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Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Submit a Claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Reposted by Laura Cherkas
Aditya Harsono—Indonesian student legally in US, married to American citizen, father of their special needs child—has his student visa suddenly and secretly revoked, and is raided, arrested and detained by ICE for deportation.
Make no mistake: If you’re legal, they can, and will, MAKE you illegal.
Make no mistake: If you’re legal, they can, and will, MAKE you illegal.
Indonesian student detained by Ice after US secretly revokes his visa
Aditya Wahyu Harsono, father of infant with special needs, surprised at work despite valid visa through June 2026
www.theguardian.com
April 20, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Aditya Harsono—Indonesian student legally in US, married to American citizen, father of their special needs child—has his student visa suddenly and secretly revoked, and is raided, arrested and detained by ICE for deportation.
Make no mistake: If you’re legal, they can, and will, MAKE you illegal.
Make no mistake: If you’re legal, they can, and will, MAKE you illegal.
Celebrating St. Patrick’s as intended: by trying in vain to figure out the time signatures of “Rocky Road to Dublin”
March 17, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Celebrating St. Patrick’s as intended: by trying in vain to figure out the time signatures of “Rocky Road to Dublin”
Reposted by Laura Cherkas
This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools - ClarksvilleNow.com
At an elementary school at Fort Campbell, home of the 101st Airborne Division, librarians are hard at work scrubbing the shelves for books that contain references to slavery, the civil rights movement...
clarksvillenow.com
February 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
Truly diabolical that there’s no approved cough medicine for kids under 4.
December 20, 2024 at 6:01 AM
Truly diabolical that there’s no approved cough medicine for kids under 4.
Reposted by Laura Cherkas
Los Angeles Public Library is now accepting applications for their next round of the LAPL Creators in Residence program.
Read on for details & apply using the form below. Applications are due no later than 5 p.m. on Friday, January 17, 2025.
Read on for details & apply using the form below. Applications are due no later than 5 p.m. on Friday, January 17, 2025.
Los Angeles Public Library Creators in Residence | Los Angeles Public Library
www.lapl.org
December 10, 2024 at 4:12 AM
Los Angeles Public Library is now accepting applications for their next round of the LAPL Creators in Residence program.
Read on for details & apply using the form below. Applications are due no later than 5 p.m. on Friday, January 17, 2025.
Read on for details & apply using the form below. Applications are due no later than 5 p.m. on Friday, January 17, 2025.
Reposted by Laura Cherkas
also it is frankly embarrassing that no OTHER country has a designated snake especially for the children, let's get it together people en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childre...
Children's python - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 9, 2024 at 3:35 AM
also it is frankly embarrassing that no OTHER country has a designated snake especially for the children, let's get it together people en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childre...
![2 panel comic titled “season 1 recaps”
1. current format:
[tv screen. closeup of a man and a woman mid-battle or something. he is sad she is evil or whatever. captions: “y-you?! this whole time??”]
-series of cool action shots
-4/7 character names, maybe
-clips of dialogue out of context
-another shot of an explosion or something
-someone yells in despair
-cut to black
-theme song
2. proposed changes:
[tv screen. a photo of a guy with an arrow pointing to him that says “john”
point form notes next to the photo say “male lead
current status: injured -> stabbed by phoebe* (betrayal)
*and evil replica made by BBEG -> john doesn’t know yet: heartbreaking!”
subtitles say “narrator: this is the main guy. his name is”]
-a short powerpoint presentation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rd3qfi4wgintxoldjqkjtjty/bafkreic223e3petehhnpl3uljfmu6jlf4bv6b2xhtng3d6ucliyzblqjea@jpeg)
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Hey all. Even if you can’t help yourself, can you amplify this call to action?
**CALIFORNIA STILL NEEDS BALLOTS CURED**
The more we can tighten the margin in the House, the better.
Nancy Pelosi has links to help here. Please pass it on!
**CALIFORNIA STILL NEEDS BALLOTS CURED**
The more we can tighten the margin in the House, the better.
Nancy Pelosi has links to help here. Please pass it on!
Volunteer with Team Pelosi | Linktree
We don't agonize, we organize!
linktr.ee
November 16, 2024 at 12:51 AM
Hey all. Even if you can’t help yourself, can you amplify this call to action?
