nick
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ffxiv • horror media • adventure games
ffxiv • horror media • adventure games
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Netflix getting Warner Bros. is bad for art, but right-wing oligarchs not getting it is bad for fascism.
The Ellisons already got Paramount and Fox-ified CBS, plus a big stake in TikTok USA and more.
On balance, avoiding more Orban-style media consolidation is a good outcome.
Such are the times.
The Ellisons already got Paramount and Fox-ified CBS, plus a big stake in TikTok USA and more.
On balance, avoiding more Orban-style media consolidation is a good outcome.
Such are the times.
December 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Netflix getting Warner Bros. is bad for art, but right-wing oligarchs not getting it is bad for fascism.
The Ellisons already got Paramount and Fox-ified CBS, plus a big stake in TikTok USA and more.
On balance, avoiding more Orban-style media consolidation is a good outcome.
Such are the times.
The Ellisons already got Paramount and Fox-ified CBS, plus a big stake in TikTok USA and more.
On balance, avoiding more Orban-style media consolidation is a good outcome.
Such are the times.
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Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...
December 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...
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Sabrina Carpenter made the White House delete their fuck ass tweet.
December 5, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Sabrina Carpenter made the White House delete their fuck ass tweet.
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WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 24-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION people in Denmark found NO LINK between aluminum in childhood vaccines and autism, asthma, OR chronic disorders.
Aluminum is an ADJUVANT.
It ENHANCES your immune response to a vaccine.
That’s it.
Aluminum is an ADJUVANT.
It ENHANCES your immune response to a vaccine.
That’s it.
December 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 24-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION people in Denmark found NO LINK between aluminum in childhood vaccines and autism, asthma, OR chronic disorders.
Aluminum is an ADJUVANT.
It ENHANCES your immune response to a vaccine.
That’s it.
Aluminum is an ADJUVANT.
It ENHANCES your immune response to a vaccine.
That’s it.
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This kind of dataset is a clear indicator that propaganda plays a big role in people's political positions and acting like people are unshiftable is just completely detached from reality
Republicans increasingly oppose requiring healthy kids to get MMR vaccines to attend public schools
2016 19%
2019 20%
2023 42%
2025 47%
www.pewresearch.org/science/2025... 🧪
2016 19%
2019 20%
2023 42%
2025 47%
www.pewresearch.org/science/2025... 🧪
December 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This kind of dataset is a clear indicator that propaganda plays a big role in people's political positions and acting like people are unshiftable is just completely detached from reality
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here’s my official comment on the Netflix/WB news xx
December 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM
here’s my official comment on the Netflix/WB news xx
i like the idea of teen drama by way of star trek! trek is a morality play, and who has messier morals more in need of a mirror held up to them than fucking teenagers? why are people constantly bitching about every single thing trek does without even seeing if it works first, my god
December 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
i like the idea of teen drama by way of star trek! trek is a morality play, and who has messier morals more in need of a mirror held up to them than fucking teenagers? why are people constantly bitching about every single thing trek does without even seeing if it works first, my god
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'I can't believe they turned Star Trek into a teen drama, it's gotten so far from what made it good, wah wah wah'
Meanwhile Star Trek in 1993:
Meanwhile Star Trek in 1993:
December 5, 2025 at 9:47 AM
'I can't believe they turned Star Trek into a teen drama, it's gotten so far from what made it good, wah wah wah'
Meanwhile Star Trek in 1993:
Meanwhile Star Trek in 1993:
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You know it’s a dystopia when Netflix can acquire Warner Bros, likely doing massive harm to cinema as an art form, and your first reaction is “shit at least David Ellison didn’t get his oddly damp hands on Bugs Bunny”
December 5, 2025 at 12:43 PM
You know it’s a dystopia when Netflix can acquire Warner Bros, likely doing massive harm to cinema as an art form, and your first reaction is “shit at least David Ellison didn’t get his oddly damp hands on Bugs Bunny”
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This is such a powerful image
November 8, 2023 at 5:16 PM
This is such a powerful image
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Gavin Newsom spent the early months of Trump 2 having friendly chats with far-right extremists. He praised Steve Bannon shortly after he gave a literal Nazi salute.
Google "Newsom vetoes" for a long list of things he has fucked up for California. He's a snake and you shouldn't trust him.
Google "Newsom vetoes" for a long list of things he has fucked up for California. He's a snake and you shouldn't trust him.
You may have gripes...nobody is perfect, but Newsom has been a great governor. He's an excellent administrator, and if you want to join the circular firing squad which has destroyed progressive politics, be it on you.
December 4, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Gavin Newsom spent the early months of Trump 2 having friendly chats with far-right extremists. He praised Steve Bannon shortly after he gave a literal Nazi salute.
Google "Newsom vetoes" for a long list of things he has fucked up for California. He's a snake and you shouldn't trust him.
