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When you use GenAI, even to mock them, they still win. The point to them is that you're using it at all. This shit doesn't affect your target, it affects the people who's work is stolen to train the machine. Please stop using it. There are better alternatives.

"I'm a Noble on the Brink of Ruin, So I Might as Well Try Mastering Magic" might be the worst isekai anime I've seen to date. I can forgive a lot. Low quality animation and dodgy character design? Okay. OP main character? Sure, why not. But the story has to make up for it. And this one just...1/4

The Democrats to yell at: Bennet (CO) Blumenthal (CT) Cortez Masto (NV) Durbin (IL) Fetterman (PA) Gallego (AZ) Hassan (NH) Heinrich (NM) Hickenlooper (CO) Kelly (AZ) Klobuchar (MN) Peters (MI) Reed (RI) Rosen (NV) Shaheen (NH) Warner (VA)

“You have a sword, sheathed at your hip. You can unsheathe it whenever you want. You must never unsheathe it.” “Unsheathe your blade and immediately kill the person in front of you. Then, remove your character from the game. You cannot play them any longer.”

still thinking about this look

To me, a Nazi salute means, "I want to murder your family." There can be no irony about it: It puts deep anger and hatred in my heart to see it done and I will never forgive anyone who justifies or minimizes it.

If we don’t listen to each other like this, I don’t want it

Time for some deep cut #worldbuilding examination. One of the frequent criticisms I see about the culture of the Death Watch Mandalorians is about their wearing of helmets. But I think that this is a super shallow look at the situation that's fed by the format/focus of the show. 1/8

Apparently my sense of scale for meatballs is off. I made a homemade batch today for a spaghetti & meatballs dinner and everyone declared they were "giant". Thing is, I made them small! I can close my hand around them! They're not giant! #SpaghettiProblems

Shocker. It's almost like letting Tesla self certify their safety was a bad idea or something.

I still think this is true. It’s just all about doing the work. And then your style and “voice” naturally emerges from all that practice.

maybe the future is worth experiencing but the past as far as i know it was not for most people

sweet

Hell On Earth: Hellraiser 3

using the (preferred) pronouns of people when you know them

personal mastery, space-time manipulation, and probability manipulation superpowers

ice cream

it really is better to ask for help than suffer because you lack certain knowledge or abilities

Liberals don't hate racism, transphobia, homophobia, fascism, etc. because of the actual human suffering involved, they just think it's tacky.

Gangbang but all the tops are just one very exhausted guy changing hats

I think often of Trayvon Martin. Who he could’ve been. What he could’ve done if he made it to 30 today. 🖤🙏🏽

Please, trans folks I'm begging you, if it doesn't exist, make it. I spent all the early years of my transition - those annoying and over the top "too much" years - just doing shit because it looked like it needed doing, and I still see the positive effects of that a decade later.

A common tactic in occupied countries is to remove or rearrange street signs. Make it hard for anyone who doesn't already know the place to figure out where anything is

the Chronicles of Riddick

"spoink" doesn't feel like a legit pokemon to me. it feels like something you'd see in a romhack made by a teenager. it looks like it came from a set of bootleg stickers. it should be on a slightly odd holographic card that your aunt got for you while abroad. i don't say any of this disparagingly

“Bsky isn’t ______” Okay, bitch. What are YOU bringing to the table? You expect those of us with personalities to do all the heavy lifting? You don’t have to post a ton. Be a good reply guy. Follow engaging people. Create the engagement that is missing for you. Don’t stand in the corner.

#writing #fiction she liked making messes she didn't have to clean up. a dresser covered with jewelry that could've been stored in the pretty box she kept nothing else in. books stacked in piles rather than shelved because the shelves were for the pretty rocks. harmless chaos.

I don’t care if you’re a relative, a fantasy novelist, or an elected official, transphobia is manufactured outrage and transphobe are trash. None of America’s problems are cause by trans people. None. But a LOT are caused by bigots.

I'm not sure my capacity for Love is that strong. My Will is limited.

This sounds like a #TTRPG prompt. 😆 What ideas you got for this one, #RPGDesign friends? #Worldbuilding #IndieGameDev

Don't worry though, Amazon assures us that "it's not because of unionization". They just spontaneously decided to close their facilities and move to third party support for... Reasons™.

lol he didn’t move the inauguration indoors because of weather, it’s because a bunch of CEO’s are scared of copy cat Luigi’s lmao

🎧 The hsien of Changeling sat oddly with their cousins, how else could they be imagined? Sebastian Noh, author of grand In the Realm of Gods and Dreams joins to talk Half-Devils, Living Prayers, and their interactions with the mages of The Golden World. Listen #ttrpg

Running all year long! The *third* Forever Open Source game jam. Come contribute not just games (though we love games!) but SRDs, art, music, settings, anything that helps people create or play TTRPGs! Explore a world of open gaming: itch.io/jam/forever-... #TTRPG #GameJam

Physical books, or at least DRM free and downloadable electronic copies that you can keep and hold. If a company or government can remove your access to it, you don't "own" it.