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Ignore what the polls say and make sure you vote like your life depends on it, because it does. Don’t wait if you have the option to vote early. It’s tempting to give it a pass because things look good, but if too many folks do that, the momentum stops. Make sure yours counts.

Stock markets are not the economy. Stock markets are a numerical representation of the expectations hopes, anxieties and fears of the 1%. Rich people are sad they don't get to do corruption without consequence. Poor babies.

I created this photo using recent research so it relaxes your brain when you pause to look at the details. As I'm sometimes too unwell to post here (not good mental health due to PMDD & recovering from a breakdownA) it would help so much if you could maybe RT my photo. Many thanks 🌿

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"post-tit" notes are up in my shop too!!!

Sign this Authors Guild petition against the Australian government allowing AI to legally scrape books — any books, your books, even if they’re not Australian authorsguild.org/news/austral...

Honestly several things are depressing about ai but the two that stand out are the eagerness of people to outsource thought because cognitive effort is uncomfortable, and the casualness with which people use the shiny, easy thing knowing it's bad for climate change

In my experience, artists won't stop telling you about their actual tools. 50p in the jukebox will get you 30 minutes on why Pen A is better than Pen B, complete with a sidebar into the rare exceptions and a side-sidebar into how to buy it without getting ripped off.

Something I wish more people would realize.

"Combines classic narrative adventure gameplay with a cinematic combat system, brought to life with gorgeous hand-animated artwork, a stunning orchestral score, and a fully voiced cast of memorable characters." wow! Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/2976440/... Dev: @westerndeep.bsky.social

A beautiful classically hand-animated adventure game inspired by 70s and 80s-era Disney and Don Bluth movies - Play as a royal courier - Sword duels and RPG elements - Cinematic combat system - Large interconnected world Game is War of the Western Deep. #gamedev #indiegames #gaming

because it is relevant to my work, I have tried very hard to educate myself on how AI works, be fair and measured in how I evaluate it, and regularly test new tools to confirm or debunk my priors and tbh AI haters are just nailing it with less work like 99% of the time. keep at it folks

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.

Texans: This is the only weekend of early voting. Go to IWillVote.com/Texas to find your polling place and make a plan to vote.

Learn this one early. I have SO many smart people in my life, and I love listening to them talk about the things they know. If you spend all your time trying to one-up or outdo everyone else with your smarts, people notice, and will avoid you. Seriously, just listen. It’s great. You learn stuff!

Guillermo Del Toro dropping another one liner that’s exactly how I feel about AI slop, the “punishment” is built in

Reskeet if you’re a weirdo furry socialist. Need to know who my tribe is.

On the same week the DCCC released its first anti-transgender ad, popular Democratic politician Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez did not mince words. When asked about anti-trans Democrats, she called them "shameful," "wrong," and decried them for "scaring so easily." Subscribe to support our journalism.

#repostyourart day 13 - ARTIST artist vs cat, the perennial battle

FUCK YES finally I can report those evil bastards posting AI embroidery patterns that make beginners feel bad when they can't execute something IMPOSSIBLE.

There’s details in this that are notable, but overall absolutely amazing. I imagine most of us will eventually know someone who’s life was saved because of this. Star Trek level technology here.

Wildwood day. I need eveyone to get out there and see this film. I’m literally catching a flight by the skin of my teeth just to squeeze it in today Truely hand crafted film making that says fuck AI

I frequently observe that AI companies engage in the “strip mining of our souls” through their unauthorized capture of our creative expressions & personal information to build their humanity-enfeebling products. Also important to recall they also engage in more typical forms of strip mining.

Tip for folks voting in IL, my ballot has four judges up for “nonpartisan” retention on it. If you want to find their actual leanings, look up their name and campaign contributions, which are public record. 3 of my 4 are republicans trying very hard right now to pretend they aren’t.

The Smol Feelings enamel pins are also dropping tomorrow too! 7:00PM EST! ✨

Good morning! We're suing Meta for stealing our shit 😎 let's goooo

Gift giving season is coming up and I sling antiques and 9 of my friends make incredible handmade stuff so if you're not following the @peculiarityshop.bsky.social maybe now's a good time. It puts money directly into the pockets of 10 LGBTQIA+ people and the community is A+++.

Can confirm. My dad worked for my town’s water treatment plant and I remember him doing this with a $20 he found. Also? A lot of seeds make it through treatment and vegetables would grow on the sludge pile. His coworkers would often take stuff home, but that was a bridge too far for him.

In New Zealand, the High Court ruled that a puberty blocker ban violates prohibitions on discrimination on the basis of a medical condition. It stated the ban was "unjustified and disproportionate discrimination." Trans youth can get care again. Subscribe to support our journalism.

I interviewed investigative journalist @michaelblanding.bsky.social for Truthout about his new book, The Gospel According to Hobby Lobby—a fascinating account of the billionaire couple behind the craft-store empire and their role in funding white Christian nationalism.

Thanksgiving is coming up. Here are some things to keep in mind: Anybody can be kind to anybody else, at any time. That relative who claims (and whose enablers claim) they "just can't change" is full of shit. Anybody can learn to use your name, shake your partner's hand, respect your diet. 9/_

Offspring, OTOH, can exercise no such boundaries. Boundaries are POWER and power may be exercised only by the few. The Venn Diagram of people ranting about family estrangement and those sympathetic to spanking and Dobson-style parenting is a motherfucking circle. 8/_

Family estrangement isn't new. The present moral panic is a version of Wilhoit's Law: there are family members whom the family code protects but does not bind and those whom the code binds but does not protect. Elders can denigrate you, police your politics, choose your mate, blackmail you. 7/_

I don’t have kids, but I still vote for every tax increase for our local schools, library, etc, because kids deserve better. Everyone’s kids. The whole community benefits when we pay into it.

"Trans Lives are Real. Harry Potter is Not" Sticker spotted in NYC

Vancouver votes AI out of schools! The unofficial results of the Vancouver school board trustee election are in. Voters overwhelmingly supported school board trustee candidates who committed to pausing AI in classrooms. aicaution.ca/news/vancouv...

Also, as it's getting colder would anyone like a very soft handmade one of a kind fringed shawl? I have three that Nana knitted. One large and two medium sized, modeled on my 6' frame, for reference. Asking 145 for A, 95 for B&C, proceeds go directly to Nana's bills.