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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

While digging around their website, I found their ethics policy—including a section on AI-generated content. I suspect that’s a part of what happened here. And I’m upset about that too! I did NOT speak to a journalist with the assumption that my interview would be funneled into producing AI slop.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Once I found out about it, I contacted the reporter and asked him to retract the piece--or at minimum add an editor's note acknowledging the NYT reporting about how Jane Doe did NOT tell police that she consented to her rape. Thus far, the publication has refused to do so.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I'm the token expert voice saying that inconsistencies in victim's narratives are common in an otherwise brutally bad piece of journalism full of tropes about how not to report on sexual assault.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

And that led to my words appearing in a victim-blaming article written by a journalist I have never met about how Jane Doe's story was "inconsistent."

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of. What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist.

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Artists have to get ahead of shifting online spaces CONSTANTLY Youtube changes its algorithm to favor longer content? Animators suffer. Social media pushes video content? Artists have to make videos now. Tumblr goes on a censorship purge? Artists self-censor. Now Ai is forcing us to prove we're REAL

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Clippy # 18 @sackbag.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

BREAKING NEWS KOSA failed to pass in the US Senate (thanks to Paul, R.), but remember this was the FOURTH attempt from American politicians to get it passed. Expect another attempt in the next term; stay vigilant, and do not let the USA adopt ID-collecting laws such as the SCREEN Act & KOSA.

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 03/10/2026

Gotta say, it's pretty discouraging to see how quickly the calls for "forgiveness" and questions about "well does it really mean someone is bad FOREVER" start in

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sky @theskywaker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

paper mario vivian 🩷🔥

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eclipsesong @eclipsesong.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Every writer on Kamen Rider for the past 10 years: What if there was a girl as the protagonis- Toei: LOUD INCORRECT BUZZER NOISES

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Gozu @gozufucker69.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

even the rats want this guy

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Pat Stares At FOREVER @patstaresat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Oh wow thats the smoking gun right there jesus

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

A hallway on Floor 11 in Luigi's Mansion 3 references both The Shining and Twin Peaks with its carpet and floor patterns, respectively.

Hall from Floor 11F (Twisted Suites) in Luigi's Mansion 3
[screenshot of hallway with hexagonal pattern carpet and zigzag floor]
Carpet pattern from The Shining, 1980
Floor pattern from the Red Room, Twin Peaks, 1990
Source: Super Mario Wiki user "LgndKing", Reddit user "SuperBrentindo", reddit.com/comments/x0aq3s

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

In Super Mario Galaxy, Luigi can perform a "Silly Chair Dance" by being fired out of a cannon in a specific way. Unfortunately, the functionality allowing this was removed from the Nintendo Switch versions, so that the dance can only be enjoyed on the Wii.

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

The debug menu for Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour lists assets by contributor. It reveals that for this game, the team employed a "dedicated Luigi expert:" a person whose job was seemingly only to model Luigi, and nothing else.

The credits for Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour list
10 people in the "3-D Character Animation" section. The game's debug mode gives reason to believe that one of them, Masayuki Hashimoto, was specifically tasked with animating Luigi as opposed to the other animators, who did various characters or objects.
The debug mode lists animations in groups named after the staff member who made them. While other groups that have character animations are not dedicated to a specific character or object, the "Hashimoto" folder consists solely of 27 Luigi animations, suggesting this was his main job.
Note that Natsuko Takeuchi is another animator that only animated one character (DK), but she also made map objects. Oddly, while Masayuki Hashimoto is also listed under "3-D Map Graphics", no such graphics appear in his menu; it is unclear what he did. The only evidence is of his work on Luigi.
Source: MG:TT (NA, GC), screenshots taken by Supper Mario Broth

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

In Mario Kart: Double Dash, shadows in the environment do not follow any kind of lighting logic and appear to have been placed solely based on "vibe". This results in shadows being cast in nearly every possible direction at the same time.

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

In World 8-7 of New Super Mario Bros. Wii, releasing a mushroom on the third Spine Coaster but not collecting it results in an entertaining interaction whereby the Spine Coaster will balance the mushroom on its nose, like a seal trained to balance a ball.

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Experimental post: Nintendo, Hire This Castle! Daisy's castle has never appeared in a mainline Mario game. I propose that an original take would be to not merely decorate it with her emblem, but make it shaped like it. A real castle in England shows what that would look like.

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

An amusing interaction occurs in Super Mario 64 DS if Yoshi brings a Koopa Troopa to the mountain in Bob-omb Battlefield and spits him out on the steep hill. The Koopa will bounce merrily along the hill until he despawns.

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

One of the most blatant lies in a Mario-related game is "Tetris Attack inspired by original Tetris." In fact, Henk Rogers, the founder of the Tetris Company, literally regrets giving Nintendo the right to use the name "Tetris" because Tetris Attack has nothing to do with it.

