Tristan J. Tarwater

I needed some good news today and I got my starting roster for my ESOL class, I'm so happy 🥲

Since we can’t rely on the HHS, CDC, or FDA to say it, I will:

MAKE SURE YOU ARE VACCINATED AGAINST MEASLES. GET YOUR MMR.

Measles cases have reached their HIGHEST point since the disease WAS ELIMINATED from the United States in 2000. We ARE at the tipping point for the return of ENDEMIC measles.

Wisconsin video game workers, the first to unionize at a major US studio, finally have a contract • Wisconsin Examiner The deal is the latest development in a saga involving some of the video game industry’s lowest-paid workers.

Wisconsin video game workers, the first to unionize at a major US studio, finally have a contract. A special report republished from @wisconsinwatch.org

Discord app is acting fucky :/

YouTube video by YouTube Movies The Animatrix

The Animatrix is free on YouTube in the US right now. It's a great collection of shorts and features material from people that worked on Evangelion, Cowboy Bebop, Aeon Flux, and more. Check it out if you've got 100 minutes to spare.
youtu.be/QNVeOWDOvvU

haha this rules.

folks don't know that AIs scraping websites accounts for like half of all internet bandwidth usage right now. Sites get scraped- ie, all the contents downloaded- over and over again, destroying/wasting their bandwidth, often maxing it out. It's like being continually DDOS'd

Public Assemblies Strengthen Community Resistance to Rising Authoritarianism “This process invites people to be active participants in shaping the collective outcome of our people’s futures.”

Need a new tactic for organizing against fascism? I talked with Denzel Caldwell about the power and potential of organizing public assemblies. “The People’s Movement Assembly process provides a unique opportunity for people to build a democracy that has yet to be born,” Denzel explains.

It's brick as hell on this bus, jfc

i also have 2 new subs (now 168)! 😭 at this rate, i might rly make it to 200 by the end of the year.

its been such a struggle trying to grow my YouTube streaming channel, so im rly rly happy about this

Yes. If you're American you need to read this so you can understand how Israel took over the US. If you already know what's up, send this article to your uncle/cousin/neighbor/colleague who doesn't.

SDCC ’25: David F. Walker on translating an American literary classic in BIG JIM AND THE WHITE BOY At San Diego Comic-Con 2025, Comics Beat catches up with writer David F. Walker to chat about the graphic novel Big Jim and the White Boy.

@comicsbeat.bsky.social talks with David Walker about BIG JIM AND THE WHITE BOY.
@davidfwalker.bsky.social
www.comicsbeat.com/sdcc-25-davi...

A series of infographics featuring the Cartoonist Cooperative's mascots Inkling (an inkwell) and Nibford (a dip pen) as they share information about what a phone or email zap is. Image one shows Inkling on the phone, reading from a script. Text reads, "What is a phone or email zap? A phone (or email) zap is a coordinated campaign where many people contact a target (such as a company, agency, or representative) to apply pressure and demand action on one issue." The Co-op logo and website appear at the bottom of all three images: https://cartoonist.coop/.

Nibford sits at a desk, calling someone on the phone while looking at their computer screen. Text reads, "How can I organize one? Agree on a target and an issue to collectively press for. Gather scripts ahead of time. Coordinate a time when everyone is available to call/email. Hang out IRL or in a voice call together! Log any feedback and share updates with your fellow zappers! Keep it up until demands are met! This is a marathon, not a race."

Inkling and Nibford jump for joy with confetti raining down around them. Text reads, "And most importantly... celebrate your wins!"

Members, the Coop is calling on you to participate in our upcoming zap sessions to take collective action regarding censorship & pay discrimination for 18+, erotic, and NSFW artists.

Look out on Discord for more info about when and how to join, coming soon.

Art by @itsnero.com

The Internet Wants to Check Your I.D. New safety rules require users to verify their identities before gaining access to sites. This spells the end of the relative anonymity that we’ve come to expect online.

No.

Home Depot and Lowe's Share Data From Hundreds of AI Cameras With Cops Home improvement stores are finding ways to share data from their Flock license plate reader cameras with law enforcement, according to public records.

“Have these companies given thought about how this data might put their customers in danger, whether it's cops stalking their exes or aggressive ICE agents targeting yard workers? Probably not." www.404media.co/home-depot-a...

