.theatlantic.com
June 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
This is the first time in 60 years that a president has deployed a state’s National Guard for a domestic operation without the governor’s request.
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New article in Rolling Stone www.rollingstone.com/p/trump-dest...
Making America Backward Again
Trump and MAGAnomics are wrecking the economy, dismantling democracy, and making America backward again, Paul Krugman writes
www.rollingstone.com
June 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
New article in Rolling Stone www.rollingstone.com/p/trump-dest...
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Jonathan Joss, known for King of the Hill and Parks and Rec also played Robert Rainwater in Cyberpunk 2077. He was a great actor and my heart goes out to his family and partner. May homophobes rot and burn.
June 2, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Jonathan Joss, known for King of the Hill and Parks and Rec also played Robert Rainwater in Cyberpunk 2077. He was a great actor and my heart goes out to his family and partner. May homophobes rot and burn.
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I am formerly rejecting "If you wrote this in a novel it'd be too on-the-nose". Going forward my characters will perform unambiguous symbology, read lines devoid of subtly, whilst a big flashing sign over the stage reads THIS IS ALL REALLY HAPPENING RIGHT NOW YOU FUCKS.
May 16, 2025 at 9:02 AM
I am formerly rejecting "If you wrote this in a novel it'd be too on-the-nose". Going forward my characters will perform unambiguous symbology, read lines devoid of subtly, whilst a big flashing sign over the stage reads THIS IS ALL REALLY HAPPENING RIGHT NOW YOU FUCKS.
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My love of reading is strongly link to this man…
May 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
My love of reading is strongly link to this man…