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· Oct 16
Hi there! I'm KB or Alex. I play a lot of video games (mostly FFXIV for the last three years, but also some other stuff). I read a good deal, mostly fantasy and sci-fi. My music tastes are eclectic and mostly instrumental. I'm Irish/Greek, was raised in Africa, and currently live in Dublin.
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October 3, 2026 at 10:18 AM
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THIS IS SO FUCKING REAL DUDE REJECT HARRY FRAUDER EMBRACE THE TRUE GOATS
October 5, 2026 at 3:08 AM
THIS IS SO FUCKING REAL DUDE REJECT HARRY FRAUDER EMBRACE THE TRUE GOATS
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look I know what we'll do, YOU just help me out by telling everyone about the beautiful entirely handdrawn horse riding and stable management game we're launching on November 4th okay?
store.steampowered.com/app/3727090/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3727090/...
Horses of Hoofprint Bay on Steam
Horses of Hoofprint Bay is a lovingly hand-drawn 2D point and click barn buildup game. Take care of your horses, train them to build up their strength and confidence, and compete for prize money! Bree...
store.steampowered.com
October 5, 2026 at 6:43 AM
look I know what we'll do, YOU just help me out by telling everyone about the beautiful entirely handdrawn horse riding and stable management game we're launching on November 4th okay?
store.steampowered.com/app/3727090/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3727090/...
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Hello! Would really appreciate some eyes on this to support our reporting <3 www.thegamer.com/inside-rocks...
Inside Rockstar's Union Busting Trial
We speak with one of the 34 Rockstar workers who lost their job last year, in the midst of a high-profile employment tribunal.
www.thegamer.com
October 5, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Hello! Would really appreciate some eyes on this to support our reporting <3 www.thegamer.com/inside-rocks...
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PSA Voiceover: Talk to your kids about Gundam, before someone else does
October 5, 2026 at 5:03 AM
PSA Voiceover: Talk to your kids about Gundam, before someone else does
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October 4, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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The "Second COVID" analogy continues to hold up quite well.
If you bring up to people using GenAI that it has huge human costs, including people we know and care about, they'll shrug and say "eh, it's not hurting *me*, so, skill issue" and make it out like you were nuts for bringing it up at all.
If you bring up to people using GenAI that it has huge human costs, including people we know and care about, they'll shrug and say "eh, it's not hurting *me*, so, skill issue" and make it out like you were nuts for bringing it up at all.
open a stream, streamer has an AI cake plastered on their screen, asked sbout it, said it was "pulled off the internet"
open another stream that just started, starting soon music had AI artifacts. unfollowed. didn't bother asking about it
shit like this makes me want to give everything up, man
open another stream that just started, starting soon music had AI artifacts. unfollowed. didn't bother asking about it
shit like this makes me want to give everything up, man
October 5, 2026 at 1:14 AM
The "Second COVID" analogy continues to hold up quite well.
If you bring up to people using GenAI that it has huge human costs, including people we know and care about, they'll shrug and say "eh, it's not hurting *me*, so, skill issue" and make it out like you were nuts for bringing it up at all.
If you bring up to people using GenAI that it has huge human costs, including people we know and care about, they'll shrug and say "eh, it's not hurting *me*, so, skill issue" and make it out like you were nuts for bringing it up at all.
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You should be asking why Rockstar gets to do this and doesn't run into any issues with payment processors, while the rest of anyone drawing or writing "explicit content" on any platform have so much trouble getting paid
GTA 6 has received a rating of PEGI 18, revealing mentions of "decapitation," the ability for players to snort cocaine at any time, "scenes of sexual fetishes," and much more.
GTA 6 PEGI Age Rating Reveals Mentions of 'Decapitation' and Cocaine That Can Be 'Snorted' at 'Any Time'
bit.ly
October 4, 2026 at 7:37 PM
You should be asking why Rockstar gets to do this and doesn't run into any issues with payment processors, while the rest of anyone drawing or writing "explicit content" on any platform have so much trouble getting paid
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“Oh, you need your precious Chatbot to help you be creative? These freaks made a giant, tactile troll by hand that has taken up residence as my new sleep paralysis demon, born of their own sick minds.” The best review I’ve ever received. 😭🤌🏼
THE TRAVELER & THE TROLL is nine minutes of dark fantasy puppet goodness starring Erika Ishii.
