defiant jazz
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performer 'n' designer 'n' cat parent
VA🎙: Shion #MagicMaker | Guideau #TheWitchAndTheBeast | Wizard Boy #goblinslayer | Death #Hellworld!
aurora borealis shinin down in Dallas
genAI, crypto, and NFTs are grossgusting and harm the planet.
VA🎙: Shion #MagicMaker | Guideau #TheWitchAndTheBeast | Wizard Boy #goblinslayer | Death #Hellworld!
aurora borealis shinin down in Dallas
genAI, crypto, and NFTs are grossgusting and harm the planet.
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Radical abolitionist John Brown was executed OTD in 1859 for trying to spark a revolution to free millions held in bondage.
“I have only a short time to live, only one death to die, and I will die fighting for this cause.”
“I have only a short time to live, only one death to die, and I will die fighting for this cause.”
December 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Radical abolitionist John Brown was executed OTD in 1859 for trying to spark a revolution to free millions held in bondage.
“I have only a short time to live, only one death to die, and I will die fighting for this cause.”
“I have only a short time to live, only one death to die, and I will die fighting for this cause.”
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Sayin' it now: if Amazon thinks that this is going to lead fans to say "this is the future," they have another thing comin'.
Our community was born in the old ways, and enough of us who were there from the pre-boom days are still around to the point that we can very feasibly return to them.
Our community was born in the old ways, and enough of us who were there from the pre-boom days are still around to the point that we can very feasibly return to them.
Amazon has had many opportunities to create dubbing projects filled with authentic storytelling, emotional connection, and believability. Instead they have chosen to create AI slop dubs of Banana Fish, Vinland Saga, and No Game No life. Many are calling these dubs "insulting" and "disrespectful".
December 1, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Sayin' it now: if Amazon thinks that this is going to lead fans to say "this is the future," they have another thing comin'.
Our community was born in the old ways, and enough of us who were there from the pre-boom days are still around to the point that we can very feasibly return to them.
Our community was born in the old ways, and enough of us who were there from the pre-boom days are still around to the point that we can very feasibly return to them.
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That I can do.
Search Prime Video for the title (I went with Banana Fish), then click on Details, and scroll past the Cast page to "Send Us Feedback."
Search Prime Video for the title (I went with Banana Fish), then click on Details, and scroll past the Cast page to "Send Us Feedback."
November 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM
That I can do.
Search Prime Video for the title (I went with Banana Fish), then click on Details, and scroll past the Cast page to "Send Us Feedback."
Search Prime Video for the title (I went with Banana Fish), then click on Details, and scroll past the Cast page to "Send Us Feedback."
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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.
🧵⬇️
i have a narnia problem pls inquire within
December 1, 2025 at 4:11 AM
i have a narnia problem pls inquire within
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hello! i'd like to bring your attention to this short video, which showcases how fancy copypaste fonts sound through screen readers (ie bad). :)
i really encourage people not to use these for this reason! i think it'd be cool if bsky included fonts down the line, but anything you have to copypaste—
i really encourage people not to use these for this reason! i think it'd be cool if bsky included fonts down the line, but anything you have to copypaste—
I've downloaded & re-uploaded (in a trimmed fashion to fit in the 1 minute limit) the video from X to ensure that it will continue to be available (& ensure that people have an easier time experiencing how awful this truly is).
November 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
hello! i'd like to bring your attention to this short video, which showcases how fancy copypaste fonts sound through screen readers (ie bad). :)
i really encourage people not to use these for this reason! i think it'd be cool if bsky included fonts down the line, but anything you have to copypaste—
i really encourage people not to use these for this reason! i think it'd be cool if bsky included fonts down the line, but anything you have to copypaste—
I’M WIDE AWAKE AND I’M DREAMINNN
WAH WAH WEE WAH WAHWEE FELL APART
WAH WAH WEE WAH WAHWEE FELL APART
November 14, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I’M WIDE AWAKE AND I’M DREAMINNN
WAH WAH WEE WAH WAHWEE FELL APART
WAH WAH WEE WAH WAHWEE FELL APART
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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
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KISS KISS FALL IN LOVE
zohran high school host club
November 6, 2025 at 7:26 AM
KISS KISS FALL IN LOVE
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i’m at damen/belle plaine in chicago’s north center neighborhood for an emergency anti-ice rally.
around 7 a.m. this morning, masked federal agents chased a preschool teacher *into* nearby rayito del sol and abducted her—in front of traumatized children, parents, and coworkers.
around 7 a.m. this morning, masked federal agents chased a preschool teacher *into* nearby rayito del sol and abducted her—in front of traumatized children, parents, and coworkers.
November 6, 2025 at 12:39 AM
i’m at damen/belle plaine in chicago’s north center neighborhood for an emergency anti-ice rally.
around 7 a.m. this morning, masked federal agents chased a preschool teacher *into* nearby rayito del sol and abducted her—in front of traumatized children, parents, and coworkers.
around 7 a.m. this morning, masked federal agents chased a preschool teacher *into* nearby rayito del sol and abducted her—in front of traumatized children, parents, and coworkers.
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"Here we believe in standing up for those we love, whether you are an immigrant, a member of the trans community, one of the many black women Trump has fired, a single mom waiting for the cost of groceries to go down, or anyone else with your back against the wall. Your struggle is ours too."
November 5, 2025 at 4:47 AM
"Here we believe in standing up for those we love, whether you are an immigrant, a member of the trans community, one of the many black women Trump has fired, a single mom waiting for the cost of groceries to go down, or anyone else with your back against the wall. Your struggle is ours too."
