Cal Joyal

sherman, for the love of god!

A billion dollars is the socio-political equivalent of a loose nuke, and we should work as ruthlessly and diligently to prevent the acquisition of the former as we do the latter.

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems... SIMON: What? SHAPIRO: ...Or saying... SIMON: You imagine that? SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over. SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level. SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this. SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

How do I explain to offline people that my favorite Japanese mascot said "we can only be liberated from queer oppression if we are truly seen as human" and then started wielding fireworks like a rocket launcher on the side of a mountain without sounding like I've totally lost it?

Chiitan forever

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

Holy shit that is BONKERS dude WHAT

also “I guess for some people it’s easier to believe in magic than therapy” goes so hard I can’t even ahfbfhdhdhhdhsj

If you're willing to throw marginalized people under the bus to bring back the status quo, we are simply not fighting the same battle.

Things will only get better if they get better for ALL Americans.

Anything less is failure.

lol it’s this guy

‘The Toxic Avenger’ & Undue Medical Debt Cleared $15 Million in Real-Life Medical Debt Together! Before Macon Blair’s The Toxic Avenger released in theaters back in August, the Cineverse marketing team came up with a wonderful idea. They took the remainder of their marketing budget for the film a...

A quest to eliminate $5 million has tripled, thanks to the generosity and passion of THE TOXIC AVENGER fans across the country.

Together, you didn’t just meet that goal, you crushed it, helping wipe out over $15 million dollars in medical debt for 10,000+ people!

YouTube video by APTN News New addiction treatment clinic in Winnipeg with focus on helping First Nations | APTN News

A new addictions treatment clinic is opening up in Winnipeg with a focus on helping First Nations in Manitoba's Island Lake region.

Two organizations developed the service with healthcare providers and peers who have lived experiences with addiction.

I get why TechCrunch would write it this way, but I largely disagree with this framing. The broad conversation here is about power, respect, control and whether the voices of the vulnerable are taken seriously. This is the story of a leader and a team showing that they don’t get that.

Earlier this year, Dr. Jane Goodall sat down for an interview for Brad Falchuk’s new Netflix series, Famous Last Words.

The premise of the series is to interview people on the condition that the interview not air until the subject has passed away.

currently the mood rn

SBDBHDBDHFHGJDL actual sitcom scenario???? I’m crossing my fingers for you cause that’s too cute!!!!! 😭😭🤞🤞💖💖💖

Consumer Reports explainer for turning off AI

photo of a black box stage show. Two trans women (one with a significant chest wound) stand facing a woman in a xenomorph costume (helmet, leather body suit, fishnets, boots). A scientist lays on the ground nearby.

went to go see Alien: Maternity, a parody musical about trans space lesbians trying to raise a xenomorph, and I liked it just as much as you’d expect me to like something fitting that description

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

“Lorenzo D’Agostino, a journalist and another flotilla participant, said after returning to Istanbul that Thunberg was “wrapped in the Israeli flag and paraded like a trophy” – a scene described with disbelief and anger by those who witnessed it.”

Once again, they are truly psychotic.

It's like someone condensed the 2020s into a 10 second clip.

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).

Man I love ghost type pokemon SOOO much, but for some reason I (almost) always favor their first forms??

Like… LOVE Pumpkaboo!!! hes literally me, love him! …but not huge on Gourgeist. Loooove Phantump, cutest lil fella!!! Trevanent… boring?? Chandelure, pretty cool! But LITWICK??? THATS MY BOY 👉👉

just gonna put this here

EEEEE…. EHEHEEEEE… themmmmm… 💖❤️❤️💖❤️❤️💖❤️💖🥰🥰🥰

2 million rally in Italy for Gaza as general strike halts key services Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

post-top-surgery nips are essentially always stuck At Attention, so there are certain shirts I can never wear without looking like I’m freezing or perving 😅🤣

And honestly! I’ve grown fondness for a lot more GNC things for myself with age too! And I kinda love the idea of not having them at all now!

This may sound extremely silly, but… I think I’m gonna ask my doctor if I can book a consult to have my nipples removed LOL…

For context I had top surgery in 2017, and I decided to keep my nips at the time, but the older I’ve gotten the more they just kinda drive me crazy? 😅

Well heck to whoever treated it as a joke! I know from personal experience how hard that can be, and what a change it makes to be able to reduce it! I’m in a not great place with it rn myself, but I want to try working at it again!

Twitch Twitch is the world

Streaming Paliaaaaa w/ @benjamincallins.bsky.social !! Come chill if u want!

twitch.tv/calvinjoyal

to want to put in the extra effort to something I didn’t feel strongly about like math, he told me he understood that. But that if I ever changed my mind, he’d be happy to help!

I dunno, it seems like such a small thing, but it really made such a difference for me growing up.

My other favourite thing about Mr. S was that he always encouraged me, but never pushed me too hard. He would point out me that I clearly had a pretty strong grasp of math, and that if I applied more practise I could be really good at it… but when I expressed being too “lazy” (tired, depressed,)