Garin
@grdlicka.bsky.social
21, scared shitless, but fuck it. They can’t force my compliance.
I like fantasy & mystery novels, all sorts of animation, and art in most forms.
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I like fantasy & mystery novels, all sorts of animation, and art in most forms.
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Why am I so against generative AI in games?
Because I simply do not want my initial reaction to art to be one of suspicion and scrutiny, AI slop is fundamentally damaging my relationship to art and artistry, and I am deeply resentful that it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed.
Because I simply do not want my initial reaction to art to be one of suspicion and scrutiny, AI slop is fundamentally damaging my relationship to art and artistry, and I am deeply resentful that it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed.
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Why am I so against generative AI in games?
Because I simply do not want my initial reaction to art to be one of suspicion and scrutiny, AI slop is fundamentally damaging my relationship to art and artistry, and I am deeply resentful that it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed.
Because I simply do not want my initial reaction to art to be one of suspicion and scrutiny, AI slop is fundamentally damaging my relationship to art and artistry, and I am deeply resentful that it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed.
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i think it's good actually that a videogame prominently featuring AI voice acting is finding success while my VA friends haven't found steady work in years and have their rates forcibly ground into dust over the few reliable gigs left
but hey the game is really fun right!!!!!!!
but hey the game is really fun right!!!!!!!
November 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
i think it's good actually that a videogame prominently featuring AI voice acting is finding success while my VA friends haven't found steady work in years and have their rates forcibly ground into dust over the few reliable gigs left
but hey the game is really fun right!!!!!!!
but hey the game is really fun right!!!!!!!
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This shit makes me so mad because people don't understand how much power we have over these companies and the only thing we need to do is not give them money. The only thing we need to do is to not do anything. It's the easiest shit!
*wearily* collective action does work, it really does
*wearily* collective action does work, it really does
Disney has lost nearly $4 Billion in three days from combined stock price collapse and cancelled subscriptions.
September 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This shit makes me so mad because people don't understand how much power we have over these companies and the only thing we need to do is not give them money. The only thing we need to do is to not do anything. It's the easiest shit!
*wearily* collective action does work, it really does
*wearily* collective action does work, it really does
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Aka "don't sign protest sheets" and be smart about things. Stay inn groups, bring protective gear, know your "supposed" rights and don't incriminate yourselves by posting shit online or talking about shit with people who "don't need to know"
Be careful does not mean be a coward. It means be smart.
Be careful does not mean be a coward. It means be smart.
the most important thing for everyone in this country right now is to practice self preservation. they are entirely rolling back the first amendment and the ability to protest, be careful
September 18, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Aka "don't sign protest sheets" and be smart about things. Stay inn groups, bring protective gear, know your "supposed" rights and don't incriminate yourselves by posting shit online or talking about shit with people who "don't need to know"
Be careful does not mean be a coward. It means be smart.
Be careful does not mean be a coward. It means be smart.
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i want the entire professional world of entertainment to know that they shouldn't care, they should be able to unify with NSFW/kink creators. The government is censoring all of us, and divided we will be taken out. Start vying for unifcation. Start making connections. Start building a community.
September 18, 2025 at 12:24 AM
i want the entire professional world of entertainment to know that they shouldn't care, they should be able to unify with NSFW/kink creators. The government is censoring all of us, and divided we will be taken out. Start vying for unifcation. Start making connections. Start building a community.
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Here is some non-satire for you:
Trans rights forever.
Trans rights forever.
September 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Here is some non-satire for you:
Trans rights forever.
Trans rights forever.
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Cis Americans please, please call your reps. Tell them this will kill. That human lives are non-negotiable. That they need to oppose this bill with their whole hearts, to save our sisters', brothers' and siblings' lives. I am fucking scared for them.
NEWS: House Appropriations Committee Republicans released their spending bill for Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies. The legislation would prohibit taxpayer dollars for any type of gender-affirming care for transgender people. This would include programs like Medicaid
September 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Cis Americans please, please call your reps. Tell them this will kill. That human lives are non-negotiable. That they need to oppose this bill with their whole hearts, to save our sisters', brothers' and siblings' lives. I am fucking scared for them.
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Oh, hey.
Visa and Mastercard now say you can't pay for WoW. Magic the Gathering. FFXIV. DnD. Lord of the Rings. Because they're all "adult" content against their ToS just for being "fantasy".
Let that sink in.
Spread this like wildfire and have people in those circles call them. No quarter.
