Ianus J. Wolf
@ianusjwolf.bsky.social
Wolf, writer, voice actor, guy from Seattle. Hoping this new horizon works out.
No bigots, no zealots, and no generative AI!
He/Him (mostly)
Bi/Poly/Open
No bigots, no zealots, and no generative AI!
He/Him (mostly)
Bi/Poly/Open
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 30, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
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Sure, they've made an environmentally catastrophic mass hallucination disinformation plagiarism Clippy that will destabilize the world, but also their other goal is to replace human workers entirely and let us humans starve. A boycott of AI is the most important boycott of your entire life.
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Sure, they've made an environmentally catastrophic mass hallucination disinformation plagiarism Clippy that will destabilize the world, but also their other goal is to replace human workers entirely and let us humans starve. A boycott of AI is the most important boycott of your entire life.
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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
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Dems capitulated and allowed a terrible poison pill to pass now there’s a good chance that even my Healthcare is going to die.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/republican...
www.erininthemorning.com/p/republican...
Republicans Privately Pushing Anti-Trans Funding Ban For ACA Subsidy Deal After Shutdown Compromise
The proposal, which was first detailed in the Wall Street Journal, could harm transgender people even in blue states if it becomes part of the negotiated deal.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Dems capitulated and allowed a terrible poison pill to pass now there’s a good chance that even my Healthcare is going to die.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/republican...
www.erininthemorning.com/p/republican...
Life Hack:
Your local used book store probably has a ton of bound paper cookbooks with delicious pre-algorithm recipes that actually exist and weren't cobbled together by PlagiarismBot creating some disaster combination.
Support your local book store and avoid some kind of AI salmonella delight.
Your local used book store probably has a ton of bound paper cookbooks with delicious pre-algorithm recipes that actually exist and weren't cobbled together by PlagiarismBot creating some disaster combination.
Support your local book store and avoid some kind of AI salmonella delight.
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Life Hack:
Your local used book store probably has a ton of bound paper cookbooks with delicious pre-algorithm recipes that actually exist and weren't cobbled together by PlagiarismBot creating some disaster combination.
Support your local book store and avoid some kind of AI salmonella delight.
Your local used book store probably has a ton of bound paper cookbooks with delicious pre-algorithm recipes that actually exist and weren't cobbled together by PlagiarismBot creating some disaster combination.
Support your local book store and avoid some kind of AI salmonella delight.
"We're not paying you, and the reason we're not paying you right now, is we're literally fighting to ruin your healthcare costs with the party putting up a token resistance. But it's un-American of YOU not to come to work."
I would not blame air traffic controllers for doing a sick-out in response.
I would not blame air traffic controllers for doing a sick-out in response.
Sean Duffy threatens "action" against air traffic controllers who didn't come to work during the shutdown: "I'm concerned about their patriotism."
November 11, 2025 at 11:14 PM
"We're not paying you, and the reason we're not paying you right now, is we're literally fighting to ruin your healthcare costs with the party putting up a token resistance. But it's un-American of YOU not to come to work."
I would not blame air traffic controllers for doing a sick-out in response.
I would not blame air traffic controllers for doing a sick-out in response.
Sound effect library I subscribe to: "Check out our new AI created instant voiceovers!"
Me: "Argh, I need to search for a new SFX library."
Every other company I find: "We're doing shitty AI voiceovers too!"
This is why we can't have actual choice in this system. It's all ruined by the same MBAs.
Me: "Argh, I need to search for a new SFX library."
Every other company I find: "We're doing shitty AI voiceovers too!"
This is why we can't have actual choice in this system. It's all ruined by the same MBAs.
November 11, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Sound effect library I subscribe to: "Check out our new AI created instant voiceovers!"
Me: "Argh, I need to search for a new SFX library."
Every other company I find: "We're doing shitty AI voiceovers too!"
This is why we can't have actual choice in this system. It's all ruined by the same MBAs.
Me: "Argh, I need to search for a new SFX library."
Every other company I find: "We're doing shitty AI voiceovers too!"
This is why we can't have actual choice in this system. It's all ruined by the same MBAs.
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There are 1,700 ballots that need signature confirmation. That is enough to change the election.
Go. Check. Your. Ballot.
komonews.com/news/local/s...
Go. Check. Your. Ballot.
komonews.com/news/local/s...
November 11, 2025 at 2:31 AM
There are 1,700 ballots that need signature confirmation. That is enough to change the election.
Go. Check. Your. Ballot.
komonews.com/news/local/s...
Go. Check. Your. Ballot.
komonews.com/news/local/s...
If anyone else in any line of work did their job as badly as the Dems that agreed to this deal (whether you believe it was coordinated or not), they would basically be fired immediately.
We need more primary challengers like Mamdani so badly at this point. The old political legacies have to end.
We need more primary challengers like Mamdani so badly at this point. The old political legacies have to end.
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM
If anyone else in any line of work did their job as badly as the Dems that agreed to this deal (whether you believe it was coordinated or not), they would basically be fired immediately.
We need more primary challengers like Mamdani so badly at this point. The old political legacies have to end.
We need more primary challengers like Mamdani so badly at this point. The old political legacies have to end.
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Democrats, coming off a historic national protest against fascism and a country-wide electoral sweep:
November 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Democrats, coming off a historic national protest against fascism and a country-wide electoral sweep:
"Wow, we had such an amazing win on Tuesday, and we seem to really have the support of people across the country to keep fighting!" *lights up a molotov and throws it into their own rebel base* "Hey, Liar McRich just promised that if I do this now, we'll possibly get a concession in a month or two."
