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Mike Maynard @skullpiratemike.bsky.social · 3h

I'm fully expecting the message execs get from this to just be 'people don't like Tron' instead of the combined turdstorm of Leto, Mr. Beast, Tesla and Grok in the marketing being a misstep

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Mike Maynard @skullpiratemike.bsky.social · 8h

Buy some stuff from me so I can afford to back all these cool Kickstarters www.etsy.com/shop/SkullPi...

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✪ daniel barnes ✪ @danny8bit.bsky.social · 2d

We've got just 3 DAYS LEFT on the ENDLESS FANTASIA Kickstarter, y'all! Now's the time to back to get yourself a comic and some exclusive prints, before it's too late!

Can we reach $40K before the campaign ends, I wonder? 🤔

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Jason Adams @jamnpp.bsky.social · 15h

Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.

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Mike Maynard @skullpiratemike.bsky.social · 11h

Another interaction I loved in Sonic Racing #art

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🎃 Bashy 🏳️‍🌈 @missbashfulface.bsky.social · 1d

INSERT RELATABLE MINECRAFT JOKE HERE

🔴LIVE: twitch.tv/missbashfulface

#goinglive #furrylive #furry #Twitch #streamer #vtuber #sonicracingcrossworlds #sonicthehedgehog

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Mike Maynard @skullpiratemike.bsky.social · 2d

DISCO ORB?????

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Mike Maynard @skullpiratemike.bsky.social · 2d

Playing the Roadside Research demo with Joe www.twitch.tv/skullpiratem...

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We're aliens today

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Mike Maynard @skullpiratemike.bsky.social · 2d

To be fair, I was actually looking for the articles about his weird sex cult, but that one came up first and felt more relevant.

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Mike Maynard @skullpiratemike.bsky.social · 2d

The source is The Guardian, who announced a 'strategic partnership' with OpenAI a while back. They've been pushing AI propaganda ever since.

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Mike Maynard @skullpiratemike.bsky.social · 2d

I'm pretty sure it was actually this www.imdb.com/news/ni65325...

Jared Leto Accused of Sexual Misconduct By 9 Women - IMDb

IMDb, the world's most popular and authoritative source for movie, TV and celebrity content.

www.imdb.com

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Kris Dobbins @krisdobbinsart.bsky.social · 10d

✨ MY STORE IS OPEN!! ✨

If you've ever wanted some of my Sonic prints, they're now available to buy! This is my first time ever selling my work online like this, so please excuse any hiccups in the process.

Thank you very much! I'll add more prints soon!! krisdobbinsart.storenvy.com

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Mike Maynard @skullpiratemike.bsky.social · 12d

Victory ice cream #sonic #art

Cream the Rabbit and Storm the Albatross getting ice cream together

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Mike Maynard @skullpiratemike.bsky.social · 2d

To be fair I don't think anything would've changed if I HAD known, I just would've known.

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Mike Maynard @skullpiratemike.bsky.social · 2d

A girl ran up and said "oh my god it's Justin Bieber", which admittedly probably should've been a clue, but i just thought it was friends sharing an in-joke.

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Mike Maynard @skullpiratemike.bsky.social · 2d

Apparently last weekend I waited to cross a road with Justin Bieber and I had no idea.

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Mike Maynard @skullpiratemike.bsky.social · 2d

I still never once got up before noon on a Sunday to see this pig, though

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Mike Maynard @skullpiratemike.bsky.social · 3d

People who still go to the cinema care. I know people who don't care if what they're looking at is AI, for sure, but those people don't go to the movies. Because they don't care. They'd rather be watching Youtube. I'm not sure chasing them is the best business idea.

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 3d

Jason Blum says Hollywood should 'embrace AI' and viewers 'don't care if what they’re looking at is AI"

"it’s here to stay. It’s very important to use it ethically and legally, and for studios and guilds to protect the copyright of the artists"

(via Variety)

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Kris Dobbins @krisdobbinsart.bsky.social · 3d

hog

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Mike Maynard @skullpiratemike.bsky.social · 3d

Ahh, okay, that's exactly what I thought they were gonna do haha. I could see the Rosalina connection too, but Rosalina was a princess and that house and mother were way too middle class

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Mike Maynard @skullpiratemike.bsky.social · 3d

The short? Did they reveal more about it? I kinda felt like I was going crazy for seemingly being the only one who noticed it was playing the Pikmin theme song over the whole 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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Mike Maynard @skullpiratemike.bsky.social · 4d

It was a tall task, but they actually managed to kill every lingering cell of enthusiasm I had left for the Tron franchise.

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Mike Maynard @skullpiratemike.bsky.social · 4d

I know I said I was done with Simulacra, but I just wanna do ONE more thing www.twitch.tv/skullpiratem...

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Anna I still have your phone

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Mike Maynard @skullpiratemike.bsky.social · 4d

Oh thank god, I had an existential crisis for a second there. I was alive when Sonic came out, and I was pretty sure I wasn't 40 yet

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