If anyone wants a delicious, pretty, completed, gaming-themed webcomic with a wonderful emotional arc (I had big feels by the time I finished chugging it), and delightful representation, I can strongly recommend DPS Only!!!

Captain N and Link travel to the Makai realm

Pangolins are one of the best animals

‘Cattle Drive’ I’ve got some availability for illustration gigs in a couple weeks hit me up!

Cis people would fucking explode if they experienced 1/10 of the medical bullshit hoops that trans people interface with on a regular basis

Most media pundits will never speak honestly about Elon being a craven fascist. They want their seat at the table and don't care who they throw under the bus to get it.

This is a waste of money. This is a waste of medical talent. This is a setup for a further grift. This is a setup to forcibly detransition children. …and anyone who goes to this detransition center should be prepared to spend the next 5-20 years being trotted out as an example by right-wing media.

It's interesting how it is always the left wing's fault that fascists rise to power, as opposed to the centre's. This is, of course, despite the fact that the centre are the ones in power who have declared that racism is 'reasonable', transphobia is acceptable, and the disabled don't need money.

A video analysis of the difference between dog joining cat and cat joining the dog. Original post

honestly it is pretty cool that we figured out using a big ass jiggly boob stamp was the best way to decorate pottery for mass production, shout out to the human race for that one

good thing it doesn't really matter if inflation runs a little hot [checking notes about the whole economy being propped up by fed policy that will explode violently if they have to move to control inflation] ah well nevertheless

A cause for national shame. This is the Rainbow Map for LGBTI+ rights across Europe. Until 2015, the UK was top. We've now collapsed down the rankings - and are the worst in Western Europe. We're now near Albania.

straight men have adopted queer men's obsession with appearance that signals to men but with none of the temperance brought on by "i want men to want to fuck me" so they functionally seek kink-signaling bodies with no interest in the kink and then get mad that women find them unappealing

my manus is bleeding!

This is so important to remember when you wipe your bleary, screen-ruined eyes and take a hesitating step into the offline world.

If you think Bluesky sucks, you are not using it correctly. I have curated my feed to be full of DeliciousWeirdos™️ and KingShitposters™️ which means endless nerdiness (complimentary), bangers, and really insightful threads. Sorry you aren't having fun you aren't playing right. Try harder!

I agree with this to a point, but discussion of automation is, at its core, about manufacturing and refining processes. That fundamentally means that output is fundamentally a fixed target. We use automation to increase flexibility with inputs and tighten quality of output.

An interesting thread that does a good job of discussing the situation around the overall shape of the LLM Functionality Problem (that is to say: “Are LLMs a useful tool?”, which is different from questions like “Are LLMs ethical to use?” and Are you outsourcing too much of your brain?”)

After it happens one of the most infuriating things in politics is going to be conservatives who were all-in Trump cultists convinced that he was sent by God to kill everybody else and establish heaven on earth pretending they'd had their doubts and never thought he was that great anyway

I'm a climate expert. I know 1000s of climate experts. One fact we all know: poor people care about climate more than rich people. Hardly surprising when you can't afford AC, work outside, etc. A few issues in the article... /1

This is an ongoing concern I have, especially for people who encounter AI extensively. We start to get paranoid about patterns that people use. Part of me thinks the loss of trust in communication and humanity is the point, that this uncanny simulacrum of humanity was released to separate us.

Slightly increase a band: Jefferson Starship Oh no, I'm too late!

It’s not necessarily just the booing that’s instructive; it is, as noted, that she is absolutely gobsmacked by it. She very obviously had no idea there was any remote possibility this would happen.

I like to imagine that Zohran Mamdani, Socialist African-born Muslim, was literally willed into existence by the collective psychosis of the Tea Party GOP over Obama, like the ectoplasm under NYC in Ghostbusters II

1/x This is a good observation. It's a human tendency to measure the insult by its ingenuity. In part this is bc we also have a tendency to be inured to things we see all the time, and in part it's bc we think that a really novel insult must have required time to invent.

Okay, I want to hear more about the Priory of the Underneath. I can already imagine the soft sounds of Gregorian chanting coming up beneath lush fields of grain.

I apologize for nothing

It's hard to understate how extremely difficult it is to tell if an LLM is analyzing data you feed it, or just predicting a likely response based on its training data. I've had so many problems with analysts doing this and not realizing the LLM just guessed the answer.

Art is a dialog. If you would have something to offer, it would be good to listen to what has been said before and what has yet to be said. Also, there are a lot of brilliant artists/authors out there, who benefit from being studied. Also: read Daughter of the Lilies.

"Sounds like your parents had the right ide--" Making friends at school is infinitely harder when you don't recognize what anyone is talking about. Shaming your kids for their interests or entertainment directly results in CPTSD. Expecting children to be mini-adults is damaging. There is a balance.

This thing where billionaires are laying off creative people to use AI replacement is just so stupid. Soon people will go "why are movies just SO BAD!?" And stop overall going to the movies and subscribing to streaming... Meanwhile, we'll be here, doing cool stuff, but with no reach.

Also also: Understanding different approaches to play can absolutely help you reach a better blend and pick better games with your group, and you might be surprised how many "Okay" things it can make great. But just like rules, if there's no good faith, there's nothing real to build on.

Not enough of us are yelling about how unhinged (and entertaining) the OpenAI trial is. A judge who bars Elon Musk from comparing things to the Terminator? Elon Musk getting combative with his own attorney?? A witness who, instead of saying "I don't recall," says, "it's not in my neurons"???

This painting by Iranian artist Mostafa Sarabi depicts a dense red forest under a night sky, with a full and crescent moon, and three small figures walking. Sarabi is known for dreamy, surreal landscapes with vibrant colors and flattened perspectives.

baby seikret my beloved 🐤 <3 #art #pixelart #seikret #mhart #monsterhunter

"none of us can cancel everything but everyone can cancel something" is the heart of this. Sometimes it feels like folks on here are more interested in yelling at each other over the ways we're all struggling to navigate this system instead of figuring out what parts we can do.

I wish people could understand. I once had a client accept a guilty plea - when I had absolute evidence he had not committed the crime - because they were going to make him sit in jail until trial.

This thread is both a reminder that the gender-neutral form of “landlord” is “landbastard”, and also a reminder that disabled people (who are all of us, eventually) have to put up with several excesses of bullshit on the daily. If you can help support Doc, he writes amazing articles.

Learning that part of the reason for white people being so much more susceptible to allergies and autoimmune disorders is because the Black Plague caused aggressive selection for more responsive immune systems, lmao www.health.harvard.edu/blog/genes-p...

Let me sneak this here >:) An oldie.

Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay

This is a potential basis for a non-evil lich. A wizard who's too busy with research to die, and hasn't yet realized that it's been 50 years since their last meal break.

If you’re trans & born before 2000, when asked who you are you can legit answer: “Do not ask me for a single title, I have crossed millennia under different names and worn more than one form besides. Revered by some and feared by many, I am remembered differently in each age that survives me.”

The extremely rare catcopus.

BAD COMPANY Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream bookshop.org/a/109816/978...

people are saying this guy is captain america, or batman, or thor, but it's obvious that he's TRIANGLE MAN

Green Tea. 🍵 Less than 48hr before the Backerkit campaign for Pumpkin Spice, a cozy magical TTRPG, is over. You can join following the link in bio! 🥰 #acherongames #PumpkinSpiceRPG

Am incredibly informative thread about venomous North American spiders. TLDR: Black Widows look more evil, Brown Recluse bites are more evil, and both spiders try to practice a live-and-let-live policy, so please try not to molest them.