Google "Newsom vetoes" for a long list of things he has fucked up for California. He's a snake and you shouldn't trust him.
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🎶SIMPLY HAVING A WONDERFUL METROID PRIME🎶
a cartoon drawing of a robot eating ramen
ALT: a cartoon drawing of a robot eating ramen
media.tenor.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:22 AM
🎶SIMPLY HAVING A WONDERFUL METROID PRIME🎶
prime 4 good so far i had a shitty busy day so i’m too eepy to play more than 90 minutes but i like the video game
December 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
prime 4 good so far i had a shitty busy day so i’m too eepy to play more than 90 minutes but i like the video game
We gotta hold whoever the dem nominee is to getting rid of these obviously corrupt judges, expanding the court, and kicking the shit out of the republicans for packing it so egregiously.
SCOTUS conservatives just blessed the Texas GOP's gerrymander. It'll be used next year.
They stay the lower-court ruling, written by a Trump-appointed judge, that found the gerrymander to be illegal.
While no clear vote, Alito wrote a concurrence; and only the three liberal justices dissented.
They stay the lower-court ruling, written by a Trump-appointed judge, that found the gerrymander to be illegal.
While no clear vote, Alito wrote a concurrence; and only the three liberal justices dissented.
December 4, 2025 at 11:26 PM
We gotta hold whoever the dem nominee is to getting rid of these obviously corrupt judges, expanding the court, and kicking the shit out of the republicans for packing it so egregiously.
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a whole new world to explore
December 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
a whole new world to explore
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They need to release this video to the public
December 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
They need to release this video to the public
yknow, we know exactly who is propping up this technocrat bullshit
why not just… idk… beat the shit out of them as a collective society
why not just… idk… beat the shit out of them as a collective society
December 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
yknow, we know exactly who is propping up this technocrat bullshit
why not just… idk… beat the shit out of them as a collective society
why not just… idk… beat the shit out of them as a collective society
kinda curious how the breakdown of players who cut sonar overlaps with players who aren’t in the youtube commentary sphere bc i know a lot of people didn’t want to fire him specifically because of his VA 🤔
December 4, 2025 at 3:58 AM
kinda curious how the breakdown of players who cut sonar overlaps with players who aren’t in the youtube commentary sphere bc i know a lot of people didn’t want to fire him specifically because of his VA 🤔
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I can't listen to the song without thinking of
December 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I can't listen to the song without thinking of
“No i promise, buy my company’s product and stock because we’re gonna be sooooo good at making… trash that requires more human oversight???”
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says AI will unleash a wave of new ideas and unfinished projects—leaving people busier, not freer, as “everybody’s jobs will be different.” trib.al/i8LvkCC
Nvidia CEO says AI will actually make everyone a lot busier: 'Everybody's jobs will be different' | Fortune
“I would say that there's every evidence that we will be more productive and yet still be busier because we have so many ideas,” Jensen Huang said.
trib.al
December 4, 2025 at 2:08 AM
“No i promise, buy my company’s product and stock because we’re gonna be sooooo good at making… trash that requires more human oversight???”
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The USTA was the first league in the US to have an openly trans woman play in their tournaments: Renee Richards, who is now 91 years old. She had to sue to be allowed to play. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%...
December 4, 2025 at 1:27 AM
The USTA was the first league in the US to have an openly trans woman play in their tournaments: Renee Richards, who is now 91 years old. She had to sue to be allowed to play. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%...
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Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
How to quit Spotify
This Black Friday, here's a guide to finding the best Spotify alternative
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
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Thank you to @lizbushouse.bsky.social and @marzgurl.com for links that made this easier (Kaylyn made a good thread of examples and Liz provided the link below)
Strongly consider doing this too if you care about the increase usage of A.i. when it comes to art
Strongly consider doing this too if you care about the increase usage of A.i. when it comes to art
December 3, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Thank you to @lizbushouse.bsky.social and @marzgurl.com for links that made this easier (Kaylyn made a good thread of examples and Liz provided the link below)
Strongly consider doing this too if you care about the increase usage of A.i. when it comes to art
Strongly consider doing this too if you care about the increase usage of A.i. when it comes to art
Man, humble went from one of the coolest companies in the indie games scene to peddling AI, doing harry potter apologia, and now censorship. Sad as hell.
Humble's now banned it too, post-launch:
www.ign.com/articles/hor...
www.ign.com/articles/hor...
Horses, the Upsetting Horror Game Previously Banned on Steam, Gets Last Minute Ban From Epic Games Store Too - IGN
Last week, we reported that disturbing horror game Horses had been banned from Steam. Now, at the last possible minute before the game was set to release widely across other PC store fronts, Epic Game...
www.ign.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Man, humble went from one of the coolest companies in the indie games scene to peddling AI, doing harry potter apologia, and now censorship. Sad as hell.