Axel, The Guitarist
@axelguitarist.bsky.social
Musician. On the spectrum. SFW but follows NSFW
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I love the hell out of Super Mario, but just in case people needed a reminder about the ghoul whose voicing him and his views on both vaccines and autistic people, here ya go because fuck that guy.
Chris Pratt Defends Some RFK Jr. Plans, Criticizes Polarized Views: “Be Reasonable”
The Marvel star on his relationship with the controversial Health and Human Services Secretary and the blowback to some of his policies: "I'd hate to be so mired in hatred for the president that any s...
www.hollywoodreporter.com
January 25, 2026 at 7:32 PM
I love the hell out of Super Mario, but just in case people needed a reminder about the ghoul whose voicing him and his views on both vaccines and autistic people, here ya go because fuck that guy.
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In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
January 15, 2026 at 4:58 PM
In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
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We’re articulating our approach to generative AI so musicians can keep making music and fans can trust the music they find on Bandcamp.
Bandcamp’s Mission and Our Approach to Generative AI
We’re articulating our approach to generative AI so musicians can keep making music and fans can trust the music they find on Bandcamp.
blog.bandcamp.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:21 PM
We’re articulating our approach to generative AI so musicians can keep making music and fans can trust the music they find on Bandcamp.
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hey so this is blatant false information punishing people for doing the right thing. no, it was not a "grabber". it was a reputable survey site that discord has used previously for limited surveys.
nothing can """grab""" information if you dont provide it, which an anonymous survey didnt ask for.
nothing can """grab""" information if you dont provide it, which an anonymous survey didnt ask for.
January 11, 2026 at 4:37 AM
hey so this is blatant false information punishing people for doing the right thing. no, it was not a "grabber". it was a reputable survey site that discord has used previously for limited surveys.
nothing can """grab""" information if you dont provide it, which an anonymous survey didnt ask for.
nothing can """grab""" information if you dont provide it, which an anonymous survey didnt ask for.
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So how we feelin' about that Epic ecosystem nowadays?
We all feel confident that Fortnite is a good spot for kids to hang out?
We all feel confident that Fortnite is a good spot for kids to hang out?
January 10, 2026 at 5:16 AM
So how we feelin' about that Epic ecosystem nowadays?
We all feel confident that Fortnite is a good spot for kids to hang out?
We all feel confident that Fortnite is a good spot for kids to hang out?
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Ok this rules: unstream.stream
Looking for a way to support a musician directly? Like a way to buy their music or kofi or patreon or anything other than streaming?
This app someone made shows places you can do that. Search for an artist, find their platforms, give them love.
Really dig this.
Looking for a way to support a musician directly? Like a way to buy their music or kofi or patreon or anything other than streaming?
This app someone made shows places you can do that. Search for an artist, find their platforms, give them love.
Really dig this.
January 10, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Ok this rules: unstream.stream
Looking for a way to support a musician directly? Like a way to buy their music or kofi or patreon or anything other than streaming?
This app someone made shows places you can do that. Search for an artist, find their platforms, give them love.
Really dig this.
Looking for a way to support a musician directly? Like a way to buy their music or kofi or patreon or anything other than streaming?
This app someone made shows places you can do that. Search for an artist, find their platforms, give them love.
Really dig this.
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This video, viewed millions of times on TikTok, Facebook and X, claims to show Venezuelans taking to the street to thank the US for detaining Maduro.
But the video is a combination of four AI-generated clips and was first posted on TikTok by a user who frequently shares AI videos. It's not real.
But the video is a combination of four AI-generated clips and was first posted on TikTok by a user who frequently shares AI videos. It's not real.
January 4, 2026 at 7:39 PM
This video, viewed millions of times on TikTok, Facebook and X, claims to show Venezuelans taking to the street to thank the US for detaining Maduro.
But the video is a combination of four AI-generated clips and was first posted on TikTok by a user who frequently shares AI videos. It's not real.
But the video is a combination of four AI-generated clips and was first posted on TikTok by a user who frequently shares AI videos. It's not real.
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🚨 Thread collecting actionable steps to help civilians in Venezuela, Venezuelan refugees fleeing to neighboring countries, and Venezuelan immigrants in the US. 🚨
✅️ Please post ideas / links, especially to local frontline groups.
❌️ Please avoid non-actions, and be cautious regarding sanctions.
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✅️ Please post ideas / links, especially to local frontline groups.
❌️ Please avoid non-actions, and be cautious regarding sanctions.
👇
January 3, 2026 at 8:03 AM
🚨 Thread collecting actionable steps to help civilians in Venezuela, Venezuelan refugees fleeing to neighboring countries, and Venezuelan immigrants in the US. 🚨
✅️ Please post ideas / links, especially to local frontline groups.
❌️ Please avoid non-actions, and be cautious regarding sanctions.
👇
✅️ Please post ideas / links, especially to local frontline groups.
❌️ Please avoid non-actions, and be cautious regarding sanctions.
