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Comics, Creative Producer, PnP, Writer, Creator. Gaming, Music, Sillyness. Podcast: lmy.de/VuCZs

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I remember being a little salty before I had read Pope Leo’s encyclical on AI that he had invited the Anthropic guy to be there. It made me nervous he had gotten snowed and would pull his punches. It feels so good to learn that actually Anthropic was livid and almost pulled out of the event
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Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
NEW: Epic Games has delayed its upcoming (not yet announced) Star Wars + Marvel shooter as it pivots to complete AI game development. "No more hand-written code," a director told staff. All art "generated with full AI workflows." Full scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Epic Games Delays Disney Project, Asks Developers to Use More AI
The company told the team behind the upcoming shooter that it will now be an ‘AI first’ production
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 07/10/2026
Joined @arimelber.bsky.social on MSNOW talk about the AI bubble, Treasuries and the growing cost of AI data center debt, and how Oracle and Paramount’s debt threatens Larry Ellison’s future.
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Der Volksverpetzer @volksverpetzer.de · 07/10/2026
Konservative haben uns gesagt, man bräuchte kein AfD-Verbotsverfahren, denn sie würden die Rechtsextremen schon inhaltlich stellen, dann machen aber einige offenbar Deals und geben ihnen ihre Stimmen? Und der Rest ihrer Partei schweigt?
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Comfortably Boo @numb.comfortab.ly · 04/10/2026
Come on
Hegseth cosplaying a NaziJudgement scene from Wolfeinstein.
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Elsa @erli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I can't stop thinking how wrong the tech bros have understood creativity and creators. Or even just having hobbies. #erliart
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Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Kinda fucked up that “Star Wars Zero Company” doesn’t have a colon but “Star Wars: Galactic Racer” does. I won’t even get into “Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order”
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Renate @lineslotte.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In einem der reichsten Land der Welt leben etwa 6500 Minderjährige auf der Straße. In diesem Haus wird ihnen Hilfe und Unterkunft angeboten. Die Baukosten wurden vollständig durch Spenden finanziert, aber für einen Tankrabatt ist Geld da www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/dpa-h...
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Neues Zuhause für Straßenkinder: Haus „Butze“ in Berlin-Lichtenberg eröffnet
Das neue Straßenkinderhaus „Butze“ in Berlin soll obdachlosen Kindern und Jugendlichen schnelle Hilfe und einen Weg in ein selbstständiges Leben ermöglichen – und setzt ganz auf Spenden.
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Rob Patro @robp.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
LFG! www.courthousenews.com/ai-training-...
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AI training of copyrighted material not fair use: Third Circuit
Using someone else's "creative spark" to start a competing business runs afoul of copyright law, the panel found.
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This Week in Videogames @thisweekinvideogames.com · 02/10/2026
Devolver Digital studio Nerial, responsible for developing the Reigns series, Card Shark, and The Crush House, has announced its closure. The studio was acquired by Devolver in 2021, and the news comes as Devolver Digital becomes a private company once more.
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Devolver Studio Nerial, Developer of Reigns, Shuts Down
“We have decided together with our partners at Devolver to end development at the studio,” said the company's co-founders.
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
For a long time I've wanted a sense of how trump has or hasn't interacted with chatbots (we know he posts a lot of slop sure). And this TIME anecdote about Grok arguably leading Trump into war is just extremely bracing
Since returning to office, Trump has marveled at AI’s capabilities. He is increasingly in thrall to the tech executives courting him. In December 2025, Elon Musk returned to the Oval Office for a clandestine meeting. Trump spent hours asking Grok, Musk’s AI chatbot, questions about his presidency and legacy, according to an official present. At the time, Trump was ordering missile strikes against Venezuelan boats he alleged were smuggling drugs into the U.S. He asked Grok how Venezuelans would react if the U.S. captured Maduro. According to the official present, the chatbot responded that Maduro was a repressive and deeply unpopular dictator and that many Venezuelans would likely celebrate his downfall. After Trump ordered the mission to seize Maduro, the following month, celebrations broke out in the streets. Trump, according to officials, came away thinking Grok was ingenious.
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Der Volksverpetzer @volksverpetzer.de · 30/09/2026
Die AfD will uns einreden, dass der Anteil der Straftäter unter den Migranten genau so extrem hoch sei wie der in der AfD.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Trump says Democratic concerns about AI are a hoax like global warming 🥴
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Rollin Bishop @rollinbishop.com · 27/09/2026
just for context: doing this will get you fired as a games journalist
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Meru @itsmeru.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Documents obtained during the court proceedings found that OpenAI created “a hack to get around nytimes paywall,” to which OpenAI cofounder Greg Brockman said “ah, nice.”
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404 Media @404media.co · 27/09/2026
In reality, Meta is testing having these calls being made by human beings in call centers, 404 Media has learned. www.404media.co/meta-tests-m...
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Meta Tests Muse AI Agent Calls That Are Actually Made By Humans in a Call Center
"This has potential for so much negative PR. It could portray us as ‘their AI is not good enough so they still need humans’ kind of coverage for this launch."
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I had to write about this. Surprisingly informative court testimony from a forensic investigator www.404media.co/caleb-flynn-...
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AI Love Song for Mistress Played at Murder Trial Is Most Excruciating Watch in Recent Memory
"One’s like a happy or upbeat sad song if that makes any sense, and one’s a sad, sad song. I think one’s in a minor key, one’s in a major key, but I’m not a music professional."
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Roland Meyer @bildoperationen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
AI #slopaganda is not so much about fakes or disinformation. It's about aligning the world with your preformulated descriptions of it, making reality disappear behind its formulaic image, rendering visible all your fears at once in order to enjoy them more. It's a technology of fascist daydreaming
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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“And then we have to invent the right sustainable business model that allows us to deliver gaming to more and more people. That has always been the goal... And I think Asha and team have said that Xbox is going to get growth this next fiscal year. And that’s the plan they’re executing on” What.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
NATO Secretary Mark Rutte is still kissing up to Trump on Fox News
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Justine Calma @justcalma.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Talking about AI and fossil fuels, Huang says ‘in order to save you, they’ve got to hurt you first.' Huang’s extreme level of privilege is glaring (gift link) www.theverge.com/tech/1000140...
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Jensen Huang talks about AI and climate change like a supervillain
It’s giving Thanos energy.
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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The youngest person his pager attack killed was 9-year-old Fatima Abdullah, who had just started 4th grade. The pager was on a table when it went off and she picked it up to take to her dad. It exploded in her face and reports said it covered the room in her blood. She wanted to learn English.
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 18/09/2026
Here's the full interview with ABC News youtu.be/lv7AWjqVRhQ
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Ed Zitron on ABC News talking about actually regulating AI and the truth behind its economics
YouTube video by Ed Zitron
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 22/09/2026
NVIDIA's (and Broadcom's) revenues are built on a speculative scramble for assets years before they're put in service, and not any actual demand for AI compute. Eventually, that compute will come online. It will be disastrous for NVIDIA and Broadcom. www.wheresyoured.at/wherere-all-...
So much money has been spent building and buying silicon for AI capacity that takes years to build, all as the AI industry tells us that right now there’s insatiable demand and that we’re fools to question it. 

