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#NTE #Hotori #HotoriFirstImpressions My first impression of Hotori? Worst shopkeeper ever. Hunt down Anomaly antiques with Hotori: nte.onelink.me/9g76/l78pwij6

@BernieSanders Disingenuous scumbag socialists will just straight up lie to you and not even pause.

Congratulations to Mayor Mamdani. He inherited a huge budget deficit, brought it down to zero, and still invested in childcare, housing and city infrastructure. When municipal governments stand with working families, not billionaires, there is nothing they cannot accomplish.

@NYCMayor The state paid for your bullshit.

When we came into office, we uncovered a $12 billion budget deficit. Today, I’m proud to say we brought it down to zero. We didn’t close the gap on the backs of working people. We closed it while funding parks, libraries, safer streets and making historic investments in public housing. Call it Pothole Politics. Call it Democratic Socialism. It's government that delivers for the people who make this city run. That’s what New Yorkers deserve. And that’s what we will keep fighting for every single day.

@fandompulse please no

Anita Sarkeesian posts herself with the Expedition 33 dev team: "Went to GDC like I do every year. Didn't take many photos like every year, but here's some proof of life." "2. Met a bunch of Clare Obscur folks..." Was this game a woke plant all along?

@GovPressOffice Democrats complaining about voter fraud is the funniest shit because they run "Sanctuary States"

MAGA IS THROWING OUT VOTES AND CALLING IT NO BIG DEAL. SICK.

@Zmeinir I don't care about the artist or the process. It means nothing to me. All I care about is the quality of the outcome.

Little rant about my experience as an artist and how I see AI bros' behavior When I was a kid, I was called a gifted kid because I could draw, and it fascinated both classmates and Adults. I'm sure a lot of fellow artists had a similar experience, since it was quite rare to see irl especially before socials became so widespread. Some were envious, some simply curious, and some trying to befriend me to get free art even then. Honestly I didn't mind the ego boost, but I noticed a repeated pattern of "I wish I could do that!" "you're so lucky you can draw" "you're so talented, unlike me", dismissing their own skills or insisting they couldn't do anything. Adults said something fun wasnt a real job, that I should think of getting a job like theirs instead. Now in the era of AI 'art', those same persons who used to envy artists have an easy access to an illusion of talent and skill. They spit on the stolen work of every artist whose art has been fed into AI to flatter their fragile ego and look down on artists. They say artists will loose their jobs and get replaced, when they don't even understand why that's false or what it takes. But the truth is they cope, they stay in the comfort of denial, saying THEY created the results AI give them. Saying prompting is a skill, because they want it to be one. They'd kill to do the same as artists, to have a passion, a talent, to captivate people and get praised for something they created with their own hands. To make money out of their passion. But besides AI bros boosting each other's egos, no one will genuinely compliment AI 'art'. And if anyone did, upon learning it was AI they'll take it back because it has no value at all. It's stolen, empty, and made with no passion or love whatsoever (and probably a ton of mistakes up close too) I just think it's sad because anyone can draw well. It just takes practice, but they're not even willing to try. Instead, they just hide behind insults and superior complex. Behind a false sense of achievement. NO ARTIST will ever say "you have no skill, you suck" to someone genuinely trying to get into art. The art community is very welcoming, just pick up the pen and have fun with us!

@blue2na Don't give a shit about what Twitter retards think. Draw whatever you want.

First of all, thank you so much for all the encouragement and kind words , I truly appreciate it. I stepped away from X for a few days, so I didn’t realize my post had suddenly blown up, and I’m sorry if it caused trouble for other artists as well. I really hope people won’t go around attacking other artists, because they didn’t do anything wrong. As for the shipping issue, I simply really like Aemeath as a character, so I draw Aemeath with Rover, just like many artists draw their favorite character with the MC. If it isn’t Rover, idk who else would I draw her with, My own OC? It feels wrong to me to draw Aemeath with anyone but Rover, considering how much she loves Rover. I understand this may feel weird to some people because you might see her differently, I respect that. And I’m not going to justify myself , I’m a little weird. I just hope you can understand and be sympathetic toward me. because In the end, we all love Aemeath, and I believe people who love Aemeath can’t be bad people. Once again, I want to thank you for all the encouraging comments and messages you’ve sent me. I even received some messages from friends in China who don’t speak English but still used translation tools to send me kind messages ,I don't feel alone anymore, with you, with everyone here. I’ve got the blue checkmark now, and I’ll be posting again soon.

@BernieSanders Commie scum.

