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Nick Taylor @ntay.us · 1h

They are correct that AI is "another brush in the box", however the utility of that brush is immediately making a whole subsection of people never interested in their studio or games. I question the value of that brush. That's all it does. Reduces your sales by 10%, and you just started a business.

Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 3h

Ex-Zenimax devs say their Sackbird was drawn by a human, but bits of their website are AI-generated

Sackbird Studios, formed by ex-Zenimax developers following Microsoft's layoffs, have responded to accusations of AI images being used in their branding.

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Nick Taylor @ntay.us · 14h

Honestly I haven't played anything at all in months and it feels kinda nice

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Nick Taylor @ntay.us · 16h

@elmore.zone is eBay presenting this number to me as an integer good user interface design do you think

(my seller level allows me to sell 5 million items per month, but I tend to sell a handful)

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Nick Taylor @ntay.us · 17h

No excuse to be playing BF6 tbh. Not only is it going to be an absolute mammoth disaster like the last several, but they've done nothing to earn your purchase *and* they're now Saudi owned with VC backing. You can't do it. There's just no justification.

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Aura @aurahack.ca · 10d

ppl playing battlefield 6 about to have the same cred online as ppl who bought twitter blue the day that launched

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Nick Taylor @ntay.us · 21h

really surprised not to find "it's 24 and me when jesse's there" in the replies

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Nick Taylor @ntay.us · 1d

wow look who it is

Nick Taylor @ntay.us · 2d

hahahaha in nainan's case at least he is the only person claiming he is young, at this point

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Nick Taylor @ntay.us · 2d

This continues to happen. There isn't a worse looking person claiming to be a millennial now that Charlie Kirk is dead. She took the top spot.

Nick Taylor @ntay.us · Sep 4

It's so funny how every time you see a photo of Bari Weiss an article reminding you she's a millennial is attached. Woman looks no younger than 60.

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Nick Taylor @ntay.us · 2d

lmao I mean I know why but it's really funny to call Paul's haircut in Messiah a buzzcut

DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · 2d

Timothée Chalamet teases his buzzcut look for Paul Atreides in ‘DUNE: PART 3’

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Nick Taylor @ntay.us · 2d

F1TV isn't going anywhere

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Nick Taylor @ntay.us · 2d

I know you guys all have much more legitimate problems with this place but my main problem with the site is all the anti-bullying and anti-harassment features which only protect the cowardly worms. Clearly harassment still happens towards people who don't deserve it, so it doesn't even work.

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daily bunnies 🐇✨ @dailybunnies.bsky.social · 3d

A black bunny with perked ears sits on a white couch.

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Nick Taylor @ntay.us · 3d

Wild hill to die on for your company. There are a lot of businesses where you can grift the right wing by pandering to the non-woke mass, but books are not one of them. These folks can't read, dumbass.

Bitmap Books @bitmapbooks.com · 3d

Monday 6th October 2025

Dear supporters of Bitmap Books,

Although I stand by the fact that Moses’ comments were ill-advised and insensitive, the whole thing blew up and was made much bigger than it needed to be. Moses has publicly apologised for any offence caused, as has the original poster of the comments who did not intend to cause this much trouble. I do not feel that this warrants an author losing his livelihood and ruining years of hard work to produce the book.

Despite multiple accusations to the contrary, Moses freely agreed to donate his royalties to charity. There was no coercion from me, however we both recognise that due to an increasingly stressful situation that decisions were rushed on both sides. I’m pleased to say that Moses and I have spoken again today, we stand together, and have agreed that he will receive 100% of his royalties.

Maybe I was hasty in my response, and I’m happy to admit to that. At the time I sincerely thought I was doing the right thing to diffuse an increasingly difficult situation. I will commit to donating all company profits from this first print run to the charity, Special Effect.

The bottom line is that is that Moses has apologised for his original comments, and will now be paid the royalties that are rightfully his.

Moses and myself have received a large amount of personal abuse and threats over the past few days. We hope that this statement will bring some closure to what has happened.

Sam Dyer, founder of Bitmap Books

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Nick Taylor @ntay.us · 3d

It's crazy how many sex criminals from old Twitter are on here using the same names and avatars they did back then, and people have simply either forgotten or don't care. I see them on the other feeds on here all the time. Crazy.

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Nick Taylor @ntay.us · 3d

Holy shit this is stacked

Harvard Book Store @harvardbookstore.bsky.social · 3d

📅 Tues. 10/14 @ 6PM: Don't miss your chance Hugo Award-winning author Ken Liu at the Brattle Theatre! Liu will be discussing his first scifi thriller in a brand-new series, "All That We See or Seem". He will be joined in convo by "Poppy War" author R.F. Kuang. Get tickets here: buff.ly/OZemmfT

Nick Taylor @ntay.us · 4d

I'm not sure how visible it is in the picture but this very intricate one was built in under an hour (it went across to my bike, sadly). It's so impressive.

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Nick Taylor @ntay.us · 4d

I already own all WE games so you've gotta start pumping out more by the christmas sale. Thanks.

Nick Taylor @ntay.us · 4d

CVS sells McCafe k-cups and I'm trying to think of something more evil you could do than purchase McDonalds brand plastic single use coffee pods from CVS Caremark. $12.49 for 10 btw lmao

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Kiyone @kiyonescarlet.bsky.social · 5d

lol

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Nick Taylor @ntay.us · 5d

Also depending on your state probably your main library. All Massachusetts residents can get a Boston library card for instance, which has a massive Kanopy (and Hoopla/Overdrive) library.

Jazz The 40oz Connoisseur @gtsjazz.blacksky.app · 5d

Kanopy is FREE through your local library or university library - no ads

Get into it if you can!

Girl, That’s Scary @girlthatsscary.blacksky.app · 6d

Now Streaming on Kanopy🎃

Longlegs
Dial M For Murder
Annihilation
Your Monster
Dead Birds
Haunt
Let The Right One In
Train To Busan
Exhuma
Sleepy Hollow
Suspiria ‘77
Oddity
The Wicker Man (OG)
The Untamed
Donnie Darko
Titane
The Conversation
Cuckoo
Don’t Look Now
In A Violent Nature
Ganja & Hess

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Nick Taylor @ntay.us · 6d

get yourself a woman who is always trying to prove movie posters wrong

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Nick Taylor @ntay.us · 6d

This was me last year when my grandmother told me JD Vance is only like 3 years older than me. I thought she was losing her mind, but she was right

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Nick Taylor @ntay.us · 6d

I'm grateful that the limitation with game streaming services is literally the speed of light, so they'll never be good in my lifetime. The most annoying thing about VR is that while it's always been dogshit, at some point in my life it will probably become competent enough to be a thing.

Nick Taylor @ntay.us · 7d

She's hired and employed by SkyTV in the UK. Nothing to do with F1 or Liberty Media. Also she definitely wasn't hired just for being American because she isn't on American broadcasts haha.

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