just saw someone on tumblr describe HP as “the first fandom” like. I know you people are desperate to keep funding a transphobe bc the thought of reading any other book is too hard for you but this is housewives writing kirk/spock fanfic in carefully xerox’d fanzines erasure and I won’t stand for it

Some people don't know this so it's worth saying out loud that Public libraries are free to use. And even if you have never used a library, the librarians at your local library will be very happy to see you and help you get started.

UPD8! #priestbrideAU

SWORN BLADE | 12k | ch1/1 | #sheith #vld #fic By order of King Zarkon, Sir Takashi Shirogane is made the sworn blade of Prince Keith of Galra. But some battles cannot be won, and even Shiro and his mysterious sword, the Black Lion, cannot protect Keith from the world. ao3.org/works/74719141

perfect opportunity for me to once again mention how much i love someone else’s name by museaway

interest check on this as a sticker? #sheith

No. Abolish. Fire. Prosecute. This is the *moderate* position.

I'm suspicious of it being called a no-longer "centralized entity." I hate that many members likely still have access to sensitive/confidential stuff, as well as likely getting shuffled to other departments. At least two are glorified government web developers, so those sites'll work worse soon.

DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.

Well well. Well well well.

I've seen all sorts of instructions for how to turn off copilot on windows 11, but as an fyi, you can go into "add and remove programs" and just uninstall it. surprisingly, they let you do that. Does that remove every stupid ai thing? No idea, but in theory copilot is gone

Aye

giving is all we have | #sheith | au, fake dating, au | 7.6k When his ex is invited to Thanksgiving, Shiro turns to a personals ad to find a fake boyfriend. He finds Keith. ao3.org/works/43202878

I used to handle interlibrary loans for a public library. ILL is a magnificent expression of the idea that readers deserve books, and books deserve readers. It’s libraries everywhere pooling their resources for the benefit of everyone. Killing IMLS could have killed ILL. This is great news. 📚

Made a page on my website with instructions on how to disable AI features for a variety of services (mainly the ones I encounter at the moment, will append to the list as I go). The list so far includes Github, Google Services, Firefox and DuckDuckGo. kokorobot.ca/site/remove_...

I do not like your AI slop I do not want this worthless glop I do not read its overviews I don't care what Grok says is true I do not like it here nor there I'm tired of it everywhere

THEY ADDED NEW GARBAGE reblog to save a life

Important update: I have received word from insiders that Crunchyroll executives have deemed the user backlash to be small enough that their subtitle enshittification & OOONA plans will NOT be cancelled, only delayed. I have added an update to the article. There's a summary at the top now too.

The value of knowledge is in having done the work. The value of research is in having done the research. The value of a summary is in having summarized the information. The value of writing is in having done the writing.

"Market-driven solutions" is just a fancy term for eliminating the Affordable Care Act and letting health insurance companies charge you more for worse care. That isn't a solution. https://americanjournalnews.com/whatley-calls-for-replacing-obamacare-with-market-driven-solutions/

Got my paperback of @luckyhart.bsky.social’s latest book, “Break the Rule”!

this is basically the most effective thing you as an individual can do to fuck with ICE and good on this dude for dedicating his retirement to fucking with them

Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged. Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.

AI data centers are sucking up communities’ power & water. AI is being used by corporations to shaft consumers and is threatening young workers’ job prospects. So Trump wants to ram through a ban on state AI regulation — all to help out his Big Tech billionaire friends. Priorities.

Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad

Note for Democratic politicians: you don't have to start your condemnations of ICE raids with "We all want to catch violent criminals, but..." Just say "These raids have nothing to do with catching criminals and everything to do with terrorizing innocent minority groups."

If you're wondering why a large chunk of ostensibly left-of-center pundits are waging war on environmental protections in the form of an "abundance agenda," it's because Silicon Valley has quietly developed a culture of rampant pollution.

Recommend everyone block this racist lady whose whole raison d’être is NOT returning stolen Indigenous remains. Don’t engage, she came over here because she misses disrespecting you.

Important: House Dem leaders just said Trump's call for execution of Dems has prompted them to contact US Capitol Police and House Sergeant at Arms to "ensure the safety of these members and their families." Treat Trump like an unhinged menace. He's weak and in deep political trouble. Don't let up.

Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social

Its very very bad that the President publicly posts a statement that, were I to post the same thing about him, would have the FBI knocking on my door.

🚨 Yet again Ted Cruz and Steve Scalise are trying to sneak in a moratorium on state GenAi legislation. If passed states can no longer enact laws for transparency, child safety, privacy, environmental protection etc. We got 3 days to stop this. Call now! www.senate.gov/senators/sen...

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.

ARTISTS! You can DISABLE this feature! Protect yourself and don't assume that you're safe if you're an sfw artist!

This is indefensible.

Apparently P*ypal now asks for customer opinions on accounts sending invoices. If you are paying an invoice to a nsfw artist, do NOT mention NSFW in any way, keep it blank even. you risk both your account and the artists.

Покусал мента и ничего ему за это не будет 😈 #vld #voltron #sheith

Five corporations control 90% of the US media market. Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.

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.

"Microsoft warns that Windows 11's agentic AI could install malware on your PC: 'Only enable this feature if you understand the security implications.'" bro what-- what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?

Nobody asked for a revival of Vine, but don’t use the revival, since it’s going to be scraped for AI training. The “No AI on diVine” rule is just there to ensure it’s fed real content and not more AI slop.

It matters if the president is a bad person

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

There are a handful of things Target could do to get me and a bunch of other formerly loyal, currently boycotting customers back, and this was absolutely not one of them: “Target also announced a partnership with OpenAI to let customers shop on Target in ChatGPT.”

It's not even a morality issue---it's an equity issue. In essence, about half the student body has to manage the prospect that approaching the professor for help, professional advice, guidance, or feedback is going to go sideways. Women in his classes are not getting the same class.

Books with Pictures is an irreplaceable part of the comics community! www.gofundme.com/f/keep-books...

if you think that ao3 needs a dislike button, block me. we have nothing to say to one another. I'm honestly done being nice about this. there is no algorithm to teach. it's an archive. wanting a dislike button is just a request for the ability to be hateful with no consequences

So this ad revenue metric is indicative of such a fascinating and weird set of business decisions by Google to inexplicably kill of SEO-- and I honestly don't get how they think this is going to pay off for them in the long run. 🧵 1/

Our next chance to stomp the regime at the ballot box is in Tennessee, where @aftynbehn.bsky.social (a state representative and former Indivisible organizer) can flip a district Trump won by double-digits if we turn enough voters out. Early voting has started and you can help GOTV from anywhere.