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Will Perkins @williamhperkins.bsky.social · 23m

I'd also like to express my fondness for that particular baseball team.

Will Perkins @williamhperkins.bsky.social · 9h

Met my wife because we crossed paths commenting on the Facebook "wall" of a mutual friend. We then ran into one another after a screening of Borat. Thanks Zuck! #mywife

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 22h

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 10h

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

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Matt Ghoulberg @mattgoldberg.bsky.social · 12h

The only A.I. art I respect:

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 19h

When @aceottorney.bsky.social first told me about this I said "this could change people's lives and stop developers from getting exploited" and having seen the final resource, I think I was not wrong. I'd call it a must-bookmark for indie devs.

René Otto @aceottorney.bsky.social · 19h

Proud to announce Deviant Legal’s Game Developer’s Guide to Publishing Agreements: a free resource for developers wanting to learn about publishing deals. Publicly accessible, without requiring to provide your data: deviantlegal.com/guide/game-d...

An image about the game developer's guide to publishing agreements feauturing otto the otter

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Foolish Mortals Point & Click Adventure Game @inklingwood.bsky.social · 12h

Our hand-drawn, full-length, fully voiced point & click adventure game Foolish Mortals releases November 5, 2025! 👻 www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0rN...

A wedding... vanished. A treasure... lost. A heart... broken.

Wishlist us now! store.steampowered.com/app/1848440/...

Foolish Mortals Release Date Trailer - November 5, 2025

YouTube video by Inklingwood Studios

www.youtube.com

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 16h

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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Will Perkins @williamhperkins.bsky.social · 12h

Boomers are absolutely cooked when the scammers get hold of this tech.

✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 20h

AI is a runaway train and I’d like to get off at the nearest station.

I’ll jump off and roll down a hill like they do in the movies if I have to.

Video: @varunmayya.bsky.social

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Will Perkins @williamhperkins.bsky.social · 12h

How have these fuckers not been sued into oblivion?

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 13h

Altman claims the company didn’t anticipate people not wanting their deepfakes to say “offensive things or things that they find deeply problematic,” which sounds like a lie but is also indicative of how they recklessly release tech into the world.

OpenAI wasn’t expecting Sora’s copyright drama

It felt “more different to images than people expected.”

www.theverge.com

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Will Perkins @williamhperkins.bsky.social · 12h

We got really stuck in this game because we didn't know what the hell a "rubber bung" was...

Jess Horror-ssette @decafjedi.com · 13h

My playthrough of Hugo's House of Horrors is now up on YouTube! I remember seeing shareware copies of this one beside the register at Software Etc. back in the day, and I'm glad I finally got a chance to play it.

Check it out: youtu.be/_fw0puRMnv4

Hugo's House of Horrors Longplay — Shareware Scares

YouTube video by decafjedi

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Anthony Oliveira @meakoopa.bsky.social · 14h

these pieces of shit stole my life’s work for their robots and want to MAYBE give me 3000 retroactive dollars for their theft. get absolutely fucked

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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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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Will Perkins @williamhperkins.bsky.social · 1d

This guy in the announcer’s booth is all Blue Jays fans right now:

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Will Perkins @williamhperkins.bsky.social · 1d

Her’s – and sadly they died in a car crash a few years ago: youtu.be/gaA7RAy5rYg?...

Her's - Harvey (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Her's

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mary green @marygreen.lol · 1d

Is this going to be like that thing where you see real-time images of climate disasters online until finally you’re the one taking the photo?

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

I fear if things don’t change right now, this image is going to come back to haunt us

Laura Rodriguez, on Twitter:

A federal agent points a weapon at a woman who was recording them.

Jess, a U.S. citizen and member of a neighborhood patrol team that documents and shares ICE activity across the city, was filming when the incident occurred earlier today in the Berwyn area.

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Will Perkins @williamhperkins.bsky.social · 1d

We really doing this, October? Do I really just have to be cold for the next six months?

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 2d

“…that Sora is being used for stalking and harassment will likely not be an edge case, because deepfaking yourself and others into videos is one of its core selling points.”

Far from an edge case, it’s the primary use case.

Stalker Already Using OpenAI's Sora 2 to Harass Victim

A journalist claims that her stalker used Sora 2, the latest video app from OpenAI, to churn out videos of her.

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Will Perkins @williamhperkins.bsky.social · 1d

We're all there now, but child me would have been truly devastated to learn that Captain Kirk was mean to Wesley.

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Will Perkins @williamhperkins.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like one of the many reasons I gravitated towards Star Trek as a kid is that there were so many Wills / Williams involved. William Shatner, Wil Wheaton, Will Riker.

I was the only kid I knew named William, but I was happy to know there would be a lot of us in the future!

SlashFilm @slashfilm.bsky.social · 1d

Wil Wheaton and William Shatner's first meeting went so badly that Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry stepped in and made Shatner apologize for his conduct.

Why Star Trek's Gene Roddenberry Made William Shatner Apologize To Wil Wheaton - SlashFilm

www.slashfilm.com

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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 1d

I have a book on Assassin’s Creed coming out and I would like to be on your podcast / show / stream to promote it!

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Will Perkins @williamhperkins.bsky.social · 1d

Congrats!

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Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 1d

🚀🚀LITTLE ROCKET LAB IS OUT NOW!!! 🚀🚀

4 years of development, finally available on Steam and Game Pass

store.steampowered.com/app/2451100/...

RTs unbelievably appreciated!! <3

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𝔏𝔲𝔠𝔞𝔰 ℜ𝔦𝔷𝔬𝔩𝔦 @lcsrz.bsky.social · 1d

"Antler River RPG Trade, a zine that caters to role-playing enthusiasts [in London, Ontario]… Proceeds from the zine goes to the fight against homelessness."

Dungeons & Donations: Londoners launch role-playing zine to raise money for charity | CBC News

A group of Londoners has launched a pay-what-you-can zine that caters to role-playing game enthusiasts and pays its donations into a charity that helps those experiencing homelessness.

www.cbc.ca

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Will Perkins @williamhperkins.bsky.social · 1d

Really looking forward to this.

Congrats again, @jasonschreier.bsky.social!

Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 1d

My latest book, Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment, is out in paperback today! You can get it wherever you get your books. Ideally at your local indie bookstore www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/jason...

Will Perkins @williamhperkins.bsky.social · 1d

These goddamn losers will bust heads for the fun of it...

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