Reposted by @wtfc4ra.bsky.socialJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854 112113554862
Reposted by @wtfc4ra.bsky.socialToaster @toaster.codes · 22hI’m convinced if they put even .01% of the LLM money into writing better documentation and improving findability for open-source code & software it’d have had a much larger and more positive impact. 0111
Reposted by @wtfc4ra.bsky.socialFederico Iglesias (FreeGlass) @freeglass.bsky.social · 19hthis is my vent art 304131816
Reposted by @wtfc4ra.bsky.socialRobin-Yann Storm @rystorm.com · 06/10/2026This is apparently the main way to get software in Cuba, due to embargos, they move around hard drives to everyone called a "Paquete", and someone made a game about being the Paquete shop: steffenkoehn.com/work/paketown/ I recently saw a talk by the developer at the @untitledgamesevent.bsky.socialsteffenkoehn.comPakeTown - Steffen KöhnIn collaboration with Nestor Sire, ConWiro, Alexander Bley. 1729
Reposted by @wtfc4ra.bsky.socialnico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 05/10/2026i dont want to download an app i don't want a qr code menu i dont want to talk to an ai assistant i dont want ai summaries for my searches i dont want to optimize my workflow i dont want to jump on a call i dont want to rate anything i don't want to create an account LEAVEME ADLONEe 1035111149
Reposted by @wtfc4ra.bsky.socialMike Cook @mtrc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Every AI/HCI paper I review now just sounds like this. 32818197
Reposted by @wtfc4ra.bsky.socialLav @lavenderbean.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This was a great article but I think this part in particular encapsulates what I feel is the real problem with this "what to do with Jacob Geller" discourse. He lied to us all because he wanted to make money as an influential video essayist. Tl;dr most YouTubers are scumbags. 126259
Reposted by @wtfc4ra.bsky.socialFreya Holmér @freya.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I think I've reached a point where I'm ready to just bite the bullet on the fact that, yes, we should gatekeep art, actually we do not owe you access to the sum total of every single professional creative skill that was extracted from humanity and put into the machine, without our consent 443327
Reposted by @wtfc4ra.bsky.socialworm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026If you ever wondered why visible light is those particular wavelengths, it's because life evolved to see in the narrow range where water is transparent 10261081710
Reposted by @wtfc4ra.bsky.socialVertex @endvertex.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Yeah - Loish has been a prolific and well-respected artist online since I was a kid. Before any modern social media existed. She was one of my first digital art inspirations. She's not using AI. AI trained on HER art. 1314
Reposted by @wtfc4ra.bsky.socialThe Witch's Bakery - Sunny Lab @sunnylabgames.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Look what showed up in the mail today 🥰 911216
Reposted by @wtfc4ra.bsky.socialKatie Notopoulos @katienotopoulos.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I talked to the librarian at a tiny upstate NY library where the flyer for drop-in event where she'll help you remove the AI features of your phone has gone viral www.businessinsider.com/library-bye-... 12624163
Reposted by @wtfc4ra.bsky.socialFreya Holmér @freya.bsky.social · 28/09/2026nature is beautiful when you're safe and secure with clothes and a job, with access to grocery stores and a living space but for the vast majority of creatures, nature is a survival gauntlet, and only the pathologically curious willingly seek that danger 524115
Reposted by @wtfc4ra.bsky.socialBruno Dies @brunodias.dev · 28/09/2026It is really important to understand that anyone trying to claim this is a "technological transition" is either deeply misguided or trying to sell you something. What this is, is a deliberate act of harm being done by people with names and addresses. 442382
Reposted by @wtfc4ra.bsky.socialLiz Edwards @lizaledwards.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I saw this screenshot going around, found this detail charming, looked more into the game (I've never played a Silent Hill) & decided to buy it. Btw these are the "unimportant" background assets AI idiots think AI should be used for 504037985
Reposted by @wtfc4ra.bsky.socialAura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026anatomy of a roblox game: 1. take a popular fad genre. survival horror multiplayer, life sim. whatever. 2. Take between 1 and 10 game mechanics from any games that have sold over 100,000 copies on steam in the last 5 years. Reproduce them but worse. 3. Festoon with real money transactions Done! 411611
Reposted by @wtfc4ra.bsky.socialCorporate Pravda has appropriated your thought and response. @martinelms.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Courtesy WaPo. 0168
Reposted by @wtfc4ra.bsky.socialThe Witch's Bakery - Sunny Lab @sunnylabgames.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Three weeks until release! We can hardly wait!! Ever wanted to incarnate Lunne beyond the game? xnemsis on IG made a lovely cosplay guide😍 06612
Reposted by @wtfc4ra.bsky.socialFelipe Pepe @felipepepe.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I feel the rest of the world (Americans included) have no idea of how aggressively the US is pushing to make Latin America into a giant colony. Every day we get news about political interference, increase in military presence, absurd trade demands, online propaganda, Venezuela being pillaged, etc 222313979
Reposted by @wtfc4ra.bsky.socialSarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026 101142692788
Reposted by @wtfc4ra.bsky.socialThe Onion @theonion.com · 18/09/2026Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming theonion.com/trans-teen-hatches-nef… 66129162820
