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If you're a writer/other creator in the United States, consider creating an LLC for your business and then signing up for a local area Chamber of Commerce. Many of them have health insurance plans that pool their members and members of other CoCs to create insurance efficiencies relative to ACA.
October 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
If you're a writer/other creator in the United States, consider creating an LLC for your business and then signing up for a local area Chamber of Commerce. Many of them have health insurance plans that pool their members and members of other CoCs to create insurance efficiencies relative to ACA.
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Rest in peace to a true legend and inspiration.
Drew Struzan, iconic poster artist of Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, and Star Wars, among others, has died at age 78.
Drew Struzan, Iconic Poster Artist Of Star Wars And Indiana Jones, Dead At Age 78
Drew Struzan, iconic poster artist of Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, and Star Wars, among others, has died at age 78.
comicbookclublive.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Rest in peace to a true legend and inspiration.
Come see this piece (and more!) at Gallery Chimera in Atlanta this Saturday Oct 4 from 7:30 - 9:30 for the opening of the Dark Art exhibition!
September 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Come see this piece (and more!) at Gallery Chimera in Atlanta this Saturday Oct 4 from 7:30 - 9:30 for the opening of the Dark Art exhibition!
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Of course the great irony here is he was totally respectful towards Kirk and mocking those using his death for cynical politics. And then the cynical politics came for him.
The backlash over the suspension of late night host Jimmey Kimmel is intensifying as the campaign to cancel and punish critics of Charlie Kirk expands. Here are the latest developments.
Backlash to Trump Crackdown Intensifies After Kimmel Suspension: Live Updates
The backlash over the suspension of late night host Jimmey Kimmel is intensifying as the campaign to cancel and punish critics of Charlie Kirk expands. Here are the latest developments.
nymag.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Of course the great irony here is he was totally respectful towards Kirk and mocking those using his death for cynical politics. And then the cynical politics came for him.
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Jeeezus. A bell can’t be un-rung.
OK, this is wild.
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
May 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Jeeezus. A bell can’t be un-rung.
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I have a new book out today! If you are a gamer, or the parent of a gamer, or just game-curious, please pick up GAMERS: ATTEMPTING CONNECTION wherever books are available (including and especially your local library). Of all my books, writing this one felt most like play. ecmyers.net/2025/05/game...
May 6, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I have a new book out today! If you are a gamer, or the parent of a gamer, or just game-curious, please pick up GAMERS: ATTEMPTING CONNECTION wherever books are available (including and especially your local library). Of all my books, writing this one felt most like play. ecmyers.net/2025/05/game...
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Stop calling it Black Monday when Orange Monday will do just fine.
April 7, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Stop calling it Black Monday when Orange Monday will do just fine.
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It's not just that just about everything I've ever published is in this particular database and used without my permission. It's that everything I've ever published was used without my permission to develop such a shitty, flawed and fundamentally useless tool. I deserve compensation for THAT itself.
NEW: LibGen contains millions of pirated books and research papers, built over nearly two decades. From court documents, we know that Meta torrented a version of it to build its AI. Today, @theatlantic.com presents an analysis of the data set by @alexreisner.bsky.social. Search through it yourself:
The Unbelievable Scale of AI’s Pirated-Books Problem
Meta pirated millions of books to train its AI. Search through them here.
www.theatlantic.com
March 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
It's not just that just about everything I've ever published is in this particular database and used without my permission. It's that everything I've ever published was used without my permission to develop such a shitty, flawed and fundamentally useless tool. I deserve compensation for THAT itself.
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Don't trust "AI" and also realize that the push to have "AI" in everything happened because some tech people wanted to get rich and other tech people didn't want others to get rich without them, and now they've all spent too much money on a bad product and are trying to scramble out of the hole.
Columbia Journalism Review tested eight generative AI search tools and found their answers were wrong 60% of the time, and the paid ones actually fared worse than the free ones.
Meanwhile, millions of people trust the way they present total bullshit with confident language.
Meanwhile, millions of people trust the way they present total bullshit with confident language.
AI search engines cite incorrect sources at an alarming 60% rate, study says
CJR study shows AI search services misinform users and ignore publisher exclusion requests.
arstechnica.com
March 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Don't trust "AI" and also realize that the push to have "AI" in everything happened because some tech people wanted to get rich and other tech people didn't want others to get rich without them, and now they've all spent too much money on a bad product and are trying to scramble out of the hole.
We'll miss you George. RIP
This is still the greatest clapback in television history. RIP George Lowe.
March 5, 2025 at 12:05 AM
We'll miss you George. RIP
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must be nice
Brazil charges former president Jair Bolsonaro with attempting to lead a coup after he lost the 2022 election.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/w...
Brazil Charges Bolsonaro With Attempting a Coup
Brazil’s attorney general charged the former president Jair Bolsonaro with trying to overturn the 2022 elections.
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 3:04 AM
must be nice
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And arrogant.