**CALIFORNIA STILL NEEDS BALLOTS CURED**
The more we can tighten the margin in the House, the better.
Nancy Pelosi has links to help here. Please pass it on!
**CALIFORNIA STILL NEEDS BALLOTS CURED**
The more we can tighten the margin in the House, the better.
Nancy Pelosi has links to help here. Please pass it on!
Reposted by Laura Cherkas
This could be about so many different people.
the only outcome I can ethically root for is that they both hit each other in the dick and then shit themselves
November 16, 2024 at 4:41 AM
This could be about so many different people.
Reposted by Laura Cherkas
A call your reps situation to vote no. theintercept.com/2024/11/10/t...
Congress Is About to Gift Trump Sweeping Powers to Crush His Political Enemies
A bill that would let Donald Trump unilaterally revoke tax-exempt status from nonprofits is being fast-tracked through Congress.
theintercept.com
November 11, 2024 at 1:01 AM
A call your reps situation to vote no. theintercept.com/2024/11/10/t...
Reposted by Laura Cherkas
So this one isn’t strictly a #Nudibranch so doesn’t really qualify for #Nudivember. However Elysia marginata does do something pretty cool…..it performs an extreme form of Autotomy and decapitates itself and then regrows its entire body. It is thought this gets rid of parasites #MarineLife #Inverts
November 9, 2024 at 4:42 PM
So this one isn’t strictly a #Nudibranch so doesn’t really qualify for #Nudivember. However Elysia marginata does do something pretty cool…..it performs an extreme form of Autotomy and decapitates itself and then regrows its entire body. It is thought this gets rid of parasites #MarineLife #Inverts
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The Animation Guild is asking the public to sign this petition, demanding the AMPTP give us a fair contract for the work we create that makes them billions
please take a few seconds and support TAG, just like you supported the WGA and SAG-AFTRA last year!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/sh...
please take a few seconds and support TAG, just like you supported the WGA and SAG-AFTRA last year!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/sh...
Give Animation Guild members a fair contract!
Members of The Animation Guild (TAG), IATSE Local 839, are facing unprecedented levels of unemployment despite animation outperforming on screens and in merchandise sales. We kept content alive during...
actionnetwork.org
October 28, 2024 at 11:13 PM
The Animation Guild is asking the public to sign this petition, demanding the AMPTP give us a fair contract for the work we create that makes them billions
please take a few seconds and support TAG, just like you supported the WGA and SAG-AFTRA last year!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/sh...
please take a few seconds and support TAG, just like you supported the WGA and SAG-AFTRA last year!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/sh...
Reposted by Laura Cherkas
3️⃣ In Los Angeles County, judges are elected countywide — and a group is running to expand presence of public defenders on bench, and build on recent similar results. With prospect of reform DA losing, that make interesting tensions :
boltsmag.org/judge-electi...
boltsmag.org/judge-electi...
Public Defenders Look to Grow Their Presence on the Bench in Los Angeles
Hoping to reform county courts, three public defenders are running for judge this fall. They want to build on the success of one candidate in 2022 and another in March.
boltsmag.org
October 26, 2024 at 7:37 PM
3️⃣ In Los Angeles County, judges are elected countywide — and a group is running to expand presence of public defenders on bench, and build on recent similar results. With prospect of reform DA losing, that make interesting tensions :
boltsmag.org/judge-electi...
boltsmag.org/judge-electi...
Reposted by Laura Cherkas
Arm (formerly face)
October 19, 2024 at 5:52 PM
Arm (formerly face)
Getting into the nitty-gritty of local elections:
It’s not all about the presidential race and its few core swing states: Beyond the battle between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, voters are deciding tens of thousands of other offices and ballot measures.
Here’s what we’re watching:
boltsmag.org/whats-o...
Here’s what we’re watching:
boltsmag.org/whats-o...
Your Cheat Sheet to the 2024 General Elections - Bolts
Bolts guides you through more than 500 elections up and down the ballot, and why they matter.
boltsmag.org
October 19, 2024 at 6:50 PM
Getting into the nitty-gritty of local elections:
Reposted by Laura Cherkas
i wrote a guide to the supreme court races in each and every state (that's 82 seats) earlier this year.
we recently updated the page to reflect primary results & late events.
this is a main event in many states—MI, OH, KY, OH, MT, AZ, & more: boltsmag.org/your-state-b...
we recently updated the page to reflect primary results & late events.
this is a main event in many states—MI, OH, KY, OH, MT, AZ, & more: boltsmag.org/your-state-b...
