INLAND EMPIRE - His corpse is marked by stars. YOU - What will mine be marked by? INLAND EMPIRE - Alcohol and heartbreak. PHYSICAL INSTRUMENT - Your fist clenches suddenly. YOU - It will be riddled with disco.
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Queer she/they :: 30s :: Neurodivergent :: I Write, RP, and Art :: Too Much Splatoon :: 18+ Only Please :: picrew icon credit @KetArtDragon
What the fuck is this? This is the designated free speech zone. An army of cops are using a tactic called a "shield wall." They move as one to charge the crowd control barriers that they erected? The police are in no danger. They are merely attacking.
Brendan Gutenschwager@bgonthescene.bsky.social · 3mo agoNew Jersey State Police push past barricades outside the Delaney Hall Detention Facility
🚨"Tear gas is being shot above us!" our Jon Farina shouts as NJ state police fire tear gas at anti-ICE protesters outside Delaney Hall ICE prison as police clash with protesters on day 9 of ICE prison hunger/labor strike. WE'RE LIVE ⬇️
I've worked at the 'big' studios. While I'm on the writing and showrunning side, none of my projects have used AI in their process. I feel confident about my designers, directors, and story artists doing the same. These folks are convincing themselves 'everyone is doing it'.
jess m. ☕🍂@jametc.bsky.social · 3mo ago"whatever, everyone already uses it anyway so it's fine" is just not really the message a sorry person promotes. I'm frustrated by how everyone just gave him the benefit of the doubt. I'm not feeling very forgiving when this is the messaging. I don't think I'm being unreasonable either
There is a distinct overlap with this and the people who end up going crazy because AI tells them they're a genius. Like at a fundamental level there is a yearning a lot of people have to be want to be exalted and special, and tbh I think a lot of that is probably related to capitalist alienation.
Adam Windstorm@neohumanoid.bsky.social · 4mo agoThe people that use gen-AI and scream about “gatekeeping” don’t really want to make art. They want to be praised and to make money and want to skip the actual “art” process. They don’t JUST want a product, they want everyone to tell them how gifted and special they are, too, for no work!
ICE is targeting journalists at Delaney Hall. They’re hitting photographers, breaking fingers and smashing off lenses.
You've wanted a Zelda-like Maker for so long…here it is! ⚔️ Create temples, share them with the community, and explore temples made by others! 📢 The Temple Maker 64 demo is now out on Steam! Let's Make some Temples! ⚔️🗝️ #indiegames #zelda #nintendo64
People are angry about AI data centers and their impacts. Instead of addressing real outcry about harm to Black and poor communities, our government criminalizes dissent. Today it's Congress's intel unit. Earlier this week, WIRED showed how DHS, FBI, local police, and private spies are involved.
Ken Klippenstein@kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 3mo agoIf you're worried about AI data centers, Congress is taking notice — not by passing any laws, but by spying on critics through its new intelligence bureau: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-...
Wikimedia Foundation just fired a long time lead developer of MediaWiki as well as its entire community team for unionizing. If you’re a donor, email donate@wikimedia.org to protest this move. medium.com/@jakeorlowit...
Big Tech’s Anti-Labor Playbook Has Come for Wikipedia
TLDR: In ten days last month, the Wikimedia Foundation fired the longtime lead developer of MediaWiki and disbanded the team whose entire…
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Don't hate-watch these - a view is a view for streaming platforms. Ignore them, let them rot away with low engagement. It's one of the earlier tests to prove that people (hopefully) just do not want AI-generated animated shows. Shame on The Book of Life's creator for selling out too, what a blow.
Animation Magazine@animag.bsky.social · 4mo agoThree AI animated series are heading to Prime Video streaming via Amazon MGM/AWS-backed GenAI Creators' Fund: 'Cupcake & Friends;' 'Love, Diana Music Hunters;' and 'Punky Duck' from Jorge Gutierrez.
An agent at Delaney Hall attempted to kick a demonstrator into the tires of a moving semi. This cannot be reformed. Video via @statuscoupnews.bsky.social
Because “Reduce your Carbon Footprint”, while still a worthwhile effort, was essentially an astroturfed advertising campaign by BP to have individuals reduce their personal emissions through lifestyle choices while the oil industry continued to expand fossil fuel extraction infinitives.
aj@strawberry.bsky.to · 4mo agohow did we go from “reduce your carbon footprint” to building data centers everywhere
Some heartbreaking animation news today from people who have been some of my animation heroes. It’s up to us to hold the line and build a better future for animation.
“Creative breakthroughs happen when visionary storytellers are given access to transformative tools”-- Actually, creative breakthroughs happen when people don't have to drink brown water from data center waste. This is not cool or accessible, this is disingenuous & disappointing.
Animation Magazine@animag.bsky.social · 4mo agoThree AI animated series are heading to Prime Video streaming via Amazon MGM/AWS-backed GenAI Creators' Fund: 'Cupcake & Friends;' 'Love, Diana Music Hunters;' and 'Punky Duck' from Jorge Gutierrez.
“In ten days last month, the Wikimedia Foundation fired the longtime lead developer of MediaWiki and disbanded the team whose entire job was to listen to volunteers. Most of the people they fired were union organizers” medium.com/@jakeorlowit...
Big Tech’s Anti-Labor Playbook Has Come for Wikipedia
TLDR: In ten days last month, the Wikimedia Foundation fired the longtime lead developer of MediaWiki and disbanded the team whose entire…
medium.com
And there you have it. The anti trans campaign in Maine was never some "grassroots movement." It was bankrolled by billionaire Richard Uihlein, who poured over $800,000 into targeting trans kids over sports and bathrooms.
I have a favorite painting, it is by John Brosio. Beyond capturing one of my favorite experiences, the wonder of a museum, the title transforms it. Two Earthlings. No painting has illustrated the strangeness of earth, that the only thing separating you and a monster is Time, like this one.
PALEDRIVER - “They are someone's memories. What difference does it make if it's me or not? They're beautiful. That is all that matters. Beautiful and true -- and they will win. They're *coming* for this, you know… All of this.”
That we continue to persist at all is a testament to our faith in one another.
humanity's enduring desire to make Little Guys is truly wonderful This is a clay pig. It has an angry little face with furrowed brows, pointing down and a huge curved back that leads seamlessly into the top of the head (no neck) like it's rearing up to charge. A very round piggy.
Rabih Alameddine@rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 4mo agoTerracotta Pig, East Java, 15th century
“That's 40 *cents*. Cents are a form of currency one hundred times smaller than the reál. I'm not even going to take this. Come back when you have 130 reál.” Isn't it... evil? The order of magnitude between what is asked of a person -- and what they have?
my gf works corporate and is on a training about AI and there's a word cloud for "what do you use AI for." the largest word by far is "Nothing" and the trainer is PISSED
if you're cis and you are asked by your management to police bathrooms, "can you confirm in writing that you are ordering me to approach customers to discuss their sex?" is an email no manager wants to reply to
Weird Alex@jackalpants.bsky.social · 4mo agoFor business owners, the important part of the new ECHR advice is this: 13.179: There is no type of official record or document in the UK which provides reliable evidence of sex. [...] Therefore, it is unlikely to be proportionate or practical to ask for further evidence of a person’s sex.
i made this little thing so long ago.. LOL
Gardening is good for your mind and body even though it won't make you self sufficient. even better is learning how to safely store food, pressure canning being my favorite method. buying in bulk and storing when food is in season and cheap
ApocalypticaNow@apocalypticanow.bsky.social · 4mo agoI predict that this will be another year when a bunch of Americans will learn how difficult it is to produce your own food