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My god this is for real one of the most incredible speeches I’ve ever seen by an elected US politician: ‘And if there is any way to terrify a despot, it is to dismantle the very conditions that allowed him to accumulate power. This not only how we stop Trump, it’s how we stop the next one.’
Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."
November 5, 2025 at 4:52 AM
My god this is for real one of the most incredible speeches I’ve ever seen by an elected US politician: ‘And if there is any way to terrify a despot, it is to dismantle the very conditions that allowed him to accumulate power. This not only how we stop Trump, it’s how we stop the next one.’
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As a nonbinary person, I also dislike partnerships like this, bc they turn us into "woman-lite." They aren't typically welcoming of more masc or AMAB folks. And I don't want to be jammed into a woman's group! Just hire trans women!
Fighting back against AI is great.
But please hire more trans women.
One would be nice.
More than one would be ideal.
Zero is… telling.
But please hire more trans women.
One would be nice.
More than one would be ideal.
Zero is… telling.
Here’s the reason I spoke to so many video game actors. I attended the launch of TIVA, an independently run audiobook series with all of your favourite voice actors, aiming to fight back against AI and corporations, featuring an all female/non-binary cast.
www.thegamer.com/tiva-intervi...
www.thegamer.com/tiva-intervi...
November 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
As a nonbinary person, I also dislike partnerships like this, bc they turn us into "woman-lite." They aren't typically welcoming of more masc or AMAB folks. And I don't want to be jammed into a woman's group! Just hire trans women!
Adding “repeatedly burning my mouth on food i know is too hot” to my resume special skills
November 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Adding “repeatedly burning my mouth on food i know is too hot” to my resume special skills
it's still Halloween in November
It’s still Halloween in the first week of November. 🎃
November 2, 2025 at 1:56 AM
it's still Halloween in November
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Famous art but how i would make it:
Shame Spiral Jetty
Shame Spiral Jetty
October 24, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Famous art but how i would make it:
Shame Spiral Jetty
Shame Spiral Jetty
*I will find such a unique, thorough, and merciless way to rip out your spine that they'll make a movie about it.
"Oxford commas are a sign you write with ai" I will find such a unique way to rip out your spine that they'll make a movie about it
October 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
*I will find such a unique, thorough, and merciless way to rip out your spine that they'll make a movie about it.
White Lotus is, what, Love Boat with murder?
October 23, 2025 at 5:37 AM
White Lotus is, what, Love Boat with murder?
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but do go fuck yourself, federal workers! ain't no money for the government (except for he, praise be to he)
I’ve written about people who were exonerated after being imprisoned for 20, 30, and 40-plus years. Some were nearly executed. None of them ever saw anything near $320 million.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases
www.nytimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 10:38 PM
but do go fuck yourself, federal workers! ain't no money for the government (except for he, praise be to he)
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Readimasks (certified N95s that use adhesive instead of straps) are 75% off w/code NONSMOKINGZONE.
They’re MRI-safe (nice because if you need an MRI, you prob really don’t also want Covid) and also handy for things like haircuts. Not my everyday mask but super to have around for those situations!
They’re MRI-safe (nice because if you need an MRI, you prob really don’t also want Covid) and also handy for things like haircuts. Not my everyday mask but super to have around for those situations!
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October 15, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Readimasks (certified N95s that use adhesive instead of straps) are 75% off w/code NONSMOKINGZONE.
They’re MRI-safe (nice because if you need an MRI, you prob really don’t also want Covid) and also handy for things like haircuts. Not my everyday mask but super to have around for those situations!
They’re MRI-safe (nice because if you need an MRI, you prob really don’t also want Covid) and also handy for things like haircuts. Not my everyday mask but super to have around for those situations!
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Btw an important part of this story beyond the flag burning itself is that
he’s trying to normalize two huge lies:
1) the president can create criminal law by executive order, and
2) ICE, border patrol, and the military should enforce criminal law or that “law enforcement” answers to him.
he’s trying to normalize two huge lies:
1) the president can create criminal law by executive order, and
2) ICE, border patrol, and the military should enforce criminal law or that “law enforcement” answers to him.
Trump says American flag burners will be ‘immediately arrested’ under executive order
www.foxnews.com/politics/tru...
www.foxnews.com/politics/tru...
Trump says American flag burners will be ‘immediately arrested’ under executive order
President Donald Trump said American flag burners would be arrested and face a year in prison in a Truth Social post citing his August executive order on flag desecration.
www.foxnews.com
October 4, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Btw an important part of this story beyond the flag burning itself is that
he’s trying to normalize two huge lies:
1) the president can create criminal law by executive order, and
2) ICE, border patrol, and the military should enforce criminal law or that “law enforcement” answers to him.
he’s trying to normalize two huge lies:
1) the president can create criminal law by executive order, and
2) ICE, border patrol, and the military should enforce criminal law or that “law enforcement” answers to him.
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Just a reminder that the right response is trying to reclaim the flag such that it becomes a symbol of protest against the administrations anti-American actions.
Help it become something they are uncomfortable with.
Help it become something they are uncomfortable with.
Trump says American flag burners will be ‘immediately arrested’ under executive order
www.foxnews.com/politics/tru...
www.foxnews.com/politics/tru...
Trump says American flag burners will be ‘immediately arrested’ under executive order
President Donald Trump said American flag burners would be arrested and face a year in prison in a Truth Social post citing his August executive order on flag desecration.
www.foxnews.com
October 4, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Just a reminder that the right response is trying to reclaim the flag such that it becomes a symbol of protest against the administrations anti-American actions.
Help it become something they are uncomfortable with.
Help it become something they are uncomfortable with.