Your State-by-State Guide to the 2024 Supreme Court Elections
Voters this year are deciding the fate of 82 seats across 33 states’ high courts. Cases involving abortion, democracy, and other critical issues hang in the balance.
boltsmag.org
October 12, 2024 at 5:34 PM
i wrote a guide to the supreme court races in each and every state (that's 82 seats) earlier this year.
we recently updated the page to reflect primary results & late events.
this is a main event in many states—MI, OH, KY, OH, MT, AZ, & more: boltsmag.org/your-state-b...
we recently updated the page to reflect primary results & late events.
this is a main event in many states—MI, OH, KY, OH, MT, AZ, & more: boltsmag.org/your-state-b...
Reposted by Laura Cherkas
"We don’t create a fantasy world to escape reality, we create it to be able to stay."
- Lynda Barry, WHAT IT IS
- Lynda Barry, WHAT IT IS
October 6, 2024 at 8:08 PM
"We don’t create a fantasy world to escape reality, we create it to be able to stay."
- Lynda Barry, WHAT IT IS
- Lynda Barry, WHAT IT IS
It’s me, Surfeit
September 28, 2024 at 1:15 AM
It’s me, Surfeit
Reposted by Laura Cherkas
Sure, we're going to pack up all the books that are here when we move BUT there would be a lot fewer of them if a bunch of y'all had Josh send you three paperbacks www.portersquarebooks.com/book-bundles...
September 27, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Sure, we're going to pack up all the books that are here when we move BUT there would be a lot fewer of them if a bunch of y'all had Josh send you three paperbacks www.portersquarebooks.com/book-bundles...
Ad placement on the other site continues to be stellar.
September 27, 2024 at 6:21 PM
Ad placement on the other site continues to be stellar.
Reposted by Laura Cherkas
Gollum & Bilbo Baggins from The Hobbit, by Tove Jansson, 1960
September 26, 2024 at 2:16 PM
Gollum & Bilbo Baggins from The Hobbit, by Tove Jansson, 1960
Reposted by Laura Cherkas
Did you know? 33 states have supreme court elections this year. They're some of the most important offices on the ballot.
And the balance of power is on the line in several key states, including Michigan and Ohio.
And the balance of power is on the line in several key states, including Michigan and Ohio.
Your State-by-State Guide to the 2024 Supreme Court Elections
Voters this year are deciding the fate of 82 seats across 33 states’ high courts. Cases involving abortion, democracy, and other critical issues hang in the balance.
boltsmag.org
September 8, 2024 at 7:15 PM
Did you know? 33 states have supreme court elections this year. They're some of the most important offices on the ballot.
And the balance of power is on the line in several key states, including Michigan and Ohio.
And the balance of power is on the line in several key states, including Michigan and Ohio.
Reposted by Laura Cherkas
Customer: (not on record)
DMV: LOOKS LIKE TITTY SHOW
Verdict: DENIED
DMV: LOOKS LIKE TITTY SHOW
Verdict: DENIED
September 7, 2024 at 1:00 AM
Customer: (not on record)
DMV: LOOKS LIKE TITTY SHOW
Verdict: DENIED
DMV: LOOKS LIKE TITTY SHOW
Verdict: DENIED
Reposted by Laura Cherkas
"All your friends have houses in the suburbs and are sloughing off the brittle husks of their human bodies and becoming unspeakable vermin whose very appearance induces madness in the living, while you’re still single and renting a one-bedroom."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/so-...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/so-...
So You’re 35 and All Your Friends Have Already Shed Their Human Skins
It’s easy to feel like you’re falling behind your peers. When you were a kid, you always wanted to be the first to get the latest video game, or st...
www.mcsweeneys.net
August 28, 2024 at 1:10 AM
"All your friends have houses in the suburbs and are sloughing off the brittle husks of their human bodies and becoming unspeakable vermin whose very appearance induces madness in the living, while you’re still single and renting a one-bedroom."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/so-...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/so-...