Ive never encountered a class of people so convinced that they and they alone have the answers to everything, no matter what the subject in question is--from higher education to medicine to art and literature. They might have no training or skill in it, but are convinced they know best
Ive never encountered a class of people so convinced that they and they alone have the answers to everything, no matter what the subject in question is--from higher education to medicine to art and literature. They might have no training or skill in it, but are convinced they know best
Years ago, after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, I interviewed a former fb employee, and I remember her continually emphasizing that these tech bros weren't evil geniuses, but were, in fact, dangerous because they were utterly clueless, totally reckless, and had too much power.
February 19, 2025 at 5:13 AM
And arrogant.
Ive never encountered a class of people so convinced that they and they alone have the answers to everything, no matter what the subject in question is--from higher education to medicine to art and literature. They might have no training or skill in it, but are convinced they know best
Ive never encountered a class of people so convinced that they and they alone have the answers to everything, no matter what the subject in question is--from higher education to medicine to art and literature. They might have no training or skill in it, but are convinced they know best
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Reposting with complete alt text.
February 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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I just read this very thorough article from @brockm.bsky.social about how we got to this moment and what this administration's true goal is and recommend that you read it and spread the word. www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-plot-a...
The Plot Against America
How a Dangerous Ideology Born From the Libertarian Movement Stands Ready to Seize America
www.notesfromthecircus.com
February 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I just read this very thorough article from @brockm.bsky.social about how we got to this moment and what this administration's true goal is and recommend that you read it and spread the word. www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-plot-a...
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🧵Who is opposing the Trump administration?
I analysed 76 actions of the administration since inauguration and then searched for *meaningful* opposition to each.
I grouped the types of opposition and considered what we can learn from both them & actions where opposition has been lacking 1/24
I analysed 76 actions of the administration since inauguration and then searched for *meaningful* opposition to each.
I grouped the types of opposition and considered what we can learn from both them & actions where opposition has been lacking 1/24
February 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
🧵Who is opposing the Trump administration?
I analysed 76 actions of the administration since inauguration and then searched for *meaningful* opposition to each.
I grouped the types of opposition and considered what we can learn from both them & actions where opposition has been lacking 1/24
I analysed 76 actions of the administration since inauguration and then searched for *meaningful* opposition to each.
I grouped the types of opposition and considered what we can learn from both them & actions where opposition has been lacking 1/24
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I just did this. It took 5 minutes. If you want protection against DOGE fucking with your data, do this now.
February 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I just did this. It took 5 minutes. If you want protection against DOGE fucking with your data, do this now.
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As ever, the loss of something good and useful for Americans is framed as a loss for Democrats — in the mass media, everything becomes just a political football to be kicked back and forth instead of examined for its impact on everyday citizens regardless of political party.
January 3, 2025 at 12:07 AM
As ever, the loss of something good and useful for Americans is framed as a loss for Democrats — in the mass media, everything becomes just a political football to be kicked back and forth instead of examined for its impact on everyday citizens regardless of political party.
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Researching and reporting my story about how truly horrible Facebook has become genuinely rattled me, and changed how I looked at the internet permanently. It's important to understand how messed up they are.
www.wheresyoured.at/killingfaceb...
www.wheresyoured.at/killingfaceb...
November 28, 2024 at 1:44 AM
Researching and reporting my story about how truly horrible Facebook has become genuinely rattled me, and changed how I looked at the internet permanently. It's important to understand how messed up they are.
www.wheresyoured.at/killingfaceb...
www.wheresyoured.at/killingfaceb...
Hey Blue Sky, here's another (kinda) blue sky. Acrylic on canvas 5"x5"
November 17, 2024 at 3:42 AM
Hey Blue Sky, here's another (kinda) blue sky. Acrylic on canvas 5"x5"
For real.
honestly you have an unprecedented opportunity to do what the government won't bc the supplement trade is totally unregulated:
tell us what's IN those things
tell us what's IN those things
Does anybody need millions of dollars worth of supplements?
November 15, 2024 at 3:32 AM
For real.
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For context: I work at a 501c3 nonprofit. We sued the Trump admin to block his rollbacks of environmental rules on average once per week from 2017-2020. We won 90% of those cases. This is why they want to stop us
November 11, 2024 at 1:15 PM
For context: I work at a 501c3 nonprofit. We sued the Trump admin to block his rollbacks of environmental rules on average once per week from 2017-2020. We won 90% of those cases. This is why they want to stop us
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November 8, 2024 at 11:03 PM
I know I am grieving today, as are many others, and it will probably continue for days, this deep grief. But it's also time to check in with your friends, make sure they're okay and let them know they're not alone. Difficult times are ahead, likely worse than they have been, and we need each other.
November 6, 2024 at 2:36 PM
I know I am grieving today, as are many others, and it will probably continue for days, this deep grief. But it's also time to check in with your friends, make sure they're okay and let them know they're not alone. Difficult times are ahead, likely worse than they have been, and we need each other.