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Hey, artists, in case you were wondering if your work matters: I'm a scientist working on climate change and biodiversity, and I would not be who I am today without The Lorax, The Secret of NIMH, Watership Down, The Last Unicorn, and The X-Files. I know I'm not alone. Thank you for all you do.

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In 2016, game designer and podcaster, Choi Mika, posted about a t-shirt on social media. Thus begins a story of how the Korean tabletop industry stood against a right-wing mob and transformed their scene for the better. www.rascal.news/how-rpgs-bec...

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In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…

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When OMB head Russ Vought talks about deliberate efforts to put federal employees "in trauma" and make them quit their jobs, he's talking about people like Michelle, recently fired by Musk/Trump. www.sfgate.com/california/a...

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don’t meet your heros. i finally saw the critters from redwall irl and they don’t even talk. they’re just pissing and shitting everywhere.

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I miss the days of two hours ago when I was imagining myself as a cow in a field

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New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

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I have been so excited since I found out this would be announced today! RIP any ability for me to concentrate: www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2...

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resonates.

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The amount of energy that millions of people I'll never meet have put into keeping me safe from things I'll never think about leaves me in an awestruck state of gratitude.

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I don't get personal on main very often, but I spent a few hours writing this, and I want you to read it. It's about my dad and my stepmom, and me, and Stranger Things, and what's happening to the VA right now. www.cheriepriest.com/blog/the-dep...

submitted 8 days ago • 89 comments

Ashitaka's story emphasizes the importance of having two girlfriends, one who is nice but evil and one who is mean but good, and you have to spend all of your time doing stuff for them

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Many people are asking why RFK Jr. talked about the sperm count of young boys in his opening address to HHS and I do not have a good answer for that.

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Bloomberg is reporting that federal workers tasked with approving medical devices for Medicare have reportedly received termination notices. As a wheelchair user who also uses some other assistive devices (canes, shower chairs, that sort of thing) I want to add some context to this.

submitted 9 days ago • 23 comments

Sometimes you just have to lay down the law

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The first time one of my kids did this, I just started shouting "Oh, God. Oh, God. It's my worst nightmare. It's the worst thing that has ever happened" while holding them above the defiled bathwater.

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Rebecca Solnit, again and always. www.meditationsinanemergency.com/no-one-knows...

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Good morning, friends!

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Stuck on a project? Imagine you are an insane willem dafoe character lost in the reverie of endless toil. Make impulsive and reckless decisions! Hum/sing/mumble incoherently to yourself! Find delight in the minute chaos of repetitive actions! Choose to kill a man for speaking in an ambiguous tone

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these guys spent 60 kajillion dollars to make a computer forget how to do math

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Please stop with the generative AI. It's garbage, theft, making us less capable. Image by www.nobodyssweetheart.com

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‘You Can’t Let This Happen,’ Says Fundraising Email From Sitting U.S. Congressperson

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Ttrpg idea: the goblin version of sex and the city

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Me looking at the news everyday:

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My kids systematically check me for weaknesses like the velociraptors in Jurassic Park testing the fence

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- racist DOGE guy (redundant) canned - federal judge upholds birthright citizenship - another judge blocks voluntary resignation - NY state going to court over treasury business - patel put on ice for at least a week

submitted 19 days ago • 112 comments

Every review of AI is like: This isn’t very useful and it makes it harder to do simple tasks than if I just did it myself. Riddled with errors. Can’t see anyone using this. I feel stupider having tried this. That said I believe it will soon make human cognition redundant and eradicate us all.

submitted 20 days ago • 137 comments

I'm supposed to be gathering berries in a forest but instead every day robots attempt to seduce me to get to one of my credit cards

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Two amazing story collections I'm reading right now: The Ghost Sequences by A.C. Wise and Tender by Sofia Samatar.

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Crowd keeps growing outside Treasury as Members who were DENIED entry speak

submitted 21 days ago • 661 comments

people don't want fascism, people want plimbo

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OK! I added a math CAPTCHA to my TTRPG survey, so hopefully that will allow it to work properly now. Anyway! As I was saying, I'm doing a TTRPG survey. Let me know if you play D&D, Cypher, PF2e, Tales of the Valiant, etc., if you GM, and if you play using VTTs! forms.gle/wTvGcE9pGTrk...

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I am nonbinary. The gender that no longer officially exists in the United States. I was offered the chance to change my gender designation to "X" on my passport and driver's license in 2023. I decided not to and here's why.

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i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country

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THIS IS THE WAY. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

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The US Copyright Office has declared that generative AI art and text generated by prompts cannot be copyright protected. (Read more: The Verge)

submitted 27 days ago • 75 comments

Folks, I had a total blast reading Road to Ruin by @hanalee.bsky.social! The protag is a magic bike courier in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, delivering secret love letters between a badass princess and a cinnamon roll prince, BUT, she's in love with them both! Plus DINOSAURS!

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⚠️ Google has given you access to The Computer That Lies. ⚠️ You are now required to use The Computer That Lies.

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THIS IS WHY WE DON'T STOP FIGHTING. www.cnn.com/2025/01/29/p...

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Uh oh 😃

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I started playing KORIKO: A MAGICAL YEAR with my daughter, and it’s been a lot of fun. It’s basically KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE the RPG.

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do you want to know the cool thing about kilns, bluesky

submitted 35 days ago • 17 comments

This is true, you should pay careful attention NOT TO DO IT and use your disciplinary expertise instead.

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