"Microsoft warns that Windows 11's agentic AI could install malware on your PC: 'Only enable this feature if you understand the security implications.'" bro what-- what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?

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I think we lost some work because authors were afraid to show their weirdnesses, rough edges, to ask uncomfortable questions.

Today's Classic Cover is The Deed of Paksenarrion by Elizabeth Moon, illustrated by Keith Parkinson

i'm tired of being silent: haurchefant is not a golden retriever he's a german shepherd that guy killed three people at the ripe age of like 13 there was a hatred in his heart that he chose to be better than he is the product of an environment that was cold and cruel to him and he chose to be kind

It's made with RabbleLabs & Nostr, A\I trainers. Have to go into Rabble's "And Other Stuff" link on their Projects page to get to the hidden A\I info. Links are on Divine's site. Also recall Dorsey was driven off Bsky for pushing Blockchain & wanting to make it an A\I/crypto/NFT haven. So yeah.

You mean the company that's currently being struck by its workers and the company that's currently being boycotted because of its terrible DEI policy rollbacks? Why not just call this the Chocolate Mint Racist Scab Frostie?

can i say that discord aided in killing communities like this? there's no clubs anymore, no forums, nowhere really to properly 'discuss' or engage with things in third spaces outside of the limited options we have now. everything has been divided a million different ways, stuffed behind doors

I get why it happens but goddamn do I wish anything could hit as hard on the timeline as something that sucks that everyone hates written by or about the worst person you know. I wish something good or interesting was able to get anywhere near the traction some shit that sucks does.

with Marjorie Taylor Greene being kind of a whack job and magic the gathering rolling every IP it can into the game, it’s taking longer and longer to decipher which one posts about “MTG” are actually referencing lately

I had this inflicted on me on tumblr and now I have to share it with my Canadian friends here because WHAT.

I got to illustrate a piece of Elidibus the Ascian for @ffxivthemiszine.bsky.social! I really loved the story with the Warriors of Darkness so I wanted to do an illustration for it! Leftover sales are happening right now, check it out! #ffxiv #themis #elidibus #ramyeonguksu #ffxivart

A good story is as long as it needs to be. We don’t need to expand every detail, uncover every facet, some things can be left as mystery. A battle can be a sentence, a romance can be a look, a tragedy a word. Brevity is as useful a technique as verbosity.

Can we stop reducing narratives to tropes? Stories are so much more than the sum of their tropey parts. Or maybe I'm the only one bothered by it, in which case, as you were. 😊

I got snipped at the last time I went off on Trope Derangement Syndrome…but every time I see one of those graphics I get incredibly sad for my profession. Art is more than the sum of its TV Tropes tags! Our work is not “content!!” Let us not go gentle into that extremely online night!!!

steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back

So many vulnerable people were hurt, harassed and raped by these ghouls and now—I’m worried—it’s gonna become hehe haha lurid internet circus instead of a long overdue moral reckoning. I’m scared of who we all are becoming. That man has brought us ALL low.

Romance should evolve, but its so clear when people want the shine and financial benefit of Romance without respecting the genre, its conventions, or the readers. It's disturbing, but not surprising that we've arrived in a place where CRAFT DOESNT MATTER is a thing people believe.

If you get an #AO3 comment making accusations about the work creator or other users, that is a Spam Bot. Do not trust it or click on any links it includes. Our OTW #Tumblr has a post on how to handle spam comments like these! otw-news.org/2p98huyz

I’m really glad that SQUEX is strongly considering accessibility, but let’s talk about why this email is… not a great idea. I’m not trying to be rude to any specific company, but this shows a lack of understanding. Let’s dive in. 1/?

Excited to finally show you this super special artwork, commissioned by the amazing, kind-hearted and incredibly talented ✨Maxence Cazorla!!✨ Immensely honored that he gave me the chance to do this! It has been SO MUCH FUN. Can't thank you enough Maxence! 🥹💗 #Expedition33

Celebrating #WorldKindnessDay with a new illustration featuring some familiar faces enjoying a day out in Tuliyollal! Share with us any heart-warming moments of kindness you've experienced in the world of #FFXIV! 🤗🫂

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Yeah, this is a point that is increasingly lost under the mire of sludge. I feel for all the OG proc gen folk and the OG game AI programmers who now have to explain "No, not that kind of AI" every time..