The damage from a reactionary Supreme Court: Citizens United allows billionaires to buy elections. Ending Roe v. Wade takes away a woman's right to control her body. Louisiana v. Callais strips voting rights away from Black Americans. Our rights are under attack. FIGHT BACK.

@PatsyDiabetes Ratio

This is outrageous.. Not a single person on my flight is masked up while we’re in the middle of a double pandemic (Covid + Hantavirus). I politely informed the flight attendant that this is a super spreader event. She just shrugged and walked away. I've already filed a formal complaint with the FAA and CDC. This is reckless and cannot stand. Masks save lives, the science is settled on that.

@BucketBoy071 @VimmsLair @NintendoAmerica What a fucking loser.

@VimmsLair @NintendoAmerica these people are promoting an illegal way to play this game. Pls shut this down alongside other projects like the Mario 64 and Banjo Kazooie ones as well. That'll force them to buy your hardware to play these games.

Dusk is finally out - it's a native PC (and Linux, Mac, iOS, Android) reimplementation of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. You get higher resolutions, smoother framerates, and a bunch of quality of life options (my favorite being gyro aim, very needed.) You can play it pretty close to the original or with modern tweaks, whatever you prefer. You will however need a dump of Twilight Princess to be able to play, whatever you do, don't check the link in my bio... Everyone go follow @StormslayerDev so we can get Link's Crossbow Training next! :) twilitrealm.dev

@GovPressOffice Stop wasting our fucking money.

THIS IS FALSE. MAGA and the NY Comic Book are once again spreading lies: FACT: It’s a $6.2 million contract (not $20 million) FACT: It covers 40 million diapers in year one — about 15.5 cents per diaper (not 50 cents as claimed). FACT: Baby2Baby was chosen through a rigorous COMPETITIVE procurement process. It is a national nonprofit, based in California, with strong experience in delivering diapers for families in need and in the last 15 years they have distributed over 300 million diapers to families in need across the country. This program is a game-changer for new moms, providing 400 FREE diapers for all newborns. Why is MAGA anti family? It’s sick!

@elvenmaidinn Anyone complaining about AI in video games is a retard.

As I reflect on the NTE AI Drama that swept through the gaming community, I find myself shaking my head at how quickly things spiraled out of control. I am passionate about my hobbies, you all know that, but I usually try to stay level-headed in these debates. I can say this with confidence: the AI used in NTE was minimal and was not affecting gameplay in any meaningful way. In fact, there were only two questionable uses of AI that sparked this entire huge drama, and that realization hits me hard because it shows just how disproportionate the backlash was. Looking at the Billboard piece, there was literally no other proof presented other than vague claims that it looks like AI. People kept pointing to the elbow of the male character as some smoking gun evidence of AI generation. But by doing my own digging, I discovered that the original art piece which served as the inspiration for it had the exact same elbow position. When the anti-AI crowd was confronted with that clear proof, I watched them either block you outright or pivot the narrative to accuse it of being a trace of the original art. This just exposed the bad faith arguments for what they were. In my honest opinion, it was nothing more than a quick look-alike homage in a game that is absolutely brimming with easter eggs from anime and video games. A simple tribute to the artist’s favorite movie turned into a source of unnecessary grief and division, and that makes me genuinely sad for the state of our community. Then came the Heist video, which got dissected frame by frame by multiple people. The majority zeroed in obsessively on supposed AI aspects, while only a handful of voices clearly pointed out the reality. It was an artist’s hand-drawn work, animated with the help of AI. They pointed out how the crisp, detailed frames contrasted with the smudged transitions. Those same people even recreated the process themselves to prove the point, leaving me with a question that still lingers in my mind. What truly makes something generative AI if the artist meticulously handcrafted the core art and only used AI for the transitions between their own creations? A hand-made picture to AI transition to hand-made picture. Does that even qualify as generative AI in the way the critics claim? This whole thing makes me question where we draw the line and why the goalposts keep moving. The morality debate around all this is another layer that weighs heavily on me. Famous V-Tuber Ironmouse publicly denounced NTE and claimed the devs had lied to her, even though those same devs had participated in public interviews openly admitting their use of AI. Seeing her fans aggressively attack anyone who dared question her stance on this, especially when we know she has accepted multiple sponsorships from Hoyoverse, a company caught using AI in both Genshin Impact and Zenless Zone Zero, and from Capcom for playing Resident Evil, where they admitted to using generative AI for background elements. The stark difference between those situations and NTE boils down to one simple conclusion: performative behavior. That selective application of standards really makes me pause and reflect on the hypocrisy that seems to fuel so much of this discourse. And then there were the social media trolls, often tied to rival gacha games, who jumped in by posting clips from NTE showing billboards using AI videos. Just a day later the guides on how to replace videos in billboards surfaced. After testing this myself the very next day, I quickly realized it was all a bait. You can actually put any MP4 video on those billboard surfaces. I had the Star Wars: A New Hope trailer playing perfectly on the cinema billboard, and others discovered you could replace TV videos and cinema videos too. This trap worked flawlessly, with people sharing those videos as evidence without bothering to test it themselves. It leaves me concerned about how misinformation spreads like wildfire in these spaces. Finally, the part that troubles me the most is watching the NTE devs bend the knee. They removed those two items that caused the outrage. This makes me wonder if we are witnessing a new form of censorship creeping into our games. If you use tools that I personally do not like, even if I do not even play your game, delete them or face my internet rage. They gave in to the pressure, and now I have to ask myself the hard questions. What comes next? Will the miniskirt skins get censored because certain people hate seeing sexy women in games? Will the devs be forced to alter character poses that someone finds offensive, all under threat of boycott? Are we truly okay supporting this kind of behavior? Because once you open that door to hell, as the saying goes, you will not be able to close it again. This scares me for the future of creative freedom in gaming, and it makes me determined to speak up more thoughtfully moving forward. What is worse, even when the devs removed the questionable pieces, was the anti-AI crowd happy. No, they were not. This simply shows that the outrage was never really about AI in the first place. In closing, processing all of this has taught me a lot about the dangers of mob mentality, selective outage, and rushed judgments. Let us all learn from this drama and gatekeep our hobbies harder than ever before.

