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I just saw someone yell “they’re just using it to generate ideas!”

And

I hate to say it

But if you work in the ART DEPARTMENT and you need a death machine stuffed with your colleagues’ work to give you ideas

Quit.

December 20, 2025 at 2:44 AM

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Dieselbrain

@dieselbrain.bsky.social

Please keep contacting your representatives and demand they oppose repealing sec230, and oppose internet censorship/surveillance bills

Get friends and family involved, february is when they are going to make a major push

Ana Valens | 🔞 @acvalens.com · 9d

Posted by Sen Graham on Twitter, calling for a week in February “dedicated to advancing legislation that protects children from online threats and tackling the Section 230 crisis once and for all.” 10% of the senate sponsors the S230 repeal bill

Anited States Scate
WASHINGTON, DC 20510
December 19, 2025
The Honorable John Thune
Majority Leader
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
The Honorable Charles Schumer
Minority Leader
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Leader Thune and Minority Leader Schumer,
On February 8, 1996, the Telecommunications Act of 1996 was enacted. Included within this legislation was the Communications Decency Act and the now-notorious Section 230. What was originally passed with the goal of helping the emerging Internet industry as our nation approached a new century has since been interpreted to shield big tech companies from accountability for an ever-expanding variety of online harms.
As we approach the 30-year anniversary of Section 230, we must pause and reflect on where this law has led us as a nation and how it has affected the American people. Because of Section 230, America's children are being sexually groomed and extorted online; predators are creating and distributing Al-generated deepfake pornography; drug traffickers are selling fentanyl-laced pills to teenagers; young people's anxieties, stresses, and body image issues are exploited; and terrorist organizations and foreign governments are targeting vulnerable individuals for recrutment and exploitation. And to make matters worse, Section 230 prevents these victims and their families from ever having their day in court.
Practically speaking, there is no regulatory agency overseeing social media that could provide meaningful relief to abused consumers. The combination of having the courthouse door locked and no real regulatory body to protect consumers is harmful to America and it must come to an end. The time for accountability is now.
Few issues have generated more bipartisan consensus in this body than confronting the Section 230 problem. Indeed, there are few issues as important for Congress to confront than the escalating threat of online harms to Americans, especially America's children. As a res…

December 20, 2025 at 1:33 AM

SockOwner

@sockowner.bsky.social

Bought my newest fixation on the Steam sale #granblue #granbluefantsyversusrising #GBFVSR

December 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM

SockOwner

@sockowner.bsky.social

Yep, not surprised

We really need to normalize healthy development development cycles, games are already spaced out enough, so doing it a bit more isn't gonna hurt, especially since there are so many games to play.

Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 10d

NEW: For the last seven weeks, Naughty Dog has enacted mandatory overtime for staff to finish an internal demo of their next game, Intergalactic. The game won't be out until 2027, leaving some staff wondering: If they're crunching now, what will next year be like? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Naughty Dog Studio Orders Employee Overtime for ‘Intergalactic’

The Sony-owned gamemakers have been racing to hit a December deadline

www.bloomberg.com

December 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM

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Gillian Branstetter

@gbbranstetter.bsky.social

I know many things are awful but here is one genuinely useful and helpful thing you can do. No matter their party, your representative needs to hear that trans people and our families are not alone and this bill is an unjustifiable and extreme threat to criminalize the health care we need to live.

ACLU @aclu.org · 12d

Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that bans gender-affirming medical care for any transgender person under 18, and threatens any medical professional providing this care to youth with 10 years in prison.

Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.

Protect Trans Care Now

As wave after wave of extreme measures to criminalize and strip trans people of rights and safety continue, tell Congress to act.

action.aclu.org

December 16, 2025 at 9:40 PM

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Palea 🦖

@palearaptor.bsky.social

I've had actual arguments with people about "Separating art from the artist." There's no separating this. Like Idk what to tell you, but trans people should be more important to you than like dobby the elf or whatever

The Advocate @advocate.com · May 28

J.K. Rowling is using her wealth attained from the "Harry Potter" series to create an organization dedicated to removing transgender people's rights "in the workplace, in public life, and in protected female spaces.”

🔗: bit.ly/3ZBRxYk

J.K. Rowling uses 'Harry Potter' wealth to fund anti-transgender organization

May 29, 2025 at 3:16 AM

SockOwner

@sockowner.bsky.social

SpongeBob got DLC? www.twitch.tv/sockowner

#titansofthetide #achievementhunting #pleasewatchmystreamIneedthemoney #twitchstreamer #fleshtuber #nickelodeongames #spongebobsquarepants

SockOwner - Twitch

SpongeBob got DLC? !youtube !funny

www.twitch.tv

December 14, 2025 at 2:12 AM

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nixCraft

@cyberciti.biz

"RemoveWindowsAI" is a script created by zoicware, available on GitHub, that does exactly what it says: it remove every AI feature in Windows 11. Do what you wish to do with this information. I'm sharing this because some folks are forced to use Win11 at work or other places for any reasons.

A screenshot of repo web page that reads:

Title: Remove Windows Ai

Why?
The current 25H2 build of Windows 11 and future builds will include increasingly more AI features and components. This script aims to remove ALL of these features to improve user experience, privacy and security.

December 10, 2025 at 9:56 AM

SockOwner

@sockowner.bsky.social

My take on the game awards (like I have any authority)

As much as certain games win tons of awards, it's almost always deserved. Just cuz you don't like it or haven't played it, doesn't mean it's bad.

