It’s so cool that every website is just Like This now. We used to send guys to the chair for putting pop-up ads on their sites. Now if I want to read something I have to read single lines between autoplaying video ads that use so much RAM they force the browser to reload every 5 seconds.

zero self-awareness

the faux-AI evangelists see the artistic process as a race to get to a finished product, instead of something valuable in itself. the process is where you develop those skills you don't have yet, it cannot be skipped, it is where the art happens

No you can't. Telling a computer to paint something for you is not remotely the same as painting something yourself, what is wrong with these people

At SNL I worked with artists who made the funniest, stupidest graphics in no time flat. Some of my biggest jokes would have been impossible without these geniuses building an insane image or finding the perfect real-life photo of a politician. Sucks that their work is being pushed aside for slop.

It is a huge problem that whenever Jews are hurt, it is easy to get news about it but whenever Palestinians are hurt, we struggle to find reporting about it All the hurt is terrible but clearly the media takes one group’s pain more seriously

It is simply not the case that every time a Jew is harmed, it’s because Palestinians are out to get us. That connection is what folks are reinforcing when they completely ahistorically propose that today’s violent antisemitism is all because people are mad at Israel.

CEOs are often fucking idiots. Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of examples

Sam Altman: hey I made a machine that stole literally all your stuff in order to make CSAM of your child actors, sometimes it encourages people to kill themselves Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.

Since Polygon is leaving it out of the headline: Epic Games partnered with The Game Awards to put money into the pocket of a bigot who uses her wealth to further the genocide of trans people through lawsuits and legislation. Every 'free' game gives money directly to JKR, and they are complicit.

Idk who needs to hear this, but talking to blorbo on the plagerism machine is crossing the picket line.

Violence, whether driven by antisemitism, racism, Islamophobia, or any other form of bigotry, must be stopped.

We honor the bravery of Ahmed al Ahmed, a bystander who risked his life to protect those under fire. The lesson, yet again, is all too clear: Our safety is bound up together.

I think about this tweet every day

Your reminder that Lichtenstein never gave a dime during his lifetime to the comics artists whose work he shamelessly stole. Nor does his Lichtenstein Foundation which continues to profit greatly from those plagiarized images. It's unforgivable. Lichtenstein was an immoral parasite.

Heroic bystander, Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim man who put his own life on the line, and saved so many Jews. True safety in solidarity in action

Writers who use genAI for illustrations are class traitors. We all have to fight this beast TOGETHER. We are not just trying to save SOME of our livelihoods.

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.

I’ve gotten a few replies like this today and I just want to point out 1. None of them have come from Palestinians 2. Violent antisemitism predates the existence of a Zionist movement, which began in Europe in an colonialist environment 3. These comments themselves conflate Judaism with Zionism

Theoretically, everyone deserves the right to do what they want to their own bodies. But in practice, these laws lead to further devaluation of disabled lives. They invariably lead to people choosing MAID because they can't afford healthcare, cajoled into this cheaper choice by an uncaring system.

The Epic of Gilgamesh is historically significant as the world's first Yaoi

absolutely the fuck not

If I had to ask the Louvre's permission it would 'kill' my high-end jewelry business!

I understand that a lot of folks have been misled by fear-mongering and powerful regressive voices but it’s still astonishing to me that so many have fallen for the idea that oppressively policing other people’s gender identity and expression could in any way be part of an enlightened future.

Shocked to learn that despite 1,000 op-eds about how they are now a workers' party, Republicans are doing what they always do when they're in power

@nubzombie.bsky.social I haven't watched your SH2 remake videos yet cuz I was wondering if I should play it first... Then I wondered if it's worth it? Do you have a spoiler free summary of your thoughts after playing it?

Don’t you think blondes have more fun? ✨ #art #silenthill #sh3 #fanart

The devastation I feel about this attack on science in particular is hard to cope with. It’s like watching my dad die all over again. I would do anything to spare someone a death via pancreatic cancer.

Please help Nour if you can!!!

Colonization systematically gaslights indigenous people out of our teachings and prophecies then proves us correct via science is still so funny to me. bitch u THOT?!

Amazing capture by Brad Dennis

“Sleep and circadian experts generally advocate for permanent Standard Time… Change between Standard Time and DST is not simply loss/gain of sleep, but rather misalignment between circadian and social clocks…”

I do this ish for a living, I am an AI developer and researcher, and *I* don’t fully understand the security implications. What hope do regular users have? www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/wi...

finally, an upside to the ongoing scourge of political violence

I think Tuesdays have become our lucky days.

i miss our rivals being absolute asshats :( leaf green was my very first mainline Pokémon game, and Gary will always have a special place in my heart. It just isn't as fun competing with someone who doesn't hate my guts (or at least pretends to).

Europe's electricity system is changing rapidly and often in places that don't make the headlines. Look at Estonia - not that long ago and fossil fuels dominated around 90% of electricity generation. Today solar and wind eat more and more into the share of fossil fuel-generated electricity.

Stocking !

Scarleteen is the kind of resource I wish I'd had as a teenager! I'll be contributing to their fundraising drive.

there was an amazing article about exactly this somewhere in the old days where everyone was paid well and was unionized, this chart was reversed, living expenses were cheap but luxuries like TVs and whatnot were what you had to save up for. You could live a comfortable life if you were frugal

Reference of... The Hard Angle and an extra front on view

AO3 is also down, so between the two our whole acronym is affected

mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one

I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered. He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here : www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

Things that will get you kicked out of academia forever: - taking maternity leave at the wrong time - spending too much time with your kids - reporting harassment - not moving every 2-3 years - taking a partner's job/preferences into account - mouthing off before tenure

I feel like every pres has been praised for this under the guise of "they could've done worse."

Very disappointing to see @bostonglobe.com running a piece from Richard Hanania today.

how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...

Comic books are (and this isn’t hyperbole) the greatest story telling medium that has ever existed. The combination of text and images rendered with a human hand is the most direct path from one mind to another. All other medium pale in comparison.