i expect dreamwidth took one look and Denise got out the flamethrower

me talking to someone after describing a dumb and horrible LW thing:

i feel like i'm describing a livejournal fanfic cult, which i guess i am

one that already exists - you can go to a show and your "ticket" is a hash you were sent in email and they cross it off at the door

and to think I refrained from blocking on the first whatabout comment, a rookie error

It's a mystery how Google News adds things. They added my crypto blog, for example.

this is literally the same whataboutery the crypto guys tried. go away.

for an instructive exercise, try to get Google Gemini to tell you the problems with AI without also serving up a long screed on why AI is good actually

i see into the future by gutting techbros

seeing into the future bit optional

"could" is a word meaning "doesn't"

the answer is "both"

Wonder how Power and Miller's lawyers reacted, lol

Ian Moss on Twitter

YouGov just asked me "if there were a general election tomorrow which way would you vote" and I felt sad that the question machine had been working towards this moment all its life and then didn't have the sentience to know it had finally made it.