Gertrude Perkins ☄
@gertrudeprkns.bsky.social
Media, cultural studies, education. Used to research videogames and Let's Plays, still in recovery. A student called me a communist once. Queer guy, he/him. Dip me in chocolate.
Podcasting at @flashitpancast.bsky.social !!!!!
Podcasting at @flashitpancast.bsky.social !!!!!
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IGN is paying attention to censorship again. Use their momentum, call visa and mastercard, tell them you read the article, ask them why they're censoring legal stuff
reminder that you don't need to know specifics of what's at play. It's often better to sound like a normie
reminder that you don't need to know specifics of what's at play. It's often better to sound like a normie
Really wild situation here: a celebrated and well-regarded indie dev and publisher is facing shutdown because Valve banned their game from Steam and won't talk to them about it, at all.
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
Unsettling Horror Game Horses Banned From Steam, Leaving Studio With 'High Risk' of Closure - IGN
Indie horror game Horses is preparing to launch on December 2, on the Epic Games Store, GOG, Itch.io, and the Humble Store. But one place it won't be is on Steam, because Steam has banned the game for...
www.ign.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
IGN is paying attention to censorship again. Use their momentum, call visa and mastercard, tell them you read the article, ask them why they're censoring legal stuff
reminder that you don't need to know specifics of what's at play. It's often better to sound like a normie
reminder that you don't need to know specifics of what's at play. It's often better to sound like a normie
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Great engineering minds are hard at work
November 24, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Great engineering minds are hard at work
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My favourite moment during the Brexit negotiations was when David Davis went to the press to complain that none of the EU member states would agree to negotiate trade deals with Britain on a one-on-one basis and would only do so as a bloc – as though they were in some sort of union.
we told you with extreme specificity what would happen if you did brexit and you did not believe us and did it anyway and then it all came true and now youre going to elect nigel farage?? same guy who made the whole country poor once already? sorry but youre just a good punchline rn
November 24, 2025 at 11:48 AM
My favourite moment during the Brexit negotiations was when David Davis went to the press to complain that none of the EU member states would agree to negotiate trade deals with Britain on a one-on-one basis and would only do so as a bloc – as though they were in some sort of union.
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RIP Jimmy Cliff (1944 - 2025)
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
They never seem to hear us when we cry
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
They never seem to hear us when we cry
Jimmy Cliff Recording The Harder They Come In Studio Session
YouTube video by Perry Henzell
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November 24, 2025 at 11:57 AM
RIP Jimmy Cliff (1944 - 2025)
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
They never seem to hear us when we cry
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
They never seem to hear us when we cry
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trying to switch off the AI bloatware that has been pinned to the top of every single menu in every single app
April 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM
trying to switch off the AI bloatware that has been pinned to the top of every single menu in every single app
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Scrub (sk-rub)
n. - a guy who thinks he's fly
(SEE ALSO: Buster)
n. - a guy who thinks he's fly
(SEE ALSO: Buster)
November 26, 2023 at 1:44 PM
Scrub (sk-rub)
n. - a guy who thinks he's fly
(SEE ALSO: Buster)
n. - a guy who thinks he's fly
(SEE ALSO: Buster)
Does AO3 know that the Eternals movie had a character played by Harry Styles called STARFOX? I feel like AO3 should be informed if they haven't already. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfox...
Starfox (comics) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 24, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Does AO3 know that the Eternals movie had a character played by Harry Styles called STARFOX? I feel like AO3 should be informed if they haven't already. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfox...
RIP to an icon of weirdo cinema.
RIP Udo Kier (1944-2025), a German character actor with a prolific and eclectic career (My Own Private Idaho, Blade, Ace Ventura, Dancer in the Dark, Grindhouse, Suspiria, Dogville...)
In sci-fi: Johnny Mnemonic, Melancholia, Armageddon, Dracula 3000, Metropia, Iron Sky, Downsizing, Seaquest DSV...
In sci-fi: Johnny Mnemonic, Melancholia, Armageddon, Dracula 3000, Metropia, Iron Sky, Downsizing, Seaquest DSV...
