In conclusion, I think misuse of ChatGPT is as much a symptom of a society in decline as it is a cause. If kids felt an education would actually benefit them in material ways, they wouldn't cheat. This is a sign that the kids have read the room and, by and large, already given up.
Random+ anecdotal, but I wonder how much of the rampant cheating in academia rn is the availability of ChatGPT and how much is our culture already bending to accommodate fascism. I briefly taught school in an authoritarian regime 20 yrs ago +cheating was endemic even w/o AI bc effort didn't matter
This! Been making comics for 15yrs and I am deeply aware that the only person who is gonna get the experience I want out of what I create is me. Sounds like a problem but is actually a GREAT excuse to put every queer character/dynamic into it that I've found lacking in the media I grew up with.
A drawing titled "Wild Rabbit vs. Easter Bunny". On the left, there's a wild cottontail bunny. On the right, there's a cartoonish Easter Bunny wearing a little vest and standing next to some colorful eggs. The wild bunny is labeled "Eyes on the sides of the head to watch for predators." and the Easter Bunny "Forward-facing eyes to hunt for meat." Wild bunny: "Active all year." Easter Bunny: "Only active in Spring - otherwise in diapause as a cyst?" Wild bunny: "Walks on four legs." Easter Bunny: "Unusual bipedal stance." Wild bunny: "Plain brown and white fur." Easter Bunny: "Distinctive vest-like markings." Wild bunny: "Gives birth to live young." Easter Bunny: "Steals and redistributes eggs; parasitic reproductive strategy?"
Resharing this older, horrible thing. Happy Easter!
"In 1736 I lost one of my sons, a fine boy of four years old, by the small-pox, taken in the common way. I long regretted bitterly, and still regret that I had not given it to him by inoculation. This I mention for the sake of parents who omit that operation, on the supposition that they should never forgive themselves if the child died under it; my example showing that the regret may be the same either way, and that, therefore, the safer should be chosen."
Ben Franklin on vaccination. (via Mic: www.mic.com/articles/109...)
this is actually the energy i want from straight romances of every genre!!! she should be a merciless highwayman with a tortured past and he should be sliding his glasses bashfully up his nose as he tends her wounds
Ruth, a pearl white dragon with green eyes, poses regally with wings spread against a cliff face. Her rider Jaxom rears back, saddle-mounted just above her wings. A foreclaw grips rock as the other releases, flexing like fingers. Ruth's tail, marked with a parallel ridges of short spikes and ending in a spade-shaped tip, curls forward around her back leg. A tiny dragon grasps Jaxom's finger, perching like a bird. Across the misty valley, a group of dragons take flight, soaring past the Red Star which hangs in deep blue sky like a bloody moon just above the jagged spine of mountains.
THE WHITE DRAGON (1978)
Acrylic on Masonite - 20" X 30"
Although this is the third book in the series, this was my first Pern cover, and I was determined to create the dragons as faithfully to Anne McCaffrey's description as possible. 1/4
i cannot express the depths to which you must have sunk, the purity of your vileness, if you're too evil for mitch fucking mcconnell
Webcomic creators - ComicFury needs our help! ComicFury is basically the last of the old-school webcomic hosting sites and the mod Kyo needs more financial support if he's going to continue. If you host on ComicFury, I encourage you to support Kyo at patreon.com/comicfury or ko-fi.com/comicfury! 🐊📖
This bill in OK is exactly what Project 2025 threatened: to make all pornography illegal, and criminalize the people who make it, using a WILDLY broad definition of pornography, which would include any book with sex in it.
We're talking jail time for romance authors.
oksenate.gov/press-releas...
photo of a snake shaped soft pretzel on the baking sheet with other nearby snake pretzels. it has black sesame eyes
photo of three snake pretzels on a white plate. one is pretzel shaped, one is kind of pretzel shaped, and one is snake shaped. they all have black sesame eyes
we made snake pretzels ToT
To our American friends who may now be struggling to find health information on US websites: Please check out the Public Health Agency of Canada's website for helpful resources, updated dashboards & practical health tips.
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Hayao Miyazaki's short guide to watercolor painting -- we put this translation together a couple of years ago
HELL YEAH
Just what publishing needs rn
My Murder Ballerinas are with their editor, time to work on the Tango Lesbians. #murderballet #toohottotango
Never grocery shop without masking. It makes good health sense AND good anti-panopticon sense.
THE meme of 2025 for me.
screenshot from bookshop.org showing that ebooks are now available through their site, so that you can buy ebooks and still support local bookstores
oh word???
Read.
Read books.
Reading books is resistance.
Buy.
Buy books.
Buying books is resistance.
Share.
Share books.
Sharing books is resistance.
Celebrate
Celebrate books.
Celebrating books is resistance.
An illustration of a tiger protecting cubs colored in Trans and nonbinary flag colors. Says: "protect trans & nonbinary kids!"
We're going to make it through this 🩷💙
Let's turn our fear and rage into community action.
This is a hard era. But I'm buoyed today by the lessons so many emphasize:
* Picking a lane and working in community is how we make a difference
* Joy is vital, art is critical
* It's unhelpful to be aware of and outraged by every horrible thing
Sometimes, we'll despair. But these truths will help
I will be aggressively focusing on the things that bring me joy for the foreseeable future. So much so that it may seem delusional. I don’t care. It’s joy all the time here.
A male and female Chaffinch face to face in mid air
Mr and Mrs Chaffinch! 😀
Do you know which is which? 🤔🐦
#Birds 🪶
Here are all my links;
linktr.ee/carlbovis
A family of four splitgill mushrooms grow from the side of a fallen branch, upturned to see their radiating double-gills All photos by me
Here are some nice mushrooms
Someone once casually dropped “Abusers groom allies too” into a conversation and my entire worldview shifted in that instant.
Be not afraid!
A week ago, I sprained my ankle and couldn't walk for 3 days. I'm used to hiking an hour a day with my huskies so not being able to walk at all was driving me crazy. And in my jittery sedimentary state, I kept getting visions of this blursed being: a biblically accurate #axolotl
Most men in romance novels respect boundaries, wash their balls, make sure she comes first, care about their children, are emotionally intelligent, and loyal to their relationship.
And then men make fun of women reading "fluff novels."
Because apparently those are unreasonable things to yearn for?
