DamageReport
5/22/25
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Supreme Court deadlock leaves in place ruling blocking nation’s first religious charter school district
https://www.cnn.com/...
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OpenAI’s Ambitions Just Became Crystal Clear
OpenAI’s Ambitions Just Became Crystal Clear
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Together, Altman and Ive say they want to create hardware built specifically for AI software. Everyone, Altman suggested in a highly produced announcement video, could soon have access to a “team of geniuses”—presumably, ChatGPT-style assistants—on a “family of devices.”
papermint tiger
i couldn't read it all but i hate what i did read
𝕊𝕡𝕒𝕔𝕖 𝔸𝕔𝕖
Yeah I'll pass on that, thanks.
spicy mycophile
https://archive.ph/... fuck bourgeois paywalls
ᴅᴇᴍᴏɴ ꜱʜᴏᴘɢɪʀʟ
Ty!!
ᴅᴇᴍᴏɴ ꜱʜᴏᴘɢɪʀʟ
ugh, these people are so reckless and dangerous in their philosophy of how to develop and use AI
ᴅᴇᴍᴏɴ ꜱʜᴏᴘɢɪʀʟ
have they not read the like idk, past 100 years of warnings in sci fi?
𝕊𝕡𝕒𝕔𝕖 𝔸𝕔𝕖
Apparently they decided to use it as a playbook instead of a warning.
ᴅᴇᴍᴏɴ ꜱʜᴏᴘɢɪʀʟ
apparently.
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spicy mycophile : thank you, I was on my phone
little prince
little prince
Multiple people on private plane that crashed into San Diego neighborhood are dead, authorities say
little prince
Luckily, no one on the ground seems to have been seriously injured; the biggest injuries seem to be a family treated for smoke inhalation. I’d say is pretty astounding, given some of these pictures of the damage and the fact that the crash happened around 3:30 am, when people would’ve been asleep.
little prince
Suspect in fatal shooting of 2 Israeli Embassy staff in D.C. wasn't on police's radar. Here is what we know.
little prince
Trump administration ends Harvard's ability to enrol international students
HEY LISTEN
oh this is going to make the elite lose their minds
little prince
“Let this serve as a warning to all universities,” says ICE Barbie.
little prince
Gee, that’s not the government chilling speech and silencing dissent. No siree.
DAIRY TREATS
Museum event focused on bringing humanitarian aid to...
this link to a specific live update should work, but re: the shooting of the embassy staff, the event it occurred at was in fact addressing how to effectively get aid into Gaza.
𝕊𝕡𝕒𝕔𝕖 𝔸𝕔𝕖
Spending bill
skipthedemon
There are so many terrible things in this bill that the media hasn't even been talking about. I just gave it a skim. It's dire
𝕊𝕡𝕒𝕔𝕖 𝔸𝕔𝕖
It's essentially Project 2025 in bill form. They're shouting the quiet part now.
NekoInc, MSPM
It literally tries to ban the courts from holding any government employee in contempt.
Pteryx
And last year's lame-duck attempt to pass a "nonprofit killer" bill has been rolled into it too.
FluffyFaeCat
I hate everything this timeline is choosing to be. Trying to hold onto hope but it feels like we're super fucked
little prince
Regulators Are Investigating Whether Media Matters Colluded With Advertisers
Elon Musk, who owns X, previously sued the liberal group over claims that it tried to damage his social media company’s relationship with advertisers.
Exacerangutan
ah so actually "people who colluded with advertisers are trying to pin it on the people who call them out instead"
Exacerangutan
the notion of Musk accusing someone else of "colluding with advertisers"
Exacerangutan
but i guess it only makes sense that when the government is run by criminals, they'll accuse people who point out their crimes of being the real criminals
HEY LISTEN
https://imgs.plurk.com/QGd/sG0/0AiZPepzjrQLNJILRwSx3tIfdn6_lg.jpg
Exacerangutan
mmhm
little prince
Social media shakes head over Jillian Michaels taking ‘new media’ seat at White House
little prince
The fitness/wellness to fascist pipeline is real
curieosity。
Ship footage shared with BBC captures sound of Ocean...
Two years after the Titan submersible imploded, US Coast Guard reveals footage of the moment of implosion
curieosity。
there was a very audible sound heard by those on the boat on the surface
𝕊𝕡𝕒𝕔𝕖 𝔸𝕔𝕖
...that happened two years ago now? omg
Democrat Salute
HEY LISTEN : Saul Alinsky’s “Rules for Radicals?” He believed you should accuse the other side of what you’re doing, to create confusion and to inculcate voters against evidence of your own guilt.
Platinum
Adobe to automatically move subscribers to pricier, AI-focused tier in June
Platinum
Subscribers to Adobe’s multi-app subscription plan, Creative Cloud All Apps, will be charged more starting on June 17 to accommodate for new generative AI features.
𝕊𝕡𝕒𝕔𝕖 𝔸𝕔𝕖
Reminder that there are free or low cost alternatives to Adobe's software.
A Grinning DM
I really wish I could find a replacement for photoshop that I actually liked
Platinum
The closest (free) version I've found is Photopea.
Platinum
I've been trying out Affinity, but it's... taking some getting used to.
𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙯𝙤
yeah photopea
A Grinning DM
oh wow photopea is great
A Grinning DM
why did that never come up whenever I googled photoshop substitutes?
Platinum
A lot of folks don't think a browser-based art program is worth anything.
Platinum
It looks like they've started including AI options, unfortunately, but that's probably gonna be most of the art programs these days.
A Grinning DM
Ugh I really wish AI would die in a fire
FluffyFaeCat
𝕊𝕡𝕒𝕔𝕖 𝔸𝕔𝕖 : Do you happen to know of any for AfterEffects? That's the one I've had no luck in finding an alternative for myself
Platinum
I have a chart somewhere....
Platinum
https://i.imgur.com/wAvKouJ.jpeg
Platinum
ae's in the bottom right
FluffyFaeCat
ooh thanks!
curieosity。
https://apnews.com/...
Stop making cents: US Mint moves forward with plans to kill the penny
𝕊𝕡𝕒𝕔𝕖 𝔸𝕔𝕖
FluffyFaeCat : I never used After Effects, but going off the chart, I can tell you that Blender has a steep learning curve, but worth it in the end.
Exacerangutan
yeah blender takes some self-teaching but there are pretty solid tutorials out there on youtube etc
FluffyFaeCat
I am only familiar with blender as a 3d modelling program, but if it's a lot more than that, I really need to take a closer look
Platinum
Blender does animation, too. But if you're wanting video editing that doesn't involve 3D models, a separate option might be better.
FluffyFaeCat
I was doing a lot of 2D animation in after effects in my college years. (might have continued doing stuff, but hahahaha looking for work with an art degree and then adobe started doing its subscription and not supporting CS6 anymore. AE was the first cs6 piece to stop working when I had to update my OS. photoshop lasted the longest)
papermint tiger
people have done some incredibly impressive things in Blender, check out the Backrooms youtube videos by Kane Pixel
papermint tiger
they're made in that with Adobe Aftereffects iirc
Exacerangutan
ohhh yeah its main thing is 3D rendering, but that includes animation... idk the tools you're used to for 2D tho so it's hard to say how far off-purpose your use of Blender would be (thinking)
FluffyFaeCat
Well, here's an example that was (mostly) animated in after-effects and in 2D (short bit at the end done in 3D and Maya)
Era Poem
FluffyFaeCat
and that's more or less the kind of thing I'd probably do if I started animating again. I'd been wanting to venture out into silhouette style
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