Ernst-Jan van Melle
@ejvanmelle.bsky.social
Artist, miniature botherer, film and game dilettante
https://ejvanmelle.com/
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ENEMIES FROM VENUS! (~1965) (Surviving clip)
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My animated short and #GerryAnderson #Supermarionation homage, ENEMIES FROM VENUS: youtu.be/ME7SVM7bwKU?... #animation #3danimation #scifi
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Big very scary announcement that I never thought I'd have to make so I put nice music and a relaxing nostalgic background on it for you.
November 17, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Big very scary announcement that I never thought I'd have to make so I put nice music and a relaxing nostalgic background on it for you.
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This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
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NEW: Peter Thiel has blinked. Yesterday, I posted an article about the "Great AI Bubble". And today, we find out that he's bailed on the market.
Has he cut & run? Or is this some 3-D chess-type voodoo? Thoughts please.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Has he cut & run? Or is this some 3-D chess-type voodoo? Thoughts please.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Peter Thiel Gets Out of Dodge
Yesterday, I published on "Great AI Bubble". Today, Silicon Valley's Dr Evil dumps his stock
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
NEW: Peter Thiel has blinked. Yesterday, I posted an article about the "Great AI Bubble". And today, we find out that he's bailed on the market.
Has he cut & run? Or is this some 3-D chess-type voodoo? Thoughts please.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Has he cut & run? Or is this some 3-D chess-type voodoo? Thoughts please.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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the way I am putting every single author I know in a headlock over the next few months.
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:40 AM
the way I am putting every single author I know in a headlock over the next few months.
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GEN Z HARRY OSBORN: Pete what's up with all those books about Spiders you can just look them up on Tiktok
GEN Z PETER PARKER: C'mon Harry you know it's my, uh, Hyperfixation
MILLENNIAL J. JONAH JAMESON: PARKER! YOU SENT ME .webp FILES! HOW DOES A GEEK LIKE YOU NOT KNOW WHAT A FILE EXTENSION IS
GEN Z PETER PARKER: C'mon Harry you know it's my, uh, Hyperfixation
MILLENNIAL J. JONAH JAMESON: PARKER! YOU SENT ME .webp FILES! HOW DOES A GEEK LIKE YOU NOT KNOW WHAT A FILE EXTENSION IS
November 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
GEN Z HARRY OSBORN: Pete what's up with all those books about Spiders you can just look them up on Tiktok
GEN Z PETER PARKER: C'mon Harry you know it's my, uh, Hyperfixation
MILLENNIAL J. JONAH JAMESON: PARKER! YOU SENT ME .webp FILES! HOW DOES A GEEK LIKE YOU NOT KNOW WHAT A FILE EXTENSION IS
GEN Z PETER PARKER: C'mon Harry you know it's my, uh, Hyperfixation
MILLENNIAL J. JONAH JAMESON: PARKER! YOU SENT ME .webp FILES! HOW DOES A GEEK LIKE YOU NOT KNOW WHAT A FILE EXTENSION IS
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We gotta start close-reading Dead Kennedys album artwork like it’s the writings of Nostradamus
Real tweets from the White House are indistinguishable from anti-Trump AI slop.
Or, in this case, 1990s Adbusters parodies.
Or, in this case, 1990s Adbusters parodies.
November 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
We gotta start close-reading Dead Kennedys album artwork like it’s the writings of Nostradamus
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Behind-the-scenes material on DVDs or network TV specials felt real and tangible. Online video essays are weightless and disposable.
November 17, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Behind-the-scenes material on DVDs or network TV specials felt real and tangible. Online video essays are weightless and disposable.
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Antisemitism is a lot like Qanon child abuse conspiracies in that there’s this real and bad phenomenon and, parallel to that, what can only be described as a large scale mass psychosis about a mostly fictional version of the same phenomenon
November 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Antisemitism is a lot like Qanon child abuse conspiracies in that there’s this real and bad phenomenon and, parallel to that, what can only be described as a large scale mass psychosis about a mostly fictional version of the same phenomenon
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THE
WELL-AIMED BRICK
DOES THE TRICK
WELL-AIMED BRICK
DOES THE TRICK
November 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
THE
WELL-AIMED BRICK
DOES THE TRICK
WELL-AIMED BRICK
DOES THE TRICK
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A nice and normal seasonal build.
