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adventurertom.bsky.social @adventurertom.bsky.social · 1d

For real

Quantian @quantian.bsky.social · 2d

Sora is not the real problem here. The real problem is that in 12, at most 24 months, there will be a Sora clone from Tencent or Alibaba that is just as good and can be run by anybody with a 5099, at which point everyone in society needs to rapidly agree to treat all digital video as fake, period.

adventurertom.bsky.social @adventurertom.bsky.social · 2d

I yearn for this and The Last Story on Switch 2.

adventurertom.bsky.social @adventurertom.bsky.social · 5d

Videodrome is a fucked up movie that has a s&m scene involving a tv.

adventurertom.bsky.social @adventurertom.bsky.social · 8d

Send this to Crunchyroll.

Nghi Vo @nghivo.bsky.social · 8d

Happy #InternationalTranslationDay!

Keep AI out of translation!

White text on a red field.

Text reads: Translators are NOT traitors, with letters in bolder white offering the message "Translators NOT AI."

adventurertom.bsky.social @adventurertom.bsky.social · 9d

Yeah, its more important to bring back the misinformation channels and not stopping the whole AI age verification shit.
#youtubeboycott

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

Tiffany: "We need to message this on a regular basis & it's why Judiciary has put info out about Meta, Google, and all the other things happening on the censorship front. We want this to burn into the American people's psyche that this was a horrible era for the protection of the 1st Amendment"

adventurertom.bsky.social @adventurertom.bsky.social · 12d

Always remember, the reason why we never getting another Sonic RPG is Ken Penders copyrighting his characters from the archie comics series.

Bad Game Hall of Fame @bghof.com · 13d

'Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood' released on this day in 2008.

BioWare's attempt to bring Sonic and friends into the RPG fold on the Nintendo DS. Criticized on release for simplistic gameplay, poorly-paced story, and a soundtrack straight-up broken in its implementation.

adventurertom.bsky.social @adventurertom.bsky.social · 13d

Glad I left last year before this happened.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13d

REPORTER: Now that Americans will have operational control of TikTok, do you want to see the algorithm suggest more MAGA-related content?

TRUMP: I always like MAGA-related. If I could make it 100% MAGA I would, but it's not gonna work out that way unfortunately.

adventurertom.bsky.social @adventurertom.bsky.social · 15d

Theirs a lot on neat stuff to watch on the Internet Archive.
No monthly payments included.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15d

BREAKING — Notices for the Disney+ price increase went out at noon ET today, confirming my scoop from last night. Details: www.vulture.com/article/disn...

➼ Disney+, Hulu Bundle (with ads) is going up by $2 — from $11 a month to $13 a month.
Note: The price of the Disney+, Hulu Premium Bundle (no ads) is not changing. Currently: $20 a month.

➼ Disney+ Premium (no ads) is going up by $3 — from $16 a month to $19 a month.
Note: The price of Hulu Premium (no ads) is not changing. Currently: $19 a month.

➼ Disney+ (with ads) is going up by $2 — from $10 a month to $12 a month.

➼ Hulu + Live TV (with ads) is going up by $7 — from $83 a month to $90 a month.
Note: This plan is a bundle that also includes Disney+ and ESPN Select (all with ads).

adventurertom.bsky.social @adventurertom.bsky.social · 19d

Id be fine with this and not Paramount.
Its still pretty bad.

ToonHive @toonhive.bsky.social · 19d

Netflix is reportedly eyeing a bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, Puck News reports.

adventurertom.bsky.social @adventurertom.bsky.social · 20d

Please call your representatives

Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 20d

#SaveSpeech

US legislators are pushing harder to pass KOSA and repeal section 230.

Call your representatives ASAP and make your voice heard! Advocate for protecting section 230, and demand your reps oppose KOSA!

Bipartisan Push in Congress to Weaken Section 230, Expand Online Surveillance, and Increase Platform Liability

Calls for platform accountability came with few answers about who decides what speech is acceptable.

reclaimthenet.org

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adventurertom.bsky.social @adventurertom.bsky.social · 21d

Sonic Cronicles was one of them.
Guess the shadow of Ken Penders still lives on.

