My lukewarm take is that people should be allowed to not have kids without needing to justify it. Let people live their lives the way the want to, why is that so hard?

makes me flinch every time I hear it 😖

Chantal James@chantalalive.blacksky.app · 6d ago

Yo, I am not liking how the r word came rearing back with a vengeance. We had cleared that word out of polite society! It was established, it's an ableist slur that makes you look like the asshole to use. It's everywhere now! And Black people use it too in dialect! I was called it in the psych ward.

i think it sucks shit that like 60% of all content is shared in walled-garden engagement hack hives like Instagram and tiktok and I can't just find a fuckin recipe on the open internet apparently I have to comment "SHOVEITDOWNMYGULLET" to get a recipe in my inbox

I have like a very vague understanding that there's later-on Dune stuff where it's like, "oh, the Atreides guy commits vast atrocities to discourage folks from deifying any ruler ever again!" but it doesn't work anyway what were we talking about?

Matthew Dowd@matthewjdowd.bsky.social · last wk.

Latest WSJ poll: "63% want to pause AI development 61% want a billionaire wealth tax 59% want Medicare for All 57% want a $20 minimum wage 58% want to end U.S. military aid to Israel" This is the center of the country politically. it is time all adjust to this political spectrum, esp. media.

anyway you should subscribe to @mothership.blog to support women and queer people in games journalism

I think if there's anything I've learned in the American Century of Humiliation is that anybody who gives themselves a whackadoo-ass nickname needs mental evaluation and quarantine

The Verge@theverge.com · last wk.

Verge features writer Josh Dzieza discusses his investigation into the Stratos data center, and how Utah residents fought back against it. www.theverge.com/podcast/1002...

I think about raising my sons in this world that does not reward gentleness. I think about the day, soon, when I will have to tell them that they have a tremendous privilege: the world will always give them more than it gives others, and they must use that to stand up for others

Joshua Rivera@jmrivera.bsky.social · last wk.

Crucially, none of that work really involves bothering women and asking them what to do. Instead you take stock of your privilege and think “how can I upset the status quo in ways that others can’t? What discomfort can I risk for myself that would cost someone else more?”

What dumbasses mean when they say "Don't Mass up NH": don't be liberal, don't have taxes and public services What I mean when I say "Don't Mass up NH": don't put up thousands of fucking Flock cameras

This 33-year-old nurse told the FBI she knew she was “going to set him free” after border patrol agents brought in a man whose face was bloodied and seriously injured. She treated him and helped him escape, and she faces charges now. He got away, and they never relocated him.

Newsweek@newsweek.com · 2w ago

A Michigan nurse is accused of helping an injured immigration detainee escape from a hospital while in federal custody.

fucking hell

Did a project with *absolutely zero* AI over my leave of absence and it was so fuckin fun dude. I would choose that for myself any day

my colleague: I have a question me: MC: yk period blood & stem cells? is it true no one has researched it because it is icky? me: OK WELL, Menstrual-blood stromal cells were first found in 2007, but the science way to say "icky" is "research is limited due to gender bias & sociocultural stigma"

just manifesting this for after the blue tsunami: i need the milquetoast caucus to step aside and let there be some goddamn consequences for the fascists ok thank you I've hit my libposting quota for this quarter

As a metal fan, saying all country music is Luke Bryan is like saying all metal music is Five Finger Death Punch

I have rarely been so genuine on main as when I say: congratulations to @msrachelforlittles.bsky.social and the team on the album release today!!

These tech assholes underestimate how big a motivator spite can be

ElieNYC@elienyc.bsky.social · 2w ago

I must say that I went with an Nvidia card instead of an AMD when I bought my gaming rig a couple of years ago. If I can ever afford another one (big "if" at this point), I will certainly go with an AMD, BASED SOLELY on the complete odiousness of Jensen Huang. He is for sure one of the bad guys.

There will be creative, passionate, talented, hard-working, weirdo, human, freaks pouring their souls into creating awesome video games until the wheels fall off this business and AI burns the industry to ground. And those freaks will keep making games after that too, and create something better.

i don't think you should call this guy a cum biohacker. it shouldn't be done

WIRED@wired.com · 3w ago

Bryan Johnson, the technologist-cum-multimillionaire-cum-biohacker, has become well-known for his quest to become immortal. Kate Tolo, his girlfriend, is pursuing similar goals, all for women’s health.

It cannot be overstated how much of a generational fuck up Xbox is. Catastrophic lack of business sense with an unfathomable human toll

John Carson@johncarson.bsky.social · 3w ago

I'd prefer if all Xbox studios were given the chance to get out before they are lost to the void Glad Undead Labs was able to escape. Fingers crossed for Arkane and Ninja Theory

people are always saying anti-AI arguments don’t understand the full nuances of the technology. which is correct. but only because it stole everyone’s work, exists solely to get you fired, has made the entire internet unusable and has been forced on everyone without consent

at least one of these harry potter actors is being honest www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

I'm off work for awhile and every encounter I have with AI is just

Miyazaki: Insult to Life Itself

Alt: Famed director Hayao Miyazaki tells a group of researchers, "I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself."

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"I voted WITH Republicans" - regardless of what comes next - should be disqualifying for any Democrat in this cycle. Jesus, people. Read the room. Nobody is looking for nonpartisan cooperation right now.

forced to see that the "AI is people" crowd still exists

Nothing will ever fuck me up as bad as having the most magical moment with my son and simultaneously grappling with the fact that moments are finite

I have weirdly fond memories of this bad lad

I got a bag of pitted dates and every once in a while throughout the day, I just chow down on a handful. I am essentially the pharaoh.

Went through the Godot Engine tutorial last night, the first games making stuff I've looked at since graduating college. I've got the itch 👀

So anyway trans rights or get fucked. That's what @portianoir.bsky.social says.