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[sangpires]

come get your all organic silverwood ink tools from qifrey himself 🌿✒

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An AI company has applied for a 50 year lease for land south of Deadhorse, Alaska

The public is available to comment on it. here is the contact information given by the Department of Natural Resources:

All comments must be received in writing at the mailing address or email below no later than 4:30 PM Alaska Daylight Time on June 15, 2026.

To submit written comments or to seek additional information about any of the above proposed actions, please contact:

Division of Oil and Gas Permitting Section 550 West 7th Avenue, Suite 1100 Anchorage, AK 99501

Phone: [phone]

Email: [email protected]

if people that don't live in alaska could please reblog for reach i'd much appreciate it. there aren't very many of us and i don't have a way to facilitate other alaskans seeing this post.

[nongunktional]

also essential: make a substantiative comment. your comment must point out a specific reason why the datacenter does not benefit the state. "datacenters are bad/nobody wants ai" won't quite cut it. a high volume of comments does very little. your goal should be to force the state to acknowledge practical and legal problems in their decision.

point out that this datacenter currently has not proven that it can acquire the natural gas necessary to power itselg.

point out that the long-term economic benefits of this datacenter will amount to creating a mere double-digit number of jobs that will likely go to seasonal workers from outside.

if someone points out that this is being permitted by the division of oil and gas, which has no reason to have jurisdiction over a datacenter except for the half-baked excuse of building a gas pipeline for power, that would also be effective.

do a little research, look up the article about this by Nathaniel Hertz (can't link now; he writes The Northern Journal)(edit: sorry, it's also the one OP linked), maybe go above and beyond by reading a bit of AS 38.05, and if you send in a comment, make sure it points to a flaw in the process or a reason this project is not in the state's best interest to permit.

[mismedleym]

recollections

[mrporg]

[horrificgoth]

(crawls on all fours with blood drenched on me) I have to do arts and crafts

[knyaifey]

"so, captain, is this nonsensical maid costume just for show or should i actually put you to work?"

one more maid day drawing

[despazito]

sometimes an american will be talking to you and they start throwing around numbers like 70 or 90 when talking about the weather and you just have to smile and nod

[lilithsaintcrow]

"This week I discovered the same pattern, executed by Google. Google Chrome is reaching into users' machines and writing a 4 GB on-device AI model file to disk without asking."

Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane. — Th

Google Chrome is downloading a 4 GB Gemini Nano model onto users' machines without consent, with no opt-in, no opt-out short of enterprise t

[spockvarietyhour]

Google Chrome Secretly Downloads Huge Local AI Models

Google Chrome automatically installs local neural network components on user systems via default configurations. The browser downloads a 4GB

Procedures for disabling it

[ex0skeletal-undead]

A video for disabling on Windows which made it very easy:

[tomato-bird-art]

Attending FanimeCon 2026? Love Indie Comics and Manga? Don't miss the first Original English Language Doujinshi market in the USA, MANGA ICHIBA, An event focused on self-published manga and comics for an English-Speaking Audience!

I’m super excited to be tabling at this event in May (representing my own problematic medieval RPF yaoiz from @angevinyaoiz ) so excited that I made my own personalized promotion graphic above <3. I hope that anyone attending Fanime this year can have fun checking out everyone’s hard work!

There will be people selling both original and fanworks, All Ages works in the daytime and 18+ works in the evening. This will be at the Doubletree hotel, which is separate from the main Convention Center, and also hosts the popular Night Market!

A book-focused event!

Fanime was one of the very first local anime and manga events I attended as a teenager. What encouraged me to apply to this event, as a longtime attendee and tabler at local zinefests and small book fairs, is that it focuses specifically on creating and sharing independent comics and manga, rather than on prints and merchandise (which are wonderful to see, but more specific to the Artist Alley.) My hope is that Manga Ichiba can encourage similar events to pop up across the country.

Spreading the Good Word of Doujinshi

So far, I haven’t seen very much promotion of this event from official sources, so it feels like a lot of the promotion has been from word of mouth. Well, I’m doing my part! I feel that there is a great hunger for these kinds of events, so I hope there can be some more discussion and anticipation. Feel free to post about the event if you’re attending or interested, and feel free to use/repost my unofficial promotion doodle as well if you’d like to share with others!

