@folklorick.bsky.social
He/Him
Writing, reading, and other stuff.
Wasn't on Twitter, but decided to migrate to Bluesky anyway.
I am on Letterboxd. Check out my bad film takes: https://letterboxd.com/foregoingdesk/
Writing, reading, and other stuff.
Wasn't on Twitter, but decided to migrate to Bluesky anyway.
I am on Letterboxd. Check out my bad film takes: https://letterboxd.com/foregoingdesk/
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Just a reminder, the greatest living American historian filmmaker, Ken Burns, released a 720 min exploration of every facet of the American revolution using zero generative AI and paying for all of its assets instead of cobbling it from stolen data, then he gave it away for free on PBS this year.
First trailer for Darren Aranofsky's new AI animated series 'On This Day... 1776'
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
January 29, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Just a reminder, the greatest living American historian filmmaker, Ken Burns, released a 720 min exploration of every facet of the American revolution using zero generative AI and paying for all of its assets instead of cobbling it from stolen data, then he gave it away for free on PBS this year.
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“Meta spent billions just to be outdone by this Steam game made by four people”
WHAT. A. HEADLINE! 🤩⭐🔥
Sit with friends and strangers at the bottom of our screens while you work/study but with animal crossing/ webfishing vibes (and not meta hehe)
WHAT. A. HEADLINE! 🤩⭐🔥
Sit with friends and strangers at the bottom of our screens while you work/study but with animal crossing/ webfishing vibes (and not meta hehe)
January 29, 2026 at 3:30 PM
“Meta spent billions just to be outdone by this Steam game made by four people”
WHAT. A. HEADLINE! 🤩⭐🔥
Sit with friends and strangers at the bottom of our screens while you work/study but with animal crossing/ webfishing vibes (and not meta hehe)
WHAT. A. HEADLINE! 🤩⭐🔥
Sit with friends and strangers at the bottom of our screens while you work/study but with animal crossing/ webfishing vibes (and not meta hehe)
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A friend of mine just told me, “The right pretends at Puritanism but is secretly perverted. The left plays at perversion but is secretly puritanical.” Too fucking real, man.
January 25, 2026 at 12:26 AM
A friend of mine just told me, “The right pretends at Puritanism but is secretly perverted. The left plays at perversion but is secretly puritanical.” Too fucking real, man.
people who get genuinely uncomfortable at certain would you rathers kinda boggle me.
are you seriously expecting that if you answer I'd go "So you'd rather eat nothing but pickles forever? ohoho," and then reveal myself as a nefarious djinn and gives you the Midas touch of pickles?
are you seriously expecting that if you answer I'd go "So you'd rather eat nothing but pickles forever? ohoho," and then reveal myself as a nefarious djinn and gives you the Midas touch of pickles?
January 27, 2026 at 3:38 AM
people who get genuinely uncomfortable at certain would you rathers kinda boggle me.
are you seriously expecting that if you answer I'd go "So you'd rather eat nothing but pickles forever? ohoho," and then reveal myself as a nefarious djinn and gives you the Midas touch of pickles?
are you seriously expecting that if you answer I'd go "So you'd rather eat nothing but pickles forever? ohoho," and then reveal myself as a nefarious djinn and gives you the Midas touch of pickles?
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I finally started reading Earthsea
January 5, 2026 at 2:28 PM
I finally started reading Earthsea
hey Europe,
do you all remember appeasement?
I remember appeasement.
Don't do that again. Please.
I'm NOT saying you WOULD.
but also the eu is being pretty toothless, a lot of words and not a lot of actions, so you understand my concern, no?
do you all remember appeasement?
I remember appeasement.
Don't do that again. Please.
I'm NOT saying you WOULD.
but also the eu is being pretty toothless, a lot of words and not a lot of actions, so you understand my concern, no?
January 22, 2026 at 5:05 PM
hey Europe,
do you all remember appeasement?
I remember appeasement.
Don't do that again. Please.
I'm NOT saying you WOULD.
but also the eu is being pretty toothless, a lot of words and not a lot of actions, so you understand my concern, no?
do you all remember appeasement?
I remember appeasement.
Don't do that again. Please.
I'm NOT saying you WOULD.
but also the eu is being pretty toothless, a lot of words and not a lot of actions, so you understand my concern, no?
"Hey baby, you wanna show me some cleavage?"
"Hehe, sure."
*fractures into three distinct planes*
"Hehe, sure."
*fractures into three distinct planes*
January 22, 2026 at 3:20 PM
"Hey baby, you wanna show me some cleavage?"
"Hehe, sure."
*fractures into three distinct planes*
"Hehe, sure."
*fractures into three distinct planes*
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CRASHOUT FOR THE AGES
January 21, 2026 at 12:49 AM
CRASHOUT FOR THE AGES
copy and paste the bunny and then put something else in his hand!!
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copy and paste the bunny and then put something else in his hand!!
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January 21, 2026 at 12:19 AM
copy and paste the bunny and then put something else in his hand!!
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decided to animate the remainder bit! The pug's name is Guns, so I'm thinking of naming the lifeguard dog Roses.
January 14, 2026 at 11:26 PM
decided to animate the remainder bit! The pug's name is Guns, so I'm thinking of naming the lifeguard dog Roses.
guy in my science class:
"so imagine I have a desire to tinker. And I tinker wares. And I sell those wares. And then I buy a jet ski."
I'm thinking about this a lot.
"so imagine I have a desire to tinker. And I tinker wares. And I sell those wares. And then I buy a jet ski."