One of the core reasons that people believe that AI isn’t a bubble is because of NVIDIA’s perpetual quarterly revenue growth, which is branded, once again, as insatiable demand for AI compute, when it’s actually almost entirely-speculative purchases based on potential revenues, with said potential mostly driven by the compute spend from OpenAI and Anthropic, two unprofitable and unsustainable AI labs. 

This is one of the reasons that Jensen Huang continues to funnel endless billions of dollars into circular financing — because the sense of ever-expanding demand for GPUs has become a proxy for ever-expanding demand for AI compute, even though it takes years for the first part to become the second, if it ever does.

NVIDIA has now sold at least $200 billion dollars’ worth of GPUs — multiple gigawatts-worth — that have yet to be ingested by the market, and hyperscalers have, through their obfuscation of operational capacity and refusal to disclose AI revenues, helped create one of the largest speculative asset bubbles in history.

Everybody who participated in this obfuscation owns part of what comes next. Capacity will, eventually, come online at a scale that the market for AI compute cannot support, and it won’t be obvious until it’s way, way too late. I fear that every single model around existing and future data center construction and AI compute demand is wrong, and that every assumption we have about the underlying economics of AI is corrupted by the belief that there’s far more operational capacity than there really is.

If we believe there’s gigawatts’ worth of AI compute coming online every year, then we in turn believe there’s gigawatts’ worth of demand. 

