while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.

It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick. Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.

Today's #BehindTheBots salutes TOM KENNY: when not playing a sea sponge or an ice wizard, he voiced Starscream and his clones on "Transformers Animated", Wheelie in the live-action films, Nightstrike in "Robots in Disguise", and many more! tfwiki.net/wiki/Tom_Kenny

Once again, we are way too relaxed about the fact that "shooting Irish people is good actually" is a mainstream political position on the neighbouring island.

EU will now delay AI Act, bowing to business and big tech pressure. So companies can more easily use AI to hire job candidates or decide who gets a loan, or who gets to be insured, at least until 2027. m.independent.ie/business/tec...

it's afraid

“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas & city center in 2021.”

Wrote up a little intervention post/explanation for my class about why using LLMs for trying to learn programming (as first time learners!) is bad and detrimental datavizf25.classes.andrewheiss.com/news/2025-11...

If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features." There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.

I can see your spirit in the sky 💜 #NiGHTSintoDreams

The greatest innovation billionaires have come up with is they found a way to have billions of dollars and still be miserable and angry all the time

Possessed doll girls deserve their own hookup sites is all I'm saying. (Don't forget to go follow @rattlegeist.bsky.social !!!)

THE MANTLE... not to be confused with deltarune's. i still miss #NiGHTSintoDreams

This is a really interesting article about a horrifying distortion of sign language happening in the UK, and which its creators are now trying to export to other countries and their sign languages Learn actual sign languages from Deaf people, not from hearing people making their own weird versions!

Mitqal needs to raise $200, can we help him?

Love you @scrivenerapp.bsky.social, glad you’re not buying into this shit

One of the cruelest tricks society played on creative people was planting the idea that being proud of your work is somehow unseemly and egotistical. You made a thing! You like it! You SHOULD be proud of it. Brag all you want!

ye olde trans rights. now and forever. 🏳️‍⚧️✨ #TDOR #TransDayofRemembrance

To be clear: the updated statements are *complete shameless lies, no exceptions.* Vaccines *do not cause autism.* This is backed up by *overwhelming* evidence. The CDC is actively lying directly to the American people. Any journalist who doesn't lead with a demand for adv explanation needs to quit.

My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨

Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social

WEDNESDAY MOVIE NIGHT WATCHING THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN LIKE OVER A DECADE

🌿 weeds in the garden...? #b3d #pokemon #art

A mysterious stranger makes his appearance, this week on SABLE: A GHOST STORY sablecomic.com

I wrote another in this series exploring kanji by different radicals. www.nippon.com/en/japan-top...

Notorious neo-Nazi websites go offline after NewsChannel 5 exposes targeting of children www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...

President Trump's efforts to send National Guard troops to U.S. cities have been repeatedly met with resistance in the courts — most recently, in Tennessee. n.pr/3LLFeoq

Blender is struggling. it's the best piece of 3d software on the market, and it's free. I'm not going back to autodesk. please donate if you can! fund.blender.org

Watched Ponyo and drew some fish yesterday. Didn’t plan on colouring this, but head empty no thoughts, colour fish. Blub 🐟

lol just saw a business defending itself by saying they "HAD to use AI to keep up with the competition," which is like saying you HAVE to eat that big pile of horse shit because the guy next to you just put TWO scoops on his plate and now there's hardly any left

Want an alternative to Duolingo now that they're firing workers and resorting to AI slop? Here's a much better way to study Japanese, along with some alternative app recommendations.

imagine if universities hired teachers instead of mere conduits for influence

trying to convince a friend to join your fandom just so you have a safe space to yap about it:

A queen

Chiitan started working on washing the plan✈️Going well. 飛行機を洗うお手伝いですっ☆向いてるかもしれませんっ☆

It's finally coming!! On December 8th... I'm releasing my next game, Angeline Era!!! It's a vast, 3D action-adventure where you travel across a country's unmarked overworld, with every level hidden in plain sight. Please look forward to it!! store.steampowered.com/app/2393920

we are going to win

"can Labour be both compassionate and tough on immigration?" Oh, I don't know. Let's ask (checks notes) ... trans people, black people, disabled people, poor people, the homeless, mentally-ill people ...

Yeah hi I would really appreciate things like links to anti AI/anti ChatGPT articles, threads and statistics, I need to bully my brother and otherwise educate my family why this crap is not okay #antiAI #antiChatGPT #saynotoAI

Why am I so against generative AI in games? Because I simply do not want my initial reaction to art to be one of suspicion and scrutiny, AI slop is fundamentally damaging my relationship to art and artistry, and I am deeply resentful that it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed.

Apparently the subject of the day on the art side of the internet is how to draw heads at difficult angles, so I’m gonna put it out there that there is absolutely nothing wrong with grabbing a tool like @handyarttool.bsky.social to get super specific references of difficult angles to draw

You can love someone you love even if you don't love yourself🏳️‍⚧️ But if you love yourself, you can love both yourself and the person you love. Your love becomes twofold. So take care of yourself. Your soul is beautiful.

I cannot stress enough that your calls — and your social media posts — on this issue DO matter and WILL impact things long-term But you have to call

“The government is allowed to post real death threats on social media but you’re not allowed to post sarcastic death threats on social media” is actually a pretty apt distillation of power and violence