"Commander Vimes didn't like the phrase 'The innocent have nothing to fear', believing the innocent had everything to fear, mostly from the guilty but in the longer term even more from those who say things like 'The innocent have nothing to fear'."
- Terry Pratchett, Snuff

There are few things that so perfectly represent the capitalist mode of production as generative AI. It’s theft. It’s plagiarism. It’s an attack on labor. It destroys the environment. It produces junk. It’s harmful to consume. It concentrates wealth. In short, it’s a catastrophe for society.

Sounding the alarm for #Apple / #Macintosh fans in the US Midwest - ran across this Facebook post: A giant piie of stuff that must go in 30 days! Located in Kansas City, MO area.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/19T53y7mWE/

#mac68k #retrocomputing

oki question chat :boosts_ok: any of you got (preferably hires) either reference sheet, concept art, or full body renders of tali from mass effect?

like the kind you should find on a wiki's gallery page (the mass effect wiki does not)

1969 paperback found at the thrift store. Unfortunately its misconceptions, stereotypes, and outright disdain for LGBTQ+ people are what you'd expect from the era. I won't show what it says about trans people because the terminology it uses is so outdated and offensive. But its attempt at listing "purely homosexual language" is amusing.

Hi! I'm running for office in B̵e̸l̷o̷w̷ ̴t̷h̸e̸ ̶H̸i̷l̶l̵s̷. Do you have $5 you can spare? Do you have two potatoes you can leave in a little saucer with some blood? My opponent believes that t̴h̸e̷ ̵s̷t̶a̸r̶s̷ ̸a̸r̸e̶ ̸a̴s̶h̷e̸s̶ ̷a̷n̸d̵ ̶w̵e̶ ̸d̸w̴e̶l̸l̶ ̶i̶n̴ ̷m̴i̶d̵n̶i̸g̷h̷t̸ but with your help w̷e̶ ̸c̵a̴n̸ ̶b̷u̴r̸n̵ ̵f̷o̸r̵e̸v̸e̷r̶

"Line go up" charts for Thimbleweed Park dev.

https://blog2.thimbleweedpark.com/builds/

#twp2 #twp

A reminder to Europe: the clocks go back one hour tonight, except in France where they go back to 1789.

Good evening and welcome to our first giveaway of the night! First up is a whole mess of Magic cards! So, so many Magic cards, all thanks to LRR for helping out with this selection! For a chance to win, donate $6.16 or multiples thereof by 7:30pm PT! https://desertbus.org/2026/prize/34frxyJDT5a2Rl1fFwLhd

Je m'en veux presque d'avoir oublié, pour le #mastobada sur le thème du temps, d'avoir failli oublier de proposer Time Time de Trei Degete, le groupe parodique créé par le youtubeur Squeezie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=st8xWyMZXOU

C'est pas la première fois que je vous en parle d'ailleurs, je vous l'avais déjà mentionné cet été

#pouetRadio

Reorganizing a room and just found a 1Tb SSD on a bookshelf. Instinctively said, "Woah, that's money, baby!"

Followed by a much more subdued, "The future is sure not what I expected."

#Dédicace sur #Bruxelles

Pour la sortie de son premier roman "La marche du monde", nous sommes ravis d'accueillir Lou Lubie, autrice de nombreux romans graphiques (La fille dans l'écran, Comme un oiseau dans un bocal, Et à la fin ils meurent, ...) qui nous ont tant enchanté !

Une séance de dédicace sera organisée dès 17h suivie d'une rencontre pour discuter de son œuvre à 20h.

https://www.librairie-chimeres.be/events/dedicace-et-rencontre-lou-lubie-la-marche-du-monde-tome-1/

#LouLubie #LaMarcheDuMonde #Fantasy #YoungAdult

From the Archives
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2023 10 18-24
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Divination 12: https://helveticablanc.com/20231024-divination-12.html
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#helveticablanc
#wormsong
#wormrote
#divination

Comme j’en avais marre d’oublier quels étaient les illustratrices et illustrateurs de « Magic » présents sur Mastodon, j’ai décidé de créer une collection pour les répertorier.

https://eldritch.cafe/collections/117496418825798875

Je rajouterais des profils au fur et à mesure que je retombe dessus.

#MTG #MagicLAssemblée #MagicTheGathering

Je viens de soigner mon syndrome de l’imposteur

Vous savez que des robots peuvent resoudre un rubiks cube en a peine 1" ?

Pourtant tous les week-ends en ce moment je suis avec des jeunes trop fort.e.s qui s'éclatent à fond amicalement à faire des résolutions entre 6" et 30" et sont trop content.e.s de passer le week-end a s'échanger des astuces, manger des crêpes, et rigoler ensemble. Qui sont juste heureux de construire et cultiver une communauté humaine.

Ceci est un pouet sur l'absurdité de l'IA dans la recherche.

wolves roaming into finnish villages after being displaced by google's illegal logging operations... that wasn't in any potential future i expected when i switched search engines back in 1999

The way computer security works in 2026:

1. queers go to congress and demonstrate multiple serious exploits against actual security software. the maintainers deny there’s a problem. nobody pays attention except other queers at congress

2. OpenAI finds a bug which could, hypothetically, in a very difficult-to-orchestrate attack and in the absence of already-existing mitigations, have a security implication. the entire industry has an overnight meltdown. coverage on national news stations worldwide. meanwhile, nobody is provably able to actually make it work as an exploit

RE: https://mediapart.social/@mediapart/117495796427413251

Jen's live in her Studio!

Let's say bye bye to the kickstarter! Let's hope I don't poop! Let's have beer! [Multistream]

#owncast #streaming #comics #art #TraditionalArt #MastoArt #Livestream

https://live.jenniegyllblad.com