Cicada Philosopher

[fuckhugeoctopus]

For years, sci-fi has asked, what if aliens were wetter than us. Project Hail Mary posits a new, daring question. What if we are the wet aliens

[eab-art]

There's a lot to like about devil's minion with Eric Bogosian Daniel, but one thing I've been thinking about is how unusual and wonderful it is to see an older man in a role like this? How rare it is to see a man in his 70s play a queer man in a mainstream network television show, and in a role where his queerness isn't a source of trauma and tragedy (the vampirism is much more of an issue). There are some older gay men and couples in media these days, but they're still unusual, and are more often middle aged rather than 70+. And this character, Daniel, a man that lived to 70 years old as a closeted man, who survived the AIDs crisis, finally able to pursue a gay relationship openly. Who was loved and desirable in his 20s and is loved and desirable in his 70s. Armand that has just as much love for him in his old age, who isn't bothered by his looks changing, and loves him all the same. A character for whom reaching his old age wasn't the end of his life, but the start of something new. An older man that is canonically bisexual, who is romantically pursued by a younger man, who is just as compelling of a character as any other in the show. I think it's really wonderful??

[projectorthus]

Not lovers or friends but a secret third thing (they play Catan together and Stratt pretends she's not preparing Grace for a one way trip to space)

[beeabart]

murder wives

[fluffysheeple]

christian bad driver: my guardian angel watches over me, I don't need to look before I merge

atheist bad driver: I will rely on my own skill to see myself safely home after a mere 8 drinks

agnostic bad driver: no one knows where all these dents and scratches came from

[ebogosian]

ASSAD ZAMAN as ARMAND in The Vampire Lestat • 1.07, The Failures

[conspiracy-frog]

What if Erid invented intergalactic fast travel

I don't support Eva bashing that's emotional support environmental terrorist right there. What I'm interested in is the bad pr she is giving earth because the eridian ambassador is too invested in his flesh teddy bears life

[twinkhole-destroyer]

they will kill you for having fun on the internet

[twinkhole-destroyer]

is tomorrow good for you?

[jellyfishforest135]

Activated them like sleeper agents

[adventures-in-instant-ramen]

[sakura-rose12]

So I had a funny dream the other night.

It involved a very gay witch.

[spiribia]

we do need to revisit the wording of "you can't have your cake and eat it too" because i don't think it clearly enough conveys that it's more that you can't simultaneously retain a cake and also get to consume it (which would render you cakeless). for years i was like But why not....it's my cake....?

[ferrettoy]

this fucking problem is how they caught the unabomber

[m0thmancore]

hey you should uh. elaborate. for my own personal satisfaction

[ferrettoy]

the unabomber was pedantic about idiomatic phrases like "have your cake and eat it too" and rephrased it to "eat your cake and have it too" (which to be very fair makes sense). fast forward to when he starts writing manifestos. he uses the phrase word for word in his pedantic style and his brother (who has been keeping his eyes on the unabomber shit for obvious reasons) notices the phrase and is like "oh fuck that's my fucking brother no one else fucking says that" and calls in an FBI tip

[tetrafelino]

Well you can't deliberately speak in a way nobody else does and also stay anonymous you know. Can't eat your cake and have it too.

[theprofessional-amateur]

link to bluesky post

[theprofessional-amateur]

In addition to how to turn various things, it includes:

Other useful AI Removal/Detection links

How to spot AI Hallucinations like a Reference Librarian (originally on Substack)

Library Freedom Project has a lot of handouts about AI on their Resources page

[tarmairons]

INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE (2022-) | S02E04 x S03E07

[omtai]

Hierarchy of people you know

1. Mutuals

2. Friends

3. Coworkers you like

4. Strangers

5. Coworkers you don’t like

6. Enemies

7. Friend’s ugly boyfriend

[urban-mutt]

Sunday.

[lukelemon-art]

☀️Touching the sun☀️

I would imagine it starts with small things and tiny steps… And drinking buckets of your maker's blood, but that's a matter for some art in the future.

[nicolegendary]

sometimes. things that have a lot of kudos. are worse