November 24, 2025 at 8:50 AM
RIP to an icon of weirdo cinema.
Just giving people money: it works!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"$1,000 a month as part of a state program experimenting with giving homeless youths cash payments for two years with no strings attached."
"Of the 117 youths [..] who completed Oregon's two-year pilot program, 91% reported being in stable housing."
#Oregon #USA #Housing #Nonprofit
"Of the 117 youths [..] who completed Oregon's two-year pilot program, 91% reported being in stable housing."
#Oregon #USA #Housing #Nonprofit
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
November 24, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Just giving people money: it works!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Get in the robot, Charlie Brown.
November 24, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Get in the robot, Charlie Brown.
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And so, the SALP subforum
November 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
And so, the SALP subforum
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Eek! It's our TEETH-ROTTING 126th EPISODE! Candy heists in AN AWESOME HALLOWEEN, American military aggression in A BIN LADEN HALLOWEEN, and some good old-fashioned ZOMBIE INFECTION. Plus, your emails, and a marshmallow science conundrum!
Enjoy! Share! Repost!
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Episode 126: The Wonka Industrial Complex
Featuring a special Halloween intro by Timigi! It’s that spooky time of year again, and Tom and Alex brave three hauntings! ZOMBIE INFECTION brings gore and violence, AN AWESOME HALLOWEEN bri…
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October 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Eek! It's our TEETH-ROTTING 126th EPISODE! Candy heists in AN AWESOME HALLOWEEN, American military aggression in A BIN LADEN HALLOWEEN, and some good old-fashioned ZOMBIE INFECTION. Plus, your emails, and a marshmallow science conundrum!
Enjoy! Share! Repost!
flashinthepancast.com/2025/10/26/e...
Enjoy! Share! Repost!
flashinthepancast.com/2025/10/26/e...
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For many years now, @gertrudeprkns.bsky.social and @princesspunk.bsky.social have been bringing you the toons that made us who we am. Flash animation history, special guests, ridiculous jokes, available everywhere podcasts are! Tell your friends!
flashinthepancast.com
www.patreon.com/flashinthepan
flashinthepancast.com
www.patreon.com/flashinthepan
Flash In The Pan
A podcast about the animation that fueled the early Internet.
flashinthepancast.com
November 10, 2024 at 11:57 PM
For many years now, @gertrudeprkns.bsky.social and @princesspunk.bsky.social have been bringing you the toons that made us who we am. Flash animation history, special guests, ridiculous jokes, available everywhere podcasts are! Tell your friends!
flashinthepancast.com
www.patreon.com/flashinthepan
flashinthepancast.com
www.patreon.com/flashinthepan
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1. Nearly every transgender person walks this earth knowing people like us who are no longer with us.
In writing about transgender people every day, I hold in my heart the people who are now our ancestors, and I try to bring their light forward.
These are the people I'm remembering today.
In writing about transgender people every day, I hold in my heart the people who are now our ancestors, and I try to bring their light forward.
These are the people I'm remembering today.
The People I Remember On This Trans Day Of Remembrance
Elisa Shupe, Lia Smith, Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, and so many more names are worth remembering today.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
1. Nearly every transgender person walks this earth knowing people like us who are no longer with us.
In writing about transgender people every day, I hold in my heart the people who are now our ancestors, and I try to bring their light forward.
These are the people I'm remembering today.
In writing about transgender people every day, I hold in my heart the people who are now our ancestors, and I try to bring their light forward.
These are the people I'm remembering today.
They're manufacturing consent as hard as they possibly can you guys, please stop complaining about the lake-draining lie machine
What if the A.I. bubble “is an inevitable part of developing and adopting a revolutionary tool that will fundamentally improve productivity and growth?” Mohamed El-Erian writes.
Opinion | A.I. Is a Bubble. Maybe That’s OK.
Investors’ excitement rightly reflects the potential transformation of the entire economy.
nyti.ms
November 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
They're manufacturing consent as hard as they possibly can you guys, please stop complaining about the lake-draining lie machine
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To note, folks: This was an accurate and correct use of the term "lost media."
