I appreciate that you're actually doing new themed artwork to support the MediaLab protests.
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I appreciate that you're actually doing new themed artwork to support the MediaLab protests.
As a longtime human who has always loved using the em dash... yeah.
Sadly, MAGAs actually think that Trump IS pro-labor, somehow. You know, just like he's also the President for "the working class." Clearly.
I've had to use this comment as a reply to Trump's appointees so many times now, I really should just have it as my pinned post.
Yah, but as Paul mentioned, there are some accounts I follow that I WOULD still like to see reposts from. But there are also a number of them that all repost the same things, and I really don't need to see those a dozen times if I could help it. Account-based options like Twitter has would be ideal.
< And, of course, @johnbaileyowen.bsky.social and also @zach2themax.bsky.social as well, who I just realized are also on Blueksky! This all looks amazing, and gave me real strong old-school anime vibes.
Holy CRAP this is so much better than I was even expecting it to be. And September 19th...! Thank you, @glitchprod.com and @danaterrace.bsky.social! This looks AMAZING so far. #KnightsofGuinevere
[The Onion has entered the Chat]
Perhaps, but if there's anything I'm sure of, it's that there is no 4d chess, no 'intentional distractions,' etc.—Trump and the rest of this regime have all the subtlety of an ice-water enema. They might not be able to DO everything they say, but everything they say is what they would LIKE to do.
Worst thing is that it's not even really trolling; it's earnest. The top brass installed in all these departments believe Dear Leader is infallible, so if Dear Leader says coal is what we should be focussing on, then by god, so be it! Science, and common sense, and data to the contrary be damned!
This is the moment, all right, if that moment was 1874. This is like top brass of the military droning on about how amazing and iconic "sharp sticks" are. Fucking embarrassing.
This reminds me of how @bsky.app needs to add an option to turn reposts on/off for individual accounts you follow, and not just generally. I used to follow/engage with a LOT more accounts back on Twitter because I could just turn off their constant reposts that added nothing to the conversations.
I mean, I block/mute the obvious bad actors and trolls and don't engage, and I've not really had any problem. You ARE a public personality, of course, and people love to engage with such folks regardless of familiarity, but I can't imagine it was any better over on similar sites like Twitter, etc.
So, MediaLab finally had a response regarding the issue. It's largely corporate BS, but I did get a grim chuckle that they leaned into the Business Daddy meme. Also, noteworthy that they only responded after the situation shifted from "protests" to "active NSFW posts to sour the advertiser pool."
< quite the pyrrhic victory, as Imgurians may have pissed off MediaLab to no end by swamping the site, they have also destroyed the very community they wished to save. Of course, the site was operating on fumes anymore, thanks to Business Daddy, so I suppose it's just hastening the inevitable. 😀
The funny thing is, I'm pretty sure Corporate Paternus figured the automated "once enough people complain about a post, pull it automatically and send a warning" would be enough to handle any problematic posts, but were woefully incorrect. Now, with the recent rotation to Breasting Boobily, it's >
Countdown, 42 hours to go.
Oh, he absolutely shouldn't HAVE to, but the reality is that he has become an enduring symbol of exactly how fucked up this regime is, and they will NOT stop trying to get rid of him, because he is a thorn in their side merely by him still existing. Status be damned; I worry for his life, honestly.
Exactly HOW embarrassing is this? The jokes write themselves (I can't wait to see @legaleagle.tv's video on this). "In fact, it’s so easy in most cases that a former New York state chief judge, Sol Wachtler, famously remarked that a prosecutor could persuade a grand jury to “indict a ham sandwich."
We live in a world of openly revisionist digital history. I've gotten in the habit of archiving ANY page I like that I come across that might even be the slightest bit controversial to people in power.
Also, that Imgur post has been archived at archive.fo/DCib2 because we know how much MediaLab loves to delete posts it doesn't like.
Nothing says "This city is obviously in a full-blown catastrophe" than having the soldiers you sent in to "keep the peace" be relegated to doing busy work.
I mean, yeah, you'd think so, but honestly, the two countries have been in a political 'who is dumber' contest for the last decade, so it's really hard to say anymore.
Heh, I'd seen it used by some of the other #altgov accounts, so I figured it was common parlance around here when discussing Trump.
(pssst! Don't engage with trolls and bad actors; engagement is all they're looking for to begin with. Just mute/block them, and move on!)
