So say we all.
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So say we all.
Happy Labor Day
Platner: No one cares that you pretend to be remorseful as you sell out to lobbyists. Symbolic opposition does not reopen hospitals. Weak condemnations do not bring back Roe V Wade. Maine deserves better than Susan Collins.
“Symbolic opposition does not reopen hospitals. Weak condemnation does not bring back Roe v. Wade.” Whew
I'm basically not traveling anymore because of this. Is it likely I'm going to get arrested for taking a piss in a restroom if I have a stopover in Texas or some other state that's hard to control? No. Is that risk still enough to utterly offset any chance I'm going to PAX or whatever? Gosh yes.
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Congrats!
The other jawas that do not like disco:
No lies detected
the real answer
Love seeing AI artists get thrown out of an artist alley the same day the most tenured editor at Marvel is like "hey AI is kinda fun, and probably inevitable".
One of my favorite chants from Chicago’s Labor Day Rally.”Say it once, say it twice—we will not put up with ice” #laborday #Chicago #NoTrumpTroops
I fundamentally don’t think the US genuinely reverses its tailspin unless we dramatically change the media ecosystem. A vast swath of our fellow citizens’ brains are just being poisoned all day every day in a way that is impossible to address without the root cause.
Ditto.
To all the aspiring game writers on here, know that you'll never write a combat bark as descriptive and thrilling as "pocket sand!"
'House Tour' sounds like it came right out of A Gooft Movie. I love it. Also now I have an idea for some art. music.youtube.com/watch?v=rt_z...
tiktok taking down their live feature in indonesia while the protests are happening shows they understand the ability that app had to show people what was really happening in gaza and they intend not to let it happen again
Sat down with the head of another startup that wants to “revolutionize” the entertainment industry with gen AI, and I came away from the conversation even more deeply convinced that all of this stuff is a morally and artistically bankrupt scam
“A Democratic National Committee panel blocked a resolution Tuesday that would have called for a suspension of military aid to Israel and recognition of Palestinian statehood, after a debate underscoring growing fissures within the party over its longstanding support of Israel.”
this man is doing obama-level coalition building and it’s so heartening to see someone out there still trying the shit that actually works
It's clear that printing and distribution of my publication TASKS FOR THE NATIONAL GUARD IN CHICAGO is going to disrupt my life at a time when I have no time, so here are files you can print from. It's a double-sided 8.5 x 11" sheet of paper. Please do not edit the text. Have fun!
YES! Welcome back! We must find some time!
YOURE GOD DAMN RIGHT IT IS LETS FUCKING GO THE GREAT KHAN WILL NOT BE STOPPED
In some states, as a trans man who passes for male, I'm legally banned from using a men's restroom but practically banned from using a women's. My choice is between breaking the law and being arrested for breaking it. Few Democrats are talking about how much trans people have lost, and how quickly.
awful conspiracy shit aided by AI garbage machines: it's not just for conservatives!
I cant be the first one to do this right?
Someone please kill me right now.
The Chicago Labor Day march is getting started. #WorkersDeserve
I love the smell of consequences in the morning. Thank you, @dragoncon.org
This pleases me greatly.
Yall Im making personal/fan art for the first time in over 3 years please pray/clap for me
We dumped a president for being too old only to elect one who immediately died. You can't say that's not funny
...I should play this game
Of all the great things Rabbi Danya posts... this is the most awesome and accurate.
Perhaps the greatest musical fuck you in the history of the industry
When we found our beautiful house in the woods, my initial shock was the silence and all the god damn maintenance lol
Today def feels like one of those days where adulthood/living is a scam. Chore. Eat. Sleep. Work. Clean. Repeat. Nothing I'm trying to fix is getting done, the house is constantly needing cleaning or fixing, this inst fucking life this is maintenance and I hate it.
One of the victories of the "AI" industry is that the use of the word "intelligence" for their product has led to people conflating a massive appropriation of intellectual property for an database sorted and outputted with algorithms, with what actually happens in human brain, one artwork at a time.
happy labor day, workers of the world
Don't forget about the DRM-free Humble Bundle from Tor (with Murderbot, Witch King, and more), benefiting World Center Kitchen. The donation is now at over 58,000. It would be awesome to get it up to $100,000. www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
My own blanket policy is not to share things that are, in my evaluation, clearly AI generated. This leaves a lot of things still available to share!
alright, this one's going to ruffle some feathers. i wrote about how we're in the midst of a crisis of movies that don't actually say anything, with Alex Garland's Civil War standing in as the key example: goodones.beehiiv.com/p/the-shit-h...
“Ok, so I can’t make jewelry, but I’m great at disarming an alarm system and smashing glass cases”
Just spent the last two days trying to replace a light fixture only to snap the ground off of one of my lanes…. now I need to dig deeper into the ceiling to rewire it all again… I’m done for the day I think. Gonna take the pup for a walk
i want bluesky to stay small and be too weird and scary for brands, advertisers and politicians
Lest you say "it's not like that in the United States," I am currently representing a person facing criminal charges for - and this is true - saying "protect trans kids" during a school board meeting
Oh hi, Its me, listening to the new Sabrina Carpenter album.