THE TRAVELER & THE TROLL: Check Out This Awesome Short With a Giant Puppet
THE TRAVELER & THE TROLL is nine minutes of dark fantasy puppet goodness starring Erika Ishii.
dlvr.it
October 4, 2026 at 8:51 PM
“Oh, you need your precious Chatbot to help you be creative? These freaks made a giant, tactile troll by hand that has taken up residence as my new sleep paralysis demon, born of their own sick minds.” The best review I’ve ever received. 😭🤌🏼
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A good fresh Star Trek take on those fake isekai title jokes
October 4, 2026 at 5:41 PM
A good fresh Star Trek take on those fake isekai title jokes
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You guys want to hear a short but adorable story that happened right in front of me at the baggage claim in NYC yesterday?
I wasn't part of it and there are bits I didn't catch but holy crap, I can't stop thinking about it.
I wasn't part of it and there are bits I didn't catch but holy crap, I can't stop thinking about it.
October 4, 2026 at 3:29 PM
You guys want to hear a short but adorable story that happened right in front of me at the baggage claim in NYC yesterday?
I wasn't part of it and there are bits I didn't catch but holy crap, I can't stop thinking about it.
I wasn't part of it and there are bits I didn't catch but holy crap, I can't stop thinking about it.
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You can pay for this with a credit card, but don't dare think of commissioning art of consenting adults having fun sexually, credit card companies (and PayPal) will de-bank you.
Our systems are so screwed up. :/
Our systems are so screwed up. :/
GTA 6 has received a rating of PEGI 18, revealing mentions of "decapitation," the ability for players to snort cocaine at any time, "scenes of sexual fetishes," and much more.
GTA 6 PEGI Age Rating Reveals Mentions of 'Decapitation' and Cocaine That Can Be 'Snorted' at 'Any Time'
bit.ly
October 4, 2026 at 1:05 PM
You can pay for this with a credit card, but don't dare think of commissioning art of consenting adults having fun sexually, credit card companies (and PayPal) will de-bank you.
Our systems are so screwed up. :/
Our systems are so screwed up. :/
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if you make me look at harry potter shit in 2026 you're a bad person it's that simple
October 4, 2026 at 2:04 PM
if you make me look at harry potter shit in 2026 you're a bad person it's that simple
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Something AI is responsible for that doesn't get enough talk:
How, when it scrapes a website to illegally steal everything on it, it uses up a ton of its bandwidth allotment, crashing it or racking up massive fees for site owners.
How, when it scrapes a website to illegally steal everything on it, it uses up a ton of its bandwidth allotment, crashing it or racking up massive fees for site owners.
Yet again, the Game UI Database is being scraped to the point that it's getting knocked offline. Even Cloudflare's "I'm under attack" mode isn't working.
I just wanted to create a resource for real designers. I'm getting so fucking sick of this.
I just wanted to create a resource for real designers. I'm getting so fucking sick of this.
October 4, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Something AI is responsible for that doesn't get enough talk:
How, when it scrapes a website to illegally steal everything on it, it uses up a ton of its bandwidth allotment, crashing it or racking up massive fees for site owners.
How, when it scrapes a website to illegally steal everything on it, it uses up a ton of its bandwidth allotment, crashing it or racking up massive fees for site owners.
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If you have $100 million to spend on ads saying you shouldn’t be taxed you’re not being taxed enough
Google cofounder Sergey Brin has spent $102 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses fortune.com/article/how-...
Google cofounder Sergey Brin has spent $102 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses fortune.com/article/how-...
Google co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses | Fortune
The state’s ultrawealthy, including Larry Page and Peter Thiel, have similarly donated to efforts opposing the wealth tax.
fortune.com
October 4, 2026 at 12:23 PM
If you have $100 million to spend on ads saying you shouldn’t be taxed you’re not being taxed enough
Google cofounder Sergey Brin has spent $102 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses fortune.com/article/how-...
Google cofounder Sergey Brin has spent $102 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses fortune.com/article/how-...
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Your reminder that Brenda Power is an adjudicator for the International Protection Appeals Tribunal which currently has a number of appeals before it from transgender Americans
This is written to fly under the radar, from today’s Sunday Independent (Ireland).
The press council upheld a complaint about an offensive and transphobic opinion column by Brenda Power. Sindo was required to publish the decision.
