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SoDaft Potato @sodaft-potato.bsky.social · 6h

Sonic drawings unrelated to Halloween. #art #fanart #SonicTheHedgehog

Sonic glances behind himself while scaling a cliff. Eggman chases after him in his Eggmobile, blowing dark exhaust. Two Flickies fly and observe them.

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Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 19h

Dragon Ball FighterZ: Goku (SS4, DAIMA) coming in Spring 2026. Balance update coming October 12th www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVtd...

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Adam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.social · 1d

Every A.I. CEO is like “We invented a robot that can fuck your wife so you have more free time to mow the lawn!”

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Evan @mardiculous.bsky.social · 21h

Boomers have 3 properties, Gen X has 2, and everyone else rents forever.

This makes sense

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 2d

One curious thing on this site about speaking out against the encroachment of LLMs is that inevitably you get accused of being anti-tech. I don’t hate technology. I’ve used machine learning in my own code before. But I also recognize that oligarchs are so hellbent on pushing this tech for a reason.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 2d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Vincent Becherer @vincentbecherer.bsky.social · 3d

“People’s labor is so valuable to our business, we can’t afford to fairly pay them for it.”

I feel like there’s a word for that…

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✨Ray Alexander⚡️☀️ @irayalexander.bsky.social · 4d

why do corporations and certain corporate decisionmakers have to be forced to do the right thing…

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 3d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Sonic The Wereblog @sonichedgeblog.bsky.social · 5d

'Rush Tricks' (SADX Mod) by Vwp914
Brings the Sonic Rush tricks system into Sonic Adventure!
https://shc.zone/entries/contest2025/1413

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Fred @stupidfred0.bsky.social · 3d

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spacedawg @spacedawgspace.bsky.social · 4d

KNOCK KNOCK ‼️

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DAVE! (like "Them!" but Dave) @daveexmachina.bsky.social · 5d

normal person: i just want a place to hang out with my friends
tech weirdo: and shitheads
np: no just my friends
tw: but what about hearing alternative views on race and gender?
np: we just want to hang out and goof around
tw: so where do the shitheads fit in then
np: no shitheads
tw: not following

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docfunk @jellyjampudding.bsky.social · 4d

think i forgot to upload this one

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Evan @mardiculous.bsky.social · 5d

They've been giving us WAY TOO small ONLY middle mouth, or EXTREME left or right mouth, with angled teeth in a perma smile.

And Crossworlds really only introduces us to a model that snaps between those two.

Meanwhile, Riders....

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Evan @mardiculous.bsky.social · 5d

The mouth is just 'cheating' towards the camera. His quills look great doing this too. 'Cheating' toward the camera is even used in acting, and as an actor you gotta make it look natural..

Our current model takes that to a ridiculous extreme however, that only works when you barely animate it.

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Evan @mardiculous.bsky.social · 5d

It's built like a pocket, hanging on the side of his face. Look at where his teeth go.

Instead of a HUGE mouth, that rarely opens fully, and in the center.

Sonic Riders Cutscene, Sonic looking scared

Sonic Riders Cutscene, Sonic speaking happily

Sonic Riders Cutscene, Sonic looking terrified

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Evan @mardiculous.bsky.social · 5d

help him

sonic forces cutscene, cropped around sonic's mouth with fixed slanted teeth.

Sonic Unleashed cutscene, cropped around sonic's mouth with fixed slanted teeth.

Sonic Frontiers cutscene, cropped around sonic's mouth with fixed slanted teeth.

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Evan @mardiculous.bsky.social · 5d

Totally fair! I don’t think many like the materials on the Sonic Heroes renders. Lolol

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Evan @mardiculous.bsky.social · 5d

Left or Right?

One of the latest Official Sonic Renders from the 2026 calendar for the 35th anniversary.

Sonic Heroes render from 2004, at the same face angle as the first image

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 6d

Earlier this year, Dr. Jane Goodall sat down for an interview for Brad Falchuk’s new Netflix series, Famous Last Words.

The premise of the series is to interview people on the condition that the interview not air until the subject has passed away.

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Captain Disillusion @captaindisillusion.bsky.social · 8d

Got the ‘90s covered 👋

Photo of a teenage, pre-intern Alan in his sparsely decorated room, surrounded by various ‘90s era items — CRT TV, VCR, Sega Genesis, dual cassette tape recorder… He is wearing an orange sleeveless hoodie, stonewash sweatpants, and large furry slippers. Walkman headphones, a microphone and a synth keyboard on his lap complete the look of an artistically promising young geek.

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Evan @mardiculous.bsky.social · 7d

A business needs full control, and is a concept

Humanity is real and accepts the reality that beauty can be discovered without control.

Thats the world I want to live in.

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Evan @mardiculous.bsky.social · 7d

I know this because even some artists, buy into this "perfection" quest

You may even see it in your friends. Creatives burying themselves in so many "optimal" strategies, their content looks no different than the 1000s of other options

I miss using the internet to see humans. Now I see businesses

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Evan @mardiculous.bsky.social · 7d

Their quest to turn art into a button is hilarious to me.

They are sprinting in the wrong direction. In a circle, calling it progress.

They will never reach art because first they need to accept humanity, and if they did, they'd destroy it.

Art hits us, because we feel seen

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