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Jack Farrell @johnofhearts.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I don't know who they are or how they operate but the Indie Movie Rights for Free channel has an untapped mine of incredible material.

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Jack Farrell @johnofhearts.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

This makes a lot of sense given the bloated timelines and budgets of modern corporate games. Relative to one of those releases, a sub $100 million film is a fast and easy investment. A small but manageable budget that means the project might just be good. (Silent Hill not withstanding.)

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Jack Farrell @johnofhearts.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I would have pegged (sorry) Hellraiser as a setting uniquely unsuited to videogames, but this one has the look of something special.

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Butlerian Jihadist of House Dornick @shimminykricket.blacksky.app · 08/10/2026

Harvard just dropped a study AI productivity in software engineering and it found the average increase in productivity from using Claude code is.....zero and for exactly the reasons you'd think fion.ac/jellyfish.pdf

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Gamer's Voice @gamersvoice.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

We have updated our briefing on how the EU Kids Act would impact gaming and specifically the Stop Killing Games campaign. You can download the updated version here gamersvoice.org/how-the-eu-k... #EUKidsact #Stopkilkinginternet #SKGaming

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How the EU Kids Act impacts gaming and the Stop Killing Games campaign

The EU has proposed a Kids act. This briefing explains the impact on gaming and the Stop Killing Games campaign.

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Jack Farrell @johnofhearts.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is not an argument for flooding the airwaves with infinitely more sloppily produced mid derivative AI homonculi. And honestly I do find great stuff all the time from odd corners. Sure there's a lot of bad material, but AI will amplify adequacy while making greatness harder to find in the noise.

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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I think one of the undercurrents of our fractured political reality is that basically everyone has come to realize that the people who rule the world do not possess any particularly impressive level of intelligence or capability

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Pupperpotamus @pupperpotamus.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

My hot take is that fandoms have always been a majority of nice people with a subset of absolutely rancid, judgemental arseholes that never got bigger, just louder, but because platforms learned that arguments drive engagement and therefore you see more ads, they tailored algorithms towards that

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Jack Farrell @johnofhearts.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Yes but that is what I assume is always a part of any gambling apparatus, because it is. It's good to highlight the exact form it takes, and why they're deliberately so addictive, but extracting wealth by these mechanisms is always explicitly the point.

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Jack Farrell @johnofhearts.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The Aztecs were right?

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Jack Farrell @johnofhearts.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This may or may not be good reporting but "did you know you lose a lot of money when gambling" is not much of a surprise here.

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Jack Farrell @johnofhearts.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Generally true. The good thing about trying random indie films on YouTube is you can usually tell the worthless ones within a few minutes, but FAR more often than expected you uncover gems.

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Jack Farrell @johnofhearts.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

From Arsenic and Old Lace: "Oh, there’s something about calling for a girl at a parsonage that discourages any man who doesn’t embroider."

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Jack Farrell @johnofhearts.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The most prolific philosophy currently on Bluesky. No I haven't checked and I'm not going to because I don't have to.

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California YIMBY @cayimby.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

America's rail systems can support 13.5 million more homes near stations in high-demand areas where prices exceed construction costs. Legalizing apartments would ease the housing shortage and fully reverse the post-COVID decline in transit ridership. www.abundanceandgrowth.org/p/transit-or...

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Jack Farrell @johnofhearts.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Maybe at one point, but now the major theaters refuse to tell you when the movie actually starts so it's hard to justify bothering anymore.

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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 24/09/2026

Some people get into political activism not because they want to change their material circumstances for the better, but because they enjoy righteously condemning everyone who is not as morally pure and radical as they are. You cannot work with these people because they will never be satisfied.

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Jack Farrell @johnofhearts.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

So they're just gonna let the clankers harvest us for parts huh?

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Jack Farrell @johnofhearts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I definitely have encountered people who want the law to follow mathematic axioms that they just can't, because people and language don't work that way. In either case, the process of reaching the answer is too important and human for AI to do anything but make it worse.

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Jack Farrell @johnofhearts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It doesn't have the logical precision, but it does have tons of similar reasoning and applicable skills. Mostly I'm just tired of the old "lawyers are bad at math" meme. I do math constantly, both hard arithmetic/statistics and general logical inquisition.

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Jack Farrell @johnofhearts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This is happening in law as well, which is much closer to math than people will easily admit. The way you get to an argument or conclusion WILL be pushed in court. That's the entire point of the argument. If you don't understand important pieces of it, you haven't done the work.

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Justin Decloux @declouxj.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It continuously boggles my mind that Brad Bird made Disney billions of dollars, and still, no one would let him make this in 2D.

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Jack Farrell @johnofhearts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Where it would undoubtedly look better and maybe cost less.

