*Long sigh*
Yeah it seems like this is exactly what's up, actually. This new "NaNoWriMo" 2.0 is AI all the way.
prowritingaid.com/novel-november
Their website tries *real* hard not to mention AI, but then you catch stuff like, "...ran it through Plot Analysis" and yeah that's kind of a giveaway.
So, wait, has NaNoWriMo rebranded as "Novel November", paid for by ProWritingAid, which used to be a spell/grammar checker but now is (you guessed it) an "'AI' grammar checker"--in short, yet another way for a griftslop machine to grab human-written text?
Do I have that right?
I'm amazed a just how quickly this community can come together for a great cause.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fu...
Not even 8 hours in and they've already received so much love.
If you enjoy FurAffinity, and can afford to, donate to their cause. Or get FA+, or some other way to help out.
Carney's first-ever project designated as being in the “national interest" is...a crude oil pipeline.
That means the oil pipeline can bulldoze past environmental laws, impact assessments, and Indigenous consultation. It can also kill all of Vancouver's orcas.
Here's what you need to know:
Today is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, and Canada has a lot of work to do.
In some ways, we’re actually backsliding right now -- from residential school denial to rights-busting "national building projects."
We gotta do a better job of defending and respecting Indigenous rights:
This morning — following two investigations into Toronto mayoral candidate Brad Bradford's use of an app that rewards supporters for posting AI-generated comments and sharing contacts — Bradford called our reporting "inaccurate."
We're now releasing the recording that proves our reporting.
“And that, my friends, is the new climate denialism to a tee, with an Orwellian spin on ‘sustainability’ and utter defeatism with respect to how to jointly tackle the affordability and climate crises.”
Tomorrow, Discord will place everyone into an age group using account signals. They claim 90% of users won't have to confirm their age.
They are also introducing new verification methods if you do need to verify that you are an adult, including Credit Cards and App Stores.
Seniors who were protesting Mark Carney’s Bill c39 and fast tracking of environmental reviews arrested and charged with trespassing on Parliament Hill.
The audacity to scoff at this question when a journalist on the hill just affirmed they were given access to this MORE THAN 200 PAGE bill less than 30 MINUTES before this press conference.
How the fuck do you ask informed questions under those conditions? Spoiler: you can't.
A reporter asked the government about the Trumpian tactic of flooding the zone with this bill (it’s an omnibus!) and the ministers appear outraged. They balk at a question that…accurately characterizes what they’re doing.
If you don’t like it, don’t do it!
Aniimo
Pawprint Studios. NO disclosure, claimed they didn't use any and you wouldn't find any in their game. Players found it and have been calling it out since 2025, "sketch art", promotional material and in-game. -y
With the announcement of yet another Aniimo closed beta, I feel the need to make this post.
Do not support this game.
I was part of the Creator Club for Aniimo's 2nd Closed Beta test.
Despite the team's claims, there is Generative AI throughout the game and in promotional material. (1/2)
#aniimo
welcome to 2020s tech. we got
- pervert glasses
- wiretap
- wiretap
- wiretap
- wiretap
- the button that does nothing
- we outta ram
- we outta hard drives
- we outta graphics cards
- ten trillion vibe coded apps that nobody uses
- wiretap
NEW: The new Apple Watches double as AI-powered listening bugs for generating convo "recaps" or transcripts of any previous 15 seconds. But fear not, Apple says, this data isn't sent to Apple/gets encrypted, speakers aren't ID'd, and there's a chime for the 15-second thing. @lhn.bsky.social reports:
He's doing racist revisionist history of a white supremacist who starved Indigenous children to death.
Even by the standards of the time John A Macdonald shocked parliament by openly stating the "superiority of the aryan race" and that Indigenous and Asian people were a "different species"
Disturbing, offensive, but perhaps fitting that Carney is seeking (much like far-right groups!) to rehab Sir John A’s reputation into that of a Great Uniter, rather than someone who engaged in horrific crimes against Indigenous people and Chinese immigrants (in part to build this project!)
If you're not going to look for/use alternatives to Discord, you should at least cancel Nitro. Please just do the bare minimum at the very least.
A lot of people put way too much confidence in others doing the hard part for the sake of not giving up some minor convenience. Now's not the time.