"What doesn't kill you, only makes you stronger." IM STRONG ENOUGH ID RATHER EXPERIENCE THE THINGS THAT MAKE ME WHIMSICAL THANK YOU.

if every democrat doesn’t use the “we took freedom of speech away” on every messaging apparatus they have every single day for the next 4 years assume they want to lose

And so it begins

literally would not have the support system and friend group I have without livejournal. sure, some friends I technically met at some convention or other, but lj was how we kept in touch, and some bonds have been strengthened by going through the hells of lurk and twitter together

I can litterly trace the arc of my last 25 years because of a random interaction of my friend to a then random poster on Gaia online. That poster is now one of my dearest friends and this whole thing was a real small domino effect. Current friend group, wife, etc, because of this small thing

the city of los angeles burned in january in part because of a man who couldn’t stop generating images of burning cities on ChatGPT, and then after he lit the fire he asked if the fire he started was his fault

My boss saw me yawning in the hallway and unironically, with a thumbs up, said "well, thank you for coming in while you're tired!" I yelled back THAT'S EVERY DAY THOUGH

Because it feels relevant as we continue to evaluate the media and our representatives’ statements, my favorite way to identify the active vs. passive voice.

Claude AI’s logo is unironically Kurt Vonnegut’s butthole drawing

A quest to eliminate $5 million has tripled, thanks to the generosity and passion of THE TOXIC AVENGER fans across the country. Together, you didn’t just meet that goal, you crushed it, helping wipe out over $15 million dollars in medical debt for 10,000+ people!

remember this phenomenal fucking post

It's so ridiculous that MAGAs believe the GOP line that "Democrats want to give free healthcare to immigrants." My dudes immigrants aren't getting free healthcare in the United States. American citizens aren't even getting free healthcare. You know who is? The people lying to you about immigrants.

Never forget that Dolly Parton gave a million bucks for covid research at the *very start* of the pandemic—including money that helped fund the development of the Moderna vaccine.

they just slapped a surgeons general warning on RFK like he’s a pack of cigarettes

It’s really hard to describe to people who are not artists how survival mode does *not* inspire creativity, as the myth would have us believe. It suppresses creativity as you try to limit every possible risk – and the opportunities that come with them.

WE'RE LIVE, PAL! El Condor Pasa is now entering the arena, featuring a surprise run-in! #umamusume

kinda crazy how every single “just give people enough money to afford some basic stuff” experiments yield the exact same positive results that everyone benefits from every time, huh Anyway, back to toiling

Meet some of the lovely pets I’ve had the joy of drawing in their little teacups! Commissions open on Ko-fi! ⋆˚꩜｡

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

also is it just me, or is prime day now like a quarterly thing?

Your reminder that 29.3% of all revenue from indie bookshops immediately recirculates in the local economy 😊 That's 4x more than Amazon. When you buy audiobooks through Libro.fm, you're supporting not only your indie, but your local economy. *American Booksellers Association + Civic Economics

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day? Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

57. the wrong mj

sorted some horse girls; I feel like my top three are just different facets of me also for the longest time the "3rd place" didn't appear on Nice Nature and I just assumed it was because everyone would Know she got 3rd snep.pw/uma/sorter/r...

Greta Thunberg has arrived in Greece following her deportation from Israel, after the Gaza aid flotilla was intercepted #GlobalSumudFlotilla She said: “I could talk for a very,very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me, but that is not the story.” #Athens airport

Windows 10 End of Life is in less than 2 weeks! But you don't have to upgrade to Windows 11!! This video will show you how to extend the life of Windows 10 by 3 more years via Extended Security Updates program safely, for free. MS throws you to the wolves, but the wolves will throw you a bone.

Earlier this year, Dr. Jane Goodall sat down for an interview for Brad Falchuk’s new Netflix series, Famous Last Words. The premise of the series is to interview people on the condition that the interview not air until the subject has passed away.

Currently at: — only buy tech too old to have AI built in — painstakingly disable AI every time they add it to something that used to work perfectly well — if it can't be switched off, abandon the platform or tool — if there are no good alternatives, avoid the AI parts — patiently wait for the crash

The fact that ONE HUNDRED AND 85 THOUSAND is the cutoff for affordable housing should, in fact, be a crisis or a wake up call

#FMA day!

that said, highly recommend the book, it's out on Tuesday, and while the solutions for how we get out of the enshitternet aren't quick or easy, it's always good to be reminded that progress can still be made and to e more aware of what's going on so you can resist the small inroads

Everyone tries to tell you apathy is cool, but the sooner you learn earnestness is strength not cringe and that all your quirks are what people will fall in love with, the sooner learn how to define your own happiness and find true friends who love youf for you

so I just finished Enshittification The Book, and it really is just every tech platform, not even just social media, I feel like we maybe just notice it more quickly because we have so many different ways of interacting socially that bad takes are more obvious

I'm a shadowy cat for Halloween, but I still offer CATS READING BOOKS for $50. Pick a cat— maybe YOUR cat— pick a book— maybe a book you wrote or maybe your favorite read— and I draw you the digital illustration like these— www.behance.net/gallery/2291... DM me for info! Boooooo! I'm a spooky cat!

I have covid in one arm, flu in the other, and tofu past its expiration date in my stomach, it's me, I am The Concoction

I hope you're all ready for me to be completely normal about this

annual PSA

now where i am from when someone in your office has an accuracy rate of 57.2 percent in editing spreadsheets we call them "fired"

Lrp, for some reason I'm on a VA email list (I suspect my father), and their email about the benefits that will be on hold explicitly called out Democrats as responsible for the shutdown Love this timeline

Some employees at the Department of Education changed their responses back to the more neutral language, only to have it changed yet again to the partisan response, multiple sources tell WIRED. www.wired.com/story/govern...

As someone who lives in the flight path of the blue Angels for the air show, my cat and I are not sad they will not be performing The rest of the planes don't fly low over houses, but now idk about the canadians

While Israel has illegally kidnapped and intercepted dozens of the Flotilla vessels, a single ship (the Mikeno) has broken through the illegal blockade and is reaching Gaza's shores! Feels like a historic moment where humanity risked everything to do what their cowardly governments wouldn't

These dudes stole nineteen of my books. And yeah, millions of others. They should absolutely be ruined. Because they took all those novels and built a monstrous series of products that ruined the Internet

The only "Large language model" i'm interested in is a big titty gravure model who knows six languages

This video of an ENTIRE LECTURE HALL of students chasing this hateful piece of garbage out made my morning — highly rec. it’s a great reminder that majority of people find this stuff disgusting.

cannot emphasize enough that thinking that the pro-censorship side has already won is how the pro-censorship side wins

You know what, I feel seriously let down here. There are a LOT of deaths in my new book All Of Us Murderers but the publisher didn't trouble to cut a deal with Heinz Ketchup? FUCKING FURIOUS