It turned out that world was not a profitable business model, so For The Good Of The Free Market, it had to go.
I wish I had an answer for that. Hell, we have a lot of Democrats who STILL haven't grasped the fact that we have a fascist regime in control RIGHT NOW. They still think strongly worded letters and legal challenges will somehow work against people who don't read, and gleefully ignore the law.
Yep; that's also why we're going to see ICE at every poll come midterms. This regime won't OPENLY cancel elections going forward, but between gerrymandering, intimidation, cancelling/ignoring mail-in votes, reducing blue voting places, etc., they plan on disenfranchising as many voters as possible.
Wait, is that site like a Kickstarter for... toys and the like? Neat!
I was a little kid back in the '70s, and I remember watching the animated take-no-prisoners psychedelic mindtrip called "The Mouse and His Child," a movie about father and son toys exploring the wider world. One scene had them being literally beaten to death by the villain rat with a huge rock.
Heh. The first random one it sent me to was a baby's first steps.
We got some news coverage as well!
MediaLab is deleting them as fast as they're being posted, but we all will know how John was our go-to for expressing our dissatisfaction.
Yeah, my day job is QA/QC for a website development company, so I felt obligated to at least scroll all the way down before providing my professional opinion on their so-called 'design.'
Yeah, that's a garbage deal. I heard about Costa Rica a while back, but I thought they were offering him sanctuary out of the goodness of their heart, and not that this regime would be forcing him there in return for accepting a bullshit fake 'confession.'
His people were at least trying to find somewhere else for him to be under his own initiative, yes? Because as he has become a very blatant, high-visibility symbol of everything wrong with this regime, we all KNEW they were coming after him again. They weren't quiet about their plans or anything.
If there was anything in this world I am absolutely sure of, it's that Trump is NOT a knowing plant from any other country, because he is far, FAR too stupid to be able to pull off the stuff needed to be a good manchurian candidate. He absolutely is being MANIPULATED by those same powers, however.
Oh, don't get me wrong: I'm solely referring to the dismantling of the federal government we have had under the current fascist regime. Of course, this current regime's incompetence IS "America by Design," as their mishandling of virtually every aspect of the nation is a feature to them, not a bug.
Yah, wild that they thought the best way to present "good design" was a single banner graphic followed by 27 paragraphs of oversized hard-to-read-as-it-fades-in text. Of course, we should not expect anything better from people obsessed with a guy who thinks THIS is the epitome of class and design:
< Also, "We've been conditioned to accept that mediocre in government is normal." Oh my GOD, what I wouldn't give right now for a federal government that actually could RISE to the level of mediocrity.
Wow. I have been in the website design business for over 20 years now, and that's… alarming. I'm not even looking at the code; just the idea that they thought the best way to present "good design" was a single banner graphic followed by 27 paragraphs of oversized hard-to-read-as-it-fades-in text. >
*can't just throw
You're not wrong.
Yep. As I've often said: Trump may be the loud, obnoxious face of this terrible beast, and the conservative thinktanks may be its brains, but its foul, beating heart is the corrupt Republican Congress who enables it to wreak devastation. The GOP Congress could have stopped ALL of this, at ANY time.
Yeah, that's one of the sadder aspects of this current AI "craze." AI can actually do some AMAZING things in science—engineering, medicine, physics, etc.—but they all require it to be trained on VERY specific and VERY accurate datasets to begin with. You can't get throw the whole internet in there.
Agreed that it's a silly marker—it's the larger issues with AI that are the truly worrisome ones—but honestly? I don't have any specific problem with AI chatbots having a better personal lexicon than the average American, if it means those meat-brained people then start mimicking that achievement.
ngl, this has a whole lot of "Chamberlain agreeing with Hitler for the Sudetenland to keep him from doing something worse" energy to it. And appeasing authoritarians in the (false) hope that any short-term wins will dissuade their long-term plans has repeatedly been shown to NOT be worth it. AT ALL.
This has a whole lot of "Chamberlain agreeing with Hitler for the Sudetenland to keep him from doing something worse" energy to it. And appeasing authoritarians in the (false) hope that any short-term wins will dissuade their long-term plans has repeatedly been shown to not be worth it. AT ALL.
Yeah, all the nonsense going on with the Smithsonian right now really hits hard. My first (and only) Small Purchase Order with the government was back in 1988, when I did a collection of computer pixel art for the National Air and Space Museum. Hey, does that technically make me a govt. contractor?
