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BREAKING: We've freed Cookie.

Following an investigation by VGHF, Ukie and Web Capio have suspended DMCA takedowns for Cookie's Bustle on behalf of Graceware, SL.

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Resist ‘dangerous and socially unacceptable’ age checks for social media, scientists warn Computer scientists are campaigning against the global march toward age checks online.

Over 400 scientists have signed a letter calling for a moratorium on the deployment of age-verification technologies. The letter suggests the widespread deployment of untested AV tech is making the internet less safe.

www.politico.eu/article/age-...

Had a ton of fun returning to the show and revealing my transformation into a James Bond Sicko while discussing Brosnan's debut and what may well be 007's most fun outing!

Continued: Panels from chapter 1 of Takao Saito's adaptation of "Live and Let Die", featuring a trapped Bond as he watches Mr.Big's henchman Sam Miami burn a traitor to death with a flamethrower mounted in his desk. Read right-to-left. Panel 1: Wide shot of the device being used on its victim, Bond looking on in shock. Panel 2: Close-up of the victim. Panel 3: Close-up of Bond, distraught. Panel 4: Close-up of Sam. Sam (thinking): Ufufu...

All the discussion of 007 and continuity has me thinking about one of the more interesting bits of of Takao Saito's 1964 adaptation of Live & Let Die.

Here, we see Saito establishing continuity between his manga and the film series in a subtle way, by evoking Quarrel's death in Dr. No (1962).

Great bit from a highlight of Moore's tenure as Bond.

Cover art for Anime Herald Magazine, which features a tag that reads "Anime Herald Magazine - we speak otaku. No #001 Fall 2025, launch issue"

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This gives away the whole game, as people have been warning for years and years. This is identity erasure of a whole class. the precedents for having documents revoked by group…are not good.

sketchy digital drawing of Excel and Hyatt from the excel saga anime, Excel is doing a relaxed salute while there is a arrow pointing to her saying "whore" with a heart under it, Hyatt is doing her iconic "dead for real" act on a red colored spot on the floor along with a arrow pointing at her that says "she's soo funny", also with a heart

#ExcelSaga Girls From that show i like them

Bust A Groove

Listeners, we're doing something extremely wicked. That's right! We've officially finished the Hi-Streamer trilogy! To mark the occasion, we're joined by dear friends @devedy.bsky.social and @redcomets.net, who help us break down what effectively is the back half of CCA. If you're nearby, listen!

Book excepts in this pod episode were read by yours truly! Whether they turned out great, or gutter trash… you know what to do if you’d like to find out. 😂 More seriously - fantastic, fun episode featuring both @redcomets.net & @devedy.bsky.social plus of course the @giantrobotfm.bsky.social crew.

This bit in the From Russia With Love game made me laugh out loud. You've got a fairly grounded, low key fight based on the one in the movie, then the most video game looking fucker of all time slides into frame.

really one of the strangest media cycles in history, where mainstream media actively hid the fact that the columbine killers were popular upper class preppy kids with full on neo-nazi ideologies and instead pretended they were victims of bullying

It's just so fucked that getting caught with weed (men) or having sex (women) will ruin a Japanese creative's career but the industry will always go to bat for the horrific mistreatment of women (and umderage girls) every single time without fail, welcoming back monsters with open arms.

Starting now!

Model: Stephen's Damaged 65" Class S90D Series OLED 4K UHD Smart Tizen TV
Debut: Stephen's Living Room
Year: 2025
Designers: the engineers at @sumsung.bsky.social

Cover to the 1973 National Lampoon issue on Death, with the text "If You Don't Buy This Magazine, We'll Kill This Dog" and a revolver held to the side of a dog's head. The original dog is with Char Aznable from Mobile Suit Gundam (1979).

Settei image of Challia Bull from the original Mobile Suit Gundam (1979) in his pilot suit, edited so that it is the the face of redesigned Challia Bull from Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX (2025) is in the helmet.

This is what Challia Bull GQuuuuuuX would look like in his pilot suit if Khara weren't cowards.

#evangelion #nge #normanrockwell

#comic

an illustration of The Moon walking forward through a storm of mold as Sansuu and Kateika kiss

George Akiyama's The Moon is a really great underappreciated robot manga
#themoon #georgeakiyama #ザ・ムーン #ジョージ秋山

a digital illustration of the robot daitetsujin 17 (pronounced one-seven) doing the six-seven hand motion. above it is the logo, but instead reading "daitetsujin 67"

I have discovered a way to update Daitetsujin 17 for modern audiences. #daitetsujin17 #大鉄人17 #sixseven

a digital illustration of space demon daikengo and spal

DAIKENGO and SPAL (who isn't that important, but looks very cool, so I just had to draw him)
#daikengo #ダイケンゴー

Wotakoi episode four, Hanako yelling, "Even though everything is digitized, paper media will never die!"

the woman in Wotakoi that's voiced by Miyuki Sawashiro talking about how important physical media is, it's like she's literally made for me

an alt outfit of Blue from Pokemon

okay ngl i kinda freaked it she's so cute

Series of screenshots from the 1967 animated Spider-Man series. A group of students in the cafeteria look at a disturbance caused by Peter Parker, a Black woman seated in the center of the frame.

Series of screenshots from the 1967 animated Spider-Man series. A group of students in the cafeteria look at a disturbance caused by Peter Parker, a Black man in the upper-right corner of the frame.

Also, the casual inclusion of Black characters without caricature in an integrated school environment is notable for the time! Nothing incredible, but a thoughtful, not terribly common addition, especially at a time when Brown vs. BoE was only a little over a decade in the past.

While the actual animation here isn't perfect, it's still compelling framing and composition to deliver its ideas visually in a way that would be particularly difficult in live-action. Despite the limitations of television animation, they manage some effective, economical visuals.

First in a series of screenshots from the 1967 animated television series "Spider-Man". Peter Parker stands on a dock at night, looking pensive as he is framed in shadow.

Spider-Man stands in a doorway, lit from behind, front in shadow as he approaches a cornered criminal.

Low-angle shot of the Master Technician issuing orders into a handheld microphone.

Overhead view of a machine operating, with onlookers below.

While there are certainly more issues with photography and compositing than under Grantray-Lawrence's tenure, the Ralph Bakshi-helmed seasons two and three of Spider-Man '67 certainly offer more compelling composition, draftsmanship, and visual design that compensates for their lack of consistency.

Frame stitch of New York at dusk, buildings cast in soft reds and pinks, as a silhouetted Spider-Man stands atop a building confidently surveying the apparent peace.

From Episode 23 (S2 E03) of Spider-Man (1967)