B.H. Findley

HEADLINE: CREATIVE WORKS CAN NO LONGER BE MINED BY AI WITHOUT CONSENT IN AUSTRALIA NEW REGULATIONS PROTECT ARTISTS' RIGHTS IN THE AGE OF AI

See, look, U.S.A., it's this easy

(and should have been done immediately upon the knowledge that these cheats and grifters were STEALING our work)

A photo of Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins and Ian Holm as Bilbo Baggins from Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings Trilogy

'The "uncle" who Frodo said got rich by adventuring with Dwarves is actually a distant cousin, he clarified on Monday.' - Lobelia Sackville-Baggins, The Shire Post

If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.

Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net

I truly enjoyed this thread. I recommend reading it!

An orange cat curled up on a lap

Back home with a friend

I dont mind dentists strangely enough. But podiatrists 😫

Distract me little people in my phone 😣 I’m having a doctor do horrible stuff to my toenails again 😬

I am so excited about this new book I wrote! It’s set in Vermont, too! 😊

The thing I just sent to my agent 👀👀🤩

Five chapters from being done with these edits 😅 I’m so excited. Also exhausted

Congratulations 🎉🥳 do something nice for yourself

The first hundred pages of this draft are assembled and clean. Not sure if it’s brilliant or terrible 🙀

It’s a very small thing, but I just learned I can have grapefruit juice again on this new medication. I’m so excited! 😆

Daffodils in the woods

Daffodils and a dog near the edge of the yard

Daffodils beside a house

Daffodils on a messy dining room table

Loads of daffodils in this town right now!

An orange cat sitting on a couch

Formerly feral Percy is learning that it’s ok to sit on the furniture!

Thank you! I had one of the “better” cancers to have so I can’t even imagine how it must be for people with worse kinds!

Thinking about how if all goes well 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼 I only have 3 years and 3 days of active cancer treatments to go so there’s that

(Almost 2 years of medication down, 3 to go. They just switched me to a new medication so now I get a whole host of different and differently awful side effects 😓)

wish ishmael was alive to see this

Transphobic sports ban fails.

Call your reps. It can work. Let’s take the victories where we get them.

These are the good guys supporting DEI. Reward them with your business.

Costco
Meijer
Kroger
Giant Grocery
Ben & Jerry’s
Ulta, Macy’s
Old Navy
Nordstrom’s
TJ Maxx
GoTo Foods ( Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba, Cinnabon…)
Dollar Tree
Walgreens
Wegmans

Awww I wish that I did!

I know we all realize this, but to underline the point: AI is predicated on exploitation, environmental degradation, and financial speculation. It should be the antithesis of everything we stand for as professors.

Also, how the fuck are you going to ask your students to do their work if you won't?

What the heck is this graphic accompanying the “textbook”? Nerniacular Latin? An evoolitun on nance langusages? Please tell me this is a joke 😣

Lately I’ve been reading Proust in French. This is what all those years and years of education and “useless” degrees and time living abroad prepared me for. Totally worth it 😇

A small orange cat sitting beside an open door

New kitty Percy feeling comfortable in the kitchen, just outside of his safe room.

He is very shy and still learning how to live in a house, so this is great progress!

okay, we're starting with this

Step 1. call your own rep if you haven't already!

Step 2. sign this (cis women only please! cis guys, you can help by boosting)

Step 3. much depends on the success and reach of step 2; lots of options if this blows up

actionnetwork.org/petitions/no...

🙏