Expedition 33 deserved most of the awards it got, I haven't played it, but I know it deserves it.

December 12, 2025 at 6:29 AM

SockOwner

@sockowner.bsky.social

Gonna react to Geoff Keighley's video game show featuring his best friend Hideo Kojima www.twitch.tv/sockowner

#gameawards #videogames #fleshtuber #streamer #pleasewatchmystreamIneedthemoney

SockOwner - Twitch

We're Watching Geoff Keighley's Video Game Award Show! How many shooters are they gonna announce? !youtube !funny

www.twitch.tv

December 11, 2025 at 11:19 PM

SockOwner

@sockowner.bsky.social

2025 was the biggest year of my creative life so far. I made a good handful of videos I'm proud of and started to get a bit outwardly comfortable with my humor. Here are the best bits from 2025, so please check it out if you want to chuckle.

youtu.be/ArZnB_xEZQg

#retroachievements #newvideo #spob

THE BEST OF SOCKOWNER 2025!

YouTube video by SockOwner

youtu.be

December 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM

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mimi 🗡️

@heirakka.bsky.social

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.

A quoted tweet from a user named Sam that reads: "How Twitter is rigged
Type in all caps because you're excited? Lowers your reputation. Include links? Your score goes down. It's like the Credit Score system from Hell.
And given Cisgender is treated as a slur & MAGA boosted, you can guess what's categorized as 'offensive'"

The tweet they quoted is from user SADIQ and reads:
"Tweepcred is X's reputation system
Based on your behavior, you get a tweepcred score
It determines your reach
Break the algo rules, you score goes down and your reach disappears
What are the rules of the X algo tho? Glad you asked."

SADIQ includes a photo of Twitter's algorithm code that calculates a user's reputation.

SADIQ continues:
"Post 'offensive text'? 80% reach reduction
Offensive username? 80% reach reduction
All caps tweet? That's seen as 'shouting. Major penalization.
Include links? Yup, penalized"

December 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM

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Greg Pak

@gregpak.net

Graphic reading

URGENT ACTION

Call your reps and ask them to pressure DHS/ICE to reunite Fei with Yuanxin and release them both immediately.

Congresswoman Nydia Velásquez
DC Office: (202) 225-2361
Sunnyside Office: (718) 340-6244
Brooklyn Office: (718) 599-3658

Senator Chuck Schumer
DC Office: (202) 224-6542
NYC Office: (212) 486-4430

Call Federal Plaza and demand Fei & Yuanxin's immediate release 212-436-9400

Fei A#: 221416533
Yuanxin A#: 221416532

December 3, 2025 at 3:09 AM

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Snackiejack!!

@snackiejack.bsky.social

This is DEFCON 1 priority, y'all. Call your senators, reps, call your friends and tell them to call their senators and reps about this. Call your grandma and tell her to call her senators and reps about this.

What we have here will be *gone* if these bills pass.

Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 27d

Congress is attempting to fast track KOSA and more than a dozen bills that would restrict internet access, censor speech and increase surveillance under the guise of protecting children.

Committee hearings begin tomorrow.

Lawmakers to consider 19 bills for childproofing the internet

KOSA is back, along with more than a dozen other bills that will erode free speech and privacy in the name of protecting kids.

reason.com

December 2, 2025 at 4:38 AM

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Transgender World

@transgenderreport.com

Hayley Williams bans transphobes from gigs as she says ‘southern pride’ is no excuse for bigotry

www.thepinknews.com/...

#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

Hayley Williams bans transphobes, says 'Southern Pride' is no excuse for bigotry

Hayley Williams has said she hopes bigots feel "uncomfortable" at her shows as she discusses her relationship with the southern states.

www.thepinknews.com

November 30, 2025 at 12:02 PM

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Muds

@mmuds.bsky.social

Figured I'd share this here but theres an account on twitter called A.Mikusa and theyve been posting ai generated content trained off of my art with insane success and profit, please share my story to get their account terminated- docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Mikusa document

This is my first time making an AI callout post, so I want to make sure to include as many details as possible so there isn’t any confusion. This situation has caused me so much distress, it’s drained...

docs.google.com

November 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM

SockOwner

@sockowner.bsky.social

I like video games and learned way too late that I like to write silly jokes/stories

Recurse Center @recurse.com · Nov 11

What’s the lore behind choosing your career path ?

November 23, 2025 at 7:24 AM

SockOwner

@sockowner.bsky.social

Gonna be live with More SpongeBob Titans of the Tide, Potentially finishing it tonight www.twitch.tv/sockowner
#spongebobsquarepants #trophyhunting #achievementhunting #twitch #YouTube #pleasewatchmystreamIneedthemoney

SockOwner - Twitch

The sock enjoying gamer that tries to be funny. Streams usually done for YouTube videos, but maybe you can help me change that?

www.twitch.tv

November 23, 2025 at 1:40 AM

SockOwner

@sockowner.bsky.social

128. Although idk how people ate counting it, I'm only counting me playing them as games I either beat, put a ton of time into, or played enough to make an opinionated conclusion.

Derrick Bitner @bitnerd.gvg.io · Nov 21

I often catch a lot of flak in the YouTube comments on how few games I've played when Jon and I discuss them. So I counted out of the 502 finalists, how many I've played.

Turns out: 289!

I'd call that pretty good!

But how about you? docs.google.com/spreadsheets...