oof, ouch.

https://thedailytism.com/traits-that-got-autistic-woman-hired-also-the-ones-she-will-get-in-trouble-for/

It’s also my friend toroth’s birthday and they have a new album out and could use a very happy birthday. https://lowercaset.bandcamp.com/album/utilities-included-lp

#BandcampFriday

You all know what day it is, you’ve heard the spiel a thousand times, and I don’t have anything particularly new to offer today, but as usual https://sockpuppet.bandcamp.com has a bunch of music to shove into your ear holes.

Also https://bandcamp.com/fluffy is a bunch of music I’ve shoved into my ear holes which you might like too.

#BandcampFriday

[very capitalism voice] of course nobody really wants us to make these bombs but what other choice do we have? Anyway if you’re gonna get blown up you’re going to want it to be by the nicest possible casing, so that’s why we have this line of mahogany—

RE: https://plush.city/@fluffy/117460864063270731

This is about AI BTW

Reminder that #Novembaet2026 starts tomorrow! https://novembeat.com/

Why are they obsessed with making art and music obsolete?

Why do they think art and music, the two most open things in the fucking *universe*, that even other *species* do, need to be "democratized"?

A great essay from Audiodamage about the problems with AI in the music industry; "the third head of this ugly hydra" sums up the #AI "art" and "music" problem in particular. https://www.audiodamage.com/blogs/news/slopapotamus-ai-and-the-indie-plugin-business

i have many rants in my head that i can't let go of, both more shit about this family gathering and shit about the state of the world and internet and software and everything else right now

ugh i can't sleep and i'm not even tired at all and i need to be up in like 8 hours

Do you experience visual snow?

ah, turns out you CAN do this through the "shortcuts" app

For all of the integration that Apple stuff has, it's baffling to me that there's no way to easily set an alarm to activate devices or scenes on HomeKit.

Like yeah I could set up a time-based automation but then I'd have to remember to disable it the next day.

the thing about principles is that if you compromise on them in the name of convenience, you don’t have principles

I should probably eat something at some point today huh

With everyone glazing ArtCraft because it's "hurting Adobe" and pointedly ignoring that it's AI slop (that doesn't even work as advertised, and is taking attention away from well-written Adobe alternatives), it's important to remember:

The enemy of my enemy is not my friend.

really good video about the #vrchat ai situation and the problems with genAI creativity replacement in general https://youtu.be/R0QVOH_DT_w

TIL that "anomalocaris" means "anomalous shrimp"

Talk like an AuDHD trans gal day (timeline melts down from all the meowing)

This September the 19th, instead of talking like a pirate, consider talking like a yinglet. Or a yinglet pirate.