Mike Castoro
@mikecastoro.bsky.social
Actor , writer , musician, voice artist
-Music available on streaming too!-
www.mikecastoro.com
-Music available on streaming too!-
www.mikecastoro.com
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If Kohler can view the user’s toilet data, as it admits to doing in this email exchange with technologist Simon Fondrie-Teitler, then it’s not—by definition—using end-to-end encryption. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Full story by @mjgault.bsky.social here:
www.404media.co/kohlers-smar...
Full story by @mjgault.bsky.social here:
www.404media.co/kohlers-smar...
December 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
If Kohler can view the user’s toilet data, as it admits to doing in this email exchange with technologist Simon Fondrie-Teitler, then it’s not—by definition—using end-to-end encryption. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Full story by @mjgault.bsky.social here:
www.404media.co/kohlers-smar...
Full story by @mjgault.bsky.social here:
www.404media.co/kohlers-smar...
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✨Today is Bandcamp friday! Best day to support your fav artists on the platform 😇
bibikigarcia.bandcamp.com/album/arco-o...
bibikigarcia.bandcamp.com/album/arco-o...
Arco (Original Game Soundtrack) [Deluxe Edition], by José Ramón "Bibiki" García
64 track album
bibikigarcia.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:17 AM
✨Today is Bandcamp friday! Best day to support your fav artists on the platform 😇
bibikigarcia.bandcamp.com/album/arco-o...
bibikigarcia.bandcamp.com/album/arco-o...
Not great
An AI image generator startup’s database was left accessible to the open internet, revealing more than 1 million images and videos, including photos of real people who had been “nudified.” www.wired.com/story/huge-t...
Huge Trove of Nude Images Leaked by AI Image Generator Startup’s Exposed Database
An AI image generator startup’s database was left accessible to the open internet, revealing more than 1 million images and videos, including photos of real people who had been “nudified.”
www.wired.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Not great
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Reposted by Mike Castoro
Framing GenAI as a battle between teachers and students is a red herring. Students and educators are on the same side. The real opposition are the data extraction firms and brokerages and their allies among the managerial class.
December 4, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Framing GenAI as a battle between teachers and students is a red herring. Students and educators are on the same side. The real opposition are the data extraction firms and brokerages and their allies among the managerial class.
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Looks like I’m havin’ a little chat with Stephen tonight.
December 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Looks like I’m havin’ a little chat with Stephen tonight.
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If you wouldn't ask Sam Altman, Peter Thiel, Larry Ellison, or Elon Musk for help personally with your life you shouldn't be using their AI tools or generation platforms. All tech is bias and you can see what bias a tech might have by looking at who created it and what values they hold personally.
Not to mention if you retain the desire to ask questions, organize, or revolt but filter those tasks through their AI, the answers are at their discretion. They control the tool. They control what you see, what answers you get, & how it engages with you.
I need people to understand why AI is being forced down our throats & so quickly:
1) They want us to have poor critical thinking skills & to be reliant on it b/c it makes us easier to control.
A smart populace will organize, ask questions, or revolt.
1) They want us to have poor critical thinking skills & to be reliant on it b/c it makes us easier to control.
A smart populace will organize, ask questions, or revolt.
October 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
If you wouldn't ask Sam Altman, Peter Thiel, Larry Ellison, or Elon Musk for help personally with your life you shouldn't be using their AI tools or generation platforms. All tech is bias and you can see what bias a tech might have by looking at who created it and what values they hold personally.
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This rules people.com/halle-berry-...
December 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
This rules people.com/halle-berry-...
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I'm begging any artists still using Twitter claiming it's integral to their work to just leave. It's been revealed the site works off a made up "credit score" from hell and punishes you for posting like a normal human being.
Abandon Twitter for good. It's time. It's been time.
Abandon Twitter for good. It's time. It's been time.
December 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I'm begging any artists still using Twitter claiming it's integral to their work to just leave. It's been revealed the site works off a made up "credit score" from hell and punishes you for posting like a normal human being.
Abandon Twitter for good. It's time. It's been time.
Abandon Twitter for good. It's time. It's been time.
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So many studios came to the UK to try to get around the strikes and found essentially an unregulated goldmine of actors who want work, will work for buttons, and might not know that working those games was damaging a strike effort overseas.
Glad to see this getting attention.
Glad to see this getting attention.
Devora Wilde – who played Lae'zel in Baldur's Gate 3 – is concerned that young actors might be lured to sign contracts without AI protections. "I do understand that as an actor who is maybe not working very much [...] the temptation is there."
www.gamesindustry.biz/contracts-fo...
www.gamesindustry.biz/contracts-fo...
Contracts for game actors are a nightmare in the UK
SAG-AFTRA's strike might have sorted things out in the US – but UK contract negotiations are still a mess of exploitation, AI clauses, and non-standard rates
www.gamesindustry.biz
December 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
So many studios came to the UK to try to get around the strikes and found essentially an unregulated goldmine of actors who want work, will work for buttons, and might not know that working those games was damaging a strike effort overseas.
Glad to see this getting attention.
Glad to see this getting attention.
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A wallet-sized Kabru for your online reply needs
December 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
A wallet-sized Kabru for your online reply needs
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It's really easy to move away from Spotify and stop funding this shit.
Spotify stands by ICE recruitment ads despite artist backlash
Spotify stands by ICE recruitment ads despite artist backlash
www.avclub.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
It's really easy to move away from Spotify and stop funding this shit.
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I believe (and hope) we'll be seeing a lot more of this.
"This is the way forward": iHeartRadio vows not to play AI music with new “guaranteed human” pledge
"Just downloaded the app. Gonna be my main radio source."
www.dailydot.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I believe (and hope) we'll be seeing a lot more of this.
