Relyea, Connor

A Group of Socialists Created a Hit Game That Tore Them Apart (Gift Article) The role-playing game Disco Elysium wowed critics by lacerating capitalism, communism and fascism. But instead of a sequel came bitter lawsuits and five rival studios.

this is excellent www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Republicans just pushed a resolution to "honor the life and legacy" of anti-LGBTQ+ rights leader and extremist Charlie Kirk.

Half of the Democrats voted in favor, including transgender representative Sarah McBride.

It's always a bit jarring when I'm birdwatching and I spot a bird with tiny binoculars staring right at me crossing "big nerd" off his list.

the straight dads were too stunned to speak

forgot for a brief second that I play D&D with mostly middle-aged, heterosexual dads and asked the DM if the demon woman that was kicking our party's ass was "serving c*nt"

Ch*ya is about to be made the head of content moderation isn't she

had no idea that the only thing keeping a large amount of people in our country from falling into a deep psychosis was a podcaster

there was never going to be a world in which the right didn’t claim the left was celebrating the death of charlie kirk, no matter how respectable anyone tried to be.

thank you!!!

today's my birthday and if I don't get 2k+ "happy birthdays" from the bots that follow me I'm going to [redacted] an AI data center :)

A Funko Pop of Iron Man from the Marvel Cinematic Universe

A Labubu

evil is never defeated, it's merely reborn

the typo in this skeet proves I didn't use AI to write it

Average corporate MBA grad: "I know company's keep getting flamed for using AI and it's fuck ups in their products, but I know it'll be different for us."

AI: *fucks up in the same way that has been reported on dozens of time*

Average corporate MBA grad: "By Talos, this can't be happening."

we continue to see stories of AI being used for a task that people have been doing for decades, the AI fucking up and outing the use of the AI for said task, and the resulting backlash from the public over the use of the AI. And yet people keep thinking that it'll be different when THEY use it.

I work at the publication in this article and I can definitely confirm that the quality of work the AI puts out definitely fits into the “cop” category

Law360 mandates reporters use AI “bias” detection on all stories The policy was announced after an executive accused the newsroom of bias in its Trump administration coverage.

Law360 is requiring all stories pass through an AI "bias indicator" before publication.

The new policy came weeks after an executive from its parent company, LexisNexis, accused the newsroom of liberal bias in its Trump admin coverage. My latest for @niemanlab.org
www.niemanlab.org/2025/07/law3...

Tell Law360 That You Want To Read News Produced By Humans, Not AI Law360’s parent company LexisNexis recently informed the newsroom that our journalists will be required to use an untested, faulty and unhelpful AI tool developed by the company. This tool includes a ...

I’m a former onion contributor who also happens to work at Law360 and we’d love to see your support, Ben! actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

Me: damn it’s hot, do we have a way to cool down???

My body: eh, best I can do is a disgusting slime that looks terrible and will make you feel sticky all day.

Me: could we do anything el-

My body: too late, it’s already drippin’ down your ass

the supreme court: universal injunctions are ILLEGAL!!!! Courts have NO say in the law whatsoever!!!!

also the supreme court: oh, y'all don't wanna see those faggy books??? LOL neither do we, sis, INJUNCTION!!!!

everybody acting like the MAYOR of New York CITY has to be some kind of federally approved position is going to drive me actually insane :)

it's genuinely exhausting that NYC mayor is treated like a national leader, like I get they're elected to lead the largest city in the country but it would be fucking cool if we could have a mayor who cares about the city and doesn't use the position as their campaign for higher office!!!!!!!

NYC Comptroller Brad Lander was just arrested by Trump’s ICE agents because he asked to see a judicial warrant.

This is fascism and all New Yorkers must speak in one voice. Release him now.

Also this article basically boils down to “jobs the will require people to do extra work supervising an AI because it can’t actually be trusted to do a human’s job” which is fucking WILD

I’ll never understand how “yeah these machines are actually pretty bad at what they’re supposed to do but that’s okay because that’s actually your fault” is supposed to be a selling point for this bullshit

Also sue me if I think it’s wrong that humans should use their brains and know how to do things!!! Having skills is important!!!! Having a society with a large population that has a diverse skillset is a good thing!!!!!!!!!!

A.I. Might Take Your Job. Here Are 22 New Ones It Could Give You.

this and other disheartening detritus can be found here if you want to start your day with 10 points of psychic damage www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/m...

The AI future holds the possibility that one day you wont need to know how to do everything in order to do everything. "We're all going to be CEOs of a small army of AI agents," Brynjolfsson said. "We have to think, OK: What is it we really want to accomplish? What are the goals here? And we have to think a little bit more deeply about that than we have in the past."

gotta say, the ending of this NYT article about the ✨potential jobs✨ that the AI boom MIGHT create one day uuuuuhhhhhh doesn't inspire great confidence

honestly, the AI slop machines and the IP-obsessed era of Hollywood were a match made in Hell so go forth in Satan I guess

me, an incredibly smart and good studio executive who loves AI talking into my computer microhphone: "Yeah, hi ChatGBT, can I please get uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhh Saw with a yaoi anime twist?"

"He offered an example of one of Lionsgate's signature action franchises: 'Now we can say "Do it in anime, make it PG-13." Three hours later, I'll have the movie.' He would have to pay the actors and all the other rights participants, he added -- 'but I can do that, and now I can resell it.'"

not shocking in the slightest that the studio heads foaming at the mouth over AI are this creatively bankrupt www.vulture.com/article/gene...