Ilya&#x27;s Yearning Stare

alright I've got to do some quick math to explain attitudes towards AI to my boss.

we're looking to create an AI policy, and when we were talking about this, my boss (older millennial) was genuinely shocked to hear that younger people do not (seem) to view AI positively (a la the recent commencement speakers being booed)

please rb for larger sample size!

Question 1/3

What is your age, and do you feel AI is a net positive or net negative in our lives today?

under 18, AI is a net positive

under 18, AI is a net negative

18-29, AI is a net positive

18-29, AI is a net negative

30-45, AI is a net positive

30-45, AI is a net negative

46-60, AI is a net positive

46-60, AI is a net negative

over 60, AI is a net postive

over 60, AI is a net negative

Remaining time: 3 days 1 hour

Question 2/3

How often do you visit or interact with museums/archives (whether in person or online)?

Frequently (multiple times per month)

Often (multiple times per year)

Occasionally (a couple times per year)

Rarely (once every couple of years)

Never :(

Remaining time: 3 days 2 hours

Question 3/3

If you saw a museum was using AI in exhibits, marketing, research, etc., would you be more or less inclined to visit that museum?

under 18, more inclined

under 18, less inclined

18-29, more inclined

18-29, less inclined

30-45, more inclined

30-45, less inclined

46-60, more inclined

46-60, less inclined

over 60, more inclined

over 60, less inclined

Remaining time: 3 days 2 hours

Thank you for helping with this data collection. Please rb for as big a sample as possible!

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#THIS #quedos #media literacy

This got more traction than I imagined and has motivated me to make a more thorough survey where I can actually parse the data.

No email is necessary to input to complete the survey. Please also consider sharing this off tumblr with people in your life to get a broader sample, especially people who love history and love museums!

Please give your thoughts on Generative AI (such as Sora, ChatGPT, Claude, etc.) usage in museums, archives, and other cultural heritage sit

girlcodedhamlet

it's very frustrating seeing otherwise well-structured posts about media literacy and critical thinking bookended with statements about "nowadays", "nobody has literacy anymore", "this generation is so anti-intellectual", and the like, unquestioningly falling into better past fallacies.

Do we really think the 80s and its Satanic Panic were better at critical thinking? what about the 40s? the Victorian era? societies have always had problems with critical thinking and literacy, because most societies have dealt with propaganda, corrupt leadership, difficulty providing education (due to poverty or discrimination or other issues), and/or people who resist critical thinking (due to privilege or circumstance or what have you). we can criticize media trends without pulling a "well back in the GOOD OLD DAYS" about it.

godlessondheimite

In 2026, the chicest thing a gay actor can do is never explicitly come out as gay but also make it abundantly clear that he is. Coming out is too modern. Staying closeted is too old fashioned. But this method merges contemporary freedom with Old Hollywood glamour and allure, and it weeds out the dumbest people who truly don’t get it. I call it the Pascal Method.

nobodys-odyssey

Taylor Swift does this

godlessondheimite

no she doesn’t

nobodys-odyssey

You clearly don't go here or to queer history and signaling, or both, enough to have this conversation and I'm not going to explain it to you. You could have asked questions, you could have done even a modicum of research. You didn't and you made yourself look ignorant. Goodbye.

dancinbutterfly

#I'm fucking crying#this is an instant classic#this is the next meme#i can't believe I'm here to see a baby copypasta nary two hours old#I can't#lol#i laughed way too hard#iconic

angelsaxis

i went to queer history and signaling and i didnt see taylor swift

megacarapa

ok so this is another long shot but a few years ago there was a twitter post (in japanese i think?) that had measurememts for how to make this book stand thing out of cardboard that you could use to double up books and use up more space on shelves

back then i made a bunch of these but by now i lost the pic and dont know how to find the original post anymore

if it comes down to it i can just take one apart and get the measurements from there but i would be very grateful if anyone happens to have the original post or something similar??

megacarapa

don't mind how long it's been since i made this post, anyway i realized that i don't even need to take one apart to get the measurements when i can literally just unfold it and refold it /FACEPALM

so anyway here is the diagram for anyone else who is interested!!

this requires pretty big carboard pieces, if you have a really big box or something you can make it from one piece, but if you don't, you can also just make each of the pieces individually and then tape them together

and then in the end you put it together like this!!

and then when you make a bunch you can put them all next to each other and stack your books like crazy

EVERYONE START GETTING MORE USE OUT OF YOUR SPACE NOW!!!!

You are 60% water and every lake, river, pond, swamp, creek, and ocean you encounter wants to reclaim it desperately. Be careful out there.