Reposted by @wtfc4ra.bsky.social🎃👻BOO Li Jaw-bone👻🦴 @juleshortstuff.bsky.social · 15/09/2026My counterpoint to "if you cared about your work, you would crunch" is if you cared about the quality of your game and your workers, you would give them appropriate time to craft it. 1447105
Reposted by @wtfc4ra.bsky.socialAysha U. Farah @ayshaufarah.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Once again I am asking why this happens to indie games and not big blockbusters where you can fuck the bear or go to strip clubs. And once again I know the answer 112584694
Reposted by @wtfc4ra.bsky.socialKat Lyons @katlyyons.bsky.social · 11/09/2026btw they do this so they don’t have to hire back the same crew on a raise 🤙 (speaking from experience) 534871099
Reposted by @wtfc4ra.bsky.socialSarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 12/09/2026 101118641940
Reposted by @wtfc4ra.bsky.socialKara Stone @solarserver.games · 12/09/2026hearing a game dev give a talk about indie success say that his wife pays for everything so that he can keep making games full-time has really inspired me to find a wife who pays for everything so i can make indie games full-time 726132
Reposted by @wtfc4ra.bsky.socialcee @cee.wtf · 04/09/2026throng.cee.wtf i've invented a new way to browse bluesky 35482191911
Reposted by @wtfc4ra.bsky.socialToonHive @toonhive.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Procreate confirms it has NO plans to add generative AI features to its apps. The company continues to stand firmly against integrating generative AI into its creative tools. 6178402097
Reposted by @wtfc4ra.bsky.socialZoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 02/09/2026Computers are not some unknowable force of nature or entity. They're products and extremely knowable. Treating them as this mystical new form of life is not just illiterate, it's a great way to normalize this attitude of not being able to hold the people who made them accountable for their actions. 16591148
Reposted by @wtfc4ra.bsky.socialNorbert @norbertmadao.bsky.social · 02/09/2026We'll see how "emotionally bonded" people are to their chatbots when they're no longer subsidized and cost a dollar a message. 2151
Reposted by @wtfc4ra.bsky.socialKevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Can't help but think of this hiker-rescue story I saw earlier today 852097586
Reposted by @wtfc4ra.bsky.socialAura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 01/09/2026ah, memories of spending a week rigging this character only to find out they'd been cut from the game 416922
Reposted by @wtfc4ra.bsky.socialgiwake @giwake.bsky.social · 01/09/2026they just let you do shit on the computer 231654371
Reposted by @wtfc4ra.bsky.social🌑 @fell.energy · 01/09/2026i want games made by people who get to keep their jobs 30114814259
Reposted by @wtfc4ra.bsky.socialFreya Holmér @freya.bsky.social · 01/09/2026there's a pretty simple connection here 1. humans become good at what they practice doing 2. outsourcing to an AI or even other people, means you have stopped doing the thing 3. if you stop doing the thing, you will stop improving, and, long term, get worse at it (cont.) 161306326
Reposted by @wtfc4ra.bsky.socialLucy Knisley @lucyknisley.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I made a little template for use by cool small businesses! Enjoy! 1243581256
Reposted by @wtfc4ra.bsky.socialTrans News Network @transnews.network · 21/08/2026"If trans people want a boycott of The New York Times, where's the call to do so?" Here is a declaration laying out how the NYT is a key driver of trans genocide, why boycotts work and why anyone who gives a damn about trans lives and rights must boycott The New York Times.transnews.networkBoycott The New York TimesFor years The New York Times has relentlessly pushed anti-trans propaganda, playing a significant role in the escalating genocide against us. It's far past time for a call to action: anyone who cares ... 3843152557
Reposted by @wtfc4ra.bsky.socialIan Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 16/08/2026A lot of people don't know this, but when you brush a cat, you are legally required to show them the wad of cat hair that came off of them and tell them "this is enough for another whole cat" 274124062097
Reposted by @wtfc4ra.bsky.socialFreya Holmér @freya.bsky.social · 17/08/2026idk about you but having professionals perform their craft inside value extraction pods, solely for the sake of growing the productivity slop hivemind so that it can erase humanity from future art projects, doesn't exactly strike me as the utopian "ethical AI" they're trying to convince me it is 1453694
Reposted by @wtfc4ra.bsky.socialBruno Dies @brunodias.dev · 14/08/2026go on say some shit again about how concern about data centers is overblown 8664283
Reposted by @wtfc4ra.bsky.socialjulie muncy, calamity's augur @julie.radiantarray.io · 14/08/2026if you are rich, and want to fund some weird transsexual bullshit, like, listen, you can buy me, I'm so buyable. this is not a shitpost. 110614
Reposted by @wtfc4ra.bsky.socialThe Witch's Bakery - Sunny Lab @sunnylabgames.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Did you know? We’re making a digital cookbook with the recipes from the game and here’s the cover~~ Will you be getting it?🤤 58920
Reposted by @wtfc4ra.bsky.socialNicole DeWitt @catastro-v.bsky.social · 11/08/2026if news outlets were really interested in fact-based reporting theyd refuse to use the term “biological sex” and every time it appears in a quote theyd note actual biologists consider the term meaningless and anti-trans attempts to write it into law as fundamentally anti-science 429973
Reposted by @wtfc4ra.bsky.socialAura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 07/08/2026in case you were thinking of giving breathedge any of your time, just be aware it's one of the few games I've ever refunded for WILD misogyny 48536277