Reposted by MinaMicah @rincewind.run · 4hremember after citizens united when everyone pretended super pacs wouldn't coordinate with politicians and would be truly independent entities? that was a fun five minutes 1049489
Reposted by MinaDave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 4hI'm just gonna bookmark this for future reference when Dem pundits complain about how the party has trouble communicating its message to voters. The reason you keep running into trouble with your branding isn't campus radicals. The reason is that your opponents purchased all the media outlets. 663105896
Reposted by MinaTyler King @tyleraking.com · 3hWe are not nearly mad enough at the state AGs who took the settlement to end the Paramount/WB merger. 313640
Reposted by MinaAndrew Deck @andrewdeck.bsky.social · 21hChatGPT is adding the signatures of real New Yorker cartoonists to its AI-generated images. So far, I've found the signatures of more than 15 contributors. "It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat... 7836601441
Reposted by MinaGiovanni Colantonio @marioprime.bsky.social · 17hOne truly awful strain of Content that I see all the time now is fake sports reels where it’s just an unassuming video of a guy reacting to football games or whatever, but if you watch long enough, you notice that they mention Kalshi every single time, and are clearly stealth ads for it. 0191
Mina @rivermets.bsky.social · 17h25) Control Resonant: It's not as weird and boundary pushing as the first one, (though it does have it's moments) and some things I wish were done better, but for everything they did it is really good and strong. Great job! 000
Reposted by MinaSteve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 23h[car dealership waiting room] Me: [chanting] knobs, knobs- Other car buyers: knobs, KNOBS Car salesman: [pounding desk] KNOBS, KNOBS, KNOBS!forbes.comKnobs Returning To Some Automakers’ Vehicles, To The Relief Of ManyAuto companies are listening to the complaints of consumers, who want their knobs and buttons back. 19076691369
Reposted by MinaJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 20hTo the person noting there is not enough money in the world to license every piece of intellectual property stolen for "AI" training: you're sooooo close to the point, friend, keep going, you'll get there if you try 393810626
Reposted by MinaM.H. Williams @mhwilliams.bsky.social · 20hA saddening look at what's happened to Shout!, from the esteemed @cranz.bsky.social. www.avclub.com/shout-factor...avclub.comShout! Factory put old "lost" TV directly into fans' hands—until one day it didn'tShout! Factory put old "lost" TV directly into fans' hands—until one day it didn't 02913
Reposted by MinaMichael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 22hWe will need both carrot (incentives for clean energy) and stick (disincentives for fossil fuels) to follow the needed decarbonization pathway. Anyone who tells you otherwise is selling something — probably (directly or indirectly) fossil fuels. 1125369
Reposted by MinaKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 05/10/2026(angry goose meme) "Efficient HOW?" 78839133
Reposted by MinaVERTICAL📼BLANKING📺INTERVAL @vertiblank.bsky.social · 05/10/2026A Hark! A Vagrant classic 91354411
Reposted by MinaMeg Elison @megelison.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Please remember that for every VE Schwab and Stephen King, there are a lot of banned Black, queer, and POC writers you've never heard of, to whom it is maybe not a badge of honor but a denial of their voice. Being banned is not a marketing opportunity, unless one is already rich. 21443600
Reposted by Minahoots @hoots.bsky.social · 22hI've seen so many posts gleefully anticipating Jacob Geller's "why I left the left" arc. Why the fuck is any of this funny to you???? 220220
Reposted by MinaDr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Here's yet another way that men sabotage women's careers: enable networking events that are threatening, abusive, potentially catastrophically violent for women, and so women leave early. How convenient for men. Remember this when you compare career trajectories. 214545
Reposted by MinaPrism @prismreports.org · 05/10/2026“Over hundreds of years, eugenics transformed into policy, practice & law, as illustrated by today’s immigration quotas, surveillance systems, detention centers & instances of modern-day slavery.” The experiences of pregnant women in ICE detention show that eugenics remains, Edith Romero reports.prismreports.orgPregnant women in ICE detention face policies shaped by eugenicsThe experiences of detained women show that the American eugenics movement remains an integral part of the system 04733
Reposted by MinaCasey Stegman @caseystegman.com · 05/10/2026Vindication for Rosalind Franklin. James Watson was a racist and sexist blowhard. 054
Reposted by MinaDave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It does seem as if someone is on a mission to take every useful diagram on the internet, and produce five different AI versions of it that are all wrong, three of which are physically impossible. 0127
Reposted by MinaSamus But a Final Girl @samusbutagirl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026file sharing was before my time, but every time i hear millennials reminisce about that era, they're always saying "yeah, it's how i got introduced to one of my favorite bands i never would've discovered otherwise, and bought their album as soon as i could afford it" streaming disincentivizes this 19326
Reposted by MinaJared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The amount of constant AI resistance liberals are consuming and either consciously or unconsciously sharing is truly alarming. Graphics, memes, "writing," "songs" I don't pay that much attention but every time I check in it is just a ceaseless flood of brainrot and I think it's...a pretty big issue 1829346
Reposted by Mina🩷Mari Calamari🩷 @maricalamari.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I swear one of my favourite things in Kingdom Hearts, that I kinda wish more long running series did, is having secret bosses that are meant to foreshadow future games & characters 022
Mina @rivermets.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Darkwing Duck: DD is has a motorcycle accident, is killed, and went to Hell. I turned it off there. I turned it back on with 1 minute left and watched Satan come out of the oven to ask for something implying the "All a dream" was fake. ... I didn't watch it again until I got the DVD years later 000
Reposted by MinaTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 04/10/2026Your favorite Anthropic so-called "whistleblower" said that the rationalists have "specialized minds" that allow them to see that the end is about to be brought on to us by a magical machine god. Parroting the cult leader (of the rationalists, the R in TESCREAL) who says the same about himself. 361544312
