Lorcan Murphy
@wasdmatter.bsky.social
Game Designer, Dad, Bibliophile, and Gamer. Lover of puns both witty and appalling. Abounding in songs and legends. He/them. Words and remarks are my own.
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While this article goes very rightly into the disrespect actors have faced in dubbing, underneath that is an entire ecosystem of abused and rushed freelancers doing the timecoding, adapting, directing, engineering, and mixing who Amazon also attempted to cut.
www.avclub.com/amazon-ai-an...
www.avclub.com/amazon-ai-an...
Amazon's AI anime dubbing fiasco reminds us that voice actors are severely undervalued
Amazon recently rolled out bad AI-generated dubs for several anime on Prime Video, demonstrating yet again that voice actors are undervalued.
www.avclub.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:22 AM
While this article goes very rightly into the disrespect actors have faced in dubbing, underneath that is an entire ecosystem of abused and rushed freelancers doing the timecoding, adapting, directing, engineering, and mixing who Amazon also attempted to cut.
www.avclub.com/amazon-ai-an...
www.avclub.com/amazon-ai-an...
Great thread here on one of the reasons I’m not a ‘Mayor Pete’ fan and thing that running him in National primaries is sort of an albatross. I know a lot of white midwesterners who feel good about Buttigieg, but I don’t.
Way back when, mayor Pete's reform-minded chief of police, Daryl Boykins, recorded some of his officers making vile racist statements. So Buttigieg fired... the police chief.🤡
Boykins was the 1st Black police chief in city history, and was building trust with Black folk.
But it gets worse...
Boykins was the 1st Black police chief in city history, and was building trust with Black folk.
But it gets worse...
November 19, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Great thread here on one of the reasons I’m not a ‘Mayor Pete’ fan and thing that running him in National primaries is sort of an albatross. I know a lot of white midwesterners who feel good about Buttigieg, but I don’t.
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
I am no @maryrobinettekowal.com but I am greatly enjoying doing voices while reading @seananmcguire.bsky.social ‘s Rosemary and Rue to my youngest. Protean characters who change voice on a dime mid dialogue is FUN! I’d forgotten that character touch in recent books.
November 6, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I am no @maryrobinettekowal.com but I am greatly enjoying doing voices while reading @seananmcguire.bsky.social ‘s Rosemary and Rue to my youngest. Protean characters who change voice on a dime mid dialogue is FUN! I’d forgotten that character touch in recent books.
Really proud of my delightfully weird and creative teenager. “I designed a tattoo that my teacher put permanently on his body” is a pretty awesome achievement. www.instagram.com/reel/DPHOTlW...
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October 13, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Really proud of my delightfully weird and creative teenager. “I designed a tattoo that my teacher put permanently on his body” is a pretty awesome achievement. www.instagram.com/reel/DPHOTlW...
The mantis is our yard says have a nice day to Bluesky folks and @seananmcguire.bsky.social in particular.
October 7, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The mantis is our yard says have a nice day to Bluesky folks and @seananmcguire.bsky.social in particular.
Tagging @seananmcguire.bsky.social because a mantis came to visit me by the garagetoday.
September 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Tagging @seananmcguire.bsky.social because a mantis came to visit me by the garagetoday.
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Stand by this: www.politico.com/newsletters/...
February 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Stand by this: www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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I am *begging* people to look up the actual history of the Luddite movement with it being bandied about everywhere.
They weren't anti-tech, they were anti-exploitation, anti-Industrialist, pro-worker safety textile worker radicals who disabled factory machines that were maiming and killing workers.
They weren't anti-tech, they were anti-exploitation, anti-Industrialist, pro-worker safety textile worker radicals who disabled factory machines that were maiming and killing workers.
May 7, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I am *begging* people to look up the actual history of the Luddite movement with it being bandied about everywhere.
They weren't anti-tech, they were anti-exploitation, anti-Industrialist, pro-worker safety textile worker radicals who disabled factory machines that were maiming and killing workers.
They weren't anti-tech, they were anti-exploitation, anti-Industrialist, pro-worker safety textile worker radicals who disabled factory machines that were maiming and killing workers.
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Every time I get a journalist call for comment now I close my remarks with “members of a government that believes it is not bound by the rule of law are not entitled to its protection.”
March 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Every time I get a journalist call for comment now I close my remarks with “members of a government that believes it is not bound by the rule of law are not entitled to its protection.”
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Law only works if people pretend it exists. When we take Trump's word for it that he has the authority to do something it *gives* him that authority.
It is important that journalists stop reporting what Trump or Musk says as law.
It is important that journalists stop reporting what Trump or Musk says as law.
February 3, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Law only works if people pretend it exists. When we take Trump's word for it that he has the authority to do something it *gives* him that authority.
It is important that journalists stop reporting what Trump or Musk says as law.
It is important that journalists stop reporting what Trump or Musk says as law.
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I fully believe that there's a direct line you can draw from South Park popularizing the "oh it's okay to be racist/transphobic/antisemitic if you're targeting everyone equally" school of thought to the current Joe Rogan mindrot hellscape
i think the south park guys should be up against the wall for their crimes against humanity
January 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I fully believe that there's a direct line you can draw from South Park popularizing the "oh it's okay to be racist/transphobic/antisemitic if you're targeting everyone equally" school of thought to the current Joe Rogan mindrot hellscape
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I have been wondering why US leftists and liberals alike are so terrible at long term strategy lately. Then I remembered that we’re in this predicament because neither camp listens to Black people or respects our history in this country beyond lip service.
