actually i kinda *do* think using genAI should be such a social faux pas that the user is marked as a pariah and no longer feels welcome in the community. "AI is bad" is no longer an abstract (it never was), my city has been under a boil water advisory for a week because of AI data centers

this is why I find climate dooming so frustrating there is no point - none - at which throwing up your hands and going “well we’re fucked” is the correct response every tenth of a degree matters and can make a big difference and is worth fighting for

You didn’t “inherit” 43 of my scripts, Anthropic, you stole them.

This is a great series, go grab it!

I now want to see Pope Leo on whatever show Colbert runs next, Tolkien-nerding.

👀 (Certain sections are going to be extracted and repeated over and over but there are a lot of bits in here to make you say hmmmm)

You're welcome

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WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 26-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 2.4 MILLION people in Sweden found NO EVIDENCE to support a causal link between acetaminophen (the API in Tylenol) use during pregnancy and increased risk of autism, ADHD, OR intellectual disability in children.

Absolutely :D

Vaccines save lives. That’s it. That’s the post.

Bluesky is now Foley country. #AEW #Wrestlesky

Remember: we were never given credit for being right about crypto, we were never given credit for being right about NFTs, we were never given credit for being right about the metaverse and we will never be given credit for being right about AI. Fuck 'em up anyway.

Playboy created a Bluesky account and their first post is to complain about AI. They already understand the Bluesky userbase better than the bluesky devs

And there’s the impetus to finally use a different search engine. Google’s been steadily getting worse at the one job it should be doing, and this all sounds deeply vile. Fuck this pathetic, desperate railroading of alleged AI.

Wisest words Mulder ever spake tbh V relevant these days

GREAT essay

This was pretty widely reported at the time, so Blanche surely knew about it. Blanche's argument is that fund was not created when the crime occured, but senior MAGA officials have been talking about reparations publicly. Democrats even tried to pass a bill to prevent such payouts.

Blanche could’ve just said, without even fully accepting the premise here, that if you’re a known child abuser you can’t have this money. The fact that he won’t say that is horrifying

Buttigieg on Duffy: "I love roadtrips. I love America. I actually took a taxpayer-funded roadtrip lasted about 7 months. It was in Afghanistan. This is something very different. To make roadtrips unaffordable & then go around celebrating your own roadtrip is actually why people are frustrated about"

I'm sorry, what? In writing my first monograph, I spent six weeks trying to track down a citation in TWO languages I didn't know. And good thing too, because the citation was wrong. That's scholarship. That's research. You know, the thing we're trained to do?!?

The creator of the capybara article is on bluesky! Here is a great supplemental thread she wrote that addresses a lot of frequently asked questions I've seen. bsky.app/profile/vero...

If you always mean to add ALT text but you forget until it's too late, there's a toggle to prevent that in the accessibility section of your settings!

Posting this again because a lot of people said they found it helpful! Guide to ALT text: www.perkins.org/resource/how...

*chanting* pop pop pop *more bluesky voices join* POP POP POP

ALSO every time one of y'all (maybe this isn't you, and if it isn't, thank you) use ChatGPT to prove how bad it is, YOU'RE STILL USING IT and that's all they care about. "X people are using it." They don't care that you made a TikTok showing how "bad" it is, you're still using it. That's the goal.

Biden

He repaired the bridge in Baltimore. We had fresh fruit and veggies. He ended the dock strike. So much to make our lives better. He just did not have the DOJ/FBI behind him and his hire was not up to the job. So we slunk back into a trump authoritarian economy.

482 days ago

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I’m embarrassed to say I’ve only read half a dozen of the best Bluesky posts about that Guardian 100 best books list.

The Guardian’s 100 Best Novels turns out to be a list of things I’ve read to page 12. www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...

Found this post on reddit and the last bit nails it: “Please don't remember her for the horrific end to her life. Remember her for who she was, a true blessing. To everyone around her.”

Friday at last…

In 2017, Criselda Vasquez painted this portrait of her parents and titled it "The New American Gothic." Last month, her father, the man in this portrait, was abducted by ICE after being in the US for 30+ years. The family is now struggling with bills. A GoFundMe has been started: gofund.me/456d8a193

epic fantasy urban fantasy portal fantasy magic school fantasy grimdark fantasy cozy fantasy

Everyone In Conversation Under Different Impression As To Which Horrific News Being Discussed https://theonion.com/everyone-in-conversation-under-different-impression-as-to-which-horrific-news-being-discussed/

NEW: Indigenous Grand Canyon National Monument Designation Wins in Appeals Court An Arizona Republican-led lawsuit challenging Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni monument was unanimously dismissed by the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. unicornriot.ninja/2026/indigen...

You might be thinking, 'I make normal games so I'm fine' but, uh, you don't get to decide what 'normal' is – they do. Put any description of queerness or sexual trauma in your game and you've given them cause to boot you from their platform. Voidheart wouldn't pass these guidelines, I think.

Children’s books are full of wonder, safety, belonging. #ReadThemHome initiative brings us together to take action for children, for people. To let kids be kids, to insist they have wonder, safety, belonging 💛📚🏡

It’s still shocking to me how much the legal status of children is treated as an issue outside of history. As though it has always been the same, or is peripheral. But debates over the legal status of children were debates over the basis of power itself. Who has authority and on what basis?

Jay finding out in real-time that there's a big difference between doing a podcast and sneering about Tony Fauci on Fox News, and actully being in charge during a potential outbreak.

Good

Unfortunately it's Fireflies by Owl City :(

What about "We Are Young" by Fun.? youtu.be/Sv6dMFF_yts?...

I’m on there too. Saw @lomadiah.bsky.social post about it and did a search. It annoys me, no makes me furious that this was used for AI/TTS without consent. Content creators, you might want to do a check on this site to see if your voice is being stolen.

"Sorry the number you have dialed could not be reached, please hang up and try your call another time."

"You see the Torment Nexus only went evil because of the book Do Not Build The Torment Nexus"