Good, I hope it haunts everyone about to enter a body of water so bad that they wear a life jacket. 🙌

Every single person I knew (past tense) who has drowned was "a strong swimmer." Water in the wild does not care how good you are at swimming.

I mean this with all due respect:

You are not going to pass a skillcheck against a rip current once it has you.

Waves will not bow to your physical prowess no matter how impressive.

Shock does not care that you used to be on your school swim team.

If you hit your head, being good at swimming isn't going to turn you face-up while you're unconscious.

You may be unable to return to shore. Rescue may be unable to find you quickly.

joanthreatt

Scheduling this for when weather starts warming up. Be careful swimming this summer

telomeke

[ID–

First image is a life vest, overlaid with the text "wear me!".

Second image is a tag that reads: #thats terrifying.

Third image is a tag that reads: #do you people not know how to swim?

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anxietyproblem

globeshaped

Brian Eno and photoshop (1995)

celtic-pyro-deactivated20230725

lesbianshepard

honey is the only food product that never spoils. there are pots of honey that are over five thousand years old and still completely edible

lesbianshepard

i also want to point out we know it tastes the same even after thousands of years b/c archaeologists who discovered two thousand year old honey tasted it. presumably right after they looked at each other and went “what the hell here goes nothing”

key--lime--pie

I’m pretty sure they also identify human remains by taste. Archaeologists are straight up freaks.

notaflippinmermaid

No, no no… you identify bone from rock or other substances by touching it to your tongue. If it sticks, it’s bone. The taste itself has nothing to do with it. And most archaeologists won’t lick human bones if they know they’re human.

…and I realize that doesn’t actually do much to prove archaeologists aren’t freaks.

midnightmindcave

mai nam is jane and wen i dig i fynde some roks both smol and big i put my tung upon the stone for science yes i lik the bone

dinosauriaawesome

I’m sitting with a bunch of archaeologists and we just laughed so hard we CRIED we’re getting tshirts with this on them

thesaltofcarthage

I will never ever get tired of seeing bredlik poems. It is really one of the seminal art forms of the century. I am not being sarcastic.

wholesome-dragon-lady

If I ever don’t reblog this, assume I’m dead and archaeologists are licking my bones.

#bredlik

catmask

just so you know, you have some followers who enjoy/write fanfiction. not saying their urls rn bc i don’t wanna air out dirty laundry in public but if you want them so you can block and report, just say the word and i’ll dm you a list

catmask

BRO?

batsarebetterthanpeople

Reblog if you're self indulgent and perverted lmao

seananmcguire

Fanfic is not inherently degrading to the original art. The idea of "fanfiction" is a relatively new one; the idea of "I heard a story and I liked the characters but I want them to do something else/wish the story had ended differently/want them all naked" is as old as humanity. Shakespeare, Dante, the Arthurian legends, big chunks of Greek mythology, much of the Bible, it's all fanfic, one way or another.

And does this person really thing authors of original work don't write it because they enjoy fantasizing about certain concepts and characters? You can figure out a lot about various authors' kinks by looking at their work. Just saying.

egregiousderp

Alexander the Great didn’t roleplay Gay Fanfiction about Achilles and Patroclus with his boyfriend, just so you could call Creating New Things From Existing Stories a New Phenomenon.

#quedos #fanfiction

talesfromtreatment

Sir, your spleen a- should not be this large, b- should be that far down your body, and c- why the fuck is your spleen on the right side of your body why is it there it doesn't belong there put it back

talesfromtreatment

*currently looking up words that rhyme with spleen*

talesfromtreatment

Your spleen, your spleen, your spleen, your spleen Oh, I'm begging of you please don't be that size your spleen, your spleen, your spleen, your spleen Please don't be over on the right side

The size it is beyond compare It shouldn't be way over there Put it back right now, oh god, your spleen

The vets have never seen its like you truly gave them quite the fright We don't know what do with it, your spleen

Your guts aren't mirrored there it's true But we also haven't got a clue Why it's hanging with your bladder, oh, your spleen

Did you torse it 'round somehow? Is cancer forming there right now? What you have done's a mystery, your spleen, your spleen

Your spleen, your spleen, your spleen, your spleen Oh, I'm begging of you please don't be that size your spleen, your spleen, your spleen, your spleen Please don't be over on the right side

We've asked the radiologist to see if there's something we missed We need to know so much about your spleen

Why is your body built this way It's going to haunt me night and day 'Cause it's the only one I've seen, your spleen, your spleen

Your spleen, your spleen, your spleen, your spleen Oh, I'm begging of you please don't be that size your spleen, your spleen, your spleen, your spleen Please don't be over on the right side your spleen, your spleen

jonjjja

my biggest desire: to be seen

my biggest fear: to be seen