Abolition & civil rights took *centuries.*
Abolition & civil rights took *centuries.*
January 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I have been wondering why US leftists and liberals alike are so terrible at long term strategy lately. Then I remembered that we’re in this predicament because neither camp listens to Black people or respects our history in this country beyond lip service.
Abolition & civil rights took *centuries.*
Abolition & civil rights took *centuries.*
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With three days yet to go, it doesn't look like we're going to hit the next stretch goal--but wouldn't it be amazing if we did? www.kickstarter.com/projects/wra...
Wayward Children Vol. 1 - Illustrated Deluxe Omnibus
The first three entries in Seanan McGuire's Hugo Award-Winning Series come to Wraithmarked!
www.kickstarter.com
December 30, 2024 at 12:36 AM
With three days yet to go, it doesn't look like we're going to hit the next stretch goal--but wouldn't it be amazing if we did? www.kickstarter.com/projects/wra...
I’m a simple person. I see an opportunity to preorder a new Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti by @older.bsky.social and I do it.
December 23, 2024 at 2:31 AM
I’m a simple person. I see an opportunity to preorder a new Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti by @older.bsky.social and I do it.
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My last-ever handmade restock is live and 15% off! Everything else is 50% off, too!
No minimum purchase, discount applied automatically at checkout.
Thanks for sharing! 💚💚💚
Greenleafgeek.com
No minimum purchase, discount applied automatically at checkout.
Thanks for sharing! 💚💚💚
Greenleafgeek.com
December 20, 2024 at 9:43 PM
My last-ever handmade restock is live and 15% off! Everything else is 50% off, too!
No minimum purchase, discount applied automatically at checkout.
Thanks for sharing! 💚💚💚
Greenleafgeek.com
No minimum purchase, discount applied automatically at checkout.
Thanks for sharing! 💚💚💚
Greenleafgeek.com
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If I could make a plea for BlueSky, it’s this: Please make a point of sharing links to articles, essays and more that you LOVE, that you enjoyed, that expanded you in some way.
I’m always surprised by the dominance of hate-shares, complaint shares on here. And I think it has a riptide effect.
I’m always surprised by the dominance of hate-shares, complaint shares on here. And I think it has a riptide effect.
August 17, 2024 at 9:50 PM
If I could make a plea for BlueSky, it’s this: Please make a point of sharing links to articles, essays and more that you LOVE, that you enjoyed, that expanded you in some way.
I’m always surprised by the dominance of hate-shares, complaint shares on here. And I think it has a riptide effect.
I’m always surprised by the dominance of hate-shares, complaint shares on here. And I think it has a riptide effect.
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note how long it took the French from calling the election to holding not 1 but 2 votes? and organizing the shit out of the second one? LESS THAN ONE MONTH
A national election does not have to be a painful 1.5-2 year process! the US election campaign should quite honestly not even have started yet!!
A national election does not have to be a painful 1.5-2 year process! the US election campaign should quite honestly not even have started yet!!
July 7, 2024 at 8:30 PM
note how long it took the French from calling the election to holding not 1 but 2 votes? and organizing the shit out of the second one? LESS THAN ONE MONTH
A national election does not have to be a painful 1.5-2 year process! the US election campaign should quite honestly not even have started yet!!
A national election does not have to be a painful 1.5-2 year process! the US election campaign should quite honestly not even have started yet!!
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Long elections waste immense amounts of money. they harass potential voters into apathy. They play into the horse-race, scandal-fed view of politics that feeds deeply unserious media coverage. They NOT INCIDENTALLY make it difficult/impossible for campaigns to deal with last-minute surprises.
note how long it took the French from calling the election to holding not 1 but 2 votes? and organizing the shit out of the second one? LESS THAN ONE MONTH
A national election does not have to be a painful 1.5-2 year process! the US election campaign should quite honestly not even have started yet!!
A national election does not have to be a painful 1.5-2 year process! the US election campaign should quite honestly not even have started yet!!
July 7, 2024 at 8:35 PM
Long elections waste immense amounts of money. they harass potential voters into apathy. They play into the horse-race, scandal-fed view of politics that feeds deeply unserious media coverage. They NOT INCIDENTALLY make it difficult/impossible for campaigns to deal with last-minute surprises.
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Long election campaigns also put the emphasis, over and over again, ON THE ELECTION rather than on governing: like voting is all we as citizens have to do; like winning is the most important quality in a candidate.
GOVERNING. The thing is GOVERNING. Elections should be a means of accountability+
GOVERNING. The thing is GOVERNING. Elections should be a means of accountability+
Long elections waste immense amounts of money. they harass potential voters into apathy. They play into the horse-race, scandal-fed view of politics that feeds deeply unserious media coverage. They NOT INCIDENTALLY make it difficult/impossible for campaigns to deal with last-minute surprises.
note how long it took the French from calling the election to holding not 1 but 2 votes? and organizing the shit out of the second one? LESS THAN ONE MONTH
A national election does not have to be a painful 1.5-2 year process! the US election campaign should quite honestly not even have started yet!!
A national election does not have to be a painful 1.5-2 year process! the US election campaign should quite honestly not even have started yet!!
July 7, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Long election campaigns also put the emphasis, over and over again, ON THE ELECTION rather than on governing: like voting is all we as citizens have to do; like winning is the most important quality in a candidate.
GOVERNING. The thing is GOVERNING. Elections should be a means of accountability+
GOVERNING. The thing is GOVERNING. Elections should be a means of accountability+
Try this today, for morale.
June 28, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Try this today, for morale.