Copyright holders need to use the powerful DMCA takedown process with care, and when they don’t, there needs to be consequences. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

well they're right about the kpdh merch. my kingdom for a derpy tiger plush 🥺🙏 (they're also right about merlin, which i stopped watching because I know this story and it does not end well 🙈)

I don't want gen AI in my browser I don't want gen AI in my pc I don't want gen AI in my art I don't want gen AI in my games I don't want gen AI in my music I don't want gen AI in my movies I don't want gen AI in my books I don't want gen AI in my cart I don't want gen AI in my life

are you telling me we have not been saving big money at menards all this time??? just kidding, I haven't shopped at menards in years because John menard is gross ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

"Escaflowne" will celebrate its 30th anniversary in Japan in 2026 with a new Blu-ray box set and screenings of the film. www.escaflowne.jp/memorial-bd/...

I do not want Gaston backstory, I do not need Gaston backstory, I reject Gaston backstory he is a fully formed oaf, consuming eggs by the dozen in one of the greatest villain songs ever written, and that is all we need of him

John Oliver really was not kidding about the overwhelming rebellious power of just saying “Fuck you, make me.”

Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.

The Internet was never perfect but it used to be usable, functional. I know how we got here and I want the old Internet back. I want forums back. I want personal sites. I want stuff not written by a machine. I just want shit to work again.

O, horrible, O, horrible, most horrible!

welp!

SPOTTED AT ANIME FRONTIER: RimiStar Productions shows off prototypes for their OFFICIAL Samurai Pizza Cats plush dolls in collab with Tatsunoko! 😍😍😍 These are SO damn cute!! I was told they're hoping to release them sometime this winter. (Follow their insta @/RimistarProd for updates!)

my portion of my employer-provided health plan for two healthy adults is $400 a month tell me you're a career politician who has never had to worry about the cost of healthcare without telling me you're etc etc

manifesting: 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯 ai bubble 🕯 🕯 to pop disastrously 🕯 🕯 for all involved 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯

ha. haha. 🚬😮‍💨

Very very sad news. RIP Raul Malo. www.pbs.org/newshour/art...

Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.

apparently a kids' size 7 is an adult women's size 8.5 👀👀👀

film you've seen more than six times. hard mode: no star wars or trek, lotr, or marvel ("hard mode" lol. lmao, even)

online friendship is crazy. like yeah we go way back. we talk about weird shit exclusively and we've seen each other in person between zero and four times

I mean. it's cowboy bebop, tank, no contest, but consider: youtu.be/YcL-ymNCoZ8?...

Thirty years ago today, the scientist Clair Patterson passed away. He campaigned tirelessly and effectively to remove lead from gasoline, paint, pipes, and food cans. The drop in violent crime that correlates with this change? Massive. Science hero. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clair_P...

Actually somewhat-massive news, COCONA, one of the members of the all-Japanese based-in-Korea group XG, has come out as non-binary transmasc and having had top surgery Which for an active idol in either country is just unheard of, never mind one at such a big group. They look amazing!

the worst person you know should have the same access to healthcare as the best person you know, and if you don't believe that then you should not be involved in any aspect of healthcare

the worst is when you're on your work network trying to log into another company's website and failing, and you get the added complication of "am *I* the problem?? is this my company's cybersecurity making my life difficult???" wail, gnash teeth, call the help desk x2, throw computer into the sea 🌊

Website Task Flowchart xkcd.com/3175/

Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it. So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:

yeah, that's accurate

Since it's December...

Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy

a reminder that its ok to bully corporations

Adding alt text to this because this is fucking amazing and everyone deserves to read it.

one of the many absurdities of Sony abandoning Kpop Demon Hunters with Netflix is that NEITHER company expected this to be the next Frozen, thus missing out on zillions of dollars in merch sales.

How about we worry less, as a society, about whether individuals might be cheating to get a disability accommodation or some help buying food, and more about whether extremely wealthy people and corporations are paying their fair share of taxes?

its so crazy that young people became less interested in movies & tv at the same time weird tech guys mostly started deciding what gets made

Not enough folks know that the Foo Fighters are massive AIDS denialists and ran fundraisers for proto-RFKJ types that refused to treat children with HIV. FWIW: Courtney Love and Pearl Jam have both worked extensively with responsible AIDS orgs. #noalternativescience

“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to

it’s tiiiiime 🎄

Today is World AIDS Day. We honor and recognize the hard-fought struggles and loss of all affected. “AIDS is a global phenomenon, its ravages known everywhere.“ www.neh.gov/article/aids...

if you see this, qrt with a pic from your gallery to describe your mental health

now that's what I call the massive continuity of ducks...

By sheer coincidence both Nancy Drew and Miss Marple enter the US public domain on the same day (January 1st, 2026), and it feels like someone ought to do something with that.

not shaking the ai-hater allegations lmao

"AI" - dashare.zone ADMIN

Always love to see great talent using their platform for unabashed good.

I remember there being a big push to stop using that word when I was in high school. in the 90s. why are we having to do this again???? did people not internalize this message 30 years ago?????

have just discovered that I am on an "ai haters" blocklist ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ yeah, that's accurate. please feel free to block me for that reason, because I am 1000% a hater

I honestly don’t mean this in a cruel way, but this person is functionally dead.