Mason T. Matchak

This is your occasional reminder that, if you like Neil Gaiman's stuff, but can't bring yourself to like it anymore for justifiable reasons, Tanith Lee is the author he is credibly accused of extensively cribbing from, and her work is on Audible, and AMAZING.

Watch and read things made by real people

Put down the ChatGPT and the Sora-made Tiktoks and Instagrams

Watch and read and listen to things made by real people

Pump up the volume of stuff *we* make

The power is in your hands!!!

A naive floral illustration with a severed hand that was already all fucked up because it was made by a slopper. With the text “I don’t use ai I’m not a fucking loser”

Sloppers fuck off. If you can’t do it yourself maybe learn to be happy as the audience

www.sonnyross.com/shop/aisucks

Capybara. I'd use an exclamation point, but they're too chill for that.

So many publications are phrasing the netflix - warner thing as a done deal, but its not + it will take a YEAR minimum to even officialize this sale. Ive heard the director's guild of america is planning a movement to block the proceedings, they dont want you to know you can oppose this

WSJ: A vaccine panel at the CDC voted to end a recommendation that newborns be given a first dose of hepatitis B vaccine. Scientists have credited it with helping drive down rates of hepatitis B infection, which can lead to liver damage, cancer and death.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice

Picard perspective tip: Space is big. Bigger than you think. No, bigger than that.

Wise and valid. 🙂

a drawing of a cute cat making a statement about ai (it sucks)

oops it's her again

There's a kind of guy who cannot *stand* a partner's success, particularly in a field that they wanted to be successful in but aren't, for whatever reason. This guy is the avatar of all those guys. Dump him from a large height.

I mean maybe just maybe the solution is to provide more support for mental health not deny the issue exists?
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A comic of two foxes, one of whom is blue, the other is green. In this one, Blue looks at Green in confusion, as Green is covered in pink hair rollers. Green: I'm going to find out what I'd look like with curls! Blue sits down to wait as Green leaves the room. Green: It's time to take the rollers out! Blue sits with the most neutral expression possible as Green returns, as a fluffy cloud of uncontrollable curls. With miraculous self-discipline, Blue manages to keep his expression neutral, while Green frowns at him. Blue: Requesting permission to laugh hysterically. Green: Request denied.

The USPS is a service to the American people, it is not a business.

Would you say the U.S. Air Force posted a $209 Billion loss? No, you would not. Because it is not a business.

This. I’m not just a parent, I am a parent who has personally experienced in recent years what it’s like when a virus makes you its b*tch.

Give them all the shots. For their own sake and for the sake of those around them.

This kind of dataset is a clear indicator that propaganda plays a big role in people's political positions and acting like people are unshiftable is just completely detached from reality

Protecting people is gonna make you mean right now .

GOOD

Someone whose asking you to be “nice” is asking for control

You don’t have to give it to them .

People need kindness and measured responses .. and they don’t deserve the benefit of the doubt

People should SAY what they love

(1/2) This court is a problem that won't go away. They'll block everything the next Dem president does.

Got to start talking about "court reform" now. "Republicans in robes", "corruption". Not "packing" or "expanding".

Start framing the discussion now.

We know that...

lwk obsessed w this account

The stairs staired stairily down the stairs.

This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.

Blindspots for Millennials 😅

IMO: it’s pretty accurate.

Just saw this and lol'd

Apparently the decision of the WI to rescind trans inclusion was prompted in part by an internal faction. If I were a cis member of the WI, I would want those bigots named,shamed and shunned.

Aggressively promoting transphobia should have social sanctions applied to it.

gentle reminder that just because something you made didn't make a "best of" "year end" list doesn't mean you didn't make anything important in 2025

comparing yourself to other creative people can be helpful. Finding motivation/inspiration. But don't put yourself down because you're not someone else. It's not fair to you, bro. You can achieve your own version of success. Just do your thing. Keep swinging that axe. You're doing great.

The attacks on trans rights, which are basic human rights, are a terrible injustice and an attack on truth and fact as well. Everyone should be deeply alarmed and it should be disqualifying for a politician to support such discrimination.

I’ve sometimes fallen into the trap of thinking that complementing a creative person for their work is less sophisticated or desired than discussion or debate about it but very often the best thing you can say to them is hell yeah and that doesn’t make you dumb it just makes you nice

4 panel comic Panel 1: Red Guy looking way way too happy yells “Hey Guys! Is Die Hard a Christmas movie?” Blue Guy next to him calmly says “Shhh” Panel 2: Blue Guy tenderly puts his arms around Red Guy and says “You don’t have to do this” Panel 3: Blue Guy still holds Red Guy tightly and repeats “You don’t have to do this every year”. Red Guy begins to break. Panel 4: Red Guy dissolves into Blue Guy’s embrace, sobbing. He finally feels the weight of Christmas Discourse lifting from his shoulders. He is finally free.

i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse

“When participants used ChatGPT to draft essays, brain scans revealed a 47% drop in neural connectivity across regions associated with memory, language, & critical reasoning.

Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪

it is an underrated miracle of the 21st century that we really did massively, massively reduce bullying in schools