If there’s a gigawatt or two coming online every year, that’s a completely different story.
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Quentin Lichtblau @lichtblauq.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Copycat Söder
Söder droht Berlin bei Linksregierung mit Geld-EntzugTrump threatens to cut funds if ‘communist’ Mamdani wins mayoral election
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Micah @rincewind.run · 23/09/2026
video games as a whole make hundreds of billions of dollars a year and apparently somehow nobody can make any money on them or pay anyone to make them
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Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
in a week that saw microsoft give activision the reins to halo and bungie pivot back to destiny, one thing has become abundantly clear: the people in charge do not have a long-term, overriding plan. they’re just reacting. the result, when times are bad, is chaos
"Things are still very chaotic," a current id Software employee who was granted anonymity because they are not authorized to speak publicly told Aftermath. "While there has been an attempt to communicate to the studios, it is still entirely in bullshit corporate speak. I still don't believe they have a clear vision for the future. The only concrete thing they have communicated is they want higher profits, and they want it now. Aggressive goals are being set that would have been unrealistic even before the layoffs. ... To say the workers within Xbox have a dim view of the future is putting it mildly. We keep thinking morale can't sink lower but the obvious incompetence of Xbox management somehow keeps driving it down worse."
This mirrors shifts in strategy that have come to dominate the still-new Sharma era, including others outlined Tuesday. Rare is joining Activision, Turn 10 and Playground are fusing, and—most gallingly, considering their history—Obsidian is being folded into Bethesda to work on Fallout instead of its own original series. As with the previous round of layoffs, details betray Microsoft's haphazard approach: A Halo developer got promoted and laid off in the same week. Gears of War: E-Day's story director is out of a job days after celebrating that the game had gone gold. Hellblade developer Ninja Theory, now without a buyer after a brief glimmer of hope, is once again on the chopping block.
All of this betrays a simplistic mindset that does not accurately reflect the reality of game development: People are disposable, studios are interchangeable, and series can be traded like sports teams. Nothing matters more than franchises and their money-printing prowess. Unless, evidently, you are Hideo Kojima, in which case Microsoft suddenly has money to burn.
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Microsoft file patent for a machine learning system that would "train" itself on your playtime to work out when you'll be least annoyed by in-game ads bit.ly/4hgcyQr
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Microsoft file patent for a machine learning system that would "train" itself on your playtime to work out when you'll be least annoyed by in-game ads
Microsoft file patent for in-game ad system that could use machine learning and player credits to avoid, or gamify the avoiding of a "negative use experience".
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Der Volksverpetzer @volksverpetzer.de · 21/09/2026
Union: Wir können keine Grüne Politik machen, davon profitieren am Ende nur die Grünen! - Und wie wollt ihr die rechtsextreme AfD klein halten? Union: Na, indem wir ihre Politik umsetzen! Wir werden sie halbieren!
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Der Volksverpetzer @volksverpetzer.de · 21/09/2026
Wenn die AfD eine Wahl gewinnt, übernimmt Merz die Forderungen der AfD. Wenn die Linke eine Wahl gewinnt, will Merz das Grundgesetz ändern, damit die Linke ihre Ziele nicht umsetzen kann.
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Anke Domscheit-Berg @anke.domscheit-berg.de · 20/09/2026
BSW u CDU sind raus aus dem Landtag in MV. interessanter Fakt: nur noch Parteien, die der 💩fD vor Ort frontal die Stirn boten, sind - ausser der 💩fD selbst - noch im Landtag MV. Alle, die sich anbiederten, sind draussen - oder kommen gar nicht erst rein. #ltwmv
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Christian Stöcker @christianstoecker.de · 20/09/2026
Gern noch mal in einfachen Worten für Union und FDP: Wenn man fünf Jahre lang so tut, als habe die AfD im Grunde Recht (“Migration=größtes Problem”, “Grüne=sozialistische Deutschlandhasser”), dann hilft man damit der AfD und schadet sich selbst. Es ist wirklich nicht schwer.
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Mario Sixtus @sixtus.net · 20/09/2026
"Der Ton in unserer Gesellschaft ist rauher geworden", sagt "Kleine Paschas"- und "grüne und linke Spinner"-Merz.
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Ricarda Lang @ricardalang.eurosky.social · 20/09/2026
#Merz stellt sich nach diesem Wahlergebnis vor die Kamera, um mit viel Pathos zu sagen, dass er exakt nichts ändern wird. Wem soll das Orientierung oder Sicherheit geben?
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Christian Stöcker @christianstoecker.de · 24/02/2026
Union und SPD haben sich heute von dem Ziel verabschiedet, im Gebäudesektor die deutschen Klimaziele zu erreichen. Das wird teuer. Es nützt weder der deutschen Wirtschaft noch dem deutschen Häuslebauer. Es nützt nur der Öl- und Gaslobby. KKR,Trump,Katar feiern. Erschütternd. #GEG
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Der Volksverpetzer @volksverpetzer.de · 16/09/2026
