Every technology problem is three social problems in a trench coat

Reskeeting with alt text Yeah this has become the utter pain of what we once had. Used to be you'd run to Google for a trusted and quick search and now I try to avoid it when I can Legit ruined their own product to the point of being unrecognizable

And of course, in the 48 hours since I posted this, the number of tier lists have doubled SO here's the updated, aggregated tier list (including new lists from iRunShibb, Cozy, TeamCaptain, CaptainCoach, and DuckFilms):

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If you like Studio Ghibli, Knives Out, The Owl House, or Frankenstein, here’s what the creators are saying about A/I. 🚫 SAY NO TO GEN A/I 🚫

watching videos about Fred Rogers saw some comments if you wanna know why i love him, its doing things like this if there was a Superman in the real world, Mr. Rogers is what he'd be like

re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"

My favorite piece of content today.

"Fuck AI. It’s something that’s making everything worse in every single way — I don’t get it ... what the fuck are we doing?" — Rian Johnson (via THR)

“Anyone can become anyone they want to”: An interview with Dragon Quest VII: Reimagined producer Takeshi Ichikawa by @edgarallanbro.bsky.social "I want them to feel like they’ve become a completely different person after playing this game." Read on:

People are already making tier lists for Season 5 of @marvel-rivals.bsky.social so you know what that means: It's time for my first S5 aggregated tier list! (Every character in every tier is ordered by total points, and each tier break represents a gap of 2 points)

Marvel Rivals has an update I log in See how far I am from Lord with Emma Uhhhhhhhhhh, I think I see what changed...

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I know it feels pointless to speak up against this. I know you feel like it won't matter. Still, it remains imperative that we call a spade a spade (or, in this case, a traitor a traitor). The President of the United States is sprinting to normalize the murder of journalists and dissenters.

my latest review is out now!!! 💜 i absolutely adore demonschool and i feel very lucky for this review to be my first byline with rock paper shotgun, which has been a dream for a while please give it a read!!! 💜

Weird how our AI-boosting government is killing the IRS's free tax filing tool, only for the company who spent $3,720,000 on lobbying last year to sign a big AI integration deal for their tax software. Probably a coincidence.

I'm at the Target boycott, I'm at the Starbucks boycott, I'm at the combination Target boycott and Starbucks boycott

man good luck hosting a world cup or an olympics, let alone something like a sxsw

been listening to retronauts for years; to be on the show is a big deal to say the least and for a sick topic, no less!

A good short on AI youtube.com/shorts/UdbOM...

early WBC discourse is about whether ohtani and yamamoto should sit it out so they can be rested for the regular season. to which i say: it's insane on a superteam like the dodgers to skip an event like the olympics or world baseball classic so you can be fresh for april baseball

See, look, U.S.A., it's this easy (and should have been done immediately upon the knowledge that these cheats and grifters were STEALING our work)

if you're being pedantic about the definition of pedophilia I'm assuming you are a pedophile

Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics" guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation

‘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.”

absolutely heartbroken to announce that i was part of the crystal layoffs today 💔 if y’all spot any openings for a soft, dedicated, smiley games writer — please send them my way 💫 i was on the most perfect narrative team on an exciting, ambitious project. i will cherish it all forever. 💖

Luckily for me, some great PR firms sent me keys as soon as I started in the industry, & over time I grew & got things published on GameSpot, IGN, Kotaku then I started @skyboxcritics.com with @edgarallanbro.bsky.social and @hokutolucas.bsky.social our actions & faith ripple outwards ❤️

if we don't take care of climate change now N O W none of the other issues we care about will matter

Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels are projected to rise to an all-time high this year. At this rate, it will take the world four years to pass the 1.5-degree threshold that experts say would constitute catastrophic warming. https://wapo.st/49e2vck

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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

We’re a judge! Judges? Anyway, check out the IGAs!

"This could take down Democrats, too." I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office. Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.

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You can probably trace this back to the Nixon pardon, the post-2008 "Too big to jail" decline in white collar prosecutions, and of course more recently the half hearted Trump prosecution. These are fundamentally political, not legal problems

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A friend told me that his roommate was just walking down the street when ICE pointed a gun in his face. It is so much worse than you’re being told. Or shown.

US senators will say anything. "Standing up to donald trump gave him more power." No it didn't. That isn't true.

I don’t have a whole lot of advice for people younger than me but the earlier in life you stop worrying about what other people will think and just wholeheartedly enjoy the stuff you like the happier you’ll be

lots of accessibility options

This also goes for freelance writers, journalists, editors, etc. So many people I know use marketplace plans (including myself) and those prices are going through the roof - unbelievably so

if you remove skeletons and blood, is there anything left? reminds me of this joke from arrested development, where george michael is asked to give the censored version of what his grandfather said on the phone:

low polyamory

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Designer: all right Mr. Del Toro here’s those Frankenstein’s monster designs, real sexy just like you asked for. Del Toro: (nodding) this is exactly as sexy as I asked for.

i would love to hire someone next year who is just starting out in the youtube/digital media/production world and would be down to work 15-20 hours a week as a production assistant/coordinator on my channel. you would learn a lot and i wouldn't yell at you.