November 10, 2025 at 1:57 AM
"Wow, we had such an amazing win on Tuesday, and we seem to really have the support of people across the country to keep fighting!" *lights up a molotov and throws it into their own rebel base* "Hey, Liar McRich just promised that if I do this now, we'll possibly get a concession in a month or two."
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Caving now will teach Trump and Republicans that they can win any fight simply by threatening to cause terrible harm to regular people. no possible way that could have future adverse consequences
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Caving now will teach Trump and Republicans that they can win any fight simply by threatening to cause terrible harm to regular people. no possible way that could have future adverse consequences
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Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
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Not to be the fun police but I do hope people know that Arc Raiders does use generative AI for voice acting, and by supporting the game you're letting higher-ups know that this is an okay practice.
They try to downplay this on the Steam store page by describing the AI usage as vaguely as possible.
They try to downplay this on the Steam store page by describing the AI usage as vaguely as possible.
November 8, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Not to be the fun police but I do hope people know that Arc Raiders does use generative AI for voice acting, and by supporting the game you're letting higher-ups know that this is an okay practice.
They try to downplay this on the Steam store page by describing the AI usage as vaguely as possible.
They try to downplay this on the Steam store page by describing the AI usage as vaguely as possible.
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Hey, friendly reminder that Scott Cawthon's donations to the GOP literally contributed to SNAP suspension and you shouldn't buy or stream Five Nights at Freddy's anything.
New poster for ‘FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDYS 2’ featuring the Withered Animatronics.
November 6, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Hey, friendly reminder that Scott Cawthon's donations to the GOP literally contributed to SNAP suspension and you shouldn't buy or stream Five Nights at Freddy's anything.
So, heading into the holidays, the Trump administration is making it its goal to:
-Destroy people's ability to get any kind of food
-Screw up air travel (and other forms of travel in a domino effect)
-Keep inflation/tariffs that will impact the biggest shopping season for millions of Americans.
-Destroy people's ability to get any kind of food
-Screw up air travel (and other forms of travel in a domino effect)
-Keep inflation/tariffs that will impact the biggest shopping season for millions of Americans.
November 7, 2025 at 10:30 PM
So, heading into the holidays, the Trump administration is making it its goal to:
-Destroy people's ability to get any kind of food
-Screw up air travel (and other forms of travel in a domino effect)
-Keep inflation/tariffs that will impact the biggest shopping season for millions of Americans.
-Destroy people's ability to get any kind of food
-Screw up air travel (and other forms of travel in a domino effect)
-Keep inflation/tariffs that will impact the biggest shopping season for millions of Americans.
Cancel Paramount+ if you haven't already and boycott anything owned by David Ellison's dogshit companies.
Say no to privately owned McCarthyism from billionaires that shouldn't exist.
Say no to privately owned McCarthyism from billionaires that shouldn't exist.
Under new head of Paramount David Ellison, the studio has drawn up a list of actors who opposed the Gaza genocide and will not allow them to appear in its films and TV shows.
Does this sound familiar?
Also, "Ellison is reportedly aiming to take over Warner Bros. next."
Does this sound familiar?
Also, "Ellison is reportedly aiming to take over Warner Bros. next."
Paramount Has Blacklist for Stars Deemed “Overtly Antisemitic” — World of Reel
It sure looks like the likes of Javier Bardem, Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, and Mark Ruffalo won’t be making movies for Paramount in the foreseeable future.
www.worldofreel.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Cancel Paramount+ if you haven't already and boycott anything owned by David Ellison's dogshit companies.
Say no to privately owned McCarthyism from billionaires that shouldn't exist.
Say no to privately owned McCarthyism from billionaires that shouldn't exist.
Every time Mike Johnson speaks and starts spewing his straight-up lies, all I see is:
November 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Every time Mike Johnson speaks and starts spewing his straight-up lies, all I see is:
"Skynet, the computer which controlled the machines, sent two terminators back in time. ... We quickly learned that we had blown this threat WAY out of proportion and had very little to worry about."
November 6, 2025 at 12:08 AM
"Skynet, the computer which controlled the machines, sent two terminators back in time. ... We quickly learned that we had blown this threat WAY out of proportion and had very little to worry about."
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the reason republicans lost yesterday is because theyre a bunch of weird freaks pushing policy that everyone hates
November 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM
the reason republicans lost yesterday is because theyre a bunch of weird freaks pushing policy that everyone hates
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basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
Important to remember after yesterday: the rich and powerful are about to do EVERYTHING THEY CAN to sabotage every Dem that just flipped a seat. And the rich and powerful can manage a lot of evil.
So when things are not absolutely perfect in a couple years, keep that in mind, and keep voting.
So when things are not absolutely perfect in a couple years, keep that in mind, and keep voting.
November 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Important to remember after yesterday: the rich and powerful are about to do EVERYTHING THEY CAN to sabotage every Dem that just flipped a seat. And the rich and powerful can manage a lot of evil.
So when things are not absolutely perfect in a couple years, keep that in mind, and keep voting.
So when things are not absolutely perfect in a couple years, keep that in mind, and keep voting.
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Don't forget that Zohran Mamdani spent his entire campaign standing proudly beside the trans community. He went to trans rights rallies just to show support. He proudly waved trans rights flags without hesitation. He refused to back down in support of trans rights. That makes me happy.
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Don't forget that Zohran Mamdani spent his entire campaign standing proudly beside the trans community. He went to trans rights rallies just to show support. He proudly waved trans rights flags without hesitation. He refused to back down in support of trans rights. That makes me happy.