Same people who seem to think it’s bad for China to beat us at AI are perfectly fine with China beating us at high speed rail, solar energy, wind energy, shall we go on

rax ‘levon honkers’ king@raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 6h ago

'oh so you want china to beat us' bro what the hell do i care leave me to the humble life i am trying to build for myself

boss, the fascism

ADHD Memes@adhdforreal.bsky.social · yesterday

It's important to remind everyone that some absolute madlad, before LLMs ruined all mod voice acting forever, got a girl into a recording booth and redid every single voice line in Deus Ex to let you play as a girl www.moddb.com/mods/the-lay...

The Lay D Denton Project mod for Deus Ex

The Lay D Denton project is an effort to provide a FULL seamless female JC Denton experience. Features include: -A complete female JC voiceover -Female JC model -All pronouns and gender references mod...

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I posted the first chapter of Teeth, the mechsploitation story I've been working on, to my Patreon, so folks can get a sneak peek at it for kicking in at the appropriate tier. This'll probably be part of a public-facing teaser sample at some point, but for now I'm keeping it just a bit under wraps.

Teeth  —  Introduction and Chapter 1 Draft Preview | Kanagen's Workshop

Hey there, Kanafans. Been a hot minute — sorry about that. When it rains, it really does pour, and this summer has not been a fun one on the

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Ow. Right in the increasingly-grey muzzle... Seriously though, I found Sabrina Online not too long after it debuted, and that's how I learned what an Amiga was! (it may also have had some effects on li'l Kana's gender feelings...)

Eltonpot Toons@eltonpot.bsky.social · 3d ago

In 1996, Eric W. Schwartz (@ericwschwartz.bsky.social) debuted his webcomic "Sabrina Online". The series grew alongside the internet itself, and certainly influenced several artists around the world. In its 30 years, I'd like to thank Eric for sharing his great talent & humor with us! 🎂🦨

Remember, "centrists" are just right-wingers who are embarrassed by it.

All children should be kept on puberty blockers until they're old enough independently decide which puberty they want to experience.

Desi (Abby S. Trusity)@desiabstrusity.bsky.social · 3d ago

honestly? quote this with your maximalist approach to trans rights Trans people should have right of first refusal for every punishment given to the perpetrators; WE get to set the floor. I want the right of recompense. The families who erased their trans children should themselves be erased.

Y'all in nyc please be careful. Fishtank is trying to bait y'all.

Thinking about webrings and how, prior to search engines getting really good at their job, they were a good vector for discoverability. If you find one website about a topic, you've found a bunch. Now that search engines have become (intentionally) dogshit at their job to sell more ads...

This is true, but also, liberals don't want to defeat fascism, because they see it as a weapon to wield against socialism. They think they're part of the in-group. This seems laughable on its about-to-be-eaten-by-a-leopard face, of course, but no one accused them of being particularly clever.

The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv)@theserfstv.bsky.social · 4d ago

It sends a pretty strong message that liberals see LGBTQ+ rights as an inconvenience to winning elections rather than standing up for oppressed people being integral to defeating fascism

It sends a pretty strong message that liberals see LGBTQ+ rights as an inconvenience to winning elections rather than standing up for oppressed people being integral to defeating fascism

Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com · 4d ago

I advocate for withholding your vote from the leading anti-trans Dems, the ones calling us biological males and/or declaring they will be in favor of healthcare restrictions. So of course Will, who I have never had beef with, compares our anger to a cult and drives extreme harassment my way.

The international chess Federation banned trans women from playing women's chess. CHESS. It's not about fairness. The fairness argument is intended to radicalize people into more violent forms of transphobia.

Chef Kennedy🐸🏳️‍🌈@kennedytcooper.bsky.social · 5d ago

That rock skipping, yes tossing stones across a pond or river, is a gender segregated sport, should tell you something about how gendered sports are not about fairness of physical ability, and is instead about the male ego

I am trying not to completely flame out in fury over elected officials trying to rewrite history, but as someone who was routinely called "Osama" PRIOR TO 9/11... ...it somehow got WORSE after it. The "unity" these fuckers talk about is just white people feeling safe openly hating SWANA folks.

One of my most powerful memories of the week following 9/11 was an ABC News roundtable with people from "the heartland" and one woman said begrudgingly of New Yorkers rallying together in their trauma, "Well I guess they're people too." It completely rewrote my understanding of this country

Jared Yates Sexton@jysexton.bsky.social · last wk.