Wont someone for the love of all that is holy think of the profitability in placating fascists?!?!?!
Rappers would have their whole careers ended for stealing lines or biting someone’s style once upon a time.
If we’re doing another round of “this website will die without me” remember that scientists, i.e. people that actually know things are all coming here. If the choice is between them and column guys, people who know nothing but are good at being annoying, it’s a pretty easy pick
Arguments about being more appealing to the right for business reasons are stupid. Right wingers won’t leave x for Bluesky. But Blueskys core base might disappear if it loses its niche appeal.
“The Judge”; A personal painting from 2022, inspired by the various Bronze Age cultures, a period of history I once explored in depth. The piece evolved through several iterations after experimenting with new techniques in color and atmospheric perspective.
It's my birthday🎉 Gift me your attention please
No good quality industry or culture without a sophisticated media landscape.
alexjaybrady.gumroad.com/l/pawdu
If your heritage is a corporate logo, it deserves to be erased.
Because itch.io is by far the best store out there for game developers, and also players imo, and has been given a hard time lately, I just put my game InFlux Redux on there, and upped itch's rev share to 30%. I want 'em to have a little walkin' around money impromptu-games.itch.io/influx-redux
I've seen an uptick in art and design tests essentially expecting an all-knowing all-skilled developer to land in their laps, resulting in people with incredible skills getting rejected because they just needed a little support in a single area. We are EATING OURSELVES if we hire like this.
Sister Rosetta Tharpe is one of the coolest people who ever lived and you should know who she is. You don't get rock & roll without her.
And with that the parts I know of are cut to length now to just prepare all of them for half lap joints and why some of the maths is ? Gonna just do the layout by eye to get an idea of what feels and looks right with the uprights with the horizontal lengths. #woodworking
i keep thinking about this
A lot of the discourse about Newsom comes down to people finding ways to say “I just think trans people aren’t as important as my other concerns” but saying it in the most cowardly way because they know how dick they would sound it they said it directly But we all know what you are, transphobes
sabrina carpenter tears music video save me…… sabrina carpenter save me…….. #artsky #art #sabrinacarpenter #sabrina #mansbestfriend
Reminder: Most mass shootings are carried out by cisgender men.
The far right succeeded in this country in large part because adult men were angry about this supposed theft, and the Nazis learned to channel that rage. "[Marginalized group] stole your sex mommy!" is quite literally their rallying cry a lot of the time.
If you're arrested in Illinois protesting the planned ICE HQ in North Chicago, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at sheryl@weikallaw.com. As always, I will take as many cases as I can.
Woah! That looks amazing! Were only in our second year of gardening so we only have zucchini, cucumber and tomatoes in plenty, 1 last standing carrot, and some leafy greens. Were gonna try for more diversity next season
Hyperreal opposition party: it only matters if they look like they are resisting
THE GREAT KHAN NEVER MISSES
Why don’t you send everyone proof of life first? (Either way, Chicago doesn’t want you here)
Just saw someone refer to Cheryl Hines as The Marvelous Mrs. Measles and 💀💀💀💀💀💀
If you saw my earlier posts with this same intro header, Tasks for the National Guard in Chicago, they have become the latest Public Collectors zine. I finished it this morning. It's a single folded sheet and I made 425 copies. Get one free on 8/31, 11-6 at the Hairpin Arts Center, at #ZineMercado
Do you feel it! 🎃
If you had told me in 2012 that Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign manager would be posting like this 13 years later i would not have believed you
Reminder as we come into next year that you should only donate *directly* to the candidate of your choosing. Scrutinize everyone trying to get you to give them money. Make sure they aren't a PAC or affiliated with the DNC. Not one dime for the motherfuckers. Not one.
💕🎶 I don’t care what happens to me I just want art and music and you🎶 💕 music.youtube.com/watch?v=XWsq... is
we were all happy for an evening and that’s not nothing
$483k!! Can we get to half a million for PCRF?
Right, exactly. All love to Bernie, but we are so far past the moment of strongly worded opinion pieces. Time to brush up on your Machiavelli and get deviously creative, before we all die of the plague.
i stg half of the world refuses to see people as nazis unless they’re a literal cartoon nazi from a 1940’s donald duck short
I hope they nuke this demonic horseshit from orbit
perhaps you were craving a Defenestration of Prague illustration, I can't be sure
Im so happy for my old district. So happy to support her. More wisdom from @katmabu.bsky.social www.youtube.com/shorts/f6iMd...
Reminder to all you "resisters" and everyone else: YOU DO NOT NEED TO USE AI TO CREATE IMAGES FOR YOUR MESSAGES ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT ETC BEING TERRIBLE Your use of AI actually undermines your message.
Maybe not today, maybe not even tomorrow. But some day.
They say god created Arrakis to train the fathful lol
oh my god