INLAND EMPIRE - His corpse is marked by stars. YOU - What will mine be marked by? INLAND EMPIRE - Alcohol and heartbreak. PHYSICAL INSTRUMENT - Your fist clenches suddenly. YOU - It will be riddled with disco.

What the fuck is this? This is the designated free speech zone. An army of cops are using a tactic called a "shield wall." They move as one to charge the crowd control barriers that they erected? The police are in no danger. They are merely attacking.

🚨"Tear gas is being shot above us!" our Jon Farina shouts as NJ state police fire tear gas at anti-ICE protesters outside Delaney Hall ICE prison as police clash with protesters on day 9 of ICE prison hunger/labor strike. WE'RE LIVE ⬇️

I've worked at the 'big' studios. While I'm on the writing and showrunning side, none of my projects have used AI in their process. I feel confident about my designers, directors, and story artists doing the same. These folks are convincing themselves 'everyone is doing it'.

There is a distinct overlap with this and the people who end up going crazy because AI tells them they're a genius. Like at a fundamental level there is a yearning a lot of people have to be want to be exalted and special, and tbh I think a lot of that is probably related to capitalist alienation.

ICE is targeting journalists at Delaney Hall. They’re hitting photographers, breaking fingers and smashing off lenses.

You've wanted a Zelda-like Maker for so long…here it is! ⚔️ Create temples, share them with the community, and explore temples made by others! 📢 The Temple Maker 64 demo is now out on Steam! Let's Make some Temples! ⚔️🗝️ #indiegames #zelda #nintendo64

People are angry about AI data centers and their impacts. Instead of addressing real outcry about harm to Black and poor communities, our government criminalizes dissent. Today it's Congress's intel unit. Earlier this week, WIRED showed how DHS, FBI, local police, and private spies are involved.

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Wikimedia Foundation just fired a long time lead developer of MediaWiki as well as its entire community team for unionizing. If you’re a donor, email [email protected] to protest this move. medium.com/@jakeorlowit...

Don't hate-watch these - a view is a view for streaming platforms. Ignore them, let them rot away with low engagement. It's one of the earlier tests to prove that people (hopefully) just do not want AI-generated animated shows. Shame on The Book of Life's creator for selling out too, what a blow.

yikes :(

An agent at Delaney Hall attempted to kick a demonstrator into the tires of a moving semi. This cannot be reformed. Video via @statuscoupnews.bsky.social

Because “Reduce your Carbon Footprint”, while still a worthwhile effort, was essentially an astroturfed advertising campaign by BP to have individuals reduce their personal emissions through lifestyle choices while the oil industry continued to expand fossil fuel extraction infinitives.

Some heartbreaking animation news today from people who have been some of my animation heroes. It’s up to us to hold the line and build a better future for animation.

“Creative breakthroughs happen when visionary storytellers are given access to transformative tools”-- Actually, creative breakthroughs happen when people don't have to drink brown water from data center waste. This is not cool or accessible, this is disingenuous & disappointing.

“In ten days last month, the Wikimedia Foundation fired the longtime lead developer of MediaWiki and disbanded the team whose entire job was to listen to volunteers. Most of the people they fired were union organizers” medium.com/@jakeorlowit...

And there you have it. The anti trans campaign in Maine was never some "grassroots movement." It was bankrolled by billionaire Richard Uihlein, who poured over $800,000 into targeting trans kids over sports and bathrooms.

I have a favorite painting, it is by John Brosio. Beyond capturing one of my favorite experiences, the wonder of a museum, the title transforms it. Two Earthlings. No painting has illustrated the strangeness of earth, that the only thing separating you and a monster is Time, like this one.

PALEDRIVER - “They are someone's memories. What difference does it make if it's me or not? They're beautiful. That is all that matters. Beautiful and true -- and they will win. They're *coming* for this, you know… All of this.”

That we continue to persist at all is a testament to our faith in one another.

humanity's enduring desire to make Little Guys is truly wonderful This is a clay pig. It has an angry little face with furrowed brows, pointing down and a huge curved back that leads seamlessly into the top of the head (no neck) like it's rearing up to charge. A very round piggy.

