Sam Cole
@samleecole.bsky.social
journalist / co-founder @404media.co
signal (for sensitive comms ONLY thanks): sam.404
complain about the paywall catch a block
signal (for sensitive comms ONLY thanks): sam.404
complain about the paywall catch a block
this was making me nuts recently so I recorded all the times I had to bat away all the useless AI shit in acrobat. four times right after opening the doc, and some things I couldn't even clear
November 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
this was making me nuts recently so I recorded all the times I had to bat away all the useless AI shit in acrobat. four times right after opening the doc, and some things I couldn't even clear
but what's really weird is one of the memes for whining about this issue is making a LEGO minifig do the complaining, IP that as far as I can tell is actively protected by LEGO:
October 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
but what's really weird is one of the memes for whining about this issue is making a LEGO minifig do the complaining, IP that as far as I can tell is actively protected by LEGO:
someone got yellllled aaaat, and now the guardrails are so strict they're overcompensating and blocking prompts for all sorts of stuff, including public domain characters. no one on the app is taking it well
October 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
someone got yellllled aaaat, and now the guardrails are so strict they're overcompensating and blocking prompts for all sorts of stuff, including public domain characters. no one on the app is taking it well
on the podcast this week @mjgault.bsky.social joined the gang for a nuanced discussion about Silksong, difficult games, and the challenges developers face. and then they asked me what I thought, so
September 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
on the podcast this week @mjgault.bsky.social joined the gang for a nuanced discussion about Silksong, difficult games, and the challenges developers face. and then they asked me what I thought, so
passing the buck for a minute straight
August 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM
passing the buck for a minute straight
this is the founder of Tea, Sean Cook.
“I feel like his [Cook’s] motive is money, not actually to protect people,” a former employee said, “and I think that his story about his mom is a crock of shit.”
www.404media.co/how-teas-fou...
“I feel like his [Cook’s] motive is money, not actually to protect people,” a former employee said, “and I think that his story about his mom is a crock of shit.”
www.404media.co/how-teas-fou...
August 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
this is the founder of Tea, Sean Cook.
“I feel like his [Cook’s] motive is money, not actually to protect people,” a former employee said, “and I think that his story about his mom is a crock of shit.”
www.404media.co/how-teas-fou...
“I feel like his [Cook’s] motive is money, not actually to protect people,” a former employee said, “and I think that his story about his mom is a crock of shit.”
www.404media.co/how-teas-fou...
the kind of behind the scenes action you miss if you're not listening to the @404media.co podcast
August 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
the kind of behind the scenes action you miss if you're not listening to the @404media.co podcast