Thei wante us talkinge alone on our phones to a demon thei created, and not goinge places and being wyth each othir yn art and joy and communitye. Thei want cinemas to shut downe, and broadwaye to go darke. Thei want wryteres to stop writinge. Thei want to give us hell and have us pay for it.
Three Platinum 3776 Century fountain pens, all of which are Japanese stationery shop collaborations, in shades of aqua, mint, and pale blue. They’re extremely similar in appearance, though one lacks glitter and is more translucent than the others, and one of the glittery pens has silver trim rather than gold.
Okay FINALLY I can compare these three! LTR: Platinum x Hi-Note Kusatsu Onsen; Platinum x Nonble Peppermint Tea; Platinum x Nagasawa Hassho Cider.
Is it unnecessary and perhaps ridiculous to have three pens that are so similar? Yeah. Am I sorry? Lmao no.
Finally getting a breather from the logistical tasks of moving to another country, and now have some time to reflect on the Duterte arrest. I recall my analysis of how Duterte dealt with the rule of law as infinitely stretchable, elastic. This was in 2021:
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Creepy AI slop 🤮
OpenAI is using Studio Ghibli-style memes as an ad hoc promotional campaign for its new image generator—despite Ghibli founder Hayao Miyazaki's famous hatred of AI. Sam Altman made his X avatar a 'Ghiblified' portrait.
Disgracing Miyazaki is part of the point: It's more proof to them tech has won.
An all-expenses-paid trip to Den Haag!
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
Haguenfreude = deriving satisfaction from seeing a tyrant being brought to the ICC to face justice. #duterte
“Today, Duterte is being made to answer – not to me, but to the victims, to their families, to a world that refuses to forget. This is not about vengeance. This is about justice finally taking its course.”
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Philippines I see what you’re doing and I want you do to it to the Marcos family as well
unfortunately the only reason it’s even happening is bec Marcos is using the ICC to stab their political allies in the back (the Dutertes) without getting their hands dirty. think Lannisters, Freys, Starks, Red Wedding. except everybody sucks.
"Rodrigo Duterte, Philippine Ex-President, Is Arrested on I.C.C. Warrant. The International Criminal Court has been investigating the deadly crackdown that Mr. Duterte, who was detained in Manila on Tuesday, oversaw while in power."
There. Is. No. Ethical. Use. Of. GenAI.
It cannot be fixed or improved or only use licensed data because it relies entirely on the volume of stolen data.
It is FUCKING POINTLESS to talk about it in games and you are only PLATFORMING THEIR SHITTY ARGUMENTS and giving it legitimacy it does not have.
I don't have:
*all the emojis to express how this feels
*all the words to vomit in reaction
*all the time to celebrate with the many many many friends who've been waiting for this
*all the liver to contain the kind of alcohol this calls for
a public holiday for the Philippines is in order!
Would it be premature to call off work for the day and drink several beers to celebrate a certain arrest?
Essential reading.
#TodayinHistory in 1896, José Rizal’s death sentence was formally read to him, just one day before his execution. In a race vs time, priests pressed him to retract his writings. Rizal spent his final hours bidding farewell to his mother, sisters, & niece. #EduSky
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Dec 27, 2024: Two children are run over by a taxi driver in Manila. Skim the comments section and many Filipinos blame the kids' parents for letting them play on the street, instead of the driver *who knew they were there and drove anyway*
When will we have our Stop de Kindermoord moment?
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“Despite being compulsory under the law, only 7.7 percent, or 164 of the 2,130 government agencies, had registered their data privacy officers (DPO) and data processing systems (DPS) in 2023, COA noted in its annual report.“
“People call [the antiscience movement] ‘misinformation’ or ‘the infodemic’ as tho it’s just random junk out there on the Internet or social media, and it’s not— it’s organized, it’s well-financed, and it’s politically motivated.” — Dr. Peter Hotez in @sciam.bsky.social
As it seems like we're currently all living on top of a volcano, we might as well dance.
La Vie Parisienne Magazine, 1927.
Infrastructure is one thing, but widening, smoothing and leveling sidewalks will not be effective if we let cars park all over them like before.
The cars will not leave of their own volition. We need to be intentional about reducing cars in our cities.
clause =📝
Claus = 🎅
claws = 🐈
You must have good credit because I have low interest.
"Refusing Generative AI in Writing Studies."
Plese make sure to share thys lynke:
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Last Christmas Ich gave thee myne hearte
But the verye next daye ther came a wolf,
Wyth sinews of whispers - quiet as frost -
And the wolf stole my hearte, fled
To a tower out of tyme biyonde all the stars.
Seek now myne hearte,
Return it within a yeare and a daye:
Thys ys thy queste!
A.I. ys sort of similar to necromancye but, lyke, not cool