@GavinNewsom Here for the ratio. Fuck off.

Donald Trump and MAGA states are rigging our elections and silencing voters. This November, we WILL stop them. Everything is on the line.

@NTE_WL The AI stuff shoulda been unabashedly kept in. Fuck the performative outrage over AI.

NTE Drama I’m writing this post because of the massive number of DMs from players asking for refunds over claims that the game was made with AI. We need to clarify a few points, as the situation is escalating quite a bit. The game wasn’t made with a simple ChatGPT prompt like “make me a game, please.” It was created by programmers, musicians, voice actors, artists, writers, and many other staff members who have been working on it for years. If it were truly a soulless project in such a competitive industry, it simply wouldn’t stand out the way it has. We can’t deny that AI may have been used for certain types of assets that do not represent the final product, but that still doesn’t fully address the underlying issue. As for an official statement from Hotta Studio, we have already reached out and are currently waiting for a response. This may take some time, as it is currently Golden Week in China, which includes several non-working holidays. Regarding the sponsorship situation and the denial of AI use, it’s important to clarify that each department operates independently. This falls under the marketing department’s responsibility in terms of communication with influencers, and the situation was not handled with complete transparency. We are currently awaiting an official statement from the staff regarding the controversy that has emerged. The situation is delicate. While the issue originated in Asia and was actually received fairly positively there, it has now escalated to the point where forums in China and Japan are discussing the controversy being stirred up by the West over what many consider to be a minor issue. Many influencers are protesting and have stopped creating content, which worries players who are genuinely enjoying the game, as they fear this situation could negatively affect its future. Let’s hope for the best.

@MeidasTouch Absolute subhuman thief behavior. Taking infinity dollars from people and funding others they have nothing to do with.

NEWS: California will begin giving new parents 400 free diapers when they leave the hospital under a first-in-the-nation statewide program announced by Gov. Gavin Newsom. The “Golden State Start” initiative, created in partnership with Baby2Baby, will launch at 65 to 75 hospitals serving largely low-income families before expanding statewide. State officials say the program will provide more than a month’s worth of diapers to help ease the financial burden on parents.

@GavinNewsom Stop stealing people's money, you fucking thief.

HUGE NEWS: California just became the FIRST state in America to provide FREE DIAPERS to all new parents. Launching this summer. Since I became Governor, we have made preschool FREE, school meals FREE, and expanded paid family leave. Stop talking about lowering costs for families — DO IT!

@DemzDeliver So more wasted taxes.

🚨 California is now the first state to offer free diapers to newborns. Every family will receive 400 diapers.

@GavinNewsom I wish he was a hundredth as based as terrorist leftoids make him sound.

Canceling elections. Silencing free speech. Deploying private police against your own citizens. History has a term for Donald Trump's behavior.

@hasanthehun You're scum.

the va supreme court denied the results of the redistricting referendum. scotus gutted the voting rights act and tennessee carved up the last dem district destroying black voter power in the state. those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable

@BriarZaku Too bad the entire cast is rainbow cringe.

Goodness gracious