@niktoon.bsky.social
Profile's a work in progress. Still slowly transitioning into using this place more
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This is why I hate "just a tool" so so so much.
You can make a calculator without access to every calculation. You can make photoshop without access to all photos.
Someone show me a genai tool that didn't require all of our labour in its production. It's plagiarism software.
You can make a calculator without access to every calculation. You can make photoshop without access to all photos.
Someone show me a genai tool that didn't require all of our labour in its production. It's plagiarism software.
Eye popping. Court just unsealed Summary Judgment motions in New York Times v OpenAI / Microsoft.
Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1
Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1
September 18, 2026 at 12:31 PM
This is why I hate "just a tool" so so so much.
You can make a calculator without access to every calculation. You can make photoshop without access to all photos.
Someone show me a genai tool that didn't require all of our labour in its production. It's plagiarism software.
You can make a calculator without access to every calculation. You can make photoshop without access to all photos.
Someone show me a genai tool that didn't require all of our labour in its production. It's plagiarism software.
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Remember! This is who you're told to vote for as a trans person. You're told to shut up and vote for someone like this
Holy shit.
Marcy Kaptur becomes the latest Dem to release an anti-trans ad, and its worse than all the rest combined.
"I voted WITH Republicans to keep transgender ideology out of schools, and let me be clear, boys should NOT play in girls sports."
This is getting out of control.
Marcy Kaptur becomes the latest Dem to release an anti-trans ad, and its worse than all the rest combined.
"I voted WITH Republicans to keep transgender ideology out of schools, and let me be clear, boys should NOT play in girls sports."
This is getting out of control.
September 17, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Remember! This is who you're told to vote for as a trans person. You're told to shut up and vote for someone like this
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Inspired by a recent interaction
September 16, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Inspired by a recent interaction
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A friend found one of my business cards from 13 years ago
September 16, 2026 at 7:58 PM
A friend found one of my business cards from 13 years ago
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"Just play indies" + "modern hardware is too expensive"
the time for your return has arrived
the time for your return has arrived
September 15, 2026 at 8:19 PM
"Just play indies" + "modern hardware is too expensive"
the time for your return has arrived
the time for your return has arrived
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Tapping my sign especially hard now, not that I’d ever want another Zelda game with this remake’s visual direction ever again.
Seeing people cheer on a potential Ocarina of Time remake is so indicative of the current culture.
“Ocarina of Time 3D was over 15 years ago, we’re due for a remake.”
Just make it more available, we have 3DS ports on Switch already! The resources spent on a remake could be for something original.
“Ocarina of Time 3D was over 15 years ago, we’re due for a remake.”
Just make it more available, we have 3DS ports on Switch already! The resources spent on a remake could be for something original.
September 8, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Tapping my sign especially hard now, not that I’d ever want another Zelda game with this remake’s visual direction ever again.
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There's free CAD design software that runs entirely in a web browser and it's actually good and if you told me this 20 years ago I would have laughed in your face.
Tinkercad
Tinkercad is a free, easy-to-use app for 3D design, electronics, and coding.
www.tinkercad.com
September 5, 2026 at 7:45 PM
There's free CAD design software that runs entirely in a web browser and it's actually good and if you told me this 20 years ago I would have laughed in your face.
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I forgot about this and now I'm just sad. Lot of people disappointing me lately.
so excited for the new Taskmaster season! whoops how did this link get here
Richard Ayoade defends Graham Linehan as a 'man of great principle'
Linehan, the award-winning comic writer behind Father Ted claims his career and marriage has been destroyed over his gender-critical views.
www.dailymail.com
September 4, 2026 at 9:49 PM
I forgot about this and now I'm just sad. Lot of people disappointing me lately.