👇
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Y'all need to delete everything off there NOW.
STOP USING IT.
STOP USING IT.
Heads up to artists still using Twitter- Twitter is now adding an "Edit image" button under all images posted on the site that allows everyone to feed it into genAI and modify it as they wish with a prompt
December 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Y'all need to delete everything off there NOW.
STOP USING IT.
STOP USING IT.
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Yeah new Expedition 33 interview was out. The generated texture was just part of them experimenting with GenAI when it was brand new years ago when they were first starting working on the game. They didn’t like it, said “it felt wrong”, stopped using it, and a single texture from that got missed.
December 24, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Yeah new Expedition 33 interview was out. The generated texture was just part of them experimenting with GenAI when it was brand new years ago when they were first starting working on the game. They didn’t like it, said “it felt wrong”, stopped using it, and a single texture from that got missed.
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It's important to note for the consultant people: Kat is tied for first place, she's raised more money in this race than anyone else, and she hasn't used Twitter in months.
It's a website filled with racist AI snuff films and it's rigged against you specifically. There's no good reason to use it.
It's a website filled with racist AI snuff films and it's rigged against you specifically. There's no good reason to use it.
This has always been a Bluesky-first campaign. But as of today, we will no longer be using Twitter. At all.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
December 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM
It's important to note for the consultant people: Kat is tied for first place, she's raised more money in this race than anyone else, and she hasn't used Twitter in months.
It's a website filled with racist AI snuff films and it's rigged against you specifically. There's no good reason to use it.
It's a website filled with racist AI snuff films and it's rigged against you specifically. There's no good reason to use it.
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Larian’s usage of genAI is by no means close to the worst I’ve heard of (not a defense-just saying) but if companies can learn one thing from this backlash, I hope it’s that nobody wants this and you will actually EARN goodwill (with gamers AND creatives) by outright banning genAI usage.
December 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Larian’s usage of genAI is by no means close to the worst I’ve heard of (not a defense-just saying) but if companies can learn one thing from this backlash, I hope it’s that nobody wants this and you will actually EARN goodwill (with gamers AND creatives) by outright banning genAI usage.
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Hey #furry #artists, it’s time to leave. Like now is the time to break off hard.
This is surprisingly real. Usually it’s hard to tell if it’s hyperbole, but this is not. And if Twitter fucks up? Max $100 payout to you.
Safe link to TOS: archive.is/Ky7gY
Only way out is to deactivate the account.
This is surprisingly real. Usually it’s hard to tell if it’s hyperbole, but this is not. And if Twitter fucks up? Max $100 payout to you.
Safe link to TOS: archive.is/Ky7gY
Only way out is to deactivate the account.
December 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Hey #furry #artists, it’s time to leave. Like now is the time to break off hard.
This is surprisingly real. Usually it’s hard to tell if it’s hyperbole, but this is not. And if Twitter fucks up? Max $100 payout to you.
Safe link to TOS: archive.is/Ky7gY
Only way out is to deactivate the account.
This is surprisingly real. Usually it’s hard to tell if it’s hyperbole, but this is not. And if Twitter fucks up? Max $100 payout to you.
Safe link to TOS: archive.is/Ky7gY
Only way out is to deactivate the account.
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Guys, do not use the Discord Checkpoint thing (Discord's attempt at Spotify Wrapped).
It requires enabling them access to scrape your data, and has an alarming amount of private data being used for it.
Make sure you have these disabled.
It requires enabling them access to scrape your data, and has an alarming amount of private data being used for it.
Make sure you have these disabled.
December 4, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Guys, do not use the Discord Checkpoint thing (Discord's attempt at Spotify Wrapped).
It requires enabling them access to scrape your data, and has an alarming amount of private data being used for it.
Make sure you have these disabled.
It requires enabling them access to scrape your data, and has an alarming amount of private data being used for it.
Make sure you have these disabled.
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Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
How to quit Spotify
This Black Friday, here's a guide to finding the best Spotify alternative
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
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...yeah, I'm canceling my membership as well. I recommend you all do the same.
Paying money to be given AI generated rewards is inexcusable.
Paying money to be given AI generated rewards is inexcusable.
SO... I'm pretty much done with Fortnite. There were statements made by Tim Sweeney saying that AI usage doesn't need to be disclosed, and then AI usage was found all over this current season- from art to sprays to in-game songs. Between that, and the upcoming shitty wizard collab... Yeah, I'm done.
December 1, 2025 at 3:28 AM
...yeah, I'm canceling my membership as well. I recommend you all do the same.
Paying money to be given AI generated rewards is inexcusable.
Paying money to be given AI generated rewards is inexcusable.
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This shit is why I'm getting less and less work on anime and having to scramble to ask around with YouTubers for help letting me do their CCs just to pay my damn rent. There's enough anime to caption out there that I should not be fucking struggling.
After publishing this article, I've heard from many that CR seems to be using AI to produce dub CCs. Now, thanks to a slip-up CR had with episode 6 dub of The Banished Court Magician, we can say that with 100% certainty: Crunchyroll is using the AI service Ollang.com for its dub closed captions!
