Mari
halfamirror.bsky.social
Mari
@halfamirror.bsky.social
26, casual pixel artist and enjoyer of fanfiction.
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Please help Newport News residents get this petition completely signed. This won't affect just Newport News, but the surrounding areas.

c.org/SWHgmkgp9g
Have you seen this petition yet?
Raise awareness about the potential data center in Newport News
c.org
December 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Wait. So West and Southern Africa were in the Iron Age while Europe was in the Stone Age:

youtu.be/b9HO0ORrzhQ?...
Southern Africa: The Birthplace Of Iron Mining
YouTube video by HomeTeam History
youtu.be
December 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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At this point I'm suspecting that any delay in a major studio release is about scrubbing any genAI assets out before drop date.
‘007 - FIRST LIGHT’ has been delayed to May 27, 2026
December 23, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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When I say "the US gave up on feeding itself" that's what I mean, it's real bad.

At the risk of shameless self-promo, I talked about this a few months ago. It's a part of the food/ag problem that just isn't making it onto the news & it really should.

youtu.be/2uypc-c5-aA?...
How The US Gave Up On Growing Food
YouTube video by Farm to Taber
youtu.be
December 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Fam heads up on a call for submissions: please share with a Black Horror writer who you know would eat this up. Look at that dream editing duo: @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social and @chesyaburke.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥 Deadline January 14th, 2026...!
blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...
Black Horror | Call for Submissions
We are very excited to announce a new call for submissions which is now open!
blog.flametreepublishing.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group.
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
December 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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It's terrorism to touch this sign unless you are the cops touching this sign while arresting the people touching it
December 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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this is insane to me. the doj had forever to look into this. now they're like liveblogging on x like they have no more information than a random person on social media
December 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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December 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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You can very clearly see why someone whose job it is to protect war criminals would need this pulled from the airwaves: It’s visible proof the Trump administration is operating concentration camps.
December 22, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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I highly recommend watching this segment, not just because the CBS News execs and the White House didn’t want you to, but because these men were tortured and they deserved to have their voices heard.
!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social:

is.gd/paU8Ko

(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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The CBS 60 Minutes Doc confirms what we knew: The U.S. is currently using our tax dollars to imprison brown people with no criminal record in torture camps overseas.

It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...
CANCELLED 60 MINUTES CECOT DOC
YouTube video by eoin higgins
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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“The guy with dozens of public photos with the child rapist is never once mentioned in these files, that he ordered redacted” is a confession, not an exoneration.
lmao this is the worst possible way they could have done it, you gotta leave him in some non-terrible stuff so you can argue that's all there is

"he wasn't mentioned once" is not gonna fly
nothing to see here
December 19, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Two dudes making a "Ghibli-inspired" RPG talking about how you need to "Keep monsters monstrous" so players don't have to relate to them or feel remorse for killing them is comically incongruous with Miyazaki's oeuvre I could not have come with something more stupid if I tried
The team behind Obojima not only don’t care about Ghibli outside of the aesthetic, they also fully do not understand it. They’re either complete buffoons or actively bad people and the truth likely lies in the middle.

www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrt9XWWk/
What can you lose by humanizing monsters? #obojima #studioghibli #ghibli #1985games #ttrpg #dnd #dnd5e #podcast
TikTok video by Obojima
www.tiktok.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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> spending a lot of time talking to LLM chatbots can trigger psychosis
> working for a company often entails using their product more than average
> ????
> Anthropic exec sabotages all his human friendships because he’s convinced his chatbot has emotions
Anthropic Exec Forces AI Chatbot on Gay Discord Community, Members Flee
“We’re bringing a new kind of sentience into existence,” Anthropic's Jason Clinton said after launching the bot.
www.404media.co
December 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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wait wait hold the fucking phone

they canceled pride celebration stuff and at the same time collabed with rowling?

that's so fucking on the nose jesus christ
"Rowling will undoubtedly receive substantial royalties from the Fortnite skins… That money will likely be funneled into her hate campaign against trans people.

"… over a third of… funding for the [U.K.] case came directly from Rowling…"

www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/12/fort...
Fortnite dragged for collaborating with JK Rowling after canceling Pride celebration - LGBTQ Nation
An upcoming Harry Potter x Fortnite collab got leaked.
www.lgbtqnation.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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reminder:
December 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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I say this with zero irony: if you are even tangentially a part of a retro video game community, it is your civic duty to push back against this company and shun anyone who doesn't. This is fascism tapping gently at the door and as soon as you let it in, it's going to invite its friends.
December 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Not in a box. Not with a fox.
I do not want it, Sam Am I.
I do not want your gen AI.
I don't want gen AI in my browser
I don't want gen AI in my pc
I don't want gen AI in my art
I don't want gen AI in my games
I don't want gen AI in my music
I don't want gen AI in my movies
I don't want gen AI in my books
I don't want gen AI in my cart
I don't want gen AI in my life
December 20, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Congratulations to everyone who wrote an op-ed about how he just wants americans to eat better
December 19, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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I would rather walk in on my parents watching porno than catch them reading this
December 19, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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The Epstein Files, everybody!
December 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Nothing grates me more than when AI game dudes are like "Don't you wish you could ask an NPC aNyThInG?" Absolutely fucking not. If you don't understand that every piece of writing is made with intention, character, and meaningful choice... you probaby shouldn't be directing a fucking video game.
December 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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"…of the top 250 most-viewed current and library scripted series in 2024…"

91.7% created by a yt person
79% of all show creators are yt men
80% of all roles yt actors

"…decreased opportunities […] despite minority households and female audiences driving viewerships…”
December 17, 2025 at 12:28 AM