There are already articles circulating trying to rewrite history and say America was great after 9/11 and united and thoughtful and just a reminder that that period was marked by intense and insanely racist hatred, paranoia, and a frothing desire for unhinged violence and oppression.

this whole conversation we've all been having with one another? for the whole of recorded history? they think it belongs to them and they get to take our money with it

something i really resent is that they made a machine that uses every public thought we've ever had, and now it's our job to carefully edit every public thought so it doesn't sound like the machine, which is continuing to steal our every public thought by the minute

The reason we spend so much money being awful to unhoused people is the system needs a visible reminder of what landlords and bosses are threatening you with.

A.R. Moxon@juliusgoat.bsky.social · 2w ago

Our society's unfathomable cruelty to homeless people is not just morally unjustifiable, but more expensive than housing people would be. Cruelty against the homeless is an unaffordable luxury. Abandoning homeless people to avoid offending the Protestant work ethic is an unaffordable luxury.

Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe.

Hackers Had A Live Feed Of Every ID This Verification Company Scanned. For Over A Year.

From the very beginning of this recent obsession with identifying everyone online (yes, they like to call it "age" verification, but it always ends up as identity verification), we've been pointing out that it was a huge privacy nightmare waiting to happen. Or maybe it wasn't waiting. Maybe it was already happening. This week a...

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Rocket's music rules, y'all.

RocketMermaid@rocketmermaid.bsky.social · 2w ago

Oh hey, it's Bandcamp Friday again, isn't it? Why not check out some of my music at rocketmermaid.bandcamp.com ? There's almost 30 years worth of my music there, everything from demoscene OHCs to modular synth performances, from crushing industrial to harrowing dark drone ambient to glitchy IDM.

It's almost like as if years of micro transactions > live service > Always online > exesive crunch > Mass layoffs > AI addoption > 'you don't own anything' attitude > shitty CEO personalities, is really bad for a companies sales. Who knew?

Polygon@polygon.com · 2w ago

A panel of experts said the game industry is currently in the worse state it's been in 40 years.

“What if the confederate flag I fly in my yard was one I stole from Walmart?” That’s what you sound like when you say you’re gonna pirate Harry Potter.

Joseph Fink, we're going to win@planetoffinks.bsky.social · 2w ago

What if I pirate/buy second hand/etc. my Harry Potter stuff? You are still keeping her cultural relevance alive, which is how she keeps getting big money deals Also, you are immersing yourself in the creative output of a bigot. It is time to let it go. You are required to let it go.

As someone who has been tweeted about personally by Rowling. And who spends my whole life trying to fight the damage caused by the litigation she funds. I think, personally, I would be less harmed by you giving me an actual kick in the ribs than watching the new Harry Potter & trying to justify it.

The Verge@theverge.com · 2w 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.

Without saying your age, what is your favorite movie that came out when you were 20 years old? (imagine; we could have had a dozen of these movies instead of Marvel slop forever...)

Master And Commander Peter Weir: 1805 Intro

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Kathryn Salamander 🦎✨@transsalamander.bsky.social · 2w ago

Without saying your age, what is your favorite movie that came out when you were 20 years old? Oh, that's an EASY one for me lol

Just saw a video that censored the word “shooting” in a conversation about filming a movie. We really are just offering up our entire language to the God Algorithm, huh?

i want games made by people who get to keep their jobs

Just a heads up. I was able to schedule my COVID vaccine appointment. Online it may ask “do you have a condition that puts you at high risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19 virus.” Click yes and it will allow you to schedule an appointment. No questions asked. No proof required. Pass it on.

Also, since it's going around: Yeah. I do not use AI. I would never use AI. Art is the purest expression of the human soul, an upwelling of the ineffable shaped by skill honed with repetition and practice. All AI can do is regurgitate what it steals. That isn't art. It's just shit.

jess m. ☕🍂@jametc.bsky.social · 3w ago

Please be vocal about not using AI. We have to normalize it. No "I'm not going to say that because it should be assumed. I'm not going to give them this". We don't have time for that shit ideological shit right now. NOW is the time to capitalize on waning favorability. Ppl want human made

At long last, the saga is complete: HDG1999: The Earth vs. the Floral Saucers, the sixth and final story in the series, is out on AO3! archiveofourown.org/works/916922...