“That's 40 *cents*. Cents are a form of currency one hundred times smaller than the reál. I'm not even going to take this. Come back when you have 130 reál.” Isn't it... evil? The order of magnitude between what is asked of a person -- and what they have?

my gf works corporate and is on a training about AI and there's a word cloud for "what do you use AI for." the largest word by far is "Nothing" and the trainer is PISSED

if you're cis and you are asked by your management to police bathrooms, "can you confirm in writing that you are ordering me to approach customers to discuss their sex?" is an email no manager wants to reply to

i made this little thing so long ago.. LOL

Gardening is good for your mind and body even though it won't make you self sufficient. even better is learning how to safely store food, pressure canning being my favorite method. buying in bulk and storing when food is in season and cheap

PSA for YouTube Creators! Just wanna share this in case you don't want Google to have access to remix your YouTube shorts with GenAI using Gemini! YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY ENROLLED. Here is what it's doing and how to opt out of said option if you don't want your shorts to be remixed with AI.

I’m not sure why this isn’t being mentioned more, but: IRS policy for 50 years has been that the sitting president & VP get audited every year, in an effort to reassure the public they’re not corruptly abusing the office to enrich themselves.

No. This is somewhere to be. This is all you have, but it's still something. Streets and sodium lights. The sky, the world. You're still alive.

Don’t expect any further rewards or handclaps. This is how normal people are all the time.

Hey everyone, I was trying to avoid asking, but I got laid off by the school I was working for & got sick last week during day-to-day substitute work. Probably can’t work for most of the few weeks left in the semester. I don’t get paid over the summer and my savings are dwindling. Anything helps.

Furries keep posting that image of the cat from the upcoming star fox remake and complaining about it as if it doesn’t look fucking sick. “She looks like a drug addict” sorry the spacefaring sentient cat isn’t wearing make-up and heels for you king. I think looking like a little freak is good

to put it in video game terms, the Trump-class battleships should arrive around the same time as Half-Life 6.

Absolutely devastating read. www.them.us/story/slain-...

If you’re trans & born before 2000, when asked who you are you can legit answer: “Do not ask me for a single title, I have crossed millennia under different names and worn more than one form besides. Revered by some and feared by many, I am remembered differently in each age that survives me.”

Being sick has been a secret blessing as I've been offline more. Been really enjoying going to the library and renting movies and TV shows I haven't seen. Highly recommend just pretending it's the 90s/00s again.

INSULINDIAN PHASMID - Few of us can begin to imagine the horror of you -- with all of creation reflected in your forebrain. It must be like the highest of hells, a kaleidoscope of fire and writhing glass. Eternal damnation.

The Tennessee Speaker of the House will remove all Democratic Caucus members from standing committees and subcommittees as punishment for their redistricting protests. Democracy dies in Nashville.

as someone who worked on bg3, I fully agree - it's so utterly hypocritical how these platforms treat sex and eroticism - they want to make bank off big releases (and payment processors conveniently look the other way when this happens!) but strangle entire swathes of content from indies

why do ppl always seem to think that everyone who works in animation is like 22 with no fiscal responsibilities and rich parents who can just pay their rent while they go indie or whatever

Today in things that make me proud to be Mayor: PS 889's Hyper Pigmentation became 2-time Minecraft champs at the City's Annual Video Game Festival. Gaming doesn’t have to be a male-dominated industry. NYC is a top recruiter of gaming jobs & we want the next gen of hires to look more like our city.

We lost Douglas Adams 25 years ago today. This has made a lot of people very sad and has been widely regarded as a bad move.

this is open to every american to comment on, and it only has 220 total comments! if we want to stop this we need a LOT more please share and encourage your cis friends to do the same, we need you!

YOU - “What is this feeling?” SHIVERS - THERE IS A HOLE IN MY HEART.

Guys. Heads up. Let’s talk about Hantavirus. There have been SEVERAL bad takes and BLATANT misinformation circulating regarding this outbreak so I figured it was a good idea to make a thread about it. Stay calm. Stay vigilant. Know your facts. Here’s ALL you need to know. 🧪🧵⬇️

Chrome is reaching into users' machines and writing a 4 GB on-device AI model file to disk without asking. It is the weights for Gemini Nano, Google's on-device LLM. Chrome did not ask. Chrome does not surface it. If the user deletes it, Chrome re-downloads it. www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-...