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Megan Fox @glassbottommeg.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Oh hey, yep, basically same conclusions we came to. Like even if you're willing to write off the ethical stuff, there's a bunch of super boring business reasons to not go anywhere near it. Including "it appears to erode your abilities even if you're aware of that risk going in." That's uh. Um. No.

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 25/07/2026

There are two elements of this reasoning that I confirm (time and again) because I have been able to make the comparison: - Verifying AI output requires human review time. - Verifying AI output requires expertise equal to or greater than that required to generate the output manually. 💯

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‏Greg @mostech6502.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

13/12: some portion of your audience simply will not buy your game if you use it! From a purely business risk, are you REALLY "making" enough productivity by adopting AI tools to offset the guaranteed revenue loss (and free marketing) from opted-out fans? My guess is, no way!

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Daniel Fedor @dcfedor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

We can't prescribe whether AI is a good fit for you or not. But hopefully, the above list of considerations helps inspire any discussions you have with your teams! 12/12

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Daniel Fedor @dcfedor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Not every one of these reasons, individually, is a deal-breaker. But taken as a whole, it was enough to convince us that the cons outweighed the pros, at least for us. 11/12

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Daniel Fedor @dcfedor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

And last, but certainly not least: - The whole point of going indie was because we like doing the work ourselves! We don't want a machine doing any of the fun parts. 10/12

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Daniel Fedor @dcfedor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Moral/Ethical Reasons (cont'd) - AI content submissions can outpace and drown out human content submissions in communities. 9/12

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Daniel Fedor @dcfedor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Moral/Ethical Reasons (cont'd) - AI use is driving job loss for humans (even if only temporary). - AI is a force multiplier for undesirable effects like: spam, robocalls, scams, fraud, militarization, and other forms of abuse. 8/12

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Daniel Fedor @dcfedor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Moral/Ethical Reasons - Data used in training AI may not have been obtained legally. - Data scraping to train AI burdens content hosts unfairly. - Training and operating AI increases demand on municipal water. - And municipal power. - And local real estate. - And the cost of computer hardware. 7/12

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Daniel Fedor @dcfedor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Practical/Quality Reasons (cont'd) - AI output cannot be trusted or vetted by reputation, unlike a human creator, because AI output is not consistent enough from instance to instance. 6/12

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Daniel Fedor @dcfedor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Practical/Quality Reasons - AI output is not guaranteed to be accurate or to work. - Verifying AI output requires human review time. - Verifying AI output requires expertise equal to or greater than that required to generate the output manually. 5/12

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Daniel Fedor @dcfedor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Our Business/Legal Reasons (cont'd): - There is no guarantee AI output does not infringe copyrights/trademarks. - Business processes outsourced to AI risk future price gouging and service outages/cancellations by AI providers. 4/12

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Daniel Fedor @dcfedor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Our Business/Legal Reasons: - It is unclear who legally owns the copyright of AI output. - It is unclear who is legally culpable for harm caused by AI output. (And at least w/Germany, it appears it may be the entity publishing the output.) 3/12

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Daniel Fedor @dcfedor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Most of our decision stems from a list of concerns we have, across a few different categories: - Business/Legal Concerns - Practical/Quality Concerns - Moral/Ethical Concerns - Personal Reasons 2/12

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Daniel Fedor @dcfedor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Blue Bottle Games, as a policy, does not use generative AI. It's something we've discussed as a team, weighing the pros and cons, and ultimately, we decided it was not for us. Recently, while chatting with a colleague, she mentioned it was useful hearing our reasoning. So: Sharing time! 1/12

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fannd ✧ comms waitlist @fannd.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Attack 11, revenge on @linabeeart.bsky.social with her Sister Lathana! What a beautiful seahag, I can't wait for her to read my fortune 🖤 ✦ #artfight #teammystery #art

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JoCat is not fast @jocat.net · 25/07/2026

Him sat

Gobbo sitting in between branches of a prop cactus in the show floor

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JoCat is not fast @jocat.net · 25/07/2026

Him chipusu (I forgot to take a picture of the Currywurst I got bc I was so hungry, but it was delicious)

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Thrown Controllers Universe Clips @tcuclips.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Disc Only QotD no.588:

Claire: This podcast brought to you by Green Day.

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ShyGuyRocks @shyguyrocks.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

@chuggaaconroy.bsky.social Was grinding in the burned tower in soul silver, and I just happened to find a blue koffing.

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Legends of Avantris @avantris.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Prepared for Anything! 🤣 #dnd #ttrpg #dnd5e

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Kelsey Wailes @kelseywailes.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

🚨 IMPORTANT NEWS 🚨 CATERPICKLE!!!!!!!

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 25/07/2026

📚 Culture doesn't have to be censored to disappear. 🕳️ Sometimes all it takes is an expired license. 📼💿 The paper THE POLITICAL THREATS OF VANISHING CULTURE AND THE NEED TO PROTECT OUR FUTURE MEMORY digs into why. 📖 Read or download it ⬇️ journals.library.wustl.edu/pollib/artic... 🧵

Grey-green graphic quoting Michael Menna and Lila Bailey, in The Political Librarian, with the quote "The vanishing culture crisis is so much bigger than paying high prices for the unreliable offerings of a streaming service. It represents a first-order threat to the project of historical preservation and, consequently, the intellectual freedoms and democratic participation that depend on it."

