'a business will let every person in it die a terrible death if it makes the business profit. A household will spend it's last dollar to keep the people safe and healthy"

Oh nooooooo 🤣🤣🤣

AI pisses me off for many reasons and one of them is that the people using it don't even bother to look at the slop before they post it (as seen in the example below)! What happened to checking your work?? Jfc I'm tired.

This is Tumbleweed. She is an artist, and this is her art. Doesn't expect everyone to understand. 13/10 (IG: winstonandtumble)

Further, there is nothing AI can do for me. Nothing I *want* it to do for me. Even if it wasn't an inept plagiarism machine, I like writing, editing, rewriting, planning, researching, all of it. I want to do all of it. I want humans to handle the stuff beyond my capacity.

This is so fucking disgusting.

HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS

If you want to commission me to make some Cat Butt coasters (your choice: colors / type of yarn), I’m a Latina artist who is severely disabled & currently homeless, so every bit helps! They’re not currently listed on my site (these sold), but you can message me here/there: donialilly.com #catsky 🐈

I have now finished the article. It was good, you should read it. It was missing a big one for me, though: sort/filter features on shopping websites/apps. "Price low to high? You mean a completely arbirtray order featuring a million sponsored results? That's what you wanted, yes?" 😑

Here's the serious bit for anyone who'd rather skip the 4000 words of jokes

Ok, I haven't finished the article yet but I had to comment now because there's a BILLBOARD WITH A QR CODE ON IT in my town and it makes me want become a full-time vandal. Like billboards aren't already enough of a blight on humanity??

“The Al is not just telling you what you want to hear. It is training you, one conversation at a time, to need less friction, expect more agreement, and become slightly less capable of handling a situation where someone pushes back on you”

i don't want it now i don't want it when it looks better i don't want it even though celebs shill for it i don't want it despite the billions spent to push it i don't want to look at it, read it, talk to it, deal with it i just don't want to interface with it in any way, simple as

Sometimes I'll put in an absurdly low bid on an eBay auction with the knowledge that I'll definitely get outbid but also a vanishingly slim hope that MAYBE by some miracle nobody else will bid. Anyway that is how I ended up adding this magnificent glass plate negative to my collection! No date/info.

Postcard from my collection titled “The Rivals”. Undated.

Joe Biden literally wrote a memo telling staff that he’d be disappointed in them if they missed family milestones because of work.

On today's #walk I saw 2 dogs, one of which had very impressive ears. I also saw a cat and lots of pretty plants. And I ate a raspberry off a neighbor's bush! It was delicious.

Omg, I totally forgot! On my #walk yesterday, I stopped to chat with a neighbor who is the second owner of a 120 year old house!! She bought it in 1967 from the guy who built it! And that guy's name was Fred Kruger lol. I love my neighborhood. 🥰

Thanks, Vonnegut. 💜

Lmao

Everything we’ve ever done since 2013 is yours for just $29/year. We’ve never run ads & don’t aggressively push anything on you ever, because the internet sucks enough as it is. But we still need $$ to pay writers, artists, editors, and bills. Each subscription means the world to us/keeps us going 🙏

I highly recommend that everyone follow artists. If you do, your feed is filled with art every day. Real, original art. It's bonkers that you can even have this. Amazing. Undeniably cool. And then support those artists, when you can, because that helps the delight continue.

A livestream of a volcano in the Philippines captured a meteor crashing to Earth today. What are the odds? Mayon Volcano, Location: Albay, Luzon, Philippines

Oh, and then I got barked at by a HUMAN man (derogatory) out the window of a car driving by! Ew! I don't want no scrubs!

Today's walk: I saw THREE cats, two of whom I am familiar with from other walks. The third was chilling on the stoop of their house, completely unbothered even though the neighbors across the street were having a barbecue with several loud children. I also saw many dogs in yards that barked at me 🥰

That face. Photo from my collection: Union City, Ohio, 1952.

Having vigorous disagreements is not the only valuable kind of socializing, nor is it the only way to learn anything. Hope this helps.

On my walk yesterday I saw either two cats or the same cat twice and tow OWLS harassing/being harassed by some much smaller birds (cardinals, maybe?) up in a tree. It was very exciting! I watched them for several minutes. I had never seen such a thing before!

Librarians literally saved my life

[Most of mine are from tv] "For example, this door is not a door. It's a doorn't" "Knives are knives. Meat's meat."

I would like a word with one Ms. Sally Hansen re: the ridiculously largr brushes in the insta-dri nail polishes. What are we doing here? Is this a polish for giants? Am I meant to paint my entire hand? I haven't done this bad of a job painting my nails since I was eight.

Interesting Animal Fact: - Sea Otters are monotheistic. They hold hands when they sleep in order to summon The Great Otter who rewards their faith with limitless urchins and mollusks.¹ ¹ ⁿᵉᵉᵈˢ ᶜ¹ᵗᵃᵗ¹ᵒⁿ

what’ve youse been getting up to in the movie theater bathroom

Lil buddy. 🥹 Photo from my collection, 1966.

the world needs more guinea pig cartographers

Why is the trending topics feature on here SO BAD?

What non-edible items look the most delicious?

I lifted something heavy and didn't throw my back out! Turns out, if you do it the way you're supposed to, it works better. Who woulda thunk?

Went to an anti AI datacentre protest march today and a friend of mine got a picture that summed it all up

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The internet was also grown largely organically until Big Money™️ started buying users in order to monetize us. AI is the polar opposite, they’ve taken everything without asking and are so desperate to sell it all back to us they’ll break everything that works until all that’s left is their shitty AI

some dope earlier this week tried to gaslight people by saying the pushback on AI mirrors the pushback when the internet went mainstream and no it fucking does not! people were excited about the internet! ffs it wasn’t 100 years ago, a lot of us were THERE

It’s dangerous to go alone! Take this. Photo from my collection, 1949.

You may have noticed I disappeared from social media after my launch of @beyondxandy.bsky.social I was violently attacked by a transphobe who recognized me and have been in the hospital and resting If you'd like to help me with my medical bills, please consider donating here: gofund.me/9328f91f2

Colbert guest hosted a public access TV show in Monroe, Michigan a day after the Late Show ended. Guest star: Jeff Daniels Special appearance by: Eminem Musical director: Jack White Genius. youtu.be/jJTXB5uT_C4?...

thank you to everyone who sent this to me

I will be running a small QueerVC tomorrow night to cover the rest of the car repair, so I will see you all then!