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DMac

@therealdmac.bsky.social

The more you know about what you're doing, the less valuable you'll find AI's attempt to do it for you, as you notice all its errors and inconsistencies.

Dishearteningly, I hadn't viewed this through the "everyone thinks everyone *else* should be replaced by AI" lens yet.

EMERGENCY CAT SURGERY, SHARE MY PINNED 🏳️‍⚧️ @pavlovforgoths.com · 2d

the discourse on what jobs are acceptable to replace with generative AI reveals a lot about what we think of other people's jobs

recently my friend's comics professor told her that it's acceptable to use gen AI for script-writing but not for art, since a machine can't generate meaningful artistic work. meanwhile, my sister's screenwriting professor said that they can use gen AI for concept art and visualization, but that it won't be able to generate a script that's any good. and at my job, it seems like each department says that AI can be useful in every field except the one that they know best.

It's only ever the jobs we're unfamiliar with that we assume can be replaced with automation. The more attuned we are with certain processes, crafts, and occupations, the more we realize that gen AI will never be able to provide a suitable replacement. The case for its existence lies on our ignorance of the work and skill required to do everything we don't.

By magicmosshka, yesterday's

January 10, 2026 at 8:30 AM

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Ada Basilisk, Haunted Doll VTuber

@comfybasilisk.bsky.social

My notes field mini-essay:

January 10, 2026 at 4:52 AM

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Grem, of 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐏 → Streaming Mini-hiatus!

@gremlin.world

I will never not repost this

(Sound on for maximum effect)

October 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM

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sumokirby (Chris)

@sumokirby.bsky.social

I don't get all these new "Soulslike" games.

It seems like they really don't understand what made the Soul Calibur games so great.

January 5, 2026 at 10:06 PM

DMac

@therealdmac.bsky.social

Some of this post ranges from stretching to just plain untrue but "the recruiter is not your friend" is common sense.

Also, you can ask a lot of people who enlisted in oh, idk, 1999-2001ish about how much can change during a four year enlistment. (Family Guy "war were declared" .mp4)

EMERGENCY CAT SURGERY, SHARE MY PINNED 🏳️‍⚧️ @pavlovforgoths.com · 7d

If you need a reason not to enlist, there's many.

The recruiter is not your friend. The military employs child psychologists to learn how to make you think the recruiter is your friend.
The recruiter is allowed to lie to you and makes more money if they do.
The recruiter is paid a commission to groom children into cannon fodder.
The recruiter will tell you you're special and will go into special smart soldier programs instead of combat. They're lying.
The recruiter may tell you they can tell if someone can get PTSD or not and only recruit people like you, who won't. They're lying.
The recruiter may tell you you'll be too busy attending free college (!!) to go overseas. They're lying.
The recruiter may ask what countries you want to travel to and promise you bougie placements on military bases in those countries. They're lying.

Even "It's just four years!" is a lie - the government is allowed to hold you past your enlistment period with a stop-loss order.
The recruiter actually has zero power to decide anything that happens to you after you enlist and they more importantly don't care what happens to you.
If you enlist, you will be brainwashed to make you willing to do things to other humans that you would never be willing to do today.
You will be ordered to do things that will kill children. And you'll do them.
The military is not the only way or even the best way for you to go to college or start a career.

Military brainwashing will actually make you into a terrible university student because it degrades your ability to think critically and question your sources.
Having PTSD and/or a TBI will make it harder to be a student and keep a job.
Veterans' benefits suck these days.
Being a veteran drastically increases your risk of homelessness, suicide, alcohol and drug dependence, prison time, and becoming an abuser to your loved ones.
The military will expose you to chemicals that will drastically increase your chances of developing cancer.
The military will withhold information about your rights to conscientiously object after enlisting.
A lot can change in four years.

January 6, 2026 at 6:08 AM

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Skylar Patridge

@skyepatridge.bsky.social

repost to give those 2 or 3 followers who always like your weird posts a little forehead kiss & a grilled cheese cut diagonally

January 3, 2026 at 8:53 PM

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Palette Swap

@paletteswap.site

A long-awaited video game became far less appealing the moment it had entered a local man’s Steam library during the Winter Sale.
paletteswap.site/dif...

January 4, 2026 at 8:39 PM

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👁️🍄🪸

@bloomfilters.plus

may 2026 grant you the freedom and energy to see something pointless happening online and say "girl idc"

January 4, 2026 at 7:35 PM

DMac

@therealdmac.bsky.social

There are in fact few things I want more in this game than for this mascot character to be left behind in the next adventure, but alas.

January 3, 2026 at 6:03 AM

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bat 🦇⛓️🔞

@shinryussy.bsky.social

"fanfiction is a home-cooked meal" sure but kepe in mind a lot of people cook like this

January 2, 2026 at 8:24 AM

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Mel, the Herohom ( • `ω´ • ) @ Post-Antarctica MAGFest

@herohommel.bsky.social

I've waited 3 years to make this post

screenshot of tweet saying "who the fuck is playing pokemon in antarctica" with a trade partner in antarctica

photo of me in antarctica playing my switch. adelie penguins are in the background

photo of me in antarctica playing my switch, with pokemon legends z-a. adelie penguins are in the background.

December 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM

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Ada Basilisk, Haunted Doll VTuber

@comfybasilisk.bsky.social

hey so this is a game where the default p2 character's super has him put the opponent in a magic seal and then it explodes as he leans in to kiss his wife, and the light from the explosion casts them in a romantic silhouette. thought y'all should know that

December 29, 2025 at 7:29 AM

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おぜう

@ozeu0916.bsky.social

アスカロン

December 28, 2025 at 8:09 AM

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veezy em

@vzm.neocities.org

December 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM

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Aevee Bee

@mammonmachine.bsky.social

My biggest issue with gacha games is that I believe every woman is a five-star ultra rare limited pull.

December 18, 2025 at 8:21 PM

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Gaz

@nyazsche.bsky.social

December 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM

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Pochabeo

@pochabeo.bsky.social

An onion article that has been edited to have character renders of Zero from the Mega Man series. The headline reads "Humanity still producing New Character Designs as Though Mega Man's Zero Doesn't Already Exist."

December 17, 2025 at 12:14 AM

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Will Of The People

@creamywillbrie.bsky.social

Not only did he love seeing the animals, it gave us his greatest tweet of all time

December 15, 2025 at 9:12 PM

DMac

@therealdmac.bsky.social

This is why whenever something really stupid asks me to make an account and a password I end up deliberately *not* using any of my library of varyingly-secure logins lol. Not dealing with having to change all my socials or my bank login or whatever because somebody hacked my stupid thermostat.

furry hater @furry-hater.bsky.social · 28d

public service announcement with the text "IF YOU HAVE A PRINGLES.COM ACCOUNT CHANGE IT IMMEDIATELY"

December 16, 2025 at 12:13 PM

DMac

@therealdmac.bsky.social

Watched some of Synduality Noir on a whim over lunch and I've gotta say, Bandai-Namco is an unparalleled master of churning out C+ tier media. In the anime alchemy lab identifying the formula for distilled "mid." The McDonald's of action-packed storytelling.

December 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM