Also btw I'm still alive and still doing art. I'm gonna go back to The Void after posting this and probably will resume full activity next year in like January/February but I felt like hopping on for a moment just to let y'all know the platypus man lives.

In case you were wondering where to send your thoughts on the AI "dub" of Banana Fish, you can do so here. Be polite--and I *mean* that--but so long as you're polite, feel free to let them know exactly how you feel about the AI "dub."

Ryoga Rocket@ryogarocket.bsky.social · 9mo ago

That I can do. Search Prime Video for the title (I went with Banana Fish), then click on Details, and scroll past the Cast page to "Send Us Feedback."

a child marked with the crime of creating a mary sue. forced to contend with a quadruple-digit crowds of adults sending them gore. despite everything they persevere. now THAT'S overpowered.

Taking this app off my phone for a little bit. My anxiety is just SO BAD rn, and I've been having strange dreams, and I need as few factors that could intensify that rn. I'm not deactivating or anything, just. Hiatus. Be well, ttyl strangers.

You: *full of despair and dread of the future* Me: nuh uh, STUPID LITTLE MIITOPIA DANCE BLAST

One of the cruelest tricks society played on creative people was planting the idea that being proud of your work is somehow unseemly and egotistical. You made a thing! You like it! You SHOULD be proud of it. Brag all you want!

I feel like the hardest part about if what I feel like is going to happen actually happens isn't my lack of coping skills, it's the fact that neither of my dogs are around anymore to make me feel better

Istfg if I end up having psychotic symptoms again I'm going to scream. I am LITERALLY STILL RECOVERING FROM THE FIRST ROUND which was NEARLY A DECADE AGO. I don't even have anything diagnosable that'd caused it, either! Uggggghhhhhh

Star Trek is always so relatable. I’m human and I also don’t have any money…

Star Trek Minus Context@nocontexttrek1.bsky.social · last yr.

We've already seen AI driving people to psychosis, but man, what happens to these people if/when the bubble pops. Not just to the economy but also, just, to these people's brains, what happens If AI stops being available or just stops being cheap/free to use

Is that AI?

Just because I'm the writer/director of TADC doesn't mean I deserve all the credit for everything. There MANY times when a board artist or an animator will come up with a detail or shot that elevate the themes/characterization in a way I didn't even think of, and I'm like "fuuuuuck that's genius..."

Apparently P*ypal now asks for customer opinions on accounts sending invoices. If you are paying an invoice to a nsfw artist, do NOT mention NSFW in any way, keep it blank even. you risk both your account and the artists.

why is windscribe vpn being transphobic on the company twitter account in lundukes replies what is going on

I will die. I cannot repeat this often enough. I require dialysis to live. It costs $1000 per treatment. I need treatment three times per week. Without Medicaid, I can't afford it. Without my treatment, I will die. Republicans are trying to kill me.

Anna Phylaxis@quatoria.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Another name for this would be "pre-existing conditions," a way used to exclude disabled people from health care for decades in the US. Understand, when you hear people talk about "rewarding the healthy" - these are policies that have a body count.

Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social

ICE are not “arresting” or “detaining”, they are kidnapping. They are a human rights violating group by any measure. Wearing a badge is not a cheat code for doing justice.

ok they deleted and reposted it for some reason but, reminder: this is a survey of GDC attendees only which self-selects for highly paid, senior devs and management which is to say: this is most likely what a result skewed _against_ unionization looks like right now

Game Developer@gamedeveloper.bsky.social · 9mo ago

GDC survey indicates over half of U.S. game workers want to join a union

She was a *child* when she did this and Olbermann preyed on her just a year or two later. We can hold her responsible for all of her later in life terrible grown-ass decisions, but this is a disgusting failure of the adults in her life to protect a CHILD.

Parker Molloy@parkermolloy.com · 9mo ago

Someone found an mp3 of the creepy "Jailbait" song Olivia Nuzzi released when she was 16 🫣

For those who are interested in tackling the most challenging head angle, here's how I would approach it. I left some notes, hope it helps

NEW: In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant. She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency. Then she died. www.propublica.org/article/texa...

“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.

Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.

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Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made. Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊

Pop Base@popbase.tv · 9mo ago

Today is International Men’s Day.

My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨

1. New Zealand's right-wing govt has banned new prescriptions of puberty blockers in a major concession to its far-right flank. The move was to be announced by the health minister, but the far-right NZ First preempted it, calling it a "win in the war on woke." Subscribe to support our journalism.

NZ Right-Wing Government Bans Puberty Blockers: "Sacrificing A Generation Of Trans Youth"

The far-right coalition partner NZ First took a victory lap, calling the decision a "win in the war on woke."

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fat girl fall? well don’t just stand there go help her up! :(

It confuses me whenever people are aghast that an LLM encouraged someone who was being suicidal at it to commit suicide. The things are typically yes-man machines. They're programmed to agree with you. There's a reason they have to be specifically programmed NOT to encourage certain things!

Genocidal Israel further advances illegal and discriminatory bill to execute only Palestinian and other Arab prisoners. Intensify BDS campaigns now, in particular against HP, Microsoft and Cisco, to hold complicit companies accountable for helping Israel’s carceral system. loom.ly/rj5iKvA

Genocidal Israel further advances illegal, discriminatory bill to execute only Palestinian and other Arab prisoners.

Intensify BDS campaigns now, in particular against HP, Microsoft and Cisco to hold companies accountable for helping Israel’s carceral system.

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One mystery solved: I believe this is the complete report (in a dropbox, for some reason): www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/w2pva...

Jacob Geller@jacobgeller.com · 9mo ago

Very confused about a recent study ("study"?) regarding the environmental impact of video games, as on Gamesindustry dot biz. For one - the article interviews the author of the study but does not link to the study. I cannot find the published study anywhere. : www.gamesindustry.biz/manufacture-...

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