I'd be more inclined to believe that Graham Platner is merely a dumbass if he was making different kinds of "mistakes" instead of one very specific type of "mistake" over and over

Absolutely fucking not, you psychotic freaks.

Americans do not want this. They do not want another war in pursuit of regime change. They want relief from the affordability crisis. They want peace.

This whole thread is great (even if I disagree with Micah about TLJ), but this is really the heart of it. Disney kicked over the sandbox.

The average American trans person is even less represented than the average American liberal. Maybe liberals should offer trans people assurances they won’t sell them out to a candidate who has signaled his intention to sell them out. They might find trans people more amenable to their concerns.

Weird that the NZ Herald editorial board can't tell the difference between a moral position and a spiteful one.

THE ONLY DANGEROUS MINORITY IS THE RICH

I just backed Swords Without Master. You should too. It's about damn time it moved up from issue three of Worlds Without Master.

ordering some unagi nigiri just to eel something

Vitally important that we as the culture-creating underclass always throw tomatoes at these dweebs & never respect them. They won't see our comments, but establishing ubiquitous cultural canon that every ultra-rich guy is a talentless thieving loser is the first step to taxing them into oblivion.

BREAKING: The High Court of New Zealand has granted PATHA’s application for interim relief, declaring that the Crown should not take any steps to enforce the incoming ban on new prescriptions of puberty blockers to transgender children and young people. More to come:

Hey everyone going WELL TIME TO PLAY MORE FORTNITE TO HUNT DOWN PEOPLE WEARING HARRY POTTER STUFF No. Stop playing Fortnite. They're partnering with Rowling and Harry Potter in 2025, with full knowledge of what that decision means. Stop supporting them. Stop playing the game.

Yeah. “Fast forwarding” through the show is actually NOT watching it. So when people ask you if you’ve watched it, you should just go ahead and say no.

Want to support trans rights in Aotearoa & get a bunch of cool TTRPGs? The Ban the Ban bundle is raising funds for action against the NZ govt's blocker ban. Proceeds go to PATHA to fund their court challenge & support individuals. Get it now! itch.io/b/3421/ban-t... #transrights #ttrpg #nzpol

I am a suicide attempt survivor so I’m kind of selfishly interested in prevention and, again, while it may difficult to completely prevent IDEATION, what ChatGPT does (despite guardrails!) is *cheerlead and facilitate* completion. You can come back from ideation but not a chat-optimized completion.

Seriously, y'all are making me mute the names of furniture stores now? Get a hold of yourselves.

ALL you have to do is just not use it, tell these companies you aren't using it, and make fun of people who do. We need a mass collective effort to make genAI extremely uncool, lame, embarrassing, cringe. Everyone needs to react to it with a MOUNTAIN of hostility until they run out of steam.

Thank you, watchers of [popular show], for reminding me to mute “popular show” for the next few weeks.

"The Greens affirm our pledge to properly resource and promote clear pathways for timely, free, non-discriminatory access to all forms of gender-affirming healthcare based on informed consent and self-determination." www.greens.org.nz/our_trans_wh...

Good statement from the HRC. tikatangata.org.nz/news/ban-on-...

If It Doesn't Exist, MAKE IT. Aka. The motivational bnuy. #originalart

Karakariki track showing off some gorgeous textures today.

Democrats in office need to know: all of us with very few exceptions want all of you with very few exception to lose your god damn jobs because you refuse to do them.

There are no words for how evil this is

Joe Dante is literally right there, WB. There's still time to bring him back and unfuck this.

As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed. The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.

I miss you, NYC. Great job today.

No fucking words for how angry I am at the vile little twerp (and the entire Coalition, and the backwards demographics that put them in charge) destroying our education system like this.

Let's be clear: the removal of Te Tiriti from the Education and Training Act is an attack on the human rights of every child in every school.

I am consistently baffled by people who claim to be anti-fascist but they use AI avatars or banner art. Generative AI is a fascist tool. Period. Look at who's paying for it. Look at who's pushing it. Look at what they want you to use it for. It is anti-human. Do fucking better.

Said this on a podcast recently but it bears repeating here - if you’re feeling like AI makes going into a creative field pointless, don’t lose sight of the fact that creating things has value. That’s why they want in on it so bad. Don’t let some technocrat’s wet dream put out your fire.

The thing with AI and the enshittification of the web is that there are still tons of reliable digital information resources out there, it’s indexed, people share it. You don’t have to use chatbots to get info. You don’t have to use short form video to parasocially get your political news, etc.

Would it surprise you that the owner of Scientific American's parent company, Stefan von Holtzbrinck, invested $37 million in Inkitt, an AI firm? What a SHOCK

Neon NZ: "Your home for HBO MAX in NZ! Except for that particular HBO show you like, we don't license it anymore. And that movie you want to see that's on HBO MAX? No, you can't watch it with your subscription yet because we'd like to milk a few more weeks of rentals from our captive audience."

1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it). But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that

Resolve your storylines, show writers. At least some of them. Please. Especially in today's world where it is years between seasons, if a promised future season even happens at all, it is the least you can do for your audience.

Regardless of whether Lee would have approved, it should be illegal for an estate to authorize a ghouLLM of someone who died before they had a chance to say "fuck no"

cancelling Disney+ and Hulu is well and good but it’s not a huge hit on an individual level but Disney adults? people who spend real money at the parks? you guys can make a dent, call ‘em up and tell them your vacation is postponed until they pull their heads out of their asses

really don't understand how so many people cling to the rules, like I think this is an actual liberal elite educated weakness: at some point your ability to analyze and consider the abstract means you lose sight of what's actually happening

Sometimes it's nice to remember that even Marcus Aurelius was like "you don't have to comment on everything bro"

This Emmys donation clock thing is one of the most off-putting gimmicks I've ever seen an awards show attempt.

Great thread on providing alt text whenever you post an image! Remember, you can always remember to alt text by clicking a box in your settings:

Watched the Hurricanes live for the first time since I left the States, and they did not disappoint. What an amazing game. Go Canes!

Alright, my dearies. Here we go. Join us for the ride? www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...

At the very least it’s fun to think of this as a sort of tailgate party before the big event

Seriously, do this. Preferably with a nice cocktail or your intoxicant of choice. Grab a little fleeting joy.

You fucking owe us this one, universe, for taking Lynch this year.

when president garfield was dying, they shoved a bunch of stuff up his butt in the hopes it would save him. it didn't work, in fact it definitely killed him quicker. but if any white house guys are reading this: you're the chosen one, you can make it work

Look, he's probably not, and we're probably going to be subjected to his stupid fucking face again real soon... ...but I needed this little bit of hopeful ghoulishness.