Staffing and Help

I have also heard that there is still some need for extra staffing at this event. If anyone is interested, feel free to comment or message (or email, at [email protected]) and I can put you in contact with more direct sources.

Thoughts?

Anyone else planning on attending, either as a vendor or as a curious visitor? It will doubtlessly be a busy time, but I’d love to say hi to anyone who comes by. While I can’t guarantee it at this time (I’m still busy working on my actual comic…) I’d love to make some little giveaways or something for folks who make it!

[tabloidsores]

I bet it feels good as fuuuuck to slightly draw your sword with all the other knights in anger when a treacherous knave shows their face in the court

[incurablenecromantic]

[can-i-make-image-descriptions]

[Image ID: Tumblr tags from elucubrare reading: #conversely i bet it feels incredible to step into the throne room; see everyone draw their swords; arch your eyebrow #and deliver a smug little quip /End ID]

[000l]

[shrewreadings]

like to charge, reblog to cast.

[swordmaid]

when the root of the tragedy was love.

[velpi]

The collab cafe might not have been real, but the merch is! 🌹 I have my maid bird OC merch up on my Kofi page! 🪶 Merch will stay up indefinitely in my Kofi shop, and may occasionally be updated with other OC merch! Merch links: - Polaroid: ko-fi.com/s/c0d8b32851 - Buttons: ko-fi.com/s/037c30c2bd - Standee: ko-fi.com/s/2d712083ff (Standee preorders are open through 4/15!) Thank you again to @kleptoyade for helping with the graphics! I really appreciate the help!

[soutenraibu]

Making OC merch has been the most self indulgent, albeit embarrassing, thing I have ever done.

I am very happy with the results though, so I appreciate everyone who has looked at my characters and have enjoyed them thus far.

[soutenraibu]

Decided to extend the preorder to the 19th to align with some other merch I'm making! Thank you for looking at my bird fam!

[nedlittle]

apropos of nothing, here are some gay historical fiction novels that engage with historical queerness in thoughtful, complex, and interesting ways (organized chronologically)

hild by nicola griffith ↪ early 7th century england

a tip for the hangman by alison epstein ↪ 1585-1593 england

confessions of the fox by jordy rosenberg ↪ 1702-1724* england

the confessions of frannie langton by sara collins ↪ 1812-1826 jamaica to england

patience and sarah by isabel miller ↪ 1816 america

devotion by hannah kent ↪ 1830s prussia to australia

the sweetness of water by nathan harris ↪ 1865 america

whiskey when we're dry by john larison ↪ 1885 america

the city of palaces by michael nava ↪ 1897-1913 mexico

tipping the velvet by sarah waters ↪ 1890s england

at swim, two boys by jamie o'neill ↪ 1915-1916 ireland

the gods of tango by caro de robertis ↪ 1913-1920s argentina

uncommon charm by emily bergslien and kat weaver ↪ 1920s america

the book of salt by monique truong ↪ 1930s vietnam to paris

the amazing adventures of kavalier and clay by michael chabon ↪ 1939-1954 america and beyond

the flight portfolio by julie orringer ↪ 1940 france

the savage kind by john copenhaver ↪ 1940s america

a thin bright line by lucy jane bledsoe ↪ 1950s america

*this one has a framing device and footnotes from the present day but the bulk of the story is set in the early 1700s

[otherside-picnic]

even if God were real, it would be necessary to depose him

[otherside-picnic]

With your help, we will bring an end to the Kingdom of Heaven and enact the People's Republic of Heaven

[agentchimendez]

expression memes (logh edition)

[magsbanes]

me: i’m gonna keep my opinionated mouth shut for once and stay out of it

me, 20 seconds later:

[florallychaotic]

Truly one of the oddest feelings is reading a fic that is so out of character but the writing and plot is so compelling. Like yeah I came here for the characters but yeah you know what I will read your original novel with the serial numbers plastered on