Seriously: every bit of pushback I’ve ever received for banning AI in my classroom has come from administrators. But it’s not so surprising: AI is a reverse technological age gap, despised by the younger generations but supported by the still-neo-capitalist centrists who run institutions.

Andrew Tobolowsky@andytobo.bsky.social · 16h ago

My unpopular academic opinion having been working on ai policy at the university level is I don’t know why people are eager to have admin set university wide policy, admin love AI so much

Seen a lot of people responding to this with “I’m just going to pirate the show,” and I want to gently remind everyone that the central idea in this piece is that there’s no way to engage with the Potter franchise in any capacity that doesn’t benefit Rowling and her bigotry

The Verge@theverge.com · 21h ago

As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.

I know I'm breaking my own rule about her, but I think it's really funny Brianna Wu uses a hey dot com email.

This is happening right now! twitch.tv/ItsAratinga

Transsexual Ralsei Knight Theory@aratingaskeets.bsky.social · 19h ago

Anyways, tonight @jpekblue.bsky.social and I are streaming again! More Disco Elysium. We made a lot of Day 2 progress last time, and we still have more to do. We'll try and get started around 18:30 Pacific. Hope to see you there!

And it is within Trump’s legal authority to change the name. Be mad at the right people about the right things, your energy is finite and valuable.

rahaeli@rahaeli.bsky.social · 12h ago

Google is not the source of the place name data that Google Maps uses; for locations in the US, they use GNIS, the Geographic Names Information System. www.usgs.gov/tools/geogra...

Whoever decided to promote Coyote vs Acme by letting Wile E do an AMA using only signs deserves all the praise.

ah yes once again the racists are the real victims

The Verge@theverge.com · 16h ago

1Password faced immediate backlash from customers this week over a $300,000 pledge in support of a Linux distro created by David Heinemeier Hansson, who has regularly published overtly racist blog posts that include comments calling for deportation of ethnic minorities in Europe.

I DON'T FUCKIN' KNOW, BUD, YOU DIDN'T SAVE 'EM FOR US!

The Menu (2022)

Icarus Q. Dumpsterfire@pluperfectidiot.bsky.social · 19h ago

*walks into a three-star Michelin restaurant* Serve me a corndog, you cowards!!

If you’re using 1Password you will want to switch off it ASAP. Numerous people have reached out to them about this decision and the corporate response has been confidence shattering. www.alilleybrinker.com/blog/1passwo...

1Password Supports the Ethnic Cleansing of Europe — Andrew Lilley Brinker

1Password has committed $300,000 to Omarchy. This is unacceptable and must be rescinded.

alilleybrinker.com

I see clips of Musk, Andreessen, and Altman speak and it’s so blatantly obvious to me they’re not only deeply unintelligent people, but also they’re making stuff up on the spot. And what’s so harrowing about it is huge swaths of people…don’t see it? They think these guys are smart.

If Americans start calling it "football" (and switch to calling our football "gridiron"), would that bait the English into calling it "soccer" again?

Anyways, tonight @jpekblue.bsky.social and I are streaming again! More Disco Elysium. We made a lot of Day 2 progress last time, and we still have more to do. We'll try and get started around 18:30 Pacific. Hope to see you there!

Honestly, watch and play whatever Harry Potter shit you want, just don't come to me telling me you're doing so, and especially don't try and elide all the ways you've "done your part" to not pay for it or whatever, because it does not change my mind about you.

The replies are like "I'll just pirate it!" and I'm sure all your trans friends and associates are happy to know you're still a fan of the woman who's made it her life goal to ruin their lives, you just don't want to pay her for it.

The Verge@theverge.com · 21h ago

As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.

It really is this simple. Don't watch.

The Verge@theverge.com · 21h ago

As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.

I am already paying for Proton Unlimited, so I assume I should be trying Proton Pass first instead of paying for BitWarden on top of that. Does anyone have any specific drawbacks for Proton Pass that would change my mind?

Well yeah. Mr. Beast's fans can't read.

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 3d ago

“Bad news for publisher HarperCollins: The book-buying subset of MrBeast fans appears to be vanishingly small. Two people close to the project say The Most Dangerous Games is on track to be a historic bomb…”

My SIL is teaching remotely at a school in southern Illinois and I was not ready to learn about the mascot

What's Opera, Doc? looks fantastic. Chuck Jones credited that to his artist Maurice Noble. Noble experimented with this cartoon and took big risks. "You will never do anything interesting if you don’t take chances," he argued. We explore what he did: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/why-whats-...

(liberal voice) wow, yeah... none of them are women...

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 3d ago

The richest man owns X. The second and fourth richest men control Google. The third richest man owns The Washington Post. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the seventh richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?

You: “RHPS” Me: “Red Hot Pilly Seppers.”

Plants are kind of odd when you think about it. What's your survival strategy? Oh, I'm going to stand perfectly still, largely defencelessly, growing very slowly, for years. Does that work? Yeah it works incredibly well thanks

Artist: DocksEcky

Motoko Kusanagi

People online have been saying I have talent and am creative. They are saying I can envision whole worlds and the lives of the people within them. This is absurd. I have nothing but solid bone between my ears. I am a dunce of unimaginable proportions. I’ve never had an original thought in my life.

Gretchen Felker-Martin PRE ORDER CHIMERA 2.16.27 🍉@scumbelievable.bsky.social · 2d ago

you've got to be kidding me

This is up there with that time Yudkowsky told everyone not to read my book because it was dangerous for “your enemy gives you the best response possible for your promo.”

Gretchen Felker-Martin PRE ORDER CHIMERA 2.16.27 🍉@scumbelievable.bsky.social · 2d ago

you've got to be kidding me

Real “best job you could get” energy here.

Pop Base@popbase.tv · 3d ago

Gal Gadot defends starring in the ‘Bitcoin’ movie which features AI sets and lighting: “I did not want AI to have anything to do with my performance. We had to protect that […] The train has left the station. You’re going to work with it or be out of the game completely.”

Can't get a moment's peace on this bloody planet.

THREAD 🧵

Jen Fifield@jenafifield.bsky.social · 2d ago

1/ Just in: An anonymous federal worker has filed a whistleblower disclosure warning that the U.S. Postal Service's attempt to create a system to regulate mail voting for the midterms has been "rushed, chaotic, and fundamentally flawed." @propublica.org has the details 👇