JFC what is there to gain by posting genAI slop of the crowd size? The No Kings Seattle march took about 2 hours from start until the last people arrived at Seattle Center. It was huge. If you could not attend for one reason or another, you are not entitled to use genAI to spread fake images.

The Hollywood executive dream that AI will revolutionize how movies are made or that they can lean on user generated AI slop to drive costs down is not going to work and is already a disaster www.404media.co/disneys-open...

FINALLY. ONE CLANKER DOWN.

It was so fun wearing Phos again and I love this shot from @mrdang.photos 🤩 everyone brought such neat lighting setups that we got to share and work with together! so wholesome!! ; w ; #phoscosplay #landofthelustrous #housekinokuni

The complete and utter failure of the metaverse is a reminder [...] that quite often these oligarchs quite simply cannot relate to real people, don’t know how or why people use their products, and very often have no idea what they’re doing www.404media.co/rip-metavers...

This is the peak method of playing Pokopía & you cannot convince me otherwise I am wearing laying-down glasses on top of my prescription glasses. Glasses here: amzn.to/4bgJR48 #gaming #pokopia

Cathulhu

"ok hear me out, what if we poured billions into this tech instead of education and we monetized 'intelligence' as a subscription instead?"

Remember how the FBI targeted MLK?

Find Glassholes in your area!

You never know when you can get on TV so have your sound bites ready lol

The floor plan for the planned ICE concentration camp in Social Circle, Georgia:

Yeah so that Ring ad that aired at the Super Bowl about 'Search Party?" 404 Media now has proof that it won't just be used to locate dogs... www.404media.co/leaked-email...

People have been making games LONG before genAI slop. Yet these video game companies make excuses like they're gonna go bankrupt if they don't use 'AI' placeholder assets. Skill issue. Bookmark the hall of shame: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Democrats rolling up to Congress wanting to 'reform' ICE and fund its body cameras

1. Chicken bake 2. Chicken bake with a hotdog inside

I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland. And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.

i made this video for $10 (not counting the cost of the plushies or tiny alcohol) and i didn't need AI to do it

"... the massive amounts of data the company collects on students, including videos of them, is stored in a Google Drive folder that anyone with the link—even if they’ve left the company, or if it was sent to them—could access." www.404media.co/students-are...

the unspeakable joy of frankensteining a formula in sheets (or excel if you hate yourself) and it works. this is what the sam altmans of the world want to rob you of.

Whether it's school shootings, police/ICE brutality, genocide, etc.--all that continues because the system is still allowed to operate. Tech workers and all privileged occupations are long overdue to organize. The rest of the working class is waiting for them.

ICYMI: I introduced my Trans Bill of Rights with @markey.senate.gov — legislation to defend trans people across this country as Republicans continue to push anti-trans rhetoric and bills. To our beloved trans community: We see you, we love you, and we will always stand with you.

The Olympics allowed in 'AI'-generated music for figure skating probably thinking it could save on licensing. But with issues like plagiarism of Bon Jovi, it could be EVEN MORE expensive. Great investigative piece by an independent journalist who reported the earlier 'AI'-slop in Skate America.

Soylent grass is people

CBP is really keeping us safe from Reddit user Budget-Chicken-2425. What would we do without them?? Actually that's the kind of question Congress should be asking this week: Why are they renewing any spending on departments with zero value to taxpayers?

PSA: You can opt out of the face screening camera at airport security BUT you have to tell them before they scan your ID. When you walk up say "I'd like to opt out of the facial recognition screening." Brought to you by security refusing to let me opt out "because you already gave us your ID." 🙄

I was not making it up when I said that Congress wants to fund ICE *EVEN MORE* despite people shouting in the streets and contacting them to ABOLISH ICE. Your electeds should never have a peaceful night again. Contact them to *ABOLISH* ICE.

No awkward gap in the restroom door. Just full height locking doors.

the flat fridge doodles have advanced

I called Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal's office and asked for this No vote so the opposition party has actual leverage in negotiation. This is the correct vote, but Democrats still want to 'reform' ICE with 'guardrails'. I asked for abolishment of ICE which provides no value to taxpayers.

More video footage of violence that doesn't result in justice doesn't solve anything. Our taxpayer dollars spent on body cams are just inflating a budget that should be zero.

If you have stories/photos/video from the Portland, OR protest that you’d like to share anonymously, I’m marisakabas.04 on Signal.

Awesome photos from my panel LAW FOR CREATIVES AND WEEBS AND CREATIVE WEEBS at #kumoricon2025! Thanks @mrdang.photos!

Our elected reps are making deals to fund DHS with conditions to 'reform' ICE. They have not read the room. Contact your electeds and reject their deal-making. Anything short of abolishing ICE will allow them to murder again. Script and context: www.mrdang.com/abolition-no...

Nominating this for article of the year lol

Required reading.

I would go so far as to say you also shouldn't share a video clip of someone speaking without the link to the entire conversation/appearance/context, if available.

WTF this is a terrible bill. Though I have to question why a company would want to build a data center in Florida. I can see the advantage geographically as the southeastern point of the US. But it doesn't get passive cooling like the others and it gets hit by hurricanes. 🤔

I generally feel like I don't need to nag Congresswoman Pramilla Jayapal on most things. But if you live in Glusenkamp Perez's district, I'm hoping you will nag her on EVERYTHING. This is one of many shitty votes she's cast.

Once the data centers are built, all those construction jobs disappear. Only a minimal number of people are on-site because the goal is to pay for as little human labor as possible.

PSA: Somebody is posting false reports to ICE tracking apps in Seattle. It’s possibly right-wing trolls or ICE themselves. This one, posted today, included an AI generated photo of ICE at a 7-11. Use caution before sharing.

This is why parents in Seattle took their kids home from school when they heard ICE was in town. Perceived ICE activity triggered a call to shelter in place in the Seattle schools.

Sometimes you get to report on a win

Good forecast of aurora.

New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant “This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...

it is done almost a year later Paper Chrono Trigger is done proper photo session this weekend made from bristol paper, cardstock, sketchbook paper, toilet paper, & matboard (Also bit of clear resin, colored gel, LED strip, & microLEDs)