This is only related in a sideways manner, but: the story of any small slice of humanity is the story of humanity, just boiled down and distilled. So: In 2020, we had a lot of conversations about harassment at SF/F conventions, and Isaac Asimov came up several times.

Neil Gaiman is crawling out of his bog two years after sexual assault allegations to play the sweet old fantasy uncle again -- complete with name-dropping that book you like & his twee "make good art" catchphrase -- all in order to (of course) sell you his upcoming book. Don't you dare fall for it.

Ferbruary #oldknees

YEAH

If you see this, don't participate. It's a rigged study by Lisa Littman and unethical researcher J. Michael Bailey meant to undermine access to care. Spread the word.

In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

These guys are making a highly entertaining podcast that has informed many of my own TTRPG habits and preferences, and they are all excellent kind people besides. If you're craving the experience of a genuine relatable table, and want stories that are both heartfelt and very funny, give them a go.

Bandcamp has banned AI music. The company has released a statement which includes the following: "Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp." stereogum.com/2485199/band...

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'

Gmail welcoming the Gemini era? That's it. Guide to disable Gemini everywhere: tuta.com/blog/how-to-...

Reminder for everyone operating at situationally-diminished capacity.

The only reasonable position is zero tolerance: the AI industry must end sooner rather than later. It is culturally, socially, environmentally, and economically destructive, and all the Silicon Valley marketing in the world isn't going to make it otherwise.

"Oh, please! Crusher was my mother's name, just call me Joe." - Crusher Joe Thanks @ophexis.bsky.social for the best laugh in today's Weird West game!

The award for "Most Workers Laid Off" goes to... EMBRACER GROUP For laying off roughly 7800 workers between July 2023 and July 2025

JK Rowling is destroying children's lives. Stop buying her shit, watching her shows, playing her games. You're funding her hate campaign. Move on.

Guys guys calm down, @larianstudios.com is only using the repository of stolen intellectual property for referencing! That totally makes it okay to use a tool trained on theft and privacy invasion that harms the planet, livelihoods and critical thought! Jeesh you guys.

Discord: kwest? ? Buddy I'm here to RP nasty gay sex* with my bestie, arrange repo game nights and share warhammer memes. *we can't even get the gays alone in a room yet so I guess getting there qualifies as a quest

My Savant and Agitator #darktide

Goes without saying but yeah yall, dont watch it, don't pirate it don't engage with it. This same shit happened with that god awful Velma show, people watched it to shit on it and they made more Just let the fucking thing die in the crib and give up the series Fuck the Terf Queen

Jennifer English realizing she's a lesbian and falling in love with one of her mocap directors (Aliona Baranova) over the course of making BG3 and seeing all the queer folks embracing Shadowheart and the impact the game had is genuinely one of the best stories in game production in a long time

I cosign every single word of this anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...

Open AI loses copyright case in Germany. Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."

PORN IS ART, PORN IS GOOD, PEOPLE MAKING PORN IS A SIGN OF A HEALTHY SOCIETY

Fall, man. 's good stuff.

I switched a bunch of stuff from Hide to Warn. Follow instructions in this thread.

Have you tried this? Windows 10 users in the EU and UK, you can get free Extended Security Updates for a year just by: > Settings > Windows Update > Check for updates. Click. Scroll down to Enrol in Extended Security Updates (or similar wording). Click on it. Follow prompts. Gives you a year

Using ChatGPT

In any of my settings, gods are, as a matter of principle, benevolent toward their followers. This means that being 'chosen' is generally a good thing, a genuine sign of trust or affection from one's god. But also stressful, it comes with expectations. Unless it's not your own god that chose you...

I wanted to improve this but i think I'll just post it as is. Just m6s things

I have just uploaded the soundtrack to the "Beyond Solitude" RPG campaign @tenander.bsky.social is GMing: cuyguy.itch.io/beyond-solit...

Fear the Old Blood 🩸🧠👁️

I remember someone saying that's how you know AI can never truly be a writer. If you tell AI to stop using em dashes, it'll stop. If you tell a writer to stop using em dashes they'll tell you to fuck yourself and that you can pry them from their cold, dead fingers.

I am participating in #OSTCompJam8 with the soundtrack to my imaginary game Windseeker. Check out the soundtrack on cuyguy.itch.io/windseeker-ost

Hey, don't be sad. Stoic grumpy masculine character moaning and whimpering, okay?

Sex work is 1000% more honorable and socially beneficial than working as an ICE agent.

"I am a hater, which is a kind of integrity."

rewarding my microwave by letting it heat up a fork as a treat

Yeah fuck Rowling and her bullshit. If she didn't want folks wishing her Ill then she shouldn't be a massive terf and destroying the lives of people

Shrimp Time

Allow me to share one of my favorite tumblr polls of all time

Kevin McLeod, who for 20 years has been the "royalty-free music guy" online, has just launched a new website where other composers will also be offering royalty-free music for anyone to use in their projects: freepd.com

Saw someone call AI users “botlickers” and that is very funny

How it feels to have executive dysfunction

First played: Call of Cthulhu First ever ran: I believe it was Vampire the Masquerade Played most: Not sure if D&D/Pathfinder or Star Wars/Genesys but probably the latter Run most: Genesys Favourite: Star Wars/Genesys Most recently played: Genesys Most recently ran: D&D5

Yeah, just underscoring: there are two sides: pro-trans anti-trans either you put money into JKR's anti-trans coffers or you are ... a good person.

ugh ugh ugh ok i just got this email from Patreon and i opted out SO fast but if you start getting bizarre notifications or emails from other creator accounts, please please please don't penalize the creators. we didn't ask for this, and a lot of folks will forget to opt out.

Did u know that when we blocked assholes instead of arguing with them Bluesky was cool and awesome and fewer people saw the assholes’ posts? now u know you are not going to convince them or make them feel bad and there’s no scoreboard You’re just smearing shit on the camera lens