When they said "AI will increase productivity" I didn't realize they meant "AI code will crash the social media networks on which I procrastinate, forcing me to actually do my job"

when i said outlook should be fired into space, this is not what i meant

extremely youth pastor voice:

you know what, i don't even have to finish the joke

4-panel comic. (1) [Black panel with white text boxes] TEXT BOX: And God said, "Let there be light," (2) [Sun radiating light.] TEXT BOX: And there was light. (3) [View of bright sun rising over Earth's horizo] (4) TEXT BOX: God saw that light was-- [Chat bubble from Earth] CHAT BUBBLE: Can you add support for dark mode? Open xkcd.com to view toggles for different modes.

CREATION

Happy April Fool's Day!

xkcd.com/3227/

I dunno I think "were Harry Potter books good" is a completely irrelevant question to the moment. like, you don't need to avoid them because they're artistically bad, you need to avoid them because there are concrete, specific ways that interacting with them funds Nazi stuff

Pray for us now and in the hour when we really should have gone to bed ages ago

CHEERS TO BIRTHDAYYYYYYYYY 🎂🎂🎂

"Low-caliber haiku written by a Japanese man living in Los Angeles (why'd they even hire him?)"

The haiku:

"No matter the day / Here by my side / there is tea"

- Ohtani Shohei, 31, Los Angeles, CA

so that's where vancouver got the idea

Happy women's day if you're a woman

if you're not there's always next year

i've been doing this to disambiguate my winter blanket situation! the electric blanket, the acoustic blanket, the electroacoustic blanket that's nice whether i turn it on or not...

I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.

The world could be such a nice place if we allowed it. It's all so goddamn unnecessary. There's no need for any of it. It's so beautiful here. It should be so cool to be alive

FREEEEEEEEEEE

it's the germans on that one! except fuchs is "fooks" so the "few-sha" pronunciation is just entirely muddying the waters

proving my age to a discord employee younger than my gmail account

!!!!!!! JOB JOB JOB FOR BRAWLS HELL YES

YESSSSSSS

They say “But you LIKED this art when you didn’t know it was AI!” like it’s some kind of gotcha.

We liked the original artist upon whose stolen work the machine was trained. Kindly point us in their direction.

a red and pink cross stitch on blue fabric. "everything I love causes carpal tunnel" surrounded by hearts, a needle and thread, and a skein of embroidery floss.

relevant to many of yalls interests.

yessss congratulations and good work, it's certainly a hard fkn lifetime to give up drinking

i'm in australia, where it is currently hotter than crowley's workplace! i hope those lovely treats were as delicious as they look.

Having reviewed my stocks, I’ve determined that I have fifteen copies of the Good Omens graphical novel, wonderfully illustrated by @colleendoran.bsky.social, to spare.

In the interests of trying to be as fair as possible, if you would like to enter the ‘I-gave-it-away’ please read on…

!!!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS

i am an entire adult who works with a team of entire adults. we are a telecom. we quote this WEEKLY. it's so good

Frodo: I wish so much unbelievably stupid shit had not happened in my time Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times. This is all exceptionally stupid, though

oh i LOVE her!!

Okay, I will preface this with the GIGANTIC disclaimer that I promise I know how this looks, and I *swear* this is not personally motivated: If you have an old #LiveJournal account, and it has things you still care about in it, download it or import it to Dreamwidth SOON. Details:

Comic. [Banner: Mathematical Society: 2025 Meeting.] PERSON 1 with bun: Any other new developments from the year to cover before we wrap? PERSON 2: Oh, the teens picked a new funny number. PERSON 3 with short hair: Aww, I’m glad to hear they’re still doing that. PERSON 4 with ponytail: I’ll add it to the list. [List: 23 (skidoo!; 42; 69; 420; 1,337; 58,008; [circled]: 67]

Funny Numbers

xkcd.com/3184/

Happy solstice to all you round-earthers out there.