Reposted by Ian WilmothR.C. Brougham @captainruck.bsky.social · 20hFound a couple pretty good ones in my files 483395
Reposted by Ian Wilmothmcc @dryad.technology · 04/10/2026Have you noticed, lately, or noticed people around you commenting, that there just seems to be no money anymore. There's no money for companies to make the tv shows you like, the video games you like, the local diner you like shut down, no one you know can find a job. Think about that in context of 5960432310
Reposted by Ian WilmothJames GHOULizio 👻 @theswweet.myatproto.social · 05/10/2026TIL that PCGamingWiki has a whole system for labeling whether games or mods have AI in them, and to what extent: www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/PCGamin... 191126408
Reposted by Ian WilmothTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 03/10/2026Everyone needs to read this. Reality is, in fact, stranger than fiction. Reality is worse than anything we can say about these people in a few words, media appearances, op-eds, or other conversations. Read the whole thing. ams3.digitaloceanspaces.com/urbits3/sitf... 301030348
Reposted by Ian WilmothDEF-G @scriban.bsky.social · 03/10/2026A single $90 check seems like a more insulting bribe than a ham. 223144
Reposted by Ian WilmothWaschesalon Grammy Campaign Manager @reginageorgebush.bsky.social · 03/10/2026A24 accidentally and unwillingly becoming one of the biggest entertainment conglomerates in America by being the only people who are aware that highbrow liberals spend more money than anyone else 81773223
Reposted by Ian WilmothLee Cronin’s Pablo Hidalgo @infinata.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The collapse of so many distribution models that would be a steady source of residuals means actors you used to like propping up the worst ideas and products. It’s not gonna get better. 39217
Reposted by Ian Wilmothlauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 03/10/2026I worry in the next few years we're all going to have to have some patient, complicated conversations with older or less media-engaged relatives who see the le epic trump takedown posts but do not stuff like this about who Gavin Newsom Really Is 321528285
Ian Wilmoth @cydonprax.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Without fail everytime in the last 6 years that I've started warming back up to star wars again some nonsense like this hasbro bullshit happens, infuriating me all over again burning my rebuilt goodwill 030
Reposted by Ian WilmothJosh Spiegel @mousterpiece.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Not that you need to be more infuriated by this merger, but yeah, this combination of networks underneath one umbrella and the one missing is pretty bad! 1215
Reposted by Ian WilmothDavid Howe @monolithfiji.bsky.social · 02/10/2026If this is legal, it needs to be made illegal. There is clearly something broken when clear monopolies are allowed to flourish. The fact that this is inherently a right-wing operation is beside the point, NO company should have this much power over media. This is going to be a bloodbath for workers 29817287
Reposted by Ian Wilmothvan @vanconver.bsky.social · 02/10/2026also it’s so funny how I was just commenting the other day on qimir being considered a grail figurine and here’s hasbro like uhh duhhhh core six films 🥴🥴🥴 brainless behaviour lol 2133
Reposted by Ian WilmothMori Mole 🍂 @morimole.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Honestly think this guy at Hasbro already knows a Ben Solo black series would be a big seller he just hates that people like it. 1258
Ian Wilmoth @cydonprax.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Man fuck hasbro and this lowest common denominator appeasing, sequel erasing bullshit. We already only get crumbs as it is 0141
Reposted by Ian WilmothDoctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Without disregarding that there are real executive/cognitive challenge tasks, both this and the OP's example are functions of the US health care system deliberately offloading that work onto patients/payers in the interest of profit 26415
Reposted by Ian WilmothJay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I am an AI doomer inasmuch as I feel strongly that AI is doomed and that it is our responsibility to accelerate that doom. 131336304
Ian Wilmoth @cydonprax.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I was in the mountains for a few days so I guess there was some big space wizards news or something? 250
Reposted by Ian WilmothBlindManBaldwin @blindmanbaldwin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026a ruling class interwoven with a doomsday cult / new age religion is less than ideal 251
Reposted by Ian WilmothBlindManBaldwin @blindmanbaldwin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026businesses, political parties, non-profits, and local governments are forcing their publics to remain on a platform that pushes deadly conspiracies on everyone who logs on 062
Reposted by Ian WilmothMori Mole 🍂 @morimole.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Even Reddit is starting to be garbage again, the front page has gotten more misogynistic since the Clancy trial. Right wing media is obsessed with it and chuds are acting like they are having some epiphany that women "are really evil". 192
Reposted by Ian WilmothMaddie Aphra Vukorah @sskeermadness.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Some stalker literally made a mean spirited parody account to mock and ridicule me. And I still don't even think he cracks the top ten nazis in the Star Wars fandom who had beef with me 🤷♀️ 062
Reposted by Ian WilmothCEO of Beckett Mariner @kariizumi.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Imma need the "Vote Blue No Matter Who" crowd to remember this when Gavin Newsom tries running for President in 2028 23310
Reposted by Ian WilmothMatt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Ezra Klein asked Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about AI making kids worse at math and reading. Huang’s reply: “Does it matter?” Then he said he doesn’t know his own address or phone number. “We’re going to lose some fine intellectual dexterity.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/o... 58755021509
Reposted by Ian Wilmothlauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 23/09/2026you ever think about how the people who responded the worst to a generational black swan public health crisis have decided the best thing to do is make sure we have more of them 17858103
Reposted by Ian WilmothEm aka Red 🦋🌹✨ @huttsleia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Tom Bateman just destroying toxic masculinity- the MMC we all need. 03610
Reposted by Ian WilmothKasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This is my new favorite thing. 74164585280
