The whole "AI" industry is just based on the hope that they can deskill people fast enough that they'll have to rent back cognitive support systems. Forever. It's like Uber. Just that they don't try to break existing transportation infrastructures but your brain.

I genuinely believe that 2026 is going to be the beginning of the return to the indie web, and more individual internet/computer related things linux will become more accessible, people will begin self-hosting again, it's gonna be great, I BELIEVE

Gen Xers and Millennials must reject this & form new models of elderhood. Many Gen Xers want to retire @ 55-60 like our Silent generation forebears who had pensions. Sadly, we're not eligible for Medicare until age 65 or Social Security until age 67. If we can afford to live, we will step aside.

Bummer to see this shitty AI video from a news source I respect

Eleven years since you crossed the black sands. I wish I could say that the world is better than you left it (although it will always be better for having had you in it) but at least there is a new Young Sam to help carry on the Pratchett name and ethos. Love you always ❤️

My bestie had been trying to get me to read Discworld for 20 years & i just never gave it a go. One day i was at a bookstore & "Guards! Guards!" was recommended by one of the clerks. I bought it on a whim & instantly fell in love with Terry Pratchett's writing. I devoured that book. R.I.P. Sir. 💚

The South ending Reconstruction and plunging their populations into a backward looking culture and economy until it was forced to modernize by the Civil Rights movement is imo a very clean parallel.

LISTEN UP! YOU NEED TO DO THIS ASAP!!! If you support marginalized people, do this. If you support sex workers, do this. If you support artists, do this. If you say "fuck censorship", do this. I can't begin to tell you how important this is, ya'll.

“She’s the exception, I am the rule.” Such articulate cutting through of the nonsense around puberty blockers and eg Keira Bell’s detransitioning from Stephanie Lynnette on GMB this morning. It is also a refreshing relief to see a trans person actually being allowed to speak for once!

"Something ineffable happens when you write down a thought: You think something you did not know you could or would think and it leads you to another though. The process of writing itself leads to previously unthought thoughts [and] crystallizes half-formulated or unformulated thoughts" - Lynn Hunt

Anti trans laws banning gender affirming care are resulting in serious issues for cis kids being denied access to medications for different conditions. AG Paxton in particular went after a doctor for prescribing puberty blockers with false allegations. www.texastribune.org/2026/03/10/t...

Nekima on the Target boycott.

cancelled my discord nitro a month ago and I now no longer have access to my emotes but let me tell you, friend: you can literally just have a text app open next to ur conversations full of these guys. you can just copy 100s of these guys off webpages online online right now for free ദ്ദി◝ ⩊ ◜.ᐟ

The government is asking for public comments on whether banks should be able to deny you from buying legal goods at their own whim (i.e. how they're cracking down on art) Tell them you don't want to be told how to spend your money www.federalreserve.gov/apps/proposa...

This is an entire thread full of trans authors - mostly independent - writing across all sorts of genres It's difficult to get trans stories published these days; the huge media corps aren't even looking anyone but the big names right now. We put our stories out where we can

I'm one of many professors quoted in this report from Alice Speri. I really appreciate The Guardian taking an angle which has basically eluded every other major outlet.

Nasdaq is changing its rules to "entice" the SpaceX IPO to its exchange, which will fast-track the stock's inclusion in index funds... this effectively dumps Elon Musk's unprofitable garbage on vulnerable passive investors, and ensures new retirement accounts have to buy in.

I've never used grammarly but if you have an account, I'd throw it in the trash and set it on fire because what the actual fuck

They also do not want to admit this, but "abolish ICE" and "let people have abortions" are in fact mainstream stances.

I know calling reps is very nerve racking. You're not sure what's the right thing to say, and tbh having a script thrown at me makes things just as nerve racking. I called today, and I figured I'd write up a transcript of how my call went down. Hopefully it helps demystify the process

(flock of seagulls voice) 🎶And Iraaaaan Iran controls the straaaaiiight

EVIL. IT'S OFFERING AN AI RECAP 10 MINUTES INTO THE CONVERSATION (1974). A FILM ABOUT THE LIFE OR DEATH IMPORTANCE OF PAYING ACUTE ATTENTION TO WHAT ONE IS SEEING AND HEARING (no spoilers). WHAT ARE WE DOING? WHAT ARE WE DOING? WATCH THE FUCKING MOVIE.

Oh, and this is what gave me the idea. I've had fun browsing some of these today too!

Once again reupping my newsletter about JK Rowling and "separating the art from the artist" buttondown.com/charliejane/...

The angry part of Bluesky remembered KOSA (now under the Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act, or H.R. 7757) exists but rather yell at you I'll say: If you have REALLY bad anxiety (like me!), you can call your reps after hours! Voicemail counts! The site 5Calls give you a script to read off of:

French roast has a new meaning, eh? #TheLastDriveIn #MutantFam

The costuming choices here are amazing. #TheLastDriveIn #MutantFam

Operation codger drop is go?!!! #TheLastDriveIn #MutantFam

She just wanted to say shank you. #TheLastDriveIn #MutantFam

His continued existence AND his way out are the same... Torcher. #TheLastDriveIn #MutantFam

Awww... He's got troll 2 gunk AND point dune eye bleed sickness. He's gonna burst like a microwaved gusher. #TheLastDriveIn #MutantFam

Keep walkin'. The eldergoths can smell your fear. #TheLastDriveIn #MutantFam

It is ALWAYS time to talk about Howard the Duck. ALWAYS. #TheLastDriveIn #MutantFam

Geriatric pincer movement complete. Stand by to engage. #TheLastDriveIn #MutantFam

Girl, the PTA of the Corn is forming up behind you. You needa run. #TheLastDriveIn #MutantFam

Yeah just shoplift that convenient popcorn. It's fine. #TheLastDriveIn #MutantFam

Her father has tiny trump hands. Like a set of soft baby mitts you'd find on a rich debutant. #TheLastDriveIn #MutantFam

So she's got leprosy? #TheLastDriveIn #MutantFam

The man in the painting looks like he wants to sell her insurance. #TheLastDriveIn #MutantFam

Wake them up. She likes to watch. #TheLastDriveIn #MutantFam

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Attacked and taken down by a flock of rabid Drew Careys. What a way to go. #TheLastDriveIn #MutantFam

Keep walkin'. This whole town now got beef with you. #TheLastDriveIn #MutantFam

This film is so liminal I could use it to escape into the Backrooms. #TheLastDriveIn #MutantFam

Now that's a CRONCH. #TheLastDriveIn #MutantFam

From creeponaet collector to local moingaze taxi, This woman has no self preservation instincts #TheLastDriveIn #MutantFam

What a revolting development. #TheLastDriveIn #MutantFam

This man looks like Shaggy Rogers' creeptastic older brother. #TheLastDriveIn #MutantFam

Who let Arcade here into his art gallery of madness? #TheLastDriveIn #MutantFam

We now return to the story in progress, here in the lovely village of Cape Codpiece..... #TheLastDriveIn #MutantFam