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This is one of those situations where the gap between what is possible and permitted and what you should actually considering doing is wide. Some things should not be done not because they are forbidden or difficult but because doing them is the act of an idiot or a vandal.
Turning online archives into resources for training data not only exploits and devalues the archived works, but also renders these archives literally unusable. Like all extractivist business models, #genAI ultimately threatens to destroy its own foundations. It's not generative, but destructive
Just went looking for something at the excellent Hagley Digital Archives, and was greeted by the message below.
They're being overrun by bots, as "AI systems increasingly target sites like ours to train machine learning models."
The web is being murdered. So aggravating.
digital.hagley.org
They're being overrun by bots, as "AI systems increasingly target sites like ours to train machine learning models."
The web is being murdered. So aggravating.
digital.hagley.org
June 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This is one of those situations where the gap between what is possible and permitted and what you should actually considering doing is wide. Some things should not be done not because they are forbidden or difficult but because doing them is the act of an idiot or a vandal.
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I just think sea slugs are neat 💕
June 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I just think sea slugs are neat 💕
!!!!!! This is my friend Stacey! She's so talented and rad, and has contributed a whole bunch of adventures to the Magnus RPG.
I recently got to do some writing for the Magnus Archives RPG, which is a game based on my favorite horror fiction podcast. It was a great experience, and I had a lot of fun!
I talk about it with Monte Cook in this interview.
I talk about it with Monte Cook in this interview.
In Conversation: The Magnus Archives with Monte Cook and Stacey Janssen
YouTube video by Monte Cook Games
www.youtube.com
June 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
!!!!!! This is my friend Stacey! She's so talented and rad, and has contributed a whole bunch of adventures to the Magnus RPG.
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Translation isn’t simply plugging words into a dictionary and spitting out the “same” word in a different language. It requires knowledge of grammar and context. It’s a skill that AI simply cannot replicate because a good translation drips with humanity.
As a translator and writer, I need authors to be standing in solidarity with translators.
I will boycott and call out authors who support AI translation of literary works in any capacity.
I will boycott and call out authors who support AI translation of literary works in any capacity.
June 1, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Translation isn’t simply plugging words into a dictionary and spitting out the “same” word in a different language. It requires knowledge of grammar and context. It’s a skill that AI simply cannot replicate because a good translation drips with humanity.
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We are in the final days of our effort to collect signatories on our petition to protect NASA science and SO CLOSE to our 20,000 signatory goal. ANYONE in the world can sign. Help us reach our goal:
planet.ly/petition
planet.ly/petition
Advocacy Action Center
The Planetary Society is organizing a new space constituency that is educated, empowered, and loud.
planet.ly
June 11, 2025 at 11:48 AM
We are in the final days of our effort to collect signatories on our petition to protect NASA science and SO CLOSE to our 20,000 signatory goal. ANYONE in the world can sign. Help us reach our goal:
planet.ly/petition
planet.ly/petition
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Reminds me of the dichotomy of reality-vs-coverage I saw during BLM protests in seattle…
Each day, music and teach-ins and businesses with open doors and volunteers donating free medical care, food, & clothing … until the cops would start violence.
Each day, music and teach-ins and businesses with open doors and volunteers donating free medical care, food, & clothing … until the cops would start violence.
This took a while to get done, but I've chronicled my day among the protesters in Los Angeles, and the idea that this is anything but a celebration of cultural heritage and a firm, nonviolent demand to protect family, friends and neighbors is totally ridiculous.
prospect.org/justice/crie...
prospect.org/justice/crie...
Cries of Defiance and Songs of Joy in Los Angeles
The protesters are being called unspeakably violent by the Trump administration. I mostly saw clergy sit-ins and Tejano bands.
prospect.org
June 10, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Reminds me of the dichotomy of reality-vs-coverage I saw during BLM protests in seattle…
Each day, music and teach-ins and businesses with open doors and volunteers donating free medical care, food, & clothing … until the cops would start violence.
Each day, music and teach-ins and businesses with open doors and volunteers donating free medical care, food, & clothing … until the cops would start violence.
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Ask straight couples which one is the Rosencrantz and which one is the Guildenstern.
June 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Ask straight couples which one is the Rosencrantz and which one is the Guildenstern.
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When you think about it, Poison Ivy couldn't possibly be from anywhere but Western Washington
June 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
When you think about it, Poison Ivy couldn't possibly be from anywhere but Western Washington
Blue-piter says trans rights
Jupiter and Ganymede in Near-UV and Blue - From Judy Schmidt (geckzilla.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/236XVjE
June 5, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Blue-piter says trans rights
oh hey my friend has a fucked-up sounding story in a fucked-up looking anthology that's entering its last crowdfunding day!
friends, it’s not looking great for this anthology to fund, and i am super bummed. can we pull off an eleventh hour miracle? there’s an interview with me in it for you! not to mention fucked-up deer.
