I spent a long time experimenting with AI before finally writing about it in depth. It can be pretty useful — but is it worth it?
Gah, how I am having to recycle all my old "NFTs don't do that, though" arguments, just on the Bitcoin blockchain now?
THEY AREN'T ANY MORE USEFUL ON THIS BLOCKCHAIN THEN THEY WERE ON THE OTHER ONES.
Meta’s AI chatbot informs a parents' group that it has a disabled child who is both gifted and challenged academically and attends a NYC public school. https://www.404media.co/facebooks-ai-told-parents-group-it-has-a-disabled-child/
Is there something wrong with the connection between #qoto and pixelfed.social? I follow ceoln@pixelfed.social from ceoln@qoto.org, but when I try to look at it, the latest image (posted on April 3rd) is missing, and none of the actual images appear (just their alt texts). Or have I just forgotten how things work? :)
It seems like a lot of people I see here need a 🫂 or few lately.
If you're feeling like you might hurt yourself, please consider a helpline or even DMing me as an alternative (see profile for contact options). I may not be able to respond *immediately*, but I will read it and I will respond.
Yes, I'm just some queerdo on the internet, but sometimes that's enough to get through a hard patch. How do I know? Because if it wasn't for the kindness of some of the people on this site, I wouldn't be here today. (thank you 💕)
You can call a peer-run warm-line for your state here: https://warmline.org/warmdir.html
If it's critical, you can go to https://988lifeline.org/ or call tel:988, but beware of the risk of possible emergency services involvement.
If you're not in the US, here's a list of crisis lines by country: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_crisis_lines
#SuicidePrevention #ItGetsBetter #YouAreNotAlone #BoostWelcome #Boost
I like how the Philippines basically likes everything. Best attitude!
World's favourite cuisines. 25,000 people in 24 countries were asked which nation's food they preferred. Interesting results.
(via @yougov)
Photos of Bicycles of WWII in the Atlantic.
https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2024/04/photos-bicycles-world-war-ii/678086/
This was quite the cargo bike / ambulance thing
New from the Newberry Library, a collection of more than 8000 digitized postcards illustrated by named artists. Perfect for posting to Mastodon--they come with alt text! https://www.newberry.org/news/digitization-complete-for-john-i-monroe-collection-of-artist-signed-postcards
Sex toys
"This toy does what I’d hoped the first one would do, and *then some.*"
#ICYMI - my review of the @HotOctopuss Pulse Queen - https://www.girlonthenet.com/blog/hot-octopuss-pulse-queen/ #SexToys #Vibrators
If you are an artist don't feel like you need to only post new work. Much of your work will be new to the people following you. And if you share a little about why you created it, or how you made it, or even how you see it differently, those who have seen it before will still find it fresh.
"I drew this six years ago, if I did it today I would ..."
"I remember drawing this during ..."
"This was the first time I tried to draw..."
etc.
I love these kinds of posts from artists.
#WritersCoffeeClub 16: Have you ever started a chapter with a quote or poem?
Does it count if the poem is in the title? Cause that happens in This Is How Immortals Die!
Otherwise, nope. Many years ago, when I was writing the high fantasy story that got shelved (for now), I started each chapter with a passage from a fictional book that described creatures, places, concepts, this kind of thing. I could see myself doing it again!
I do like the idea of starting with a quote/poem too.
A consciousness somehow associated with matter.
Posting about culture, philosophy, politics, AI Art Tools, NaNoWriMo, Software Development occasionally, the relationship of consciousness to matter.
Degrees in Philosophy and Computer Science, once had a US TS/SCI(redacted) clearance, radical-for-the-US politics, ex-Libertarian, zen-buddhist-pantheist-atheist.
Google employee, but I do not speak for Google in any way.
If your profile tells me nothing about you, it's less likely I'll follow you (back).
Header: abstract smoky patterns
pfp: Adorable weird piglet / delirium cultist... thing. In a hoodie.