a binch 🙂‍↕️

Don't be fooled by this bill's name-- this is a book banning bill that will exclude LGBTQ books from all public schools NATIONWIDE.

Call your congresspeople and tell them to VOTE NO on this nakedly bigoted book banning bullshit.

www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

of the two articles currently circulating about Sheri’s Ranch which feature Jupiter Jetson, this one is way more worth your time. there is a fascinating and important story in the unfolding workers’ rights movement in Nevada’s legal brothels that will resonate with anyone who’s been a contractor

If you have the means, please donate to the Trans Continental Pipeline right now. They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate and they are overwhelmed with requests. Colorado borders Kansas, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out.

tcpipeline.org

This is from HR 7661, calling itself the Stop the Sexualization of Children Act. This must not pass.

Google with AI buttons

Google without AI buttons

I made a filterlist for uBlock Origin to remove Generative AI features on websites. Includes blocks for
* Google AI Summaries
* YouTube Ask button & chat summaries
* GitHub Copilot
* Facebook AI chat
* X's Grok buttons
* Deviantart DreamUp
* Booru AI images
* And more

github.com/Stevoisiak/S...

It’s a little naive I suppose, but it is kind of breathtaking how little effort these people put into even MAINTAINING THE APPEARANCE of being a “public servant”

Been watching Strip Law and had to pause for a solid minute to process the Hot Dates commercial, I was overwhelmed with awe and confusion lmao

Nancy 2/22/26… 🪱WOIMS🪱

By opposing a fair tax on the billionaire plutocrats you suck up to at a time when teachers are going to be laid off in your state

Alysa Liu telling 60 Minutes “I love struggling, it makes me feel alive” is a legit revolutionary statement from a Bay Area native in a time when copious amounts of time and resources are being put toward convincing us to opt out of experiencing struggle, friction and self-actualization

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Georgia was skating to MORTAL KOMBAT at the Olympics exhibition gala

Recent Sony game studio acquisitions

- 2021: Nixxes
- 2021: Firesprite (layoffs in 2024)
- 2021: Bluepoint (closed in 2026)
- 2022: Valkyrie Entertainment
- 2022: Haven Studios
- 2022: Bungie (layoffs in 2024; new game soon)
- 2022: Neon Koi (closed in 2024)
- 2023: Firewalk (closed in 2024)

Reddit ad for an "artificial intelligence lawyer"

Look at my lawyer dawg I'm going to jail

aside from being a right-wing ideological project, substack’s entire goal is to trap writers and readers in their platform. it sucks to use, it sucks be a reader of. a worse user interface, worse fee breakdown for writers, and directly supporting nazi blogs. ditch it.

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.

This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

AI is revolutionizing the world! A Playstation now costs $5,000 and this is the last phone you will ever own.

A Dem that runs as pro trans gets a SIXTY ONE POINT BUMP WITH DEM VOTERS and a NINE POINT BUMP WITH INDIES over ones that go silent.

The failure to get this is a prior beliefs/incentives problem but it's also a research problem. The current establishment's understanding of voters is utterly cooked.

great tool. very useful for the bosses

A Swarovski Minion (bob)

Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day

Well holy fucking shit. Ring cancelled their partnership with Flock. Keep pressure on them to stop volunteering their feeds to state, local, and federal agencies, though, because that part's still going.

James Van Der Beek, Star of ‘Dawson’s Creek,’ Dies at 48 He also starred in the films ‘Varsity Blues’ and ‘The Rules of Attraction’ and in the sitcom ‘Don’t Trust the B---- in Apartment 23.’

SAG-AFTRA honors James Van Der Beek, From Dawson on 'Dawson’s Creek' to a career spanning film and TV, he brought heart and depth to every role. Our condolences to his wife Kimberly and their six children. #SagAftraMember since 1994

Sports is gay and Spanish now deal with it

My theory that AI maximalists don’t know how to use a computer remains undefeated so far

If you are too young to remember Surya, she was a fucking ICON. The only person in history to do a BACKFLIP with a SPLIT ON THE AIR, which she’d land ON ONE FOOT

Of course she wasn’t properly appreciated in her time because racism.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=pAhy...

It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.

Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”

Here is a thing:

There were several years when I was one of VERY few journalists seriously covering harassment and abuse issues in comics (and by extension sometimes video games). During that time, I became the Person People Told Things To.

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Free tip, any candidate who says “The top 50 Epstein affiliates, starting with Trump and Musk, will be imprisoned, and every last penny of their families’ wealth expropriated” will win >40 states in 2028.

Abolish ICE is too confusing. What we meant to say is that "no masks should be deployed in an arbitrary and capricious fashion."