[idrawtoomuch]

Have a very quick 10min doodle based on an old Vine from memory because I have no better use of my time apparently.

[veilstrider]

DRAGON AGE: THE VEILGUARD (2024)

[bioticdisaster]

I had to say goodbye to Edin last Monday. I am functional only because my partner is making sure I "try" to take care of my body. I also have to remind myself that Elsie needs me. She lost a lifelong companion, she has never been the only cat. She cries at night now looking for him. After months of pulling away because he smelled different. I miss my boy. I hate breaking down when I get home from work because I don't hear him running down the stairs to greet me. He did that until the very end. Oh, he rallied hard for me. He enjoyed walks outside bundled under my parka as I held him close. He felt the sunshine on his face and whiskers. He got to watch and chase birds all weekend. He got all the cuddles. I held him as we said farewell. And he passed at 11:07, N7, he was my N7 kitty. I miss him so much. I lost my familiar and a huge part of my soul went with him.

[bioticdisaster]

I honestly do not know how I will function when I have to say goodbye to Edin.

I am so thankful I have been given more time with him. But this treatment only gives me 4-6 months. We just hit month four and its efficacy is declining. He barely ate anything this weekend and I am telling myself it is because he had chemo on Thursday. He is half his weight from June and my heart just breaks thinking about how will I be able to exist without him.

[userautumn]

[bitbybitwrites]

YouTube secretly used AI to edit people's videos. The results could bend reality

YouTube made AI enhancements to videos without telling users or asking permission. As AI quietly mediates our world, what happens to our sha

"It turns out, he wasn't. In recent months, YouTube has secretly used artificial intelligence (AI) to tweak people's videos without letting them know or asking permission. Wrinkles in shirts seem more defined. Skin is sharper in some places and smoother in others. Pay close attention to ears, and you may notice them warp. These changes are small, barely visible without a side-by-side comparison. Yet some disturbed YouTubers say it gives their content a subtle and unwelcome AI-generated feeling.

There's a larger trend at play. A growing share of reality is pre-processed by AI before it reaches us. Eventually, the question won't be whether you can tell the difference, but whether it's eroding our ties to the world around us."

[evil-fact-checker]

1. What happened YouTube admitted it’s been running AI processing on some Shorts — sharpening, denoising, smoothing — without asking permission. Creators noticed their own faces looked subtly “off,” like they were wearing AI makeup. And the altered version is what the audience sees.

2. Why this crosses a line

Ownership: Your video is your work. Your face is your image. When YouTube silently rewrites it, they are asserting that they—not you—own how you appear on their platform.

Trust: Creators like Rick Beato and Rhett Shull rely on authenticity. If the platform itself tampers with that, it erodes the bond between creator and audience.

Consent: On your phone, you can toggle filters. On YouTube, you aren’t asked. That’s the difference between a tool you control and a platform that controls you.

Reality creep: These changes seem tiny, but they normalize the idea that media is always pre-processed. Once you accept that, the very expectation of “realness” starts to vanish.

3. Why YouTube thinks they can do this

Most people won’t notice.

Those who do notice won’t leave; there’s no real competition at YouTube’s scale.

With bigger global crises, this feels too trivial to fight. They know apathy and exhaustion keep most people quiet.

4. The deeper problem This isn’t about whether a shirt wrinkle looks sharper. It’s about power. YouTube doesn’t see itself as a neutral distributor of your work. It sees itself as the author of the experience, with full rights to “optimize” your content however it likes. Creators are just raw material. That’s why they didn’t ask: asking implies you could say no.

5. What can be done

Raise awareness. The only reason this surfaced was because creators with big audiences noticed. Keep amplifying it.

Demand control. A mandatory opt-out is the minimum. YouTube must not alter identity without consent.

Diversify. Explore Nebula, PeerTube, even Patreon-hosted video. Every bit of independence reduces monopoly leverage.

Frame the stakes. This isn’t “just a filter.” It’s a question of who owns your image, your work, your voice. If we concede that to the platform, we’ll lose the last trace of authenticity online.

6. The bottom line Google once said “Don’t be evil.” Now the motto is closer to “Don’t get caught.” They’re not testing video quality — they’re testing how much tampering people will tolerate before they resist. And if there’s no resistance, the platform’s ownership over your reality becomes the default.

