Ben Minarelli
@italianplastic.bsky.social
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Freelance writer, GM, Walnut's dad
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neongrey.bsky.social
all discourse aside, there is one machine with consciousness. it's printers. they are alive and conscious and they hate you and they'd take your arm clean off if you let them. never trust a printer.
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internethippo.bsky.social
I'm a human being with a soul, I shouldn't have to know or care about the "job market"
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internethippo.bsky.social
The recipe for a good social media app isn't hard if you understand that people simply yearn to read and write sentences without angry guys yelling slurs at them
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joshuajfriedman.com
One of my favorite anecdotes from THE PREHISTORY OF THE FAR SIDE: "That doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know."
A few days after this cartoon was published, my syndicate received a very indignant letter from someone representing the Jane Goodall Institute.
Not only did my syndicate and I both get read the Riot Act, there was a vague implication that litigation over this cartoon might be around the corner.
I was horrified. Not so much from a fear of being sued (I just couldn't see how this cartoon could be construed as anything but silly, but because of my deep respect for Jane Goodall and her well-known contributions to pri-matology. The last thing in the world I would have intentionally done was offend Dr. Goodall in any way.
Before I had a chance to write my apology, another complication arose.
The National Geographic Society contacted my syndicate and expressed a desire to reprint the cartoon in a special centennial issue of their magazine. My editor, aware of what had just occurred, declined, explaining why.
Apparently, whoever it was that sent the inquiry from National Geographic was shocked. They told my editor that "that doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know." They did some checking themselves, and an interesting fact was eventually discovered: Jane Goodall loved the cartoon. Furthermore, she was totally unaware that any of this "stuff" was going on. Some phone calls were made, and the cartoon was not only reprinted in the centennial issue of National Geographic, but was also used by her Institute on a T-shirt for fund-raising purposes.
I've since had an opportunity to visit Dr. Goodall at her research facility in Gombe. It's a wonderful place (sort of like right out of National Geographic).
"To refer to Dr. Goodall as a tramp is inexcusable even by a self-described 'loony' as Larson. The cartoon was incredibly offensive and in such poor taste that readers might well question the editorial judgment of running such an atrocity in a newspaper that reputes to be supplying news to persons with a better than average intelligence. The cartoon and its message were absolutely stupid." —Excerpt from the above-mentioned letter that started the ruckus
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pbump.com
I’m opening a movie theater in which I show recently released films that I ripped from the internet but the studios are welcome to opt out if they wish.
wsj.com
Exclusive: OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator, which creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear.
OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out
Executives at the startup notified talent agencies and studios over the last week.
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italianplastic.bsky.social
Corridor and it's not even close (coridoor). Why both be part of my house and share the same sound but spell it differently?
saimihanma.bsky.social
Hello, I'm a professional author and I can never spell permanently or camouflage on the first try.

Come, make me feel better and share your nemesis words.
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ndrew.bsky.social
the political policy cure for “male loneliness” is

- more time to hang with the fellas (4 day work week)

- more money to spend with the fellas (higher wages)

- more things to do with the fellas (taxing the rich and building 3rd spaces)
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kierongillen.bsky.social
I'm listening to Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? again. I'm sure it's fine.
A puppet giving side-eye meme.
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furbyhancock.bsky.social
Too late, Batman. Once this Tylenol floods the city's water supply, my wiki won't run out of editors ever again
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goatsarah.org
I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset.
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
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radishharmers.bsky.social
Videogames are a waste of time. But so is your job.
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mattcolville.bsky.social
I think the worst experiences in all of gaming are the first two hours of most AAA games. That's what the money people obsess over, making things worse and worse.

They can't code, so they don't touch the codebase, but they speak English, so they fuck with the writing.
gennhutchison.bsky.social
As a writer also in a field with a very high exec/top brass presence in the creative process, I can guarantee you that in 99% of cases, if the writing feels like you're repetitively being spoon fed plot and exposition, it's a directive from on high and not what the writer would do if left alone.
lavellinda.bsky.social
Before I made any assumptions, I went and read the Pc Gamer piece that is "ragging" on Veilguard.

Summary: It's not. It speaks of a phenomenon in some games of chewing out information, which Veilguard DOES do, and correctly assigns the responsibility of it to the top brass.
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shadowtodd.bsky.social
Lina told me this story a long time ago back when she worked at NBC and I haven't shared it because I'm not a gossip but I want you all to know that I have never stopped thinking about it once
alinaisyou.bsky.social
not so fun fact: jimmy fallon play video games in his dressing room with some of his tonight show writers. they have to let him win or he'll make everyone's life hell.
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pixelatedboat.bsky.social
In my opinion the real problem is the male homeliness epidemic. You guys are ugly as shit.
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artofchira.bsky.social
'you can generate a different ending every time you view a movie!'

'you can have endless text conversations with NPCs in games!'

'you can summarize a novel, you don't have to read it!'

the pitches for genAI really reveal how much the people behind it just... hate art.

like. *hate* art. deeply.
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dril.bsky.social
watching you dildo brain cock suckers play w/ AI shit is like watching a dog paw at one of those puzzle boxes that you put treats inside of
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funnywes.online
wes @funnywes.online · Jul 27
i admire that final fantasy x's first hour is more or less a what if scenario of "what would happen if we isekaid lebron"
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zenobygoat.bsky.social
and for the potential Grunglers who don't know about the holy texts:
a tumblr post:

9loves-bladework

I really like that thing in Discord servers where the server is full of fucking transfem catfirls being autistic about anime or dark souls and being horny and posting incomprehensible memes and there's this one bisexual cis guy called Greg or Alex who's just kinda there because everyone fucks with him and he's just really nice and he's alsor eally into warhammer or destiny or dark souls or even military gear in an autistic way.

Like every transfem discord has to have one of those to be a stable ecosystem. Jay Eazy is the biggest example.

#I am just describing frogblast
#but every transfem discord server has at least one of these guys and they are our strongest soldiers.
#They also are definitely the nicest guy you know. a tweet:
brie skull emoji (skull emoji) @ bonkey_bong Dec 6, 2022

woman will go on a 1st date with a guy and things will be going well until the guy casually mentions he's bi and she'll go home and start posting stuff like like 'we need to normalize being straight' and 'whatever happened to beauty' meanwhile the guy went home to play video games with a bunch of weird discord transsexuals and he named his character 'the grungler' and he keeps saying stuff like 'check it out guys, i'm the grungler'