sarah ✪
@freckley.bsky.social
laugh hard it's a long way to the bank~♪
Okay it's kind of funny that the media company with the biggest reputation for aggressively defending its copyrighted works is now going to actively sabotage any further attempts by the company to make these characters unique and worth paying money to see
Disney is making a $1 billion investment in OpenAI and will let the AI platform use its characters to make social-media videos.
Disney to Invest $1 Billion in OpenAI, License Characters for Use in ChatGPT, Sora
The three-year licensing deal will let users generate videos of more than 200 Disney, Marvel, Star Wars and Pixar characters.
on.wsj.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Okay it's kind of funny that the media company with the biggest reputation for aggressively defending its copyrighted works is now going to actively sabotage any further attempts by the company to make these characters unique and worth paying money to see
Hey remember when certain left-ish pundits on here spent days indignantly insisting that the noble US Troops would never follow illegal orders?
Lawless piracy in our name.
US forces seize oil tanker off Venezuela coast
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US forces seize oil tanker off Venezuela coast
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US forces seize oil tanker off Venezuela coast
Move is major escalation of US pressure campaign against South American country’s dictator, Nicolás MaduroUS politics live – latest updates
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Hey remember when certain left-ish pundits on here spent days indignantly insisting that the noble US Troops would never follow illegal orders?
People got really upset at that one article earlier this year that was critical of the "cozy game" genre. Anyway, here's a Steam reviewer arguing that seeing a Muslim goes against the purpose of a cozy game
Valve has now rejected my complaint, confirming that "I don't like muslims" is a valid reason to leave a negative review on a game on Steam
This is where we're at now.
This is where we're at now.
December 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
People got really upset at that one article earlier this year that was critical of the "cozy game" genre. Anyway, here's a Steam reviewer arguing that seeing a Muslim goes against the purpose of a cozy game
There's still time for GenAI to take the crown, but as of right now, the "gig economy" apps are the most evil Silicon Valley "innovations" in existence. Constantly squeezing customers and drivers in such an opaque way as to drive each group to blame the other instead of the SV shitheads themselves
In May, Human Rights Watch released a report showing how gig platforms use opaque algorithms to erode workers' wages.
Now a new investigation finds Instacart is running AI price experiments: charging different people different prices for the *same* groceries, sometimes by more than 23%.
Read this:
Now a new investigation finds Instacart is running AI price experiments: charging different people different prices for the *same* groceries, sometimes by more than 23%.
Read this:
Same Cart, Different Price: Instacart’s Price Experiments Cost Families at Checkout - Groundwork Collaborative
groundworkcollaborative.org
December 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
There's still time for GenAI to take the crown, but as of right now, the "gig economy" apps are the most evil Silicon Valley "innovations" in existence. Constantly squeezing customers and drivers in such an opaque way as to drive each group to blame the other instead of the SV shitheads themselves
Apparently the Bills stock their coaches' box with Moxie soda. That must be their secret
December 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Apparently the Bills stock their coaches' box with Moxie soda. That must be their secret
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Spain aired a split-screen showing scenes of destruction in Gaza alongside Israel’s Eurovision performance, underscoring why the Spanish broadcaster withdrew after the competition refused to allow a vote on excluding Israel.
Video: Trita Parsi via X (X: @tparsi, @tparsi.bsky.social)
Video: Trita Parsi via X (X: @tparsi, @tparsi.bsky.social)
December 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Spain aired a split-screen showing scenes of destruction in Gaza alongside Israel’s Eurovision performance, underscoring why the Spanish broadcaster withdrew after the competition refused to allow a vote on excluding Israel.
Video: Trita Parsi via X (X: @tparsi, @tparsi.bsky.social)
Video: Trita Parsi via X (X: @tparsi, @tparsi.bsky.social)
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this has become a very important video to me
December 7, 2025 at 4:29 AM
this has become a very important video to me
My shortform algorithms are about as insulated from right wing nonsense as the companies will allow, but I keep getting surprised by accounts that don't usually dabble in this stuff posting about these theories. This type of intrigue is right up the alley of the know-nothing portion of the maga tent
December 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
My shortform algorithms are about as insulated from right wing nonsense as the companies will allow, but I keep getting surprised by accounts that don't usually dabble in this stuff posting about these theories. This type of intrigue is right up the alley of the know-nothing portion of the maga tent
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This is basically how I've been attempting to use my depression against my anxiety recently
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This is basically how I've been attempting to use my depression against my anxiety recently
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It'd be a little easier to make money off these apps if I didn't have to spend like an hour every day on the phone with support to prevent them from nuking my metrics over errors that are 100% their fault. It's hard to describe the rage and humiliation that comes from working for a fucking app
December 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
It'd be a little easier to make money off these apps if I didn't have to spend like an hour every day on the phone with support to prevent them from nuking my metrics over errors that are 100% their fault. It's hard to describe the rage and humiliation that comes from working for a fucking app
Had a delivery earlier today to a house with two big beautiful dogs and two sweet pretty kitties. Feeling blessed
December 5, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Had a delivery earlier today to a house with two big beautiful dogs and two sweet pretty kitties. Feeling blessed
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Well well well, though the battlefield has changed and the reaper’s cold blade has taken for me, it would seem that the fly has stumbled once again into my web. Struggle all you like, list off the many JRPGs you’ve played, it matters not, you merely bind yourself in my silk all the more.
