The incomes of artists are already being reduced by the AI trained on their work. It's already time for universal basic income, not only to protect against income loss but to compensate for the use of artistic work in AI training. And this extends beyond artists to everyone else too. #UBI

Artist incomes are already bei...

#Câ‎n't argue with that.

#Meme #Memes #Humour #Humor

@Minentromax @QasimRashid My admittedly ignorant, but USian take is that the prof can do stuff under the free speech rule.
The university, not having fired him for incompetence, should lose its accreditation.

@donni https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L7Svf7Gmws
Lazy Bones

@VeroniqueB99 In 20 years the eldest boomer will be 99.

They'll be shamed (AGAIN) for favoring bell bottoms.

@Catawu
That goes in the "If Spanky/Congress is on vacation, they can't do as much harm" file.

@oldladyplays In my locality they stop and check for weapons at the gate.
I don't go any more.

@ubuntourist NO! NO! That is Capitalism.
Socialism is when people of the wrong color get all that.
(To true for "\s" warning)

@adhdeanasl scare quotes

Dear Fedi friends, may I ask you a favor?

I would really appreciate it if you could boost this message. I have created a French version of my Fedi promo video - and a French landing page – that I hope can spread far and wide in the Francophone world:

https://news.elenarossini.com/fedivers-video/

Cette vidéo explique ce qu'est le fédivers en 4 minutes. N'hésitez pas à partager cette page avec vos amis et vos proches qui ne sont pas ici... J'espère que cette vidéo éveillera leur curiosité 💙🤍❤️

#TheFutureIsFederated

@Tengrain @Catawu Time on computers always seems longer: TikTok gets 90 day extensions.

@mcnado "Targets" were built where they are on purpose.
If there is a hospital next to a military target, they are both military targets or both "hospital targets".

@johnzajac A typical result by someone who thinks the word "neoliberalism" means something.

If the mention of Reagan, Thatcher, and Trump don't sound like Fascism to you, I don't know what to tell you.

I'll give it a day and block you.

@johnzajac Trouble is, the Cult doesn't care.
Those various policies boil down to Fascism without that magic word and never lose favor with the Cult.

@johnzajac "Neoliberalism is contemporarily used to refer to market-oriented reform policies such as "eliminating price controls, deregulating capital markets, lowering trade barriers" and reducing, especially through privatization and austerity, state influence in the economy. It is also commonly associated with the economic policies introduced by Margaret Thatcher... and Ronald Reagan.... "
---------Wikipedia
Had to look it up because the definition changes every coupla years.

@dasgrueneblatt @broadwaybabyto YES!

"Rights" are aspirational.
If your friends and neighbors will not support and defend those "rights", you don't have 'em.

@mcnado Was that hospital in Iran, Israel, or Gaza?

@Nonya_Bidniss Someone just now heard of you and reread your pages.
(Correct interpretation for unknowns like me; YMMV)

Hey all, I'm afraid that if you're on mastodon.social server and were following me, you've been accidently deleted from my list.
If you want to follow me, you'll have to refollow. Thanks. 🚨

@leahmcelrath.bsky.social There were two names on the ballot that had any chance of winning.
There is no sensible reason to speculate NOW what the loser woulda coulda shoulda done had they won.
The one who won is an idiot.
The loser could not have been worse.