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Sometimes I think phones have ruined the art of photography. But, on the other hand, without them it’s likely I’d not have this official record of the time I was chased through a wildflower meadow by a small enthusiastic pig.
December 17, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Sometimes I think phones have ruined the art of photography. But, on the other hand, without them it’s likely I’d not have this official record of the time I was chased through a wildflower meadow by a small enthusiastic pig.
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NEW: Humanitarian officials staged a last-minute plea to Trump officials at their fancy hotel to re-start food aid $ for a huge refugee camp in Kenya.
The Trumpers blew it off and babies starved.
@annamaria.bsky.social & Brett Murphy
www.propublica.org/article/keny...
The Trumpers blew it off and babies starved.
@annamaria.bsky.social & Brett Murphy
www.propublica.org/article/keny...
December 17, 2025 at 12:36 PM
NEW: Humanitarian officials staged a last-minute plea to Trump officials at their fancy hotel to re-start food aid $ for a huge refugee camp in Kenya.
The Trumpers blew it off and babies starved.
@annamaria.bsky.social & Brett Murphy
www.propublica.org/article/keny...
The Trumpers blew it off and babies starved.
@annamaria.bsky.social & Brett Murphy
www.propublica.org/article/keny...
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I don’t give a shit if it’s just for “exploring ideas” or whatever lame fuck ass excuse you have for using gen AI. You are using it. You know how it works, you know the harm it
does and you are still fucking using it.
“oh you know it’s just used to develop concept art no biggie teehee”
choke on it
does and you are still fucking using it.
“oh you know it’s just used to develop concept art no biggie teehee”
choke on it
sigh
December 16, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I don’t give a shit if it’s just for “exploring ideas” or whatever lame fuck ass excuse you have for using gen AI. You are using it. You know how it works, you know the harm it
does and you are still fucking using it.
“oh you know it’s just used to develop concept art no biggie teehee”
choke on it
does and you are still fucking using it.
“oh you know it’s just used to develop concept art no biggie teehee”
choke on it
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the guy who ignored the aids crisis? And called black people horrible things behind doors? And is responsible for pretty much every horrible thing happening in America today?
The presidency once served as a reminder of our common humanity. Ronald Reagan described its purpose as building "a nation composed of good and decent people."
December 17, 2025 at 1:03 AM
the guy who ignored the aids crisis? And called black people horrible things behind doors? And is responsible for pretty much every horrible thing happening in America today?
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"we only use AI for coming up with ideas" no you don't. you use AI to come up with the a bland version of other people's ideas. there is currently NOBODY more replaceable than you
December 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
"we only use AI for coming up with ideas" no you don't. you use AI to come up with the a bland version of other people's ideas. there is currently NOBODY more replaceable than you
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If your concept artists feel they have to use AI 'for exploration' its likely that your demands for the quantity/quality of the work vs time are too high?
Like..thats what sketching is for.
But some clients will not look at sketches, it always has to look like "concept art" [ polished paintings ]
Like..thats what sketching is for.
But some clients will not look at sketches, it always has to look like "concept art" [ polished paintings ]
If I had known the two paragraphs about genAI in my article today would be so controversial, I would have expanded them a bit! Here's a rough transcript of the relevant portion of my interview with Swen Vincke, so everyone has all the context. (Full article here: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...)
December 17, 2025 at 12:55 AM
If your concept artists feel they have to use AI 'for exploration' its likely that your demands for the quantity/quality of the work vs time are too high?
Like..thats what sketching is for.
But some clients will not look at sketches, it always has to look like "concept art" [ polished paintings ]
Like..thats what sketching is for.
But some clients will not look at sketches, it always has to look like "concept art" [ polished paintings ]
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Sharing some of my thoughts from the other site but man I'm really pissed off about this shit.
December 17, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Sharing some of my thoughts from the other site but man I'm really pissed off about this shit.
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So the guy himself is saying they arent really even seeing productivity gains? He said they are just using AI because they are afraid of being left behind. He is inviting this public scorn by repeating techbro talking points for no benefit at all. The mind of a CEO is fascinating.
If I had known the two paragraphs about genAI in my article today would be so controversial, I would have expanded them a bit! Here's a rough transcript of the relevant portion of my interview with Swen Vincke, so everyone has all the context. (Full article here: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...)
December 17, 2025 at 12:16 AM
So the guy himself is saying they arent really even seeing productivity gains? He said they are just using AI because they are afraid of being left behind. He is inviting this public scorn by repeating techbro talking points for no benefit at all. The mind of a CEO is fascinating.
