David

The inflatables have made it to Broadview.

I'm sure Caitlin Flanagan appreciates your stalwart, if rather unhinged, defence of her work, even though it completely fails to point out the basic facts about Bari Weiss being a complete disaster of a 'journalist'

As always, 'si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses'

It's a badge of honour to respond immaturely after being corrected by people who are providing evidence that Bari Weiss is a disastrous pick for editor-in-chief?

Ummm...

Okayyyy?

Not everything's what it seems at the beginning of "Kiss, Magic, Kill"... 😘

#webtoon #webcomic #lightnovel #yuri #fantasy #mystery #cozymystery

Speaking for myself, nope. Not one bit.

Bluesky is not perfect by any means, but considering how Twitter strangles posts and engagements from people even vaguely left of Musk while favouring racists, pornbots, neo-Nazis, and racist neo-nazi pornbots...

Yeah, I prefer it here, thanks.

So yeah, no that's really what it's called. The Monstrance is usually only ever brought out on specific holy days for veneration during which it's displayed on the altar of the church (an altar btw which usually houses a holy relic)

Catholics believe it is actually Jesus, because transubstantiation

I REALLY need to talk more about this RP!! 😭🙏 But today I wanted to chill and write a short story about my OCs, and OMG the tea is WILD

The Bank of England doesn't always get things right, but the fact that they are concerned about the bubble is probably one of the biggest warning signs we're going to get before the music stops.

Ironically, it could end up being a self-fulfilled prophecy too.

My joy at the AI bubble popping and all the hype being revealed for the smoke mirrors that it's always been is tempered by the (admittedly vague) memory of the dotcom bubble popping and my (all too clear) memory of the 08-09 recession.

The real losers are the ordinary people paying the bill

HILO de cómo hacer CRÍTICAS constructivas y ASERTIVAS 💜

Todo esto lo voy a sacar de mis apuntes de la psicóloga, que es una crack ✨ Me ha ayudado muchísimo con mis relaciones sociales, así que aquí queda para quien desee mejorar sus habilidades comunicativas!

Conservatives who criticise Pope Leo for challenging Trump's immigration crackdown are probably the same people who would have told Pope Pius XI to stop attacking Hitler and Mussolini's policies.

I'm no Catholic, but I seem to remember that many of the saints that are venerated and celebrated in the Church's calendar are praised as such because they resisted the unlawful and often tyrannical attempts to silence them and punish those who followed or trusted them to keep them safe.

RDR2, Mafia 3, Wolfenstein, Bioshock Infinite

You can happily mow down members of the KKK (and Nazis) in all of these games, and hardly anyone complains about doing it. Hell, if we're being cynical, the controversy means better sales.

This is just corpo cowardice at its finest.

I love that he rejects the idea that Dave Chappelle did it for the money because he's, apparently, already rich.

Because, as we all know, people who already have a lot of money are famously reluctant to accept even more money to become even richer. That's just basic science /s

There's a LOT that you can pick apart here, but I honestly think (and I hate saying it) that Pete Davidson's 'I went there for the money' comment is more honest and relatable than...whatever this guff is

Ironically, this puff piece is just more free PR for Saudi Arabia.

Faces painted with bars and lines to confuse AI.

Recently in Europe, students have found a clever way to fight back against facial recognition cameras. Not with hacking. Not with tech. But with simple face paint & strands of hair.

By shading or covering the points AI uses to identify faces, they make billion-dollar surveillance systems go blind.

"We can't possibly ask artists and writers for permission or pretend that copyright is a thing that exists. If we asked, they might want fair compensation or to be properly credited and that jeopardises our revenue. Why the hell would we ever do that when we can just steal their stuff for free?"

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Honestly, I think a lot of our collective memory in politics, culture, and society is based on the one-liners and flashy moments rather than the long build-ups to both.

It's a bit like Leto in Dune - the performance, not the reality, is what people end up seeing and remembering

CFP: A Time of Monsters The monster has been here all along. It is a historical constant that manifests in wildly different ways across time, place, and culture. Whatever form it takes, the monster claws at categories; it un...

If you are a supporter and reader of @contingent-mag.bsky.social one of the biggest things you can do to help us at the moment is get this CFP to the NTT folks in your life. The fracturing of social media has made it very difficult to get the word out esp. to adjuncts and VAPs.

Artists post WIPs and process videos...

Now here's one from a writer!

(tongue firmly in cheek)

#amwriting #yuri #wlw #romance #fantasy #cozymystery

I like how this throwback to 2005 goes for 'bags of compost' rather than the more traditional 'bags of groceries'

Because, as most man-bun metrosexuals know, helping women with the groceries is like super gay and wimpy, bro. Shopping is what women do, duh.

Ironically, at this point, they might be more willing to listen to an Englishman who doesn't speak French than at any other time.

UK: Lol, our Prime Minister didn't even last 50 days. That's got to be a record.

France: Hold my wine.

That's the Labour Government slogan right there.

"The Labour Party: Pointlessly self-destructive"

just finished a business trip in Tokyo where I met with
@akiyamasho.bsky.social to talk animation and
@celimonseb.bsky.social
to talk comics and
@merrydawg.bsky.social
for more comics (and pizza!) and the
@tokyodev.bsky.social
team because they're amazing and Godzilla AAHHHHHH RUUUUUUUN

"We're going to create superintelligence" How about making outlook search work first. How about that

"I'm telling you, your car keys are under this piece of turf. You're just not looking hard enough."