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If nothing else, I think Obsession serves as antidote to the idea that "if this blows up there's going to be plenty to go around." The reality is people in indie film suddenly forget your number as soon as real money is around.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
‘Obsession’ Producer Files Lawsuit Claiming She Was Cut Out of Profits Despite “Rescuing” Cut
Producers James Harris and Mark Lane are accused by fellow producer Leonora Ann Darby of making compensation promises that they did not keep when the Curry Barker feature became a massive hit.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
September 2, 2026 at 4:27 PM
If nothing else, I think Obsession serves as antidote to the idea that "if this blows up there's going to be plenty to go around." The reality is people in indie film suddenly forget your number as soon as real money is around.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
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“Lost media” no longer! I finally got permission to upload “AL’S BRAIN,” an 11-minute educational 3-D film attraction which ran at the Orange County and Western Washington fairs, and hasn’t been seen publicly since 2009. You can watch the whole thing here: youtu.be/2xujU87ZHt4
August 31, 2026 at 4:19 PM
“Lost media” no longer! I finally got permission to upload “AL’S BRAIN,” an 11-minute educational 3-D film attraction which ran at the Orange County and Western Washington fairs, and hasn’t been seen publicly since 2009. You can watch the whole thing here: youtu.be/2xujU87ZHt4
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not quite the same term, and not quite the same situation, but still
September 1, 2026 at 3:10 AM
not quite the same term, and not quite the same situation, but still
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We're in an era where no company wants to be in their own industry, and are much more interested in financial shell games and pulling the copper out of the walls.
There is no economic struggle. The game industry is more profitable than ever. This is entirely managerial and executive failure.
There is no economic struggle. The game industry is more profitable than ever. This is entirely managerial and executive failure.
September 1, 2026 at 3:14 AM
We're in an era where no company wants to be in their own industry, and are much more interested in financial shell games and pulling the copper out of the walls.
There is no economic struggle. The game industry is more profitable than ever. This is entirely managerial and executive failure.
There is no economic struggle. The game industry is more profitable than ever. This is entirely managerial and executive failure.
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revisiting this classic for no particular reason. i feel like it's the most definitive accurate depiction of what being a graphic designer feels like.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVhl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVhl...
Papyrus - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
www.youtube.com
September 1, 2026 at 3:44 AM
revisiting this classic for no particular reason. i feel like it's the most definitive accurate depiction of what being a graphic designer feels like.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVhl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVhl...
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A very Minnesota event (The State Fair), a very Minnesota thing (seed art), depicting a very Minnesota artist (you know who).
September 1, 2026 at 4:31 AM
A very Minnesota event (The State Fair), a very Minnesota thing (seed art), depicting a very Minnesota artist (you know who).
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If you have a Gmail account, you need to read this.
Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how.
Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places:
Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how.
Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places:
August 31, 2026 at 2:35 PM
If you have a Gmail account, you need to read this.
Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how.
Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places:
Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how.
Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places:
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we have thousands of potential dolly partons and tim curries already walking amongst us. most of them are begging for rent money or getting crushed at a shitty job
“How will we ever replace them?”
FUND. THE. ARTS.
FUND. THE. ARTS.
August 26, 2026 at 7:54 PM
we have thousands of potential dolly partons and tim curries already walking amongst us. most of them are begging for rent money or getting crushed at a shitty job
Bro I grew up listening to the cassette tapes of these on the long car rides every weekend to my dad's, who grew up listening to it on the radio when it reran them in his home country.
I'm so happy I can share this with my dad so he can listen again.
I'm so happy I can share this with my dad so he can listen again.
I'll never know how, but when I was a kid, my grandmother had several old Shadow episodes on old reel-to-reel audio tapes. I used to love playing them when we'd visit her every summer. There's something truly special about audio dramas. Thank you, Archive.org !
August 26, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Bro I grew up listening to the cassette tapes of these on the long car rides every weekend to my dad's, who grew up listening to it on the radio when it reran them in his home country.
I'm so happy I can share this with my dad so he can listen again.
I'm so happy I can share this with my dad so he can listen again.
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Another great example of:
August 17, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Another great example of:
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smartphones have never ascended to this level of technological achievement (sound on)
August 16, 2026 at 12:51 PM
smartphones have never ascended to this level of technological achievement (sound on)