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

A 1993 Kellogg's Apple Jacks promotion for Super Mario Land 2 contained a score sheet for the game, to "keep track of points". Somehow they missed the fact that the game does not have a score system, rendering the sheet profoundly absurd and, fittingly, completely pointless.

This is a 1993 official Kellogg's Apple Jacks/Super Mario Land 2 promotion.
It contains a score sheet for the game. "Keep track of the points you earn", it says.
"SUPER MARIO LAND 20: 6 GOLDEN COINS
While you're helping Mario track down the six golden coins, keep track of the points you earn in each zone of Mario Land."
Super Mario Land 2 does not have a score system.
Like Super Mario Bros. 2 before it, or Super Mario 3D Land and Super Mario Bros. Wonder after it, it simply does not have "points".
If the writer somehow meant something else the game does track, like coins or enemies defeated, this is a failure of communication as the game or its manual do not call them "points", nor do they function as a score in the way points do in other Mario games.
It is much more likely that the writer simply assumed that all Mario games have points, and did not check the specific game in question.
Source: eBay user "altaircollectibles", ebay.com/itm/178239934327

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

2002 Super Mario Sunshine promotion on Nintendo's official Australian site, featuring a floating Mario head voiced by Charles Martinet talking about how excited he is to "come down under next weekie" and to be "upside down in Australia".

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Michael Edwards @medwardsva.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It's fucking absurd to me that it's taking this long for Oney to get knocked down a peg in any way. The guy has been openly racist, transphobic, and sexist for fucking years, it's never been a secret Also, he was one of the first people to heavily defend Shad man

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Dr K @ New Deadlock update @drkfgc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Trans people: im trans Society: Ok Mo&Krill: check out what doorman bought! Lash: check out what the doorman bought! Vyper: check out what doorman bought! Doorman: I bought this :)

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Holly Green @winnersusedrugs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"What to do about Jacob Geller" I dunno, move on? A single person's work is not so integral and sacred that we need to wring our hands about what to do with it. There are a lot of people whose work you could be reading or listening to. Stop making icons out of random dudes. is that so hard

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

last night at dinner we were talking about how much tracey sucks and the server overheard and was like are you talking about michael tracey? that guy fucking sucks, and it was very satisfying

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Perfect Alexander's Fujoshi Cuck @brutejussy.etheirys.social · 02/10/2026

they gave rat king an entire list of names for each rat to use for when he uses an ability. this isnt even all of them. nobody does it like valve does

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Peyton @peytonpartyhorn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

space dance

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New Video Game Advisor @newvgadvisor.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Mario Tennis: Power Tour (GBA, 2005)

A doctor is speaking to the player character. They're saying, "You shouldn't take any drugs before a match. People might think you're doping."

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romulus - 🛸METROID RAVENOUS🍽️ @romulusofficial.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

idk how anyone can see something advertised with ai and NOT immediately think of the Willy Wonka Experience in Glasgow

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Djamila Knopf @djamilaknopf.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

In keeping with the rain theme, I painted these little guys. medium: Schmincke Horadam gouache

a traditional painting showing little rain drops with faces

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Jessica Cogswell 🌸 @jessicogs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Rape culture is so prevalent that there are dudes in the comments of Lost in Cult’s IG post about severing ties with Geller stating that his OWN ADMISSION OF GUILT does not make it true. Sexual assault is SO “extremely serious” that even a man confessing he did it is not enough to establish guilt.

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therun.gg @therun.gg · 02/10/2026

SRC changed their terms of use yesterday, and released a news post with an FAQ. They make it sound like not a big deal. It's a big deal. The Creative Commons licence is gone. They claim ownership over the data now. Thread about what this means, and what we can do about it 🧵

Comparison of the old src terms and the new src terms

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The Golden Bolt @thegoldenbolt.com · 02/10/2026

I'm not linking it, but I've learned of an AI slopcoded Ratchet & Clank 1-3 decompilation project, that: * Lists my videos in their credits??? * Scraped the entirety of the R&C modding Discord w/o consent, leading to that server being locked down. Let me plainly state: Fuck you.

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E.G. Simmons 🍰 @ganglemanva.com · 02/10/2026

>if only you knew how dethpicable thingth really are

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Arden Powell @ardenpowell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If you think an artist's style looks like AI but you can scroll back through their portfolio and see them doing the same work before 2020, congrats, you're not looking at an AI grifter. You're looking at one of the original victims whose entire style AI stole.

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Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 02/10/2026

Glad they kept the old voice acting in DW3R

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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:

Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads:

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."

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Action Shakespeare 🐙🤤 @thatgalinthehat.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Environmental storytelling at the elementary school

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