FinalCut
@finalcut.bsky.social
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games and more
✉️ gaming.finalcut@gmail
games and more
✉️ gaming.finalcut@gmail
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Breaking my usual bsky etiquette to say full-throatedly that if you are acting like itch is anything other than a victim in this ongoing struggle with payment processors, you are a rube, a mark, and signaling that you will eat your own at the slightest opportunity. You are an untrustworthy dumbass
Full offense but if this is the kind of shit you say about a black trans woman where even a passing familiarity with her would make this blatant attempt to scrounge up more donations insane to say I'm just going to assume you actually did not vet any of your other claims & are a bad journalist
August 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Breaking my usual bsky etiquette to say full-throatedly that if you are acting like itch is anything other than a victim in this ongoing struggle with payment processors, you are a rube, a mark, and signaling that you will eat your own at the slightest opportunity. You are an untrustworthy dumbass
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I know a lot of you have already heard or read about BDS Movement's call against Microsoft, and felt weird and bad about it all, but decided to move forward as normal because of some degree of ambiguity.
"What service is Microsoft providing?"
Here it is, clear as day. A direct line to death.
"What service is Microsoft providing?"
Here it is, clear as day. A direct line to death.
August 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I know a lot of you have already heard or read about BDS Movement's call against Microsoft, and felt weird and bad about it all, but decided to move forward as normal because of some degree of ambiguity.
"What service is Microsoft providing?"
Here it is, clear as day. A direct line to death.
"What service is Microsoft providing?"
Here it is, clear as day. A direct line to death.
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Microsoft and Xbox aren’t just destroying the video game industry. They’re destroying the world. An entity that profits from the eradication of one group will eventually come for us. We need to stand in solidarity and unite against our common enemy. Boycott Xbox.
A NEW episode of Select and Start is out NOW!
Microsoft aiding the genocide in Gaza. The BDS movement has called for a boycott of Xbox.
@theautumnwright.bsky.social joins me to talk about what a boycott means and why we need solidarity.
Listen now:
select-and-start.pinecast.co/episode/f457...
Microsoft aiding the genocide in Gaza. The BDS movement has called for a boycott of Xbox.
@theautumnwright.bsky.social joins me to talk about what a boycott means and why we need solidarity.
Listen now:
select-and-start.pinecast.co/episode/f457...
August 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Microsoft and Xbox aren’t just destroying the video game industry. They’re destroying the world. An entity that profits from the eradication of one group will eventually come for us. We need to stand in solidarity and unite against our common enemy. Boycott Xbox.
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Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies.
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
Getting off US tech: a guide
I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.
www.disconnect.blog
July 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies.
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
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WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for.
Stop using WeTransfer.
Stop using WeTransfer.
July 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for.
Stop using WeTransfer.
Stop using WeTransfer.
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Let's be 100% clear on this, Microsoft is investing $80 Billion in AI.
This is not conjecture or speculation, it is plainly in their own words back in January this year, they gutted a profitable games division because AI is the new shiny bauble. blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issue...
This is not conjecture or speculation, it is plainly in their own words back in January this year, they gutted a profitable games division because AI is the new shiny bauble. blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issue...
July 3, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Let's be 100% clear on this, Microsoft is investing $80 Billion in AI.
This is not conjecture or speculation, it is plainly in their own words back in January this year, they gutted a profitable games division because AI is the new shiny bauble. blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issue...
This is not conjecture or speculation, it is plainly in their own words back in January this year, they gutted a profitable games division because AI is the new shiny bauble. blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issue...
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"Digital asbestos" is such an amazing description. I'll be using that going forward. 👀
I'm going to be honest here, I think AI is going to do so much damage to the usable internet that even after it's inevitably crashes out, it's going to take years to disentangle from every space it's polluted, like digital asbestos it's gonna be time consuming effort and likely expensive venture.