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 25/07/2026

🎬 That's a wrap on our 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest retrospective! This supercut stitches together highlights from this year's entries, showing how filmmakers transformed #publicdomain films, books, cartoons, music, and more from 1930 into something new. ▶️ archive.org/details/2026...

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ahdok @socksandpuppets.com · 25/07/2026

1015 - Greeting Seasons comicpress.socksandpuppets.com/comic/1015-g...

Four panels showing a person greeting a tree during each of the four seasons.

1) "Hello Spring!"
2) Howdy, Summer!"
3) Hiya, Autumn!
4) Well met, Winter!

The comic is captioned "Greeting Seasons."

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Rii Abrego @riibrego.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

gator expressions #art

A drawing of an alligator with different expressions

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JoCat is not fast @jocat.net · 25/07/2026

It's the day #fanfest #ffxiv

Gobbo sitting in front of the Messe Berlin building at early morning

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JoCat is not fast @jocat.net · 25/07/2026

Him wait patiently

Gobbo sitting in the auditorium for fan fest, covered in red light

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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Taylor Farms, the lettuce supplier at the center of our explosive diarrhea outbreak, has spent millions to oppose food regulation and elect Donald Trump and other MAGA Republicans:

wired.com

Taylor Farms Spent Big on MAGA and Anti-Regulatory Lobbying Before Diarrhea Outbreak

The company donated more than $3.6 million to conservative groups between 2020 and 2025, including $1 million to the MAGA Inc. super PAC.

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Dr. Theron Sherman 🖊 (Site-42) @site42.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The woke right is mad at me again on Facebook. They so desperately want to refer to SCPs like Shy Guy & Plague Doctor as “he” despite proper pronoun parlance protocols requiring all anomalies be referred to as “it.” I thought they didn’t care about preferred pronouns. So weird.

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Greyy @greyyarts.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Clumsy shy lion 🦁 For: @brimtooth.bsky.social

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eni @sceza.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Guess who decided we're visiting vet right before paycheck

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eni @sceza.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Silly little guy

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Chuggaaconroy @chuggaaconroy.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Dream Team was already in the works by then, happened to be planned out quickly and thus, artificially got pushed forward! Hence, a sequel happening just 18 months after Bowser’s Inside Story.

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Chuggaaconroy @chuggaaconroy.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

So, story time! I’ve mentioned a few times in the last year that Nintendo Directs changed my plans. Last year, I was working on multiple Switch 1 games. Then they announced Switch 2 Editions are a thing and scared me off a bunch of those games until they re-release in 4K.

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15/10 Foundation @15outof10.org · 20/07/2026

This is Tzatziki. His reactivity toward other dogs kept him in rescue for over a year, as it made him harder to place in a home. Thanks to you, we covered the training he needed to become more adoptable. After 455 days, his patience paid off and he found his forever home ❤️‍🩹

Tzatziki is standing outside on a straw-covered ground while wearing a green leash. She has her eyes closed and her head tilted upward toward the sunlight, with one front paw lifted off the ground.

Tzatziki is sitting on a sidewalk beside her foster dad, who is holding her blue leash and looking down at her. Tzatziki is wearing a light green sweatshirt and looking up at him while they wait near a city crosswalk.

Tzatziki is sitting on a bright blue couch between her two adopters. Both adopters are smiling at the camera with their hands resting around her chest. Tzatziki is facing forward and panting with her tongue out. She is so happy!

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Dr. Theron Sherman 🖊 (Site-42) @site42.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Dr. Sherman checked these puppets multiple times and they definitely weren’t alive. Probably. Maybe. Shoutout to RobbyEpicSauce, YepItsStillTori, and Swell Entertainment! So great meeting y’all at Open Sauce 2026!

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Grumpus 🌸 @kittehmei.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Happy birthday to my chonky boy, Leonard 😭💖 (He's 1 today!)

Portrait? photo of my ragdoll cat called Leonard. He looks very chubby and fluffy and has big blue eyes. He has a dark brown/sable face and a cream mane. He sweet baby boy.

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Dr. Theron Sherman 🖊 (Site-42) @site42.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

As an immersive theatre performer, Unus Annus meant a lot to me because of the way it brought fans deeply into the project. Adding that @ethannestor.bsky.social knows ball when it comes to The SCP Foundation made this a particularly heartwarming meeting. What a great @opensaucelive 2026.

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Dr. Theron Sherman 🖊 (Site-42) @site42.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

One meeting I was quite displeased about at Open Sauce 2026 was this Aquafina water bottle. I did not sign up for war flashbacks of the hours long seminar Dr. Gears gave us thanks to the actions of Dr. Kondraki, thank you very much.

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JoCat is not fast @jocat.net · 20/07/2026

Been a little while! Impromptu stream going over upcoming videos, plans, etc, and maybe playing a bit of FFXIV before sending you off to MissLalaVT for when I join her for MSQ later tonight! www.twitch.tv/jocat youtube.com/live/Ybl5eMQ...