Michael Ben
@coolfizz.bsky.social
Two first names, if you can believe it! I watch too many movies and play too many video games. I’m trying to learn Japanese right now too.
Also active on Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/2fXr5
Also active on Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/2fXr5
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"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
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The Xbox Boycott (Still) Matters
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
jesus christ
1/ At bargaining yesterday, @propublica.org management said that they should have 100% discretion to replace workers with AI and would not commit to labeling future AI-generated content.
December 17, 2025 at 7:46 PM
jesus christ
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Please I’m begging be careful what you repost. Some good tips here. Assume anything online could be AI at this point. (Especially if it’s meant to evoke a strong emotion or reaction. yes this includes cute animal photos/videos).
🍌 Google's Nano Banana Pro is here, making spotting AI images even harder. We're at a point where anything you see online could be AI, which makes fact-checking your feed more essential than ever.
🎞 Our video: youtube.com/shorts/3M-BH...
#NewsLiteracy
#AILiteracy
🎞 Our video: youtube.com/shorts/3M-BH...
#NewsLiteracy
#AILiteracy
Spotting AI images just got harder with Nano Banana Pro #AILiteracy
YouTube video by News Literacy Project
youtube.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Please I’m begging be careful what you repost. Some good tips here. Assume anything online could be AI at this point. (Especially if it’s meant to evoke a strong emotion or reaction. yes this includes cute animal photos/videos).
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The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
December 15, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
Please please please not Rob Reiner
BREAKING: 2 elderly people found dead at Los Angeles home of film director Rob Reiner. Identities not yet confirmed. Detectives investigating - NBCLA
December 15, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Please please please not Rob Reiner
first good thing about warframe?
December 12, 2025 at 2:56 AM
first good thing about warframe?
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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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New WSJ reporting: "During a December visit to Washington, David Ellison offered assurances to Trump administration officials that if he bought Warner, he'd make sweeping changes to CNN, a common target of President Trump's ire, people familiar with the matter said..."
Behind Paramount’s Relentless Campaign to Woo Warner Discovery and President Trump
David Ellison has launched a hostile takeover bid for Warner Discovery, taking his case directly to shareholders after Netflix clinched a deal.
www.wsj.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:50 AM
New WSJ reporting: "During a December visit to Washington, David Ellison offered assurances to Trump administration officials that if he bought Warner, he'd make sweeping changes to CNN, a common target of President Trump's ire, people familiar with the matter said..."
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pals you gotta quit spotify
December 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
pals you gotta quit spotify
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ICYMI - that patch on the helmet is a Jerusalem or crusader's cross, which has been co-opted by white supremacists and the far right.
Hegseth has a tattoo of that cross on his chest.
Hegseth has a tattoo of that cross on his chest.
US SouthCom a few tweets way from using a Sonnenrad patch in their imagery.
December 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
ICYMI - that patch on the helmet is a Jerusalem or crusader's cross, which has been co-opted by white supremacists and the far right.
Hegseth has a tattoo of that cross on his chest.
Hegseth has a tattoo of that cross on his chest.
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A bit late! Happy 8th Anniversary Xenoblade 2!
December 7, 2025 at 11:55 AM
A bit late! Happy 8th Anniversary Xenoblade 2!
Just got to see Kill Bill (The Whole Bloody Affair) at my favorite indie movie theatre. Utterly fantastic.
December 7, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Just got to see Kill Bill (The Whole Bloody Affair) at my favorite indie movie theatre. Utterly fantastic.
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A top exec at Warner Bros says people are 'shook' over the Netflix deal
"No one has any idea what this means"
(via Borys_Kit | TW)
"No one has any idea what this means"
(via Borys_Kit | TW)
December 5, 2025 at 10:08 AM
A top exec at Warner Bros says people are 'shook' over the Netflix deal
"No one has any idea what this means"
(via Borys_Kit | TW)
"No one has any idea what this means"
(via Borys_Kit | TW)
so who’s gonna buy Netflix huh
Netflix has won the bidding war to purchase Warner Bros. Discovery.
The sale is not yet finalized, as the U.S. Department of Justice could also interfere due to anti-trust concerns.
(Source: www.thewrap.com/netflix-wins...)
The sale is not yet finalized, as the U.S. Department of Justice could also interfere due to anti-trust concerns.
(Source: www.thewrap.com/netflix-wins...)