Die Tagesschau fragt: "Warum schreckt "rechtsextremistisch" nicht mehr ab?" Vielleicht weil ihr diese Rechtsextremisten ständig zu netten Plauder-Interviews einlädt und sie dadurch normalisiert?!
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Dianna 🇩🇴 @grlpants.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Add it to the list of places folks should never work at. Theyre admitting they'll take advantage of you, abuse you but hey! Youll get paid cause you're young, dumb, and don't know any better.
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Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Big day for Blizzard as it announces Diablo V, the StarCraft shooter, and more. I spoke to Blizzard president Johanna Faries about why they revealed new games for 2029 and 2030 (!), whether StarCraft will ever return as an RTS, and the looming Xbox layoffs: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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Blizzard Announces ‘Diablo V,’ New ‘StarCraft’ Shooter
The new games capped off a bounce-back year for the developer
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Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This week, PlayStation announced that it had pulled out of publishing Hideo Kojima's next game, Physint. But the company didn't give a reason. So I made some calls. Here's why PlayStation bailed and why Xbox snapped Kojima right up: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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PlayStation Ditched Hideo Kojima’s ‘Physint’ on Budget Concerns, Missed Deadlines
The legendary Japanese creator of ‘Death Stranding’ will take his new game to Xbox
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Cecilia D'Anastasio @cecianasta.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Scoop: Saudi Arabia's wealth fund is considering merging its video game subsidiary Savvy with Electronic Arts, per sources. That could combine titles like Madden NFL with Pokemon Go 🙃 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Saudis Weigh Merging EA With Savvy to Create Global Gaming Giant
Saudi Arabia’s wealth fund is considering combining Electronic Arts Inc. with Savvy Games, people familiar with the matter said, in a deal that would bring blockbuster titles like Madden NFL and Pokem...
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Der Volksverpetzer @volksverpetzer.de · 07/09/2026
"Nach so einem Wahlsieg der AfD ein Verbotsverfahren zu fordern ist ganz schön undemokratisch" Wir fordern die AfD-Verbot-Prüfung seit DREI JAHREN. Dass du erst jetzt erkennst, wie notwendig das die ganze Zeit gewesen ist, ist kein Argument, es jetzt nicht mehr zu tun.
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Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
SCOOP: A few weeks before the launch of Star Wars Zero Company, most of the developers at its studio were furloughed The studio says they hope to secure funds to restore their pay. Some are skeptical it'll happen I learned about this via a bitter lawsuit: www.gamefile.news/p/star-wars-...
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‘Most’ of Star Wars Zero Company studio Bit Reactor was furloughed ahead of launch
The details emerged amid a legal dispute between company founders. The lawsuit also provides an unexpected look into a studio behind one of the best-reviewed Star Wars games in years
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404 Media @404media.co · 30/08/2026
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...
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We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
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The Amityville Jordan (1979) @jackal27.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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Michael Albert @michlalbrt.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
"Brennende Flüchtlingsheime sind kein Akt der Aggression." (Sandro Hersel) "Homosexuelle ins Gefängnis. Das sollten wir in Deutschland auch machen." (Andreas Gehlmann) "Abschiebung der Antifa nach Buchenwald." (Mirko Welsch) Wer #AfD wählt, wählt Faschisten. Schluss mit der Verharmlosung.
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Peter Jelinek @peterjelinek.eurosky.social · 26/08/2026
Trumps America First und seine Zollpolitik erwidert Kanada konsequent mit "Dollar für Dollar und Punkt für Punkt". Ja, das wird nicht leicht fürs Land, aber es ist richtig und die Europäische Union sollte dem folgen statt alle Klima-, Umwelt- und Tec-Standards für luftige Deals aufzugeben.
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Der Volksverpetzer @volksverpetzer.de · 26/08/2026
Die AfD will private Bürgerwehren, die willkürlich Leute auf der Straße verprügeln könnten, weniger Strafverfolgung und weniger Schutz vor Missbrauch und Kriminalitätsrisiken vergrößern.
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Carli Boo-locci 👻 @carlivelocci.com · 25/08/2026
It's so funny that people out there complain they can't make things without generative AI. Meanwhile, fanartists on Tumblr can put out quality content in like 10 minutes
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
“fed to them” ffs
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Martin Hundhausen @mhundhausen.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Natürlich ist es nicht verboten Physik zu hassen. Aber Eier, die man fallen läßt, gehen trotzdem kaputt und und die Klimakrise geht durch die Ablehnung physikalischer Gesetze nicht weg.
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