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Been on a kick of this stuff lately www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhbh...

Japanese Jazz & Funk Vinyl Set // Mellow & Groove [75 min / 4K]

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A nonzero part of why genai imagery became popular is because people were happy to consume slop media long before genai was on the table. The prevalence of slop is correlated to media literacy.

Now the real question is, do I try out the Noctalia V5 beta?

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The Onion@theonion.com · 2d ago

Local Idiot To Post Comment On Internet https://theonion.com/local-idiot-to-post-comment-on-internet-1819569981/

Anyways. Sorry for rambling, back to obscurity.

Dylan H. Ford@dylanhford.bsky.social · yesterday

I don't think it's outlandish to say that there's a large disconnect between the average person using this site and the developers. The users don't understand why the developers want to change the site, the developers don't understand why the users don't want what they want.

I don't think it's outlandish to say that there's a large disconnect between the average person using this site and the developers. The users don't understand why the developers want to change the site, the developers don't understand why the users don't want what they want.

The Verge@theverge.com · 2d ago

Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."

I have plenty of gripes about this place but at least the block button works.

We're having the "who am I and what am I doing with my life?" kinda thoughts.

Twitch and Amazon are apparently planning to use streams to train Generative AI. Multiple sources tell me it will be announced in the coming months, despite some internal friction against it. Creators may be able to opt out of some training data.

I saw a bit recently where some called Tarantino David Lynch's Wario and I haven't been able to stop thinking about it.

Click here if you're not a fucking cryass baby offended by a tit wittlegoblin.itch.io/mantis

Mantis by Witty Volkova

A Solo Horror RPG of Sexual Cannibalism

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Manifesting

The Irish Times@irishtimes.com · 7mo ago

AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns

Last day!!!

Eldersaurus Fen ⋈ | Kaiju Vtuber@eldersaurusfen.bsky.social · 2w ago

Get ready for some unhinged fun. Join Toku_Society, Captain Lizardman, RatKing Seltas and myself for a special Tokusatsu SMASH or PASS stream on Saturday, August 1st at 6:00 pm CST! ☢️ Rules/Guidelines for submissions below! Have fun! Hope to see everyone there to judge with us! #tokusatsu

Occured to me that I can collect all of these in a single post, on account of the carousel. Anyway, some postcards from elsewhere:

This is a silly game

This happens in literature as well. They give us a token seat at the table (or in this case, a completely separate second-tier table) and expect us to pay up and be grateful for it. They insult us to our faces and take our money and our clout and our labor at the same time. Fcuk the Grammys. Go BTS

BTS Will Not Be Submitting to 2027 Grammy Awards

The news comes just over a month after the introduction of the Asian pop music performance category.

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As always, if you want to support the project, you can become a patron (paid subscribers get early drafts and design notes): www.patreon.com/MidnightKelp... or tip me on Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/queeringsmite

Midnight Kelpie Press — Adventures for Draw Steel and other TTRPGs, by Emi Miura.

Get more from Midnight Kelpie Press on Patreon. Adventures for Draw Steel and other TTRPGs, by Emi Miura.. Support Midnight Kelpie Press and get exclusive access to their work.

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Arc C of Draw Steel Against Strahd is out! The heroes meet Strahd, see their fates, learn more about each other and their new friends, do battle with new horrible enemies, and *finally* have some downtime. New monsters include Strahd and some werewolves. Enjoy!

This makes me inordinately happy

I think a category of fan is emerging who is vocally against genai, but when something they enjoy has been seen to use it, they'll make an exception and continue to consume that media anyways. Not unlike modern Harry Potter fans who claim to be allies.

Collecting all the Trial Separation of Monkey Island™ pieces in one place. You can purchase them as prints here: www.inprnt.com/gallery/gora... I'm all fan arted out after this.

They also used chatGPT to come up with the character designs and general concepts so uhhhhhhh

Morgan "Joshi Dyke Dickhead"🗡️ 🛡️@girlnextvore.bsky.social · 2w ago

we are creating new forms of Orientalism and racism over there

U-Haul came today; they weren’t able to fit all of my stuff in the one and will need to have a second sent once I get back from GenCon, which upped the cost of my move by another 1k by itself. Any amount you can give helps: gofund.me/7d22a666c

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Hey, so weird lil idea. Since I've been a longtime jobseeker, but also I work as a Recruiter, would folks in the TTRPG space be interested in like...a Seminar on Resume, Cover Letter, and Interview best practices? Since it's me, I'd do a PWYC for accessibility.

I’m home. My apartment is destroyed by water damage, and my phone is shut off. I’m currently operating off of wifi. I’ve lost a lot of clothes and really personal items that I’ve had for years. All of my shoes aside from the ones I packed are also gone, plus roaches are covering my walls.

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Updating my muted terms list. Timeline was getting obnoxious again.

Hey everyone, I don't want to spam this pic too much, but both these versions of the Vampire Hunter D piece are now out as prints you can buy! Currently 35% off, too! www.inprnt.com/gallery/luis...

Like most artists on Instagram I’m also getting slammed with the ‘likely made with AI tag’. Allow me To be clear. AI art is bullshit and I do not and will never partake in it. The only reason the tech exists is because of the mass theft of real working artists.