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@jamjon.bsky.social

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AKA Malajax in some spaces. Digital media guy. I'm gonna be me. Leftist. Video games. SF6!

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Jam @jamjon.bsky.social · Nov 22

I truly appreciate all the new homies that have come along for the ride! 🙏🏾

That said, all I care about posting here is being black, leftism/organizing, and gaming (esp fighting games). My feelings will not be hurt if you decide to bounce out!

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Makkon @makkon.bsky.social · 8d

a flow-chart with 2 islands. "Do I need AI?" that flows into a final island saying "No"

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Xavi @ragingspaniard.bsky.social · 10d

In case you need the reminder. You're awesome. Keep making things, big or small, that make you happy. Those things are for you, not for them.

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Jam @jamjon.bsky.social · 16d

Totally with you til that last tease. That was insulting.

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Camp @campfireharve.st · Jul 11

I saw an infographic a couple years ago about how to remove source identifiers from links and why it's important, but I can't find it again and too many people I know are sending me links with them so here's an infographic straight from the oven

Header text: "HEY YOU! YES YOU! TAKE THIS SHIT OUT OF LINKS!"

This is followed by a couple example urls, with a red square highlighting the sections with source identifiers. The rest of the text is as follows:

Source identifiers are used to track your activity on a site. Where you came from, what device you use, and even who you talk to. Whether it's written clearly in the url or tied to a random string of characters, it's assigned to your activity.

When you send a link containing a source identifier to somebody and they click it, it signals to the website that you two are connected. And that data goes right back to the website operators, and thus their advertisers.

Whenever you select "share" or "copy link" on a social app or website, it creates a link like this. If you give even the smallest shit about online privacy, it's important to remove them. Everything after the "?" symbol can be removed without issue, especially sections starting with "si=" or "utm_source="

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Maddie Jacobus @tacobusart.bsky.social · Aug 4

I got mad about AI so I made this comic about The Fucking Point of it all (1/7)

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Claudia Stellar, PhD @claudiastellar.bsky.social · Aug 1

If you have friends who are job hunting, the most meaningful way to help is by making introductions and opening doors for them. Don't try and give advice because unless you’ve searched for a job in the last couple of years, it’s hard to grasp how drastically AI has upended the market.

Pam Wishbow @pamwishbow.bsky.social · Jul 13

Disrespectfully, I need anyone who has not looked for a job within the past year to shut up because shit has changed. Your advice and experience doing this in the past means nothing. You have not job hunted like people are job hunting right now, don’t give people false hope with your outdated ideas

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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · Jul 29

Carl Sagan explains how the ancient Greeks knew the Earth was round and calculated its circumference over 2,000 years ago.

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Jam @jamjon.bsky.social · Jul 29

@guilewinquote.bsky.social made an excellent video detailing the history of MUGEN
youtu.be/kIP4pNMp1lE?...

Reminiscing About MUGEN

YouTube video by GuileWinQuote

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Jam @jamjon.bsky.social · Jul 29

So you could make a Ryu that plays (and looks) like SF2, a Ryu that plays like SF3, a Ryu that plays like SFA, and an overpowered, completely original Ryu that plays like Marvel vs Capcom on steroids. They can all exist in the same "game". Infinite characters infinite possibilities, infinite chaos.

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Jam @jamjon.bsky.social · Jul 29

MUGEN is a engine geared towards fighting games. You know how Capcom Fighting Evolution stuck characters from multiple games together and it wasn't entirely cohesive? MUGEN is that times infinity (what it means). You can build game mechanics on a per character basis. It's as chaotic as it sounds

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Imran Khan @imrankhan.bsky.social · Jul 24

Look, you can say a lot about Hogan's legacy: he was racist, he was terrible to his colleagues, he put himself above other people, he firmly believed in the supremacy of white people, he was a bad wrestler, his life was a net negative for society.

That's it. That's the post.

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Xavi @ragingspaniard.bsky.social · Jul 24

I already mourned Hulk Hogan about 15 years ago when it became clear he was not who I thought he was.

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Kennedi @chaoticbutterfly.bsky.social · Jul 24

my skyline is always on the right side of history I love it here 😂

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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · Jul 24

Real discussion:
CNN: Hey Dave it's CNN. Could you come on to talk about the death of Hulk Hogan

Me: Hulk Hogan was a racist scab and a liar. He hated unions, Black people, and the truth and that's why he loved Donald Trump. What time do you want me?

CNN: Great! Well.... so we'll keep looking

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Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social · Jul 21

vacation hits different as a freelancer (there is no vacation)

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Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social · Jul 23

I saw ozzy perform just once, at blizzcon 2009 of all places. revisiting that show following his death yielded a snapshot of a very different time – for games, for music, and for ozzy himself

"To be honest with you, I don't [play World of Warcraft],” Ozzy told IGN. “I'm very computer dumb. My son goes, 'Dad, check this out.' He plays those war games, my son, and I'm a World War II buff. But he sits up there in his room for f****** four days playing this thing going, 'Shhh! Don't get me going!' I'm very slow with the computers; I'm one of the old timers. But it's the future, you know. My kids now – when I was a kid, the big thing with my dad was learning how to work the remote, and I learned that, so I thought, 'I'll always know what's going on.' But now my kids are talking in f****** computer language – megabytes and gigabytes, whatever the f*** that means."

His perspective on Brütal Legend revealed a similarly begrudging open-mindedness that, as someone now being overtaken by the world in the great race we call life, I cannot help but respect.

“You know what, a lot of guys have been doing the things I do for a long time, but they don't get involved with [games],” he said to IGN. “It's the wave of the future – it's sink or swim. I'm very honored to be in the video game. Someone was telling me that the one I did for the rock thing: a billion kids, a billion kids played it! That's f****** unbelievable! That's a f****** tenth of the population of the world! If only that many bought the f****** album.”

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speedrun de cozimento de maniçoba @momorsa.bsky.social · Mar 19

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Jam @jamjon.bsky.social · Jul 15

Fuck this AI bullshit ruining everything.

Greg Pak @gregpak.net · Jul 15

If this is accurate, WeTransfer is unusable for professional creative work. Would violate most work-for-hire contracts to share copyrighted material with a third party like this.

Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · Jul 14

Bye forever, WeTransfer.

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Marphy Black @slappycromwell.bsky.social · Jul 14

20 years ago today, July 14, 2005, I created "Link finds a WTF" on YTMND, later becoming better known today on the Internet after it took on a life of its own as "WTF BOOM!".

To commemorate this 20th anniversary, I've remastered my original WTF BOOM! YTMND in 4k. #ytmnd #wtfboom

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Retro Blast 🎃 @retroblast.bsky.social · Jul 12

This is your reminder that there are only SIX YEARS between these two games.

We will never see insane graphical leaps like this ever again.

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VegettoEX @vegettoex.bsky.social · Jul 12

Good morning from a fresh VHS capture of International Channel broadcast material circa November(ish?) 2000.

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AJBartArts [PNGTuber: Hero Lord Q-Drosser] @ajbartart.bsky.social · Jul 4

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Yohosie @yohosie.bsky.social · Jun 30

i encourage everyone who says fighting games are hard to play fighting games. then you will realize that we're all dogshit at them and that its ok

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Jam @jamjon.bsky.social · Jun 27

I thought I was coping well without adhd meds for 2 months, but after acquiring some...

What the fuck. What theee FUCK. I was not okay wtf. Holy shit