While the Epstein Files annoy Trump personally, I think the regime as a whole is more than happy to see the Left yelling for this, because that then becomes another distraction THEY use. They're happier with us focussing on what he did in the PAST, as opposed to on what these fascists are doing NOW.
Agreed. And whether this fascist regime DOES actually send him to Uganda or not is arguable, yes—but they WILL try. I hate that people keep assuming that what they say are just empty threats. They are NOT. They might not be able to do all they say, but it's NEVER a distraction or "just rambling."
True; the 'binge' model is one of the reasons I think SO many shows anymore get cancelled so quickly. The 'once a week' model allowed people to get together around the proverbial water cooler and discuss what happened, theorize, share opinions, etc. That gave enough time to create strong fanbases.
It's depressing how often I get to repost this comment anymore.
They specifically address the differences between the UK law and the Mississippi one in the provided link.
Best guess of Musk's twisted mind: since the limbic system is vaguely related to sexuality, he thinks his concepts of AI will somehow work as digital Viagra, and allow white people to have sex more often and for longer, both per-event and per-lifetime. Needless to say, these are WILD assumptions.
Many racists these days are obsessed with the birth rates of what they think should be "white nations." It's a poorly-veiled reference to a classic White Supremacist conspiracy theory.
"Also, we're gonna program it that way." Wild how he openly screams of all his thinly-disguised schemes of what he'd LOVE to do TO humanity, and yet his fanbois still cheer. "I'd like to strip YOUR free will and MAKE you like me, but I'll have to settle for brain-stripping my AI children instead."
What's the saying? "Live a Life that People Will not Celebrate Your Death." Dobson joins the unhallowed halls of people like Limbaugh, Kissinger, and many other terrible people who raised themselves up off the suffering of others. They will not be mourned.
I feel that Rep. St. Germaine has forgotten that these sorts of protests are still far, FAR less disruptive compared to how a dissatisfied citizenry USED to deal with politicians like Rep. St. Germaine.
I understand the thought behind his stunt campaign against Trump, but I worry that Newsom will start taking his satire seriously. Remember how Musk started? Newsom's already metaphorically trading a democracy-stripping Republican authoritarian for a Democratic one; we don't need it to be literal.
Oh, I absolutely agree with Vance in that I'm sure the majority of DC residents in fact DO want their city to have more public safety. What I AM highly skeptical about, however, is that what Vance and the rest of this fascist regime are doing has ANYTHING AT ALL to do with making the public safer.
Honestly, based on all the people talking about this issue over on the forums as well, I'm surprised any streamers over on Twitch are actually able to play for providing Drops.
Sometimes I just don't understand social media. A little while ago, I agreed with a random person here who complimented someone else's cosplay, and now they've blocked me. Did they think I was being insincere? Did they not like my other posts? Did I misspell something? Did they not want any replies?
Oh, wow, is it? That's one hell of a nice job all right!
Yeah, some days you really just need to go right back to bed and start the whole thing over again in the morning.
< When it comes to their country, a PATRIOT understands that it was NEVER perfect—and quite likely BAD at many points—but also realizes that a "perfect" country is an unattainable goal. They then use that knowledge as a reason to instead strive towards having a BETTER country that benefits EVERYONE.
When it comes to their country, a NATIONALIST clings to the fairy tale that once upon a time it used to be "perfect" until the most recent [threat-of-the-day] came along and ruined it all. They then use that ignorance as an excuse to OPPRESS others and benefit THEMSELVES. >
Radioactive shrimp? Hey, I guess they've got to mutate into something with hands if they're going to be frying all that rice, after all.
I couldn't NOT think of the running joke between @weelassreacts.bsky.social and @notsoavgfangirl.bsky.social when I saw this comic.
Phew! The Texas Measles outbreak is OVER! Just like that, it's all gone. I sure am glad THAT'S over with, and they haven't, say, stopped reporting cases or something. In all seriousness, I'd love to hear @altcdc.altgov.info take on this "announcement" and how legitimate (or not) it actually is.
NOTHING these guys do is JUST a stunt, or a distraction. Make no mistake: everything they try, they WANT to ultimately happen. They succeed at them by diluting the scene with too many outrages to even count, ensuring that no single outrage every gains enough attention to be stopped.
