This whole section really.

Apologize for retweeting the same article twice but - and I say this with no hint of irony - this is a pretext to the single largest, easily litigated lawsuit in human history. This is an egregious violation of IP law, law protected quite literally & specifically by the Constitution. Total insanity.

Made a jar of reusable wetwipes to live on my counter. -gallon jar with gasketed fliptop lid -4 cups water -4 cups 70% isopropyl alcohol -~1 cup white vinegar -orange essential oil drops (for smell) - Spoonful of Dawn dish soap Mix, toss in 12 microfiber washcloths, soak 'em, close lid.

I want to talk about generative AI because of the defeatist impulses chronicled in this article. While simply expresssing a defiant attitude cannot always change lived-in reality, in certain cases it definitely can. This is in part because, early on, a conflict can exist at a perceptions level. 1/?

A lot of rightful critique is being levied at the AI slop fascist nostalgia here But I do want to add Being nostalgic for Wal Mart is goddamned weird

This is spot on. Our capitulation to the ‘inevitability’ of AI couldn’t come at a worse time.

This is, I gotta say, a pretty inspired choice.

I don't think anyone's posted it here but Lloyd Doggett has a constituent on the Sumud Flotilla and has demanded that Israel allow the fleet into Gaza

Ok, can someone at least explain to me what the benefit of something like this is supposed to be? I realize it’s just more dogshit, but what’s their pitch?

A lot of people who both call themselves Dems and claim to specialize in politics seem incapable of grasping this simple concept.

hey, cis people. we need you to call every single elected official you've got, now.

It's becoming increasingly obvious that the internet we've had for the past 30 years is being actively dismantled. We need to start taking proactive action to protect data and lines of communications on websites that haven't been affected yet, before they are. Censorship is rapidly coming.

Oh, it’s a leveraged buyout? Yeah, EA’s all done. Be prepared for a lot of think pieces about why and none of them will point to this deal.

I’m assuming the Dems are gearing up to fight the shit out of this battle.

There’s gotta be some kind of strategy to saying something this patently stupid but I’ll be damned if I can suss it out…

There are a lot of terrible things going on in the world right now but none of them compare to the horrible fact that I do not currently have a Reese’s Pieces Blizzard from DQ in my hand.

Jesus, “nobody brought us cookies while we enabled a genocide,” is something someone had the balls to say out loud. He’s right though, there wasn’t any middle ground. And he clearly chose his side.

Also anyone who slung that take could have avoided the embarrassment if they talked to one (1) person experienced in New York politics about what Eric Adams' whole deal was.

I-I’m sorry, he responds after what now?!?

Honestly, considering the times we’re living in it would be nearly impossible for an opposition party to fail at messaging. And yet, god bless ‘em, the Dems have really dug deep and they’re finding a way.

Jesus Christ, do these people realize how stupid they sound?!? Just say normal words, you dorks. Also, fuck AI.

I’ve always been a universal “dude” guy, it’s just an emphasis I didn’t give much thought to until i got called out for misgendering someone. Since then, I’ve really tried to curtail the instinct. I love the word but not as much as I love respecting people.

Yes, because you see if you’re using AI you don’t really have any respect for the work you’re doing, or you believe the people you’re working for don’t.

You cannot be reminded of this enough. We’ve let the bastards take genuine, meaningful education from us.

I’d become part of such an awesome community of writers primarily centered around writing on Medium. But then Medium became a shithole, and that community scattered to the winds and it really bums me out. It really helps to feel like you’re part of something. I miss it terribly.

Jesus Christ, as if the Dems aren’t dropping the ball enough, it’s a race to the bottom for president…

The answer to "the AI systems that corporate overlords push everywhere are shit" is not "so we need open source AI". These systems are shit cause they structurally are. They are just being shoved everywhere to reduce labor power. "Open source AI" (if that even existed) is not changing that.

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Jesus! Take note.

This is a beautiful response. Tells you everything you need to know about American whiteness

Great, so did, like 32k other people and I bet a bunch of them did it better, and they never destroyed all a vulnerable person’s worldly possessions for the lolz.

We aren’t less than and we won’t go down without a fight. Rodney has filed a habeas corpus complaint in federal court. He’s fighting his unlawful imprisonment. He needs the disability community to fight for him and demand his release. My full article on how the community can help Rodney:

Unfuckingbelievable but also, how is he just telling us this like it doesn’t make him seem like an absolute buffoon?

When I say this was energy essentially my entire childhood…

Somebody’s taking photos in the White House bathroom.

Oh, this sounds like a terrible thing.

nooooooooooo, he never got to eat that leprechaun @brendelbored.bsky.social

I spent way too long trying to figure out what Weird Al had to do with all this…

these bills are quite strong individually but as a group they’d combine to make california so much safer for trans people of all ages, cis californians who follow me please take a literal minute of your day to call Newsom and demand he not leave us to the wolves (bill numbers are in linked post)

Wait, crap, this is amazing!!

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Don’t fuck with me, man, I was there opening weekend for The Goonies!

Actually an impossible task for mere mortals.

Mutual aid is actually the bedrock of society and we’ve lost that thread so completely people don’t even believe it can be a thing anymore.

It’s a hell of a think when your brain absolutely refuses to allow you to be proud of yourself for doing a thing. You’re just not allowed, everything must always be undercut with some kind of negativity.

when we talk about censorship of sex and sexuality, I'll be honest, this is the kind of thing that keeps me up at night above even my own work being blacklisted. at best right now we've got "it's okay if it's in an educational context" but who decides that, and how

Ron’s an insanely talented illustrator who absolutely deserves your eyes on his work. #illustrator #supportrealartists ✏️

I'll say this again - an AI-generated fake video of how Putin had just launched a nuclear strike on the U.S. could end our world.

No, sorry, no one should be allowed to be this talented. It’s not fair.