Time to bring back this meme I made a while back. If being against generative AI in the arts is gatekeeping, then I guess I’m a proud gatekeeper.
D. Paul Angel
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I'm a writer, photographer, and nerd, though not necessarily in that order. I'm also an AvGeek, enjoy tabletop games, and have spent way, way too many years in the legal field. Most RT's are for the pun, you're welcome! He | Him
Earlier today, the discarded upper stage of a Falcon 9 rocket impacted on the Moon. As part of a coordinated observing campaign, our Very Large Telescope detected spectral lines of sodium and lithium gas in the impact plume lasting for 5-10 minutes after impact. 🔭 🧪 📷 ESO/C. Schmidt et al. 1/4
BREAKING: The New Mexico Department of Justice has sued Acting AG Todd Blanche and the DOJ, requesting the court for access to unredacted Epstein-related investigative files that the DOJ has been withholding.
"…Tolkien’s legendarium nevertheless stands in opposition to fascistic projects of racial, cultural, and political domination. We can understand both Tolkien’s legendarium and fascism as enchanted worlds, constructed in response to a felt sense of disenchantment under Western modernity." ☝️☝️☝️
Tom Emanuel@realtomemanuel.bsky.social · 2d agoYou've probably noticed that a lot of right-wing ghouls love The Lord of the Rings: Giorgia Meloni, Peter Thiel, J.D. Vance, many such cases. In my latest essay, I set out to put neofascist affinity for Tolkien in religious and historical context - and to show why the far right gets Tolkien wrong.
if you're curious about designing horror games or feel like hearing my thoughts, join me this Saturday as I ramble poetic in partnership with Game Design Skills to join, hit up Funsmith Club, an online community of over 10,000 game devs, old and new: discord.gg/funsmithclub #gamedev (more below)
Bay Area Children Set Up Adrenochrome Stand On Side Of Road https://theonion.com/bay-area-children-set-up-adrenochrome-stand-on-side-of-road/
buddy i have never used it. i don't know how to use it. i don't know if it's an app or what. i will never use it. if it disappeared today i'd go out and celebrate because it being gone would be instantly great for the planet and humanity
Ayo@darrylayo.bsky.social · 24h agoGuys like this don’t realize that they are the freak
They could always sign up to give comment at a public meeting.
The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 21h agoNew York City’s business elites are long accustomed to direct access to City Hall, where even Democratic mayors felt the need to court the city’s wealthiest and most influential corporate leaders. That access is getting shredded by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
People who use genAI for everything as much as possible are as incapable of thinking creatively as Emmet was at the start of the first Lego Movie. We could argue that movie predicted this genAI crap destroying critical thinking in millions. Emmet liked the same song everyone else did, always bought
I'm going to stop here because the Coast Guard's Birthday is nearly done and... well... I am "properly-lubricated" as they say. If you want to learn about Coast Guard History (send me a six pack of the good stuff) the National Coast Guard Museum in New London, CT opens one year from today.
Home - National Coast Guard Museum
Welcome to the homepage of the National Coast Guard Museum.
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I am continuing my tradition (only broken up by the time I went to rehab) where I get blinding drunk and regal my audience with stories of Coast Guard heroism, juxtaposed, by how that heroism comes despite of the biggest dipshits you've ever met being in charge of organizing things.
Templeton Peck@templetonpeck.bsky.social · 2d agoIf you're a veteran and I don't see you wishing Douglass Munro, Elmer Stone, and Stew Graham's Most Glorious and Eternal Coast Guard™️ a Happy Birthday tomorrow...
Keep it up and I am going to FaceTime your cat, read your skeets to them, and get them to slowly love me more than you Get better opinions
The best time to speculate about a woman’s body is never. Glad to have cleared this up.
‘In the kitchen the breakfast stove gave a hissing sigh and ejected from its warm interior eight pieces of perfectly browned toast, eight eggs sunny side up, sixteen slices of bacon, two coffees, and two cool glasses of milk. "Today is August 4, 2026," said a second voice from the kitchen ceiling’
Bombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records. This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:
Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, BofA Enabled Epstein, Wyden Report Says
Democrat Ron Wyden cited nonpublic documents held by the US Treasury in a report that says banks delayed reporting suspicious financial transactions and calls for tougher anti-money-laundering rules, ...
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One of my favorite things about this field is how much information gets shared. Once social media took off, authors were comparing writing practices, sharing tips, talking about contracts. I got pointed to Duotrope and Writer Beware. So many writers want to help each other. It's awesome.
Antony Johnston@antonyjohnston.bsky.social · 2d agoSeeing complaints online that authors 'gatekeep' information…! Absolute nonsense. There is no industry or craft in the world which is so comprehensively written about, studied, and discussed as fiction writing, and every author I know welcomes new writers who are serious about giving it a go.
[P] “Toys That Weren’t Actually Toys from a Gen X Childhood” Feel free to add more.
![Comic. [Bridge with three peaks. The ones on the outside have pillars digging under the water. The middle one is held up by a hot air balloon, surrounded by equations.] [caption] How to get past the 3-4 km limit on suspension bridge main spans](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihizprhfnte5c5fr7ytsgbmsod7u7u3kwixv27tmsku4d4y6de4oe)
I think we’re going to be seeing a LOT more of these false claims, which are already roiling the publishing industry. This is one of the major problems with AI-generated media. It’s so easy to claim something is AI, often hard to definitively prove otherwise, and convenient to sully reputations with
So, Jack Osbourne has yet to delete or clarify his videos that falsely claim I used AI to write an article. Lots of people have encouraged me to sue him, which as I explain here, isn’t realistic. But I greatly appreciate the support for me and @spitfirenews.com. spitfirenews.com/p/jack-osbou...
Ozzy Osbourne's son falsely accused me of writing an article with AI
My reporting on Andrew Tate triggered him. He still won't correct the record.
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Right, ok. bear with me, bit of backstory first Right after i moved to this house i found a model sailboat at the thrift shop where i used to work. You can still barely see it behind all the tchotchkes, lol. It's an odd rig, so of course i had to figure out what it was (if u know, shh!) 1/n
cageyratfish (UTC-7) 🐟🏳️⚧️@cageyratfish.bsky.social · 2d agodoes anyone feel like a boat thread. Seems to be a bit of a long time since i did one. i found something fun the other night
There's no such thing as a "free boat", lol. especially an old wooden one. There were 77 replies to that FB post, many of them saying exactly that. Someone did take the boat off that guy's hands, but then they tried to sail it back to England, & sadly, things did not go well. One reply said... 4/n
Just read this in a random memoir of Russia in the 1830s:
@bwjones.bsky.social A bit of an awkward shot before the late could change, but had to share this beauty of a Porsche. You know more than I do about it, lol, and while it didn't look pristine, it did look likes it's driven on the regular and is very well loved :-)
Dude, we butchered the meaning of some Alpha/Z slang but they don’t care and it’s kinda cute because old people. *it’s like how I’ll never let millennials off the hook for YOLO. Like ever. I love you little sibs but that’s how people burned off eyebrows and got chlamydia at the same time.
D. Paul Angel@dpaulangel.com · 3d agoLMFAO
