The facts on the ground have changed, so the rules governing creative content have to change. Full stop. 7/7

we have GenAI, which has automated the process of taking “inspiration” from artists’ work. It’s taken away the labor that used to impose a barrier for entry. It’s made it so easy to produce knockoffs of an artist’s work woth zero effort that it’s rendered creative work effectively worthless. 6/7

Otherwise there’s no financial incentive to keep producing new art, and there’s nothing in the culture but endlessly regurgitated copies of what went before. The facts on the ground had changed, so new rules had to be invented to govern the new technology. 5/7

When the printing press came along it took the effort out of copying a written work, so it became necessary to create new rules to govern the new technology. Creators had to be able to impose an artificial scarcity so that their work still had value in the marketplace. 4/7

This is why artists don’t mind other artists taking inspiration, because it’s not as simple as taking an idea, you still have to put in the work to master the craft. Much like the scribes of old copying manuscripts by hand, the craft imposes a level of difficulty that creates a barrier to entry. 3/7

Because there was no need for it when books had to be copied by hand. The act of copying a book was a labor in its own right, much like how artists who take inspiration from others still have to master their craft. 2/7

“How is AI any different than artists taking inspiration from other artists’ works?”

The printing press is invented in the 15th century. Copyright law comes into existence in the 18th century. Why doesn’t copyright law predate the printing press? 1/7

The way I know the president isn’t running things is because “big“ and “beautiful“ are two of the only adjectives he has access to in his limited vocabulary, which inserts as placeholders when he doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Ergo “Big Beautiful Bill” = I have no idea what’s in this.

I used to live on that tofu croquette thing

In the last two months Tesla has lost a quarter of its value and Musk is down $100b, and there’s millions of people gullible and well-trained enough to think he’s busting open the federal piggy bank because he just cares so much about efficient operations.

YouTube video by Associated Press Biden met by shouts during SOTU on Medicare, Social Security mention

That time Biden accused Republicans of wanting to cut Medicaid and they howled like monkeys at the zoo. At one point the camera cuts to Mike Johnson sneering and shaking his head.

The argument for the Democrats is that they’re the only viable alternative to this. The argument against the Democrats is that they behave like they know they’re the only viable alternative to this.

In case my last post was too oblique let me make an amazing psychic prediction: after zero review, Musk is going to magically find out that all the people in charge of regulating Tesla and SpaceX or who are in any other way standing between him and the government’s money are low performing workers.

Hey real quick, just wondering if anyone’s asked the ketamine addicted billionaire who supposedly has six other jobs while spending all day playing video games and scrolling Twitter how he’s planning to review manditory self-reporting performance emails from 4.5 million federal employees? Thanks bye

We need a set of non-negotiables.
1 Amendment on campaign finance reform
2 Uncap the House
3 Amendment on gerrymandering
4 Recall for all Sens and Reps
5 Term limits for Congress
6 Massive reform for SCOTUS

Hey real quick, just wondering if anyone’s asked the ketamine addicted billionaire who supposedly has six other jobs while spending all day playing video games and scrolling Twitter how he’s planning to review manditory self-reporting performance emails from 4.5 million federal employees? Thanks bye

These are the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Trump has now replaced the woman and the black guy (the Chairman) with white men, in what the media is calling a “shake-up” or an “overhaul,” instead of what it transparently fucking is.

The guy who wouldn’t have a pot to piss in if it weren’t for government subsidies and loans and bailouts is now magically an expert on government efficiency, say incredibly gullible people with the reading comprehension of seven-year-olds.

I just realized why conservative Youtubers are always in their cars, it’s because they’re listening to right wing talk radio and they have to regurgitate what they heard before they forget it.

Based on the past few weeks I’m 100% convinced he has no idea how to make a car, he just shows up and pulls this bull in a china shop routine and genius engineers have to make it make sense because he can ruin their lives.

These people are trained like good little seals, and he doesn’t even have to give them any fish. In fact the fish are going to cost more, and they’ll pay it.

They’ve already figured out how to blame egg prices on Biden because of bird flu. It’s just like with the last pandemic, anything that Trump fucks up immediately becomes a conspiracy masterminded by his deadly enemies.

Because their idea of “tyranny” is civil rights.

“These are great numbers if you consider that most of these are people we wanted dead anyway.”

Omg instant follow

If Biden had tweeted "Today I decided I'm the UFC champion so send me the belt and some ice cream" everyone would've gone "lol no" so I don't get why yinz all treat Trump like a Make-A-Wish kid

There’s a saying that “a conservative is someone who will shit his own pants if he thinks a liberal will have to smell it.” Watching them happily gloat about the theft of their own social security and banking data is really bearing that one out.

Without government subsidies and loans and bailouts and sweetheart contracts he would have literally nothing. All he wants is direct access to the piggy bank, and the power to cut off funding to anyone who competes with him or makes fun of his hair plugs. 2/2

I think the way to understand what Musk is doing at the treasury is “LOOTING.” Musk doesn’t gaf about government efficiency, his companies have been floated by government all along, and all his wealth is speculative. 1/2

Something I think people should consider: if you’re going to rationalize what this regime is doing with “maybe we do need to revisit DEI/Civil Rights/immigration/gender” etc, you’re not demonstrating that they’re not fascists. You’re demonstrating the extent to which you’re willing to go along.