People ask me, "how do authors keep their ideas straight?"

Well, I hope that seeing behind the curtain doesn't take too much of the magic away.

books2read.com/MysteriousAisles

#book #books #scifi #fantasy #urbanfantasy #superhero #bookstodon #book #

As I watch X openly support Nazis, Google search displaying explicitly incorrect information and misinformation, and the continued march towards a lack of foresight or accountability in tech I must reiterate that technology is and forever will be a political force.

@bitterkarella No lie.

An Austrian gent named Greg,
Awoke with a surplus of legs.
He’d turned into a bug-
How he longed for a hug!
And he said to himself, ‘this is the dregs.’

#limerick #literature #kafka #humour #humor

An Austrian gent named Greg,
Awoke with a surplus of legs.
He’d turned into a bug-
How he longed for a hug!
And he said to himself, ‘this is the dregs.’

#limerick #literature #kafka #humour #humor

⚪ Atemberaubend... und ein
Lieblingsfoto.
🟤 Breathtaking... and a favorite
photo.
📷 by Artist: #MattChiff in Loc.: #TierraDelFuego Argentina 🇦🇷 2018 - Title: "🌈🐦" - #Art #Streetart #Mastoart #Birds #Nature #PhotoArt #Patagonia #Fotografie #Rainbow #Photography #NoAI ➡️ #APhotoLove

I try to be polite to people, I really do, but it’s hard to argue with AI bros without using the words ‘ingnorant disingenuous fuckstick’ at least once or twice.

Me, Mawson, on Blot Bowl. Err, no, on MeRoll. (Whispered conference with friends.) Oh, its YouTube. https://youtube.com/@mawsonbear?si=-ORVZejOh5GPnfPN

Pet theory: the paywalling of valid, useful information while misinformation is freely available everywhere is a leading contributor to our societal problems.

Yet again Rufo spills the entire plot like he's got Bond suspended over a pool full of sharks — and somehow it doesn't occur to anyone to think "hey, maybe we shouldn't listen to this manipulative opportunist any more."

Smart.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

A lot of guys suddenly pretending to care about "academic plagiarism" like they cared about "ethics in gaming journalism."

@_tt_ @silo64 IKR? The future will be disposing of AI garbage the same way we currently dispose of asbestos.

3 simple facts to remember while every wall street whoring tech firm is rushing ai into it's software in a race to look good:

1. AI is not AI, it's mostly just an insane photocopier. It is not capable of creation of any sort. Nothing it does is reliable.
2. AI is terrible for the environment. That bad art/code/deepfake used more water than your entire house for the last year.
3. AI is not, has not, and will never be commercially viable. It is a giant confidence scam.

Why don't you understand? The human race IS an endless number of monkeys and every day we produce an endless number of words and one of us already wrote hamlet.

The Mouse can’t remember when he first stepped onto the boat, or how he got there, or the name of the cursed river. All he knows is that there are always new souls lined up on the shore, waiting to be ferried across, coins plucked from their eyes to pay the way.

Happy 2024.

We thought he was ours now.

We were wrong. So wrong.

This year, Mickey gazes also into you.

As Willie Williams awoke in his bed, he found he had been transformed into a giant steamboat.

#steamboatwillie #publicdomain #fanfic