NEW YORK (AP) — Anthropic agrees to pay authors $3,000 per book in landmark settlement over pirated chatbot training material.
MHA (the degree). She/they. Writer/reviewer, researcher, and metalhead. I sometimes talk about the books I read. @ninecirclesblog.bsky.social and other bylines. Se habla castellano/español. Nazis a la horca. #metalbandcampgiftclub #metalmusicstudies
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NEW YORK (AP) — Anthropic agrees to pay authors $3,000 per book in landmark settlement over pirated chatbot training material.
It is release day for me! The best way to support my new album "The Burden of I" is to buy on BC either digital from me, or tapes from @fiadh.bsky.social Leaving a quick BC Review is a huge boon, and any shares, posts, etc all help as well :) Thank you all for the continued loved and support <3
Since RFK Jr. is lying to Congress again, it’s worth remembering that he has been a dishonest, entitled, sadistic piece of garbage his entire miserable life. Here’s part one of @iwriteok.bsky.social’s four-part series on the man trying to kill your grandparents & children. overcast.fm/+AA4cUOKLyKE
They truly don't get enough credit. I love that fucking band
I like how most of my reactions when something happens is a variation of "Well, fuck" or "Well, shit".
Well, fuck. And unless they are stopped, they are going to keep going, huh?
ok make sure you click on all 4 pictures :)
thread (and spoiler alert, amazing new recording)
this
Mikko Aspa vom Label "Northern Heritage" und der Band "Clandestine Blaze", spielen am 11.10.2025 im Club Seilerstraße in #Zwickau. Aspa ist eine zentrale Figuren der finnischen NS-Musikszene. Er spielt in NS-Bands, veröffentlicht NS-Musik und verbreitet neofaschistische Literatur. (1/5) #Sachsen
The Burden of I, releasing this Friday, is multi-instrumentalist and songwriter @allieinchains.bsky.social’s first black metal offering. A veteran of thrash and power metal, Alicia uses the atmospheric elements of the genre to explore themes of isolation, identity, trauma, & ultimately perseverance.
Suprise! The @terzijdehorde.bsky.social release show will be the Friday of Soulcrusher! We'll have a special guest AND a special treat! New merch! Riffs! CRAZY.
All I want is for everyone to hate these fucking fascists as much as I do. That's really all that remains of my politics.
The largest SNAP cuts in history went into effect yesterday, eliminating or drastically cutting food assistance for millions of Americans. And it’s all to pay for more tax cuts that primarily benefit the super-rich. Trickle-down economics isn't just a hoax — it's cruel.
I refuse to give em dashes to the AI
I am about to fully embrace my interest into death-doom and I am about to make it everyone's problem!
Happy Labor Day to all the artists that spend so much time honing their craft and sharing it with us on the internet. I see more art in a day than most of humanity has in their entire lives and I am deeply grateful for it. Thank you for your labor.
at their core, trans rights, abortion rights, and vaccine rights are actually all the same issue: they’re all about bodily autonomy, and the willingness to concede any of them puts the others at risk.
Dear Democratic Leaders, If you won’t stand up for trans people and their rights, you’re tellling me you won’t stand up for *anyone* or *any rights* the second they come under attack. You’re telling me you don’t stand for anything at all. Also, they’re *people*. Grow a spine or get out the way.
Happy birthday, friend! 🖤
It's my birthday! And if I'm being honest, I'm not having a great time of it right now! So if anyone wants to do something nice, I would massively appreciate anyone who likes my music leaving an Ampwall or Bandcamp review.
See ya, NYC! It was fun to be in you for a while, but back to LA I must go!
You know what? I own this album, but because I can't read the band name, I didn't know it was them. Thank you!
I don't know the band, but I would wear that shirt.
Congrats, darling! 🎉🎉🎉
our patience has been rewarded
❗The biggest neo-nazi music festival in over a decade is coming to Great Yarmouth and we need your help to stop it. hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/28/g...
I'm not THAT dense, I know probably 99% of black metal artists are "inspired" by sketch music, but dawg I'm gonna be real I think it's time to stop publicly listing those artists as influences
NO WHAT THE FUCK
You should never judge an album by its cover, but if its AI then it sucks and fuck you. #metalsky
If you follow trans artists, creators, etc - for the love of god please support them however you can, as doggedly as you fight for anything, because more and more and more we are increasingly at risk of losing everything at every turn. If you, too, are trans - I love you, I'm sorry it's this way.
