We keep seeing startups who want to replace something valuable (therapy, counseling, tutoring, artistic expression) with some tech bullshit under the banner of democratization. But why do we need to invest so much in bad tech that doesn't work instead of just giving people access to what they need?

You know how billionaires end up with severe cognitive deficits as a result of becoming surrounded by yes men who constantly tell them their every idea is genius? What if we made a bot that just does that to everyone. I think that would be a good idea.

all the anxiety human evolution developed to help me spot bears now kicks in when i have to answer emails

Friend: I found your doppelganger *shows you picture of the worst looking person you've ever seen in your life*

[at my second rodeo] listen up you ignorant sack of shit

rapture thighs around my face, girl. i'm ready to meet god

"the house is on fire! we need to put it out!" "let's not focus on blame. there's a lot of flammables in here that encouraged & fed this situation." "sure, whatever, but put the fire out!" "that kind of extremism only increases polarization. we need to work -with- the fire to protect the house."

hey the people that stormed the capitol and erected gallows to murder elected leaders want you to know that political violence is not ok

Emperor Palpatine was a human being with a family, and it would be rude to celebrate his demise. Shame on the rebellion.

I love the smell of consequences in the morning. Thank you, @dragoncon.org

Punch Nazis

"ai isn't going away" ok but neither is death and you don't see me here drinking poison and hitting myself with a hammer

Rock Looked Way Cooler Wet

i am so sick of the dumbest people alive being in charge of everything and the second dumbest people alive writing opinion columns about how it's good

Anything as powerful as what was marketed would be used in secret and protected vigorously as trade secret for as long as humanly possible instead of being sold to you, the consumer. If it cannot make a product, there will be an effort to lure you into becoming dependant on its service

Doing some doodles on my ipad this morning

"A.i." doesn't empower anyone. It strips them of belief in themselves and the power of their own minds and hands and abilities and stories. EVERY KID CAN DRAW. EVERY KID CAN TELL STORIES AND MAKE COMICS. Fuck "A.i." for telling kids lies and making them less-than.

If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages

IT IS GLORY TO BATHE IN THE BLOOD OF YOUR ENEMIES BUT TO ALSO BATHE IN THE SHOWER.

Found the problem

The other day I drew a subway-style map for The Hobbit, and it was very well received. Some of you asked if I could do one for LoTR, so I have! Forgive the eel watermark; I'm working on making these something you can buy, if you like.

"How could he get to a point where he is able to come after my bank account?" Read more: chaser.com.au/general-news...

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but news / social media—especially when constant, chaotic, and unfiltered—can hit our brains like a DDoS attack: overload attention, flood emotions, and make it hard to think clearly. It’s okay to step back and curate what you let in. Your mental uptime matters.

And on the underground 🥵

[worst possible stuff happening everywhere] man why do I feel bad

"why does restaurant food taste better than food cooked at home" The cook does not care if you live or die and uses salt and butter accordingly

Among other things, I'm just so pissed that a country that once made winning WWII its whole personality is now building concentration camps

If you use AI to create your art, your story, your whatever, I immediately know you don’t care about making things — you only care about selling them.

Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.

probably a good time to bring this back

crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their consultants

World War 3 kinda sucks, but you know, it was either this or pronouns

it’s even more demoralizing when the history you’re repeating is history you were around for the first time

Let’s not mince words on exactly what the MAGA movement is.

equipped Mobile Phone. you will experience sustained Psychic Damage until the item is unequipped

guys we HAVE to get rid of DEI. it’s about FAIRNESS

But they already did. www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-ai-job...

It’d be pretty cool if aspirational masculinity was just like. Being a gentle, funny dad and a loving partner and having jumper cables and a lug wrench on hand and maybe learning how to build and paint sets for school plays instead of being a sentient crypto ham hock with a creatine addiction

Stop hating yourself for everything. Be specific.

anything that at any point you loved but then became too cool for, know that someday you will turn back to that thing and say "oh. no. you were fine, you were more than fine. it is I who was cringe"

A summery cartoon for @newscientist.com

good vibes only

A typical European car is parked 92% of the time. It spends 1/5th of its driving time looking for parking. Its 5 seats only move 1.5 people. 86% of its fuel never reaches the wheels, and most of the energy that does, moves the car, not the people. Sound efficient? HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social

Wow. Gmail is now placing “Sponsored” emails directly in my inbox. They are now the spammers. The enshitification continues apace! Think it’s time to dust off that ProtonMail account and begin the process of getting out of the Google ecosystem.

Future plans for the company include "Ethical Wage Theft, Organic Strike-Breaking, and 100% Fair Trade Police Brutality."

It’s so important to not let yourself become bitter or disheartened or cynical. To not let the news of the world break your spirit. Because I’m already doing that. It’s my thing. Find your own, stop copying me.