Gabby
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Leaving Goma as my profile pic until I draw myself finally. Illustrator and 1/2 of Uchuu Summer
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Essentially, I think that LLM-generated dialogue only makes sense if you believe that the product of writing is words.
But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.
But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.
I had five fascinating conversations for this RPS piece, gathering perspectives on genAI chatbots in games, as seen in Where Winds Meet. Thanks to @meghna.bsky.social, @pyrofoux.bsky.social, @maxkreminski.bsky.social, and @chrisgardiner.bsky.social www.rockpapershotgun.com/horrible-bor...
"Horrible", "boring", and "cheap": Experts pan new chatbot NPCs, but some leave room for optimism
We speak to a collection of developers and AI experts about the potential impact of LLM-powered NPCs in videogames.
www.rockpapershotgun.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Essentially, I think that LLM-generated dialogue only makes sense if you believe that the product of writing is words.
But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.
But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.
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This has nothing to do with faith or observance btw. It’s just about establishing an official hierarchy of citizenship where they are on top. bsky.app/profile/mark...
Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.
December 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
This has nothing to do with faith or observance btw. It’s just about establishing an official hierarchy of citizenship where they are on top. bsky.app/profile/mark...
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I wrote a blog post with really basic info about what doujinshi is- if you read my blog and don't really know much about it, please take a look since i will be using the specific terms in this post a lot
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What’s a doujinshi?
Since this blog is going to have a LOT of posts about doujinshi and doujinshi events, I’m going to quickly write the basics of what these things are. If you know everything already, no need to read…
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December 25, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I wrote a blog post with really basic info about what doujinshi is- if you read my blog and don't really know much about it, please take a look since i will be using the specific terms in this post a lot
breezebl.wordpress.com/2025/12/25/w...
breezebl.wordpress.com/2025/12/25/w...
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Thing is: this should have been obvious BEFORE regulators greenlit Waymo.
Having business be the tail that wags the dog of government--as neoliberal ideology would have it--simply privatizes gains and sticks ordinary people with the costs of being corporate guinea pigs.
Having business be the tail that wags the dog of government--as neoliberal ideology would have it--simply privatizes gains and sticks ordinary people with the costs of being corporate guinea pigs.
Autonomous vehicles that are unable to adapt to emergencies present a risk to our public safety. With such vehicles being considered for deployment in the East Bay, more must first be done to ensure they will operate safely when the unexpected happens.
Waymo halts service in SF as cars stall at intersections
A spokesperson confirmed Waymo has suspended service.
www.sfgate.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Thing is: this should have been obvious BEFORE regulators greenlit Waymo.
Having business be the tail that wags the dog of government--as neoliberal ideology would have it--simply privatizes gains and sticks ordinary people with the costs of being corporate guinea pigs.
Having business be the tail that wags the dog of government--as neoliberal ideology would have it--simply privatizes gains and sticks ordinary people with the costs of being corporate guinea pigs.
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Really loved this interview with @decorrespondent.nl. This was the first interview where I felt truly seen and my ideas accurately shared.
Also grateful for the translation. You can read it here:
Also grateful for the translation. You can read it here:
An Interview With De Correspondent
An in depth interview where we explore my story as well as my thoughts on extremism, antisemitism, and how to address both.
open.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Really loved this interview with @decorrespondent.nl. This was the first interview where I felt truly seen and my ideas accurately shared.
Also grateful for the translation. You can read it here:
Also grateful for the translation. You can read it here:
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These are concentration camps. No other way to describe them. Truly horrific, and none of it surprising in the least.
30 minutes. Some deportees described sexual assault. Detainee describes the guard sexually assaulting most detainees. Lights left on all day. Prisoners not given clean water.
Now the DHS tour. Nobody spoke to the detainees. Noem's video was in a different area of the prison.
Now the DHS tour. Nobody spoke to the detainees. Noem's video was in a different area of the prison.
December 22, 2025 at 11:56 PM
These are concentration camps. No other way to describe them. Truly horrific, and none of it surprising in the least.
