Max
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this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
December 15, 2025 at 2:21 AM
this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
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We’re in a bold new era of soulless slop. Deeply unethical when it comes to art, labour, the environment, and the entertainment landscape at large.
December 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
We’re in a bold new era of soulless slop. Deeply unethical when it comes to art, labour, the environment, and the entertainment landscape at large.
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I’m going to get in trouble for this, but fuck it.
I’ve been at this a long time. Games culture wants the spoils of cultural sophistication without doing the work. It wants a guarantee that the intention to make work guarantees not just a living but a thriving one. It is a medium for children.
I’ve been at this a long time. Games culture wants the spoils of cultural sophistication without doing the work. It wants a guarantee that the intention to make work guarantees not just a living but a thriving one. It is a medium for children.
Despite the controversy, Horses is only shocking if you're unfamiliar with the history movies, theater, literature, or basically any art form that does not have stats. aftermath.site/horses-indie-g...
Horses Is Tame
Horses, the indie game that is too scandalous for either Valve or Epic, is only beyond the pale if you're not familiar with any other art form.
aftermath.site
December 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I’m going to get in trouble for this, but fuck it.
I’ve been at this a long time. Games culture wants the spoils of cultural sophistication without doing the work. It wants a guarantee that the intention to make work guarantees not just a living but a thriving one. It is a medium for children.
I’ve been at this a long time. Games culture wants the spoils of cultural sophistication without doing the work. It wants a guarantee that the intention to make work guarantees not just a living but a thriving one. It is a medium for children.
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and to think, previous generations had to guess and extrapolate as to the depths of human stupidity. we're so privileged to get fresh case studies dropped on our porch like stray cat shit every day.
December 4, 2025 at 8:35 AM
and to think, previous generations had to guess and extrapolate as to the depths of human stupidity. we're so privileged to get fresh case studies dropped on our porch like stray cat shit every day.
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A thing that remains hilarious to me is how completely correct Moore is but careerist creators + fandom whose entire project builds off his vital work profess their 'love' for him ritualistically, while participating in the very white supremacist power fantasy peddlin he warns against/regrets aiding
December 3, 2025 at 7:03 PM
A thing that remains hilarious to me is how completely correct Moore is but careerist creators + fandom whose entire project builds off his vital work profess their 'love' for him ritualistically, while participating in the very white supremacist power fantasy peddlin he warns against/regrets aiding
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Been laughing at this for about 10 minutes.
November 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Been laughing at this for about 10 minutes.
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This is one of the things I hate most about modern capitalism. The idea of making money has been fully peeled away from delivering any kind of goods or services that people would want to pay money for.
What a thrill to be part of @talkingpointsmemo.com's series about the past 25 years of digital media! I wrote about why private equity goons destroyed Deadspin and why it matters.
There Are No Weird Blogs Anymore Cause It’s More Fruitful to Drive Them Out of Business
I learned many surprising lessons from my 20 months as editor-in-chief of...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
This is one of the things I hate most about modern capitalism. The idea of making money has been fully peeled away from delivering any kind of goods or services that people would want to pay money for.
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Literally who cares. He's also not Daniel Craig anymore.
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Literally who cares. He's also not Daniel Craig anymore.
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All of those shorthands and tests ruin people's media literacy. There is an episode of Seinfeld where all women only bicker about shoes. It passes the Bechdel test, and is quite sexist... as long as you don't consider the meta commentary about men writing women.
*whispers* It is a faithful adaptation of an early 1800s novel by a woman about an arrogant self centered man
Why are people
Why are people
November 8, 2025 at 5:35 PM
All of those shorthands and tests ruin people's media literacy. There is an episode of Seinfeld where all women only bicker about shoes. It passes the Bechdel test, and is quite sexist... as long as you don't consider the meta commentary about men writing women.
