Cassandra’s reckless daughter. Piano slinger, rabble rouser, conjuror. Mostly benevolent force of nature. Makes theatre, music, love, comics, poems, trouble. Mutual aid person. Damn good with animals. Loves a puzzle. Fixer.
In my world, mutual aid, already going strong, absolutely blossomed. But I say "my world" because it was also clear it wasn't rolling that way for everyone. In some cases because isolation limited access, in others because the whole idea seemed impossible or somehow personally diminishing...
the Mountain GoatsI agree strongly with this -- in that difficult moment, the possibility of collective effort was conceivable. Not everybody felt it, but many did. I think the political class did not like this one bit.
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)Neoclassical econ assumes rationality. The corollary of, "If you're so smart, why aren't you rich?" is "you're rich, so you must be very smart!" Thus, people assume that if powerful, well-compensated CEOs insist that "AI is changing everything," well then, *AI must be changing everything*. 1/
I recently used an AI to do a piece of specific technical research for a thing I'm writing and I made the mistake of stating that purpose, resulting in the AI asking me if I wanted it to WRITE ME A SAMPLE SCENE like fuck no I don't and if you did and I read it I'd have to kill the fucking project
John ScalziYup. I noted a while back that I don't and won't use "AI" for my writing work, and I recently update my personal site to note that fact. And yes, it's annoying we feel obliged to do this now.
Which means you actually write it yourself it should not need to be said but apparently it needs to be said
Taco Bell QuarterlyEverything counts as writing but writing is the only way to do it
I swear to god I am not a solipsist but sometimes it feels like this is all going on specifically to vex me also these are the same people that are gonna guzzle raw milk and suggest that people feed it to babies for the supposed marvelous health properties
Dare ObasanjoThink about the dumbest person you know. A MAGA TV host on Fox News is dumber.
yeah it's right up there with Trump Cabinet member
Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice ActivistSeattle Police Chief and British Prime Minister gotta have the highest retrenchment rate of any job since WW1 Soldier
Yeah I totally fail to see the issue, this is pretty much how it reads in my journal too. We were there. Trump is and was an idiot and Don Jr is and was a fucking moron. What part of this is mysterious?
Mrs. Betty BowersNo lies detected.
Oh for sure and that's because they already went through the period of 9-11 when ALL LITTLE GIRLS ARE THE DEVIL. Just ask my dog, they are his most feared demographic.
alix e. harrowbought candy at the pool for a 13yo and she tried to give me cash. i was like nahh it's nbd, and she goes "girl i have seen your car." 13yo girls remain undefeated. you think you're talking to a child but you're actually talking to whatever gods used to send to punish mortals for their hubris
DAILY ABSOLUTE NUMPTY REPORT: in this case the headline in not hyperbole www.theverge.com/policy/97231...
The US government just banned RoombasIt’s not just bots with legs.www.theverge.comJust when I thought I couldn’t think less of this utter id-driven broken numpty
Ron FilipkowskiElon has been melting down and raging nonstop since his interview with The Economist and Chef Andres is one of the best and kindest humans on planet earth.
