A Gathering Of Water Type Pokemon.

have u ever thought about the fact that the Fey sisters have purple-ish color schemes and Phoenix Wright and Miles Edgeworth have blue/red palettes and they are related to the several cases tied to the Fey family by different circumstances and they’re foils of each other and parallels and they are forever intertwined and i think i might explode

400+ Trans Books!!

A friend of mine is hosting a Storygraph reading challenge centering trans books and authors! Over 400 books!!

Even if you don't care for Storygraph, feel free to simply use it as a database of trans fiction.

(i'm also on it hehe)

hi guys!!! cripple is a slur!! being disabled is not an inherently bad thing!! people with brain fog aren't bad people or friends!! people with chronic pain should get accomodations and safe places to express themselves!! disabled people shouldn't be afraid to use mobility aids!! you shouldn't kick out someone's cane or crutches!! being neurodivergent is NOT the fucking same as being diaabled!!

mia fey might have died today but she will forever live on in my heart

This tiny Tawny Frogmouth chick arrived at the Wildlife Hospital at only a few days old and needed some expert care to prepare for adulthood without his parents.

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Here’s a video so you can hear the water and the thrushes. I took it for you because you couldn’t be there. <3

A full moon shines, an omen of safe travels.

How to disable a robot dog if it attacks you by Hoog

AI For Good, AI For Bad, AI for All

We talked about how to view AI as a writing tool, but I also want to acknowledge the worry about AI replacing creative jobs is completely valid, and we need to treat it with the caution it deserves. In an uncertain future, there are steps we can take to protect ourselves and our fellow creatives:

Support creative unions, back union strikes. The WGA strike is a critical example of how fair pay needs to be a factor, ever-changing technology is affecting creative jobs across the board, from novel editing to art direction. Support creative unions, back union strikes, and boosting efforts to form unions is one way to support the future of creative art remaining in the hands of those who make it. Support animation unions, support voice acting unions, support the formation of new unions to protect the future of workers.

Push for regulation. Even those working in AI are sounding the alarm that we need to have government regulations in place to ensure these systems are used in a way that benefits society, not tears it apart. Paying attention and participating by supporting candidates and policy will matter. Some promising motions have been made by the US Supreme Court rejecting copyright cases involving AI, but more needs to be done. We can get to a better future if we try.

Fight back against sketchy AI practices. Tor has once again been caught using an AI cover instead of paying an artist, something I promise you they absolutely can afford to do. Some companies are quietly switching out real narrators for AI. We do not need to accept a world where those critical to the writing process, be they editors, artists, or narrators, have their jobs stripped away by companies that make more than enough money to pay them. Call it out, don't buy content affected by it, and call it out on social media.

Be open and honest about how you use AI. As I've said before, I don't think AI is something you should boycott completely. What I do think is important, though, is to talk about how you use it. Trying to work out a plot snare, for example, or generating an AI image to help you figure out how to describe a room are decent examples of how it can be used as a tool, and it should be encouraged if it can genuinely helpful. Calling out AI-use passed off as original work is going to get harder, and one thing we can do is be honest with ourselves and others about how we use it.

Pay for your shit. Listen, I work in education. I'm double-dutying it when it comes to being a broke writer and a broke educator. But if you're an indie author and you need a decent cover and an editor that'll act more as a grammar-checker, you need to work with real people, which means you need to pay them what they're worth. As a creative you are part of a community of people who will need your support, as well as support you in turn. You'll only be doing yourself a disfavor by turning your back to it.

A better future is worth fighting for - and we can fight for it, no matter how bleak it looks.