I'm thinking about this a lot.
January 15, 2026 at 5:06 PM
guy in my science class:
"so imagine I have a desire to tinker. And I tinker wares. And I sell those wares. And then I buy a jet ski."
I'm thinking about this a lot.
"so imagine I have a desire to tinker. And I tinker wares. And I sell those wares. And then I buy a jet ski."
I'm thinking about this a lot.
Judd Hirsch's curmudgeon lion tamer Uncle Boris is the old man that lives in my heart
January 11, 2026 at 4:07 AM
Judd Hirsch's curmudgeon lion tamer Uncle Boris is the old man that lives in my heart
horrible alternate timeline where jack black becomes a permanent cast member on the show Community
January 11, 2026 at 4:06 AM
horrible alternate timeline where jack black becomes a permanent cast member on the show Community
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This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
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!!NON-FISHING POST!!
I just woke up to the news that @indiegameawards.gg has disqualified E33 for its use of GenAI and I'm very glad to see them take this action! Hopefully this shows indie devs (looking at you, Larian) that we don't want GenAI in our games and we won't stand for it being there!
I just woke up to the news that @indiegameawards.gg has disqualified E33 for its use of GenAI and I'm very glad to see them take this action! Hopefully this shows indie devs (looking at you, Larian) that we don't want GenAI in our games and we won't stand for it being there!
Indie Game Awards Disqualifies Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Due To Gen AI Usage
Sandfall Interactive and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has been stripped of its wins at The Indie Game Awards due to use of generative AI.
insider-gaming.com
December 21, 2025 at 9:12 AM
!!NON-FISHING POST!!
I just woke up to the news that @indiegameawards.gg has disqualified E33 for its use of GenAI and I'm very glad to see them take this action! Hopefully this shows indie devs (looking at you, Larian) that we don't want GenAI in our games and we won't stand for it being there!
I just woke up to the news that @indiegameawards.gg has disqualified E33 for its use of GenAI and I'm very glad to see them take this action! Hopefully this shows indie devs (looking at you, Larian) that we don't want GenAI in our games and we won't stand for it being there!
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"I asked ChatGPT and..." Well I asked Percival King of the Sweet Jazz Police and she said you're naught more than a chicanery loving reprobate, then erected 10 wizard towers to zap your ethically and environmentally unsound debauchery with.
December 18, 2025 at 1:09 PM
"I asked ChatGPT and..." Well I asked Percival King of the Sweet Jazz Police and she said you're naught more than a chicanery loving reprobate, then erected 10 wizard towers to zap your ethically and environmentally unsound debauchery with.
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December 14, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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"people with renaissance-level art skills don't exist anymore" yes they do their username is something like 03748218_ and they spend all their time drawing pornography so deranged it'd kill hugh hefner a second time
December 12, 2025 at 12:06 PM
"people with renaissance-level art skills don't exist anymore" yes they do their username is something like 03748218_ and they spend all their time drawing pornography so deranged it'd kill hugh hefner a second time
I'm pretty self-deprecating about my own art, and learning to draw has been a frustrating process for me, but holy shit never in a million years would I call artists gatekeepers. Literally every artist I know has been willing to help me because they've all been just as frustrated as me.
"art is inaccessible/artists are gatekeepers" is the biggest self report in the world that whoever is saying it is, at best, buying in to incredibly tedious learned helplessness or, more likely, is just a huge fucking loser.
I don't believe it when anyone tries to say artists are gatekeeping creativity because every artist I know is so generous. Lots of us sharing tutorials, free brushes and assets, share our manus, etc! There's no shortage of info or free tools out there if you're willing to look and learn.
December 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I'm pretty self-deprecating about my own art, and learning to draw has been a frustrating process for me, but holy shit never in a million years would I call artists gatekeepers. Literally every artist I know has been willing to help me because they've all been just as frustrated as me.
I'm pulling out every last follicle of hair.
STOP SHOVING AI BULLSHIT DOWN MY THROAT
NOBODY LIKES IT.
I swear every ad I see, every website I log onto, every headline I read, has the blurb "Now with AI!"
STOOOOOOOOOOOOOP
STOP SHOVING AI BULLSHIT DOWN MY THROAT
NOBODY LIKES IT.
I swear every ad I see, every website I log onto, every headline I read, has the blurb "Now with AI!"
STOOOOOOOOOOOOOP
December 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I'm pulling out every last follicle of hair.
STOP SHOVING AI BULLSHIT DOWN MY THROAT
NOBODY LIKES IT.
I swear every ad I see, every website I log onto, every headline I read, has the blurb "Now with AI!"
STOOOOOOOOOOOOOP
STOP SHOVING AI BULLSHIT DOWN MY THROAT
NOBODY LIKES IT.
I swear every ad I see, every website I log onto, every headline I read, has the blurb "Now with AI!"
STOOOOOOOOOOOOOP
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A movie you've seen more than 7 times with a gif
November 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
A movie you've seen more than 7 times with a gif
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there was a point when I thought that calling genAI "the aesthetics of fascism" might be a bit much, but as far as I can tell reactionary backwards-looking false consciousness nostalgia and/or the laziest corporate advertising possible is basically the overwhelming central use case for it, so...
November 6, 2025 at 12:23 AM
there was a point when I thought that calling genAI "the aesthetics of fascism" might be a bit much, but as far as I can tell reactionary backwards-looking false consciousness nostalgia and/or the laziest corporate advertising possible is basically the overwhelming central use case for it, so...
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New awareness campaign
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New awareness campaign