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T. Williams

@xstylus.bsky.social

Just here for art, tech, cat memes, & some occasional cloud shouting about absolutely nothing of consequence. Head of IT for a zangy boomy ADR studio in SoCal (my missives & musings here are entirely my own).

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thinking back to the comment I got about Let's Anime that asked if I was ever going to make videos for the people who don't like to read, and my reaction is to never, ever, do anything, ever, to help "people who don't like to read"

06.03.2026 21:21 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Is it okay to bully 40 and 50 year olds who are on social media just for being on it, cuz like why are you here
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My ICQ UIN is 7231680. That number is burned into my consciousness. I inadvertently learned that you could see private conversations in public chat rooms when using Telnet instead of a browser on GeoCities. I can tell you the difference in audible dial-up handshakes between 1200, 2400, 14.4 kbps modems. I needed a edu email address to join Facebook after my university was admitted. We were here at the beginning. We made social media. You wouldn't be in my Top 8. I have usernames older than you.
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Threads thread: thriller_instinct 3d Is it okay to bully 40 and 50 year olds who are on social media just for being on it, cuz like why are you here - 254 Q 3.1K G 28 746 corporateash 18h β€’β€’β€’ My ICQ UIN is 7231680. That number is burned into my consciousness. I inadvertently learned that you could see private conversations in public chat rooms when using Telnet instead of a browser on GeoCities. I can tell you the difference in audible dial-up handshakes between 1200, 2400, 14.4 kbps modems. I needed a edu email address to join Facebook after my university was admitted. We were here at the beginning. We made social media. You wouldn't be in my Top 8. I have usernames older than you. 852 Q62 G6 72

β€œI have usernames older than you.”.
Holy shit

06.03.2026 01:05 β€” πŸ‘ 20515    πŸ” 4356    πŸ’¬ 763    πŸ“Œ 1132
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Seth MacFarlane Reveals β€˜The Orville’ Season 4 Is Written, Now Waiting On His Schedule It's been a while since we had an update on this homage to Star Trek: TNG.

Seth MacFarlane Reveals β€˜The Orville’ Season 4 Is Written, Now Waiting On His Schedule https://bit.ly/orvs4written

06.03.2026 02:31 β€” πŸ‘ 239    πŸ” 47    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 15

First time having this happen, when actually possessing full confidential internal knowledge, is like a cognitive out-of-body experience.

You go back and you remember delicious shit you talked about all the companies and their staff before, and you realize.

Oh no – the universe does keep grudges.

06.03.2026 00:22 β€” πŸ‘ 77    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Kindred Spirits Teaser Trailer
YouTube video by Cartoon Saloon Kindred Spirits Teaser Trailer

Coming soon in 2028 from Cartoon Saloon, the folks who brought us β€œThe Secret of Kells”, β€œSong of the Sea”, and β€œWolfwalkers”.

Yes, please!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQn9...

05.03.2026 22:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A shiny disc of power, the future of media in your hand. πŸ’Ώ

UK tech news show Tomorrow's World demonstrates Compact Discs in 1981 to a nation used only to big ol' vinyl records.

#VideoBytes

19.03.2025 19:07 β€” πŸ‘ 165    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 1

What's the first pic on the top-left from?

03.03.2026 06:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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me pulling my eyes wide open to see this more clearly

28.02.2026 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 68    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man wearing glasses is holding a cell phone in front of a computer screen that says windows ALT: a man wearing glasses is holding a cell phone in front of a computer screen that says windows

Ever been in a situation at some joint where a dude's at a table across from you blindly staring at their phone, yet not realizing they've aimed their camera squarely at you?

I'm sure it was lack of awareness on their part, but I'm just a boring dude yet even *I* felt creeped out. Ladies, I get it.

