Jim Demonakos

This is the conclusion, which I'm pulling out from behind the paywall because it'll probably be a free newsletter or podcast one day. I think the AI era is a reckoning for the tech industry, one where consumers finally realize they're being abused.

Great thread, I abandoned Twitter a while ago and even though I don’t have nearly as many followers here, it’s quality over quantity, and my interactions are definitely more quality. Plus, you’re not punished for including links!

Yesssss!! This is awesome and he did so good!!

Great to meet you at SJ Made, hope the rest of the show was great!

Super cool man!

The Salvation Army is not a charity. They are an evangelical church that uses donated money to actively oppress gay rights. They've been especially cruel to trans people.

It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.

this is mesmerizing

OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates A burning platform

"OpenAI is a money pit with a website on top."
Helluva lede.
www.ft.com/content/23e5...

I love this! So happy with how Sainz is starting to do, while it’s been frustrating to see Albon fall off a bit, but excited for 2026!

evergreen

Batman breaking a rifle in half from a 1986 comic. The rifle has a label "AI (even if you're making fun of it)" and Batman is saying "This is the weapon of the enemy. We do not need it. We will not use it."

Anyway time to post this again.

AI is a tool of fascism.

With the cabbage vendor from Avatar The Last Airbender (happy)

With the cabbage vendor from Avatar The Last Airbender (sad)

My Cabbages! 🥬 A story in two parts

ABI Bouhmaida @forgoodcode Every Windows 11 PC is now an Al PC with Copilot at the center of it all. Here's how to get rid of Copilot completely from your computer (1/3)

ABI Bouhmaida @forgoodcode 1/ Settings App > Personalization > Taskbar > Other System Tray Icons > Switch "Microsoft 365 Copilot App" Off This hides Copilot from your taskbar

(9) ABI Bouhmaida @forgoodcode 2/ Press Win + R > Type in ‘regedit’ > Navigate to "HKEY _CURRENT_USER\ Software \ Policie s\Microsoft\ Windows" > Right-click on the "Windows" Key > New > Key > Name the new key "WindowsCopilot’ > Right-click on the new key EY > DWORD (32-bit) Value

@forgoodcode 3/ > Name the value "TurnOffWindowsCopilot’ > Double-click the name of the value > Set the "Value Data" to 1 > Restart your computer Congrats! Copilot is now completely gone from your computer. Hope this helps

My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨

A digital drawing of one of those drawing tutorials that says 'don't do this, do this.' The drawing is of an almost naked middle-aged man doing a flying kick. The 'Don't do this' one has a bunch of areas circled and a cross under it. The 'Do this' one is exactly the same but without the circles and a tick instead of a cross. The text reads 'Needlessly adding red circles will ruin your art' and a smaller bit of text at the bottom reads 'Bonus tip! Add a tick under all your art so people think you did it right.'

#3157 A helpful tutorial

Meme: a quirky hand-drawn cat beneath the script "AHEM - please don't give billionaires more of your money this holiday season - buy something cool and handmade from some fun weirdo instead & help them eat. Shop small, y'all." Image credit: "Small businesses need your support more than ever 💗 By Sugarhouse Ceramic Co."

Love this so much. 💜

A photo of me in front of a sign featuring me

Occasionally I get those pop-up memories and 9(!!) years ago in India I was a guest at the Bengaluru Comic Con. I came to the convention and found they had unexpectedly printed my face on the sign above my signing table and it was giant! Good times!

C R Y I N G this is so perfect lmao

x: www.instagram.com/reel/DQ7cPSf...

So sorry to hear this, my condolences, and much love to everyone

if you voted in Seattle you gotta make sure your ballot counted now

FAMILY WE ARE FRIENDLY STRONGER AND A LITTLE... TOGETHER COMPETITIVE

FAMILY WE ARE
FRIENDLY STRONGER
AND A LITTLE... TOGETHER
COMPETITIVE

Rude Rude or impolite, including crude language and disrespectful comments, without constructive purpose. Highlighted Off, darkened Warn, and darkened Hide buttons.

If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.

Family portrait

Occasionally I do family portraits for people in a cartooned way — it’s a fun alternative to photography if you’re thinking of hiring someone for this kind of service. This is a crew from whom I bought our new old Land Cruiser (they happened to be art fans, so we worked a partial trade).

These are so cool!

Poster for Guillermo Del Toro's Frankenstein

Was able to catch @realgdt.bsky.social's Frankenstein in the theater before it drops on Netflix tomorrow.

It is a creative delight to behold and the amount of depth resonating in every choice made in this film is an absolute joy to watch. Suffice to say, I absolutely loved it!

“There is no MISSION ACCOMPLISHED banner to be hung, no real material change in the world of today versus yesterday. Just the quiet relief of good news that helps us live to fight another day.”

What a breathtakingly lovely piece.

Someone's screenshot of a two-post twitter thread, from user blue (@bluewmist): the fastest way to kill motivation is to make your identity depend on the outcome. it's called ego involvement. when failing becomes failing as a person, your brain starts avoiding the whole thing. not because you don't care, but because you care too much. you don't need lower standards. you need less self-worth tangled up in your goals. the work gets easier when it's not about proving who you are.

Found this on the AO3 subreddit, and I'm about to let it change my whole life (or at least work really hard to internalize it wrt my writing).

A photo of a newspaper advertisement, showing a zoomed in photo of a hand holding a Pilot brand fountain pen. "Make AI Jealous" is written in Japanese next to the hand, with "Write what AI can't touch" in English underneath.

Pilot had a massive ad spread in a jp newspaper with "make AI jealous" and "write what AI can't touch" written on it

Anyway I think everyone should own a Pilot kakuno pen

There’s a Steep Cost for Ignoring Black Expertise We live in a world bent on undermining Black life.

My final piece for @teenvogue.com politics section was a piece titled "There's a Steep Price to Ignoring Black Expertise" and boy has that come full circle.

Thank you @allegrak.bsky.social and the politics editorial team for turning this Head Start kid into a Black woman who writes for the public.

100%

Drink Coffee, Talk Fast - A Documentary About Gilmore Girls - showing it was successfully funded on Kickstarter!

I was told I'm bad about tooting my own horn, so I want to say thank you to everyone who helped this campaign be a success! It's so appreciated and I'm excited to get this film delivered into the world next year!