Visa and Mastercard now say you can't pay for WoW. Magic the Gathering. FFXIV. DnD. Lord of the Rings. Because they're all "adult" content against their ToS just for being "fantasy".
Let that sink in.
Spread this like wildfire and have people in those circles call them. No quarter.
Woke up to quite the update on this. I had been in contact with Payment Cloud about getting their service and they waited until now to hit me with the image below. Again, stringing me along instead of being upfront. They had seen my website multiple times before this.
September 10, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Oh, hey.
Visa and Mastercard now say you can't pay for WoW. Magic the Gathering. FFXIV. DnD. Lord of the Rings. Because they're all "adult" content against their ToS just for being "fantasy".
Let that sink in.
Spread this like wildfire and have people in those circles call them. No quarter.
Visa and Mastercard now say you can't pay for WoW. Magic the Gathering. FFXIV. DnD. Lord of the Rings. Because they're all "adult" content against their ToS just for being "fantasy".
Let that sink in.
Spread this like wildfire and have people in those circles call them. No quarter.
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If I can't buy magic cards or fucking books, I'm going on a fucking rampage
HOW IS THIS ALLOWED?!?!
HOW IS THIS ALLOWED?!?!
Oh, hey.
Visa and Mastercard now say you can't pay for WoW. Magic the Gathering. FFXIV. DnD. Lord of the Rings. Because they're all "adult" content against their ToS just for being "fantasy".
Let that sink in.
Spread this like wildfire and have people in those circles call them. No quarter.
Visa and Mastercard now say you can't pay for WoW. Magic the Gathering. FFXIV. DnD. Lord of the Rings. Because they're all "adult" content against their ToS just for being "fantasy".
Let that sink in.
Spread this like wildfire and have people in those circles call them. No quarter.
Woke up to quite the update on this. I had been in contact with Payment Cloud about getting their service and they waited until now to hit me with the image below. Again, stringing me along instead of being upfront. They had seen my website multiple times before this.
September 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
If I can't buy magic cards or fucking books, I'm going on a fucking rampage
HOW IS THIS ALLOWED?!?!
HOW IS THIS ALLOWED?!?!
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This is obsurd.
A self professed Christian Nationalist in charge of our military forcing our troops, built on diversity, to pray for a man who openly fed into the oppression of POC, women, LGBTQ+, “other” religions and pushed white supremacy beliefs is insane.
A self professed Christian Nationalist in charge of our military forcing our troops, built on diversity, to pray for a man who openly fed into the oppression of POC, women, LGBTQ+, “other” religions and pushed white supremacy beliefs is insane.
September 11, 2025 at 8:08 PM
This is obsurd.
A self professed Christian Nationalist in charge of our military forcing our troops, built on diversity, to pray for a man who openly fed into the oppression of POC, women, LGBTQ+, “other” religions and pushed white supremacy beliefs is insane.
A self professed Christian Nationalist in charge of our military forcing our troops, built on diversity, to pray for a man who openly fed into the oppression of POC, women, LGBTQ+, “other” religions and pushed white supremacy beliefs is insane.
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a study showing the efficacy of progesterone for breast growth has finally come out perhaps some people can stop falsely accusing the rest of us of spreading medical misinformation just because they downplay the value of anecdotal evidence in the absence of such studies
Adding progesterone to gender-affirming hormone therapy improves breast growth for transgender people
The addition of the hormone progesterone to gender-affirming hormone therapy leads to increased breast growth for transgender people following feminising hormone therapy.
www.news-medical.net
September 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
a study showing the efficacy of progesterone for breast growth has finally come out perhaps some people can stop falsely accusing the rest of us of spreading medical misinformation just because they downplay the value of anecdotal evidence in the absence of such studies
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Please keep calling your Senators and Reps and tell them to OPPOSE all of these bills! Strike them down before they get a chance to show up!
#SaveSpeech
Continue calling your representatives about these federal bills. All of these are some flavor of bad-for-the-internet.
additionally, try to emphasize how much you want to see legislation passed to stop paypros from censoring/debanking legal work!
www.congress.gov/members/find...
Continue calling your representatives about these federal bills. All of these are some flavor of bad-for-the-internet.
additionally, try to emphasize how much you want to see legislation passed to stop paypros from censoring/debanking legal work!
www.congress.gov/members/find...
August 31, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Please keep calling your Senators and Reps and tell them to OPPOSE all of these bills! Strike them down before they get a chance to show up!
