Anthony Dean

dtgeek@mastodon.social

I'm the owner of Diverse Tech Geek, a site covering media and technology, as well as diversity issues. Interested in comics and animation. Pronouns: he/him. 🏳️‍🌈 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#technology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#blogging</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#diversity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#comics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/animation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<s

Posts

Post #4395064
Google plans to kill Assistant on your phone on September 4 - Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/08/google-plans-to-kill-assistant-on-your-phone-on-september-4/
Post #4367512
Parents Fears of Video Games Alleviated Through Gaming Workshops https://variety.com/2026/gaming/news/parents-fears-video-games-gaming-workshops-1236822057/
Post #4367444
From July: What are the least problematic tech options? Basically tech where money is minimized, avoided, or fairly distributed to creators. Basically no billionaires, private equity, etc. It can't guarantee the people behind, say, Jellyfin or LibreOffice don't want to send all Black / gay people to the moon, but at least they won't have the GDP of Chile to try. (Again, diversity in tech matters.) https://www.diversetechgeek.com/least-problematic-tech-options/ #tech
Post #4366008
FCC's Brendan Carr Hit With Ethics Complaints Over Paramount Gifts https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/public-policy-legal/fcc-carr-paramount-ethics-complaints/
Post #4356631
Today's the day Superman was made an honorary citizen of every United Nations member country. (Comic art by Curt Swan and Romeo Tanghal.) #1976DCCalendar #DCComics #comics #Superman #UnitedNations #UNMe #DownByTheEastRiverside
Post #4291099
Google Pulls Down Feature for AI-Generating Fake Satellite Images on Google Earth After It's Immediately Used to Fake Terror Attacks https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/google-pulls-down-google-earth-ai-feature
Post #4280287
State Department Map Incorrectly Labels African Countries at AIDS Conference https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/politics/state-department-map-incorrectly-labels-african-countries-at-aids-conference/
Post #4261708
Global Smartphone Sales Fall By Six Percent Amid Memory Cost Crisis https://www.engadget.com/2227239/global-smartphone-sales-fall-six-percent-amid-ram-crisis/
Post #4260945
William Shatner to appear on Weigel's MeTV during Star Trek salute https://thedesk.net/2026/07/william-shatner-to-appear-on-weigels-metv-during-star-trek-salute/
Post #4215344
Major Labels Call For AI Slop Songs To Be Banned From Entering Charts Around The World https://www.engadget.com/2226234/major-labels-call-for-ai-slop-songs-to-be-banned-from-entering-charts-around-the-world/
Post #4202774
New post: A list of my recommended Linux distros, from Linux Mint to Fedora to CachyOS. (And for those who don't want to switch to Linux, but hate the direction Windows is going, there's always just buying a Mac.) https://www.diversetechgeek.com/recommended-linux-distros-2026-edition/ #Linux #tech
Post #4202667
xAI Is Challenging A New Minnesota Law Banning 'Nudify' Apps https://www.engadget.com/2225792/xai-challenging-new-minnesota-law-banning-nudify-apps/
Post #4177077
Judge blocks first state law that would have banned prediction markets - Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/07/judge-blocks-first-state-law-that-would-have-banned-prediction-markets/
Post #4177063
Philly suburb: Sure, build that data center—but first meet our 43 demands - Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/07/philly-suburb-sure-build-that-data-center-but-first-meet-our-43-demands/
Post #4166052
Apple Upgrade Is A Subscription Program For The Company's Devices https://www.engadget.com/2224951/apple-upgrade-program-announced-klarna/
Post #4152952
Every form of entertainment besides movies have some type of intermission: theatrical plays, sports (hockey calls their between-period breaks such), speeches, TV shows (ads/pausing), video games (pausing). Why are movies now the sole exception, especially when they're running 3+ hours long?
Post #4151021
Who'd be stupid or gullible enough to give any banking info to Musk/the site formerly known as Twitter? X Money is launching in the US starting today | The Verge https://www.theverge.com/tech/971649/x-money-launch-elon-musk #Twitter #ElonMusk
Post #4150807
Wikimedia Will Not Voluntarily Recognize Union a Supermajority of Its Workers Want https://www.404media.co/wikimedia-waits-until-after-its-massive-conference-to-say-it-wont-voluntarily-recognize-union/
Post #4146134
Wondering if i was the only one paying attention in school when they told us not to drink the chemicals stored under the sink... How emotionally powerful stories fuel vaccine skepticism - Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/07/how-emotionally-powerful-stories-fuel-vaccine-skepticism/
Post #4144980
Ryan Reynolds Snuck Into Comic-Con as Deadpool With 'No Security' https://variety.com/2026/film/news/ryan-reynolds-comic-con-deadpool-no-security-1236821970/
Post #4133760
Your CD And Blu-Ray Collection Won't Last Forever https://www.engadget.com/2216277/cd-dvd-collection-expected-lifespan-rot-explained/
Post #4090606
New post: In this month's blog status update, I note today's the site's anniversary! Also, I'm looking at new (and hopefully cheaper) webhosts. https://www.diversetechgeek.com/blog-status-update-july-2026/ #blogging #webhost
Post #4076557
SDCC '26: DC unveils first-ever VIXEN ongoing & STATIC return DC Announces Vixen's First-Ever Ongoing Series and Static's Return at SDCC 2026 https://www.comicsbeat.com/sdcc-26-dc-unveils-first-ever-vixen-ongoing-static-return/
Post #4074088
That's a big one... and costly for the Ellisons (they owe $7 million a day past September 30). Also punts this past the midterms (see: CNN), plus more time for a possible AI bubble burst (affecting Oracle). Paramount Agrees To Delay Warner Bros. Merger Into 2027 https://www.engadget.com/2222897/paramount-agrees-to-delay-warner-bros-merger-into-2027/ #Paramount #warnerbros
Post #4073530
LeBron James Heads to Philadelphia 76ers https://variety.com/2026/sports/news/lebron-james-philadelphia-76ers-1236820359/
Post #4073380
It's just... yet another of the 8 zillion renditions of "A Christmas Carol"? ("Master of Misfits?!") https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7lyvgnDuDE
Post #4016931
Today's the day the Justice League of America was founded. (Art by Chuck Patton, Scott Shaw, Nick Cardy, and unknown.) #1976DCCalendar #DCComics #comics #JusticeLeague #SuperFriends #ZooCrew #Amazo
Post #4003224
Cowgary Vancougar Otterwa Winnipig Edmutton Muttreal Halifox Saskatuna Medicine Cat-in-the-Hat #AltCityOrTownNames #HashtagGames #BadAnimalPuns
Post #3968223
RIP bargain bin: The price impact of Sony's disc-free PlayStation plan - Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/07/our-playstation-price-analysis-shows-why-physical-games-still-matter/
Post #3963771
From January: What do Sam "The Falcon" Wilson, Scooby-Doo, the Earth-2 Superman, and Sauron (the "I want to turn people into dinosaurs" guy) have in common? They all should've entered public domain this year under their original copyright terms, but didn't. https://www.diversetechgeek.com/cartoons-public-domain-2026/ #comics #animation #copyright #publicdomain