Jill Harrington
@jillithe.bsky.social
Cantankerous tech animator for games.
Currently at Motive, previously at Bioware, formerly at Blizzard, formerly-formerly at Turbine Games.
She/her. My opinions do not represent those of my employer. 🇨🇦
Currently at Motive, previously at Bioware, formerly at Blizzard, formerly-formerly at Turbine Games.
She/her. My opinions do not represent those of my employer. 🇨🇦
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I needed to draw this picture
November 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I needed to draw this picture
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For so long, tech grifters have gotten away with conning us into adopting unethical tech that's swiftly getting worse, so they believed it would always continue. They failed to read the zeitgeist & the zeitgeist has been pointing to people being worn out by bad tech & social media for a while. 9/x
November 20, 2025 at 8:06 PM
For so long, tech grifters have gotten away with conning us into adopting unethical tech that's swiftly getting worse, so they believed it would always continue. They failed to read the zeitgeist & the zeitgeist has been pointing to people being worn out by bad tech & social media for a while. 9/x
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"Fear is contagious, but so is courage."
Good statement.
Trump and Republicans are clearly on the defensive at this point and Trump is acting in desperation literally throwing stuff on his social media platform.
Dems shouldn't be giving an inch rhetorically - but also legislatively on the Hill.
Good statement.
Trump and Republicans are clearly on the defensive at this point and Trump is acting in desperation literally throwing stuff on his social media platform.
Dems shouldn't be giving an inch rhetorically - but also legislatively on the Hill.
Good. Dems not backing down in the slightest in the face of Trump's call for their execution. Keep this up, Dems. Treat Trump like *he's* the violent criminal and the real threat to our Constitution order. Because he is.
November 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
"Fear is contagious, but so is courage."
Good statement.
Trump and Republicans are clearly on the defensive at this point and Trump is acting in desperation literally throwing stuff on his social media platform.
Dems shouldn't be giving an inch rhetorically - but also legislatively on the Hill.
Good statement.
Trump and Republicans are clearly on the defensive at this point and Trump is acting in desperation literally throwing stuff on his social media platform.
Dems shouldn't be giving an inch rhetorically - but also legislatively on the Hill.
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talkin' about the AI bubble
November 20, 2025 at 6:56 PM
talkin' about the AI bubble
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Hard to find a clearer distillation of the gen ai project.
White nationalist talking points and racial pseudoscience: welcome to Elon Musk’s Grokipedia
World’s richest person wanted to ‘purge’ propaganda from Wikipedia, so he created a compendium of racist disinformation
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Hard to find a clearer distillation of the gen ai project.
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Not many young people know this but it is generally pretty unusual for the president to outright call for the mass executions of elected members of the opposition party
November 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Not many young people know this but it is generally pretty unusual for the president to outright call for the mass executions of elected members of the opposition party
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Musk has apparently manipulated Grok so much that it says he's a better athlete than LeBron James and a funnier comedian than Jerry Seinfeld.
Imagine being so insecure you need to program an LLM to boost you like that.
Imagine being so insecure you need to program an LLM to boost you like that.
November 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Musk has apparently manipulated Grok so much that it says he's a better athlete than LeBron James and a funnier comedian than Jerry Seinfeld.
Imagine being so insecure you need to program an LLM to boost you like that.
Imagine being so insecure you need to program an LLM to boost you like that.
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A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
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AI is the new motion smoothing
My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
November 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
AI is the new motion smoothing
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Wow! Senators Kelly and Slotkin and Reps DeLuzio, Goodlander, Houlahan, and Crow encouraging members of the military to defy illegal orders!
November 19, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Wow! Senators Kelly and Slotkin and Reps DeLuzio, Goodlander, Houlahan, and Crow encouraging members of the military to defy illegal orders!
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Baldur's Gate 3 and Mass Effect would have been significantly worse without the stellar cast. Designers can give them a body, but good voice actors give them a soul.
I'm afraid we're all being trained to accept mediocre AI. Consumers won't know any better because everything will be garbage.
I'm afraid we're all being trained to accept mediocre AI. Consumers won't know any better because everything will be garbage.
November 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Baldur's Gate 3 and Mass Effect would have been significantly worse without the stellar cast. Designers can give them a body, but good voice actors give them a soul.
I'm afraid we're all being trained to accept mediocre AI. Consumers won't know any better because everything will be garbage.
I'm afraid we're all being trained to accept mediocre AI. Consumers won't know any better because everything will be garbage.
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$1! The deal of a lifetime! If you've been on the fence, it's time to climb down and read some blogs
We're having a sale! Get your first month of Aftermath for just $1.
