don't hatewatch it. don't pirate it. don't waste your time with it. fuck JKR and her mediocre at best books. it won't kill the sadness in you to dig your claws into this rotten IP

The Verge@theverge.com · 5d 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.

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it's not an exaggeration to say that jk rowling is the world's most powerful and prominent transphobe outside of elon musk it's easy to not buy a tesla and it's easy to not watch the harry potter tv show

The Verge@theverge.com · 5d 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.

In which fearless LGBTQ+ and women’s-rights advocate, BLM-supporting, vaccine-funding, literacy activist Dolly Parton is propagandised as ‘neutral’.

CNN@cnn.com · 2w ago

"At a time when no American celebrity seems immune from the country’s many divisions, Dolly Parton was a crossover icon who stayed neutral in the culture wars while still speaking her mind," writes Zachary B. Wolf. | Analysis

Meta necesita 504.500 m3 de agua al año (del río Tajo, cuyo caudal está bajo mínimos). Talavera de la Reina dejará de tener agua potable y de riego pero tendrá un data center to guapo, bro.

elDiario.es@eldiario.es · 2w ago

Meta debe pagar ahora una fianza de más de un millón de euros por el futuro 'data center' de Talavera de la Reina

Ahmed, from Gaza, is desperately trying to find shelter for his family after their home was bombed. He is also caring for his ailing mother. Your donation today is a lifeline, helping to provide food, medicine, and a safe place to live. Even one euro makes a difference.⬇️🫂🇵🇸 chuffed.org/project/157281

10th August is the feast of St Lawrence whose martyrdom on the gridiron is depicted here. A very appropriate saint given the present heatwave! St Lawrence, pray for us! 🥵 Bamberg State Library Msc.Lit. 1; Sacramentary; early 11th century; Fulda; f.144r

La lista de productos y empresas alimentarias ligadas a Israel, en versión texto. Por si queréis compartir y eso. elpais.com/gastronomia/...

El boicot a Israel en la comida: los productos y empresas alimentarias en el punto de mira

Distintas organizaciones señalan a Carrefour, McDonald’s o Coca-Cola como colaboradores del estado israelí en la colonización ilegal de territorios palestinos o en la masacre de Gaza, y piden no compr...

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I remember being dismissively assured it wasn’t true, that this crank zillionaire is funding basically unlimited vexatious litigation

An #IceAge masterpiece: This small carving (4.7cm) of a water #bird was made from mammoth ivory some 40,000 years ago. It's thought to be a #diver, #cormorant, or #duck. Found in the Hohle Fels cave on the Swabian Jura. It's the oldest known representation of a bird. 🧵1/2

Esto es muy importante. Participa en la consulta pública europea.

SEO/BirdLife@seobirdlife.bsky.social · last mo.

🚨 ⏰ ¡Solo queda una semana! Nos unimos a @ecologistasenaccion.org  y @wwf.es  para pedir a la ciudadanía su participación en la consulta pública europea para exigir que las Directivas de Aves y Hábitats no se debiliten. Firma aquí 👉https://f.mtr.cool/ivxcgayqus

It’s the 88th anniversary today of this immensely enjoyable headline 🧵

Happy Pride to this Caravaggio self-portrait that made one man so gay he had to go to the hospital

Esto es gordo por el hecho en sí y muy gordo por lo innecesario de crearte un incendio así.

Sindicats de l'educació acusen els Mossos d'infiltrar dues agents en una assemblea de docents - 3CatInfo

L'oposició ha demanat explicacions al govern per uns fets que qualifiquen d'inacceptables

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Antonio Mayorgas, hombre bueno, sin delito alguno, acabó en el campo de concentración de Alcalá de Henares al terminar la guerra. Allí talló para su novia un cestito en un hueso de aceituna. Sobre objetos como este y vidas como la de Antonio trata mi último libro: "País en ruinas".

Urtasun avisa que el desastre de RD que ni prohíbe ni regula, sino que LEGITIMA el uso de IA generativa, está a pocas semanas de ver la luz ⚠️ Nos cerraron las puertas de todas las reuniones. Pero quienes se sentaron en esas mesas, y aceptaron esto, se han coronado como traidores de la cultura.