December 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Well well well, though the battlefield has changed and the reaper’s cold blade has taken for me, it would seem that the fly has stumbled once again into my web. Struggle all you like, list off the many JRPGs you’ve played, it matters not, you merely bind yourself in my silk all the more.
Remember, poor people are to blame for losing our homes and families for "not living within our means," but once you make 6 figures you are entitled to live in the wealthiest neighborhoods with the finest cars and private schools, and if you don't have much left over it's society's fault
1/ I may write something about this, but I've noticed some folks, notably Noah Smith, but others as well, deriding the $140,000=poverty in today's US guy.
So I thought I'd work out what a family of 4 budget would look like in my well-off Boston suburb (Brookline).
TL:DR--pretty damn tight...
So I thought I'd work out what a family of 4 budget would look like in my well-off Boston suburb (Brookline).
TL:DR--pretty damn tight...
December 5, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Remember, poor people are to blame for losing our homes and families for "not living within our means," but once you make 6 figures you are entitled to live in the wealthiest neighborhoods with the finest cars and private schools, and if you don't have much left over it's society's fault
Started watching The Chair Company, and already feel like I'm going to need to re-watch. So many densely-packed scenes, where you miss two jokes while reeling from the first one you see
December 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Started watching The Chair Company, and already feel like I'm going to need to re-watch. So many densely-packed scenes, where you miss two jokes while reeling from the first one you see
Strong floor, no ceiling, strong walls, no windows
November 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Strong floor, no ceiling, strong walls, no windows
There's a point with some of these "cancelled" people where continuing to avoid them becomes less about what they did (I watch/listen to all sorts of media created by monstrous people, we all have our own lines) and more about this constant lecturing about how mean and unfair we're all being to them
When a cancelled performer reënters the culture, we expect them to offer us a great work, channelling their newfound clarity into the finest art they’ve ever made. With his new comedy show and début novel, has Louis C.K. met the bar?
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
Louis C.K.’s Next Chapter
In a new standup special, and a début novel, the comedian navigates murky, post-#MeToo terrain: not quite exiled, not quite welcomed back.
www.newyorker.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM
There's a point with some of these "cancelled" people where continuing to avoid them becomes less about what they did (I watch/listen to all sorts of media created by monstrous people, we all have our own lines) and more about this constant lecturing about how mean and unfair we're all being to them
Caught in a depression/shame loop today. It's so goddamn frustrating being like this
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Caught in a depression/shame loop today. It's so goddamn frustrating being like this
Started watching "Carol & The End of the World" and I don't think I've ever related more to a protagonist in my life
November 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Started watching "Carol & The End of the World" and I don't think I've ever related more to a protagonist in my life
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unbelievable behavior from everyone involved here - Nuzzi for doing catch and kill, Lizza for sitting on this shit so he can sell newsletter subscriptions, RFK for existing
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
unbelievable behavior from everyone involved here - Nuzzi for doing catch and kill, Lizza for sitting on this shit so he can sell newsletter subscriptions, RFK for existing
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the subsequent apologetics of it from people I used to respect, forced me to rethink my stance on certain things and gave me more respect for those who could condemn an imperial invasion plainly. A lot of that respect has been stripped away in recent weeks
November 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the subsequent apologetics of it from people I used to respect, forced me to rethink my stance on certain things and gave me more respect for those who could condemn an imperial invasion plainly. A lot of that respect has been stripped away in recent weeks
I think what's freaking me out the most about the holidays this year is that I don't think there's anyone left in my family who isn't sick of my shit
November 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I think what's freaking me out the most about the holidays this year is that I don't think there's anyone left in my family who isn't sick of my shit