I am reminded of Lindsay Ellis speaking about her regret for ever taking part in the shallow “angry review” phase of the internet for how it taught so many people to approach media from that viewpoint.

At least review bombing is a democratic process, no matter how fucked up?

Unless I missed another Epstein File reveal where even those are tied to him…

I always think of this when people try to speak up for AI even a little....

Obligatory “Oh shit is that JoCat?!” Post goes here.

Your work is always so vibrant, Shen! I don’t know how you capture a “vibe” in an image so well, but it’s truly remarkable.

Because the one thing a language model with no concept of context or emotions is good at is writing romance.

I would think, given all the things that you have posted about recently, you would spend your time more efficiently than arguing with a troll baiting you into wasting hours of your time.

If this is what you WANT to spend your time doing, that says more than they ever could.

You understand there are a million things between "algorithmic control" and "manual decision making" right? It's not an either/or situation.

You understand that blocking them makes your space yours, right? It keeps them out of it?

I mean if you want to spend all day yelling at spiders instead of squashing them, that's your decision, but I can't imagine it's doing any good.

Kaylyn, do you not see you are literally being baited by this person again and again? Just block them already.

If your space is your own, make it your own. Stop trying to share it with the person who wants your attention just to make you angry.

There isn't an algorithm here. That's kind of WHY it does that.

I've seen more absurd beliefs on the internet.

Ideally the solution isn't a ban, but rather some form of regulation...but given the way leaders act in the current world, I can't imagine any form of regulation would be better than this...only a different kind of bad.

Now all this is out there with a conspiracy of wealthy pedophiles behind (a lot of) this anti-trans shit, blatant and in black and white, so people can't really ignore or deny it any more, but I don't feel any better? I should, but I don't to be honest. There's no satisfaction in being a Cassandra.

To think: you could have just blocked these people and not said anything at all.

so many things in this world are bleak and depressing but my God when you think about HIV/AIDS research

I just want to cry

it was a death sentence for so long

people lost so much

whole generations of queer elders were lost

now we have basically a vaccine