HUGE NEWS: ICE’s courthouse arrests have been STAYED by a New York district judge. That means that ICE will have to stop arresting our immigrant neighbors on the spot when they show up to court at places like 26 Federal Plaza, 290 Broadway, and 201 Varick. (1/2)

I don't think folks younger than 30 know what the internet once legitimately promised to be (and I would argue briefly was): a boundary-less space of pretty much uncommodified information and communication. A mix between community bulletin boards and university library stacks.

Yes, calling a liquid "gas" used to bug me no end. Then I discovered that it ought actually to be "caz," not "gas." It's based on a trade name. A thread... 1/6

Hawaii just enacted a law that effectively neuters Citizens United. Montana could soon follow suit via a ballot referendum. Here's what you should know about the plans to get Big Money out of politics — and how they could be replicated where you live.

“I don't understand what it's supposed to do. Every time I see a video on Instagram that's like, 'Hollywood is cooked,' what follows is, like, the most stupid dog shit I've ever seen in my life…”

This is straight up evil. "Let's torture trans people into being 'normal.'" And this is not a lost court case, it's a settlement. Disgusting that the hospital caved, though admittedly if they kept fighting, eventually it would get to the Roberts court and Texas would win.

The past's future is so much cooler that the present's, or indeed, the present. youtu.be/U966TEFwsvQ

I've started writing frequently about my life. Everything is FREE on my Patreon - the only tier is a tip jar, and it gets you nothing more than my gratitude. The blog is called, "I Don't Know What I'm Doing." Today, I wrote about my first rule in life. Please share, it's free.

The Floof is capable of any number of moves in any direction and no fewer than three times per game must perform a Zoomie which knocks all pieces from the board and automatically wins the game if it escapes with the opposing King in its mouth.

I don't put my foot down a lot, but I will kill any audiobook deal for my work where they try to slap an AI narrator on it. Narrators are artists. The greats have filled my heart with light on countless nights. They will not be replaced with slop.

100% chance she had an LLM "write" her speech for her.

NOTICE: Do you have an elderly or disabled neighbor in NYC? Be a good neighbor and let them know about the free air conditioner program. If they earn $3473 or less a month, NYC will cover the costs of an A/C. Remember…last summer we had 95 degree weather. Look out for them

At least in LA when we stole the water we got oranges and a Jack Nicholson / Faye Dunaway movie out of it.

This may explain why I keep seeing "The mainstream media is not covering XYZ" while also seeing plenty of mainstream coverage of XYZ. It's not always good coverage, often w/ deceptive, disingenuous, or sanewashed headlines, but the basics are usually there in the text. Thread:

We would be a lot better off as a country at the moment if more of our institutions had said, "Fuck you, make me" over the past year and a half

Thread! Okay. Severely disabled artist, here. I draw with my mouth. If I can draw with my face, you can write without AI, even with health conditions. My late partner did all the time, and could barely get out of bed many days. Yes, it's slower. In fact, I stopped drawing my comics. 1/?

The Scottish Tories dedicated themselves more to transphobia than anyone. They've been wrecked in Scotland, losing nearly two thirds of their seats. The Scottish Greens and LibDems stood in solidarity with trans people and doubled their seats. No major news outlet will comment on this dynamic.

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I have always thought my destiny was all about telling stories with words and pictures. I am now being informed that is incorrect - my actual destiny is to be cat furniture.

Great thread. Definitely altered my perspective on the Met Gala.

this raccoon-castrating, roadkill-hoarding, peptide-swilling, ambulatory viagra boner has thoughts about the meds keeping me alive? i’d just as soon take violin lessons from nero.

to be fair, the NYT does give the impression that they're somehow legally required to give op-eds and/or columns to any white man with a shitty opinion, so they kinda made that bed for themself

Between the brutal marketplace, the shrinking publishing industry, and the baked in lack of respect for the arts, every writer and artist you know thinks they must suck at this, whatever their "this" is. Always a good time to use social media for some good and remind them how awesome they are.

The makers of these "AI" chatbots have admitted there's no way to prevent them from making shit up out of whole cloth. But this idiot thinks he can get around that by telling the chatbot "Don't make shit up!"

Happy birthday to the great Lance Henriksen, who turns 86 today. Here's my portrait of him as Frank Black from Millennium:

Many people I know wouldn't be alive if not for their medications. I certainly wouldn't still be here. I'm disgusted we're letting a con artist whose anti-vaxx nonsense has already gotten people killed now try to goad you into trying to stop the meds that are keeping you alive.

Yup. And it's adding insult to injury that besides using "AI' to write, he doesn't know how to tie a proper Windsor knot. That four-in-hand is just ugly and sloppy looking.

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Seriously. Although, the idea of “vigilante pothole fillers” is... kind of funny, in a dystopian sort of way. Very Gilliam‘s Brazil. m.youtube.com/watch?v=H_UV...

Fixed it for you: "We've been trying to reach you about the remaining floor space not already covered by stacks of books that won't fit in your overstuffed bookcase." (Thanks for calling, tho, these all sound great).

As soon as the first generation not brain-damaged by leaded gasoline got the chance to vote, they elected a black president. And by God, if we have to inflict a new wave of mass cognitive damage to stop that from happening again, WE SHALL!

congratulations everyone enjoy your autocratic corporatist infotainment agitprop

“I like mine better, because it’s original and I worked really hard on it,” she said. “I like mine better because it didn’t take thirty seconds.” Even kids get it about this tech. Why don't educators?

Passing this along - fucking scammers leveling up, here's a new one to pay attention to.

Director David Frankel tapped artist Alexis Franklin to hand-paint an AI Meryl Streep meme that appeared in the film.

I've been alerted to the fact that today is Johannes Cabal Day, which means I'm legally obligated to repost my portrait of that gentleman.

Young adults NEED to read books that challenge, shock, and upset them. They seek them out for the exact same reasons toddlers climb: because their nature compels them. It's developmentally, socially, intellectually, and (most importantly) morally appropriate for them to do so.

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My favorite art history genre is "Judith beheading Holofernes"

First they came for the millionaires, and I did not speak out because fuck yeah, elephants Then I did speak out and I was like, "Hey elephants, what about these billionaires," because fuck those billionaires

It may suck up all our water, drive energy bills up, it might lie a third of the time, hoover up all our creative work w/o pay or credit, eliminate jobs, encourage people to violence and suicide, but... it's great at writing code! Oh, wait...

ICE has violated almost 100 court orders. Let me say that another way. 100 times ICE was caught brazenly ignoring the law. 100 times a court told them to immediately stop. And 100 times they ignored the order. That's an out-of-control agency that shouldn't get another dime.

Ted Cruz is the #1 lifetime recipient of fossil fuel money in the entire U.S. senate, receiving over $1 million from the oil and gas industry in the 2024 cycle alone Now he's proposed a bill to give the fossil fuel industry lifetime legal immunity from climate lawsuits

That's the Georgia Women's Tennis Team? Why are they all wearing black suits? And all men? I thought trump said he was keeping men out of women's sports? Oh, wait, are there some women behind them?