The more you learn about how things work in the world the more you feel like you must be missing something because it can't possibly be that stupid. Oh so all we need to avoid an economic crash is for the stock market to go up forever? And a third of the market is magic beans? I see,

PSA about D*scord's TOS changes. You need to email arbitration-opt-out(at)discord(dot)com to NOT waive legal rights. A template: "I am opting out of the agreement to arbitrate for the account (username) as of (current date)",
OG post: www.tumblr.com/eggseventy/7...

Kind of want to put this bit on a billboard somewhere (or, idk, replace every web ad everywhere with this text) bsky.app/profile/edzi...

they don’t want you to know this but vancouver is awesome

What service do people use to learn languages these days? Not Duolingo

BDS works! also, they're still letting the IDF use their other cloud services, but they're starting to move on this, keep pushing.

it's better to think of the useless centrist 'expand the tent but only rightwards' media people & politicians as blockers paid to occupy space that could otherwise be utilized productively by a serious person. their opinions are pre-approved by their donors and will never change

Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing.

These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.

"We're going to have to learn to live with [radical right wing demagoguery with all its associated violence]" is:

- An abdication of responsibility.

- An abandonment of hope.

- A position only available to those who feel safe enough with an ongoing catastrophe to begin the work of normalizing it

I’m off to 🇨🇦

Somewhat hilariously, YouTube's restricted mode hides my most recent video on reading game guides, but DOESN'T hide my video on the Nuremberg Trials.

My major takeaway is DON'T SELF-CENSOR YOUR OWN WRITING. You don't know what will or will not be restricted!! Do not comply in advance!!!

Moving in a week!!! I am full of equal parts stress excitement fear joy a million other adjectives. Excited to get there. Excited to see the other side of all the stress. Will be making drum and bass to relax.

"3 devs with support from a few contractors"

I counted 110 people or companies in Silksong's credits.

And that's just those credited. We all know not everyone gets credited. Especially when it's just a company name listed in lieu of credits.

So tired of this faux rags-to-riches narrative.

Man if the democrats collude with trump/cuomo (likely) I hope we Never Forget That lol, absolutely ridiculous shit happening here

Really disappointing - Did not notice these textures when I played and unclear when it was patched out but it’s immediately reframed a lot of my initial positive feelings about this project LOL - pretty shameful to see for a game explicitly about Art

Polling shows Zohran Mamdani leading with Jewish voters in NYC’s mayoral race. But the New York Times keeps framing him as “alienating” the community—while ignoring polls that say otherwise.

📊 Read @ahjohnson.bsky.social’s breakdown.

got 3rd place on zzz drip fest : )

And on the subject of #realartatters: AI poisoning tool NIGHTSHADE is now free for artists to use: venturebeat.com/ai/nightshad...

One of my absolute favssss go check it out

cool

We’re looking for a Junior Sound Editor to join our Linear Cinematics and Marketing team. This is a unique early-career role built around growth, mentorship, and hands-on training, purely creative.

"If your books were uploaded to LibGen/fed into the LLMs, add your name to the potential class action lawsuit by tomorrow." Details:

LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...

(This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)

a key thing about LLMs that i hope and pray people eventually realize is that it’s just fundamentally impossible for them to do anything better than a human. faster, sure, but not better

I just bought this within 60 seconds of seeing it hahaha