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November 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
$1! The deal of a lifetime! If you've been on the fence, it's time to climb down and read some blogs
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remember when SEO ruined most of the internet the first time well in case you hadn't realized the internet is being ruined in new ways now trying to figure out what to put where online so people asking chatgpt for best protein powder or investment company or movie or bread brand get a certain answer
I meet adults who are frustrated by the inability of young people to google things how we did at their age, seems to be from losing touch with how it's all trash now. our lives either don't need it as often or we take for granted we gradually learned to work around slop as it festered
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November 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
remember when SEO ruined most of the internet the first time well in case you hadn't realized the internet is being ruined in new ways now trying to figure out what to put where online so people asking chatgpt for best protein powder or investment company or movie or bread brand get a certain answer
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A rally against Bill 9 and the use of the Notwithstanding Clause by the Alberta government is being organized by Queer Citizens United in Calgary.
Tomorrow - Thursday, November 20
5 - 7 PM
McDougall Center (455 6 St SW, Calgary)
www.instagram.com/p/DRNqzbTEhDI/
Tomorrow - Thursday, November 20
5 - 7 PM
McDougall Center (455 6 St SW, Calgary)
www.instagram.com/p/DRNqzbTEhDI/
November 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
A rally against Bill 9 and the use of the Notwithstanding Clause by the Alberta government is being organized by Queer Citizens United in Calgary.
Tomorrow - Thursday, November 20
5 - 7 PM
McDougall Center (455 6 St SW, Calgary)
www.instagram.com/p/DRNqzbTEhDI/
Tomorrow - Thursday, November 20
5 - 7 PM
McDougall Center (455 6 St SW, Calgary)
www.instagram.com/p/DRNqzbTEhDI/
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"He's a god, not a goose, respect him." www.pcgamer.com/games/mmo/ke...
'Keep dying to goose pls help': Where Winds Meet players are being chased around by demonic geese
The geese have turned the tables and are farming players for the fun of it.
www.pcgamer.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
"He's a god, not a goose, respect him." www.pcgamer.com/games/mmo/ke...
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I was compelled to blog
No amount of money can buy being goated with the sauce
Not a must cop.
www.pcgamer.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I was compelled to blog
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Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made.
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
November 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made.
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
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Apple: Here, use some AI
Scrivener: I would prefer not to.
Scrivener: I would prefer not to.
Not satisfied with just destroying their own brand goodwill, OS companies are now using AI to try to destroy the good names of the apps users install. (Scrivener taking out adds to explain how it has no AI but Apple adds some anyway.)
November 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Apple: Here, use some AI
Scrivener: I would prefer not to.
Scrivener: I would prefer not to.
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I found this metric for evaluating the use of generative AI (and more broadly machine learning) technology in games very useful, as it's a topic on my mind a lot right now. I actually did not have "Enhancement" as one of my criteria but I think he's changed my mind here.
November 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I found this metric for evaluating the use of generative AI (and more broadly machine learning) technology in games very useful, as it's a topic on my mind a lot right now. I actually did not have "Enhancement" as one of my criteria but I think he's changed my mind here.
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I'll say this for people who use genAI: It's pretty cool the red flags fly themselves, nowadays.
November 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I'll say this for people who use genAI: It's pretty cool the red flags fly themselves, nowadays.
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Folks, tell me your favorite video game characters of 2025. New characters preferred, but if you feel like an old fave had a Moment this year, I’m all ears. RTs appreciated.
November 19, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Folks, tell me your favorite video game characters of 2025. New characters preferred, but if you feel like an old fave had a Moment this year, I’m all ears. RTs appreciated.
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Another woman killed by an abortion ban.
NEW:
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Another woman killed by an abortion ban.
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Thread. “AI is patching up the holes in conspiracy theories and so making them seem more reasonable, making them easier to spread and more resilient to collapse” was not on my bingo card.
AI relieves the pressure of cognitive dissonance. That’s … not great.
AI relieves the pressure of cognitive dissonance. That’s … not great.
Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
November 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Thread. “AI is patching up the holes in conspiracy theories and so making them seem more reasonable, making them easier to spread and more resilient to collapse” was not on my bingo card.
AI relieves the pressure of cognitive dissonance. That’s … not great.
AI relieves the pressure of cognitive dissonance. That’s … not great.
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You’ve been asking and we finally have… NEW MERCH!! Order now on exactlyrightstore.com and order by 12/14 if you’re planning on gifting for the holidays!!
November 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
You’ve been asking and we finally have… NEW MERCH!! Order now on exactlyrightstore.com and order by 12/14 if you’re planning on gifting for the holidays!!