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Michael A. Zekas

@michaelazekas.com
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Voice Actor | Casting | Drain in #FarFetchedShow | Gerald in #LoveMakeover | #SMITE | Double Dragon Gaiden | #Crunchyroll | #Gyee | Nobunaga's Ambition | All your mobile game husbandos Demos: michaelazekas.com PFP: bonezgraveyard Contact: michael@mazva.net

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ADHD Memes @adhdforreal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Michael A. Zekas @michaelazekas.com · 29/09/2026
I hope the Cornell rape victim gets justice & closure. Her abusers are roaches. Just as bad though are the staff that tried to make it all go away & protect the worst kind of predators. Anyone evil enough to cover up any sexual violence/harassment for PR deserves to suffer right alongside the perps.
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Michael A. Zekas @michaelazekas.com · 28/09/2026
This is a reminder that you're justified demanding honesty from creators & companies pushing AI slop on children and calling out their manipulative attempts at damage control. If someone lies about the actual art in their work, there's always something else they're lying about.
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Michael A. Zekas @michaelazekas.com · 28/09/2026
The past is crystallized into memories, but there's solace when you reconnect with someone and can at least rest in confirming how severely messed up the years of lies, manipulation, and abuse that ruled your life were while finding a shared passion for the future.
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Michael A. Zekas @michaelazekas.com · 28/09/2026
*stares in a relaxing cup of cafe con leche in Plaza Mayor*
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Michael A. Zekas @michaelazekas.com · 28/09/2026
Protip: Even if you run an all virtual business, get a private mailbox: UPS Store, mom & pop shop, etc. Business records are easily searchable, and there's many reasons why you don't want to risk doxxing yourself by putting your home address in the public record.
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Michael A. Zekas @michaelazekas.com · 27/09/2026
Say it louder for those in the back. This is especially important in entertainment where predators can abuse parasocial behavior and harass others behind closed doors and often end up getting away with it if someone protecting them choses to "make it all go away" for business.
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Michael A. Zekas @michaelazekas.com · 27/09/2026
Crank it up to 11 for everyone who survived an abusive ex. youtu.be/LPklqk6eJ9k #NationalSinglesDay
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PARANOiD DJ & Cycoriot - 'Signals' feat. Archnephilia (Helluva Boss)
YouTube video by PARANOiD DJ
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Michael A. Zekas @michaelazekas.com · 27/09/2026
Yeah, you'll be fine. I've got an Asus X570 with flashback, and I'm fairly certain Asus does that with all their boards of our generation.
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Michael A. Zekas @michaelazekas.com · 27/09/2026
Check your model but as long as you're not rocking something a decade old or older, most have a backup BIOS or a flashback function for that freak chance where something goes wrong to prevent your mobo from becoming a doorstop.
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Michael A. Zekas @michaelazekas.com · 26/09/2026
Children above all deserve quality media because what they experience shapes the dreams & passion they'll chase for the rest of their lives. Creators & companies that shamelessly push AI slop on kids show they'll lie about anything. They deserve no sympathy when they're caught.
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Michael A. Zekas @michaelazekas.com · 25/09/2026
Knights of Guinevere is still based AF for jabbing at slop-pushers in entertainment.
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Lanali visual arts @lanalivisualarts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#FarFetchedShow @farfetched.bsky.social And another parody album. This one is too a remake but of the one I did last year as I didn't make one back in 2021. It's better than the original when you compare it. There's still more to come from these album parody's based off parody posters.
This is actually a direct parody off of the Chuck E Cheese album award poster you'd see in the showroom in the 90's
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NiBello @nibello.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Here is some old art I found with Fauna’s other two step-brothers, Jonah and Jaxon. - ( #FarFetchedShow #FarFetchedOC )
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NiBello @nibello.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Sibling post-jam session!🐺🎶 Comm made by @quesofresco.bsky.social ( #FarFetchedOC #FarFetchedShow )
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Michael A. Zekas @michaelazekas.com · 25/09/2026
We live in a time where apparenty the only pressing issue in the US is Fully Automated Luxury Gay Space Furries.
