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Patton Oswalt was right to say it and Bluesky mods should get to know the actual audience they have here.

Execs always claim bloated budgets increase retail prices. This is a lie. They will always increase prices to whatever they think they can get away with. Always have, always will. AI is merely a new get-richer-quicker scheme. And execs will never admit the most bloated costs… are themselves.

‘The Owl House’ creator Dana Terrace responds to Disney+ funding AI-generated short form content in new tweet: “Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI.”

RE starbucks picket line--the relevant detail is "picket line, do not cross." Pass that along. Proclaiming that you are in no danger of doing so because you are too aesthetically pure to let Starbucks coffee pass your lips is...unhelpful and does not give the impression you perhaps imagine it does.

"Employees are striking because we want Starbucks to live up to the values it markets to the world. Starbucks claims it offers the “best job in retail.” As someone doing one of those jobs day in and day out, I can tell you that's not true." www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

Welcome to Blowvember. I'll just add to this thread every time I draw one. To avoid overthinking and burn out I'm just gonna sketch n' scribble and do these when I can / feel like it. Enjoy! 🧡

It's that time of year! The @desertbus.org charity event starts this Friday and once again I'll be making the poster for it! Every year I watch the entire week long event and add their antics to the poster over time, which you can buy! Find out more info about the event at desertbus.org #DB2025

As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.

"Dear Sony & Microsoft," "Checkmate." www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmKr...

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Without downloading any new pics, describe your gender.

I especially love the commentary about how fascism isn't just reliant on fascists, but also the permissiveness of those around them to ignore, excuse, and unconditionally forgive.

This comic I did years back continues to be as relevant as the day I drew it.

This takes me back to my early days at cons. I first saw the first one in the basement of the Ambassador Hotel. Naturally, I shall put this on my watchlist.

so the carole and tuesday future was correct all along

"This use of GenAI is fine because VAs signed contracts to relinquish their rights". Well yeah, have you seen what happens to those who don't want to sign off on this? Can you really call that consent when the alternative is losing (or never getting) a job?

If you've ever used oldversion.com to get copies of software you needed to restore but were no longer available from the publisher (and who hasn't?), they could use your help. And if anyone reading this can pass it around to get the word out, please do so.

Here’s an important note when you call up key senators to yell at them. This is really important: YOU CAN LIE You can call their office and tell them you’ll never give another dollar or another vote to a Democrat for what they did & they better fix their shit right now. It’s OK if that’s a lie.

This Black Friday, if you are able, please shop local and small businesses *only.* Consumers cannot continue rewarding these billionaires. We're helping to fund the architects of this administration and big donors. And they show no signs of ending their cruelty. www.aol.com/articles/inf...

Folks, we need to have a little Civics #101 chat, because apparently the media no longer seems fit to explain to you whats happening. So quick review: The House passed a clean CR. The senate has not passed anything.

If any of these senators are yours, please call, tell 'em to not give in for what is essentially nothing.

If Dems cave today, we have a responsibility to organize and protests at the offices of the Senate Democrats those who voted to fail us. I live in New York, Chuck Schumer’s office is at 780 Third Avenue, Suite 2301 New York, NY 10017 Once we get a roll call, I’ll post other office locations.

Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.

I called them both! New Yorkers, so should you (To reach your state's senators, you can always go through the Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121)

If you see this, post an anime you love. I had to toss a coin for which one I would choose, but since it bounced on the table and into the garbage disposal I guess I'll have to list them both.

Loona. Loona wearing a red jacket. Loona wearing a red jacket and old red Converse. Loona wearing a red jacket and old red Converse, while listening to probably unholy music. #foxpopvli #art #fanart #helluvaboss #loona

The only thing I have to hand to Marjorie Taylor Greene is a grenade with the pin pulled.

But I have to say, I'm kinda fascinated by the emergence of what's indisputably a "gen AI style." It's almost identical to the second-most abstracted face in @scottmccloud.bsky.social's degrees-of-cartooning line-up in Understanding Comics. Blank. Vague. Bland. Just sauceless. Dot-eyed voids.

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A child in a diaper gets a bruise on their face in federal custody. If we weren’t ruled by a fascist and our news media was not owned by fascist aligned oligarchs this would be a headline story until the officer who struck that child is in jail.

Not to be the fun police but I do hope people know that Arc Raiders does use generative AI for voice acting, and by supporting the game you're letting higher-ups know that this is an okay practice. They try to downplay this on the Steam store page by describing the AI usage as vaguely as possible.

Its this or my other mode: "Oh, I gotta go do that task", but then on the way to The Task I notice Another Task, and I'll instantly forget about the prior task in order to start this new one, until I return to my original starting position and go Shit, I gotta go do that task!!! Rinse repeat

We're exactly one week away from the start of #DB2025, so it's time to open up the donation page for some pre-gaming! It's also a great time to sign up, or update your donor account.

If you were a member of The Game Awards Future Class and can speak to your experience, I want to chat with you for The Guardian! DM me, or email alyssamerc[at]gmail[dot]com. Signal boost please!

Remember when Republicans drew Virginia's Congressional map so Black people were packed into one district and said we should be grateful they gave our community this district. NOW they can have one district and see how much they love it.

What does the fox say? #foxpopvli #art #retro #90s

I'm generally all for voluntary body mods, BTW. This isn't remotely me being critical. But gotta admit, a little suspicious this is something you would, apparently, have to go abroad to get. Would not personally trust my vision to people I couldn't get regular follow-ups with. Or easily sue.

TIL about Irex surgery, where they blast your eye with a laser to destroy the pigment in your iris, resulting in permanent eye color change. They can't really predict what the final results will be, though. Other than "lighter." irexlaser.com

cannot emphasize this enough: we need to push the mainstream political discourse towards mass prosecution and execution of ice agents it doesn't really matter if they actually get killed by the state, but we need to build towards a society that widely agrees they *should* have been, morally

I stopped giving a shit about ther Grammys when they gave their very first Hard Rock/Heavy Metal award to Jethro Tull when the other noms were Jane's Addiction, Iggy Pop, AC/DC, and Metallica.

"worse than expected" by WHO

Eight hours...

Check out Cake's new upgrades! #art #nsfw #fanart #CakeTheCat

"I never thought to ever use AI slop but the results of the prompt i put in were too funny not to share!" unfollowed. blocked. get tf out of here.

People who hate Zohran and everything he stands for: Now that Zohran has won, the most effective thing he can do is betray all of his principles

All 6 Branches Of Armed Forces Present At Arrest Of Undocumented Nanny

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