Yep. NOTHING these guys do is JUST a stunt, or a distraction. Make no mistake: everything they try, they WANT to ultimately happen. They succeed at them by diluting the scene with too many outrages to even count, ensuring that no single outrage every gains enough attention to be stopped.
Man, imagine trying to have to 'disappear' a person via Uber. That's GOT to be a HUGE embarrassment at their local ICEstapo Club meetings. I'd also like to think no Uber driver would stoop to picking ICE up once they realized who called them, but I'm sure there are some fascist drivers there too.
What's a good, descriptive term for the opposite of productivity? I feel like GhatGPT and Grok should be on THAT list instead, meaning you technically should be at #2!
< supposed to be scared of these creatures we were encountering in dungeons, but… we had already been killing weirder, scarier things back at level two. Had the mechanics been in the campaign since the start, fine, but suddenly adding them later on was really straining the suspension of disbelief.
I'm not very familiar with too many different versions aside from Call of Cthulhu, but I think the most important aspect, regardless of the version, is consistency. I remember years ago when an RPGA D&D campaign added new horror mechanics to a later season, and it was just… weird. Like, we were >
Right? I mean, we all KNOW that none of the "goals" mentioned by Van Hollen were EVER part of the actual plan, right? Fascist regimes only do things that they see as benefitting themselves, and none of those purported "goals" are beneficial for either of the two fascist regimes attending.
We all expected them to continue stripping any fed agency of power and moving those responsibilities to the Private Sector in order to make money off our tax dollars, but this was new: "to make the head of the FAA's Office of Commercial Space Transportation a political appointee." More power grabs.
They never 'broke' up; they just momentarily weren't worth bothering with. Ultimately, this fascist regime and the oligarchs are one and the same, and they all ultimately have the same goal in mind: strip the federal government of usefulness and sell the remains off to Corporations to make a profit.
Wild that they're apparently asking only the Patreon _creators_ what they think of using Ai, and not ALSO asking the _paying customers_ who subscribe to the various Patreon accounts. Given as that's where all the money for both you guys AND the platform come from, you'd think that'd be important.
Right? I don't usually spend real money on the game outside of the actual expansions/seasons, but shared inventory slots were the exception. Given the HUGE number of alts I have, it's a massive boon to inventory management.
Isn't that kind of the traditional pipeline of most long-term gamers, given enough time? Player ➔ DM ➔ Creating some lore ➔ Creating a full campaign world ➔ Modifying existing rules ➔ Creating entirely new game mechanics/system
"When you fight fire with fire, you just end up burning your house down twice as fast."
Slightly diminish a band: Huey Lewis and the Olds
< Also, this would still be a great time for @bsky.app to go ahead and implement being able to turn on/off Reposts on a per-account basis. Plus, while I'm thinking of it, why are the Posts that people make ALSO showing up in their Replies tab? Replies of theirs don't show up in their Posts tab…?
Anyone been having issues with @skyfeed.xyz's #OnlyPosts feed? I'm subscribed to it, and generally it works fine, but I've noticed that it doesn't show me a number of Posts from those I'm following. One account's Post from 3m ago showed up fine, but another of theirs from 2h ago still hasn't. >
Probably because stuff like that is very expensive and there isn't any money to be made off it. Remember, the government does not do stuff like that in the USA; the "free market" does, and the free market is souless and thrives off of the misery of others because said misery is more profitable.
"They want to come to this nation's capital and look at the fabulous museums and the monuments we have here." The fabulous museums and the monuments we have here under this fascist regime:
"They want to come to this nation's capital and look at the fabulous museums and the monuments we have here." The fabulous museums and the monuments we have here under this fascist regime:
Yep. And sadly, that's entirely by design.
I really am having a hard time wrapping my brain around this. That said, I am all for any movie in which the Conquistadors get their asses handed to them by the Aztecs. #aztecbatman
Same. Honestly, it looks like some sort of weird mish-mash of five or six classic scifi movies with the serial numbers ground off, and that worries me. If it wasn't apparently taking itself seriously, I would have almost assumed it was some sort of parody of the genre.
More Tyranny By Ctrl+F. The name of the project they cut was the USDOT's "Neighborhood Access and Equity," so how much you want to bet that DOGE lackeys came across the word "equity" during their pillaging of federal databases, and the fascist MAGA regime then scrapped it without even looking at it.
They had some good potential ideas. They were of course completely abandoned for what we got instead, but you could still see the beginning of some really cool ideas before it collapsed under its own lack of cohesiveness.