Reposted by Ian WilmothBlindManBaldwin @blindmanbaldwin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026there won't be editorial independence, they won't release 30 movies, they won't spend that money. the contradictions within the motion picture industry will continue to accelerate, contraction will remain, and the debt burden of this new conglomerate will kill both instead of one. 182
Reposted by Ian WilmothJonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 21/09/2026The government moving or hiding jailed people to avoid review by courts isn't some loophole in our habeas corpus rights. This government behavior has been considered a violation of the people's habeas corpus rights since at least the Habeas Corpus Act of 1679. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habeas_... 4827921165
Reposted by Ian WilmothMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 21/09/2026You read that right: Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar will, thanks to the approval of Trump's FCC, own 49.5% of Paramount Warner Brothers, and CBS, and CNN. One of many things to keep in mind when you cast your vote in the next six weeks. 12737355
Reposted by Ian WilmothMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 21/09/2026It gets worse: Dem FCC member: “The FCC just let some of the most repressive governments in the world indirectly control nearly all of a combined Paramount-Warner Bros.” An investment of this size “doesn’t just buy equity, it secures influence over what gets said & made.” apnews.com/article/para...apnews.comFCC grants Paramount's indirect ownership request for Gulf funds in Warner Bros. Discovery buyoutAs Paramount looks to take over Warner Bros. Discovery, it’s racked up billions of dollars in financial backing from three Gulf countries. 3400168
Reposted by Ian WilmothMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 21/09/2026"This settlement is not a vote of support for this merger," says Bonta in his presser. I cannot actually see Newsom holding a gun to his head, but... The "enforceable" terms: 30 movies a year for 2 years, inc. 4 indies per year, then 32/yr for 3 more years, w/ 20-30% domestic production. > 317023
Reposted by Ian WilmothMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 21/09/2026So that puts David Ellison, whose competence is in question, and his daddy, whose malevolence is not, in charge of 156 theatrical movies over the next five years. I hope you guys all like Paw Patrol. 1243375
Reposted by Ian WilmothPeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026“transplant” discourse is great because you get to see how easily people can swaddle their insular, reactionary beliefs with left-coded language 352110179
Reposted by Ian WilmothKen Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 21/09/2026By the time this merger ruins HBO, destroys WB, gets 5,000 people fired, moves production overseas, and guts the quality of the movies the new studio makes, most people will have forgotten how fast the AGs caved and how little they got in this deal. Writers will not. 7752661565
Reposted by Ian WilmothMicah @rincewind.run · 21/09/2026the republican party will not die, though I wish it would, they'll pivot to something new and they'll be back to ruin our lives soon enough but trumpism will die with trump 2584841
Reposted by Ian WilmothMicah @rincewind.run · 21/09/2026he just doesn't have the juice none of them do, none of them are going to be able to hold this cult together the way trump did 493291376
Reposted by Ian WilmothKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 21/09/2026aside from general antitrust concerns, this was an opportunity for dems to take aim at the right wing propaganda and information warfare project, and as usual, they failed pathetically 81007157
Reposted by Ian WilmothKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 21/09/2026what happens next? what always happens. Paramount moves forward, and pays down the massive deal debt with massive layoffs, price hikes, and corner cutting resulting in lower quality products. At which point guys like Newsom, and other folks who pushed for settlement, will be nowhere to be found. 15998214
Reposted by Ian WilmothKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 21/09/2026for your future voting knowledge, Gavin Newsom was central in pressuring the AGs to settle their antitrust lawsuit against Paramount:deadline.comDone! Paramount Settles Antitrust Suit, Set To Seal Deal For Warner Bros. DiscoveryParamount agreed to settle an antitrust suit by a dozen State Attorneys General led by California's Rob Bonta, the last obstacle to its merger with WBD. 16835741393
Reposted by Ian WilmothEric Bolduc @ericfinalfantasy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026#BlocktheMerger #NoConcessions 075
Reposted by Ian WilmothJason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 21/09/2026None of us can top E.B. White on this argument 6813137
Ian Wilmoth @cydonprax.bsky.social · 21/09/2026in other news I just beat all the super boss fights in Kingdom Hearts 1 Final Mix for the first time ever so that's cool 120
Reposted by Ian WilmothJustin Brand #TuckFrump #SplitTheMerger @justinbrand41.bsky.social · 20/09/2026...monopoly are incredibly high. Ellison is trying to run a Silicon Valley bluff on a room full of state prosecutors, and it only takes ONE independent AG like Letitia James to completely shatter his timeline. #BlockTheMerger #NoConcessions 195
Reposted by Ian WilmothJustin Brand #TuckFrump #SplitTheMerger @justinbrand41.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Ellison is rushing into these weekend talks out of sheer panic to save his father's billions. Rushed, desperate corporate maneuvers frequently fall apart when subjected to intense legal and regulatory scrutiny. TheWrap is tracking the corporate momentum, but the structural walls preventing this... 185
Reposted by Ian WilmothMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 20/09/2026so macklemore saying “free palestine” is violence, but ed sheeran saying the situation in gaza is “catastrophic and unjustifiable” is totally fine? this whole thing is so fucking stupid. 1025115569
Reposted by Ian WilmothSara Sanchez @bcbsara.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I remember listening to Chris Hayes' podcast at the start of Trump II and his guest talking about how the Brazilian movement that defeated Bolsonaro had a saying "We're not letting go of anyone's hands." Way too many people think it's okay to let go of some peoples' hands. 2392100
Reposted by Ian WilmothEric Bolduc @ericfinalfantasy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Remember what this video taught us. #BlocktheMerger #NoConcessionsyoutu.beFormer FTC Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya explains what “making a deal” actually meansYouTube video by Free Press 0109
Reposted by Ian Wilmothshauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 19/09/2026succinctly summarizing messy stories in a measured tone that sounds matter-of-fact instead of accusatory is this man’s superpower 181442228