As a brief respite from the ongoing horrors, have a weird little blast from the past. youtu.be/3GhN7v5SoGs?...

This. This is why generative AI exists. Not making money, not "democratizing art", not "disability assistance". It's about controlling perception, blurring the boundary between facts and falsehoods, demonizing experts, and making it easier for people to believe lies.

None of these Republicans and most of these Democrats are not all of a sudden “seeing the light on ICE.” They simply understand the worm turning on public opinion and saving face. They will ALL go back to voting for minority brutalization as soon as they can. You can’t keep falling for this.

He was bound to drop that scarf in some time zone or other.

Tired of the way society only seems to care about bad things when they happen to middle class white people. What's happening now has been the norm for BIPOC people far longer than I've been alive. They all deserve to be remembered.

#RESIST posts are not the revolution. This right here is the revolution. This is what real revolution looks like. People helping neighbors without expecting praise. Risking their lives standing up to oppression, even when no one else sees them doing so. Doing what's right because it's right.

It is so frustrating listening to white American liberals talk about the ICE murders like the only two that matter are the white Americans and not all of the brown people who have disappeared or killed. Non-Americans matter too and acting like they don't is part of why you're in this mess.

Thesis: ICE is un-American and the Minneapolis protestors are real Americans. Antithesis: Ackshually ICE is operating in a long American tradition of racist terror. Synthesis: Minneapolis is now the epicenter of a clash between two distinct but historically grounded American political traditions.

Seeing a bunch of normal ass midwestern moms and dads marching in -20 degrees knowing they might be tear gassed or worse really drives home what a cowardly lot of people the pundit class is

How I became a furry, using only images.

Electoral politics is not and never has been enough. You cannot vote in the revolution (but voting can still do harm reduction in the meantime). youtu.be/bQBg1BeUEN4?...

Games Workshop managment has a (deserved) reputation when it comes to money; but they do get things some things right. This is definitely one of those things they are getting right, hopefully they stick with this decision. www.ign.com/articles/war...

Just make art, don't worry about being good at it. No one is at first, or all the time. It's a skill that takes time to develop. Just make art you enjoy, even if it's bad. Especially if it's bad. Bad art is important, because that's where experimentation and growth happens.

Discord is running a user survey to determine the popularity of their intention to implement generative AI bots. Time to tell them how much you hate genAI and do not want to pollute your communities with it. discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Your periodic reminder that you have the right to find out why your health insurer denied your claim. We built a tool to help you do it: projects.propublica.org/claimfile/

Facts. America in a nutshell is “we as a society can’t have nice things because Black people would also have them”. Our entire history has been this, and it’s far past time for all of us white people to wake up to these facts.

So very much this.

The wisdom of Mr. Rogers is eternal:

The question is, of course: Is there actually anything that can be done about the US government's latest atrocity? The answer is: Yes, but there is insufficient will at all levels of society and government to take the necessary actions to stop this.

"Things are getting worse faster than we can lower our standards." --Carrie Fisher

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And it looks like this month's "Unclear On The Concept" award goes to Bluesky...

Not even one week into the new year. I don't want to live on this planet anymore. It's just impossible to keep up with how fast things keep getting worse. www.reuters.com/world/americ...

Having a little fun with a freezer full of frozen berries. Can't wait until these are ready to bottle.

Gotta love when creators who claim to be anti-fascist flatly declare "Communities don't exist!" in order to absolve themselves of any responsibility for enabling fascists, incels, and other trash, making bag off 'em of course; then go whine about "gatekeeping" when criticized for it.

Anyone surprised by this simply hasn't been paying attention for the last... forever really.

The only thing in this I would disagree with is that we shouldn't shame those who use GenAI while claiming to be artists. GenAI is destructive to both culture and climate, promotes digital neocolonialsm (ie. theft) and capitalism, and is fundamentally dishonest. youtu.be/zhMp62XETj0?...

If anything, he would have become even more mean and miserly, to "own the woke ghosts".

This is why the Internet Archive is so important. In this case, it's the 60 Minutes segment on torture at CECOT that got spiked by the Trump administration. Free journalism is absolutely vital to a free society. archive.org/details/60mi...

MegaLag posts part 2 of his Honey expose to Patreon. Within hours, PayPal contacts Patreon to have it taken down (PayPal owns Honey), and Patreon caves immediately. Apparently, there was no reason given for the takedown. Not up on YouTube either, no more info available at this time.

Any true artist has far more ideas than they have time and resources to realize. Anyone can be a true artist just by observing the world and themselves. There is nothing more universal to human experience than creativity; unless it's beaten out of us, or we voluntarily abandon it.

Yeah, that tracks.

I had written an article about racism in fairy folk belief for Witches&Pagans magazine in 2022, and as the magazine is no more and I've pulled my material from academia. edu I wanted to make sure it was still publicly available. (free content) www.patreon.com/posts/winged...

"This Is Spinal Tap" is still one of the greatest films of all time. RIP to an amazingly talented person. www.cnn.com/entertainmen...

Exactly what I've been saying. Tools enhance abilities, they enable us to apply our creative drives in new ways. Generative AI bypasses people entirely, it demonstrably makes people LESS creative. It's not a tool, it's a vending machine. The shittiest possible vending machine.

'Cause the people who created generative AI are the most deeply incurious, fundamentally opposed to any sort of introspection, and have all the impulse control of toddlers with ADHD. People who not only fail the marshmallow test, but whine about how they deserve everyone else's marshmallows too.

Cheap, minimally online if at all, doesn't spy on you, doesn't have subscriptions or micro transactions, won't be enshittified, you own it, reminds them of simpler times or childhood, modern pop culture is adversarial and alienating

Despite appreciating the research, and finding the speculation interesting, there's something about the cartoonish way it's presented that bothers me in a way I'm having difficulty expressing. It's a problem I have with Youtube "infotainment" in general, but moreso here. youtu.be/T4fLtQ34MjY?...

'Tis the season. youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Not an NSFW artist myself; but for those of you who, like me, occasionally commission them: THIS IS IMPORTANT, DO NOT HELP PAYPAL CENSOR NSFW ARTISTS.

Don't get it twisted, Wikipedia is HIGHLY inaccurate in far too many ways; but generative AI is such utter and complete garbage that it makes Wikipedia look almost reliable by comparison.

Brian Heywood's 2 new dangerous initiatives — IL26-001/IL26-638 — threaten the safety of ALL kids, especially trans & queer students, by forcing invasive genital exams on children who want to play sports. Decline to sign these dangerous initiatives. Take the pledge here: bit.ly/WFFDecline

AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.

It's Transgender Awareness week, as we take time to remember those we lost, please check on you trans friends. It's really dark out here and it's getting harder each week. Please help us where you can.

Smash the State Off the Pigs and Landlords Execute the Billionaires Reparations For All Victims Cooperation Not Competition End Artificial Scarcity All the Power to All the People Respect All Identities The Purpose of Revolution is to Foment Art No Pineapple on Pizza Purple Book Horse is Best Pony

If you see this QTP with a female anime character you love

New awareness campaign