[bioticdisaster]

July came and went in a flash.

The chemo isn't working. Edin had a blood transfusion 1.5 weeks ago to stabilize his anemia. His total blood count is trending downwards again.

His next appointment with the oncologist is on Thursday, which is also his Adoption Day. I don't know when I should schedule the end of life visit. I don't fucking know what to do.

[bioticdisaster]

August also went by in a flash. Thankfully, Edin is responding to CCNU! He's eating 4 cans of wet food a day now. I spoiled him on his Gotcha Day and freakin' cried tears of relief because he is my heart kitty. I know I will have to probably say goodbye to him by the end of the year. But at least it will be on his terms and not a medical emergency. I just wish I could have 13 more years with him.

[dijon-mayonnaise]

Davrin comm :)

[dijon-mayonnaise]

I got a Ko-fi btw!! Not opened for commissions as of right now but donations and sharing are appreciated :) | | | v 🧸Link🧸

[presentlydean]

online communities are so strange because people slip away so easily. you can be on here for years, folding people you've never met into the fabric of your daily life, and then they disappear, leaving only ghost posts scattered across tumblr behind. or their blog stays dormant, for weeks, months, years, until you're only still following them because you remember that they love sunflowers or they were kind to you when they didn't have to be or the last thing they posted was sad and raw and you still worry about them sometimes.

and sometimes they come back when you least expect it, years later, even, and there's this sudden rush of relief like there you are, there you are, even though you barely knew each other.

there's a strange kind of love to it. i don't know you and i want to hold your hand across miles and time zones and oceans. i can still see the imprint of you in this community you left. you don't think anyone will notice or care when you're gone, but we notice and we care and we wish you well.

i hope you're all okay out there. i hope the sun is shining on your face and you are breathing deeply. i miss you.

[maia-beans]

Sooo in my ideal DAV Assan is already an adult griffon. This is them travelling before the game events, I just love imagining mundane moments between them

[spinfins]

Okay. But Davrin’s body language is giving “dad waxing favorite car on a Saturday” vibes though.

[keikomivra]

Chris Appelhans:

In Maggie’s original mission for the movie that I definitely connected to, there’s this idea of presenting women that were badass, super beautiful, and glamorous. But also weird and funny, food-loving, and silly and wearing their pajama pants. That’s the thing where I’m like, “God, this is so long overdue!” We just kept trying to make them kind of fabulous and amazing, but also human and silly and flawed.

{☆}

[imrowanartist]

Sooooooo, I may have started working on a little thing 👀

I’ve had this idea for a while now and I finally reached the point where I feel like I both have enough art to fill a zine and the focus to actually put it together. It’s mostly a passion project for myself, but I do plan on looking into offering it as a digital file when it’s done (perhaps even a few physical copies). And while I’m no graphic designer, I do have wonderful friends who are and who have been helping me a lot already. It’s been really fun to work on so far and I’ll try to share some more sneak peeks in the future!

[bioticdisaster]

July came and went in a flash.

The chemo isn't working. Edin had a blood transfusion 1.5 weeks ago to stabilize his anemia. His total blood count is trending downwards again.

His next appointment with the oncologist is on Thursday, which is also his Adoption Day. I don't know when I should schedule the end of life visit. I don't fucking know what to do.

[kungsljus]

A friend requested Gestral discord icons

[existentialqueer]

The best photo I took at Dashcon 2

[jawlipops]

Full demon rumi ;3

[toastbutteregg]

[valkyriexpandora]

Same energy 

[revyourharleyquinn]

[bioticdisaster]

Life kinda sucks right now because one of my cats was diagnosed with lymphoma last week. But also, my partner is extremely supportive and basically said Edinburgh (Edin, ED-In, not freaking Eden) is basically our child. The pandemic fucking sucked but I am so glad I met my partner during it and we are going five years strong. He said to me, without missing a beat, he'd cover half of the chemo treatment, and we are going for the gold star treatment. Because he knows how much Edin means me to. How I got him during my cancer scare and basically was the reason I kept going in my 20s when traumatic event after traumatic event kept pushing me back down.

My current obsessions right now to keep the negative thoughts away are the new Superman and Kpop Demon Hunters. So expect reblogs containing these fandoms!