Today in #Writing
How do you remember that you're some flavor of #aromantic?
...You have to ask the search engines "What is romantic attraction" in order to fill out part of a character profile.
For all the people who don’t follow me who keep popping up to say “you can call your senators!” …Listen, I appreciate what you are trying to do, I know this is important, but I DID THAT TODAY ALREADY GO SUGGEST IT FOR THE TENTH TIME TO SOMEONE ELSE PLEASE
There is literally no action that I personally can take that will change this outcome one iota. Hell yes, I’m disassociating.
Viral photo from some years back of a man nonchalantly mowing his yard with a tornado on the horizon .
How it feels doing literally any task right now.
medusaglare › Artemis I| 7h @ Threads i thought i stopped caring about space. turns out I was just sick of SpaceX, not NASA. • 18.3K Q145 G807ł → 143
Speaking of Threads, this one got me in the feels.
🌸の季節(`ᾥ’)
Happy Visibility to all who celebrate.
You make the world so much better, and someday everyone will see it.
In the mean time
A sticker from ohmygollyembroidery on Etsy that says Trans Lives Are More Important Than Harry Potter.
A single panel comic of Barret Wallace from FF7 disgustedly gesturing to a screenshot from nvidia’s atrocious DLSS 5 slop showcase, showing a photo of what was once Grace Ashcroft from Resident Evil Requiem standing in a dark foggy street, but now is a generic yassified AI model standing in a flatly lit Instagram environment. Barret’s text box reads “We’re killin’ the planet for THIS shit?”.
I fear we’re gonna get a lot of mileage out of this Barret meme.
I could not resist, my fave pair from Permission to Bleed (even though it'll take a... long.... time before they hold hands >>) Yilmaz and Kukali have had my heart for uh... decades now. My favorite t4t brats.
What if I just start posting cryptic stuff about my writing here
*pounds table* IDES IDES IDES
Four-panel comic on a dark textured background featuring a fluffy black cat with very large round eyes looking directly at the viewer. In the first panel the text reads “You there,”. In the second panel it says “Yes, you.” In the third panel it says “Just know…”. In the final panel the cat’s eyes contain heart shapes and the text reads “I’m cheering for you.” The signature “purr.in.ink” appears in the corner.
I do not like this gen AI
I do not like what it implies
I do not want it in my art
I do not think it makes you smart
I do not want it in my games
I do not like its goals and aims
I do not want it in my books
I do not like the way it looks
I do not like it, I don't care
I do not want it anywhere
the worlds not over
keep taking your meds
keep taking your HRT
keep scheduling surgeries
keep talking to friends
keep eating
keep sleeping
the worlds not over
you're still needed
Black fluffy cat with big round eyes holding a small pink heart, on a dark background. Text above says: “I hope this week brings you some victories and that good things find you every single day.”
Sometimes it's the little wins that mean the most.
I guess Operation Epic Fury is better branding than Operation Please Stop Talking About Epstein or Operation Maybe This Will Help Me in the Midterms or Operation We'll Work Out the Details Later.
who could have seen AI become weaponized by a corrupt government, except for literally everyone, as well as decades of science fiction
The world could be such a nice place if we allowed it. It's all so goddamn unnecessary. There's no need for any of it. It's so beautiful here. It should be so cool to be alive
hey, uh, y'all *do* know that chatgpt *is* generative ai, too, right? it's not just art. gen-ai is not just stealing & scraping the internet for art, it is *also* stealing & scraping the internet for all types of written word.
you cannot be anti gen-ai and still use chatgpt. all gen-ai is harmful.
The company is like an evil vending machine, you put money in and it does what you want, unless somebody else puts more money in and tells it to stop.
every morning be like
The thing about a sustained general strike is that it would require mutual aid networks and a level of worker organization that we currently don't have. Which is why you should talk to your coworkers about organizing. Just talk to them. Find common grievances. Low pay. Poor working conditions.
Please don't post photos of dead children, or videos of dead children, or yell DONT LOOK AWAY. You are sick. Log off. Touch grass. You have PTSD and are inflicting it on us all. If you are not in media/ a conflict researcher/ etc you do NOT need to consume Horrors. Blocking lots right now.
A panel from dungeon meshi that changed my life
try this one weird trick to boost your brain
I think there's a slightly more nuanced version of this (necessary) reminder.
We have a sustainable rate of about 3–5 hours of productive creative work in a day. ~30 hours a week.
Sometimes you can work longer stretches, say 6–10 hours of good work.
That time is borrowed. You have to pay it back.
The scream I screamed when Palencar agreed…