Home video recording tech did not exist until 1976. Broadcast masters were thought to be destroyed. No recording would have existed, period. *THAT* is lost media.
Home video recording tech did not exist until 1976. Broadcast masters were thought to be destroyed. No recording would have existed, period. *THAT* is lost media.
The "Golgo 13" anime (from 1971) will be released on Blu-ray in Japan.
This series was considered lost until the masters were found two years ago.
natalie.mu/comic/news/6...
This series was considered lost until the masters were found two years ago.
natalie.mu/comic/news/6...
November 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
To note, folks: This was an accurate and correct use of the term "lost media."
Home video recording tech did not exist until 1976. Broadcast masters were thought to be destroyed. No recording would have existed, period. *THAT* is lost media.
Home video recording tech did not exist until 1976. Broadcast masters were thought to be destroyed. No recording would have existed, period. *THAT* is lost media.
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Just like VR! AND NFTS! look at web 3.0 adoption! the only thing that seems to have a utility is chatGPT, and the government/the developers themselves think of the suicides and death cults as the cost of business! Say what you will about vr, it never told me to Just Do It
What if the A.I. bubble “is an inevitable part of developing and adopting a revolutionary tool that will fundamentally improve productivity and growth?” Mohamed El-Erian writes.
Opinion | A.I. Is a Bubble. Maybe That’s OK.
Investors’ excitement rightly reflects the potential transformation of the entire economy.
nyti.ms
November 20, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Just like VR! AND NFTS! look at web 3.0 adoption! the only thing that seems to have a utility is chatGPT, and the government/the developers themselves think of the suicides and death cults as the cost of business! Say what you will about vr, it never told me to Just Do It
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"It’s clear that schools have become a battleground for AI companies who desperately want to get their product ingrained into as many institutions as possible...they are rich sources of unique data that can be used to train models...& many of them have massive budgets & rarely ditch a service"
OpenAI Introduces 'ChatGPT for Teachers' to Further Destroy the Minds of Our Youth
OpenAI Introduces 'ChatGPT for Teachers' to Further Destroy the Minds of Our Youth
Soon we can have chatbots grade the work of chatbots.
gizmodo.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
"It’s clear that schools have become a battleground for AI companies who desperately want to get their product ingrained into as many institutions as possible...they are rich sources of unique data that can be used to train models...& many of them have massive budgets & rarely ditch a service"
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the real test is whether you can name ALL six spice girls
October 31, 2025 at 2:42 PM
the real test is whether you can name ALL six spice girls
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Happy 40th birthday to Bill Waterson’s ‘Calvin and Hobbes’. A work of consummate, stubborn, human, and more-than-human art.
November 18, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Happy 40th birthday to Bill Waterson’s ‘Calvin and Hobbes’. A work of consummate, stubborn, human, and more-than-human art.
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Are you looking for new webcomics to read? Are you not sure where to start? You should check out knifebeetle.neocities.org, a curated webring for longform, narrative-driven webcomics!! There are over 60 comics listed there for you to start reading, here's a rundown of them ALL 🧵 #webcomics
January 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Are you looking for new webcomics to read? Are you not sure where to start? You should check out knifebeetle.neocities.org, a curated webring for longform, narrative-driven webcomics!! There are over 60 comics listed there for you to start reading, here's a rundown of them ALL 🧵 #webcomics
Still so happy I got to take my bf to see NIN this summer. "Somewhat Damaged" live is always a blistering, cathartic treat
November 18, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Still so happy I got to take my bf to see NIN this summer. "Somewhat Damaged" live is always a blistering, cathartic treat
Bill has some pretty good rice opinions
Recommendation: this rice. We get big bags of it at the Asian grocery nearby. It is incredibly good and easy to make.
N.B. I am not paid to promote this, either with money or rice. But I’d take either.
This has been Bill’s rice recommendation. Good night.
N.B. I am not paid to promote this, either with money or rice. But I’d take either.
This has been Bill’s rice recommendation. Good night.
November 17, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Bill has some pretty good rice opinions