The good thing though is there are people still on X who won’t leave and their staying empowers musk and extends his reach. Oh I meant bad thing. Yeah that’s a bad thing. Sorry I was confused as the entire game industry stays there and attracts new users while normalizing this hate speech.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · last wk.

Elon Musk, owner of X, has called the editor of the Economist "a traitor to the West, plain and simple" after her recent interview with him. He now argues that "anyone who opposes remigration is a traitor" Musk has been socialising violence since Aug25: "fight or die, that's what it comes down to"

Issue #35 of my newsletter just dropped! There are worse problems to have than "too busy to write a proper essay", right? I'm experimenting with an "updates only" format to give myself some breathing room - a longer, content-focused newsletter is on the way in August. hollis-beck-acts.beehiiv.com

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The boys at @worstpossible.world dropped their 250th episode this week, and now that I'm not crushed under the weight of my responsibilities I'm so proud to say that I was along for the ride. You can listen for free on your favorite podcatcher, and there's so much more where that came from!

Just worth saying, and I know I'm very lucky, but I have made several friendships that are very important to me from talking to artists and working with people I admire to make stuff for my shows. AI art is isolating behavior. Even setting aside how special the memories of a real poster can be

open mike eagle@mike-eagle.bsky.social · 2w ago

AI event flyers are ruining my life cause I didn't know I had so many friends with bad taste

I am reading Dogsred and I think it's sick, but by far the funniest part of it is when Noda-sensei just completely lifts a character from Golden Kamuy and plops him into this story about ice hockey.

This framing is so disgusting and irresponsible. Yes, Taylor Farms supplies Taco Bell. THEY ALSO SUPPLY TONS OF OTHER RESTAURANTS AND GROCERY STORES. People will take "avoid Taco Bell" as the lesson which is NOT HELPFUL. www.wcvb.com/article/cycl...

Iceberg lettuce sold at Taco Bell linked to cyclospora outbreak, sources say

Sources say shredded iceberg lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms and sold at some Taco Bell restaurants has been linked to a multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis, according to reports.

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Go directly to Hell. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200. AI's tendency to make stuff up is specifically WHY I can't trust it with acting as my short-term memory, and I'm getting fed the hell up with people trying to use my neurodivergence to justify a "woke" use for their bullshit slop engine.

GitHub@github.com · last mo.

The story around AI used to be about generating more. For many neurodivergent professionals, the bigger benefit is offloading invisible labor: remembering what you promised, the dozen tabs open in your brain, the thread you meant to reply to. ⬇️

New friends and old - I'm a versatile character actor with expertise playing complicated women (and men) who see through your nonsense. I'm ready to work with you to bring your screwball comedies, high-octane thrillers, and intimate dramas to life. vimeo.com/1152398670?f...

HollisBeck_VisualReel_2025

This is "HollisBeck_VisualReel_2025" by Hollis Beck on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

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Vibecoding has made it possible to create a cheap rip off of a video game in just a few hours.

AI Made Cloning Games Easier Than Ever

Vibecoding has made it possible to create a cheap rip off of a video game in just a few hours.

404media.co

Do I have any voice actors following me? Starting to cast a wide net to find someone for "Welcome to Isaiah" to play an adult man. If you have a website or link with audio samples and all your info, and you're interested, drop it below, and I'll check it out this weekend when we're discussing!

There's a new phishing scam taking place currently on Discord and it involves compromised accounts trying to get you to "watch anime" with them through an unknown watch-party app (PLEASE SHARE THIS AROUND) 🧵

Man, it's wild that there's so many different ways for women to be hot and major entertainment properties keep pretending otherwise.

ChatGPT posters and flyers are polluting real life and driving me insane. Please respond to this with the worst ones you've seen irl. I'll post some in the thread www.404media.co/we-are-livin...

We Are Living in a ‘ChatGPT Flyer Pandemic’

"Hey if this is your flyer, I’m not going, I’m not donating, I’m not sharing. Don’t ask me."

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Sometimes it's worth it to go grocery shopping in-person because then you find out the fancy Irish butter is on sale.

Four years ago, a coordinated right-wing smear campaign condemned Monticello for "going woke." Bridget Gillespie was working there at the time, and she gives this revelatory inside account of the harassment staff endured and ultimately how the institution buckled. Amazing piece.

