please help Wren, she has been screwed through no fault of her own here

'it's okay for us to set bad moderation policy and apply it inconsistently because you can always take your ball and go home (we'll just prevent the vast majority of users from seeing your posts)' at this point reads as willfully dishonest

They still haven't consolidated full authoritarianism yet; they can still lose

No particular reason

This seems interesting, given the current Bluesky moderation situation (which seems to be banning certain vulnerable groups at alarming rates, and allowing pretty horrendous hate speech to remain up for weeks). I've signed up for an invite when they become available.

if you don't believe me (tbh why should you, I'm just a dude on the internet), believe Damien, who is an actual academic researcher who studies this shit!!!!

my sister has been dealing with a muscle tear, makes her unable to do her job, and the paid medical leave only covers 60% of her paycheck so she's been having a hard time paying bills & medical bills any donations would be helpful PayPal [email protected] #mutualaid #helpsky

I was going to reread one of the cishet romance novels I enjoy today, but then @nonbinaryfury.bsky.social sent me this forum fanfic that's an in-universe readalong of World War Z and that's going to chew up my afternoon forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/lets...

oh good well at least someone has proven what we knew alread--- wait, it was openai? they released a study that said their own product doesn't work?

In addition to scraping your uploads for "generative AI" training, Academia dot edu is going to start claiming rights to your personal info— *including your signature & voice*— for anything they see fit. So now'd be a good time to remove all of your uploaded works, & then delete your whole account.

if you want to help yell at Bluesky over the TOS, this thread has a lot of helpful info on options you can take!

"opening police officers up to prosecution for wrongdoing is going to drop recruitment and drive officers out of the state..." so that means the people enforcing the laws... only took the job because they wanted to be able to ignore the laws? seems bad!

This is absolutely amazing

Vaccines save lives. And no, they do not cause autism.

Check your Windows Update panel to see if you can get Extended Service Updates - all it requires is an MS account login once, not even to your actual PC, just their website. because boy howdy let me tell you, you don't want linux and you probably don't want w11 either given how busted it still is

Bruno is whip-smart about interactive narrative and has the rare ability not only to have insightful takes, but also to turn those into actions to fix what's broken as well as help newer folks learn along the way.

This shit makes me so mad because people don't understand how much power we have over these companies and the only thing we need to do is not give them money. The only thing we need to do is to not do anything. It's the easiest shit! *wearily* collective action does work, it really does

Miyawaki forests: 1. Learn the species of established forests in the area 2. Prepare the soil (add organic matter, cover with mulch) 3. Plant all species at once (not just early settlers), do it VERY densely! 4. Water and weed for the first 3 years Produces a mature-looking forest in 1/3 of time!

Sucker Punch throwing its employee under the bus following a right wing pressure campaign is pretty bad as far as nominative determinism goes.

criterion streaming is amazing tbh. they have slow serious art film but they also have sexy nun thrillers and hong kong kungfu classics. switch now!!

blowing shit out of proportion is a huge problem right now. Every time you catastrophize, freak the fuck out, panic by imagining something is worse than you can prove, or feed into another's panic, you hurt our ability to fight. good fighters don't terrify comrades, they support them.

Oh man I'm glad I listened to the person who said a rep told them Disney+ unsub was broken! I went back in and did it again and this time I actually got an email. If you didn't get an email you might still be subbed!

my most millennial habit is that I hate doing anything on my phone, it sucks. if I have the choice, I always do it on a computer, it just feels way easier

Reading this on loop today.

Wow yeah, this is making me misty. Imagine doing all this for the good of your community, simple acts of government to improve the lives of the people around you.

Just remember, the only way this works is if stock prices stay high, and the thing that drops stock prices faster than anything is when subscriber numbers stop growing or suddenly decline. Media & tech companies all need recurring revenue now, to justify their inflated valuations. We have power.

free speech libertarians have always meant it in one very specific way: I, personally, should be free to be an asshole without facing any social consequence for my behavior that's it, that's all they care about

just got my covid and flu vaccinations, so at least the whole family has now acquired them before whatever bullshit RFK is going to pull in today’s advisory meeting would recommend doing this asap if you haven’t already

I think, every so often, about how the student protesters in South Korea figured out there was a finite supply of tear gas, and then staged retreating marches that caused police to burn off most of it, before the big "bring your auntie and kids" marches that ultimately toppled the dictatorship.

In a watershed moment for SAG-AFTRA, President Sean Astin released a statement condemning the Jimmy Kimmel suspension and how dark this is. Fran Drescher had a vested interest in this administration as RFK Jr. is her best friend. I am so happy to see my union finally stop being on the sidelines.

It is very difficult to focus on Make Game when your country keeps doing a notable new fascism every day or two Like could everyone else in the handbasket just lemme focus, I really gotta get this health bar done, yeah sure ok we're "going to hell" look I'm already in hell I'm doing UI work-

I don’t know when it’s going to pop for a lot of normies that they are living under an authoritarian regime, but the cancellation of popular TV shows that make fun of the administration might do it www.vulture.com/article/abc-...

It was never about FREE SPEECH. It was always about the protection of HATE SPEECH.

now is the time for every media personality to stand up and speak out, because what this shows is that nothing will save you they’re coming for all of you, unless you’re a true believer your days are numbered and your bosses are eager to comply do something you can be proud of on your way out

gmad'n'tax are what you'd call up-and-comers, future big deals in the "weird thoughtful game" space. in 10 years when you're like "oh yeah chiaroscuro imago i played that the week it came out" people are gonna be like "dang this person had their finger on the pulse i better listen to their insights"

I expected the tyranny and the blustering and the mockery of everything they’ve ever claimed America was supposed to stand for what I didn’t expect was the depth and speed of the capitulation at every level

a powerful reminder that one can stand up for their values and be an example to others despite the class, despite the cost

when are they going to finalize the new cis++ standard, it's getting ridiculous

Just so you know guys, we did what the patent describes 20 years ago in The Lord of the Creatures. If any game dev needs protection from this I'll be happy to share the publicly available information about this wrongfully patented mechanic.

holy shit wishlisted INSTANTLY

It'd be pretty weird not to hire dylan

GOOD NEWS! A new cancer vaccine has shown progress in triggering POWERFUL and LASTING immune responses in patients with pancreatic AND colorectal cancer. The vaccine, known as ELI-002 2P, targets mutant KRAS proteins AND had a huge impact on PREVENTING or DELAYING cancer recurrence in patients.

censorship is continuing to get worse 💔❤️‍🩹 we are tired but i know we're also determined!! if you took a break, or if you haven't started making calls and writing letters yet, now is a great time to jump in 🤝🧡

Of all fucking games, I didn't expect to see a MAJORLY TEXT-BASED GAME. Like... It's not even an erotic game in the sense that they SHOW you things. It's one step away from banning AO3 fanfiction. And also, you have TOGGLES in this game! YOU decide what happens!!

It's clear no system that relies on credit cards is safe. It feels like we might be able to go back to checks before we can get them to stop the censorship.

The last several days have demonstrated that we need a stronger labor movement to protect worker’s free speech rights

This is a five alarm fire. "The secretary of state would be able to deny passports to people whom they determine has knowingly aided, assisted, abetted, or otherwise provided material support to an organization the Secretary has designated as a foreign terrorist organization.”