the autumn and the scarlet 🍁

the autumn and the scarlet 🍁

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the makeup on your eyes Marcy ⁂ she/her ⁂ Portland, Oregon ⁂ πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ @anitmata.bsky.social's cushion and rock Certified to be 99 44/100 per cent Nice, mean posts are Mandela Effect artifacts

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I just want to say, for the record, for my mufos or anyone else who needs it, if you need kindness, to be listened to & responded to from a place of caring, you can DM me or contact me on Discord (see bio). I'm not a therapist & am not great at advice, but I am good at nonjudgmental listening.

What is the opposite of cope? That is: what is the term for when people make up stories for why a situation is far worse than it is, and condemn others for their Pollyannaish belief that we live in other than the worst of all possible worlds?

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While battling the robot I did find this guy, who isn’t the painter I was looking for but he rocks

So it took me about two minutes to read an article or two about that military dog startup and see that the general idea is to try to edit out the genetic health problems of Belgian Malinois and German Shepherds, working dogs, not to develop extra-vicious attack dogs

The involvement of Palmer Luckey in anything makes it presumptively dumb and terrible, and the part Anduril is supposed to play in this is goofy (AR helmets for dogs?), and $1.2B seems like an excessive valuation, but the military doesn't need attack dogs. They have guns

In case anyone sees the post I'm referring to: I hate to say much in defense of a company whose products I don't care for, but as far as I know Funko does not make Harry Potter merchandise and they certainly are not in the business of making horny genderswap knockoff Harry Potter merchandise.

The product in question is being sold by a Hong Kong company that seems to specialize in horny fandom figurines, and they are selling it as an unlicensed "original character" without reference to the bad wizard books. It is just opportunistic slop, nothing to stress out about.

Devin sent me a link to an image that was like a typology of dogs and I think I read and thought about it for like ten minutes before I thought "wait this sounds like a kink thing maybe?" and scrolled the twelve pixels or so that would have informed me it was a kink thing

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When the Auschwitz Memorial has to fact check the new White House press secretary Katie Zacharia for being a nut.

I think one thing people are missing here is that Anthropic and OpenAI have been fearmongering about this happening because of open-weight models provided by Chinese companies. They're not saying "we're going to ruin your life", they're saying "you need to put us in charge of this life-ruining tech"

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social

I keep trying to think of any historical example where a given technology's PROMOTERS AND TRUE BELIEVERS were like 'we are absolutely going to ruin your fucking life so be prepared like it's the end of the world'

Every morning I open my eyes and hope to see her by my side. I feel her presence constantly, even though she is so far away. That distance has a shape and a weight to it; I live in it, move around it, carry it on my back. Every song I sing is missing half the notes.

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BREAKING: Willie Nelson endorses James Talarico: β€œI've gotten to know James Talarico. He's a good man, who will be a good senator for the state of Texas. Please vote and vote for James Talarico.β€œ

Dan Marshall@danthat.bsky.social

The video advertising Unity's ew AI-driven autocomplete game maker has 'Mari' who has a game idea they "always wanted to make" and that idea is "Space Corridor" and it looks like this, and that's the strongest argument I can think of for keeping game dev out of the pro-AI crowd's hands.

One of the hallmarks of AI menus is descriptions for things that don't merit description. I saw a Mexican place on a food delivery app where a side of refried beans had a chunk of text describing what beans are and what you do with them

Geoff George@geoffdgeorge.com

At a work outing to a Fall Fest carnival where fully 80% of the signage is AI-generated. Note the multiple attempts at "jalapeΓ±os" and the "beof" line.

There's some common tool used by a lot of restaurants (I don't know if it's built into the delivery app platforms or what) that really loves telling you that sour cream is a "tangy, creamy condiment, perfect to complement your meal". I've seen variations of that on like five menus

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WHY DON'T YOU GET IN THE PESCALATOR SINCE U WANT TO ACT FISHY

The Marcy Council has spoken. She's outta here

The Washington Sun@washingtonsun.com

Some national LGBTQ+ groups are turning their backs on Democrats who have adopted anti-transgender rhetoric in their campaigns this election cycle. β€œI’m not wasting my time on Marcy Kaptur,” said Human Rights Campaign President Kelley Robinson. www.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/lg...