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Jack Farrell @johnofhearts.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Interesting that a series basically founded on distrust of authority and modern values keeps stopping at "no but not for the gays"

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Jack Farrell @johnofhearts.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I am endlessly surprised and emboldened by what I see from the indie scene. Surviving heart surgery and a stroke, Austin McConnell solo-produced an animated feature that I genuinely fell in love with. Atlas: Man of Might spearheads a public domain hero universe gamingtrend.com/movie/atlas-...

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Atlas: Man of Might spearheads a public domain hero universe

Unlocking the potential of a bygone era

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Jack Farrell @johnofhearts.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Another sad case of liberal white people only being accepting of others in theory. Mexico and Palestine are real easy to support from NYC/Philly, but don't dare ask them to give up parking for bike lanes or affordable housing.

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RichaadEB @richaadeb.com · 21/01/2026

it's simple! elementary, even! you see, I simply don't use AI because I'm not an abject fucking loser

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Jack Farrell @johnofhearts.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I see a lot of trans activists with an absolute approach to trans rights that's totally understandable, sympathetic, even reasonable, but also consistently hostile to building a political coalition. It actively pushes allies away because they don't agree in the specific way they are told to agree.

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Jack Farrell @johnofhearts.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The animated series is tremendously underrated, and only gets more underrated over time as the quality of releases has deteriorated so much.

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Jack Farrell @johnofhearts.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The nice element of this is that if one accuses you of having this title because the topics are so niche, it just means you do a good job finding topics with insufficient discussion.

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Jack Farrell @johnofhearts.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Winning and seeking to accomplish things are tools of the oppressor. (I guess)

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Jack Farrell @johnofhearts.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

My article is coming soon: this movie was made by an artist who suffered a stroke during production. At the same time, he taught himself to animate and use his hands again, in a movie ABOUT gaining strength. The result is a surprisingly thoughtful piece on masculinity www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjNh...

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Atlas: The Animated Movie - Official Release

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Jack Farrell @johnofhearts.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

"I've run the numbers, I'm just too sexy for my shirt. The world can't handle it. Also I think I can kill all mankind and you should pay me to do so."

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Kerry + Nick @dosgoatsfilms.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

It’s the weekend! Why not indulge in some micro budget sword and sorcery? We are on Tubi! For free!

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Jack Farrell @johnofhearts.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

In a better world Falling Stars would be an instant worldwide hit. I'm glad at least to see word of mouth carry it far. It's the only reason I found it in the first place.

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Jack Farrell @johnofhearts.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The original game was stylized and readable. No one said it looked bad. It's still a timeless classic. The remake has so much detail that it doesn't look like anything. Just a miasma of particle effects and flourishes that distract from important information.

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Jack Farrell @johnofhearts.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

What is the best way to follow this project?

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Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Nothing respects the history of a neighborhood that was a nationwide haven for queer people like making sure it can never be affordable enough for that to happen again

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Chinese propaganda, tech-haters, and leftists are why there's a PR image problem for an industry that 1) says they might kill us all 2) promises to ruin every job in every industry 3) has, for four years, grossly misrepresented the capabilities and limitations of the actual products on the market.

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ABOOnchio👻 BOOlchetti👻 @vor-bokor.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

It's been such a long and wild journey, and we're finally ready to present you the first chapter of ENTROPY - store.steampowered.com/app/3940340/Entropy/ - our Dying Earth tactical role-playing game, developed by @lovelyhellplace.bsky.social , and published by @dreadxp.bsky.social!

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Jack Farrell @johnofhearts.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I don't want to be too hyperbolic about an unfinished game, but the attention to small tactical decisions doesn't overwhelm you, and it all ties neatly into the lore and exploration. Really looking forward to the final release.

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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 09/09/2026

NEW: In one of the most horrifying stories I've ever reported, I found that Facebook is hosting huge quantities of AI-generated videos of violent child abuse -- kids being beaten, burned, and far more But the genuinely shocking thing was how little Meta seems to care futurism.com/artificial-i...

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> Facebook Is Hosting Huge Numbers of Horrifying AI-Generated Videos of Violent Child Abuse, and Meta Is Barely Even Pretending to Care About Taking Them Down

> Facebook is filled with AI-generated videos of children being beaten, burned, and bludgeoned with heavy objects. Meta doesn't seem to care.

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Hell Frasier: Bloodline @babadooknukem.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

"Modern gamers simply won't play a game without photorealistic graphics" the current most popular genre is called Friendslop, it has seven pixels and costs $4.99

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Jack Farrell @johnofhearts.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

It's artistically unforgivable that someone can be given such a blank check on such a wild premise and deliver films so aggressively bland and uninspired. It's almost an achievement to create something so uninteresting with those resources. If I tried I couldn't suck that hard.

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