New "How to Report ICE" zines up today for free printable download! California (by county/area) Chicago Colorado DC Metro Area (DMV) Massachusetts North Carolina Triangle Area NYC Philly Pittsburgh Portland, OR St. Louis Metro Area Washington State Please share! drive.google.com/drive/folder...
lmao. holy shit
If you are cis/my friend this js not an exaggeration-- stop scrolling. Read this. Now. Share this. Talk about it We have been stripped of what little power we had I cant do anything else but ask you to educate yourself and take action however you can We are running out of voices to scream with
i wrote my original thesis pitch on how we're approaching another transgender holocaust comparing trends in nazi germany to trends currently going on in the west. but i was told i was being "alarmist" and "insensitive to holocaust survivors". anyway we're at burning the Hirschfeld Institute
Still on vacation, but hey! Here's another review for ya!
I don’t want my computer to have an “AI assistant” preloaded onto it. I want it to come preloaded with paint, minesweeper, space cadet pinball, and Internet Explorer which will self destruct after being used to download a proper browser for grown ups.
Why publish one story about A.I. gone wrong when you can publish two? Here's my other story today on how the NYPD used facial recognition tech to arrest the wrong man for public lewdness. The perp was 5'6''. Cops charged Trevis Williams, who is 6'2''. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/n...
I may be on vacation, but I wrote about the new Hexrot album, out on Friday via @transcendingobs.bsky.social!
Well we're about to live through the absolute worst year of anti-trans hysteria any of us has ever seen, so hold onto your brothers, sibs, and sisters and keep things locked down.
The concept of 'kvlt' in is inherently anti-queer and anti-revolutionary because it is fundamentally reductive and insular, and reflects a conservative mindset of art Queerness is about leaving the closet, not sealing yourself in another There's my "hot take" Liberate black metal from fascists
Haven't read this paper yet, but something has been on my mind: because diffusion and LLMs were more "discovered" than "invented," the explanations given for how they work, even by folks in the industry building them, are assumptions. Those stories drive AI narratives, and they're usually wrong.
GOOD
We were going to do another big marketing stunt for THE TOXIC AVENGER UNRATED. Instead, Toxie, whose life was upended by crushing medical bills, has joined forces with Undue Medical Debt to erase at least $5 million in un-payable medical debt for those who need it most. Learn more:
It's time for Operation Mincemeat!
Happy birthday, darling!
I’ve said it before but reading all the medieval history books I’ve been reading lately has been so comforting. Makes you realize that there have always been mad and incompetent kings and they almost always die in ignominy and everyone piles shit on them for centuries after they’re gone.
The denazification of Black Metal isn't as hard as most people imagine because Black Metal never belonged to the Michaels and Kristians in the first place. Corpsepaint and rusty swords don't transform your race theory into something sublime.
This article is reposting the study from July 10 (linked below) but let’s keep the party going academic.oup.com/icb/advance-...
Here’s better reporting about that which seems to be missing from most U.S. reporting
Today’s Executive Order creating a *nationwide* military “quick reaction force” and setting up an online portal to permit random fascist vigilantes to join soldiers is one of the scariest things I’ve seen in U.S. politics in my adult life. Why is it not getting more attention?
Adam Raine, 16, died from suicide in April after months on ChatGPT discussing plans to end his life. His parents have filed the first known case against OpenAI for wrongful death. Overwhelming at times to work on this story, but here it is. My latest on AI chatbots: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...
blackmetalsketchbook.com Find a new favourite band. #nohomeforNSBM
It's really fucked up the news media at large is searching so hard for humanity in machines, while systematically denying humanity to Palestinians, trans people, immigrants, and other persecuted people
One of the most prominent figures in this field ended critical aid for millions of people condemning an untold number of people to death.
No. AI does not suffer and, therefore, there's no need to advocate for its welfare. It is just an LLM - it cannot feel and will constantly be replaced with a newer model.
Being right sucks sometimes.