I think AI is going to eventually tank in the longterm, but...
the only real way to combat this is single-interest communities. Forums, user comms, etc, with a barrier to entry. They become trustable knowledgebases. It's really the only way forward is to return to what worked best the first time
the only real way to combat this is single-interest communities. Forums, user comms, etc, with a barrier to entry. They become trustable knowledgebases. It's really the only way forward is to return to what worked best the first time
June 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
"Digital asbestos" is such an amazing description. I'll be using that going forward. 👀
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They have made the world living hell for no reason whatsoever. People will ask why this happened in a decade and there will be tremendous effort to make it more complicated than “they were evil, stupid, and bored”
June 22, 2025 at 12:18 AM
They have made the world living hell for no reason whatsoever. People will ask why this happened in a decade and there will be tremendous effort to make it more complicated than “they were evil, stupid, and bored”
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I suspect that fact that the vast majority of LLM users don’t seem to have received this (really very simple!) message is because the AI companies have a vested interest in us not understanding it. “ChatGPT is smart, it just makes mistakes sometimes” is much more marketable than the truth.
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 11:36 AM
I suspect that fact that the vast majority of LLM users don’t seem to have received this (really very simple!) message is because the AI companies have a vested interest in us not understanding it. “ChatGPT is smart, it just makes mistakes sometimes” is much more marketable than the truth.
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if you are transgender: do not give up. no matter what. growing up in the 90s and 00s was so fucking lonely. there were no queer people around, only mocked on TV. i've seen what having peers and elders can do for your health and your happiness. survive for yourself. survive for your community. live.
let this cruelty embolden you to stand ever firmer against it. let every blow to the better future you deserve harden your heart. never give up hope and never give up love, but become strong enough to survive despite everything. trans people will not go anywhere. fuck anyone who tries to move us.
June 18, 2025 at 3:22 PM
if you are transgender: do not give up. no matter what. growing up in the 90s and 00s was so fucking lonely. there were no queer people around, only mocked on TV. i've seen what having peers and elders can do for your health and your happiness. survive for yourself. survive for your community. live.
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It's hard to know what to say or whether it's even worth adding to the doom - what I will say is buy your trans friends' weird zine, their album, their art game - buy them a beer or a soda or a meal - give them some ko-fi money for doing absolutely nothing. We gotta protect trans kids and adults.
January 29, 2025 at 12:04 AM
It's hard to know what to say or whether it's even worth adding to the doom - what I will say is buy your trans friends' weird zine, their album, their art game - buy them a beer or a soda or a meal - give them some ko-fi money for doing absolutely nothing. We gotta protect trans kids and adults.
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This video actually makes me sick. We cannot let this shit continue.
Good morning.
Stop using AI.
Stop using AI.
May 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This video actually makes me sick. We cannot let this shit continue.
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As someone taking part in the current Xbox / Microsoft boycot, I went back and forth a lot on how to handle covering, or not covering, today's Xbox Showcase event.
My answer? I'm using it to fundraise for Medical Aid for Palestinians.
www.justgiving.com/page/laurakb...
My answer? I'm using it to fundraise for Medical Aid for Palestinians.
www.justgiving.com/page/laurakb...
LauraKBuzz's fundraiser for Medical Aid for Palestinians
Help LauraKBuzz raise money to support Medical Aid for Palestinians
www.justgiving.com
June 8, 2025 at 4:32 PM
As someone taking part in the current Xbox / Microsoft boycot, I went back and forth a lot on how to handle covering, or not covering, today's Xbox Showcase event.
My answer? I'm using it to fundraise for Medical Aid for Palestinians.
www.justgiving.com/page/laurakb...
My answer? I'm using it to fundraise for Medical Aid for Palestinians.
www.justgiving.com/page/laurakb...
Happy Pride y’all! It’s such an important year for the love and solidarity to be overflowing.
June 2, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Happy Pride y’all! It’s such an important year for the love and solidarity to be overflowing.
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If you use AI you’re accelerating climate crisis, polluting deprived communities, burning through water, giving bosses excuses to reduce workers rights and wages. It’s a moral and ethical degradation.
A researcher calculates that, without increased production, AI will consume up to 82 terrawatt-hours of electricity this year—around the same as the annual electricity consumption of Switzerland.
AI Is Eating Data Center Power Demand—and It’s Only Getting Worse
A new analysis of AI hardware being produced and how it is being used attempts to estimate the vast amount of electricity being consumed by AI.
wrd.cm
May 26, 2025 at 11:20 PM
If you use AI you’re accelerating climate crisis, polluting deprived communities, burning through water, giving bosses excuses to reduce workers rights and wages. It’s a moral and ethical degradation.
