Martin C
@mardcon.bsky.social
Background/Layout Artist and 2D designer for animation. Queer, He/Him 🏳️🌈🍉
https://mardcon.artstation.com/
https://mardcon.artstation.com/
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There is an actual argument that this curse actually worked.
February 4, 2026 at 3:34 AM
There is an actual argument that this curse actually worked.
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No exaggeration to say this is Government policy across the board these days
February 4, 2026 at 9:06 AM
No exaggeration to say this is Government policy across the board these days
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“French cybercrime authorities searched the offices of Elon Musk's X in Paris on Tuesday as they investigate the company on suspicion of illegal harvesting of data and complicity in the possession or distribution of child pornography.”
French police raid Paris offices of X as probe into Grok widens
The offices of X in France were searched by French prosecutors as they widened a probe into Grok sexual "deepfakes" and Holocaust denial content.
www.macon.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:35 PM
“French cybercrime authorities searched the offices of Elon Musk's X in Paris on Tuesday as they investigate the company on suspicion of illegal harvesting of data and complicity in the possession or distribution of child pornography.”
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Following the release of the Epstein files Jk Rowling has deleted a decade of port logs belonging to the Super yacht Samsara.
What is she hiding?
What is she hiding?
February 3, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Following the release of the Epstein files Jk Rowling has deleted a decade of port logs belonging to the Super yacht Samsara.
What is she hiding?
What is she hiding?
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Every day Mamdani comes out and is like "hey guys, I turned off the orphan-crushing machine. Literally just had to flip a switch. Took less than 5 minutes."
After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc
After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc
February 3, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Every day Mamdani comes out and is like "hey guys, I turned off the orphan-crushing machine. Literally just had to flip a switch. Took less than 5 minutes."
After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc
After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc
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one of those things where you realize, power and money aren't the same. they don't want to be able to buy literally anything they want in the world that was, they want to shape and have ownership over the world itself and won't be satisfied with anything else
February 2, 2026 at 11:19 PM
one of those things where you realize, power and money aren't the same. they don't want to be able to buy literally anything they want in the world that was, they want to shape and have ownership over the world itself and won't be satisfied with anything else
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Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"?
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Google to pay $68 million over allegations its voice assistant eavesdropped on users
Class-action lawsuit alleged that Google's voice assistant illegally recorded and shared private conversations with advertisers.
www.cbsnews.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"?
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
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1. The new batch of Epstein documents helps illuminate one contemporary controversy: What is Bari Weiss up to at CBS? I think the answer is she is trying to rehabilate the Epstein network as a bulwark of reactionary centrism. Let me explain.
January 31, 2026 at 8:33 PM
1. The new batch of Epstein documents helps illuminate one contemporary controversy: What is Bari Weiss up to at CBS? I think the answer is she is trying to rehabilate the Epstein network as a bulwark of reactionary centrism. Let me explain.
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honestly one of the most insane things i’ve ever seen. i cannot believe this. i feel insane seeing this and it being real. everything is unreal
January 31, 2026 at 6:42 PM
honestly one of the most insane things i’ve ever seen. i cannot believe this. i feel insane seeing this and it being real. everything is unreal
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ICE OUT charity stream is happening right now from giant bomb and minmax.
A good cause from good people.
A good cause from good people.
GRUBB AND DAN are ready to join our friends @minnmax.com for our ICE OUT charity stream! Starting in just a few at 5PM CST.
You can donate over here:
www.givemn.org/story/qexfdf
You can donate over here:
www.givemn.org/story/qexfdf
January 31, 2026 at 5:20 AM
ICE OUT charity stream is happening right now from giant bomb and minmax.
A good cause from good people.
A good cause from good people.
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knowing how the story has progressed for Satoshi Kon (RIP) and Aronofsky (pro-AI, rich) , this is a very sad thing to reflect on
Satoshi Kon talks about how Requiem for a Dream took from his film Perfect Blue (1997)
January 30, 2026 at 5:47 PM
knowing how the story has progressed for Satoshi Kon (RIP) and Aronofsky (pro-AI, rich) , this is a very sad thing to reflect on
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Here is an email that Elon Musk, current world’s richest man and owner of a social media network that generated child sexual abuse material on demand, sent to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on November 11, 2012: “What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?”
www.404media.co/musk-to-epst...
www.404media.co/musk-to-epst...
January 30, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Here is an email that Elon Musk, current world’s richest man and owner of a social media network that generated child sexual abuse material on demand, sent to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on November 11, 2012: “What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?”
www.404media.co/musk-to-epst...
www.404media.co/musk-to-epst...
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Some guy on Twitter just told me trains aren't cool, so I'm rebranding to Can You Suplex a Butt?, where we talk about video game butts that we really want to suplex.
First up, let's reverse this rock hard rump and slam it into the ground! XY⬇️⬆️
First up, let's reverse this rock hard rump and slam it into the ground! XY⬇️⬆️
January 30, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Some guy on Twitter just told me trains aren't cool, so I'm rebranding to Can You Suplex a Butt?, where we talk about video game butts that we really want to suplex.
