Now this is a video I'm scared to show my mom!

Should the plural of penis be peni instead of penises #thinking #philosophy

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© Simon Wohlfahrt / AFP via Getty Images. Members of Amnesty International hold a banner reading "Stop genocide" during a demonstration called by a dozen pro-Palestinian organizations in support of the Palestinian people, in Brussels, on January 26, 2025.

Today, the 27 EU Heads of States meet in Brussels & will discuss the ‘Middle East’.

Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza continues unabated despite the ‘ceasefire’, as Israel continues to restrict the entry of medical & reconstruction supplies and electricity.

Today is the Transgender Day of Remembrance. Trans people have literally always been here; every time I see someone sneering "oh but there were no trans people when I was in high school," well. I dated a trans girl in high school, and was close friends with a trans guy.

Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro says 'I'd rather die' than use generative AI Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.

“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I'd rather die.’” 🫡

I've been loving these characters and it just feels really off for their stories to end just because this arc with the Maker is over ngl

THREAD!

Okay, the End of the Ultimate Universe (from my perspective):

It’s true that the original plan was not to “end” the universe. A lot of my run is setting up characters I hoped would go on past me, I think I’ve made that clear and obvious.

BUT

a flow-chart with 2 islands. "Do I need AI?" that flows into a final island saying "No"

Crisafulli insists on more shark nets to protect human lives despite trapped mother and baby whale Queensland premier says he won’t protect whales ‘at the expense of one single human’

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Prick. Humans make a choice to enter the ocean with all the risks that entails. Whales don't get to make that choice. The ocean is their home. Human selfishness prevails.

Yuuuuup. Also, I don't give a shit if some of the worst people in the world think I am being performative or am virtue signaling. Fuck 'em. They don't get to tell me how to be.

Anyway, trans rights are human rights, y'all. It's not complicated.

no

The Wonder Years released No Closer To Heaven on this day a decade ago.

Ordering Illuminaudio on vinyl in solidarity

“You look happier.”

“Thanks, I’m on Bluesky.”

Generative Al is being marketed as a tool designed to reduce or eliminate the need for developed, cognitive skillsets. It uses the work of others to simulate human output, except that it lacks grasp of nuance, contains grievous errors, and ultimately serves the goal of human beings being neurologically weaker due to the promise of the machine being better equipped than the humans using it would ever exert the effort to be. The people that use generative Al for art have no interest in being an artist; they simply want product to consume and forget about when the next piece of product goes by their eyes. The people that use generative Al to make music have no interest in being a musician; they simply want a machine to make them something to listen to until they get bored and want the machine to make some other disposable slop for them to pass the time with. The people that use generative Al to write things for them have no interest in writing. The people that use generative Al to find factoids have no interest in actual facts. The people that use generative Al to socialize have no interest in actual socialization. In every case, they've handed over the cognitive load of developing a necessary, creative human skillset to a machine that promises to ease the sweat equity cost of struggle. Using generative Al is like asking a machine to lift weights on your behalf and then calling yourself a bodybuilder when it's done with the reps. You build nothing in terms of muscle, you are not stronger, you are not faster, you are not in better shape. You're just deluding yourself while experiencing a slow decline due to self-inflicted atrophy.

re: generative AI

I have finally fully and accurately explained my problem with how it’s marketed and used.

And now, you can use it, too.

Calling Snufkin a tumblr sexyman should be considered cultural appropriation. I will not stand for this.

I Spoke To The Devs Behind Bionicle: Masks Of Power, A Fan Game Eight Years In The Making, Suddenly Shut Down By Lego "Lego made it very clear that we had to take the whole thing down."

Our team recently did an amazing interview with @thegamerweb.bsky.social! Be sure to check it out!
www.thegamer.com/bionicle-mas...

A disingenuous disgusting "apology", I have been subjected to horrific media such as "Skibidi Toilet" against my will. You have breached my trust. Goodbye.

I am quite frankly appalled by this behaviour Paige. Like among us: we never voted you out, you were a crewmate to us, and now you cremate this friendship bond like this? I wouldn't even go to Mira HQ after this. Was I and just only a Medbae to you? Shit yourself and fart, maybe even pith

WE'RE SO BACK

I'm gonna cry, I'm actually going to cry. This is the most pissed off I've been in weeks. I have a problem

Architects released All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us on this day 9 years ago.

I'm not disposed to forming words just now. I don't have good ones in any case. This is trash. We are tired.

If you support generative AI and this sort of behaviour, get away from me.

Can't believe we're living in a post-Nik Nocturnal world

This is my personal 9/11

I love that band

So many people have grown up to be the villains of our stories.

This is genuinely how I found out I'm not even joking