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Doggust day 3: Jagdterrier (and rock purslane.) I see this type of succulent a lot, always super tall and leaning in an illustrative manner. Almost ideal for a small dog to walk under. #doggust2026
debuting as part of @aftermath.site's hater week, here's my list of (so far) over 50 video game studios that are rejecting generative AI, each with their rationale for doing so
![D-CELL Games
Games: Unbeatable
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“Even if I’m just looking at this in the cold mercenary MBA freak way—the ‘I want to generate income as much as possible’ way—you can’t make a thing people want to buy if the thing you want to buy is the same thing everyone else has. And that’s what you fucking get with AI models. It’s definitionally part of how they work.
So all using [AI] will do is make you compete worse. You have to do laps on a hamster wheel to arrive at the opposite conclusion. Because the only way to actually make money on this shit besides a pump-and-dump is to be the guy selling the shovels. And even the shovels are starting to rust.
Even the stuff that sounds good or looks good for a given value of ‘good’ (i.e. it convincingly looks at a glance like it wasn’t generated with a machine, it’s ‘professional’) is only capable of spitting out inputs that existed before. You can feel it in the ‘choices’ it makes, because it doesn’t make choices; it chooses a value with a weight given by a model patched from every work at once on fast forward. The nutritional value of AI work is approximately identical to watching a 2000s horror movie trailer compilation at 4X speed while second-screening Maury transcriptions. It might be fun to look at, but it will kill you on the inside."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5gdejlhcswjbzraadoltdpps/bafkreigiufrt3kp7efextkls2lz25nctkkjrso6ya4vbap7y72wkytlkem)
Aftermath@aftermath.site · 7d agoAll the video game studios that refuse to use generative AI aftermath.site/video-games-no...
Squished in the middle of this story was this heartbreaking paragraph. Unconscionable.
Brian Lyman@brianlyman.bsky.social · last wk.A lot of what-the-hell moments in this story, but building a data center in a floodplain in Louisiana is inviting the wrath of Poseidon.
Splatoon Raiders!!! 😭🦑💕 I don't know if it's just bc I've played thousands of hours of splatoon at this point, but their creative direction is just so good. The single player games and dlc always feels so clever.
i just realized i never posted this here Cover art for 'Scholar's Codex' @tuneandfairweather.bsky.social 30x40cm ink on claybord
Someone in DC set up a “little free blockbuster” with DVDs inside instead of books lol
BTW I'm still looking for any referrals or recommendations for someone who can do an animated trailer for a webcomic.
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As long as there's a workaround I'll never abandon my 13 year old cintiq 22hd. It's the most reliable thing in my life and I feel very betrayed that they're trying to end support for it when many are still totally fine. >:(
this is a real actual NOAA people account. they post climate info and not ai images and not fake conspiracy insider breadcrumb clickbait I cannot say it enough - stop following alt-gov accounts. all of them are grifts.
Climate.us@climate.us · last mo.Climate information should be reliable, clear, and available to everyone. Climate.us is an independent nonprofit protecting public access to trusted, science-reviewed climate knowledge. Explore: www.climate.us 🌍🧪 #ClimateUS #ClimateForUs #ClimateScience #Science
LRP I feel like I've seen so many people say they don't know how to find artists for their projects, including people I've worked with who could just ask me how. Most times someone will chime in with fiver which makes me want to grab their shoulders and shake them for 10-15 mins.
I genuinely do not understand why self-published authors of interesting novels feel the need to steal defeat from the jaws of victory by using AI covers. Like know your audience fam, c'mon.
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Do. Not. Use. Fucking. Sticker. Mule.
Aleksandra Vaca@transiticsnews.com · last mo.1. On Tuesday and with Trump's backing, Sticker Mule CEO Anthony Constantino won a competitive New York House primary—and likely a seat in Congress—after running on "aggressively detransitioning America." His extreme rhetoric must be a warning to us all.