Luca Baumgart
@lucabgt.bsky.social
He/Him | 23 | Computer Science Student in the Streets, Artist in the Sheets | AI? No thanks | Creator of The BulliRocket
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ppl come to bsky and be like "gee it sure is boring around here!" my boy, this peace is what all true warriors strive for.
December 24, 2025 at 2:29 AM
ppl come to bsky and be like "gee it sure is boring around here!" my boy, this peace is what all true warriors strive for.
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
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Please share this widely. There have been 13 peer-reviewed critiques of the Cass Review, to the extent that academia regards it as pseudoscience, but so far all have been subject to organised censorship by mainstream media. This is the first time one has broken through. Oz Guardian only still.
Worked hard to get this into Guardian Oz & big props to @fiercemum.bsky.social for setting it up & Melissa Davey for publishing it. She will doubtless get loads of hassle from transphobes for it, but it needs to be out there.
Puberty Blocker bans harm trans kids, no-one should pretend they don’t.
Puberty Blocker bans harm trans kids, no-one should pretend they don’t.
Puberty blocker bans in Queensland and NZ risk extreme harm to trans youth, UK expert warns
Sociologist who surveyed effect of 2024 UK ban says denial of gender-affirming care has left trans and non-binary children in ‘abject misery and severe distress’
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Please share this widely. There have been 13 peer-reviewed critiques of the Cass Review, to the extent that academia regards it as pseudoscience, but so far all have been subject to organised censorship by mainstream media. This is the first time one has broken through. Oz Guardian only still.
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please, please, please watch this. its shorter than most video essays on youtube rn. u can do it. please watch this. dont look away.
youtu.be/Ybj10537yi4?...
youtu.be/Ybj10537yi4?...
Why We're Boycotting Xbox (and Maybe You Should Too)
YouTube video by People Make Games
youtu.be
December 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
please, please, please watch this. its shorter than most video essays on youtube rn. u can do it. please watch this. dont look away.
youtu.be/Ybj10537yi4?...
youtu.be/Ybj10537yi4?...
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So the guy himself is saying they arent really even seeing productivity gains? He said they are just using AI because they are afraid of being left behind. He is inviting this public scorn by repeating techbro talking points for no benefit at all. The mind of a CEO is fascinating.
If I had known the two paragraphs about genAI in my article today would be so controversial, I would have expanded them a bit! Here's a rough transcript of the relevant portion of my interview with Swen Vincke, so everyone has all the context. (Full article here: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...)
December 17, 2025 at 12:16 AM
So the guy himself is saying they arent really even seeing productivity gains? He said they are just using AI because they are afraid of being left behind. He is inviting this public scorn by repeating techbro talking points for no benefit at all. The mind of a CEO is fascinating.
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December 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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man, fuck AI
fuck AI for making us distrust everything
fuck AI for giving us worse services at higher prices
fuck AI for using our water sources
fuck AI for taking our jobs
fuck AI for making us distrust everything
fuck AI for giving us worse services at higher prices
fuck AI for using our water sources
fuck AI for taking our jobs
December 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
man, fuck AI
fuck AI for making us distrust everything
fuck AI for giving us worse services at higher prices
fuck AI for using our water sources
fuck AI for taking our jobs
fuck AI for making us distrust everything
fuck AI for giving us worse services at higher prices
fuck AI for using our water sources
fuck AI for taking our jobs
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"we USE ai, but our game wont CONTAIN it" is a clarification that no one has ever cared about & now CEOs are using it as a wedge to get their foot in the door as a part of a long term plan into normalizing AI, just like how 'it's just placeholder' was used with E33. dont cede even an inch of ground
December 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
"we USE ai, but our game wont CONTAIN it" is a clarification that no one has ever cared about & now CEOs are using it as a wedge to get their foot in the door as a part of a long term plan into normalizing AI, just like how 'it's just placeholder' was used with E33. dont cede even an inch of ground
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One take from a former Larian artist, following my interview with Swen Vincke this morning:
consider my feedback: i loved working at @larianstudios.com until AI. reconsider and change your direction, like, yesterday. show your employees some respect. they are world-class & do not need AI assistance to come up with amazing ideas.
December 16, 2025 at 4:23 PM
One take from a former Larian artist, following my interview with Swen Vincke this morning:
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Idk who needs to hear this, but talking to blorbo on the plagerism machine is crossing the picket line.
December 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Idk who needs to hear this, but talking to blorbo on the plagerism machine is crossing the picket line.
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You used to have to do a layer or two of analysis to arrive at "Generative AI is fascist, don't use it."
jesus christ
December 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
You used to have to do a layer or two of analysis to arrive at "Generative AI is fascist, don't use it."