Update 8: Exclusive Interview: Annika Barranti Klein! · THE DEER IS MESSED UP
This update is only viewable by backers of this project
www.kickstarter.com
June 3, 2025 at 5:44 PM
oh hey my friend has a fucked-up sounding story in a fucked-up looking anthology that's entering its last crowdfunding day!
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good question. i think my positive nature is way of BRAIN WIRING first, but also i have realized that art and expression thrives on gratitude AS WELL AS supports and grows gratitude in a feedback loop. once you start using it as fuel it will build, and i have been tapping into it for many years
I always appreciate your enthusiasm even if I don't always share it. Do you find that it's spontaneous or do you work at it? I work hard on my own attitude towards life bc I am not inherently grateful. I am grateful for all the people I get to love & know about but I can't say I'd consent to existin
May 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
good question. i think my positive nature is way of BRAIN WIRING first, but also i have realized that art and expression thrives on gratitude AS WELL AS supports and grows gratitude in a feedback loop. once you start using it as fuel it will build, and i have been tapping into it for many years
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Today is the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon -- we published this package last week looking back on the legacy of the war.
In Vietnam, the war is called "the American War."
The Verge's package commemorating the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon is now fully live: www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
The Verge's package commemorating the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon is now fully live: www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
American War
A special series from The Verge that confronts the legacy and mythmaking of the Vietnam War, 50 years after the fall of Saigon.
www.theverge.com
April 30, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Today is the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon -- we published this package last week looking back on the legacy of the war.
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Megathread of pro-trans petitions on Parliament’s petition website. If Labour suddenly gets hit with debates for a bunch of pro-trans petitions, maybe they’ll realise this issue isn’t going away and they’ve fucked up.
I’ll add more as I find them.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
I’ll add more as I find them.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
April 18, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Megathread of pro-trans petitions on Parliament’s petition website. If Labour suddenly gets hit with debates for a bunch of pro-trans petitions, maybe they’ll realise this issue isn’t going away and they’ve fucked up.
I’ll add more as I find them.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
I’ll add more as I find them.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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Tunde Adebimpe has a new record out and I'm stoked.
youtu.be/Z_ilbTU5zGQ?...
youtu.be/Z_ilbTU5zGQ?...
Tunde Adebimpe - Somebody New (Official Video)
YouTube video by Tunde Adebimpe
youtu.be
April 17, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Tunde Adebimpe has a new record out and I'm stoked.
youtu.be/Z_ilbTU5zGQ?...
youtu.be/Z_ilbTU5zGQ?...
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being alive is just so unfathomably cool cant believe im about to go for a trot around the block. WHAT THE HECK DO YOU MEAN THERES A WHOLE BLOCK TO EXPLORE WITH SQUIRRELS AND BIRDS ARE YOU KIDDING ME? every dang day we are blessed with this. wow
April 16, 2025 at 1:18 AM
being alive is just so unfathomably cool cant believe im about to go for a trot around the block. WHAT THE HECK DO YOU MEAN THERES A WHOLE BLOCK TO EXPLORE WITH SQUIRRELS AND BIRDS ARE YOU KIDDING ME? every dang day we are blessed with this. wow
Hội An, Vietnam, at sunrise
April 12, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Hội An, Vietnam, at sunrise
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This new JWST image looks like one big spiral galaxy; but it's not! The central spherical blob is a massive galaxy closer to us, and the reddish blue wrapped around it is another spiral galaxy behind it very far away. The central blob should block the light of the spiral; we shouldn't see it at all!
March 27, 2025 at 7:03 PM
This new JWST image looks like one big spiral galaxy; but it's not! The central spherical blob is a massive galaxy closer to us, and the reddish blue wrapped around it is another spiral galaxy behind it very far away. The central blob should block the light of the spiral; we shouldn't see it at all!
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Today’s moment awe: this actual photograph of Mars. This one particularly moves me. Somehow, the atmosphere and play of light and shadow on the surface make it look *real*. Like a place I could go to. And stand on. Not an abstract concept seen only through the eyes of robots. An actual *place*.
April 4, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Today’s moment awe: this actual photograph of Mars. This one particularly moves me. Somehow, the atmosphere and play of light and shadow on the surface make it look *real*. Like a place I could go to. And stand on. Not an abstract concept seen only through the eyes of robots. An actual *place*.
Friendly robot excited to serve you a tampon @pareidolia.bsky.social
March 15, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Friendly robot excited to serve you a tampon @pareidolia.bsky.social