A small part of this that annoys me is how these companies won't make certain kinds of games because they're too risky, but they aren't averse to the risks of the plagiarism machine?

German court rules that OpenAI violated copyright laws by training ChatGPT on music 🎵 • May set precedent for Europe AI copyright uses • OpenAI disagrees & can appeal "The internet is not a self-service store, and human creative achievements are not free templates" — German Music Rights Society

It cannot be remembered enough that these were the same people who got worked up about drag brunches

Funny anecdote: the two non MTG players who read this for edits thought "Bagel and Schmear" was a bit and not a real actual card

Freya is a big @ballxpit.com fan too!

"What should poor people be allowed to eat?" seems to be a burning question for those who aren't poor, have never been poor, and can afford to eat what they like, but want to keep poor people from eating anything that tastes really good. "No fresh meat," said Iowa, a few years ago.

Yeah, it's the weekly treat that keeps me down. Not my alternator breaking and taking my battery with it, costing me a grand if I want to use my car. It's Cinnabon.

Every couple of months Conservatives publish this article about how no one wants to fuck them and we are apparently not supposed to think they’re losers.

“When they rob us of art and emotion, that leads us towards the aesthetics of fascism. In this film, all the sets are real, the decor is human-sized, there are painstakingly created miniatures... It’s there to remind us that art is not only necessary, it is urgent. And AI can go fuck itself!”

Tron Ares: good not great, which as a Tron fan is all I can really hope for. Better paced than Tron Legacy, music is dope, but not as good as Daft Punk. Don't like Jerod Leto, but he's got a helmet on a decent amount. Plus Greta Lee and Evan Peters were great. Shout out to Arturo Castro too!

Egypt has extremely strict gun control laws. Civilians are only permitted to own handguns -- no rifles or shotguns -- and only if they can prove they need the weapon for a specific purpose. Background checks for licensing are extensive and include vetting of family members and psych evaluations.

Mostly accurate!

Cowards and bigots

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

@timgettys.bsky.social Paused the podcast to check this out. So dope!

Can't watch til later but I needed this shirt @kindafunnyvids.bsky.social! #kfgd2000 #kindafunny

@blessingjr.bsky.social "Alledgedly got on the cross" is so good 😂

If you're not watching Peacemaker you should be watching Peacemaker! #Peacemaker

*hot dog guy dot gif*

oh boy, wait until he hears about how charlie kirk made money

in light of the kimmel news, just a reminder that a few days ago a prominent fox news host literally called for killing homeless people. right afterward, someone shot up a couple homeless encampments. that fox news host still has his job.

I'm sure this will end well 🙃

Here’s a lot of the stuff about Charlie Kirk that the right is now currently engaged in a nationwide witch hunt to suppress. Share it, repeat it, don’t let evil win. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

this edible ain't shi-

There has been a rush among centrists like Gavin Newsom and Ezra Klein to brush over the hateful life of Charlie Kirk and valorize the man. Let me be clear, killing Charlie Kirk was wrong and abhorrent. We must condemn murder without sanitizing a man who built his empire on hate. My latest piece.

Fuck that

If it weren't for antidepressants, I'd have killed myself years ago. They helped save my life. They are effective medicine for a common and deadly disease. Depression kills. RFK Jr. exists in a dream world of brutality and ego that ignores two hundred and fifty years of modern medicine.

I can’t think of any other time in modern video-game history that a game as highly anticipated as Silksong has arrived with no early reviews, impressions, leaks, guides, videos, or even forum teases. Soon, everyone will be playing Silksong for the first time. It’s unprecedented and kinda beautiful

This is what Lex Luthor wants to do in Gunn’s SUPERMAN

this "passion tax" appears all over the place & should be talked about more. you see it in book stores and game stores all the time excitement for particular work is constantly weaponized to depress wages & pit workers against each other

Sometimes I think about the tens-to-hundreds of thousands of Americans who would still be alive if it hadn't been for Trump and Desantis. Their politicized misinformation campaigns helped them consolidate power, and also led directly to many, many COVID deaths. So many people died for nothing.

Trump doesn't seem to see that some people are still immune to his threats. Jack White criticized Trump's Oval Office decor. The White House then called White a "washed-up, has-been loser... masquerading as a real artist." And White, undeterred, posted an absolutely blistering takedown in response.

There's never been a better example of the diminishing returns in graphical improvements. I thought this was a post from Hard Drive.

Had some fun outside last week!

my dad was always saying this

AI bros are like, “ChatGPT, tell my wife I love her as if I actually loved her”

Updated with a statement from Valve.

I think some people have trouble seeing fascism as anything other than 1940s Germany. But I think 'people going to a comic convention needing to have a plan in case the government's goons show up to disappear people' is a pretty good demonstration of what it can look like in 2025.

Throwing "positively" around pretty loosely

FYI: The reason you have to pay for school supplies is because GOP-dominated states have defunded public schools. Your taxes are going to pay for tax cuts to the wealthy, while your local school has to beg for supplies.

feels like one of the main divides in how people view ai is the reaction to its ingratiating servile tone. when ai is like "ouhhhh i'm so sorry i got that wrong sir, let my try again, you were right my liege" tech guys are like "i like this" instead of "what the fuck is wrong with you"

Up North vibes

The article was taken down "due to concerns about the controversial subject matter" - luckily, it was archived and can be read here! web.archive.org/web/20250719...

fantastic foreskins

I wrote this column and I'll just say that the original headline was much meaner. The piece itself, though, is still very angry and very mean, I assure you.

Everyone should be making noise about this huge media scandal in the New York Times. While Trump makes money off of frivolous lawsuits against CBS, ABC, etc, the Times is getting away with an anti-Mamdani hit job fed to them by a far right ‘race science’ guy, who they kept anonymous!

It’s comforting that my end of life care in America will likely come down to a grim decision along with a good faith attempt to not leave a mess for the landlord

@gameovergreggy.bsky.social Finally watching #thetomorrowwar and you were right!