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thanks to the power of AI, publishers don't need your submissions, AI users. you see, with the power of AI, publishers can cut out the middleman, so if you submit an AI book to a publisher, well, they can generate one book too; there's no reason to give a cut of the sales to you.

hey remember in the distant past of 2008 when comics weren't political

when ur cat wants u to think its chow time

Excellent, thoroughly researched article

Wherever you create a society with an entrenched military class that holds the monopoly on violence, you shall see it grow beyond the control of its original masters after each and every use.

I hate myself for this.

people are like "what's the best story" and it's "army go into a place where science went wrong and die one by one" and "two brothers are tested" but then: 1) there's a detective 2) who doesn't think they're good enough 3) but tries to solve the case anyways 4) and it's just a little weird

abolish ICE and lock these agents in a dungeon.

I'm surprised no one has ever come forward and claimed responsibility for the Max Headroom incident. The statute of limitations passed more than 30 years ago and there were multiple people involved.

LMAO

i'm annoyed when people are like "oh, doc, you'd like thomas pynchon, you do weird shit like him" and then i read thomas pynchon and wouldn't you fucking know it, i do like this motherfucker

Spent all night unlocking this. I don't know how to feel.

I wish I was good at prose

I am trying to be Smart with money and only pay bills and food but I think I'm going to buy and read Piranesi but, as much as I would LOVE this copy, i will, uh, not be able to do that. not yet.

one of the all time great video game teams

hear me out: nioh but the soundtrack is dance tracks of the 1990s

I'm at the boardgame designers' meet up. Someone approaches. "Hey man, they're saying you haven't designed a game with the word 'Pax' in the title. Is that true? Is that right??" My silence is damning. "I'm afraid you're going to have to leave." I shuffle out the door

Reminder to the folks with uteruses: tear gas can really fuck up your reproductive system. Even minor exposure can offset your cycle and do some other nasty things to ya. I bled for weeks after prolonged exposure to tear gas in 2020. If you plan to exercise your 1st amendment rights, wear good PPE

how did lawyers in, like, the 1950s cite cases? like, surely they didn't have access to every opinion or ruling that was coming out in every court every day?

yeah thats the stuff

The existence of "hero images" implies the existence of antihero images, villain images, and slow burn redemption arc images