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In case you're still reflexively on the fence when I proclaim that the conversation about AI has progressed to a truly batshit level of reactionary mythology, people on twitter are currently calling out the animators for Spiderverse for using a digital interpolator to assist with lining, because a documentary used the term "machine learning" to describe it.

Apparently using digital tools is taking work away from real artists. I am excited for 6 months time when the discourse has evolved into "all movies should be hand-inked on the inside of Palaeolithic caves to escape the corrupting labour-stealing influence of the pencil".

(Yes this is currently a minority opinion in this instance, largely because people just really like Spiderverse. But the fact that these arguments are being seriously made shows how far off the deep end this conversation has gone. These types of arguments for blanket technology bans already made little to no sense due to the double standard applied, and this demonstrates that by removing the double standard and taking them closer to their logical conclusion - all labour saving tools are bad, especially if they involve a spooky computer algorithm).

y'all ever think about how the paint bucket tool on MS paint is stealing jobs because someone could have been filling in those pixels by hand

we need to force artists to do mindless busywork for hours and hours so that technology doesn't win

On this, the anniversary of the lunar landing, let us also celebrate the greatest post-mission achievement by a crewman.

I refer, of course, to the time Buzz Aldrin (age 72 at the time) cold-cocked a moon landing conspiracy theorist straight in his smug face after being accused of being a coward, liar, and thief.

Yes, someone was indeed dumb enough to tell a man so unafraid of death that he was willing to go into the void on a fragile explosive rocket, a coward.

Said dumbass was filming this confrontation as some sort of proof of moon fraud, but has instead captured this glorious moment of near-cosmic justice for us to loop for all time.

Aldrin was not charged with any crime. He should have been given another medal for public service.

was thinking about infighting and like. they all see us the same. from the wildest queerest fagdyke to a cis gay guy. we are the same to them. the weird queers are not like. ruining your precious community. we're a part of it

@ exclusionists:

Audrey R., who’s running for the OTW board, is apparently also currently running for office. As a Republican

so uhhhhhh keep that in mind when you’re voting

you’re saying this like a liberal who has the view of republicans.bad dems good and vote blue no mayter who.

y-yes? i sort of think the website that was founded because every other website was purging queer fanwork would be best served by someone who isn’t a member of the We Love Burning Books and Killing Gay People party. but that’s just the humble opinion of someone with a brain that works

Thank you OP!

I'd say it's pretty telling that it's nowhere in her bio for running for the OTW board. Let's be real, if she thought it would help get her elected it would have been in her bio.

While some of the answers she gave for follow up questions were perfectly fine, some were politically slippery, and others were scarily suspect. You can check them out yourself, I've put links below.

We can't have anyone from the murder gay people and burn books party on the OTW board. To be a republican you have to support their party line. Also Southwest Missouri is deeply, deeply red, so if she's running she's definitely pure republican, otherwise they wouldn't have supported her on the ticket, she would have had to run as an independent.

Even if you aren't a voting member, please reblog any iteration of this post, it doesn't have to have my comments included. Every voting member deserves to have the facts, and she's clearly gone to great pains to conceal this one.

I can't seem to find a transcript of the live chats, none of which I was or will be able to attend, so there might be more information out there. I thought maybe the discord would have a copy saved, but if it did I couldn't find it.

Here's more information if you're interested -

Link to bio

Link to extra questions

Link to chat times and general information

She is no longer running, fyi

i am not calling twitter fucking x

im deadnaming that shit

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i feel like im in 5th grade being graded on a english grammar test all over again this is so fucked up

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you are doing some cocomelon shit to me

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Art by giganticbuddha (here's their ko-fi)

Hey. Hey Elon. Use a fork to get them out next time.

felt like drawing some clowns 🤡🌈