I have seen a lot of cursed stuff in my time in academia but this is among the *most* cursed. Grammarly is generating miniature LLMs based on academic work so that users can have their writing ‘reviewed’ by experts like David Abulafia, who died less than two months ago.

Love this from Guillermo del Toro

Gaza Sunbirds has a mobile cinema where they move between camps providing much needed joy for the children of Gaza by showing kids films such as Ratatouille. This is a much needed respite for all of the kids in Gaza, and with our help, we can make a difference. Donation link is in the comments.

me going into a really popular fandom then choosing to obsess over the rarepair:

Fortunately it seems to NOT be AI. This tool runs entirely "locally" in your browser, the image generation is written in Javascript. (Whether they used AI in writing that code, I cannot tell. That is a whole different mess though.) For the nerds: The code starts at line 2089 of the HTML document.

if you’re cis and you don’t get it this is LITERAL TORTURE it will result in dead trans people and with their other goal of making us “sexually explicit” for existing you see the pipeline right? we exist -> we’re jailed for it -> we’re tortured and die WE NEED YOU TO STOP THIS

Soft Tob for the soul. #photocatdachi

Unedited #LunarEclipse #MoonPhotography #MoonPhotos #MoonShots #Photography #SantaBarbara #BloodMoon

NEW: Over the last decade, Nike has sharply expanded production in regions of Indonesia where workers don’t earn a living wage while cutting its workforce in places where they do. With @oregonian.com

今度こそみんなお疲れさまでした！！

The BDS movement applauds activists who took part in the #StopFANUCnow global day of action and calls for continued public pressure worldwide on FANUC to stop supplying Elbit with robots — and end its complicity in genocide. Read our full round-up ➡️ loom.ly/MUTH1JU

browt / pombon / gecqua

psyncers! #aitsf #aini

insert 2 of them cat image #aitsf

happy cat day to 48 year old losers named kaname date 🐱 #aitsf

🚨 It looks like the UK government is gearing up to upend copyright law in favour of AI companies, legalising the theft of their work. This is despite creatives' huge protests, and despite previous proposals being roundly rejected by the public. Please spread the word. 🧵 1/4

Ok genuine question, where is my people with Zenos merch that ship to Germany? Where are you, I need to spend money for my enrichment! 🥺 (sorry, this cool artist doesn't ship to Germany – again)

behind the scenes #ffxiv

I genuinely think the worst thing the internet did to reading was convince people that finishing books is a competitive sport. You don't need to read 52 books a year. You just need to read. Books you like. At your own pace. And think about them for longer than a TikTok video.

Amame #AITSF #AINI

Jumpy!! Fem jumpy request #zeroescape #ze999

The goal is to completely deanonymize the internet for mass AI surveillance and we cannot let that happen. — NO to KOSA — NO to Section 230 reform — NO to SCREEN Act — NO to App Store Accountability Act — NO to Kids Off Social Media Act — NO 'age verification' laws — NO to digital ID systems

Mechanical Violator Hakaider

にゃんにゃんにゃん(+ニャン) #猫の日 #FF14 #ffxiv #FF14イラスト #ffxivart

Due to Y'shtola's upbringing with Master Matoya, she didn't interact much with her other sisters. She only grew somewhat close to Y'Mhitra due to their shared academic common ground: Allagan magicks to arcane arts.

Urgent : un chat. Miaou miaou miaou miaou miaou miaou miaou

Everything has worsened and she needs out ASAP. Everything and more will be helpful. I'm /terrified/ for her.

In a world where everything is being "fact checked" and "created" by GenAI. Please just support the arts. Pay your artists. Get some crazy nsfw art. Get some sick illustration. If you want to, learn to doodle yourself I will never let the machine win. I'll always support humans

an old love letter to #ffxiv #art

In an update to this story, "Umadori News", another prominent JP blog covering FFXIV news, is shutting down in what the owner says is the "weight of responsibility" when it comes to moderating toxic behavior, and not wanting to invite the same action from Square Enix.

Haurchefant. #haurchefant #joyeart

Webcomic creators - ComicFury needs our help! ComicFury is basically the last of the old-school webcomic hosting sites and the mod Kyo needs more financial support if he's going to continue. If you host on ComicFury, I encourage you to support Kyo at patreon.com/comicfury or ko-fi.com/comicfury! 🐊📖

Torgal (Final Fantasy XVI) unit comes to the Japanese client of Final Fantasy Record Keeper on March 6, 2026. 🎞️ SQEX/DeNA

Hien for the FFXIV playing card deck today. One of my favourite character designs, hope I did him justice. #FFXIV

Fun fact: 54% of US adults read below a 6th grade level. You have to actively remember literally over half the US adult population is *unable to perceive subtext* www.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com/2024-2025-li...

And BOOM goes the dynamite. To all the AI Bros who have slid into my mentions to tell me that you CAN in fact copyright AI materials, the Supreme Court has told you to go suck rocks. A prompt is not authorship. And if there is no author, there is no valid copyright. www.engadget.com/ai/the-supre...

[update] Investigating: AO3 is now fully down. After performing a software upgrade a few days ago, we've been unable to keep our server cluster healthy due to what we believe is a bug or issue with the new release of our database server software. We're working with our ve...

着物タタルさん　2024-2026 Kimono Tataru #FF14 #FFXIVART

more info from reddit on why ao3 is down:

Metaphor and frieren prints are up on the shop !!!!!!! alinalal.etsy.com

the official pokemon account posted a reference to twitch plays pokemon and idk whats getting to me more the amount of people not getting it in the replies or the fact that TPP is 12 years old now

There is no body, and so there is no funeral. I’ll be going to the masjid in my local city to dua for her, and if any of you are religious, please dua for her too But this is a good time to ask people to donate to World Central Kitchen wck.org

#1日1セリス 早速ロクセリなんですけど　なんとか描けるだけ描きたいな～

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“Don't write or draw for money. Do it because you love it...” I mean, yeah. Obviously we enjoy doing it, otherwise we wouldn't BE doing. That said, it'd be cool being paid and supported enough to simply live as creatives, and in turn, have the freedom to create wild new things without restraint.

Please consider helping my fellow trans Kansans 🌻 🏳️‍⚧️

Fomalhaut, as bright as the southern star. #ffxiv This is for my two MCH friends and the 15 other MCHs in the world that apparently all go to MAGFest.