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that’s craaaazy
December 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
that’s craaaazy
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Valve has now rejected my complaint, confirming that "I don't like muslims" is a valid reason to leave a negative review on a game on Steam
This is where we're at now.
This is where we're at now.
December 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Valve has now rejected my complaint, confirming that "I don't like muslims" is a valid reason to leave a negative review on a game on Steam
This is where we're at now.
This is where we're at now.
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I don't think I ever saw any marketing for it. I remember seeing a couple journos responding to a press release with complete disinterest and disdain, but otherwise I didn't even know it came out.
Amazon keep trying to sell me cat scratching posts I ALREADY OWN on Twitch, but not their own games!?
Amazon keep trying to sell me cat scratching posts I ALREADY OWN on Twitch, but not their own games!?
December 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I don't think I ever saw any marketing for it. I remember seeing a couple journos responding to a press release with complete disinterest and disdain, but otherwise I didn't even know it came out.
Amazon keep trying to sell me cat scratching posts I ALREADY OWN on Twitch, but not their own games!?
Amazon keep trying to sell me cat scratching posts I ALREADY OWN on Twitch, but not their own games!?
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A concurrent player count of 100,000? For something not part of an established series? Advertised on a youtube channel mostly watched by tweens aka people who don't have their own money, and has had a few unsuccessful business ventures beyond his primary grift? In what world?!
December 10, 2025 at 1:25 AM
A concurrent player count of 100,000? For something not part of an established series? Advertised on a youtube channel mostly watched by tweens aka people who don't have their own money, and has had a few unsuccessful business ventures beyond his primary grift? In what world?!
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yeah I also have literally zero awareness of this. it sounds very much like they did have just completely nonsensical assumptions about where to find an audience
December 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
yeah I also have literally zero awareness of this. it sounds very much like they did have just completely nonsensical assumptions about where to find an audience
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Nintendo really struggling to move the virtual boy
December 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Nintendo really struggling to move the virtual boy
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Again, apologizing to all videogame environment artists who knocked up satirical posters for their games, I should not have rolled my eyes, yes, even you Cyberpunk billboard team, I am sorry
jesus christ
December 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Again, apologizing to all videogame environment artists who knocked up satirical posters for their games, I should not have rolled my eyes, yes, even you Cyberpunk billboard team, I am sorry
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Because this is the first thing you see when you boot any modern game
December 8, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Because this is the first thing you see when you boot any modern game
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(trying to explain why "dubstep" is a controversial term in electronic scenes to a gamer) so you know how when you search bullet hells on steam you get a bunch of games that aren't bullet hells
December 8, 2025 at 1:21 AM
(trying to explain why "dubstep" is a controversial term in electronic scenes to a gamer) so you know how when you search bullet hells on steam you get a bunch of games that aren't bullet hells
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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P.S. Cockroach is an unofficial mascot of the province because Cantonese cockroaches are big, fat, and can fly. The absolute terror is lovingly referred to as "Cantonese Twin Tails"
December 1, 2025 at 12:52 AM
P.S. Cockroach is an unofficial mascot of the province because Cantonese cockroaches are big, fat, and can fly. The absolute terror is lovingly referred to as "Cantonese Twin Tails"
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They get off to violating the consent of others. Not more complicated than that.
Anyone have a theory on the administration's sudden obsession with Franklin the turtle?
December 7, 2025 at 11:38 PM
They get off to violating the consent of others. Not more complicated than that.
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...where it absolutely EXPLODED in popularity with Boomer children and suddenly it was the most popular genre EVER again for another 30+ years, defying all logic of historic frame-of-reference.
Sometimes a single thing is in the right spot.
Sometimes a single thing is in the right spot.
December 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM
...where it absolutely EXPLODED in popularity with Boomer children and suddenly it was the most popular genre EVER again for another 30+ years, defying all logic of historic frame-of-reference.
Sometimes a single thing is in the right spot.
Sometimes a single thing is in the right spot.
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The producers pushing AI dubs are *absolutely* gonna try again. The tech will improve. It will be important for fans to make their voices heard when--not if--but *when* that happens.
As this video says, it'll be important for us to tell AI, "Stay in your lane."
As this video says, it'll be important for us to tell AI, "Stay in your lane."
Another excellent video about AI and the broader problems beyond just "it sounds bad lol."
youtu.be/tl4mAIBA8jc
youtu.be/tl4mAIBA8jc
The Anime AI Dub Crisis Has Begun
YouTube video by Bonsai Pop
youtu.be
December 8, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The producers pushing AI dubs are *absolutely* gonna try again. The tech will improve. It will be important for fans to make their voices heard when--not if--but *when* that happens.
As this video says, it'll be important for us to tell AI, "Stay in your lane."
As this video says, it'll be important for us to tell AI, "Stay in your lane."
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There is really no pedagogical explanation for this activity. Why not have the student draw an image themselves? I really hate how tech has been added unnecessarily to so many aspects of education - with no real consideration of its value.
