I’m really fascinated by the failure of ai video in China. Over two hundred thousand ai generated vertical dramas were lunched and 99% of them lost money. That’s incredible. It’s so bad the government is now looking at ways to incentivize more human-made dramas note.com/eichan_sh/n/...

The Reasons Behind the Collapse of the Chinese AI Short Drama Bubble｜上海在住のえいちゃん

News that "approximately 220,000 AI short dramas were produced in China in the first half of the year, yet 98.7% failed to recover their production costs" has been garnering significant attention. ...

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the existence of a Mean Bean Machine implies the existence of a Nice Rice Device

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the cybertruck is getting canned. post a vehicle women actually like

🔞 mars@marsoid.bsky.social · 4d ago

the cybertruck is getting canned. post a vehicle women actually like

they should adapt this for puyo

Jokera@superajokera.bsky.social · 2d ago

New idea for a competitive tournament: we'll call it the Larp Circuit. DE into 5 Rounds of Swiss and if you win one game at all you get banned from ever playing again.

why does Dressmaker always give you the pattern/fabric you want after you sell the dress you want it for.

how pleasant she is

Jam@squidpedia.bsky.social · 2w ago

awwwwwwwwwwwwwww hi susie awwww hiiii

one more point: whether Platner-shilling or Ramaswamy ad defending, there's an approach to politics that insists we ignore decency in favor of the barbarous because "practicality" demands it. The next time you see this (you will), ask whether you're seeing commitment to practicality or to barbarism

Sending all love to Stacey Abrams tonight. Thank you for showing the nation and the WORLD what's possible. Thank you for stretching our imaginations.

pretty cool to have a Black socialist mayor ngl

NBC News@nbcnews.com · 7d ago

Democratic socialist Janeese Lewis George has been elected mayor of Washington, D.C., NBC News projects, continuing Democratic control over the capital city.

Blorida 2028 gg next

AND if you are STILL saying “fuck Alabama” instead of “how do we help the gerrymandered, the disenfranchised, the suppressed?” your application to celebrate tonight’s wins in the South will be denied.

Jason Kirk@jasonkirk.fyi · 7d ago

Not to be a hater at this time but I wish I'd kept screenshots of all those old Bluesky posts about how all Southerners should just be abandoned to fascist wolves. If that was you, libbing it up tonight will be allowed once you fill out your Apology Form. Get your paperwork done

I drew a thing for work on stream a few moments ago, then @dsuty.bsky.social gave me a vision so I made it not completely for work anymore! Would you pick up the phone?????

ai ads aside I do need Nicole Locklin to Nicole Lock In

SAG-AFTRA has voted to ratify TV animation contracts, giving voice actors a 12.6% wage increase and also enhanced protections around AI use, residual gains, and increases to health and retirement plans.

give the Bills social media team a raise imo

Still a few days left to help us hold the line by getting $40,000 worth of royalty free commercial use video game music 50% off for only $20 dollars, or $10 per pack! Go here before the sale ends, or share the post so others can see it: itch.io/s/202927/aut... #gamedev🎮 #ttrpg #vtuber

3 months later, I have reviewed 17 additional video game publishing agreements. 16 had explicit no Gen-AI clauses, and 1 didn't mention it. All had standard IP reps & warranties which would make Gen-AI use an arguable breach regardless. But Tim Sweeney still wants you to think everyone is using it

Haley MacLean@haleyfax.bsky.social · 4mo ago

What if I told you that all of the Publishing Agreements I have reviewed in the last 6 months (several dozen) included a no gen AI provision, wherein the use of gen AI in development is a material breach, but companies like Epic and EA are still trying to convince us the industry is cool with it

Hot take inbound.

Aftermath@aftermath.site · 2w ago

Video games should cater to more (types of) men aftermath.site/video-games-sh...

In my book I argue that IP fandoms are a crucial part of the economic model of the current media monopoly landscape, as fan campaigns drive down the value of creative labor via harassment and disposability, scare artists from taking risks with IP, and give execs a direct fan base all their own

Charlotte@fireantprincess.bsky.social · 2w ago

I think a lot could be said about how fandoms are very much structured to be consumerist without any critical analysis of capitalist production, and how this is the logical end result of that.

President @barackobama.bsky.social is ready for Florida to elect @angieforfl.bsky.social. Florida, go vote early for Angie this weekend!

Angie Nixon@angieforfl.bsky.social · 2w ago

Today, I’m honored to share that President Obama is supporting our campaign for the U.S. Senate. President @barackobama.bsky.social & I both started as organizers in our communities, because we immediately understood that real changes come from regular folks joining the fight. #AngieForFlorida

I appreciate that people want a new Mass Effect, but the future where fans advocate for the work itself and not the people who make it is the one the vultures at EA want. If you'll take it however you get it, they can keep treating people who make what you love as expendable.

What Does It Even Mean To ‘Save’ Mass Effect? - Kotaku

Thousands of fans are rallying around a campaign to save the series after BioWare's shutdown, but what does that look like?

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it’s monday

Malon at Lon Lon ranch

Guys, I starting to think commodifying every single aspect of existence into for profit ventures might have some downsides.

with the power of AI you too can build a website that looks like everyone else's!

NEW Splatoween Frye ☠️☠️ #splatoon

This week, scientific publisher Taylor & Francis concluded an investigation which cleared Jason Arday, the former Professor of Sociology of Education at the University of Cambridge, of plagiarism. The Guardian hasn't commented.

The Scales ⚖️@shakethescales.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The Guardian, which broke this story, kept it high on the agenda with daily reveals, opinion pieces and updates for two weeks, relentless exposure which clearly paid little attention to the duty of care towards the individual concerned. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Shame the divorce won’t be amicable. I’d hate to miss an opportunity to say I politely de-Kleined.