Dan
@detren.bsky.social
Media student, film and gaming, leftist. He/him
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Dan
@detren.bsky.social
· Oct 19
Not much of a poster but since everyone is making pinned posts now I guess I got to make my own now so:
Hi, I'm Dan, he/him. I'm a Media & Culture student currently writing my thesis on Film, horror, suburbia, and feminism. After that I aim to write/direct a short film with some friends!
Hi, I'm Dan, he/him. I'm a Media & Culture student currently writing my thesis on Film, horror, suburbia, and feminism. After that I aim to write/direct a short film with some friends!
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“They have fun while doing it, which is deeply disturbing. We expect some level of decorum from government officials,” says Phoebe, a member of Harbor Area Peace Patrols.
The full story: lataco.com/federal-immi...
By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
The full story: lataco.com/federal-immi...
By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
October 31, 2025 at 12:16 AM
“They have fun while doing it, which is deeply disturbing. We expect some level of decorum from government officials,” says Phoebe, a member of Harbor Area Peace Patrols.
The full story: lataco.com/federal-immi...
By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
The full story: lataco.com/federal-immi...
By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
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Author and filmmaker Justine Bateman on generative AI
October 4, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Author and filmmaker Justine Bateman on generative AI
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Let me tell you a beautiful story about this couch. 🧵
IG msviciousdesign
IG msviciousdesign
September 26, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Let me tell you a beautiful story about this couch. 🧵
IG msviciousdesign
IG msviciousdesign
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When Jenasie Earl, a professional thrifter and interior designer based in Salt Lake City, posted this couch she bought for $200 on Instagram, I thought: "how charming." This couch represents many of the things I believe in.
IG msviciousdesign
IG msviciousdesign
September 26, 2025 at 11:58 PM
When Jenasie Earl, a professional thrifter and interior designer based in Salt Lake City, posted this couch she bought for $200 on Instagram, I thought: "how charming." This couch represents many of the things I believe in.
IG msviciousdesign
IG msviciousdesign
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We are currently living through a time when liberalism is backsliding. People are questioning things we once took for granted, such as international trade and multiculturalism. Ethnic absolutism is on the rise, as ethnic identity is treated as fixed, pure, and the natural basis for belonging.
September 26, 2025 at 11:58 PM
We are currently living through a time when liberalism is backsliding. People are questioning things we once took for granted, such as international trade and multiculturalism. Ethnic absolutism is on the rise, as ethnic identity is treated as fixed, pure, and the natural basis for belonging.
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Disney adults canceling subscriptions, vacations, etc really are making the Harry Potter adults that threw a fit over a $60 video game look like huge bitches
September 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Disney adults canceling subscriptions, vacations, etc really are making the Harry Potter adults that threw a fit over a $60 video game look like huge bitches
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Just uploaded the first proper version of my ReShade shaders, intended for FFXIV! Including both an Edge-detected outline shader, and a color-palette swapper. Link to the repo is below! Very exciting!!
September 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Just uploaded the first proper version of my ReShade shaders, intended for FFXIV! Including both an Edge-detected outline shader, and a color-palette swapper. Link to the repo is below! Very exciting!!
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wrote on charlie kirk for the newsletter this weekend
Opinion | Charlie Kirk Didn’t Shy Away From Who He Was. We Shouldn’t Either.
www.nytimes.com
September 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
wrote on charlie kirk for the newsletter this weekend
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You know who was also a young husband and father—not to mention ex-Marine—who died, not attacking others to make himself rich and powerful, but to save the lives of others?
David Rose, the officer killed by the anti-vax domestic terrorist who attacked the CDC.
apnews.com/article/deka...
David Rose, the officer killed by the anti-vax domestic terrorist who attacked the CDC.
apnews.com/article/deka...
Law enforcement officers remember police officer killed in CDC shooting in Atlanta
Weeks after David Rose was killed while responding to a shooting this month at the CDC headquarters in Atlanta, officers are remembering the DeKalb County police officer as a courageous leader who pri...
apnews.com
September 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
You know who was also a young husband and father—not to mention ex-Marine—who died, not attacking others to make himself rich and powerful, but to save the lives of others?
David Rose, the officer killed by the anti-vax domestic terrorist who attacked the CDC.
apnews.com/article/deka...