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THREAD: While Jews mourn the deadliest antisemitic attack in Australian history, disinformation and justification narratives are spreading on the left, and progressive silence is enabling it.
December 22, 2025 at 10:40 PM
THREAD: While Jews mourn the deadliest antisemitic attack in Australian history, disinformation and justification narratives are spreading on the left, and progressive silence is enabling it.
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Still got it baby
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December 22, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Still got it baby
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4 extra seconds of daylight let's goooooo
December 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
4 extra seconds of daylight let's goooooo
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something I learned this year is you should invite people to things even if you know they can’t come. instead of it making them feel bad it actually makes them feel good
December 22, 2025 at 5:55 PM
something I learned this year is you should invite people to things even if you know they can’t come. instead of it making them feel bad it actually makes them feel good
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yes. she investigated the case of why everyone at the new york times hated her and discovered that it was because she was too smart and too brave.
Asking this seriously: has Bari Weiss ever in her career reported out an investigative story?
December 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
yes. she investigated the case of why everyone at the new york times hated her and discovered that it was because she was too smart and too brave.
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It's an older relic from the last Trump era but it has I believe found its time.
December 21, 2025 at 4:55 AM
It's an older relic from the last Trump era but it has I believe found its time.
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To anyone who wants to purchase this issue, it is available in digital as well as print.
Go here for links to purchase:
www.newsweekjapan.jp/magazine/581...
If you've enjoyed my thread, please support the official release. It's not very expensive.
Go here for links to purchase:
www.newsweekjapan.jp/magazine/581...
If you've enjoyed my thread, please support the official release. It's not very expensive.
December 21, 2025 at 5:44 AM
To anyone who wants to purchase this issue, it is available in digital as well as print.
Go here for links to purchase:
www.newsweekjapan.jp/magazine/581...
If you've enjoyed my thread, please support the official release. It's not very expensive.
Go here for links to purchase:
www.newsweekjapan.jp/magazine/581...
If you've enjoyed my thread, please support the official release. It's not very expensive.
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One extremely notable exception aside, Jews are really not leading this talk of “heritage Americanism” and in fact are more critical of Trump’s immigration policies than Americans overall
Many of the people who talk up "Heritage Americanism" today are descendants of people -- Jews, Irishmen, Italians -- who were abominated by the "Heritage Americans" of an earlier time. The Know Nothings and their kin decried the new arrivals as unfit for American life. On it goes.
December 20, 2025 at 3:59 PM
One extremely notable exception aside, Jews are really not leading this talk of “heritage Americanism” and in fact are more critical of Trump’s immigration policies than Americans overall
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Bragging on the internet that your first thought when you see a computer generated 19-year-old is "has she fucked"
Just recorded our annual Worst Takes of the Year episode!
December 19, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Bragging on the internet that your first thought when you see a computer generated 19-year-old is "has she fucked"
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the return of anti-semitism is probably permanent due to a confluence of several structural reasons:
- fading of the living memory of the holocaust
- the end of liberal hegemony
- Israel's behavior (esp when it equates zionism w judaism)
- tech-driven conspiratorial epistemic fragmentation
- fading of the living memory of the holocaust
- the end of liberal hegemony
- Israel's behavior (esp when it equates zionism w judaism)
- tech-driven conspiratorial epistemic fragmentation
December 17, 2025 at 12:26 AM
the return of anti-semitism is probably permanent due to a confluence of several structural reasons:
- fading of the living memory of the holocaust
- the end of liberal hegemony
- Israel's behavior (esp when it equates zionism w judaism)
- tech-driven conspiratorial epistemic fragmentation
- fading of the living memory of the holocaust
- the end of liberal hegemony
- Israel's behavior (esp when it equates zionism w judaism)
- tech-driven conspiratorial epistemic fragmentation
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Don't talk to journalists about DIY HRT.
December 19, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Don't talk to journalists about DIY HRT.
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Y'all gonna start acknowledging the parallels yet?
Y'all gonna start defending art, intimacy, and sex as basic human expressions?
Y'all gonna start realizing that these deranged puritans don't have an ounce of goodwill in their bodies and literally just want to control every aspect of our lives?
