I NEED YOU TO SAY THIS LOUD TO THE CONGREGATION

We don’t need to buy into the inevitable destruction of our privacy and autonomy. We must tell them “no.” Loudly and often.

Am writing a thing at the moment about discourses of inevitability and university AI adoption rhetorics so it’s top of mind.

The ICE murder of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo deserves the same fury as Renee Good and Alex Pretti

Also also: Seriously, the evidence that kids need more sleep and to sleep later is incredibly robust. We’ve known that teenagers need a later day start for about 20 years. But we also now know that we need later starts for little kids, too. www.brookings.edu/articles/wha...

Trump’s GOP is trying to remake the wnba over into wwe’s image. Racist stereotypes, symbolic race wars, and everyday eugenics. it’s a sign of how popular the sport is and how captured everything is. www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...

Hoping to get at least 50. Currently 0/50

I just want more of the people doing cool shit to get the funding to do cool shit.

If you are able, move your body today and drink water. We need to be healthy as we can be to fight fascism and racists.

Somehow, when it's done by for-profit company, it doesn't look like a commons the way it did when people were voluntarily installing the SETI screensaver.

As always @biblioracle.bsky.social is on point, but this question is particularly close to my heart: "Maybe AI is the future of work, but if that future is going to deliberately sideline the most important cognitive contributions of humans, what are we doing here?" Also /1

lol. it's nice that others see through the shitty "the establishment is trying to take me down" talking point

The older I get, the more I understand why my dad replies '👍' to most things

Never. This is another scam. Don't participate.

The audacity of unchecked white privilege is absolutely how we got this administration.

ICE lies. It’s literally their primary function.

Does anyone know any Ethiopian/Eritrean illustrators? I've got a project for someone...

It just feels like the games industry is dying and some folks are choosing to fiddle like Nero on its corpse instead of giving CPR.

“Upside Down Texas is one of 10 ‘companies’ concocted by Alterman, 34, and Ross, 43, for the purpose of spoofing the real AI firms that advertise on the subway.”

“Sunrun plans to sell the distributed compute power from the nodes to "enterprise compute buyers," like AI companies. It's a new approach to finding resources and space for AI compute infrastructure as data centers face increasing pushback across the country.”

This used to be a nice cute open source type project (ie. dedicate your idle compute from your napping PlayStation to mapping the human genome and curing cancer). Now you can dedicate driving up your electrical bill to producing AI generated CSAM. 🤷‍♀️

Hey, fellas, before you write that white hot take about how rape is such a tricky thing and, I mean, who can really say what happened and, you know, maybe we should not be too judgmental, I'd like to remind you that instead you can simply shut the fuck up.

People talk about universal healthcare creating long wait times like it doesn't happen in here in the US. I have been going back and forth between my MD, insurance, and the provider to get a test authorized. I finally got the test scheduled today...for Sept 22nd. It will be a week shy of 5 months.

Disability is not a vacation. It’s a 24/7 job You’re forced into legislated poverty You have to endure ableism, abandonment and constant gaslighting You live with pain & suffering that would send most folks to the hospital. You fight for medical care, social supports & dignity. It’s not easy.

By the way, if you’re a fan of Mike Pondsmith’s due to his work on Cyberpunk, I suggest checking out Castle Falkenstein. It truly is his best writing and concept work, in my opinion.

“It really became apparent that the community was against it…”

I miss @kurtbusiek.bsky.social randomly showing up with facts about the unified theory of Marvel lore.

Reactionaries make a big deal out of poor people taking advantage or scamming food stamps or welfare or whatever. They don't talk about how much it costs to pay the bureaucrats and gatekeepers getting in the way of people getting what they need.

That some folks in our world think food should be gatekept is a moral failing by both them and societies at large. Feed hungry people. It's that simple.

SNAP is highly effective at reducing food insecurity. It's linked to better health, education & economic outcomes. It's a vital stimulus when the economy is weak. This should go without saying, but: SNAP doesn't do those things if you've made it impossible for anyone to get it!

Last night I went to "Guilia: The Poison Queen of Palermo" @ PAC NYC. A musical about Guilia Tofana, a 17th century apothecary who helped women deal w/abusive husbands. While the themes are dark & heavy, the musical treats it w/respect. A tear jerker w/a hopeful message. Go see it if you can 10/10

Half Price Books is kind of a fascinating company. I spoke to their president about the new Houston store and how the approach expansion: "Our sales are up across the chain. We are very, very healthy. We're doing great. People are coming back to reading." www.chron.com/culture/arti...

There's also a difference between piracy and... conversations about piracy. My big hot take is that if you pirate anything, don't talk about it where the creator can see and feel some kind of way unless you're prepared to piss them and yourself off.

“Anthropic on Thursday announced a "reflect" feature for its Claude chatbot, allowing users to see an analysis of their usage data over the past month, three months, six months, or year.”

As much as Disability Pride Month is where we celebrate disabled people, inclusion, & accessibility You can't leave out that this month was chosen because it is the month that the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law. Remember to always include the reason why it is this month

🤖 Free summer sci-fi stock-art for you all 🤖 9 page dividers to decorate your ttrpgs projects - for space and other non-fantasy settings. Free download for 3 days! Free for personal and commercial use 🖋 www.patreon.com/SilverGlass/... Tell your friends!

A reminder that I’m STILL looking for work, either contract or FT, 18 months after Monolith was closed down by Warner Bros. Lemme put words in your characters mouths!!

Here’s the part we all want to know which is behind the paywall. You’re welcome.

nsfw creators: perverts (pos) swers: perverts (pos) kink communities: perverts (pos) smart glass wearers: perverts (derogatory)

One of my favorite arcs continues in MARS NEEDS MUTANTS in Uncanny X-Men #31! The Uncanny X-Men find themselves trapped in your favorite SF thriller cheesy drive-in movie as a homocidal alien force attacks Louisiana and and the X-Men ARE NOT HAVING IT. FUN AND BLOODY! Don't miss it!

After you've outsourced your cognitive functioning to AI, why not outsource your willpower to an app as well?

Tyler the Creator: yes www.complex.com/music/a/back...

I don't take any "Left" political candidates seriously who don't have an actual Public Libraries platform developed. There is no "Left" project in the U.S. that doesn't take public libraries seriously which means FUNDING them.

As a side note, "brain organoids" is not a term I want to ever be comfortable with.

This is WILD. He's the Governor of the state and has no info.

In the full article, it describes how the post-mortem brain cortex slice learned/imitated humans.

I don't know why this is the first thing that came to mind

something like this