Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life https://theonion.com/man-who-thought-fleetwood-macs-the-chain-was-over-in-for-thrill-of-his-fucking-life/

Repeatedly over the past few days I’ve opened Bluesky to find that I’ve been tagged in a fundraising post without my consent. The poster looks like they’re from Gaza but the account has crypto or the like in the name. I can’t untag myself so I block… and then another one pops up and does it again.

Was hoping to get the moon up last night because it was so good and no one cares about the moon the next day, but still, here it is.

Today's AI spam is for a book I haven't written. But it gets even better than that:

I cannot emphasise this enough: do not use LLMs. If infohazards are real, LLMs qualify

Vintage dollhouse cat from my collection. Pictured on Francie for no particular reason at all.

Trump's economy is being held up by a massive AI bubble. A recent study found that of 300 companies that owned generative AI tools, 95% reported zero return on their investments. We will not entertain a bailout of these companies should this bubble pop.

I've had a few 'what do you do' convs recently, and everyone on hearing I'm an author comes out with "so how do you come up with ideas?", just like every book or movie about a writer has them staring numbly into space because they don't have an idea for the next book. And look, that is Not It.

I’m not a great political analyst, but I do feel Labour have made a tactical error by opting to be cunts.

What they report about cloudflare going down: X, Chat GPT and (ironically?) DownDetector are down How everyone actually found out: ao3 isn't loading 😭

My vision has gone downhill and I live by ebooks, and you are not kidding about some people getting very weird about it. Paper books are not a moral issue, people. And if you truly believe the experience is that amazing and irreplaceable, why are you flaunting it at someone who just said they can’t?

It is 1998. I am at the kitchen table writing Batman fanfic but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal It is 2025. I am at the kitchen table writing a canonical Bat-book but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal

The golden age of diversity and democracy in Oz.

It's a great cosmic joke that neurodivergence both runs in families and gets diagnosed based on parent reports. I was diagnosed at 30 because a man who has eaten potatoes every day for 57 years and a woman who collects loose buttons decided I was a perfectly normal child.

S2 e1/2 Ed

i predict that trumps real downfall will be that he did gay shit, cos conservatives clearly don’t care about children and women but they DO really really really hate gay people

Vale Alice Wong

“I never said that” “You say that all the time” “You said it today” 🏹🏴‍☠️😏

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I see the “technically it’s ephebophelia” crowd is out today, so just a reminder that A) this is NOT a case where technically correct is the best kind of correct and B) the minute you say this, the gods dump you in the “irredeemable creeper” basket and wash their hands thoroughly after touching you.

Things that should be AO3 tags

Something I do wish non-historians would internalise is that (modern) historians are not (generally) just making shit up. We do in fact have sources and evidence and proof of things which have happened in the past

TIL that blood platelets have serotonin receptors, which is why anemia can mimic depression symptoms and that is absolutely fucking fascinating.

To put her doubts to rest, Paige Thomas, 39, underwent a rigorous diagnostic assessment with clinical psychologist, Graeme Hart. This consisted of seven lengthy questionnaires and three diagnostic interviews, which Thomas voluntarily supplemented with a full autobiography.

Beth Hapworth, 38, who needs clear and direct communication from others in order to avoid misunderstandings, has reportedly become an expert in dancing around, pussyfooting and eggshell-treading.

how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...

Education cringe of the week: a very senior leader talking about a program they found where you feed all your data into it and the AI produces a narrative description of your provision’s quality. 1/2

Personally I think people who just eat the thing without a system in place are the weird ones

Your honor, as you can see from this scientific evidence, I am the perfect height for a Kate/Mads Sami sammie

If I had to yell fuck off at this, so do you.

A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.

I get that people need to work and actors might sometimes have coworkers who suck but agreeing to be in anything related to that terf is having no backbone at this point

I can use a lot of water and make bad art too, why not invest millions of dollars in me?

Researchers behind a new study say that the methods used to evaluate AI systems’ capabilities routinely oversell AI performance.

How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but the side employing anon trolling tactics to defend a for-profit business is not often the *right* side. Yes this is a fandom subtweet, no I will not elaborate.

lol she got his ass and he knows it

i LOve hit tv Series our flag meanS death

The idea that you have to “afford fandom” is just… That feels akin to saying you have to write or draw or be a BNF or post a bunch to be part of the fandom. Fandom is loving the thing the fandom is based on and built around. Fandom is FREE. Fandom is community.

...under the pink of sunset with the carnival lights sparkling all around them, the scent of fried dough pungent in the air, and the sounds of strangers laughing and squealing... @alittlevelma.bsky.social's gorgeous Dart to the Heart! archiveofourown.org/works/646705... #ofmd #OurFlagMeansDeath

succubus - female demon that seduces men incubus - male demon that seduces women vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party

If anyone was looking for solid evidence that a crash is imminent, here it is:

HEAD'S UP FELLOW #CREATIVES! If you haven't heard, #Grammarly is changing...and one change that doesn't pass the smell test is the incorporation of the ocean-boiling plagiarism machine that is #AI. 😒 I'm ditching Grammarly TONIGHT. #Writing #Writers #NoAI www.grammarly.com/blog/company...

Buncha supposed politics experts are going to spend the next week looking at a young charismatic candidate with an optimistic message like it’s some cryptic formula for cold fusion

tired of all these influencers making videos about how to stretch different foods in the wake of people losing snap benefits...do you not think folks on snap know how to stretch a rotisserie chicken? why not encourage your followers to donate to a food pantry instead you performative cunt.

You would have thought that in the XXI century we would move away from thinking that kids are not human beings and need to be broken into submission like horses and trained to piss on command.

New awareness campaign

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but if you are having an extended text message conversation with someone while you are sitting on a crowded train, you DO NOT NEED YOUR PHONE TO GO PING EVERY TIME THEY REPLY.

Not enough sleep, sooo much walking, so many people, so many new friends, so much laughter. Our Flag Means Death #TheWeeCon is coming to an end with an incredible drag show and party. I’m absolutely exhausted but so, so glad I came.

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