First up, let's reverse this rock hard rump and slam it into the ground! XY⬇️⬆️
First up, let's reverse this rock hard rump and slam it into the ground! XY⬇️⬆️
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“A.i.” is for creeps and weasels.
"The UK creative industries — which contributed £125 billion to the economy in 2024 and supported 2.4 million jobs — are being destroyed by an AI sector that, whatever its long-term potential, contributed just £11 billion in the same year and supported only 85,000 jobs."
archive.is/hvRv2
archive.is/hvRv2
January 30, 2026 at 9:08 AM
“A.i.” is for creeps and weasels.
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Dorks marketing a major superhero series will use AI to make 1980-style lunchbox, and say they were only using advanced tech to look more like it was hand-painted in the year 1980, something that was entirely possible without tech in the year 1980.
They still sell paintbrushes.
They still sell paintbrushes.
January 30, 2026 at 6:55 AM
Dorks marketing a major superhero series will use AI to make 1980-style lunchbox, and say they were only using advanced tech to look more like it was hand-painted in the year 1980, something that was entirely possible without tech in the year 1980.
They still sell paintbrushes.
They still sell paintbrushes.
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"Our standing rule is: If one of us brings up using GenAI in any of our work, then it's safe to assume we've been assimilated by The Thing and should be burned alive by Kurt Russell," said a game design consultant in the US.
Over 50% of game developers now think generative AI is bad for the industry, a dramatic increase from just 2 years ago: 'I'd rather quit the industry than use generative AI'
The latest GDC survey also found that managers are more likely to use generative AI than their employees.
www.pcgamer.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:45 PM
"Our standing rule is: If one of us brings up using GenAI in any of our work, then it's safe to assume we've been assimilated by The Thing and should be burned alive by Kurt Russell," said a game design consultant in the US.
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Israel now accepts that it killed 71,000 people in Gaza, and that this number DOES NOT include those starved, crushed, missing or killed by disease resulting from the attack.
January 29, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Israel now accepts that it killed 71,000 people in Gaza, and that this number DOES NOT include those starved, crushed, missing or killed by disease resulting from the attack.
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Normally against "I have always hated this guy" but you can do that to Aronofsky. Always enjoyed that Satoshi Kon really politely hated him for ripping him off. animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-real-h...
January 30, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Normally against "I have always hated this guy" but you can do that to Aronofsky. Always enjoyed that Satoshi Kon really politely hated him for ripping him off. animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-real-h...
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Looks like disgusting fucking slop and every actor involved is a scab
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 7:18 PM
Looks like disgusting fucking slop and every actor involved is a scab
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Its so gross for Aranofsky to use models built off the stolen works of artists.
Its so gross to displace countless of crew members, the same crews who worked to ensure Aranofsky vision became reality.
Its gross to utilize GenAi to portray history as GenAi is always riddled with errors.
Its so gross to displace countless of crew members, the same crews who worked to ensure Aranofsky vision became reality.
Its gross to utilize GenAi to portray history as GenAi is always riddled with errors.
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 8:33 PM
Its so gross for Aranofsky to use models built off the stolen works of artists.
Its so gross to displace countless of crew members, the same crews who worked to ensure Aranofsky vision became reality.
Its gross to utilize GenAi to portray history as GenAi is always riddled with errors.
Its so gross to displace countless of crew members, the same crews who worked to ensure Aranofsky vision became reality.
Its gross to utilize GenAi to portray history as GenAi is always riddled with errors.
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Yep.
We need to normalise creators mentioning all the mundane stuff in life that can mess up these routines.
But that would go against selling the myth of being a lone, self-sufficient creative badass.
We need to normalise creators mentioning all the mundane stuff in life that can mess up these routines.
But that would go against selling the myth of being a lone, self-sufficient creative badass.
Not pictured: Haruki Murakami’s wife, or indeed whoever is cooking, cleaning, paying bills, running errands, doing the laundry, answering emails, etc
like yea his routine is goals, but let’s not lie to ourselves about all the invisible work others are doing to enable him to have that routine
like yea his routine is goals, but let’s not lie to ourselves about all the invisible work others are doing to enable him to have that routine
January 29, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Yep.
We need to normalise creators mentioning all the mundane stuff in life that can mess up these routines.
But that would go against selling the myth of being a lone, self-sufficient creative badass.
We need to normalise creators mentioning all the mundane stuff in life that can mess up these routines.
But that would go against selling the myth of being a lone, self-sufficient creative badass.
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This part is REALLY insidious, there is not a functioning commercially viable LLM out there that is not trained on Laion, a data set that scraped the entirety of reddit, artstation and a thousand other places. "Ethically trained LLMs" are a total fiction/scam
January 9, 2026 at 10:38 PM
This part is REALLY insidious, there is not a functioning commercially viable LLM out there that is not trained on Laion, a data set that scraped the entirety of reddit, artstation and a thousand other places. "Ethically trained LLMs" are a total fiction/scam