November 16, 2025 at 1:11 PM
A nice and normal seasonal build.
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NEW: Welcome to the Great AI Bubble. Yes, it’s here. And yes, it’s going to burst.
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
The Great AI Bubble
Yes, it's a bubble. And yes, it's going to burst.
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
NEW: Welcome to the Great AI Bubble. Yes, it’s here. And yes, it’s going to burst.
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
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New insult to life itself just dropped
November 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
New insult to life itself just dropped
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working at the nyt
November 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
working at the nyt
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‘The Owl House’ creator Dana Terrace responds to Disney+ funding AI-generated short form content in new tweet:
“Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI.”
“Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI.”
November 14, 2025 at 2:39 AM
‘The Owl House’ creator Dana Terrace responds to Disney+ funding AI-generated short form content in new tweet:
“Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI.”
“Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI.”
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‘Stop emailing each other all the time you fucking idiots!’
November 13, 2025 at 11:47 PM
‘Stop emailing each other all the time you fucking idiots!’
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I know Trump's small heart crumpled like Avon Barksdale's upon discovering that Epstein always hated him. This man really never had one friend. I bet even Cohn and Casablancas talked about him like a dog.
November 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I know Trump's small heart crumpled like Avon Barksdale's upon discovering that Epstein always hated him. This man really never had one friend. I bet even Cohn and Casablancas talked about him like a dog.
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the fallout right now with epstein emails and people being shocked at just how much people knew is pretty much why gawker existed
November 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
the fallout right now with epstein emails and people being shocked at just how much people knew is pretty much why gawker existed
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Pizzagate: If you replace the word “hot dog” with “little boy” and “pizza party” with “child sex orgy,” you will see the lengths these elites go to cover up their crimes.
Real elite emails: Send me nude pictures of those 8th graders we abused last weekend post-haste! I am the Ambassador to Turkey.
Real elite emails: Send me nude pictures of those 8th graders we abused last weekend post-haste! I am the Ambassador to Turkey.
November 12, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Pizzagate: If you replace the word “hot dog” with “little boy” and “pizza party” with “child sex orgy,” you will see the lengths these elites go to cover up their crimes.
Real elite emails: Send me nude pictures of those 8th graders we abused last weekend post-haste! I am the Ambassador to Turkey.
Real elite emails: Send me nude pictures of those 8th graders we abused last weekend post-haste! I am the Ambassador to Turkey.
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CLAIM: The government is run by a secret society of pedophiles
RATING: FALSE. This society is in no way a secret
RATING: FALSE. This society is in no way a secret
November 13, 2025 at 2:06 AM
CLAIM: The government is run by a secret society of pedophiles
RATING: FALSE. This society is in no way a secret
RATING: FALSE. This society is in no way a secret
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You'll miss the BBC when it's gone...
November 12, 2025 at 5:53 PM
You'll miss the BBC when it's gone...
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the ludic ideal… I still don’t think anyone has ever made a better game than this…..
Replayed Papers Please and man the fact that it feels GOOD as a border inspector to find something wrong in an immigrant's paperwork and deny them entry is such effective design-as-commentary.
November 12, 2025 at 6:52 AM
the ludic ideal… I still don’t think anyone has ever made a better game than this…..
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Fortunately, I already figured out the plots of the next several Toy Story films
November 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Fortunately, I already figured out the plots of the next several Toy Story films
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People Make Games: The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6
Watch it ▶️ youtu.be/c9nOwjeznjI?...
Watch it ▶️ youtu.be/c9nOwjeznjI?...
November 12, 2025 at 6:32 AM
People Make Games: The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6
Watch it ▶️ youtu.be/c9nOwjeznjI?...
Watch it ▶️ youtu.be/c9nOwjeznjI?...