I have two transgender kids… and in my family… we do Christmas… a little differently.

And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, was present at the end of the universe, having witnessed every black hole evaporate and every proton decay. Even so, Death would not come.

Seems that this is what I'm vibing with this Christmas www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgHh...

Sick, EA have had their last penny from me 👍

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Jamiroquai when Jamiro vewwy sad

I have to point out this article is absolute dogshit and is complaining about Bethesda not pirating Photoshop to avoid AI use, which would be utterly insane and make development significantly harder, and suggests Bethesda uses AI the same way everyone does when they use modern scaling tools.

Hey McDonald's? Hey. Could've been your message.

A complementary pathology is that there's the perception that erring on the side of being too naive is somehow far worse than erring on the side of being too cynical, despite the fact that overly cynical predictions are wrong *all the fucking time*, wrong in just as consequential ways too!

Just thinking about how revolutionary Call of Duty was back in the day. Not even CoD4, but the first one. My uni housemate was buzzing about the siege of Stalingrad level, and I'd never played anything like that before.

*Continuity announcer's voice* And just a reminder that coming up later #BBCFour there's a Ghost Story for Christmas, with 4 chilling tales of the macabre, as well as the classic Jonathan Miller adaptation of Whistle and I'll Come to You. That's later...on BBC FOUR!

Well this is some REALLY upsetting news.

Ah, man, Jake Paul gets to spend Christmas with a broken jaw. :)

Who wore it best

You know, I always doubted the artistry of boxing but, fair play, here we see Anthony Joshua referencing the fine work of Pablo Picasso in his latest piece

nice post. I couldn’t have said it better myself, which I will now demonstrate in your replies

This is the expression of a man who is seeing the face of God and realizes He is frowning

I do not need to click through to see if the science holds up, I simply choose to accept this as fact and live accordingly* *eat all cheese this Christmas

Good lord what an embarrassment from Humble. No.

One for the "Why didn't al-Ahmad shoot the guy he disarmed???" people

“try water fox or ice weasel” try chill penguin. install flame mammoth. you just download bubble crab. literally just use boomer kuwanger. sting chameleon has a search bar, use it to find toxic seahorse.

I remember when Bobson Dugnutt hit that winning home run like it was yesterday

Can't wait until it inevitably comes out Nintendo uses AI in a similar way to what has been described today and the sort of discourse it is going to drive

Reading this on the day that Larian, of ALL places, decided to light all their gargantuan accumulation of good-will on fire.

Last weird internet thing of the year. In two weeks we'll be holding the third annual Fishmas: a competition in which people simultaneously blind-compete to catch the biggest fish in a fishing game to win a free hat. Happy Fishing! rules & info: www.seanmorl.com/fishmas

A curated selection of reaction images to this news

Here we go… Didn’t even need to fast forward - they said it on the day the results were released!!

🚨 The UK government just published a breakdown of the responses to its consultation on AI & copyright: - 95% of respondents want AI companies to pay for their training data (made up of 88% saying strengthen copyright law, & 7% saying leave it as is) 🧵 1/2

They are thieves trying to validate their theft and greed. Absolute bastards.

Called it (if only I could figure out how to search my own posts...)

If you are (as I am) watching The Princess Bride for REASONS today, please take a look at the quoted thread for a master's look at the masters of swords

this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous this is worth sharing and educating people about

I *do* know something of this topic, and have some issues with this piece. (thread)

Thread Oh wow what a thread

This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites. The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.

Just realised: how many Christmas dinners are going to be ruined by AI this year..

I'm going to guess it's an ADHD/executive dysfunction thing that I'm endlessly irritated at seeing Christmas food in shops that I'm all ready to get and cook *now*, but having to conceptualise buying in advance (within use-by date) and readying it for an exact time/day? Hell.

As much as I've been a goofy fuck about promoting I Will Kill Your Imaginary Friend for $200, the genuine reception it's getting is incredible. Especially with people totally unfamiliar with my work. Here's an early review thread, starting with the incredible starred feature in Publisher's Weekly.

insanely good thing to say when you enter a room

Spooky Advent day 13: Number 13 by M R James (of course). More on my blog inc tangential necropants: www.sarahcoomer.co.uk/blog

last night's stream highlights. featuring an incomplete induction to the top hiccup cure. been on a great streak of eudaimonia lately.

Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.

Had another week in the hospital so I'm bumping this again. Thanks to everyone who shares and supports.

Hell yeah, those with access to Channel 4 streaming or on-demand, they've got Dead of Night on tomorrow which is an absolute banger of a ghost story compilation movie from 1945 www.channel4.com/programmes/d...

Still jazzed about a new Remedy game in the Control setting, and a new Frictional game that's a spiritual successor to SOMA. Those are both EXTREMELY my jam. And the Divinity announcement was very folk horror. That's some good news for me!