@drinkopen.bsky.social

By the way, this is a response to seeing small businesses in Ohio stand up to Bucc-ee's for their lawsuit against Beavercreek Mini Mart. They are right for banding together and backing up their fellow small local business, but WHY does that support stop when it comes to small local artists

I have so much untethered fury at small businesses who use genAI and then people all gather around to play the "support the small business" card, conveniently ignoring that ARTISTS ALSO HAVE SMALL BUSINESSES and you are COMPLETELY SHITTING ON THEM

Perfect illustration of the AI deskilling project trap. If you want to pretend these things are a tool (they're not) then you're completely beholden to having your tools changed or taken away by a black box system that changes on a whim. You're now completely reliant on the thing they took away.

Krista D Ball is Canada's Trade War Potato@kristadb1.bsky.social · last mo.

www.reddit.com/r/WritingWit... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH HAHAHHAHAHAHAHH *wheezing sounds* HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH

its really ramped up in the last week with a lot of influencers parroting the same “she’s growing on me!” language, its been very blatant but probably impacting the election for those less tuned in

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Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · last mo.

A dark money campaign is offering influencers $1,500 per post to attack Abdul El-Sayed and support Haley Stevens. Same exact dollar figure that was paid to attack @katmabu.bsky.social (Nobody ever found out who was paying for that campaign.) Gross, lazy and above all cynical shit.

I don't want to hear another word about how much white European visitors are enjoying ranch dressing while team officials, Africa's top referee, and now one of the world's most celebrated fans are turned away from the World Cup. The USA is an utterly unfit host — it's as simple as that

DR Congo superfan denied US visa to support team at World Cup

Michel Kuka Mboladinga is iconic for his motionless tribute at DRC games, but a US World Cup repeat has been denied.

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RIP to a legend ▫️Survived the atomic bombing of Nagasaki ▫️Pioneered drag culture in Japan and was one of the first openly gay celebrities there ▫️Had a relationship with Yukio Mishima and became his muse ▫️Delighted Hayao Miyazaki in the recording booth for Princess Mononoke #voiceacting

Animation Obsessive@ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Akihiro Miwa perfects Moro's laugh in the recording sessions for Princess Mononoke From: How Princess Mononoke Was Born (1998), dir. Toshiro Uratani, Buena Vista Home Entertainment