David Rose, the officer killed by the anti-vax domestic terrorist who attacked the CDC.
apnews.com/article/deka...
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The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed.
September 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed.
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there have been lots of cornball stories about LLMs convincing gullible people they're god or whatever. but this latest one, about a 16-year-old who chatgpt taught how to successfully hang himself, is... well, look at it for yourself www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...
August 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
there have been lots of cornball stories about LLMs convincing gullible people they're god or whatever. but this latest one, about a 16-year-old who chatgpt taught how to successfully hang himself, is... well, look at it for yourself www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...
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having thought about this for three days, my current status is:
what the FUCK are we doing trying to ban social media for kids and not banning AI use? we are literally telling them not to use the computer to talk to their real friends but instead to the imaginary technology monetisable 'friends'.
what the FUCK are we doing trying to ban social media for kids and not banning AI use? we are literally telling them not to use the computer to talk to their real friends but instead to the imaginary technology monetisable 'friends'.
this makes me suspect that one of the routes that AI companies are aiming at is targeting young people. anything that existed when you were a kid feels normal and indispensable. especially if you always used AI to write all your essays for you. and to comfort you when your parents were arguing.
August 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
having thought about this for three days, my current status is:
what the FUCK are we doing trying to ban social media for kids and not banning AI use? we are literally telling them not to use the computer to talk to their real friends but instead to the imaginary technology monetisable 'friends'.
what the FUCK are we doing trying to ban social media for kids and not banning AI use? we are literally telling them not to use the computer to talk to their real friends but instead to the imaginary technology monetisable 'friends'.
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This is a beautiful garment.
Let me show you what makes it special. 🧵
Let me show you what makes it special. 🧵
August 17, 2025 at 5:19 AM
This is a beautiful garment.
Let me show you what makes it special. 🧵
Let me show you what makes it special. 🧵
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No lie, this calling campaign is one of the most effective levers we have at the moment.
If we sustain the campaign through the financial quarter we'll be sending a strong message that this administration is bad for business.
Please continue making censorship unprofitable.
If we sustain the campaign through the financial quarter we'll be sending a strong message that this administration is bad for business.
Please continue making censorship unprofitable.
We're not in theoretical "they could come after sfw queer content LATER" territory anymore. It is being used to come after sfw queer content NOW.
Spread this around, send the article to any and every news outlet/content creator you can think of. The alarms need to be sounded
And KEEP CALLING
Spread this around, send the article to any and every news outlet/content creator you can think of. The alarms need to be sounded
And KEEP CALLING
August 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
No lie, this calling campaign is one of the most effective levers we have at the moment.
If we sustain the campaign through the financial quarter we'll be sending a strong message that this administration is bad for business.
Please continue making censorship unprofitable.
If we sustain the campaign through the financial quarter we'll be sending a strong message that this administration is bad for business.
Please continue making censorship unprofitable.
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It's not just Stripe putting the squeeze on Itch, too. You can't use Paypal anymore to buy stuff from Steam in a lot of countries because the company considers the LARGEST GAMES STORE THAT EVER EXISTED to be too much of a financial liability.
Valve explain why using PayPal for Steam purchases isn't currently an option in a whole bunch of countries
Valve have explained why PayPal is currently unavailable as a Steam payment option in a number of countries around the world.
www.rockpapershotgun.com
August 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM
It's not just Stripe putting the squeeze on Itch, too. You can't use Paypal anymore to buy stuff from Steam in a lot of countries because the company considers the LARGEST GAMES STORE THAT EVER EXISTED to be too much of a financial liability.
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Every rich person is going to tell *you* how great AI teaching is while sending *their* kids to the kind of schooling the Ancient Greeks would recognize. I just wish everyone would think about why that is.
I think we’re on the cusp of mass attempts to automate teaching, and I also think it is going to be a massive wasteful failure in ways that will make the “learning loss” of the pandemic look like a speed bump next to a mountain.
August 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Every rich person is going to tell *you* how great AI teaching is while sending *their* kids to the kind of schooling the Ancient Greeks would recognize. I just wish everyone would think about why that is.
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VILE: Exhumed may be banned for sale, but I refuse to let that stop people from playing the game.
It’s now available, for free, at WWW.VILEISBANNED.COM
Please share the site, share the game, and fuck anyone who tries to control storytelling and expression.