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the enthusiasm for generative AI would not have been possible without prior decades of capitalist conditioning to view works of art as products, rather than acts of culture and shared human life
I think the fundamental gap here is that non-creative people think that creative people make things for the end product, when in fact it’s the act of creation and not the end point that makes it worthwhile.
I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury
December 15, 2025 at 8:45 AM
the enthusiasm for generative AI would not have been possible without prior decades of capitalist conditioning to view works of art as products, rather than acts of culture and shared human life
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kyrsten sinema seemingly had a long-term plan to cash out of her senate job by establishing a reputation as someone who was connected to both parties, so at minimum it is good to see her get to find out that her name is mud
December 16, 2025 at 4:59 AM
kyrsten sinema seemingly had a long-term plan to cash out of her senate job by establishing a reputation as someone who was connected to both parties, so at minimum it is good to see her get to find out that her name is mud
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So... @support.bsky.team still hasn't given any tangible help on how we can get access to our @thetriibe.com account again.
It's going on a week now.
Will be posting our stories from here in the meantime.
It's going on a week now.
Will be posting our stories from here in the meantime.
December 16, 2025 at 6:52 PM
So... @support.bsky.team still hasn't given any tangible help on how we can get access to our @thetriibe.com account again.
It's going on a week now.
Will be posting our stories from here in the meantime.
It's going on a week now.
Will be posting our stories from here in the meantime.
WTF @larianstudios.com, you’re supposed to be better than this. There is *no* legitimate, defensible reason to use the planet-destroying plagiarism machine for any purpose whatsoever. I was greatly looking forward to Divinity, but not anymore.
NEW: I spoke to Larian boss Swen Vincke about their ambitions for their new RPG Divinity, cutting down development time, pressures from Baldur's Gate 3, why BG3 wouldn't have happened without Tencent, how Larian uses generative AI, and much more www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Maker Promises ‘Divinity’ Will Be ‘Next Level’
‘I think this one is going to be way better’ than ‘Baldur’s Gate 3,’ Larian CEO Vincke says
www.bloomberg.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
WTF @larianstudios.com, you’re supposed to be better than this. There is *no* legitimate, defensible reason to use the planet-destroying plagiarism machine for any purpose whatsoever. I was greatly looking forward to Divinity, but not anymore.
“I’m working with the fascists across the aisle to make people safer” is not the flex you think it is, you useless fucking relic. #ResignDurbin
Congress passed the most important criminal justice reform law in a generation seven years ago.
But the First Step Act was just that—a first step. We must continue reform.
So, I just introduced four bipartisan bills to help make our justice system fairer and communities safer.
But the First Step Act was just that—a first step. We must continue reform.
So, I just introduced four bipartisan bills to help make our justice system fairer and communities safer.
December 16, 2025 at 4:47 PM
“I’m working with the fascists across the aisle to make people safer” is not the flex you think it is, you useless fucking relic. #ResignDurbin
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ai detection is, itself, a bullshit ai product. it is attempting to statistically classify language and draw a non-statistical conclusion about who wrote it and how.
“More than 40% of surveyed 6th- to 12th-grade teachers used AI detection tools during the last school year, according to a nationally representative poll by the Center for Democracy and Technology…”
Teachers are using software to see if students used AI. What happens when it's wrong?
School districts from Utah to Ohio to Alabama are spending thousands of dollars on these tools, despite research showing the technology is far from reliable.
www.kgou.org
December 16, 2025 at 4:34 PM
ai detection is, itself, a bullshit ai product. it is attempting to statistically classify language and draw a non-statistical conclusion about who wrote it and how.
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We are parents of a trans kid and our family takes this very, very personally. If you intentionally make life harder for our beloved daughter, it’s EXTREMELY hard to think of you as an ally, to say the least. @amyklobuchar.com - you still send us requests for money, while hurting our kid. Disgusted.
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
We are parents of a trans kid and our family takes this very, very personally. If you intentionally make life harder for our beloved daughter, it’s EXTREMELY hard to think of you as an ally, to say the least. @amyklobuchar.com - you still send us requests for money, while hurting our kid. Disgusted.
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Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
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Pair this up with Conditioner Gordon
feel like we can all agree that Batman probably does not smell like black cherry. Batman has got to absolutely reek. wet hockey bag in a hot car slopped over expensive cologne. butthole and cape.
December 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Pair this up with Conditioner Gordon
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The Trump administration is letting bosses get away with rampant wage theft.
Penalties for bosses who break wage and hour laws has fallen a staggering 94% during the second Trump administration.
