even the organized journalistic opposition to this feels weak as shit

a "standing toast" to the First Amendment means nothing

these are fascists who murdered U.S. civilians

Connecticut Pauses AI Use to Create ‘Criminal Reports’ The chief state’s attorney, with support from the State Police and the Connecticut Police Chief’s Association, is pausing deployment of AI-powered tools to deepen understanding and set rules around th...

Skeptics “point to highly publicized AI failures, including one involving a Utah traffic stop during which a police body cam recorded the movie ‘The Princess and the Frog’ playing in the background and generated a report stating, among other things, that an officer ‘turned into a frog.’”

A good reminder that genAI is a surveillance tech too, one that answers to wildly evil corporations run by technnofascists who collaborate with y/our wildly evil governments, and you are fucking yourself (as it were) by giving any part of yourself to these programs.

it’s a great day for transphobes to eat shit

I don't think Palantir should have been allowed to exist PERIOD

Just like the Marvel layoffs, they’re cutting the helpers, not the old rotten wood that needs to be chopped

Without James, our book would’ve never became what it did. He improved every aspect and helped me become a better writer. Any publisher worth their books would be smart to have him on their team

so much for the tolerant woman

I really hate the state of entertainment now, but it's important to acknowledge the people on the business end have been working to this for years, cutting every cost (many of which were necessary) just to make a company's bottom line look better day to day. It's not just unsustainable, it's evil.

No part of the comic book creation process should be treated as an inconvenience

GIF's so low-res I thought that was Brendan Fraser as Jesus and gasped

Hi there! Some news, but as of this morning, I am no longer with Mad Cave. I am eternally grateful for the past 4.5 years with you all, and with such an amazing team.

Thank you so much for trusting me with marketing your books!

It sucks seeing more layoffs, but especially in the comic space and especially at a smaller publisher. Mad Cave was supposed to be an entryway for the next wave of talent and more and more it seems to be closing its doors to that pursuit. Best of luck to all hurt by this, comics need you!

palantir should be viewed as the enemy of modern society

Extremely normal and fine for a company to put this in a public statement

What I love about the first season of The Pitt is how Whittaker keeps getting barfed/peed/bled on, so he keeps having to change back into student scrubs. That way he really gets to *earn* those black scrubs by the end of the season.

Why yes, I have watched a lot of Marvel movies, how can y--

Maybe a wizard even gets caught mid-speech and accidentally activates a darker, more dangerous spell that both parties have to navigate

The way profit maxxing corpo culture has invaded every form of art through algorithms pushing people into daily posting is really weighing on me lately. Efficiency and regularity of making "content" being prized above all else feels so grim, man.

BEAT @beatskelton.bsky.social • 1h I THINK WE'LL KNOW THE SITE IS FULLY BACK ONLINE WHEN HE FINALLY CAN LOG IN LONG ENOUGH TO DELETE THIS. • Removed by author Karl Olson Ultraklys... @karlrol... • 1h Good thing i screencapped it [BEAT @beatskelton.bsky.social I THINK WE'LL KNOW THE SITE IS FULLY BACK ONLINE WHEN HE FINALLY CAN LOG IN LONG ENOUGH TO DELETE THIS. Why @why.bsky.team • 8d • Bluesky Elder Looking forward to what the "ai sucks ackshoeally" crowd has to say about this one.] 12:54 PM • Apr 16, 2026

the speed at which this happened is the funniest thing i’ve seen all day on this busted ass site

i reposted both the users in this as well, i’m just appreciating the juxtaposition here

Just sobbed hardest I have since my mom died in 2020.

She missed these trials by a few months.

One of most ruthless cancers. Hard to fathom that maybe she'd still be here.

I feel such a hole inside.

In case you're wondering if we should fund mRNA research instead of another stupid war ... yes.

I consistently repeat to folks that they do not in fact ever *succeed* on their own. Sometimes the assistance is visible, often it is submerged. None of the USian billionaires *succeeded* on their own. In fact, most of them continue to benefit from your money, labor, etc....

In a truly bangin’ twist I’m on my way to see Carpenter Brut AND HEALTH in concert tonight.

Brooklyn never fails to come through

job

I say this a lot nowadays but this seriously reads like a parody

It's stupid to even try to meet their perspective halfway because it just doesn't follow any logic. It's the shortest-term plan with nothing to it beyond "make line go up"

Even in capitalist terms, AI makes no sense.

If your goal is to cut as many jobs as possible, you're also cutting potential customers with buying power. You're literally shrinking your own market.

I guess these guys already have so much money they don't really care about everybody else's future.

I said it once, I'll say it a thousand times: lettering is an art skill and controls the flow of a comic. Passing it off as a waste of time is highly disrespectful.

I shouldn't be wallowing while the weather's like this