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Seems like the first part of the headline already provides the answer to the second part.
An AI toy meant for kids was happy to chat about sexual fetishes. Are these safe? | CBC Radio
Imagine your toddler playing with a soft teddy bear, but with ChatGPT baked in. These AI toys can chat to your kid, play games and even say, "I love you." But experts are warning that we don’t know th...
www.cbc.ca
December 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Seems like the first part of the headline already provides the answer to the second part.
Fr like, you don’t like fascism ? Put in some more work before it’s more like war against you
“Fuck ICE! Fuck Trump! Free Palestine! Pay Artists!”
“Oh… wait, what? Change my streaming platform? Take all of an hour to cancel Spotify and transfer my playlists? Oh no no no no no. That requires a minimal amount of effort on my part. I’m good!”
“Oh… wait, what? Change my streaming platform? Take all of an hour to cancel Spotify and transfer my playlists? Oh no no no no no. That requires a minimal amount of effort on my part. I’m good!”
December 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Fr like, you don’t like fascism ? Put in some more work before it’s more like war against you
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“Fuck ICE! Fuck Trump! Free Palestine! Pay Artists!”
“Oh… wait, what? Change my streaming platform? Take all of an hour to cancel Spotify and transfer my playlists? Oh no no no no no. That requires a minimal amount of effort on my part. I’m good!”
“Oh… wait, what? Change my streaming platform? Take all of an hour to cancel Spotify and transfer my playlists? Oh no no no no no. That requires a minimal amount of effort on my part. I’m good!”
December 4, 2025 at 1:34 PM
“Fuck ICE! Fuck Trump! Free Palestine! Pay Artists!”
“Oh… wait, what? Change my streaming platform? Take all of an hour to cancel Spotify and transfer my playlists? Oh no no no no no. That requires a minimal amount of effort on my part. I’m good!”
“Oh… wait, what? Change my streaming platform? Take all of an hour to cancel Spotify and transfer my playlists? Oh no no no no no. That requires a minimal amount of effort on my part. I’m good!”
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The future of the Democratic Party must be rooted in investing in the American people — not Wall St., corporations, and consultants.
Otherwise, Trumpism will continue to use cynicism, racism, and distrust to divide America.
Otherwise, Trumpism will continue to use cynicism, racism, and distrust to divide America.
December 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM
The future of the Democratic Party must be rooted in investing in the American people — not Wall St., corporations, and consultants.
Otherwise, Trumpism will continue to use cynicism, racism, and distrust to divide America.
Otherwise, Trumpism will continue to use cynicism, racism, and distrust to divide America.
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Reposted by Mike Castoro
AT&T commits to ending diversity, equity, and inclusion programs as it seeks approval from the Trump admin to buy wireless spectrum assets
AT&T commits to ending DEI programs | CNN Business
US wireless carrier AT&T said in a letter to the US telecoms regulator that it had committed to ending diversity, equity and inclusion programs, a move that comes as it seeks approval from the Trump a...
www.cnn.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:17 PM
AT&T commits to ending diversity, equity, and inclusion programs as it seeks approval from the Trump admin to buy wireless spectrum assets
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Reposted by Mike Castoro
My Spotify Wrapped:
1. Costco Employee Chases a Pigeon Through the Store with a Broom
2. Slowed-Down, Minor Key Rendition of Smash Mouth's "All Star"
3. Grandpa Yelling at TV News (censored for radio)
4. Grandpa Yelling at TV News (explicit)
5. Constipated Godzilla
1. Costco Employee Chases a Pigeon Through the Store with a Broom
2. Slowed-Down, Minor Key Rendition of Smash Mouth's "All Star"
3. Grandpa Yelling at TV News (censored for radio)
4. Grandpa Yelling at TV News (explicit)
5. Constipated Godzilla
December 3, 2025 at 11:59 PM
My Spotify Wrapped:
1. Costco Employee Chases a Pigeon Through the Store with a Broom
2. Slowed-Down, Minor Key Rendition of Smash Mouth's "All Star"
3. Grandpa Yelling at TV News (censored for radio)
4. Grandpa Yelling at TV News (explicit)
5. Constipated Godzilla
1. Costco Employee Chases a Pigeon Through the Store with a Broom
2. Slowed-Down, Minor Key Rendition of Smash Mouth's "All Star"
3. Grandpa Yelling at TV News (censored for radio)
4. Grandpa Yelling at TV News (explicit)
5. Constipated Godzilla
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Open AI doesn't want to be transparent about what's in their datasets - this bill would force them. If you're pro AI regulation (esp if you're in Bay Area), please show up and offer your support for this bill! If you can't make it, help spread the word!
RSVP link: bit.ly/44lRMsX Details below 👇
RSVP link: bit.ly/44lRMsX Details below 👇
December 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Open AI doesn't want to be transparent about what's in their datasets - this bill would force them. If you're pro AI regulation (esp if you're in Bay Area), please show up and offer your support for this bill! If you can't make it, help spread the word!
RSVP link: bit.ly/44lRMsX Details below 👇
RSVP link: bit.ly/44lRMsX Details below 👇
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previously sold out but back in stock now!
Splatoon 3 (Switch) physical release is 50% off at Walmart: bit.ly/3GGsNEK $29.99 matches lowest price ever
Splatoon 3 (Switch) physical release is 50% off at Walmart: bit.ly/3GGsNEK $29.99 matches lowest price ever
December 3, 2025 at 7:42 PM
previously sold out but back in stock now!
Splatoon 3 (Switch) physical release is 50% off at Walmart: bit.ly/3GGsNEK $29.99 matches lowest price ever
Splatoon 3 (Switch) physical release is 50% off at Walmart: bit.ly/3GGsNEK $29.99 matches lowest price ever