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Michael A. Zekas @michaelazekas.com · 24/09/2026
Using an AI voice is a deliberate choice to not pay an actor like how a genAI image is a business's choice to not pay an artist or graphic designer. It's a mark that a business has no problem cutting corners and hoping their customers don't notice as they pocket the difference. (3/3)
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Michael A. Zekas @michaelazekas.com · 24/09/2026
There's usually no residuals, and that audio is there for any cheap client who wants an excuse to not pay an actor a market rate. It's been a major hit to a lot of unsexy but lucrative work that allows many independent actors to survive with their business. (2/3)
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Michael A. Zekas @michaelazekas.com · 24/09/2026
Thread: I saw some discourse from people who treated genAI voices as "just TTS." It can be a tool for things where unique VO is impossible (i.e. Siri), but an AI voice voice is recorded once. It's usually at a low rate with crap in-perpetuity usage terms in the contract. (1/3)
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Michael A. Zekas @michaelazekas.com · 24/09/2026
Yeah, that's a negative mark. Can't win 'em all, even with the most customer-friendly of the bunch.
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Michael A. Zekas @michaelazekas.com · 24/09/2026
Which to my understanding generally came out to things like Intellisense for completing lines of code and QA automation, things that are long-established dev tools way before genAI, the cult of Claude Code, and similar slop shat out through a prompt.
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Michael A. Zekas @michaelazekas.com · 24/09/2026
As far as I know, it's still active. Companies can choose to lie and not post them, but then the door's wide open to give customers a refund when they're caught.
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Michael A. Zekas @michaelazekas.com · 24/09/2026
I appreciate things like Steam mandating AI slop disclosures because I've learned that some people are about as trustworthy owning up to pushing slop as predators are with consent. Funny how those two things seem to fit together.
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Michael A. Zekas @michaelazekas.com · 21/09/2026
The power of creation is that even if the people/thing that once inspired you betray you or break your heart, you've still got the spark that lit your flame. Turn that fanwork in AUs. Let it blossom into something original. You can grow it and spark the passion for someone else.
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LittleKuriboh @littlekuriboh.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"It's safe now" is chilling and damning Chilling because I know the feeling when it's finally safe to speak an ugly truth without fear of the abuser's influence rising up to overshadow it. Damning because this is common enough in VO that some abusers don't even need to actively threaten it.
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Michael A. Zekas @michaelazekas.com · 23/09/2026
And, I cite Kiba because he was a spiteful prick. I knew him. It's safe now but he'd threaten anyone he hated with blacklisting. His grooming case was damning, but it could've played out different if he or someone protecting him abused legal threats to silence facts. The fear is real.
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Michael A. Zekas @michaelazekas.com · 23/09/2026
I summoned the stans on Twitter, but an important lesson in SH, grooming, and even toxic work cases: "Perfect" proof is impossible unless you can record everything. Most abusers work in subtle ways to protect their public image. You have to catch their mistakes to put together facts.
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Michael A. Zekas @michaelazekas.com · 23/09/2026
He was a spiteful Regina George. Petty as hell. What's "funny" is remembering someone who call him their bestie and later turned out to play nice with other abusers when it was convenient. You can tell someone's true colors by how they act when they think people can't see.
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Michael A. Zekas @michaelazekas.com · 23/09/2026
Oh, I know sadly. There's a lot of predators big and small who've avoided repercussions for their actions in entertainment.
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Michael A. Zekas @michaelazekas.com · 22/09/2026
The one time I'd ask for grace is if it's not the abuser they're worried about, it's someone protecting them. Vic got outed, and it was years in court to shut him down. It might've been a much grosser story if a client used legal intimidation to protect someone like a Vic.
