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I gotta say, it says something about Lestat that he can be at his most vulnerable with Gabrielle. He can be the most pathetic, whining, destructive little Mama’s lover boy in her presence with absolutely no shame.

He can’t do that with anyone else. Not even Louis.

Mama knows her boy best I guess.

#the vampire lestat #lestat de lioncourt #The vampire lestat spoilers #Tvl #Tvl spoilers #Trigger warning #Incest

smokingtigerhiddengun

Don't know if this is a deliberate choice or a coincidence, but the numerological value of Shane's and Ilya's jersey numbers are 6 and 9, respectively.

#heated rivalry

robotmango

when i forget to log into ao3 and i have to click proceed to see an adult fic, i actually get a kick out of it. like i am an old timey queen and my bard is apologetic: “gentle lady, dicks doth touch in this next ballad. would you prefer another?” and i give him a gesture of command like, “nay, you may proceed, minstrel. bring forth the tale of dicks”

berlynn-wohl

hope it’s not too late; I made this in Scriptorium

jkottke

Billionaires’ Billions Are Increasing Faster Than Ever. 15 years ago, billionaires had $4.5 trillion. “Now, their combined wealth totals $20.1 trillion — an amount that is equivalent to nearly a fifth of the entire world’s total yearly output.”

#Plutocracy #Oligarchy #Kleptocracy

sztupy

A German regional court has ruled that Google is directly liable for the content of its AI search overviews. According to the court, previou

ayeforscotland

Let’s fucking go

made-in-manetheren

This is HUGE.

1. The court holds Google responsible for statements made by its AI, considering them Google's statements (search engines have limited liability for results in their engine as they're the words of other sites/companies/people), meaning when their AI lies/hallucinates they're liable for the defamation/harm resulting from those statements.

2. Google's defense that customers are generally aware of the lack of reliability and are responsible for fact checking was dismissed. As the court pointed out, that would "significantly diminish" AI Search's stated purpose and it can't be distinguished from Google's business practices/statements as a search tool.

3. Studies have found about 91% of Google's everyday AI responses are accurate, leaving millions of searches per HOUR with potential liability for falsehoods. 56% of correct responses weren't supported by the sources the AI listed. Both of which mean Google is now liable for a LOT more AI "errors."

4. Google was held liable for 80% of court costs in this case and this precedent is expected to reverberate around the world. This is a massive shift from the 3rd-party search provider role Google has previously played and it comes right as they've tied ALL searches to their AI search.

TL;DR Google reeeeeally stepped in it this time.

#Ai #Google

maimonideznuts

Wait. So the Trump administration really cut funding to the program that would research and respond to the spread of New World Screwworm past the Darién Gap because they blamed it on climate change, and left the joint international program to Mexico and the Central American Countries... And are panicking now that it's reached Texas, and only now that the flies have already made it all the way from Panama to Texas are they building New facilities to produce the sterile male flies needed to eradicate the pest?

I'm sorry to everyone who lives on the entire continent.

America is Trump's pump and dump scheme. If he's not getting a third term then he'll break the country for whatever poor soul has to clean up his mess.

wyf-of-bathe

New World screwworm had been eradicated from the US since the 1960s, Elon Musk brought it back in a year.

Notably, DOGE cut the funding a few days before the US resumed imports of cattle from Mexico... the imports that had been suspended because of the screwworm outbreak in Mexico. So we've had a year of importing cattle from Mexico during a screwworm outbreak without monitoring the outbreak that we already knew about. Mexico's outbreak is pretty bad btw, and cases have been found not just in cattle and dogs but also humans. I assume the rest of Central America too. Not that many people seem to give a fuck about them ig.

thatdisasterauthor

In exactly the same vein, the department meant to deal with things like bedbugs...is now infested with bedbugs.

meret118

Experts say not to panic. These are the signs to look for to protect your fur babies.

#Pets #Animal suffering #Trump #Gop

komaami

Well, Ilya turned out to be a lightweight. Great, now Shane's the one stuck dealing with the body 🙄

#heated rivalry #Criminal minds: evolution #Criminal minds: evolution spoilers #Connor storrie

miscelium

has anyone pointed out that first time anal is set to a piece of score titled “it’s you” and the satine song that plays over rose and shane’s developing relationship is “c’est toi”

#heated rivalry

nkp1981

Peter Capaldi as Rory McHoan in "The Crow Road", 1996

squirrellypoo

God bless Matthew Santos and his Instagram. BTS from The Vampire Lestat s01e01 "Detroit"

#Tvl #Tvl spoilers #Trigger warning #Lights #The vampire lestat #The vampire lestat spoilers

ralfmaximus

Visa is embedding its payment network into ChatGPT, allowing the chatbot to shop and complete transactions for users.

Visa said Wednesday that it has embedded its payment network inside of ChatGPT, empowering the chatbot to independently shop and complete transactions on behalf of its user. It means AI agents can not only recommend products but complete the purchase on the user’s behalf, at potentially any merchant that accepts Visa. The payment network’s previous attempts at this technological leap were confined to a single retailer or a small set of enrolled merchants.

Ahhahhahahahhahahahahahhahhaaa.. *deep breath*

AHHHAHAHHAHHAAAA..!!

No

ralfmaximus

To be clear: simply having a Visa card isn't a risk for you. Not yet, anyway. You'll have to intentionally link your account to ChatGPT, then go shopping with the chatbot. If you don't do that, you're safe.

Dunno what stupidity they're planning next, but for now? ChatGPT isn't going to rack up $1000 of cat toys without your knowledge unless you're an active ChatGPT user.

#Ai #What could possibly go wrong