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They're openly calling to lock up every trans person by force. We need every ally to speak out forcefully against this because trans folks cannot do this on our own.
August 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
They're openly calling to lock up every trans person by force. We need every ally to speak out forcefully against this because trans folks cannot do this on our own.
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Words cannot adequately describe what a colossal disappointment our mainstream media has been during our slow descent into authoritarianism.
August 25, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Words cannot adequately describe what a colossal disappointment our mainstream media has been during our slow descent into authoritarianism.
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Not shocked at all.
A reminder that everything is political; if you think that politics won't affect you, think again.
A reminder that everything is political; if you think that politics won't affect you, think again.
It Turns Out, Steam’s Adult Content Ban Has Been Plotted For A Year And Is Spearheaded By One Of Project 2025’s Leading Voices
Plans to abolish Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act could have dire consequences for games.
www.thegamer.com
August 20, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Not shocked at all.
A reminder that everything is political; if you think that politics won't affect you, think again.
A reminder that everything is political; if you think that politics won't affect you, think again.
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Sports Illustrated is covering it now.
Time to pretend to be a normie shareholder who wants to know why the brand is damaging its own reputation.
Time to pretend to be a normie shareholder who wants to know why the brand is damaging its own reputation.
August 9, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Sports Illustrated is covering it now.
Time to pretend to be a normie shareholder who wants to know why the brand is damaging its own reputation.
Time to pretend to be a normie shareholder who wants to know why the brand is damaging its own reputation.
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If you have ever wanted to yell directly at a Mastercard CEO: do it!! do it NOW
Something we discovered during our fruitful zap session today- I've added it to the initiative page.
cartoonist.coop/censorship-p...
cartoonist.coop/censorship-p...
August 7, 2025 at 7:49 PM
If you have ever wanted to yell directly at a Mastercard CEO: do it!! do it NOW
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To my critics who say that my position urging Democratic governors to redrawing maps is simply a race to the bottom, I say this:
The only thing Donald Trump understand is overwhelming force. We shouldn't bring knives to a gun fight, we should be missiles. Unilateral disarmament is not an option.
The only thing Donald Trump understand is overwhelming force. We shouldn't bring knives to a gun fight, we should be missiles. Unilateral disarmament is not an option.
August 6, 2025 at 10:05 PM
To my critics who say that my position urging Democratic governors to redrawing maps is simply a race to the bottom, I say this:
The only thing Donald Trump understand is overwhelming force. We shouldn't bring knives to a gun fight, we should be missiles. Unilateral disarmament is not an option.
The only thing Donald Trump understand is overwhelming force. We shouldn't bring knives to a gun fight, we should be missiles. Unilateral disarmament is not an option.
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Of note: NCOSE is what they started calling themselves after a rebrand. Before that they were the openly evangelical Christian watchdog group Morality in Media. They've intentionally branded themselves in a way that seems, at a glance, more professional and less extreme.
NCOSE takes a swing. As I predicted, they're a key player in all of this. They've been obsessed with Steam since 2018, when Steam actually opened the door to adult content after NCOSE tried to get a ton of visual novels (like HuniePop) pulled
August 5, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Of note: NCOSE is what they started calling themselves after a rebrand. Before that they were the openly evangelical Christian watchdog group Morality in Media. They've intentionally branded themselves in a way that seems, at a glance, more professional and less extreme.
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Finally, a united nation.
August 4, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Finally, a united nation.
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Protest movements that stop as soon as they start seeing results fail.
Protest movements that keep going until your whole squad is across the finish line win.
Protest movements that keep going until your whole squad is across the finish line win.
Visa employees clearly told to deescalate ASAP
MasterCard employees more than familiar with the issue
Stripe feeling the pressure
ACLU put out a statement
CBC covered all this
What you are doing is WORKING
You are getting RESULTS
KEEP CALLING
KEEP WRITING
WE ARE GOING TO WIN!!
MasterCard employees more than familiar with the issue
Stripe feeling the pressure
ACLU put out a statement
CBC covered all this
What you are doing is WORKING
You are getting RESULTS
KEEP CALLING
KEEP WRITING
WE ARE GOING TO WIN!!
August 1, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Protest movements that stop as soon as they start seeing results fail.
Protest movements that keep going until your whole squad is across the finish line win.
Protest movements that keep going until your whole squad is across the finish line win.
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dunno the source for this but this is neat
July 31, 2025 at 1:59 PM
dunno the source for this but this is neat