I’ve seen a few folks go for the “if you simply must watch that new Harry Potter show just pirate it” and sorry. No. Just no. Just don’t watch it. At all. Ever. Break free of it. It’s time. You’ll be ok. I promise. I know it mattered to you as a kid. Find new things, it’s healthier. Just move on.

When the Game Awards go on this year can we like... shoutout the actual devs and composers for categories like art direction, design, audio etc. Instead of acting like a studio name makes the games.

listen, with US journalism falling off a cliff i’ve seen multiple people touting the BBC for doing good “actual journalism” and I need you to know they’ve been horribly transphobic and damaging to trans people for YEARS and they’re about to get even worse they are not the answer!

it's not that i ever doubted that being a barista was a skilled position, but my year-long effort to try to produce a half-decent latte at home has convinced me that a good barista is easily more skilled than virtually every c-suite executive on the planet

Status report, “I Promised To Read This So Here We Go” dep’t: So there’s a fire lit, and a mug of tea within reach, and the Kindle’s open. May Thoth the Lord of Writings forgive me for this use of a few hours I will *never* get back… and may great Bromios Dimetor have mercy on my soul. 😏🙏 #winefic

This is incredible

I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit this should not be controversial 🫠

Michael has told us "It has an appendix that goes into specifics about Sword and Sorcery fiction." Get it here 👉 ko-fi.com/s/f86e7b0e22 👈

I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently. In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?” And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.

*deep breath* Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 y

i unironically believe that all sprouts should play the fall guys collab bc it's a low stakes way to learn forced march, acceleration bomb, exaflares, and whatever we call that spinning finger mechanic

We sat down with Toshiyuki Itahana, the character designer of Sphene, for a chat on how the Queen of Alexandria came to life in FFXIV! 🎨✨ Check out the interview and concept art on the Square Enix blog! 🎤 sqex.to/4nQYO

Really seeing once again, it seems, that the real divide in the Democratic coalition is not left/lib/moderate or anything like that. It's the fight/no-fight divide. And the 'fight' dems are the ones winning elections.

I feel like there is this recurring thing in internet responses to fiction where anything non-utopian in the worldbuilding is treated as a flaw in the writing rather than the society.

Sometimes protagonists aren't able to fix the world. Sometimes they're not even able to see the problems with it. Sometimes they're just trying to survive. Sometimes they're even part of the problem. The writer isn't the society and the writer isn't the protagonist.

Head's up there is a Bluesky ban scam going around. This account just joined 40 mins ago and send me this DM. DO NOT CLICK THE LINK. Bluesky would NEVER send a DM like this and make you scared. This would come through email and would have a more professional email than this. Stay safe!

I didn't bring it up, but it came up in my replies anyway, so I'll just say, I have always been a staunch defender of the Awkward Tidus Laugh scene in FFX. The scene gives you every indication that it is a deliberate writing decision, and the further context of the game further validates it.

Most people don’t know that with SNAP you are banned from buying “foods that are hot at the point of sale”. So even if you have SNAP (which people don’t now) you can’t get cooked food. Which means you need to also actually have the resources to PREPARE a “healthy” meal.

4.0. Tho I started playing a month or so before HW even came out! 😅 I just took my time, was playing other games (mostly WoW still), so didn't really get into FF14 until my WoW burnout hit in Legion & the quality of life changes in Stormblood hit just right.

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okay sorry I cannot shut the fuck up about this topic, instead of another massive thread, here

Rosalind Franklin died at 37 of ovarian cancer attributed to radiation exposure from the methods she & her assistant used to photograph a cross-section of the DNA double helix. Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!

Finally, here is our 7.4 Combat Job + Gil Theorycraft guide done with the lovely help of @pudgypuk.bsky.social and my wonderful editors. It's a LOT of data but if you're just interested in looking at what to farm instead of stats please look at the pocket guide! #FFXIV

Excuse me, @theguardian.com, I'd like to report an error in your headline; this should read "James D Watson, who co-discovered Rosalind Franklin's notebook showing her discovery of DNA's twisted-ladder structure, dies aged 97" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Update: arrived in Austin