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AI users really think they are doing something. Like, they 'prompted' and therefore MADE something. It's really interesting to me.
If AI could create new physics and they prompted an AI into Nobel prize physics they think they would get the prize because they think they did the work. It's strange!
If AI could create new physics and they prompted an AI into Nobel prize physics they think they would get the prize because they think they did the work. It's strange!
McDonald's has released an AI-generated Christmas ad
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
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The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
Comments have been turned off on YouTube
December 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
AI users really think they are doing something. Like, they 'prompted' and therefore MADE something. It's really interesting to me.
If AI could create new physics and they prompted an AI into Nobel prize physics they think they would get the prize because they think they did the work. It's strange!
If AI could create new physics and they prompted an AI into Nobel prize physics they think they would get the prize because they think they did the work. It's strange!
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Sam Altman continuing his run of saying the dumbest things I have ever heard and turning that into a trillion dollar business.
Malicious optimism or idiocy you decide.
Malicious optimism or idiocy you decide.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Sam Altman continuing his run of saying the dumbest things I have ever heard and turning that into a trillion dollar business.
Malicious optimism or idiocy you decide.
Malicious optimism or idiocy you decide.
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Real Oz the Great and Powerful hours
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 8, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Real Oz the Great and Powerful hours
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BREAKING: Guy who has never seen a Sondheim production in full until today in danger of really getting to into Sondheim.
December 8, 2025 at 6:32 AM
BREAKING: Guy who has never seen a Sondheim production in full until today in danger of really getting to into Sondheim.
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Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere.
It means more power for them and less freedom for you.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere.
It means more power for them and less freedom for you.
Netflix's $83 billion takeover of Warner Bros Discovery would mean more corporate consolidation.
Netflix, by far the #1 streamer, would take over HBO Max, the #3 streaming service.
This giant merger could violate antitrust law and hurt consumers.
Netflix, by far the #1 streamer, would take over HBO Max, the #3 streaming service.
This giant merger could violate antitrust law and hurt consumers.
December 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere.
It means more power for them and less freedom for you.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere.
It means more power for them and less freedom for you.
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I don’t wanna be That Person but the evil Chuck E. Cheese-like video game franchise’s rights still belong to the guy who donated a *ton* of money to the party that is currently destroying our country. The guy just went quiet, he didn’t give up the rights (as far as I’m aware).
December 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I don’t wanna be That Person but the evil Chuck E. Cheese-like video game franchise’s rights still belong to the guy who donated a *ton* of money to the party that is currently destroying our country. The guy just went quiet, he didn’t give up the rights (as far as I’m aware).
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A truly great idea. 10,000 ethical assets freely available.
There’s no excuse for resorting to so-called AI with this and the *many* other assets you can use without resorting to laundered plagiarism.
Support real artists, not con artists.
There’s no excuse for resorting to so-called AI with this and the *many* other assets you can use without resorting to laundered plagiarism.
Support real artists, not con artists.
More coverage of our 10,000 Game Assets Pack, this time on Dexerto. We really do appreciate all the support everyone is giving this - basically it makes the last year of working on it full time worthwhile & spurs us on to create more assets!! www.dexerto.com/gaming/indie... #gamedev #indiedev
Indie studio releases 10k human-made game assets so devs “don’t turn to AI” - Dexerto
Indie creators got a boost as a new 10k human-made asset pack launched to help developers avoid relying on AI tools.
www.dexerto.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:51 AM
A truly great idea. 10,000 ethical assets freely available.
There’s no excuse for resorting to so-called AI with this and the *many* other assets you can use without resorting to laundered plagiarism.
Support real artists, not con artists.
There’s no excuse for resorting to so-called AI with this and the *many* other assets you can use without resorting to laundered plagiarism.
Support real artists, not con artists.
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It's officially #SpotifyWrapped season, so we're flipping the script by unwrapping Spotify. Tell them to drop ICE ads now!
Since Spotify won’t protect immigrant communities, we’re using their own celebration to hold them accountable. Cancel your subscription to get them to pull the plug on ICE
Since Spotify won’t protect immigrant communities, we’re using their own celebration to hold them accountable. Cancel your subscription to get them to pull the plug on ICE
December 3, 2025 at 11:56 PM
It's officially #SpotifyWrapped season, so we're flipping the script by unwrapping Spotify. Tell them to drop ICE ads now!
Since Spotify won’t protect immigrant communities, we’re using their own celebration to hold them accountable. Cancel your subscription to get them to pull the plug on ICE
Since Spotify won’t protect immigrant communities, we’re using their own celebration to hold them accountable. Cancel your subscription to get them to pull the plug on ICE
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🚨 BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani to require all NYC students to carry a 3DS.
November 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
🚨 BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani to require all NYC students to carry a 3DS.