Imagine waking up from a nap with an incredible soul-decimating yearning to play the song "I'll never get over you getting over me"

tiktok of a lad in an xmen shirt captioned film bros when your favorite movie is the avengers instead of a 6 hr black and white bulgarian film with 0 discernable plot or characters

there is a square-shaped hole in your heart and you are trying to fill it with piss: a thread🧵

You used to be able to "inspect element" in this country. You used to be able to download video

recently my friend's comics professor told her that it's acceptable to use gen AI for script-writing but not for art, since a machine can't generate meaningful artistic work. meanwhile, my sister's screenwriting professor said that they can use gen AI for concept art and visualization, but that it won't be able to generate a script that's any good. and at my job, it seems like each department says that AI can be useful in every field except the one that they know best. It's only ever the jobs we're unfamiliar with that we assume can be replaced with automation. The more attuned we are with certain processes, crafts, and occupations, the more we realize that gen AI will never be able to provide a suitable replacement. The case for its existence relies on our ignorance of the work and skill required to do everything we don't.

it’s come to my attention that my tumblr post has been crossposted to bluesky, so I’m posting it on my account here #AntiAI #GenAI

digital illustration of a cricket boy going to school and waving to his mom watching him from a tree stump house

digital illustration of a magpie inkcap humanoid character riding a magpie, flying above orange fields

digital illustration of a postman panda blowing a post horn and summoning various animal postmen to help them deliver letters

digital illustration of a cozy tree stump house in the middle of a dark forest

Hiii, it’s my birthday and, as they say, the best gift you could give me is sharing my art!! Thank u 💛

Zekrom works too

Panel 1: A father in a blue shirt and khaki pants is holding up the world (represented by a small version of planet Earth) in front of his daughter. The daughter has messy hair with a braid going above the ears on both sides, to the back where it becomes a ponytail, and wears a pink t-shirt and yellow skirt. She is reaching for the world. The father says "Daughter. Like any good father, I want to give you the world." Panel 2: Closeup of her little pants reaching for the world, which is resting in his big hand. Panel 3: The father pulls his hand away, out of reach of this little hands, which are now uncertain and defeated. The background darkens. Panel 4: "... If you can TAKE it from me," says the father. They are now in space, seemingly atop a solid pond reflecting the stars. The father is drippling the world between his legs, stanced up for some 1v1, with a basketball hoop behind him. The daughter looks on in the foreground.

don’t give them their freedom, because they’re not going to give you yours

Before Reagan, trickle-down economics was called the Horse & Sparrow Theory - if you feed the horse enough oats, the sparrows can then eat the stale oats with a side of manure. Bon appétit!

I can understand resilience against the personal suffering brought by the inevitable misfortunes, mistakes, and misunderstandings of living as dumbass apes. But systematic or state-sponsored ones? Jesus accepted the cruelty of the Romans, we won't.

Okay I need a rewatch then

Panel 1: A swordsman with a short, ragged red cape, 2 brown belts, and a shoulderpad, stands with a wide stance and his sword drawn in his right hand. We see him from behind the shoulder of his opponent, who seems to be wearing blue. Something is written on the red swordsman's chest, illegible from this distance. Panel 2: We zoom in. What's written on the red swordsman's chest is "GOOD". He says "We could have been friends, you know." Panel 3: The perspective is turned as his opponent is revealed to be wearing a long blue cloak and rectangular framed glasses. The wind billows his cloak. Panel 4: The blue swordsman shifts his cloak to draw his sword, which glints in the sunlight with a "shiiiiing". It is revealed that on his chest is written "PERFECT". He responds: "No. We couldn't have."

Oh no some dark entity may have answered my prayers

one of us one of us

a cool thing about art is that anyone can consider themselves an artist & anyone else can disagree with them. it's fine! genre & hierarchy are largely marketing &/or criticism tools. it's also just as valid to make art for pleasure as for profit/approval. just think about what matters most to you.

that's it my AI-sense is no longer working

carvanhas and the torpedo sharks where?

me and my queen! if I had one

Good morning !

Last year the Japanese variety show Gaki no Tsukai had the famous singer Yoko Takahashi go undercover at a restaurant where she fooled everyone right up until she took the stage and belted out A Cruel Angel's Thesis, the intro song to Neon Genesis Evangelion. Just stunning.

Amen

Over a trillion dollars unaccounted for in the military budget. It's a grift that makes Americans more vulnerable and less healthy.

Wait, this made me realize I unwittingly approached it like dealing with Daedra from the Elder Scrolls games since forever

Forgive the earnest post here, but one year ago this week, Global Tetrahedron took over The Onion. We've since brought back the paper and ONN, dramatically increased revenue, and hired more writers and artists.

But most importantly, as other places debased themselves, we refused to bend the knee.

Amazing how so on point Andor is.