@mams4transrights.bsky.social @jesalady.bsky.social
The press council upheld a complaint about an offensive and transphobic opinion column by Brenda Power. Sindo was required to publish the decision.
@mams4transrights.bsky.social @jesalady.bsky.social
![A half page article from the Sunday independent with the headline OMB2590 A woman and the Sunday independent.
The article outlines the complaint, the appeal and the decision.
The complaint relates to an opinion column deploring the fact that an unnamed td provided a character reference for a man convicted of sexual violence against children. A sentence in the column argued that this case threw light on the possibility that a man would “identify as a woman” in order to commit sexual violence.
The press council concluded that “a reference to a protected group [trans people] in this context should have been extremely carefully scrutinised”. It found that the Sunday independent was in violation of principle 8 of the press council code of practice.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:n2qmeigsng3rhkgmqihius4g/bafkreia7cdisf6qfj6fetyejhbmojfdwomrxs6pib6za3zu377t6pfypry)
October 4, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Your reminder that Brenda Power is an adjudicator for the International Protection Appeals Tribunal which currently has a number of appeals before it from transgender Americans
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Oh my: LibreOffice just made "no AI" one of their official features: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09...
Yes, no AI is now a feature - TDF Community Blog
One of the comments on the announcement of LibreOffice 26.8 was a simple question: “So, no AI is now a feature?” LibreOffice does not reject artificial intelligence out of hand, but an office suite us...
blog.documentfoundation.org
October 4, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Oh my: LibreOffice just made "no AI" one of their official features: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09...
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Friends ❤️ thanks for a moment of your time.
Please help Stephanie Bri with a donation if you can. It would be a huge help for her to take care of some of her needs. Quote boosting is also great. Thank you so much! ❤️
#mutualaid
Please help Stephanie Bri with a donation if you can. It would be a huge help for her to take care of some of her needs. Quote boosting is also great. Thank you so much! ❤️
#mutualaid
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$150 past due court bill.
$30 household cleaning products
$15 gas for van
non monetary needs: unlocked cell phone to use with government simcard
orthotics shoes
ca venmo paypal stephaniebri22 #struggling
October 4, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Friends ❤️ thanks for a moment of your time.
Please help Stephanie Bri with a donation if you can. It would be a huge help for her to take care of some of her needs. Quote boosting is also great. Thank you so much! ❤️
#mutualaid
Please help Stephanie Bri with a donation if you can. It would be a huge help for her to take care of some of her needs. Quote boosting is also great. Thank you so much! ❤️
#mutualaid
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I'm so grateful for this pushback. I'm grateful to be seeing widespread pushback against AI because of the cost to the environment, our wallets, and our rights, but I'm worried that too few people are pushing back because it undermines our trust in expertise and experience.
#spéirgorm
#spéirgorm
Well done Jennifer Whitmore!
Oireachtas Committee testimony created solely from AI should most definitely not be accepted as expert opinion.
📽️@jen_whitmore_td & @social-democrats.bsky.social on insta:
www.instagram.com/reel/DeCetuV...
#IrishPol
Oireachtas Committee testimony created solely from AI should most definitely not be accepted as expert opinion.
📽️@jen_whitmore_td & @social-democrats.bsky.social on insta:
www.instagram.com/reel/DeCetuV...
#IrishPol
October 4, 2026 at 1:28 PM
I'm so grateful for this pushback. I'm grateful to be seeing widespread pushback against AI because of the cost to the environment, our wallets, and our rights, but I'm worried that too few people are pushing back because it undermines our trust in expertise and experience.
#spéirgorm
#spéirgorm
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The bill has been opened to feedback. Rather than dooming about the proposal, you can tell them exactly how you feel about the act here. ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
With how much of an uphill battle Chat Control is having, you should never assume it's worthless to fight these draconian bills.
With how much of an uphill battle Chat Control is having, you should never assume it's worthless to fight these draconian bills.
October 3, 2026 at 4:31 PM
The bill has been opened to feedback. Rather than dooming about the proposal, you can tell them exactly how you feel about the act here. ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
With how much of an uphill battle Chat Control is having, you should never assume it's worthless to fight these draconian bills.
With how much of an uphill battle Chat Control is having, you should never assume it's worthless to fight these draconian bills.