December 5, 2025 at 4:59 AM
so who’s gonna buy Netflix huh
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When I tell you that they’re psychopaths who enjoy inflicting maximum pain on other human beings,
I really, really mean it.
This is from Miss “Pedophile Math Semantics” with the “what is a child anyway” arguments.
#MegynKelly #Epstein #Trump #Putin
I really, really mean it.
This is from Miss “Pedophile Math Semantics” with the “what is a child anyway” arguments.
#MegynKelly #Epstein #Trump #Putin
December 2, 2025 at 1:11 AM
When I tell you that they’re psychopaths who enjoy inflicting maximum pain on other human beings,
I really, really mean it.
This is from Miss “Pedophile Math Semantics” with the “what is a child anyway” arguments.
#MegynKelly #Epstein #Trump #Putin
I really, really mean it.
This is from Miss “Pedophile Math Semantics” with the “what is a child anyway” arguments.
#MegynKelly #Epstein #Trump #Putin
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NEW: Yacht Club Games needs a hit. In recent years the maker of Shovel Knight has had to lay off staff, pause a 3D project, and delay their next game indefinitely.
The good news is that Mina the Hollower could be special. For Businessweek, this is their story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The good news is that Mina the Hollower could be special. For Businessweek, this is their story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Creator of Hit Game Shovel Knight Is at a ‘Make or Break’ Moment
Yacht Club Games needs its next title, Mina the Hollower, to be a success.
www.bloomberg.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:10 PM
NEW: Yacht Club Games needs a hit. In recent years the maker of Shovel Knight has had to lay off staff, pause a 3D project, and delay their next game indefinitely.
The good news is that Mina the Hollower could be special. For Businessweek, this is their story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The good news is that Mina the Hollower could be special. For Businessweek, this is their story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
where’s mega lucario A
Mega Lucario Z has been revealed in a new trailer for Pokémon Legends Z-A's upcoming DLC, Mega Dimension.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/mega-lu...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/mega-lu...
Mega Lucario Z has debuted in a new Pokémon Legends Z-A Mega Dimension trailer | VGC
Lucario becomes one of the few Pokémon that can Mega Evolve into two different forms…
www.videogameschronicle.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
where’s mega lucario A
Can we please fucking stop already
Netflix’s new bid to buy Warner Bros is a mostly cash offer.
The company is arranging a mega-loan to be able to buy WB
(Source: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...)
The company is arranging a mega-loan to be able to buy WB
(Source: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...)
December 1, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Can we please fucking stop already
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As someone who works in the tech industry--absolutely.
They are testing the waters. These are top-down orders. The ONLY way to stop it is a visceral negative reaction. Write articles. Post your rage. Email. Post. @. All those things.
Only you have the power to kill it.
They are testing the waters. These are top-down orders. The ONLY way to stop it is a visceral negative reaction. Write articles. Post your rage. Email. Post. @. All those things.
Only you have the power to kill it.
Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 30, 2025 at 5:07 AM
As someone who works in the tech industry--absolutely.
They are testing the waters. These are top-down orders. The ONLY way to stop it is a visceral negative reaction. Write articles. Post your rage. Email. Post. @. All those things.
Only you have the power to kill it.
They are testing the waters. These are top-down orders. The ONLY way to stop it is a visceral negative reaction. Write articles. Post your rage. Email. Post. @. All those things.
Only you have the power to kill it.
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Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
November 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
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A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
no fucking way
Statues of friendly faces from Donkey Kong 64 are yours for the taking in the “So Strong It's Funny” event, exclusive to the DK Island & Emerald Rush DLC.
This event will run from today until Dec 1 at 11:59pm PT.
Learn more: ninten.do/6018tn7zQ
This event will run from today until Dec 1 at 11:59pm PT.
Learn more: ninten.do/6018tn7zQ
November 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
no fucking way
Kirby Air Riders is my game of the year (I have played city trial for two hours)
November 21, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Kirby Air Riders is my game of the year (I have played city trial for two hours)
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The developer of breakout hit Dispatch has called generative AI a creative solution for developers ‘who aren’t creative’.
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Developer of breakout hit Dispatch calls AI a creative solution for developers ‘who aren’t creative’ | VGC
Dispatch’s developer has come out against the use of AI tools in the creative process…
vgc.news
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The developer of breakout hit Dispatch has called generative AI a creative solution for developers ‘who aren’t creative’.
vgc.news/news/develop...
vgc.news/news/develop...