I've been an android loyalist forever but Google has been doing their level best to try to get me to switch to Apple. This may be the final straw.

IGN@ign.com · 4d ago

Google users lament Google’s upcoming plan to kill Google Assistant and replace it with AI. https://bit.ly/4w80bvi

Daaaamn. “AI is the asbestos we're shovelling into the walls of our technological society. Our descendants will spend generations digging it out again, and the longer the bubble goes on without popping, the longer it will take to repair the damage." www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...

Cory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying

It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our t...

thenerve.news

Adults freaking out about “boys playing in girl’s sports” (a non-problem) don’t understand what they’re actually reacting to is the exorbitant cost of higher education (a massive problem)

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 6d ago

the obsession with trans women in sports is, apart from the abject bigotry, a symptom of how we take amateur sports participation way too seriously in this country.

If anything, you can't get writers to shut up about craft...

Antony Johnston@antonyjohnston.bsky.social · 6d ago

Seeing 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.

I'm Part of the Problem, but I hate this.

Josh Sternberg@joshsternberg.com · 6d ago

There are 7 PR people for every journalist in the US. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Some great new reaction images to use when people are obtuse on BlueSky.

Finally!

CNBC@cnbc.com · last wk.

New York sues Kalshi, says prediction market is running 'illegal gambling operation'

Avoid such fates by doing as I do: (1) Never use AI for any part of your book, (2) loudly tell everyone how much you hate AI on social media

Lincoln Michel@thelincoln.bsky.social · last wk.

One thing I can confidently say is that more than a few other books have been canceled for AI use--including by established authors and non-fiction books--that have just not made the news yet.

This series was incredible, but it's also why I pronounced "Rue Morgue" as a rhyming phrase for way too many years.

cayce@cayce.zone · last wk.

After my parents were visiting set for the first time, I asked my dad what he thought. He said “I didnt realize, it’s like you’re building a house, and once an hour good looking people run in and put on a play for five minutes. Then they leave and you go back to construction.”

Alvaro M. Bedoya@bedoyausa.bsky.social · 2w ago

People think "Hollywood" is rich and famous. The reality? Film and TV is a national industry. It's a blue collar industry. And it is an industry free fall. My latest for @newrepublic.com on how the Paramount merger would crush blue collar workers who can not afford it newrepublic.com/article/2136...

I've seen some art from this and it's drop-dead gorgeous. Can't wait to check it out in March!

Alejandro Arbona 🇵🇷@alejandrobot.com · last wk.

"Downton Abbey meets John le Carré in slow-burn cat-and-mouse thriller TRADECRAFT MANOR." A graphic novel by me and Leandro Fernández—coming March 23, 2027 from BOOM! Studios…I'm extremely proud of this one! www.comicsbeat.com/exclusive-bo...

Oh no I just remembered about the Swell Season doing Neutral Milk Hotel in AV Club Undercover. Jesus. youtu.be/-EPZQunlky0?...

I really try not to judge people making bad art. Especially in this age of AI slop, if you bother to put yourself out there and create something you're doing something worthwhile.

Zach Weinersmith@zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?

keep thinking about the evil of this. It's not just destroying the physical books, bad as that is. They are trying to remove the underpinnings of knowledge, destroy all the accumulated wisdom - and silliness, and creativity, and whatever else humans have thought worthy of writing down.

Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele@drdragases.bsky.social · 2w ago

No longer content with pillaging intellectual work and dismembering our environment (already critically weakened), AI companies are now hellbent on destroying books galore including rare editions. Shut down these nefarious enterprises already.

Hearing my morning DJ at WFUV tearing up talking about this was a hell of a way to start this morning.

Stereogum@stereogum.com · 2w ago

Glen Hansard has died in a motorcycle crash at age 56

My frequent collaborator (ARCHIE MEETS RAMONES!) @giselelagace.bsky.social and I have launched a new webcomic - BAD BAD BESTIES, a mix of Better Call Saul and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and more! First strip is free, and we're posting one new page each week on Patreon! www.patreon.com/.../posts/ba...

the only political platform I want to hear

There's no defense for the envy you'll feel as a creator when hearing all these cool SDCC announcements except getting your ass to the drawing/key board.

Splatoon Raiders is one of the hardest Nintendo games in at least the last decade. It lets you try levels *way* above your current level, and it constantly throws skill checks at you. That pushback forces you to tinker with your build to get the most out of it. It is a perfectly paced loop.

Dang they really got a category for everything

Loooove the art on this project. Check it out!

Alex Segura@alexsegura.com · 3w ago

It's finally here! The first page of Bad Bad Besties, the new weekly series I co-wrote with @giselelagace.bsky.social, is now available on her Patreon! For any fans of mystery, action, romance, and that Pixie Trix Comix magic, check it out at: www.patreon.com/posts/163869...

This kind of thing at Substack (including their Nazi problem and trans hate problem) are why my newsletter is at Ghost.org and always has been. Andrew Tate is a spectacularly vile human being accused of numerous violent crimes against women and hugely corrosive for young male minds.

kottke.org@kottke.org · 4mo ago

Hey, look at Substack promoting Andrew Tate as the #1 new bestseller. The company's amoral leadership & backers will platform anyone, even ludicrously toxic rapists & human traffickers.

Steve was THE editor at Marvel who meant the most to me in my time there when I was coming up. I'm thrilled about this news and I know he's going to do a great job.

Marvel Comics Names Stephen Wacker as New Editor-in-Chief

The accomplished comics editor returns to Marvel, as outgoing EIC C.B. Cebulski announces his plans for new Marvel APAC role.

marvel.com

(Pointing to CHAPPiE when CHAPPiE shows up on the poster): That's CHAPPiE.

John Hudgens@johnhudgens.bsky.social · 4w ago

Okay, THIS is probably the final version of this poster... I incorporated some of the omissions people brought up, but this thing is literally stuffed *full* now - I thought it was overstuffed yesterday, but just this morning I squeezed in three more I though should be in there...

I thought of Brett seconds after hearing of Mr. Neill's passing. Well worth your time to read his appreciation of the man and his work.

Brett White@brettwhite.bsky.social · 4w ago

I am who I am because of this man('s work). I truly love him, and this hurts, deeply. popheist.com/sam-neill-re...

I truly don’t see how this country can go on if we don’t ban online sports betting. This story is stomach-turning.

FanDuel sent a personal message from Phillies star Bryce Harper to a customer with a gambling addiction

Terry Thompson lost $1.5 million on bets he placed with FanDuel. The company gave him VIP treatment — including a personalized video message from the Phillies' All-Star first baseman.

inquirer.com

Now it can be told... I'm going to be back at #SDCC this year for the first time in more than a decade! Who will I be seeing there? optout.businesswire.com/p/p.aspx?key... #client