I will never have to wonder if clanker is a slur because, much to the dismay of my friends and loved ones, I will never stop loudly using the term “ai slop gobblers” instead

One of the greatest line reads of all time. Tim Curry for Command And Conquer, clearly it was a one and done and he could barely stop laughing at the ridiculousness of the line. Perfection

Evil people have to start dying RIGHT NOW

One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today.

I can feel both the immense heartbreak of the world and still the awe inspiring inspiration at the same time today. My feeds are filled with all the wonderful messages Dolly left us. Just one post after another. Rest in peace Dolly.

There’s so many good things that Dolly Parton supported, and so many things you could do to honor her memory. One of those things would be to begin the process of unionizing your workplace! Do it for Dolly ✊

Dolly Parton did a huge amount of good with wealth she largely worked to earn. 9 to 5 is a Marxist text & permeant karaoke banger. She stood with queer & trans people throughout her life & the world was a better place for having her stay a while.

call it the “9 to 5 Dolly Parton Act” and dare people to vote it down

Bree (half of Kit Rocha)@mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 2d ago

let's do UBI for her, she'd want us to

I revere Dolly Parton much as I do Fred Rogers. They’re people who made it their life goal just to be gentle and kind to everyone that they met. They are prime examples of how we all should behave and live our lives.

Dolly is proof that money and power and fame don't *corrupt*, they *reveal*. One of the few genuine icons to ever do it.

Kathryn VanArendonk@kvanaren.bsky.social · 2d ago

no one put the lie to the myth of the nightmare genius artist quite like dolly parton

Dolly Parton preached kindness and acceptance. She worked hard to make people's lives better. She used her fame and status to help others. Now look at how her life is being celebrated. Look at the boundless love. This is the way. More people should figure that out.

Reminder: Dolly Parton helped fund the Moderna vaccine for COVID.

Dolly Parton, who helped fund the Moderna vaccine, gets a ‘dose of her own medicine.’ (Published 2021)

The country music star broke into song before she was inoculated, and urged her fans to “get out there and get your shot.”

nytimes.com

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This is a PR stunt to get you to watch the new Harry Potter series. Fraud.

Transgender World@transgenderreport.com · 6d ago

JK Rowling issues surprising message of support for trans adults www.lgbtqnation.com/... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

This shit is why you can't separate continuing to financially support the Harry Potter IP (whether by buying the games, merch, watching the new TV show when its out) from the consequences of what JK Rowling does with that money She's become so stiflingly powerful that even private docs arent safe

Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · 7d ago

I've never seen such an effort to censor a document as I have the Amnesty International report on gender critical groups because of JK Rowling. They removed the report from the Wayback Machine and now I got a DMCA strike on my Google Drive for having it. It was deleted and removed from my account.

I’m instituting a new game industry law: all game artists must test their work during the DAY with the windows OPEN and the lights ON. It’s too damn DARK I CANT SEE SHIT

Using AI helps people get higher grades and get their work done faster, but they learn less & suffer on actual exams I saw this in my own large Intro Psych class: -the exam average is 85% -after AI, it shot up to 95% -after I made the final in person it went to 68% www.economist.com/graphic-deta...

Our "All Offers Accepted" Tool Sale (happening just north of Seattle) is almost a month away! All offers on tools (thousands of 'em), art supplies, and most upcycled art will be happily accepted. We'll also have bikes, building materials, and baked goods available at a fixed price 🛠️🚲🎨

“Nine women can’t make a baby in one month” okay well very pithy but I believe women can do anything

AI is a scourge. But it is important not to trust "AI detectors". I lost regular freelancing work because my client insisted I used AI to write copy (I didn't, but their AI detecting software said I did). This is a great thread with an excellent example of why these detectors cannot be trusted.

Yaroslav Barsukov #NoToWar #НетВойне@barsukov.com · last wk.

AI RANT Following the cancellation of three major debut book deals over AI suspicions, I decided to put my own (needless to say, 100% human-written) prose to the test. My detector of choice was Originality AI, and the results proved to be jarring, to say the least. 🧵1/5

this story is batshit Here is the full article, which includes all prompts, trial transcripts, the report itself. The firm hired charged more than $80,000 for the report. Also shows that AI transcripts can be discoverable and can be very revealing: www.404media.co/show-how-3m-...

‘Show How 3M Is 0% at Fault:’ Expert Witness Used ChatGPT to Write Report Defending Company in Deadly Explosion Lawsuit

ChatGPT prompts show how an expert witness report was created in a $61 million lawsuit over an explosion that killed three people.

404media.co

Please share: I'm writing an article and I want to talk to developers who have successfully transitioned out of the games industry to jobs elsewhere. What do you do now? How did you sell yourself? What skills were transferable? All disciplines welcome, my DMs are open.

it's allergy season 🍃

Another account, this time in Japanese, laments "another" fire at a Buddhist temple (Entsuji, a Rinzai Zen monastery), and urges Japan to "shut out the people causing the trouble." The suspect isn't an immigrant, though: he's a trainee monk who reportedly snapped under pressure.

This is the third time the same account has posted the exact same text, even though the facts are now well-known. Each time, depressingly, the post gets even more likes and engagement, fanning the flames of anti-immigrant rhetoric in Japan even harder.

The monk, apparently a Japanese national, called the fire department himself. In Japan, temples and shrines burn about 60 times a year: 68 in 2021, 58 in 2024. The number is flat, not climbing. There is no anti-Japanese arson wave, despite what nativist accounts say.

With Magic's The Hobbit set now out, thought I'd drop the full artwork for The Five Armies Clash! scene. A huge thanks to my art director, Cassie Murphy. This is being shared with the permissions from Wizards of the Coast © 2026 MEE LLC. TM lic MEE to WotC LLC www.rucach.com/project/the-...

I have some thoughts about the new Spider-man that I will try to draw a comic about but for now here is this prescient comic from *2016*

They’re destroying rare books in the hopes of destroying our jobs, and they’re laughing in our faces as they do it.

404 Media@404media.co · last wk.

SCOOP: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it. What did we find? It ended up at an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. Yes. This is literally the logo outside the Amazon warehouse door. Read now: