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Carlos Ribeiro @ribeirocarlitos.bsky.social · 13h

Interesting how companies and the financial world is racing to spend mindboggling amounts of money to build the infrastructure to train computers. But we are leaving the infrastructure to train and educate humans crumbling. The question is who will train who?

a man in a suit is holding a jacket and a cigarette .

ALT: a man in a suit is holding a jacket and a cigarette .

media.tenor.com

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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 17h

lucky dog

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Melsonian Arts Council @melsonian-arts-council.itch.io · 17h

If you're a RPG designer in (or near enough) to London and want to run a promotional intro game in our little shop, get in touch. We've got a weirdly large pool of TTRPG-curious people chatting to us every day. NAB THEM BEFORE 5E GETS THEM!

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 20h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Jim Rossignol @rossignol.bsky.social · 21h

Videogames are, of course, still a convenient scapegoat for ills in society. But it also shows that it's never about the money: it's about appealling to an image of the country based on the past. Conservatism is about denying the present and destroying the future.

Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 22h

feels like yet again time to mention that the *videogames* industry (that's a creative industry, which people do creative degrees in) brings in more than twice the amount to the British economy as the fishing and steel industries *combined*

Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 22h

I cannot understand what these people think the purpose of human life is?

It is *not* "pursue joy, deal justly, love well, try to understand as much and see as much of this beautiful world and of the deepness, richness and variety of human culture and experience as you can before you die"?

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Jim Rossignol @rossignol.bsky.social · 21h

Not the point, but the absurdity of the UK being missing from EU decision-making really does come home with maps like these.

Jeroen Baert @jbaert.bsky.social · 21h

Duitsland niet geplooid.

Citizen Protest Halts Chat Control; Breyer Celebrates Major Victory for Digital Privacy

Citizen Protest Halts Chat Control; Breyer Celebrates Major Victory for Digital Privacy

In a major breakthrough for the digital rights movement, the German government has refused to back the EU's controversial Chat Control regulation today after facing massive public pressure. This…

www.patrick-breyer.de

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Ian McQue @ianmcque.bsky.social · 21h

This. So much fucking THIS

Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 22h

feels like yet again time to mention that the *videogames* industry (that's a creative industry, which people do creative degrees in) brings in more than twice the amount to the British economy as the fishing and steel industries *combined*

Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 22h

I cannot understand what these people think the purpose of human life is?

It is *not* "pursue joy, deal justly, love well, try to understand as much and see as much of this beautiful world and of the deepness, richness and variety of human culture and experience as you can before you die"?

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PJ Holden @pauljholden.com · 23h

No new Terran Omega this week, instead have some pretty pictures as well as some background images for your desktop! www.patreon.com/posts/break-...

A Break in Transmission++ | PJ Holden

Get more from PJ Holden on Patreon

www.patreon.com

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Abigail Larson @abigaillarson.com · 1d

In honor of Edgar Allan Poe's 176th deathday, here are a few of my recent pieces inspired by Poe's works 🫀

Illustration by Abigail Larson depicting a scene from Edgar Allan Poe's poem "Annabel Lee". Two lovers embrace at the edge of the sea, water splashes around them and the surrounding rocks. A full moon shines over them, and storm clouds loom.
Published in "Sticker Jigsaw: The Edgar Allan Poe Collection" 2024 Macmillan

illustration by Abigail Larson of a raven perched on a skull with a teal curtain backdrop

illustration by Abigail Larson depicting a scene from Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum" showing a man restrained as a pendulum blade swings close to him. Rats have swarmed around him, chewing the ropes that hold him down. This illustration is featured in "Sticker Jigsaw: The Edgar Allan Poe Collection" for Macmillan Books.

Illustration by Abigail Larson for Macmillan's "Edgar Allan Poe Sticker Jigsaw" book. The illustration is a scene from Edgar Allan Poe's poem, "The Raven". The narrator is at the center of the image looking up at at raven perched above an open doorway. Behind the narrator is a tall window with red curtains, and the ghost of Lenore lurks nearby. A black cat is watching the scene from the lower right corner.

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Jim Unwin @jimunwin.bsky.social · 2d

King Of Meat is currently

✨ VERY POSITIVE ✨

On Steam 👍❤️👍❤️👍

store.steampowered.com/app/1926980/...

King of Meat on Steam

Compete in a co-op party platformer, pitting up to 4 players against community-built dungeons filled with puzzles to solve, challenges to traverse, and ridiculous monsters to fight. Progress through c...

store.steampowered.com

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Mario von Rickenbach @mariov.ch · 2d

Uh oh. Pocket Boss will be out THIS WEDNESDAY (October 8)!
pocketboss.ch

Really looking forward to share this with the world. Finally I've done something to please the shareholders.

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Anna Brandberg @annabrandberg.bsky.social · 2d

Silver lining — AI can't take your job if you don't have one.

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Jim Rossignol @rossignol.bsky.social · 1d

Wow, now that is far out.

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Jim Rossignol @rossignol.bsky.social · 1d

Musk and Banks.

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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 20d

I assume this is obvious, but I’ll say it anyway:

The advantage of proscribing a non-existent organisation is that no one can prove they don’t belong to it.

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Becky Annison 🔜 Ex Tenebris is Kickstarting now! @beckyannison.bsky.social · 1d

New episode of Black Armada Tales presents: Ex Tenebris

A dark investigation game in a gothic star spanning setting.

This episode my character Tamzi gets a letter from the Black Gate... is this the serial killer who murdered her the first time?

#ttrpg #actualplay #actualplaypodcast

Spotify – Web Player

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Jim Rossignol @rossignol.bsky.social · 1d

MILESHIPS Backerkit shipping email has now gone out to all backers. If you backed the project you need to fill in your address and card details now.

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Jim Rossignol @rossignol.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you!

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Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 1d

It’s a very good piece too and it is out now (shop.wyrd.science)

@rhi.bsky.social send us a message if you see this and want to and we’ll send you a copy

The new issue of Wyrd Science open to a feature about the recent republication of Sir Terry Pratchett’s Night Watch as a Penguin Modern Classic

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Jim Rossignol @rossignol.bsky.social · 1d

Valid medieval siege technique.

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Tom Smith @thegamedesigndad.bsky.social · 1d

Old gaming sales charts are fascinating. I wonder what the rights to Horace and the Spiders costs now.

Kevin Edwards ( Retro Videogame development ) @kevedwardsretro.bsky.social · 2d

Here are the computer hardware and software charts from November 1983 - PCN Magazine, UK. There were so many computers to choose from back then. Many disappeared without a trace, but the Spectrum, Commodore and BBC Micro sold really well. Great games available from Ultimate, Imagine, Bug Byte etc.

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Jim Rossignol @rossignol.bsky.social · 1d

This is spam.

Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 1d

"Stories sent out by this AI-powered PR writing and distribution tool have already landed coverage in outlets including the Daily Mail, Nottingham World, Lancs Live and GB News"
pressgazette.co.uk/news/automat...

Automated PR tool is bombarding UK media with AI-generated content

'Olivia Brown' reads websites, writes press releases then 'relentlessly' sends emails.

pressgazette.co.uk

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Jim Rossignol @rossignol.bsky.social · 1d

MILESHIPS Backerkit shipping email has now gone out to all backers. If you backed the project you need to fill in your address and card details now.

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