Reposted by MinaDiscontinued FoOoOods! 👻🎃 @discontinuedfoods.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This thing was doing Michael Jordan numbers 755169
Mina @rivermets.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I wouldn't be surprised if the "Score" played a part. First Silent I saw was Phantom of the Opera (25) fantastic movie, but just 2 classical pieces played over and over and at one point they switch mid scene. Saw one with a live Organ and had a GREAT time. Backing choices matter. 010
Reposted by Minadoctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I think it's weird a critic I muted for being a generally bad, "doesn't actually say much meaningful" writer with good presentation skills is getting defended for doing something heinous as if his work was even good enough to justify "let's just smooth this over so my consumption is comfortable" 10728
Mina @rivermets.bsky.social · 03/10/2026So, I do collect dolls, mostly playline and it's... a bit frustrating. Monster High and some MGA playline dolls are FANTASTIC, but most of the budget goes to collector lines. Which doesn't always match the playline of the 90's. It's a problem. Dolls are toys and meant for all ages and budgets. 000
Reposted by MinaThor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Ah so this is what's going to make me very angry today 1118441
Reposted by MinaTimnit 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... 301037349
Reposted by Minatranslator of the highest-rated game of all time @yukinogatari.moe · 02/10/2026despite it looking like normal CR work something went horribly wrong somewhere in the pipeline bc the subtitles cut out anytime there's a sign lol 4289
Mina @rivermets.bsky.social · 03/10/2026GET TO HIM so he can get some catharsis involving how humanity is cruel and how an entire species is now extinct due to incredibly unintended effects of his actions. It's pretty good for a show aimed at 10 year old girls.static.klipy.comCure Nyammy Yuki NekoyashikiAlt: Cure Nyammy Yuki Nekoyashiki - a girl with white hair and a white and blue dress, dodging pink lasers before landing on some kind of large black crow. 021
Mina @rivermets.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Pretty Cure gets overlooked for fights sometimes but Soaring Sky did well but the last bit of Wonderful is FANTASTIC, especially since a constraint of the series is the Cure's just use nets, shields, and animal transformations so they are less trying to beat the big bad, but instead trying to 120
Mina @rivermets.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Overlooked Winter Soldier fight sequence is when TWS first appears. Everyone talks about the elevator. What about the physicality and knives and active shield use there with the droning sound track them just BARELY winning, if you can call it that. 170
Reposted by MinaHolger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The sheer number of insiders pointing out that security culture at AI companies is broken combined with the number of incidents would, usually, translate into enormos punitive damages awards. Yet, so far, nothing www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comOpenAI safety leader quits, warning AI company’s culture is ‘broken’David Robinson joins other insiders in urging industry to take more care over rapidly developing technology 12721
Reposted by MinaRory aka Mrs. Asina 🧪 ❄️🐦⬛ @guttersnipe.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Happy October 3rd no matter which version you celebrate 39062
Reposted by MinaChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 03/10/2026Reason n+1 not to post things about children 025082
Reposted by MinaCosta Samaras @costasamaras.com · 03/10/2026Congress should also make clear that Anti-Deficiency Act violations (moving /spending taxpayer money for something not authorized by Congress) will be vigorously investigated. 1346
Reposted by MinaCosta Samaras @costasamaras.com · 03/10/2026This is why folks should not waste time designing the perfect and optimized system of higher education and R&D investment. That’s unnecessary when an underinvested system is under attack. We should start by setting core guiding objectives and tripling the investment, and adjust as needed. 210134
Reposted by MinaLeaf~ @leaftilde.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Gonna be honest, gang. The moment you convince people you can make a machine who is conscious and capable of suffering, that is the moment you should be introduced to John Brown's blade for thinking you can sell that person. 14706189
Reposted by Minajess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Man when this shit bottoms out in a year and all these shit services get cancelled I just wonder what's going to happen to all these people who got too reliant on them 2144666
Reposted by Minajess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026See, this is the thing They don't give a fuck about the art of animation, they don't care about the process or anything. They see a thing that people enjoy, and insert themselves in and take it over, to colonize it. They want to be loved like people love artists. That's all 018634
Reposted by Minadoctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 02/10/2026seriously, the number of publishers who've said "i'm sorry, you want to pay people a living wage? no, that's far too much. we'll take half all profit to post about you" is like, that's not a publisher, that's a parasite. you can hire a PR firm for a fraction of that and they'll do better 27612
Reposted by MinaP.A. Bastien @pabastien.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It is. The data economy of silicon valley went to major corporations and produced a series of reports saying that advertisements have a HARD CAP of how many buyers brought in per dollar spent, and since then its been a game of trying to min max results based on a pivot to video style scam 1144
Reposted by MinaUncomfortable Creatures @lewdcreatures.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Shit like this has fueled my conspiracy theory that mass data theft/harvesting for the purposes of tracking people to create more effective advertising is one of the biggest, longest running grifts in the history of the internet. Where is it? Its been decades since they started doing it! 1227
Reposted by Minadoctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 02/10/2026i literally only found out that reacher season 4, one of my most anticipated shows, was out about half way through its run. I saw the Neagley trailer first! 1161
Reposted by Mina𝚂𝙿𝙾𝚁𝙺𝙱𝙾𝙾𝚃 @sporkboot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026you can just make new characters. like move on. all new guys. no skywalkers, or palpatine, you know. like expand out a bit. 6768