What Broke Monticello - The American Prospect

How a right-wing smear campaign tried to silence the reality of Thomas Jefferson’s life, and in some ways succeeded.

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We've sold a LOT of rainbow InfoWars merch (with more to come!) over the last month, since we reached a deal to take over InfoWars with the estate's court appointed receiver. We're giving 100% of proceeds so far to the families via whatever mechanism the court allows.

The McDonald's I go to during crunch time is like 200% cleaner than usual and blaring latin pop, we should have the World Cup every week, lol.

Remakes are just a scam by big old to sell you new old

Wow, I had no idea till my sis just told me! techreviewadvisor.com/metas-new-po...

Meta's New Policy: The End of Private Instagram DMs

Meta is removing end-to-end encryption from Instagram DMs on May 8, 2026. Learn how this change affects your privacy and how to save your chat history now.

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Y'all. Please remember the artists that drew these things when sending around memes. I feel for these artists who NEVER get credited for these (and some, nowadays, are even being accused of being AI!) Here's a few common ones I see (feel free to add others, I want this to be a living thread): 🧵

Heads up for any artists/writers/etc currently using Linktree to point people to their work: from 5 July they'll be feeding all imagery you use on your landing page into DALL-E.

Arte es Ética@arteesetica.bsky.social · 2mo ago

¡ATENCIÓN! 🚨 El 5 de Julio de 2026 entra en vigencia la actualización de los ToS de Linktree. Esto incluye el uso de IA generativa (Dall-E de OpenAI) con los textos, imágenes y links que el usuario suba a su cuenta. Incluso compartirán toda la info del usuario con otros proveedores externos de IA ⚠️

Local wizard Howl has come out in opposition of a new zoning bill which would require him to file under a permanent address. paletteswap.site/dif...

yikes :(

Animation Magazine@animag.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Three AI animated series are heading to Prime Video streaming via Amazon MGM/AWS-backed GenAI Creators' Fund: 'Cupcake & Friends;' 'Love, Diana Music Hunters;' and 'Punky Duck' from Jorge Gutierrez.

Well fuck - and I can't stress this enough - this shit. Not happy with just fucking musicians, #Spotify are starting on authors. www.thebookseller.com/news/spotify...

Spotify rolls out ElevenLabs audiobook tools in ‘next chapter’ of books strategy

Spotify has outlined what it calls the “next chapter” of its books strategy, expanding its Audiobooks+ subscription and rolling out new AI‑powered tools for self‑published authors via its growing part...

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scheming vizier reportedly depressed after king is taken out by previously unknown shellfish allergy instead of his elaborate plan put into motion months ago. "i don't even want the stupid throne anymore", he says, dejectedly kicking around priceless jewels

I don't like to catastrophize on here but what Google is about to do to Search is BAD. Bad for freedom of information, bad for the small business sector, bad for activist organizing, bad all around. I switched to Vivaldi a month ago. It's not the only other option. Start experimenting NOW.

ChatGPT was never Google’s biggest threat; it was always its own hubris. With Search now being sacrificed on the altar of AI dominance, the time has come for users to get serious about moving off Google services. It’s not only destroying its products; it’s trying to further degrade the web itself.

Google is its own worst enemy

In its bid to push AI, it’s destroying its products and trying to kill the web too

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Dallas' stupid-smartest sketch team, The Wickedly Talented, will be bringing old hits and new-to-stage goodies next Friday, May 29th at the Texas Sketch Festival! Funny happens all weekend long, but our showtime is at 8:30pm at the Club Theatre. Ya better be there! tr.ee/qleCeA

Boycott Barnes and Noble. Loudly. Right fucking now. www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...

Barnes & Noble CEO backs selling AI-written books in stores

The retail bookseller plans to open 60 more stores in the US this year

independent.co.uk

It doesn't even take a minute to fill this out and add a short comment. Please do so. This is censorship and gross.

Tilly Bridges@tillybridges.bsky.social · 3mo ago

CIS PEOPLE TIME TO STEP UP it’s once again time to yell at our bad government via online comment form the FCC is trying to make trans and nonbinary content require special ratings on shows GLAAD has a good writeup on it below TELL ‘EM NO direct link to comment form: www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings...