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Anil Dash@anildash.com · 19h ago

Exactly this. And in fact, many models *have* been created this way, and decades of prior machine learning systems *were* created this way, consensually. These things are choices! People are STILL working this way! It’s not just that a better world is possible — it already EXISTS. We can nurture it.

John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 19h ago

This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead

Jessica Price@delafina777.bsky.social · yesterday

This should be so obvious that it doesn’t need to be said, but given what kind of weekend it’s been on here, apparently it does: If you don’t want old rapists running the world, in office, in the board room, making decisions for all of us get comfortable with “ruining” young rapists’ lives

mardia@originalmardia.bsky.social · 2d ago

went to local cafe to type up what I wrote in longhand for this WIP, and that's TWO completed chapters I have for this story, HAH. [my GoT travails have reminded me to finish monster fics before actually posting them lol]

mardia@originalmardia.bsky.social · 2d ago

I just saw the trailer for the Clayface movie while watching a game and went “Nope, nope, nope, mmhmm, NOPE,” out loud in my apartment. So happy for the people who can do body horror BUT I AM NOT ONE OF THEM FFFFFFF

mardia@originalmardia.bsky.social · last wk.

Good on Bazunu (reading between the lines, it sounds like he told the team he wouldn’t play, it turned into a five hour discussion where the team voted to go ahead, and he STILL stuck to his guns.) www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Republic of Ireland’s Gavin Bazunu boycotts Israel match ‘as a person of principle’

The Republic of Ireland’s Nations League fixtures with Israel will go ahead after a ‘significant majority’ of players voted in favour

theguardian.com

neuse river hag@neuseriverhag.bsky.social · last wk.

it also clearly shows you how much of modern "journalism", the institutions that endlessly bleat about their importance and role in public life, is not journalism at all but rather PR. i'm sure rahm's brother would agree

W.E.D.em Boyz@leftistwonk.bsky.social · last wk.

Rahm Emanuel, who has about a good a chance of being president as I do, has been profiled like 9 times in the last couple months in major newspapers. It really shows you how profoundly out of touch the people are that drive much of our national political discourse.

mardia@originalmardia.bsky.social · 2w ago

I am torn between being stunned at Manchester City actually being found guilty of all the alleged shenanigans, and also going “what good does that do now?” I can’t imagine they’re going to hand those trophies to other teams, I’d be STUNNED if they get relegated, and fines are a nothing burger

mardia@originalmardia.bsky.social · 2w ago

I maintain that Taylor Swift should’ve kept doing what she did on folklore and write fictional songs that everyone knows are fictional, instead of pretending like she is still a relatable white girl.

Boo!-per Lund@cooperlund.online · 2w ago

I think about this Paul Simon interview where he talks about how artists run out of a lot of material when fame is involved. He says something like "There's not a lot of songs you can write about having a lot of money and living in a big house"

David 29 Sunset@29sunset.com · 2w ago

Even if you think especially highly of Swift as a master of pop craft (which I do), there's a clear progression in her work where she simply doesn't have experience from which to write interesting songs anymore because she hasn't had close to a normal life in a decade and a half.

mardia@originalmardia.bsky.social · 2w ago

So the state of Arizona is suing L’Oréal for putting customers of their hair relaxers at risk. I haven’t used hair relaxers in years but for fuck’s sake, I have to think they need to start taking this shit off the shelves. www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

Arizona accuses L'Oreal of concealing cancer risks linked to hair relaxers

Arizona has sued L'Oreal SA and its U.S. subsidiary, alleging the ​cosmetics company hid evidence that its hair relaxer products could cause cancer in women, as ‌it faces thousands of similar lawsuits...

reuters.com