Time Extension @timeextension.com · Sep 8

Sega Accused Of Using Police To Recover Nintendo Dev Kits It Had "Negligently Disposed Of".

Sega Accused Of Using Police To Recover Nintendo Dev Kits It Had "Negligently Disposed Of"

DSi, 2DS, 3DS, Wii and Wii U dev kits are all in the hands of the police

www.timeextension.com

adventurertom.bsky.social @adventurertom.bsky.social · 28d

Echoing the sentiments of Jack Thompson now he is.

kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 28d

RFK jr comes up with new possible cause for mass shootings: video games

Article from the daily beast

adventurertom.bsky.social @adventurertom.bsky.social · 28d

This is going to flop HARD!

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · Sep 8

OpenAI confirms they're helping make an AI-generated movie called 'Critterz'

• Goal is to finish production in 9 months
• Budget is ~$30M
• Plan is to debut the film at Canne
• 'Paddington 3' writers penned the script
• Art will be fed into Chat GPT 5 and other image models

(via WSJ)

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adventurertom.bsky.social @adventurertom.bsky.social · Sep 6

Yep

Stupid Twink @stupidtwink.bsky.social · Sep 6

it’s crazy how king of the hill had a “main character’s dad is gay” episode almost a decade before family guy and it was handled infinitely better and had funnier gay jokes

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adventurertom.bsky.social @adventurertom.bsky.social · Sep 5

Neat.
*Internally screams*

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · Sep 5

we talked about firms starting to look at political risk insurance back in March - foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/20/t...

I think they will treat it like China - too big an opportunity/market to miss out on, and so instead a business is arising in how to pander to the autocratic government.

adventurertom.bsky.social @adventurertom.bsky.social · Sep 5

They can listen to Poison bass boosted.

adventurertom.bsky.social @adventurertom.bsky.social · Sep 5

Dispute me not being not a big fan of vivzs work. Its nice to see this happening.

Trixx @implingtrixx.bsky.social · Sep 4

The vivziepop critic community falling apart mere days before mission zero and the new short is absolutely god damn poetic to say the least

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adventurertom.bsky.social @adventurertom.bsky.social · Sep 5

2, please 2.

Mike Morrison @mikemorrison.bsky.social · Sep 5

Which would you prefer?
1. ChatGPT
2. Google & The entire internet --- but without ads, spammy content, etc. Like recipe sites would just give you the recipe with photos.

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adventurertom.bsky.social @adventurertom.bsky.social · Sep 4

He could've died on national television, and it would've been funny.
But that didn't happen and I'm sad.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 4

the RFK Jr breathing sounds are a rough hang

adventurertom.bsky.social @adventurertom.bsky.social · Sep 3

Western imperialism is still bad okay, that is not the point.

adventurertom.bsky.social @adventurertom.bsky.social · Sep 3

Imagine being the kind of person who is not okay with western imperialism, and then be okay with this.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Sep 3

“.. Quite a hot mic moment on CCTV in Beijing today as Putin and Xi, both 72 years old, are caught casually talking about living to 150 and maybe forever thanks to organ transplants. (As picked up by Bloomberg.)”

(via @yarotrof.bsky.social)

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adventurertom.bsky.social @adventurertom.bsky.social · Sep 1

47 has to live until he dies on live TV.
So it can be the funniest thing ever.
#USpolotics

adventurertom.bsky.social @adventurertom.bsky.social · Aug 29

That's why I prefer decated emulators

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adventurertom.bsky.social @adventurertom.bsky.social · Aug 29

Okay, now drop the AI ID verification right now.

ToonHive @toonhive.bsky.social · Aug 29

YouTube has officially launched “hype”, a new feature where users can upvote smaller creators videos to be boosted in the algorithm.

Viewers can hype a creator’s video, earning points to make it on a weekly leaderboard.

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adventurertom.bsky.social @adventurertom.bsky.social · Aug 27

Do you mind directing this towards the people who bought the #Switch2 please?

BASTARD MAN ETERNAL™️ @hombrebastardo.bsky.social · Aug 27

With console prices hiking up instead of going down, I honestly don’t want to hear shit about next gen bullshit. This hobby is becoming unaffordable for most people.