The @halifaxexaminer.ca titled a recent morning file "AI is Facism" and reader, my wallet flew open of its own accord and got me a year's subscription. No regrets to be found, my field of regrets is barren.

Now's the time to call up Visa/MC to ask 'hey, how come you guys will pay for ChatGPT and Twitter subs but I can't buy certain games off of Steam?' Because I frankly would LOVE an answer to that...

in less good things what happened to "just scan the entire scanner bed" as an option? Brother, you're not even scanning your preset sizes accurately stop cropping my stuff >:(

Lara Croft for #pouchtober2025 Day 3! What do you mean it's day 16 already time is fake and a liar #copicart #tradart #comicart #pouchtober #laracroft #tombraider

So like, we're all aware that the major AI companies are american and the hardware makers are american and any investment in these things goes straight to america, right? No matter who helped invent it. If you feel a way about this, let em know!

I'd really encourage folks in Canada to write out their thoughts in this survey. Most of mine were "Don't", but I really got to dial in on some.

I crashed a friend's class in high school and wrote a surprise essay paper during the class period I got a better grade than everyone actually IN the class

all discourse aside, there is one machine with consciousness. it's printers. they are alive and conscious and they hate you and they'd take your arm clean off if you let them. never trust a printer.

holy shit and also yessssssssss film for my film camera!

Peer pressure caused me to do it again this year. It's the 4th or 5th list and the cuts are getting deep. Thanks to @thekylestarks.bsky.social & @andymacdonald.bsky.social for help and moral support

With Canada Post on strike again, I have updated my post on alternative shipping in Canada and to international destinations, with small businesses in mind. Updates include information about tariffs and the end of de minimis

soooooo did anyone else get their bimonthly NS power bill before Canada Post went on strike? cuz why the hell is it for SIX MONTHS OF POWER, WHAT THE ABSOLUTE SHIT

Hey remember how we were all contacting visa/mastercard over their terms changes? We can do that to our MPs too, over this, and holy snaps we need to.

If you're on the northern side, this will probably eliminate the savings on the D+/Crave bundle they've been HEAVILY advertising. Anyway I cancelled D+, some folk have more money than sense and you can only help with one of those.

nani le fuq? o.o

I'm on the Sleep Token train and all it took was these mad lads: youtu.be/GCgllE9Ss8s

Ontario and BC are currently the provinces with the most signatures and I think we, the Maritimes, can put them in the dirt. They start telling us which games we can't buy soon they'll start telling us we can only buy from the company store with company scrip.

Canadians! There is a petition to sign to protest Mastercard and Visa's control over the purchase of legal adult content. This is specifically about the Steam & itchio situation, but language protects adult creators. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... #nsfw #censorship #canpoli @acvalens.net

Dramatic time-line cleanse.

Hilariously, today I got a notification that the global shipping program will be available to Canadian sellers this October. Gotta make up those margins somewhere.

oh uh y'all heard of ebay's "global shipping program", where a seller ships to ebay and they deal with the international shipping part? it's powered by DHL

"There is a significant risk that [Duties and customs clearance] non-compliant shipments arriving to the US beyond August 29th will be returned to the sender. " Which, as far as Canada Post is aware, includes EVERYTHING shipped through them. Retailers like ebay & etsy are removing CP as an option

JESUS, MARY, AND JOSEPH! This gave me old Google back! It killed the AI results dead!

Every time I read a dystopian novel the plot shows up in the news a few days later. This time it's The Uploaded by Ferrett Steinmetz where people never retire, even after centuries, and living humans yearn for death

Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you: Our funding depends on usage. So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.

I can't make it to conventions, so I've got a bunch of consketch art up for sale on eBay! #ebay #comicart #tradart #comicart #copicart #consketch www.ebay.ca/usr/c-4434

I'm kind of obsessed with the COACH “On Your Own Time” ads: - girl is harried and stressed by constant digital pings - puts phone into handbag (the product) - they're now footloose & fancy free while the rest of the world is still caught in frenzy, immune to non-phone stimulus straight genius

Another thing that really baffles me about these "don't sell [insert product]" campaigns is that credit card companies collect vendor fees on every transaction. Why are they setting up a situation in which there'd be fewer transactions? Are they advocating for a cash-based society?

lmao what do you mean ebay doesn't index new listings immediately anymore "it can take 24 hours" guys you can list an auction for only 24 hours, indexing is kind of important

This is a really smart approach. In digital spaces that involve, the requirement for a token credit card payment, is an extremely effective way to age-wall. Nobody's handing those out to anyone under-18.

If anyone's in the market for character arts, I'm open for Commissions currently. Full details here: www.furaffinity.net/view/61743135/ Any questions, poke at me and ask. 😊

Hey comic folk - my 11x17 scanner (a brother 3-in-1) is no longer functioning after nearly 15 years of service. I need a replacement ASAP - what's good for flatbed + color scanning?

Two Harry Potter fanfics are on the NYT bestseller list. The author of one was uninvited from Romance Con because readers believe she's helping to keep JK Rowling relevant and profitable. The issue has exposed how HP fandom may never truly be separate from the bigot. I wrote about it for Pajiba.

Everybody wants to be Noonien Soong and not the legion of people who conceived of, iterated and refined replicator technology.

Is adobe literally posessed lately? It feels personal, with the amount of issues I'm getting: - dialogues open BEHIND windows - tool windows won't resize - images cropping themselves on export - text on images flickers and reflows - inserting rando capital letters into Comicraft fonts

Inspiring words from Kaiju no. 8's best sword boy.

It's a valid life choice to make your childhood heroes regret doing the thing that made you you, especially when they misunderstood the assignment. do your thing harder, they can't stop you with love, yer pal "Jimmy called Clark CK and that sounded so cool that I too shall become CK"

This is the first time I've done the crowd funding thing, but my PC is on its last leg and I can't afford a new one. This is the only computer I have, and when it goes, so does my ability to hang out with my friends and do freelance writing gigs. Please donate if you can.

Very relieved to say that my husband got a new job today. The pay is not great, though, so we still need help reaching our goal for my eye surgery. Please share and/or donate if you can. Even a dollar helps.

Is the “why make stuff in these trying times” debate seriously back? I didn't cheat death to see this nonsense in my neighbourhood, buckle up kids you're getting a thread!

Do I know anyone here who reads Japanese and can translate these? They’re on some prints we picked up at an estate sale a few years ago.

FINALLY got some good news for a change and I've adjusted the goal downwards to something slightly more achievable. Updates on the GFM page; please continue sharing the link and donating if you can. 💛

Why is it whenever data is considered a resource it's always personal data and not, say, environmental records data or research data? Asking for a "the last government threw that in shredders before frigging off to brexit".

We are currently trying to help our friend Dayna reach an important financial goal. She desperately need ms this surgery. If you can help with anything it’s much appreciated. But also, please share this post and help us get more eyes on this. www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-...

Thinkin' bout Cold Cut Distribution on this chilly June eve www.coldcut.com

So I desperately need cataract surgery and my husband just lost his job. Please help if you can or share if you can't. gofund.me/dba3a976

I'm casting for a bit longer on #twitch - www.twitch.tv/ceekaydraws Stop by and say hi if you're in the neighborhood! We'll be drawing Red Sonja next! #artcast #livedrawing

While I have a minute, I wanted to talk about how I got involved in editing an anthology. Editing isn't usually my gig, but it's actually very personal, so maybe buckle in? If you just want to TLDR, here's the link, support Ace stories and creators! DO IT! www.kickstarter.com/projects/com...