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This looks insane, actually

this is a very basic point to make but I hate that so many tech people are going "whoops haha AI is about to destroy society as we know it!" and yet incredibly few tech people are arguing in favour of just...slowing down the roll-out of AI, apparently progress must crush us and we have no say in it?

I'm pretty worried that we aren't talking about UBI more than we are. I'm not even convinced UBI is a great solution, but kinda seems like we're about to be staring down the barrel of an emergency and noone is planning for it

Potentially. But there's always the amount of energy - and therefore expense - needed as a limiting factor. My understanding is that improvements will slow a lot, if not already happening, so that the reality falls far short of predictions

Right. It's not inherently bad, it's just gatekept by all the worst people, ensuring that all its most depressing ramifications will come to fruition, rather than its positive potential

If "AI" was being built, used, and planned for in responsible ways--the way a civilization designed to enhance human thriving would do--then a lot more people would be enthusiastic about its potential. But the people in charge of defining what AI will be are the fucking worst short-term scumbags.

Oh, year of the fire horse, is it? All going off!

digital drawing of a hare/rabbit framed with snowdrops

the first signs of spring ⚘

[ #art #creatureart ]

semi abstract drawing of a person watching horses gallop by

year of the horse 🧧🎉

I haven't read W&P, but Anna Karenina is actually kind of a banger - providing you can deal with all the name variations, patronyms, diminutives, etc!

This is amazing, lol!

Yeeesssss! I loved this one! She writes good!

All my homies who got fatigue like they're gonna die, HOLLA at me!

Is Pillion out now in the US? Bc that is brilliant! However, really quite dark - but it *feels* like a romcom by the beats, plenty of jokes anyway!

And you still wouldn't know! Lol. No, not seeing it either. The Secret Agent, instead, I feel

A Lunar New Year illustration depicting a smiling horse standing in a field. They are being offered a flower by a rabbit in a dress. A dog person is sitting on the horse brushing it and a cat is standing nearby looking at the horse admiringly. Beneath the horse are the words "may 2026 be kind to you". To the right are the Chinese characters: "恭喜發財" (gong hei fat choi) which translates as wishing you happiness and fortune.

HNY everyone!

Maybe sometimes Valh-Aldi?

Honestly I hate peoe for allowing this to happen. Even with vaccination, breakthrough events can occur. I had breakthrough mumps at uni, which was awful. Basically we're all at risk - the breakthrough rate for measles is lower, but not nil!

Lol! I think you're right, but apparently this is also something they think about. Security in shock collars was one idea. Bleak life, being a billionaire!

They know it isn't. That's why a bunch of them have been building survival bunkers, mainly in New Zealand

Even if they all matched Warren Buffet and gave away like 30% it'd be a lot less disgusting, tbh

Chance'd be a fine thing! I keep saving up to move, then failing to bite the bullet, lol (had an attempt to move fall through expensively in 2024).

Crazy. You see it a lot in the construction industries, too. Cowboy builder, scams a bunch of people, someone chases legally, company folds down and into new entity - and repeat.

He sounds deranged here, but... he has a point! I've seen 9am open drug deals, obviously high addicts reeling in the middle of the street before 9am... and the fly-tipping is out of control. London does need resources and attention

Good lord. Now I have the wife sniping at me. No good deed, etc.

I mean, fwiw, that has been a personally very stressful and distressing morning. Shouldn't have to have a panic attack in the shower bc in 2026 the industry I work in is incapable of realising that 'pretend MAGA hats' isn't a funny joke. I appreciate the turnaround, but phew!

Update: I have been told that the cap is now retired. I hope that this is accurate going forward. They are doing the right thing.

I am personally beyond fed up of this situation, which has been ongoing for years. Hiding behind the plausible deniability of "just joking", I am asking ALL of you to stand with me and say something, DO something about this. It's unacceptable.

Exactly! They even tagged it MAGA. I know enough to personally be quite sure it is not a joke, in fact, however, not to elaborate on that for now. I just want it to STOP.

This is See No Evil London, who host talks (often with great speakers, by the way) and they raffle tickets to help fund it - winners get these horrible hats.
This is NOT a joke, for so many people. It is exclusionary, it is offensive, and it hurts people who deserve to be in the industry