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Technologist, Artist. Linux, Blender3D. On the internet since before the internet. If you use generative models or any kind of blockchain, I will mock you.
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In a very genuine way we need to salute dudes like this who are just big guys in baseball caps who say things like “I’m a Christian so I think we should care about everybody”

submitted 3 days ago • 48 comments

If only it's namesake had as bright a future.

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I think a lot of people are making the mistake that there's some grand evil plan at work here when the most obvious explanation is that our rulers are powerful idiots who have never learned anything in their lives because they've never faced any consequences from their actions

submitted 3 days ago • 8 comments

People literally died from Covid while claiming it doesn’t exist. There is never going to be a wake up call for some people. A lot of people. It’s not about convincing them if they can’t be convinced. IMO it’s about overwhelming them entirely with opposition.

submitted 3 days ago • 92 comments

This is sorcery.

submitted 4 days ago • 7 comments

Whatever else emerges in time about the Delta crash in Canada, one thing is certain: the importance & amazing professionalism of flight attendants who safely evacuated the plane in a matter of seconds.

submitted 4 days ago • 1417 comments

History: “Eventually the incompetent fascists invariably lose power and then society recovers in a new and stronger way” Me: “Oh, cool, so what has to happen for the spell to be broken??” History: “mmmm…well, that part is less encouraging.”

submitted 4 days ago • 390 comments

True story: a few years ago, I was being interviewed by a reporter for the New York Times. I mentioned the history of eviction statutes and how they tied into Jim Crow. The reporter asked "what's Jim Crow?" When I explained, the reporter didn't believe me and said the US wouldn't do that.

submitted 4 days ago • 819 comments

Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

submitted 7 days ago • 538 comments

It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too. EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them. Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)

submitted 8 days ago • 1909 comments

Evergreen writing tip from John Swartzwelder (creator of a tons of classic The Simpsons episodes, plus some very funny novels). This is from a rare interview, by Mike Sacks of The New Yorker, 2001. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

submitted 10 days ago • 14 comments

Have you ever read a journal/letter/article in an old book and wondered about what the author thought about their place in history? Lots of people think we live in the future. I feel like I'm living in the distant past.

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

*slaps roof of sense of humor* you can fit SO much trauma in this bad boy

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So everybody saying we don’t need to worry about any of this stuff because it’s not legal. When do those legal folks step in and turn everything back to normal? Is that happening Monday? Tuesday?

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Now THIS is cool.

submitted 15 days ago • 10 comments

i wrote something about This Place for @404media.co. please read it, and then log off. 💗

submitted 17 days ago • 48 comments

Welp I’d hoped to finish up my last few decades on earth being a bit less angry. Probably not gonna happen now. Ah well.

submitted 15 days ago • 132 comments

Word of the Day is ‘bayard’ (16th century): one who has the supreme self-confidence of ignorance.

submitted 17 days ago • 397 comments

See now I’m starting to think that these people want a machine to summarize things for them because when a human does it, the human uses words like “no” and “that would hurt people” and “that’s illegal.”

submitted 19 days ago • 28 comments

I hate ai in creative fields so so much I hate it The whole idea is so wrong and mislead Creating is so human. It’s in our core. Since our very beginning. It’s about the process. It’s a bit creating. Ai takes away so much and ruins the whole process and creative thinking

submitted 18 days ago • 7 comments