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Alan Moore knows the score
November 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Alan Moore knows the score
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every song in Moana was a fucking bop, credit where it's due. the problem with LMM is that he is very talented but his entire being is suffused with cringe, and he must be carefully monitored and controlled to avoid the cringe taking over again
November 2, 2025 at 2:27 PM
every song in Moana was a fucking bop, credit where it's due. the problem with LMM is that he is very talented but his entire being is suffused with cringe, and he must be carefully monitored and controlled to avoid the cringe taking over again
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Maybe it’s bc a huge portion of my media consumption is abrasive music/terrible sexploitation movies from the 1970s-80s with titles like “Trucker’s Woman” but I don’t get why people need everyone else to think the bad shit they like is Good, Actually. Have the courage to be into what you’re into!
November 2, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Maybe it’s bc a huge portion of my media consumption is abrasive music/terrible sexploitation movies from the 1970s-80s with titles like “Trucker’s Woman” but I don’t get why people need everyone else to think the bad shit they like is Good, Actually. Have the courage to be into what you’re into!
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Reminded that Akiva Goldsman took I AM LEGEND, a book whose whole deal was removing the supernatural and Christianity from the vampire, and turned it into a story about a dude who's mad at God because bad things happened.
October 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Reminded that Akiva Goldsman took I AM LEGEND, a book whose whole deal was removing the supernatural and Christianity from the vampire, and turned it into a story about a dude who's mad at God because bad things happened.
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Prediction, Disney is going to try to acquire them, and the stupidest man-children on the planet will gas it up, because now Batman can meet Spider-Man
“Who cares if countless people lose their jobs, it’s worth it to see Henry Cavill’s Superman punch the Hulk!”
“Who cares if countless people lose their jobs, it’s worth it to see Henry Cavill’s Superman punch the Hulk!”
the AT&T-->Time Warner-->Discovery series of media mergers were some of the most pointless and disastrous business exercises ever conceived by man
so of course we're going to do it again
this time it's rumored they want $60 billion to sell this mess to Larry Ellison and whatever's left of CBS
so of course we're going to do it again
this time it's rumored they want $60 billion to sell this mess to Larry Ellison and whatever's left of CBS
Warner Bros. Discovery puts itself up for sale
The announcement comes after WBD previously said it would split in two.
www.nbcnews.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Prediction, Disney is going to try to acquire them, and the stupidest man-children on the planet will gas it up, because now Batman can meet Spider-Man
“Who cares if countless people lose their jobs, it’s worth it to see Henry Cavill’s Superman punch the Hulk!”
“Who cares if countless people lose their jobs, it’s worth it to see Henry Cavill’s Superman punch the Hulk!”
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It's wild how much it feels like people are desperate to memory hole this entire phenomenon, to me. How viciously everyone who pointed out the emperor had no clothes were criticized. How content they all seem to be to let the biggest wealth transfer of the decade just fade out w/o REAL examination.
-gross fork in a sink food disposal like laughter- I REMEMBER PUTTING THIS THING OUT 3 YEARS AGO WHEN I STARTED THIS JOB AND IT'S STILL HERE, WITH DUST AGED PAGE EDGES LOL
October 19, 2025 at 8:11 AM
It's wild how much it feels like people are desperate to memory hole this entire phenomenon, to me. How viciously everyone who pointed out the emperor had no clothes were criticized. How content they all seem to be to let the biggest wealth transfer of the decade just fade out w/o REAL examination.
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these people know how extreme they are
October 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
these people know how extreme they are
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scrolling through the steam next fest page and I am genuinely shocked by how many of these games are just straight up using AI generated art. it's just that piss yellow filter all the way down
October 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
scrolling through the steam next fest page and I am genuinely shocked by how many of these games are just straight up using AI generated art. it's just that piss yellow filter all the way down
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Here's another one for free: most writers are as bigoted and incurious when they come up with their characters as your average network TV casting agent.
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 14, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Here's another one for free: most writers are as bigoted and incurious when they come up with their characters as your average network TV casting agent.
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every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”
October 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”
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people on here apparently need to learn a lesson most of us learn in elementary school, which is that it’s fucking rude to correct people on zero stakes things and doing so leads rightfully to social ostracism
October 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
people on here apparently need to learn a lesson most of us learn in elementary school, which is that it’s fucking rude to correct people on zero stakes things and doing so leads rightfully to social ostracism
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Telling a cartoonist to just do a little self promotion a day to maintain an audience.
September 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Telling a cartoonist to just do a little self promotion a day to maintain an audience.