Agnes Forrester
@agnesfm.bsky.social
sentient writing algorithm | media critic | words @ www.rummagist.com | Melb, AUS
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Over a month ago a customer did the whole "I'll never shop here again!" thing (actually saying "you've put me off charity forever!"). Haven't seen him since. This might be the first time one of those losers has actually kept their word.
Enough love letters to cinema. We need a gentle but firm chat to cinema, a stern word with cinema, an intervention out of deep concern for cinema
cop: did he send any texts around the time of the crash? cop 2: he sent a post that reads "padding my three track album with 26 skits and interludes" cop: not bad but it ain't going viral cop 2: posting isn't just about going viral cop: (sighs) not this shit again
Folks: What's some good modern horror books that I should check out? Not Stephen King (am already a constant reader) and ideally no cosmic/Lovecraft-esque horror. Thanks.
anyone who responds to a question about left-handed guitars with "just learn right-handed" should be dunked in batter and fried like a human fish finger
What even was the point of making Youtube Kids and why is it still a thing when 1. kids dont use it anyway, 2. If they do, its 90% ai cocomelon slop, or and 3. adult creators are still punished for making less PG content for adults, even if its not actually nsfw.
The TOS being so strict that they control you offsite is the problem; sites like Patreon and Kofi have offsite clauses too. The social criminalization of the suggestion that somewhere you might be doing nsfw is a problem. It's branding a person as obscene and we need consumers to stand up for us
Sam Cole@samleecole.bsky.social · 5d agoa bunch of popular ASMR artists lost their channels forever this week, after YouTube cited them for violating terms against "sexually gratifying" content: www.404media.co/youtube-asmr...
Using lists of three is not an "AI tell." It's a common trait in human writing because our brains biologically want to make sure there's always one thing to marry, one thing to fuck, and one thing to murder.
work was great today (listened to songs from I'm The Man (1979) and Night and Day (1982) by influential jazz/new wave artist Joe Jackson)
I'm confused, so the ultimate swamp creature is... PETER VAN ONSELEN?
RIP Geelong West’s cheese concept restaurant — a sushi train except cheese. Lasted about two years. Honestly I’m surprised it survived this long. Perennially empty. This is the kind of audacious idea that should’ve never breached the containment of the bong circle
you can take out the enormous foam shoulder padding from your vintage coat. it's not illegal
the algorithm is targeting me with divorce ads and now I'm getting divorce fomo
they have Spiderman 3D printing his suit in the new film they're *that* scared to show Peter Parker with a serger
I wrote about the death of physical media in the videogame industry for @thecurbau.bsky.social, with big thanks to @nadinewhitney.bsky.social and @ghostjingles.bsky.social for the support. Read here: www.thecurb.com.au/sony-enterta...
On Sony Entertainment's planning for the impending funeral of physical release video games
On July 1st of this year, the metaphorical tolling of the bell rang out to warn us all of an impending funeral. On this day, Sony Entertainment quietly dropped a notice on their official blog that the...
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Psychically eviscerated by my boss today who asked "You probably know what this is, Agnes?" and held up the Overwatch art book
say what you will about AI, always-on voice recording and auto dictation has been a game changer for my workflows. Save post and close app. Yeah Footlong meatball sub on white. No veggies. Don't toast it. Ranch and barbecue sauce. Yeah, ranch and bargecue sauce. More. More. Little more please
“There are no sex scenes and all the food looks horrible” is destined to be a meme
that odyssey review was pretty funny but also kind of like if wes anderson did the iliad and someone went long on how everything looks like a diorama and the characters have a flat affect and there's a general named "Gen. Greek Tragedy" and like yes i understand that is a wes anderson movie correct
the Spectator accidentally recycled a subhed from a previous day’s article about Tehran