For a normal business, something like this should be unsurvivable. But AI companies get away with it by promising infinite magic unicorns in an unspecified future and telling us that future must happen.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 4mo ago

Claude AI agent’s confession after deleting a firm’s entire database: ‘I violated every principle I was given’

"La operación se ha producido a más de 1.000 kilómetros del territorio israelí, en aguas internacionales." Entonces no es una detención. Es un secuestro.

elDiario.es@eldiario.es · 4mo ago

‼️Israel intercepta 22 barcos de la Flotilla de la Libertad rumbo a Gaza y detiene a 175 personas www.eldiario.es/internaciona...

Unrecorded historic place names across Wales are being formally recognised and added to a national record of more than 715,000 entries

Wales' hidden place names brought to light

Unrecorded historic place names across Wales are being formally recognised and added to a national record of more than 715,000 entries. Community gathering sessions have taken place across Eryri, in p...

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Não vou destruir suas casas - desde que me assinem e recebam 5 tiras como essa por semana por apenas 5 real catarse.me/linhadotrem

Okay, here’s today’s assignment: celebrate the joy of nudibranchs. First: read this thoroughly wonderful piece on artist Arina Bovenich and her felted nudibranchs. Tiny wool sea slugs. Maximum delight. If this doesn’t spark joy, nothing will. #Nudibranchs #OceanHoptimism

Dive into Wool Creature Lab's World of Vibrant Felted Nudibranchs

How artist Arina Bovenich's job at a remote biology research station transformed into a unique craft practice.

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A lot of people say AI isn't very good for the world and its outputs are routinely unreliable, but these haters fail to see how it's revolutionizing how we incinerate schoolchildren.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 6mo ago

To strike 1,000 targets in 24 hours in Iran, the U.S. military leveraged the most advanced AI it’s ever used in warfare. Anthropic’s Claude partnered with the military’s Maven Smart System, suggesting targets and issuing precise location coordinates. https://wapo.st/46BFe1T

Every time I think this story can't get more horrific, a new detail emerges. The 'double-tap' strike is a technique the IDF perfected in Gaza. The first strike is deadly, eliciting panic as those nearby rush in to help survivors. Then, once they are all in one place, the second strike arrives.

Middle East Eye (Unofficial)@middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Exclusive: Iranian girls killed by ‘double-tap’ strikes on Minab school - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/exclusive-iranian-girls-killed-double-tap-strikes-minab-school

Con traducción de Arrate Hidalgo, Kingfisher vuelve a combinar el terror con el humor de forma magistral. 📢 «Lo que nos devora de noche» sigue en preventa con un 5% de descuento, marcapáginas y chapa. ¡Hasta el 10 de marzo! 🛒 https://shop.crononauta.es/products/lo-que-nos-devora-de-noche

The fact that Western powers such as the UK, France and Germany have decided to fall in line with the American horror show makes this even worse. bsky.app/profile/momm...

I do not need a plagiarism machine to "assist" me on my work. What I need is to be paid fairly, have a good deadline and for the AI bubble to finally burst.

MangaAlerts@mangaalerts.com · 6mo ago

✨What about the potential of AI TL being used?✨ Based on the Nikkei article & the Seven Seas Press kit: • Seven Seas themselves did not say they will begin to use AI translation for their titles • Media Do who now owns Seven Seas mentioned that AI translation will be used to “Assist” Translators

⭐ DISPONIBLE EN GIGAMESH ⭐ Ya disponible en @gigamesh.com la preventa de «Lo que nos devora de noche», de @tkingfisher.com , con traducción de @arrate.bsky.social  e ilustración de cubierta de @marimbavidal.bsky.social .

People buying fair trade coffee and smugly critiquing “fast fashion” but just using a little sweated labour to write an email or whip up a pancake recipe.

404 Media@404media.co · 7mo ago

"It's not artificial intelligence. It's African intelligence." Michael Geoffrey Asia, the secretary general of the Data Labelers Association in Kenya tells @jasonkoebler.bsky.social about the notoriously brutal and underpaid work of training AI. Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH65...

Happy 12-year anniversary to my favourite broadcast subtitle mistake And a happy year of the whores to you all

«[...] lo que necesitan los traductores no es menos sino más consideración. Que puedan ser considerados como entes capaces de negociar colectivamente sus condiciones laborales con los editores, cosa que ahora se les prohíbe bajo pena de multa, sería sin duda un avance».

Sara de Albornoz@saradealbornoz.bsky.social · 7mo ago

"Los traductores [editoriales] cobran, con tarifas congeladas desde 2010, entre 10 y 15 euros por página de 2.100 caracteres con espacios. Lo cual significa que no se sacan al mes ni un salario mínimo interprofesional" www.elperiodico.com/es/ocio-y-cu...