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As someone who works in the tech industry--absolutely.
They are testing the waters. These are top-down orders. The ONLY way to stop it is a visceral negative reaction. Write articles. Post your rage. Email. Post. @. All those things.
Only you have the power to kill it.
They are testing the waters. These are top-down orders. The ONLY way to stop it is a visceral negative reaction. Write articles. Post your rage. Email. Post. @. All those things.
Only you have the power to kill it.
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.
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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 5:07 AM
As someone who works in the tech industry--absolutely.
They are testing the waters. These are top-down orders. The ONLY way to stop it is a visceral negative reaction. Write articles. Post your rage. Email. Post. @. All those things.
Only you have the power to kill it.
They are testing the waters. These are top-down orders. The ONLY way to stop it is a visceral negative reaction. Write articles. Post your rage. Email. Post. @. All those things.
Only you have the power to kill it.
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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How is he still invited on to shows - it is a bloody circle jerk
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
BBC slammed for asking Kelvin Mackenzie about journalism standards
Liverpool fans and others staggered by choice to invite former S*n editor to discuss ongoing issues at the BBC
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
How is he still invited on to shows - it is a bloody circle jerk
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
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i feel like this is a reasonable take that i would have held pre-2024 (the BBC did screw up therefore there should be accountability) but the fact that this trivial editing mistake should have such terrible consequences, while right wing media lies with impunity constantly, makes my head explode
Exactly, so the BBC didn't need to shoot themselves in the reputation by editing it that way. But they did, and here we are
He explicitly encouraged the Capitol riot
November 10, 2025 at 9:29 AM
i feel like this is a reasonable take that i would have held pre-2024 (the BBC did screw up therefore there should be accountability) but the fact that this trivial editing mistake should have such terrible consequences, while right wing media lies with impunity constantly, makes my head explode
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Beebgate demonstrates two truths:
1 Right wing media hold everyone else to exacting standards of ethics and probity while holding themselves to none whatsoever.
2. You can’t curry favour with the right wing if you’re an entity they want to destroy.
1 Right wing media hold everyone else to exacting standards of ethics and probity while holding themselves to none whatsoever.
2. You can’t curry favour with the right wing if you’re an entity they want to destroy.
November 10, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Beebgate demonstrates two truths:
1 Right wing media hold everyone else to exacting standards of ethics and probity while holding themselves to none whatsoever.
2. You can’t curry favour with the right wing if you’re an entity they want to destroy.
1 Right wing media hold everyone else to exacting standards of ethics and probity while holding themselves to none whatsoever.
2. You can’t curry favour with the right wing if you’re an entity they want to destroy.
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Want to know why the prisons system seems to be suddenly falling apart?
Well, it's not sudden. It's just suddenly being REPORTED. This rot was a deliberate policy choice, and I kept the receipts. Because I'm not the BBC.
(A note on what Tories did to cause this, from The Decade In Tory)
Well, it's not sudden. It's just suddenly being REPORTED. This rot was a deliberate policy choice, and I kept the receipts. Because I'm not the BBC.
(A note on what Tories did to cause this, from The Decade In Tory)
November 10, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Want to know why the prisons system seems to be suddenly falling apart?
Well, it's not sudden. It's just suddenly being REPORTED. This rot was a deliberate policy choice, and I kept the receipts. Because I'm not the BBC.
(A note on what Tories did to cause this, from The Decade In Tory)
Well, it's not sudden. It's just suddenly being REPORTED. This rot was a deliberate policy choice, and I kept the receipts. Because I'm not the BBC.