01.03.2026 23:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So I just got a statement from California AG Bonta's office:
"Paramount/Warner Bros is not a done deal. These two Hollywood titans have not cleared regulatory scrutiny β€” the California Department of Justice has an open investigation, and we intend to be vigorous in our review"

27.02.2026 02:21 β€” πŸ‘ 5799    πŸ” 1403    πŸ’¬ 73    πŸ“Œ 139

Everybody is really sleeping on the β€œOracle gets destroyed by openai and data center debt” as a possibility

27.02.2026 04:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2516    πŸ” 426    πŸ’¬ 58    πŸ“Œ 25

I'm so gonna miss that place. I often used that spot as my own personal WeWork with food & free refills. Got so much writing and focus work done there.

26.02.2026 18:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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🚨BREAKING EXCLUSIVE🚨

The "Rightstuf" warehouse has been listed up for sale for about $5.7 Million

β€’ This confirms that Crunchyroll has been leasing the building for $460,625 per year and never "acquired" the warehouse during the acquisition

β€’ Their lease is up for renewal in 2030

23.02.2026 19:08 β€” πŸ‘ 157    πŸ” 78    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 70

People seem to not know that TMI Holdings, the company listed as selling the RightStuf Warehouse, appears to be Shawne Kleckner.

23.02.2026 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 46    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts

From the article:
"DHS is expanding its efforts to identify Americans who oppose Immigration and Customs Enforcement by sending tech companies legal requests for the names, email addresses, telephone numbers and other identifying data behind social media accounts that track or criticize the agency."

17.02.2026 10:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hollywood isn't happy about the new Seedance 2.0 video generator | TechCrunch Hollywood organizations are pushing back against a new AI video model called Seedance 2.0, which they say has quickly become a tool for β€œblatant” copyright infringement.

Article cites a convincing fight scene involving Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt made via just a simple two line prompt.

Hollywood is kinda cooked.

15.02.2026 21:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Kino's Journey Complete Collection SD | Sentai Three days. Two nights. That's how much time Kino and Hermes allot to each new place they visit before drifting off again, crossing a mysterious land filled with mystical sights and strange customs...

Did anyone grab Sentai's re-release of Kino's Journey 2003 that came out last week? It's their first SD-BD in years, so I'm curious if it's just the same exact thing as the prior release in 2019 or if it's a new encode.

09.02.2026 23:48 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

If you’re trying to install with net install you’re gonna get nowhere.

07.02.2026 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Try installing Mojave (10.14) with a USB installer and don’t connect it to WiFi or Ethernet until after you’ve completed the first time setup. Then incrementally upgrade to newer OS versions.

07.02.2026 19:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The company (if they're still operating) would need to go into Apple Business Manager (business.apple.com) and release the laptop.

If the laptop doesn't have a T2 chip you may be able to install an old version of MacOS if you keep it offline during first set-up, but otherwise it's bricked.

07.02.2026 17:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Anthony Bourdain sitting outdoors with a fancy coffee and little baguette, in a buttoned up jacket, scarf, and round sunglasses. Very cultured, so elevated.

Anthony Bourdain sitting outdoors with a fancy coffee and little baguette, in a buttoned up jacket, scarf, and round sunglasses. Very cultured, so elevated.

Film students can't sit through movies, manga editors won't read widely, the rest of us drink deeply from the well of life and belch proudly.

07.02.2026 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

How did they reach out? Any chance you could forward it to me? Just curious who contacted you.

I definitely know they don't have the participant rosters from 2012 through 2018, so they must've specifically sought you.

05.02.2026 00:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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two south park characters standing next to each other with since when written below them ALT: two south park characters standing next to each other with since when written below them
05.02.2026 00:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

um wow. Anime Expo contacted me out of the blue asking if I was interested in entering the anime music video contest and if I knew anyone who was interested in entering.

I told them I retired back in 2012 from AMVs and to post a thread in the animemusicvideos.org forums.

@xstylus.bsky.social

04.02.2026 22:45 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

hey wanna see 39 seconds of perfect video editing?

03.02.2026 04:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2468    πŸ” 757    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 23
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Gonna be real with ya.....
I have a soft spot for CGA

02.02.2026 02:29 β€” πŸ‘ 580    πŸ” 130    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 0