Four years ago today, President Biden said, "The pandemic is over. We still have a problem with COVID." At the time, we were in the 5th COVlD wave. We're now in the 13th.
Tania Richter - Dawn Tyrant now live!
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Author and illustrator of Dawn Tyrant webnovel. Owner of Feolaga Designworks. Absolutely no AI She/They https://linktr.ee/aetherfang
Things are getting tight out there. So a few general tips: 1) Make a “menu” for the week before grocery shopping. Be ready to change it based on sales, but if you know what you’re making and the ingredients it’s easier to budget.
incredibly well-done resident evil teaser from a movie theater
I really hate the framing of these stories as "an AI agent broke out and hacked something." No, an inadequate sandbox meant that a powerful and unpredictable computer program was set loose on the open internet by the company that designed it. The agency isn't with the "AI agent", it's with the firm
It should be illegal to buy a company with debt and then sell it off to a foreign owner, but that fight was lost long ago. Anyway, now the Saudis own a truly distressing portion of American entertainment, from Hollywood to Video Games to Sports. This is not neutral behavior. Anyway.
FCC lets Paramount sell 49.5% equity stake to Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Qatar
FCC rejects concerns about repressive governments buying influence over CBS owner.
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It’s probably not good for your mental health to invent people in your head to be mad at.
What pisses me off about the Abdul El-Sayed discourse is that he is treated as a radical, despite being an extremely normal progressive. There is little meaningful differences between him & Elizabeth Warren on policy, but because he’s Muslim, Abdul is treated as if he’s DSA.
People asked me about my fat pterosaur furry pins. Turns out she has opened her first online shop (and currently, her main source of income) Link below to support!
Great news for everyone who likes illustrations in epic fantasy novels =) @windfalcon.bsky.social did an amazing job with all of the novels in my gryphon series. Here's one of the less spoilery ones from The Crackling Sea!
Blue Dragon Art (she/her)@bluedragonart.bsky.social · 2d agoA hill I'll die on: Illustrations in novels should come back. Adults like pictures, too! A few older books I have contain wonderful woodcuts or inked drawings. I think they enhance the experience. Not necessary, but classy.
Every dollar spent in the store goes to LGBTQIA+ artists. 70/30 artist to store, with us only taking enough to cover listing and hosting costs. This includes sourced .925 sterling pieces. Check it out, maybe.
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FYI, this flowflex code should work through Sunday. Supposedly, you can use it more than once if you need to re-up again already.
Mike Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, MBA@michael-hoerger.bsky.social · 4w ago23 US states/territories have COVlD outbreaks. You can use this promo code to get 20% off FlowFlex rapid tests. That's the test my family uses and that I give to patients and staff because it has >98% sensitivity. Code: FLEX23 store.pharmalynk.com
Report Reveals Jesus Christ May Have Benefited From Father’s Influential Position To Gain High-Powered Role As Lord And Savior https://theonion.com/report-reveals-jesus-christ-may-have-benefited-from-fat-1833717521/
Regulation looks intractable if you’re acting like AI is a bear that acts on its own and that nobody has the right or ability to restrain or control.
I promise you there would be no AI alignment problem if the CEOs of AI companies faced jail time if their AI killed anyone.
if you’re the white woman who was picking up a bat in downtown minneapolis on hennepin ave between washington & 3rd on 9/15 at noon, the minnesota department of health would like to talk to you because that shit was RABID! i would also like to talk to you because girl, wtf
Every year we make the case for keeping leaves, branches, & plant stems in your yard. Bugs need them for shelter! That’s not to say you can’t tidy up: rake leaves into garden beds, around trees, or just in a pile out of the way. All we ask is that you #LeaveTheLeaves! 🍂🐝 xerces.org/blog/leave-t...
Leave the Leaves!
One of the most valuable ways to support pollinators and other invertebrates is to provide them with the shelter they need to survive the winter. Thankfully, all you need to do is do less yard work.
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“A senior executive at Microsoft said A.I. systems built on the work of others will be seen as ‘an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions’ and possibly the greatest robbery of labor in human history, according to court documents unredacted Thursday in an ongoing Manhattan lawsuit.”
Docs in A.I. copyright suit reveal startling admission by Microsoft exec over ‘astonishing theft’
The admission appeared in a newly unredacted filing in the landmark copyright infringement legal battle playing out between newspapers like the Orlando Sentinel and tech companies Microsoft and OpenAI...
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Lyra + Lyra - a fun diptych duo painted for Reality Fracture. The auction for this double-painting set is live now over at the MTG market on FB. #mtgart #realityfracture #mtgangel
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
My millennial soul may need to go watch this. Even though one of the episodes developed into a recurring nightmare I've had multiple times over the last 30 years.
Leticia Urieta@leticiaasu.bsky.social · 3d agoThis is not a drill! All five seasons of Are You Afraid of the Dark are on Tubi!
They fired so many artists over this too. People who helped make the game iconic were tossed out on the street because the Slop Faucet could do it "decent enough". If you still play Fortnite, you're funding the hyper-acceleration of AI replacing Artists in Gaming
Rory aka Mrs. Asina 🧪 ❄️🐦⬛@guttersnipe.bsky.social · 5d agoLRT because I know some oomfs still play F*rtnite It contains AI slop and continues to implement AI slop frvr.com/blog/epic-ga...
Not only did I meet Robert Kraft, I worked for him. His kid Jonathan asked me to “remove the black music” from my gameday playlist in ‘94 & I refused so they fired me. I was the cheerleader director at the time.  I sued them for wrongful termination and won. So yes, I know that motherfucker. 
brutusdavis99.bsky.social@brutusdavis99.bsky.social · 3d agoDid you ever meet Bob Kraft?