Dave J. Dixon | Voice actor & video essayist!

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#Voiceactor from Newgrounds to Netflix voices Kings, Robot dads, & evil guys! I also do #videoessays about #StreetFighter! I ❤️ #Superman, #Capcom games, synthwave/retrowave Clowns are underappreciated & cool pfp: magnagallina www.davidjdixonvo.com

New: I pulled the Character ai bankruptcy documents. They show: - They were spending $14 million/month on compute alone at a time their revenue was around ~$1 million/month - Currently losing $9 million a month - They admitted they enshittified & that it didnt work www.404media.co/character-ai...

Character.ai's Bankruptcy Documents Show the Economics of AI Don't Work

Character.ai enshittified its product but was still burning tons of cash, its bankruptcy documents say.

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Raihala: Meet the Minnesotan who coined the term ‘gay pride’ and tossed a pie in Anita Bryant’s face

After the Stonewall riots in 1969 sparked the gay liberation movement, Thom Higgins gave it a name.

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · last wk.

#OtD 14 Oct 1977 anti-gay crusader Anita Bryant was "pied" by Thom Higgins, a gay rights activist. She then began praying and burst into tears. Following a boycott, she lost her job as brand ambassador for Florida orange juice. More LGBT+ history here: workingclasshistory.com/tag/lgbtq/

what exactly DOES happen to materials from a major studio that’s closed? where do physical hard drives, documents, etc go? who maintains all this pointless secrecy? if you know or have stories, get in touch: nathan@aftermath.site, nathangrayson.666 (signal), aftermathdotsite@proton.me (proton mail)

BioWare is 31 years old and 31 years of documentation, work, writing, code, stories, information—it all goes in a big, locked box and EA throws it in the trash and it’s illegal for anyone else to ever look at it or even mention it again

12 winners have been selected from hundreds of entries to the Dispatch Cosplay Summer Contest! 🏆 You didn't make it easy, Dispatchers. We'll be highlighting more of the incredible cosplays that came across our desk in the weeks to come. See the full lineup ⬇️ https://bit.ly/dispatchcosplay

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If anyone out there is in any way able to help with a 5 dollar donation thatd get me some caffiene before work. I know i wont be eating til tonight when i get home and roommate and i make hamburger helper. Sigh. Just thought i had at least 15 left and its gone too.

HELP BEX! bit.ly/HelpBex@ovaettr.gay · 8h ago

So now i dont have a shop, dont have a newsletter, dont have anything for my business cuz i just cant get paid in a timely fashion ugggghhhhhHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH in the mean time if anyone wants to help me MAYBE pay the 26 to my website and 30 to my newsletter, i have a tip jar at tip.ovaettr.gay

Rambuckle! This tunnel-visioned trampler has equipped 6 rings of the ram as well as an enchanted belt of The Ram-domizer! The Running Headbutt may be his only move, but a big part of that is his helmet makes the wearer only care about ramming and things related to ramming. #0663

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Knock on effect on all of this isn't just "Horse Concert Cancelled", it's going to scare off a lot of other Japanese media franchises' attempts to bring guests over period. You plan for a year and oops, you're now in the red on budget, good will, everyone's planned schedules, and more.

One of the really fascinating things about Charlie Kirk is that his own people’s response to his death was so nakedly opportunistic that it’s like oh, ok, this guy is fair game for literally anything, he’s an object, and now his soul is trapped inside Grok for eternity.

In American politics, we have this naive notion that if we beat "the bad guy" once, then everything is made better. But we need to continue fighting to make things better, to never stop trying to push not only for true revolution, but also to build communities that can keep moving forward.

Jessie Gender@jessiegender.bsky.social · 11h ago

In November, Dems will likely win big. Liberals will feel relieved. In 2028, a milquetoast corporate Democrat will win the presidency, spend 4 years maintaining what Trump did as liberals go back to brunch. Then, in 2032, as life keeps getting worse, we’ll get something like President T Carlson.

This isn’t doomerism, nor an argument against voting or fighting GOP voter suppression. Voting can materially improve lives, or at least keep them from getting worse. So please, vote. But don’t mistake the temporary relief of winning an election for the work of building a better world.