Well, it didn't rate a mention on stream but I'm still proud of what I made for tonight's Night Watch art challenge on @desertbus.org - a map of the Buslands, drawn with ink on paper and then distressed with tea and salt.

Rot in hell, Dick.

when we talk about censorship of sex and sexuality, I'll be honest, this is the kind of thing that keeps me up at night above even my own work being blacklisted. at best right now we've got "it's okay if it's in an educational context" but who decides that, and how

Indeed. LLMs are LLMs. Machine learning is machine learning. AIs are Astro Boy, Robby the Robot, Cmdr Data, the Ghost in the Shell Puppet Master, etc. I will not use the term for anything less. Don’t feed the hype machine. Don’t call it AI.

If this wasn't obvious, you don't know me at all.

The Washington Post’s decision to fire a Black opinion journalist for accurately quoting Charlie Kirke’s racism is a fitting tribute to “free speech” as Kirke and his hagiographers practiced it: whites only, flattering to the powerful, and in furtherance of a fascist agenda.

Why would I bother listening to a podcast you couldn't be bothered to record?

If you had told me in 2012 that Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign manager would be posting like this 13 years later i would not have believed you

I really need to finish watching this one day.

This game looks very cute.

Frankly, the media hasn’t done a very good job keeping up with J.K. Rowling’s insanity. Like, a lot of people I meet that aren’t as chronically online as us are under the impression that she’s just said some iffy things, but the jury is still out… Not that she’s engaging in Holocaust revisionism.

I just shattered my plastic water bottle on the floor of the piroshky shop, finished my transaction after apologizing like a hundred times and tipping the cost of the entire bill and then ran away to cry. How is your day going

There's someone selling "HP fan for trans rights" merch in the vendor hall and I hate them more than I hate the ai bro.

Look, I don't even go here, but have a headcanon I have ardently believed for at least the past thirty years: The janitor dude in the Simpsons is the guy in the background of Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall who shouts out lines inc: "How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?"

Remember, Pride month is extended until morale improves. *looks around* It's gonna be Pride month for a while, keep posting that gay shit.

My husband tells me y'all are a lot more like tumblr than I'd known. So I'm going to try checking in here more often than, uh, basically never and see how that goes for my stress levels.

Universal Basic Income will likely significantly reduce suicide rates according to this huge study: "Those receiving [the cash] had a 61% lower risk of being a suicide victim than non-beneficiaries. The results were more pronounced among women and young individuals." papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Of course it isn't. It's the Leftovers Light! (This is one of the simplest and most effective brain-hacks my wife and I have ever figured out. If we have leftovers that need to be put away before bed, we turn the range-hood light on during dinner. We haven't forgotten leftovers in years.)

You'd think they, of all insurance companies, would have Really Thought About This.

the arc of the moral universe could be a bit shorter imo

This shit doesn't feel real yet. I'm not looking forward to when it does.

This thread, and let me add: if you are vulnerable and also have the money when you get a passport… apply for a passport card as well. It’s much easier to carry with you all the time, and it allows you to leave your passport in a secure location while still having documentation.

6. If you have a uterus and don't want future pregnancies, consider trying to find a sympathetic GYN who will help you convince the insurance company that a hysterectomy is medically indicated: it's hard but possible, especially if you have a documented history of painful or heavy menstruation.

7. If you produce sperm and don't want additional children, or are regular sexual partners with someone who has a uterus even if they are using long-acting birth control, consider a vasectomy. They're easier to get than hysterectomy or tubal ligation, because of course they are.

This feels like an important thing to reup: We need Teen Vogue but for young men. A platform that’s empathic and politically enlightening, a space for safe community that provides nontoxic self esteem and a path to deradicalization in the face of the all-entwining tentacles of the manosphere.

For those who are mad and activated (good) my one hope is that you will look for the people already doing the work. You probably do not need to invent your own new organization or group. Find the people already doing it and join them, listen to them, learn from them.

Cybertruck brake lights look like bodybuilder nipples.

To the femme-presenting person at the grocery store rocking the hot pink crocs, orange sweatpants that miss being high-vis safety gear by material alone, and the fanny pack: I admire your Give No Fucks, Take No Prisoners attitude towards grocery store fashion. Keep up the good work.

Gen Z can imagine they decided to nickname the infosec field "sexting" and that people expect them to call it that with a straight face.

This is gonna get people killed.

If you see this, post a doc

POPEHAT SIGNAL: Remember Anthony D’Ambrosio, the douchebag who filed a class action because women mildly criticized him on Facebook? A defendant — a college student without funds but with an excellent defense — needs pro bono help. Case is in ND IL. Help kick his ass if you can.

The King of England lies dying and one of his sons has been exiled. A princess has vanished. Plague stalks the land and the Treasury has been plundered. NOW is the time for strange women lying in ponds to distribute swords to form the basis of government.

Even if you don't touch your tumblr hardly ever, be sure you "opt out" of 3rd party sharing to keep you off AI models. Or delete the blog. Whatever floats your fancy. Blog settings --> Visibility -->Prevent 3rd Party Sharing

At some point "everyone is entitled to their opinion" became "everyone is entitled to their opinion no matter the subject, expertise level of the person forming the opinion, and all opinions are equal". I'm really sorry if this is a shock to you, but they're not.

Hey, fellow SFFnal folks, a reminder that East Asian people - our friends and colleagues - see when anger at the Hugos travesty here turns into racism and xenophobia. As far as we know, the ineligibilty fiasco is because of choices made by Americans and Canadians. Blame them, not entire countries.

It's my very first publication day! The flash-fiction anthology 99 FLEETING FANTASIES comes out today, and includes my first published story "Orzhu" along with 98 others from friends and luminaries of the field.

flight attendant: IS THERE AN ENGINEER ON BOARD engineer: i'm an engineer flight attendant: haha nerrrrrrd

Earlier this week, kids requested waffles for dinner. I therefore made it my mission to make more waffles than God. This is what twelve batches of waffles looks like!

Here we go again!