I much prefer doing my research amidst the flickering lanterns of an old-fashioned library in Prague during a raging thunderstorm with the help of a library ghost, so no, I'm afraid I have no interest in "asking ChatGPT."
I know this is not a unique observation but public health was basically created to deal with the Spanish flu, and then a century later COVID hit and killed twice as many people and our response was to destroy public health
Now that I had time to catch up on sleep and just be me for a bit: New area of [REDACTED] unlocked!
Meanwhile, I will! Good news for me!
Spanish is superior about this. We're estadounidenses ("Unitedstatesians"), not Americans in Spanish, because Mexicans and Guatemalans and Ecuadorians and Canadians and Brazilians and *all* the rest are Americans, too—were Americans before this country claimed "of America" for itself.
An actually pretty good cover of "Take On Me" by a Norwegian prog/metal band (the video is a "making of" sort of thing, with the actual song coming in at about 11:05): youtu.be/Te2MR6j5Qhg
I don’t care how much I like you or your band, I will not click thru if you use AI for your cover art.
Squirrel with the staff
As you should!
yeah I'll incorporate AI into my workflow. the workflow of my butt
Trying to get a bunch of stuff done at work before I go on vacation next week, and sometimes I feel like I am the one person holding things together
This cinematic progressive black/death album fucks incredibly hard visitant1.bandcamp.com/album/rubidium
Joost's game All Will Rise gets a major feature in the Guardian! Good article, take a look.
Happy birthday, Allie! 🎉
when the bubble finally completely pops, everyone who's been aggressively pro-AI should have to wear a dunce hat for at least 5 years
Lovingly lent from a friend.
I don't know who needs to hear this, but if you're using AI imagery, you're not "resisting", you're not in any sort of "resistance". You're capitulating, you're yielding. You're actively helping what you claim to oppose by using it.
Went through a revisit of this album and it still fucks two years later open.spotify.com/album/71PYpl...
Two things can be true: 1) this administration is causing & will cause incalculable damage & death to vulnerable people, and eventually to everyone except maybe the oligarchs. It is a horror show beyond many of our wildest previous imaginings 2) they are bungling fools and they have already failed
Direct action indeed.
good morning to all women with threatening auras
Saw the post and I had to laugh too. Also, hell yeah, would also love some curry.
I AM EPILEPTIC AND I APPROVE THIS VIDEO (seriously though avoid it if you're prone to seizures)
YEEEES 🖤 I AM SO EXCITED FOR NEW @terzijdehorde.bsky.social
The biggest problem is obviously that more records don't sound like the forthcoming @terzijdehorde.bsky.social
I too hate Rom with every fiber of my being, mainly because of its kids. Also, if you want a companion, I am always down to play with other people.
I didn't do a lot of parrying in any of my Bloodborne playthroughs, but I still had a lot of fun just going in and killing bosses.
Oh, same! And it's absolute torture for a while
I have one of those too and GOD the detangling not only takes forever, but it can hurt sometimes, especially when the knot takes a bit
Yes. That's the issue and it sucks.
For the zillionth time: AI chatbots are NOT search engines! Scammers are now reverse engineering the likely results to *create* the fake URLs and resources AI will hallucinate to you, thereby steering you directly to malware or bad actors. Stop treating ChatGPT like Google.
Figure I may as well spread the word on this as if there wasn't enough shit to worry about: They're trying to pass SOPA again under the guise of the BlockBEARD bill and some other bills.
I mean, what's in a name if it doesn't spark a debate of belief vs. faith?
Why are some still spreading misinfo that "masks only work when everyone wears one," & use it as an excuse not to mask as "no-one else is." It isn't all or nothing. While it's safer when more mask because there's less virus in the air, a well-fitting mask protects you even if no-one else masks.
Sometimes, my brain makes connections and now I have to watch more movies lol
Listened to the most recent episode of The Final Girls, and now all I can think about is how the aptly-named Deacon is the deacon of the potential "Church of Xenomorphic Evolution"
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I also love her voice very much. It adds this very interesting textural layer to the music, and that made me really enjoy that EP. You lucky person!
The Trent Reznor project! Was listening to the self-titled EP today, and I wish they had made more music outside of the two EPs and Welcome Oblivion.