It’s now available, for free, at WWW.VILEISBANNED.COM
Please share the site, share the game, and fuck anyone who tries to control storytelling and expression.
August 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
VILE: Exhumed may be banned for sale, but I refuse to let that stop people from playing the game.
It’s now available, for free, at WWW.VILEISBANNED.COM
Please share the site, share the game, and fuck anyone who tries to control storytelling and expression.
It’s now available, for free, at WWW.VILEISBANNED.COM
Please share the site, share the game, and fuck anyone who tries to control storytelling and expression.
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What passes for journalism in this country has become an embarrassment. Credulous engagement with corporate and political messaging with no interrogation of what’s actually happening. This is a particularly egregious example but many journalists are doing similar.
At 4p ET/1p PT, I’ll have a one of a kind interview with Joaquin Oliver. He died in the Parkland school shooting. But his parents have created an AI version of their son for a powerful message on gun violence. Plus TX Rep. @jamestalarico.bsky.social - see you soon on Substack and later on YouTube.
August 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
What passes for journalism in this country has become an embarrassment. Credulous engagement with corporate and political messaging with no interrogation of what’s actually happening. This is a particularly egregious example but many journalists are doing similar.
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I don't even need to go into anti-AI stuff this is insane, ghoulish, evil at an almost unbelievable level. Acosta should be run out of the internet on a rail. This is the kind of thing that should imply the judgement of everyone involved is tainted. You'd have to be insane to do this.
At 4p ET/1p PT, I’ll have a one of a kind interview with Joaquin Oliver. He died in the Parkland school shooting. But his parents have created an AI version of their son for a powerful message on gun violence. Plus TX Rep. @jamestalarico.bsky.social - see you soon on Substack and later on YouTube.
August 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I don't even need to go into anti-AI stuff this is insane, ghoulish, evil at an almost unbelievable level. Acosta should be run out of the internet on a rail. This is the kind of thing that should imply the judgement of everyone involved is tainted. You'd have to be insane to do this.
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I... never would have expected GOG to do a big porn giveaway to protest censorship, but hey, it's high profile enough to bring the site to its knees so CLEARLY it's spreading awareness.
This is extremely cool. GOG is taking a stand against payment processors caving to fundamentalist religious groups and is offering a bunch of "banned" games for free.
freedomtobuy.games
freedomtobuy.games
Freedom To Buy
Join the 48-hour giveaway and stand for the freedom to buy games.
freedomtobuy.games
August 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I... never would have expected GOG to do a big porn giveaway to protest censorship, but hey, it's high profile enough to bring the site to its knees so CLEARLY it's spreading awareness.
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Just to reiterate: What this administration is doing right now is orders of magnitude more dangerous for academic freedom and free speech than anything the right has spent the last 30 years complaining about.
Faculty who wrote to defend their president and object to a DOJ investigation of their university...are now being investigated by the DOJ.
The most banal defense of free speech and academic freedom will trigger the full wrath of the US government now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
The most banal defense of free speech and academic freedom will trigger the full wrath of the US government now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
Faculty Support of George Mason’s President Draws Federal Investigation
www.nytimes.com
July 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Just to reiterate: What this administration is doing right now is orders of magnitude more dangerous for academic freedom and free speech than anything the right has spent the last 30 years complaining about.
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A key point in Fahrenheit 451 is that books were banned because they made people depressed and uncomfortable. The novel's protagonist, Montag, is taken into custody after he reads a poem that makes a woman cry because she realizes the emptiness of her life.
![[quoting a tweet from isabelunraveled in which she rails against depressing books that get branded as “great writing”]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hppum4l25hcczzffastsicpq/bafkreidzblpxefncqr2c73v7myen325wvtk767i7rw4zcc32c3hj4gzv5a@jpeg)
July 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
A key point in Fahrenheit 451 is that books were banned because they made people depressed and uncomfortable. The novel's protagonist, Montag, is taken into custody after he reads a poem that makes a woman cry because she realizes the emptiness of her life.
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I think Visa and Mastercard may be getting a lot of calls about their adult content policies, but I just called in to PayPal and not only was there no wait, the customer service rep I got had never had one of these calls before (they were very nice about it.)
July 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I think Visa and Mastercard may be getting a lot of calls about their adult content policies, but I just called in to PayPal and not only was there no wait, the customer service rep I got had never had one of these calls before (they were very nice about it.)