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If I see people playing this on Twitch or Steam - I will not discuss it with you, I will block you & remove you from my life.
It's a simple request to not support the official terf IP.
If you value your shitty wizard game more than the lives of trans people, then fuck off.
It's a simple request to not support the official terf IP.
If you value your shitty wizard game more than the lives of trans people, then fuck off.
The upcoming Hogwarts Legacy 2 could potentially feature more characters from the Harry Potter books and movies.
Hogwarts Legacy 2 Could Feature Characters from the Books and Movies
The upcoming Hogwarts Legacy 2 could potentially feature more characters from the Harry Potter books and movies.
bit.ly
May 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
If I see people playing this on Twitch or Steam - I will not discuss it with you, I will block you & remove you from my life.
It's a simple request to not support the official terf IP.
If you value your shitty wizard game more than the lives of trans people, then fuck off.
It's a simple request to not support the official terf IP.
If you value your shitty wizard game more than the lives of trans people, then fuck off.
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Hell yes. Reminder that 17776 is an interactive masterpiece that I highly recommend gamedevs read. It’s like a wild, playful, absurdist love letter to games as a meaningful part of life. It’s deeply funny and touching.
Huddle up, folks. I’m going to publish @jonbois.bsky.social ’s debut novel, 50007: AN AMERICAN FOOTBALL ODYSSEY
May 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Hell yes. Reminder that 17776 is an interactive masterpiece that I highly recommend gamedevs read. It’s like a wild, playful, absurdist love letter to games as a meaningful part of life. It’s deeply funny and touching.
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It’s kinda funny / harrowing that LLMs didn’t get smarter or less brute-force-y, we just got better graphics cards, and more comfortable with wasting obscene energy on what still remains the most overrated madlibs ever.
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/how-...
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/how-...
We Now Know How AI ‘Thinks’—and It’s Barely Thinking at All
The vast ‘brains’ of artificial intelligence models can memorize endless lists of rules. That’s useful, but not how humans solve problems.
www.wsj.com
April 27, 2025 at 8:22 AM
It’s kinda funny / harrowing that LLMs didn’t get smarter or less brute-force-y, we just got better graphics cards, and more comfortable with wasting obscene energy on what still remains the most overrated madlibs ever.
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/how-...
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/how-...
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Happy Trans Day of Visibility!
March 31, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Happy Trans Day of Visibility!
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looked up the clip just because sometimes people change his words for captions that end up innocently reshared, but upon finding it decided to share the video because hearing him say it makes it 1000% more definitely true and everyone will listen/believe more than reading it written out
March 27, 2025 at 9:34 PM
looked up the clip just because sometimes people change his words for captions that end up innocently reshared, but upon finding it decided to share the video because hearing him say it makes it 1000% more definitely true and everyone will listen/believe more than reading it written out
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March 26, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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I've built a machine that can be Confidently Wrong. It can also make pictures that all look a bit the same, as well as make a video of you kissing any celebrity or person you know. In payment, I'd like to boil the world's oceans dry, & steal all literature. For some reason, my head is not on a spike
January 24, 2025 at 10:56 AM
I've built a machine that can be Confidently Wrong. It can also make pictures that all look a bit the same, as well as make a video of you kissing any celebrity or person you know. In payment, I'd like to boil the world's oceans dry, & steal all literature. For some reason, my head is not on a spike
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I am going insane. This company will lose $10bn this year! Generative AI has peaked! There isn't a sustainable business model, and the products are mediocre and error prone and don't even do anything cool despite costing billions and accelerating climate change and stealing everybody's artwork!
I'm old enough to remember the last time OpenAI was pledging to build a big stupid supercomputer called Stargate. Nobody wanna talk about this? How stupid this shit is? How absolutely stupid all of this god damn generative AI shit is?
www.wheresyoured.at/bubble-troub...
www.wheresyoured.at/bubble-troub...
January 23, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I am going insane. This company will lose $10bn this year! Generative AI has peaked! There isn't a sustainable business model, and the products are mediocre and error prone and don't even do anything cool despite costing billions and accelerating climate change and stealing everybody's artwork!