i was actually chatting with someone about AIs. art related and whatevers. detail not important i guess.

and this is my take at its core. so really. to me, doesnt matter if its "any good" or not. its a non-question. its just smoke screen.

Cash for access scandal: people paying £9.5k to access 'influential government policy makers', although so far they've only met Labour MPs

DriveThruRPG delisted a tabletop game about revolutions over “hateful” politics Rebel Scum's censorship reveals the limits of Roll20's apolitical guidelines.

Roll20, which owns DriveThruRPG, told Rebel Scum's designer (@9thlevelgames.bsky.social) that allowing their "hateful content" and political speech on its platform constituted a "slippery slope."

Petition: Repeal the Online Safety Act We want the Government to repeal the Online Safety act.

If you too are in the UK and against the "Online Safety Act" then please sign the petition!

Importantly EMAIL YOUR MP, talk about any of:
1) Cybersecurity concerns.
2) Censorship issues.
3) Kids going to dark web instead.
4) Misuse by a future government.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

So we have an announcement! I’ve recently passed 300k followers on all platforms and wanted to do something to give back to disaster survivors. So we are starting Operation: Stuffie Strong. Basically, we want to provide stuffed animals to kids who lost theirs in disasters.

Very nice, reminds me of the ones from an old White Dwarf built around a stick of deodorant

An organ gun, perhaps?

bungie is of course not obligated to hire me when making a game that draws overwhelmingly from the same design language i have refined for the last decade, but clearly my work was good enough to pillage for ideas and plaster all over their game without pay or attribution.

Children as young as 6 adopted, made to work as house slaves A social worker who has helped 10 teenagers who escaped slavery fears others remain under lock and key.

the main thing I have to say about this is that whether it's 1865 or 2025, all enslavers should hang by the neck until dead