Citizen Lab director warns cyber industry about US authoritarian descent | TechCrunch Ron Deibert, the head of the prominent digital human rights groups Citizen Lab, sounds the alarm at the Black Hat security conference about the "dramatic descent into authoritarianism," but one that t...

NEW: I spoke to @rondeibert.bsky.social ahead of his keynote at Black Hat today.

Ron travelled to Vegas to warn the cybersec industry that perhaps it’s time to get political.

“They should be aware of what’s going on and hopefully they can not contribute to it, if not help reverse it,” he said.

The Game Devs of Color Expo full schedule is out NOW! 🙌🏾

We've got some fabulous speakers for our 10th year, so check them out!

gdoc.events/2025schedule

In addition to the virtual program, in‑person watch parties are returning this year in New York City and Pittsburgh!

#gdocexpo

As a comic creator, your main goal should always be to make the reader think “what the hell is wrong with the person who made this?”

Minh Do @minhsmind · Aug 4 AI filmmaking and storytelling is punk rock. It’s hip hop. It’s counterculture. It’s a new type of creativity. It’s a new medium. It’s hated by the mainstream film and art establishment. It resists ideology. It ignores gate keeping. It’s uncomfortable. It’s scary. It’s viral. Show more Minh Do @minhsmind The degree to which people are hating on this post are only further proving how true this is. 4:02 PM · Aug 4, 2025 · 8,578 Views

@dril go ahead. keep screaming "Shut The Fuck Up " at me. it only makes my opinions Worse 1:09 PM · Mar 10, 2018

I appreciate how he instantly went dril about it.

Generative AI by definition is conformity. It is an averaging of anything you ask of it - quite literally guessing what the most likely version of a thing might be. It is, by definition, mainstream, as is everything it creates old and deeply ideological, as every model trains on similar data.

Stacy has a new book arriving in March that is going to be a hit at many gaming tables-
D&D Crochet: A Book Of Many Patterns!

Nerdist had the exclusive reveal:
nerdist.com/article/dung...

Pre-order your copy here:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/767078...

YouTube video by Nintendo of America Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition - Launch Trailer - Nintendo Switch

kentucky route zero is on sale at a pretty nice discount on switch right now. if you've never played it, well, it's a masterpiece. A better world is possible. Keep on dreaming, and I'll keep on driving.

youtu.be/JxcUZU0vtLE?...

"We understand as Black people that our fight - is the Irish fight - the Irish fight is the Palestinians’ fight" - Punk duo Bob Vylan make their first appearance in Ireland since their much talked about Glastonbury set back in June.

Help Borderless Studios out by playtesting their game! 🙌🏾

#gamedev

The persistent belief that people who believe abhorrent things are identifiably abhorrent 100% of the time is honestly going to kill us all.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown is coming to Xbox and Switch next week!

And we have a new mode coming for free!! I can't wait to see people playing our new Remix mode, heh it is... fiendish to say the least.

I'm so proud of our team with this game. We did the thing yo.

Nearly Two Months After OpenAI Was Warned, ChatGPT Is Still Giving Dangerous Tips on Suicide to People in Distress New research has found that the top LLM chatbots are remarkably easy to trick into supplying information about suicide and self-harm.

Nearly two months after OpenAI was warned, ChatGPT is still giving users in distress dangerous advice on how to die by suicide

futurism.com/openai-chatg...

Let's keep helping them press on!

“From June 9-20, 19 Mercer students began their long days at a local school, joining an interprofessional team to conduct wellness visits and screenings for children from farm-working families. In the evening, they traveled to a different farm site with the mobile clinic.” #WeFeedYou

The Tea App Markets Itself As a Safe Whisper Network. It's Just More Digital Surveillance The biggest red flag is that the Tea app seems to be an attempt to quick-fix on an individual level what is a structural problem — that is, misogyny — via surveillance culture.

checked in on heterosexuality. an app trying to be a global public "whisper network" for cishet women's dating experiences subject to right-wing hacks, it turns out, can't work. on heteropessimism, the politics of gossip, Love Island, the Coldplay kiss cam, and surveillance culture @teenvogue.com

Build and nurture the perfect little zen garden retreat🌻

- craft garden dioramas
- add hills, rivers & ponds
- add a mix of decorations
- rake sand patterns
- no timer, no stress
- just tranquil & meditative creativity

The game is called Dream Garden 🪴 by @campfire-studio.bsky.social

Links below👇