Y'all gonna start defending art, intimacy, and sex as basic human expressions?
Y'all gonna start realizing that these deranged puritans don't have an ounce of goodwill in their bodies and literally just want to control every aspect of our lives?
![A screenshot of the first three paragraphs from Wikipedia's article on "Degenerate art" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degenerate_art).
It reads:
Degenerate art (German: Entartete Kunst) was a term adopted in the 1920s by the Nazi Party in Germany to describe modern art. During the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler, German modernist art, including many works of internationally renowned artists, was removed from state-owned museums and banned in Nazi Germany on the grounds that such art was an "insult to German feeling", un-German, Freemasonic, Jewish, or Communist in nature. Those identified as degenerate artists were subjected to sanctions that included dismissal from teaching positions, being forbidden to exhibit or to sell their art, and in some cases being forbidden to produce art.
Degenerate Art also was the title of a 1937 exhibition held by the Nazis in Munich, consisting of 650 modernist artworks that the Nazis had taken from museums, that were poorly hung alongside graffiti and text labels mocking the art and the artists.[1] Designed to inflame public opinion against modernism, the exhibition subsequently traveled to several other cities in Germany and Austria.
While modern styles of art were prohibited, the Nazis promoted paintings and sculptures that were traditional in manner and that exalted the "blood and soil" values of racial purity, militarism, and obedience. Similar restrictions were placed upon music, which was expected to be tonal and free of any jazz influences; disapproved music was termed degenerate music. Films and plays were also censored.[2]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fjyar4qi72ca4d54262prmt5/bafkreidrunh4pl7wusvh4btcxrswf4cfgzxdbvqhb2le7so5zntcboo5ja@jpeg)
December 17, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Y'all gonna start acknowledging the parallels yet?
Y'all gonna start defending art, intimacy, and sex as basic human expressions?
Y'all gonna start realizing that these deranged puritans don't have an ounce of goodwill in their bodies and literally just want to control every aspect of our lives?
Y'all gonna start defending art, intimacy, and sex as basic human expressions?
Y'all gonna start realizing that these deranged puritans don't have an ounce of goodwill in their bodies and literally just want to control every aspect of our lives?
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Interesting how I haven’t seen a single person who tried to whitewash MTG’s violent history and claim she’s “coming around to our side now” speak a single word about her latest anti-trans bill.
December 18, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Interesting how I haven’t seen a single person who tried to whitewash MTG’s violent history and claim she’s “coming around to our side now” speak a single word about her latest anti-trans bill.
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Keep thinking about this term "pre-digested" that Kojima used to describe art that's instantly gratifying. And how it's better when people grow to love something instead.
I've gravitated, as player and designer, toward the latter, but that term "pre-digested" is new and feels very strong.
I've gravitated, as player and designer, toward the latter, but that term "pre-digested" is new and feels very strong.
December 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Keep thinking about this term "pre-digested" that Kojima used to describe art that's instantly gratifying. And how it's better when people grow to love something instead.
I've gravitated, as player and designer, toward the latter, but that term "pre-digested" is new and feels very strong.
I've gravitated, as player and designer, toward the latter, but that term "pre-digested" is new and feels very strong.
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If you want to communicate your idea to an artist all you need is 30 seconds and the basic ability to grip a pen
December 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
If you want to communicate your idea to an artist all you need is 30 seconds and the basic ability to grip a pen
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Re gender affirming care for youth: They will come for the haircuts and the clothes next. And it won’t stop with kids or trans people. And I’ve been telling people this for a decade and now here we are with lots of cis people shrugging and saying it’s unfortunate. How are you going to save a life?
December 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Re gender affirming care for youth: They will come for the haircuts and the clothes next. And it won’t stop with kids or trans people. And I’ve been telling people this for a decade and now here we are with lots of cis people shrugging and saying it’s unfortunate. How are you going to save a life?
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if tumblr dies I need this video to make it's seasonal rotation here instead just in case, Happy holidays 🎄
December 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
if tumblr dies I need this video to make it's seasonal rotation here instead just in case, Happy holidays 🎄