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LittleKuriboh @littlekuriboh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It makes me sad to know that if some of the awful people who’ve been called out and ostracized were working in casting they woulda never been called out and ostracized because most folks won’t dare speak up against someone who can offer them work. I’m proud of those who did speak out, regardless.
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Michael A. Zekas @michaelazekas.com · 22/09/2026
Can I get away with Cash Bandiloot plz
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Michael A. Zekas @michaelazekas.com · 22/09/2026
Almost as bad as the predators themselves are the people who know their actions and choose to keep quiet or protect them for convenience. No one is too important to recast to get away with grooming or abuse.
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Michael A. Zekas @michaelazekas.com · 22/09/2026
It took years for abuse cases like Vic Mignogna & Kiba Walker to go public. Many stories of abuse or shady practices in entertainment are cautious & anonymous because of threats whistleblowers face to hide facts. Speak the truth you can. The Truth is worth its weight in gold.
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Michael A. Zekas @michaelazekas.com · 21/09/2026
The power of creation is that even if the people/thing that once inspired you betray you or break your heart, you've still got the spark that lit your flame. Turn that fanwork in AUs. Let it blossom into something original. You can grow it and spark the passion for someone else.
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Michael A. Zekas @michaelazekas.com · 21/09/2026
Welcome to the trauma club! Christmas party will be at the ketamine clinic~
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Michael A. Zekas @michaelazekas.com · 19/09/2026
Actual use cases for generative AI: - Lying - Propaganda - Self-inflicted PR disasters - Almost starting a damned world war
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Lanali visual arts @lanalivisualarts.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
@farfetched.bsky.social #FarFetchedShow This is actually the third incarnation of the same piece I made back in 2021. Based off of a parody poster again and done more properly when you compare this to my original one. The rendering on this is actually pretty good. theres a few more on the way.
This is actually a direct parody off the Chuck E Cheese album award poster you'd see in the showroom in the 90's
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Dave Capdevielle @cadaverdave.com · 18/09/2026
Look, I'm all for tearing down and taking the piss out of corrupt politicians and affluent morons, but if you're using AI to generate "funny" images of them to do so, then you're still contributing to the slop problem.
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Mar Calavera @sinningisasin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Paired up the @bonezgraveyard.bsky.social BYD CD charm with the Drabubu #FarFetchedShow
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Ashley Nichols @ashleynichols.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
I’m so lucky I have the opportunity to work on my babies all day and bring them to life 💖 #farfetchedshow
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Michael A. Zekas @michaelazekas.com · 15/09/2026
#WorldSuicidePreventionDay TW: Mental Health
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Tiana Camacho @tianacamacho.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I just wanna take a little moment and be sappy. The job of an actor is to help people process being alive. Academically speaking, as someone who studied acting in that context, that's the entire job. I've been going to so many events this year meeting you all.
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Izzy/Starberry Commissions Open! @starberrysilly.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
I hadddddd to redraw this #FarFetchedShow
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☾ ⋆⁺₊⋆quesofresco⋆⁺₊⋆ ☽ (comms open!) @quesofresco.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Puppers! X3 #FarFetchedShow
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Ashley Nichols @ashleynichols.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Catboy Drain 🐈 #farfetchedshow
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embrlynnie @embrlynnie.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
chibi soulfiera art ^_^ #FarFetchedShow
my back hurts from drawing this bro
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Michael A. Zekas @michaelazekas.com · 09/09/2026
I feel you. Nothing like moving to the place where I wanted to be and seeing the snapback of "local preferred" in breakdowns. I wish I knew the clear answer to success, but at least my heart goes out to you with how things are right now.
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Michael A. Zekas @michaelazekas.com · 09/09/2026
And the sad part is the technology is completely mature for remote. I wasted so many hours and hundreds of dollars to go up to New York in the early years of my career for quick auditions and short sessions, and that was "the best" transit in America.
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