(A note on what Tories did to cause this, from The Decade In Tory)
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October 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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To date No Kings protests:
Zero property damage
Zero assaults
Zero Arrests
Jan 6th Insurrection:
1 Billion $+ in property damage
1200 + arrested
7-10 deaths attributed to insurrection
Zero property damage
Zero assaults
Zero Arrests
Jan 6th Insurrection:
1 Billion $+ in property damage
1200 + arrested
7-10 deaths attributed to insurrection
October 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
To date No Kings protests:
Zero property damage
Zero assaults
Zero Arrests
Jan 6th Insurrection:
1 Billion $+ in property damage
1200 + arrested
7-10 deaths attributed to insurrection
Zero property damage
Zero assaults
Zero Arrests
Jan 6th Insurrection:
1 Billion $+ in property damage
1200 + arrested
7-10 deaths attributed to insurrection
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The “zero arrests” at the No Kings protests is perhaps an even more important figure than the sheer numbers:
You can protest as peacefully as you like, but we all know, if the cops show up looking for a riot, then a riot they will have, even if they have to start it themselves…
You can protest as peacefully as you like, but we all know, if the cops show up looking for a riot, then a riot they will have, even if they have to start it themselves…
October 18, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The “zero arrests” at the No Kings protests is perhaps an even more important figure than the sheer numbers:
You can protest as peacefully as you like, but we all know, if the cops show up looking for a riot, then a riot they will have, even if they have to start it themselves…
You can protest as peacefully as you like, but we all know, if the cops show up looking for a riot, then a riot they will have, even if they have to start it themselves…
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I haven’t the froggiest idea why…
October 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I haven’t the froggiest idea why…
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October 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Feels like this will be a useful meme for the next few years
October 15, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Feels like this will be a useful meme for the next few years
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October 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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If any horror fan is yet to read The Books of Blood, you owe yourself a treat
The incomparable creative force known as Clive Barker is 73 today.
October 5, 2025 at 11:25 PM
If any horror fan is yet to read The Books of Blood, you owe yourself a treat
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It’s #BANDCAMPFRIDAY, when BC waives its usual cut and the artist gets 100% of your contribution.
Out today on Bandcamp: The POLITICAL EXTREMES Album; songs from the ropier ends of the political spectrum
mitchbenn.bandcamp.com/album/politi...
Out today on Bandcamp: The POLITICAL EXTREMES Album; songs from the ropier ends of the political spectrum
mitchbenn.bandcamp.com/album/politi...
Political Extremes, by Mitch Benn
9 track album
mitchbenn.bandcamp.com
October 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
It’s #BANDCAMPFRIDAY, when BC waives its usual cut and the artist gets 100% of your contribution.
Out today on Bandcamp: The POLITICAL EXTREMES Album; songs from the ropier ends of the political spectrum
mitchbenn.bandcamp.com/album/politi...
Out today on Bandcamp: The POLITICAL EXTREMES Album; songs from the ropier ends of the political spectrum
mitchbenn.bandcamp.com/album/politi...
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"I see gangs of masked thugs roaming the streets rounding up anyone the wrong colour, and I think: *this* is what Britain needs."
October 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
"I see gangs of masked thugs roaming the streets rounding up anyone the wrong colour, and I think: *this* is what Britain needs."
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people saving people legitimately gets me choked up every fucking time. it's the only way out of this
This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
October 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
people saving people legitimately gets me choked up every fucking time. it's the only way out of this
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Everybody In America is Female
is about to clock up 1 million views at any moment. Maybe you could be the millionth: youtu.be/DR8fHT31aPA?...
is about to clock up 1 million views at any moment. Maybe you could be the millionth: youtu.be/DR8fHT31aPA?...
Everybody In America Is Female
YouTube video by Mitch Benn Patreon
youtu.be
October 6, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Everybody In America is Female
is about to clock up 1 million views at any moment. Maybe you could be the millionth: youtu.be/DR8fHT31aPA?...
is about to clock up 1 million views at any moment. Maybe you could be the millionth: youtu.be/DR8fHT31aPA?...
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Sending thoughts & prayers to the war-ravaged city of Portland, Oregon now under siege from attack by Antifa & other domestic terrorists. Take solace in dear leader's words: "Nothing bad can happen. It can only good happen." (and "DON'T TAKE TYLENOL"). Let the healing begin...
September 30, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Sending thoughts & prayers to the war-ravaged city of Portland, Oregon now under siege from attack by Antifa & other domestic terrorists. Take solace in dear leader's words: "Nothing bad can happen. It can only good happen." (and "DON'T TAKE TYLENOL"). Let the healing begin...
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These are just ideas off the top of my head, I dunno.
September 30, 2025 at 10:27 PM
These are just ideas off the top of my head, I dunno.
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I mean yes this is funny, but the fact that these unconstitutional stormtroopers are so directionless that they literally stand around waiting for random nonwhite delivery guys to bike past them is just pathetic. No mandate, no mission, no clue. Just racism.
ICE attempted
and failed to disappear a food delivery guy.
It needed to be scored.
and failed to disappear a food delivery guy.
It needed to be scored.
September 29, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I mean yes this is funny, but the fact that these unconstitutional stormtroopers are so directionless that they literally stand around waiting for random nonwhite delivery guys to bike past them is just pathetic. No mandate, no mission, no clue. Just racism.