December 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM
There is really no pedagogical explanation for this activity. Why not have the student draw an image themselves? I really hate how tech has been added unnecessarily to so many aspects of education - with no real consideration of its value.
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This was just sent to me by an LAUSD parent. A 4th grader was assigned to design a book cover for Pippi Longstocking using Adobe for Education. Here is what the AI tool generated:
December 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This was just sent to me by an LAUSD parent. A 4th grader was assigned to design a book cover for Pippi Longstocking using Adobe for Education. Here is what the AI tool generated:
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Three important facts about this: 1) LAUSD’s own policy states that students under 13 are not allowed to use gen AI tools, and yet they have enabled access on student devices, 2) If you ask which AI tools are being used and how they’re vetted, they won’t tell you, and 3) Parents can’t opt out.
December 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Three important facts about this: 1) LAUSD’s own policy states that students under 13 are not allowed to use gen AI tools, and yet they have enabled access on student devices, 2) If you ask which AI tools are being used and how they’re vetted, they won’t tell you, and 3) Parents can’t opt out.
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Techno-fascists have their tendrils all over the US education system. Corporations always had a disgusting influence on our schools but it is just going to get worse. None of this should ever be allowed.
This was just sent to me by an LAUSD parent. A 4th grader was assigned to design a book cover for Pippi Longstocking using Adobe for Education. Here is what the AI tool generated:
December 8, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Techno-fascists have their tendrils all over the US education system. Corporations always had a disgusting influence on our schools but it is just going to get worse. None of this should ever be allowed.
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Bill Mantlo, the creator of MCU multimillion dollar icon Rocket Raccoon, has been in assisted care for over three decades and still turns to crowdfunding on the regular to, uh, live.
My hot comic take is all wfh comic shit should be paid a salary, every other week, like everyone else at the publishing company. I’m tired of hearing about our colleagues crowdfunding funerals and healthcare.
December 8, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Bill Mantlo, the creator of MCU multimillion dollar icon Rocket Raccoon, has been in assisted care for over three decades and still turns to crowdfunding on the regular to, uh, live.
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Email at work this morning
"Introducing our new AI assistant for [our company]! Babble babble please click the link to implement it"
Ugh, ignore, I will not use this unless the boss specifically tells me to
Boss comes up to me later
"Thanks for not clicking that phishing email!"
"Introducing our new AI assistant for [our company]! Babble babble please click the link to implement it"
Ugh, ignore, I will not use this unless the boss specifically tells me to
Boss comes up to me later
"Thanks for not clicking that phishing email!"
December 1, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Email at work this morning
"Introducing our new AI assistant for [our company]! Babble babble please click the link to implement it"
Ugh, ignore, I will not use this unless the boss specifically tells me to
Boss comes up to me later
"Thanks for not clicking that phishing email!"
"Introducing our new AI assistant for [our company]! Babble babble please click the link to implement it"
Ugh, ignore, I will not use this unless the boss specifically tells me to
Boss comes up to me later
"Thanks for not clicking that phishing email!"
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These stories have existed for the entire history of comics. Creators deserve a stake in characters they create (yes even legacy characters).
Also design work in comics is very often treated as an 'invisible' part of the page rate. That's $0 earned to create a new character from scratch -
Also design work in comics is very often treated as an 'invisible' part of the page rate. That's $0 earned to create a new character from scratch -
Miles Morales co-creator Sara Pichelli says she does not get any royalties from the ‘Spider-Verse’ films, Insomniac games, or merch
"I don’t get anything … that's the saddest part of my life"
(via SiteJamesons | TW)
"I don’t get anything … that's the saddest part of my life"
(via SiteJamesons | TW)
December 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
These stories have existed for the entire history of comics. Creators deserve a stake in characters they create (yes even legacy characters).
Also design work in comics is very often treated as an 'invisible' part of the page rate. That's $0 earned to create a new character from scratch -
Also design work in comics is very often treated as an 'invisible' part of the page rate. That's $0 earned to create a new character from scratch -
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We need to develop an understanding that climate denial is first and foremost ideological and not driven by the supposed ‘non-ideology’ of rational self-interest/greed
“The Daily Nebraskan found in the leaked spreadsheet that every program eliminated appeared to be profitable…every program that the chancellor proposed eliminating generated more money from tuition dollars than the department costs to run”
December 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
We need to develop an understanding that climate denial is first and foremost ideological and not driven by the supposed ‘non-ideology’ of rational self-interest/greed
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the white house social media folded to sabrina carpenter so fast everybody should treat the companies that turned their head to their stuff being used in propaganda like shit for the rest of time
December 5, 2025 at 10:35 PM
the white house social media folded to sabrina carpenter so fast everybody should treat the companies that turned their head to their stuff being used in propaganda like shit for the rest of time
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Remember how I've said AI is an attack? This is what I meant
Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...
December 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Remember how I've said AI is an attack? This is what I meant