November 28, 2025 at 8:27 AM
This shit is why I'm getting less and less work on anime and having to scramble to ask around with YouTubers for help letting me do their CCs just to pay my damn rent. There's enough anime to caption out there that I should not be fucking struggling.
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I keep seeing people trying to play down the payment processor situation, saying it's only the extreme NSFW accounts getting sacked.
Well. One of the cutest SFW furry artist got banned from PayPal. What more proof do y'all need that we need to keep fighting the good fight?
Also go support Nakufin.
Well. One of the cutest SFW furry artist got banned from PayPal. What more proof do y'all need that we need to keep fighting the good fight?
Also go support Nakufin.
I'm devastated, if I don't find an alternative that works with argentinians I'm contemplating the worst, I can't do regular jobs, art was my job for around 15 years
I don't do nsfw even when people insist me to
my life was already crumbling and now I don't know what to do
I don't do nsfw even when people insist me to
my life was already crumbling and now I don't know what to do
November 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I keep seeing people trying to play down the payment processor situation, saying it's only the extreme NSFW accounts getting sacked.
Well. One of the cutest SFW furry artist got banned from PayPal. What more proof do y'all need that we need to keep fighting the good fight?
Also go support Nakufin.
Well. One of the cutest SFW furry artist got banned from PayPal. What more proof do y'all need that we need to keep fighting the good fight?
Also go support Nakufin.
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"In general, furries show no significant deviations from the general population in terms of mental health. On scores of well-being, however, they tend to score higher."
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) The Kids are Alright: Furry Well-Being and Mental Health
PDF | We begin this chapter with a short introduction to well-being and how to measure it. Next, we compare furries to other groups on measures of... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on...
www.researchgate.net
November 28, 2025 at 5:16 AM
"In general, furries show no significant deviations from the general population in terms of mental health. On scores of well-being, however, they tend to score higher."
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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When ever one of those AI bros tires to tell you that artist are gatekeeping art remember that pros, armatures, hobbyist all stopped what they where doing to provide guidance to a newbie artist over the shared experience that "this one angle is hard to draw"
The "Frieren Looking Up" Art Trend attracted some Big Names in Animation! Excited for Season 2?
November 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
When ever one of those AI bros tires to tell you that artist are gatekeeping art remember that pros, armatures, hobbyist all stopped what they where doing to provide guidance to a newbie artist over the shared experience that "this one angle is hard to draw"
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This concept is often hard for devs to grasp too, not just players. I put it as "the joy of doing" vs. "the joy of being".
Why does some grind or hard challenge feel joyful in game A, but a chore in game B? You enjoy *existing* in game A. The "thing to do" serves that joy.
Pet the dog. Enjoy being
Why does some grind or hard challenge feel joyful in game A, but a chore in game B? You enjoy *existing* in game A. The "thing to do" serves that joy.
Pet the dog. Enjoy being
November 18, 2025 at 11:28 PM
This concept is often hard for devs to grasp too, not just players. I put it as "the joy of doing" vs. "the joy of being".
Why does some grind or hard challenge feel joyful in game A, but a chore in game B? You enjoy *existing* in game A. The "thing to do" serves that joy.
Pet the dog. Enjoy being
Why does some grind or hard challenge feel joyful in game A, but a chore in game B? You enjoy *existing* in game A. The "thing to do" serves that joy.
Pet the dog. Enjoy being
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So
Is everyone cool with 2 of the 6 Game of the Year candidates openly using generative AI?
Or is there some type of sliding scale between Clair Obscur>Kingdom Come>The Alters>Black OPs?
If Clair Obscur wins this year....how many GOTY nominees in the top 6 will feature AI art next year?
Is everyone cool with 2 of the 6 Game of the Year candidates openly using generative AI?
Or is there some type of sliding scale between Clair Obscur>Kingdom Come>The Alters>Black OPs?
If Clair Obscur wins this year....how many GOTY nominees in the top 6 will feature AI art next year?
November 17, 2025 at 10:48 PM
So
Is everyone cool with 2 of the 6 Game of the Year candidates openly using generative AI?
Or is there some type of sliding scale between Clair Obscur>Kingdom Come>The Alters>Black OPs?
If Clair Obscur wins this year....how many GOTY nominees in the top 6 will feature AI art next year?
Is everyone cool with 2 of the 6 Game of the Year candidates openly using generative AI?
Or is there some type of sliding scale between Clair Obscur>Kingdom Come>The Alters>Black OPs?
If Clair Obscur wins this year....how many GOTY nominees in the top 6 will feature AI art next year?
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steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
Insulting to the players, insulting to the IP, insulting to the medium, the developers. And the craft itself. Fuck you executives who pushed this garbage.
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI art slop, because your $70 means nothing anymore
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI generated artwork which makes the $70 feel like a complete rip-off.
frvr.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back