Workplace health and safety penalties have also dropped 45%.
goodjobsfirst.org/worker-prote...
Penalties for bosses who break wage and hour laws has fallen a staggering 94% during the second Trump administration.
Workplace health and safety penalties have also dropped 45%.
goodjobsfirst.org/worker-prote...
Worker Protections in Freefall: The Collapse of Federal Labor Enforcement under the Second Trump Administration - Good Jobs First
Worker Protections in Freefall: The Collapse of Federal Labor Enforcement under the Second Trump Administration - Good Jobs First
goodjobsfirst.org
December 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The Trump administration is letting bosses get away with rampant wage theft.
Penalties for bosses who break wage and hour laws has fallen a staggering 94% during the second Trump administration.
Workplace health and safety penalties have also dropped 45%.
goodjobsfirst.org/worker-prote...
Penalties for bosses who break wage and hour laws has fallen a staggering 94% during the second Trump administration.
Workplace health and safety penalties have also dropped 45%.
goodjobsfirst.org/worker-prote...
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Using genAI for concept art is so fucking stupid because like... that's where you get the cool shit. Thats the blue sky phase where artists make pieces of art that will be seen by a teenager later and change their life forever. Why would you want to start from mediocre. Why would you do that.
December 16, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Using genAI for concept art is so fucking stupid because like... that's where you get the cool shit. Thats the blue sky phase where artists make pieces of art that will be seen by a teenager later and change their life forever. Why would you want to start from mediocre. Why would you do that.
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we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
December 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
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Hey everyone going WELL TIME TO PLAY MORE FORTNITE TO HUNT DOWN PEOPLE WEARING HARRY POTTER STUFF
No. Stop playing Fortnite. They're partnering with Rowling and Harry Potter in 2025, with full knowledge of what that decision means. Stop supporting them. Stop playing the game.
No. Stop playing Fortnite. They're partnering with Rowling and Harry Potter in 2025, with full knowledge of what that decision means. Stop supporting them. Stop playing the game.
December 12, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Hey everyone going WELL TIME TO PLAY MORE FORTNITE TO HUNT DOWN PEOPLE WEARING HARRY POTTER STUFF
No. Stop playing Fortnite. They're partnering with Rowling and Harry Potter in 2025, with full knowledge of what that decision means. Stop supporting them. Stop playing the game.
No. Stop playing Fortnite. They're partnering with Rowling and Harry Potter in 2025, with full knowledge of what that decision means. Stop supporting them. Stop playing the game.
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The crew that remained were apparently resorting to literally biting their own hands to keep it in.
Those tapes definitely exist, too - there is some footage included here:
Those tapes definitely exist, too - there is some footage included here:
How 3 words completely changed a character
YouTube video by InCinematic
www.youtube.com
December 6, 2024 at 4:24 PM
The crew that remained were apparently resorting to literally biting their own hands to keep it in.
Those tapes definitely exist, too - there is some footage included here:
Those tapes definitely exist, too - there is some footage included here:
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Rob Reiner apparently walked up to Billy Crystal, said "Forget the lines," and then there was thirty hours of - and I quote - "Medieval Yiddish Stand-up."
I feel like, in our hour of greatest need, someone will release those tapes.
I feel like, in our hour of greatest need, someone will release those tapes.
December 6, 2024 at 4:22 PM
Rob Reiner apparently walked up to Billy Crystal, said "Forget the lines," and then there was thirty hours of - and I quote - "Medieval Yiddish Stand-up."
I feel like, in our hour of greatest need, someone will release those tapes.
I feel like, in our hour of greatest need, someone will release those tapes.
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It was his only injury from the whole of filming.
They only got through it by banishing people from the set - including the director, any of the crew they could manage without, and eventually the actors.
Cary Elwes, who's supposed to be mostly dead, had to be replaced by a foam rubber dummy.
They only got through it by banishing people from the set - including the director, any of the crew they could manage without, and eventually the actors.
Cary Elwes, who's supposed to be mostly dead, had to be replaced by a foam rubber dummy.
December 6, 2024 at 4:21 PM
It was his only injury from the whole of filming.
They only got through it by banishing people from the set - including the director, any of the crew they could manage without, and eventually the actors.
Cary Elwes, who's supposed to be mostly dead, had to be replaced by a foam rubber dummy.
They only got through it by banishing people from the set - including the director, any of the crew they could manage without, and eventually the actors.
Cary Elwes, who's supposed to be mostly dead, had to be replaced by a foam rubber dummy.