Owl yourself

30, she/her, german. A few attempts to write and create, and reblogs of funny and serious stuff.

[blipmango]

four blood moons //

first post on tumblr be nice to me hi guys

[maswartz]

[fractally]

This has been my main argument against "AI" from the very beginning.

OpenAI scraped the entire web. All of which had been a labor of love from humans. Wikipedia is the backbone of a lot of LLMs, and that was volunteer human labor. They stole it and now they're selling it back to us.

And worse, they're trying to destroy the free sources that they stole from. It's destruction of human knowledge on an unprecedented scale. The burning of the library of Alexandria has nothing on this.

[json-derulo]

Whenever they gave us one of those "read through ALL the instructions before you begin!" trick assignments in school where the steps lead you on an increasingly ridiculous goose chase until the final one tells you to just put your name on the paper and turn it in without doing anything else, I was always like, "Okay, but what's the point? Surely the REAL world won't be anything like this." And then I grew up and discovered that not only is the real world often exactly like that, some people won't even read the first line of the instructions even if they make perfect sense. And these people are called "co-workers"

[oursuperadventure]

A story about how a tiny gashapon prize got even better! ✨ Have you ever gotten super good gashapon luck? Nothing beats getting the thing you wanted on the first spin 🥹

This is from our book Our Super Japanese Adventure which is all about our first trip to Japan! We’ll have copies at Hyper Japan in London this weekend, come say hi! 🌸

[thatlittleegyptologist]

I’m a simple woman. I see “Vesuvius eruption turned man’s brain to glass” and it immediately holds my attention.

[thatlittleegyptologist]

Man's brain turned to glass by Vesuvius volcano ash cloud

The pea-sized brain was found in the skull of a 20-year-old man killed in the volcanic eruption.

[mildmayfoxe]

the thing about having snacks is if you buy any snack you’d think that’d be enough. but no. if you don’t have the right kind of snack when you want a snack then you’re fucked

[thepromiscuousfinger]

[toasty-tealeaf]

Finally got around to putting this little video together of dad showing off Lizzie! Starts out with a clean sound to demonstrate the basics. Then the rest is with that iconic rock n roll vibe.

Read on for my personal insight. <3

This project was extremely close to my heart. Dad and I built it together. And it really feels like a tangible representation of my musical bond with my parents who played in a rock band my whole life.

The three of us are professional singers and I feel blessed to be able to share in their musical legacy. This Lizzie feels like a part of that now, in a way.

One of the main reasons why I was so passionate about making her a fully functioning guitar, besides the obvious "wow this would be really sick" thing, was because of all this. I wanted to create something collaboratively that coupled my visual art abilities with that musical expertise I was raised around.

Lizzie, as a character, means a lot to me too. Everything she could be seen to represent. Her relationship with Flare and all of the incredible character study going on there. The lessons their story teaches about humanity and the self.

Anyway, enjoy this video, and thank y'all for hanging out and watching this whole thing take shape. <3 Eventually I'm going to spruce up her paint job and add her claws but for now I think we all could use a bit of an intermission lol.

[mswyrr]

What Happens When Young People Actually Read “Disturbing” Books

Something is missing from the debate over educationally suitable literature

[mikkeneko]

[gecko-with-a-greatsword]

*guy who doesn't know anything about sports and has never cared about sports in his life* hey did you know womens professional baseball is returning after 70 years and the games are going to be streamed for free on youtube and the season starts august 1st

[gecko-with-a-greatsword]

youtube link

Women's Pro Baseball League

Our time is now. The inaugural season of the WPBL begins August 1st, 2026.

website

[gaynfl-moved]

what's your "if I won the lottery I wouldn't tell anyone but there would be signs" thing? mine is getting a fully green kitchen

[gaynfl-moved]

[redstonedust]

"i know this show was made for children but i enjoy it too." > awesome and cool. watch whatever you want forever.

"i know it LOOKS like it was made for children but its SECRETLY for us. calling it a kids show is an insult cause kids could never understand these THEMES and EMOTIONS. we're the TRUE fans." > i dont think i trust your opinions. you seem lame as fuck.

[thecaptainkindofgirl]

My dad works at Home Depot and this one customer came in trying to return a lawnmower that wouldn’t start. Another employee asked the customer if he had put any gas in it and the customer was outraged, yelling that they should have told him it needed gas (it was in the manual) and the employee told him “Well it doesn’t run on hopes and dreams, sir.” That pissed the guy off more so he called the manager all “Can you believe this guy!? He told me it doesn’t run on hopes and dreams!” and the manager just said “Well, it doesn’t.”

[incidentalcomics]

[depsidase]

[broken-horn-of-equius]

[spacemanmacchiato]

It’s every place that ever was

[scribefindegil]

everyone who is not currently in the process of moving please pause and take a moment to be grateful that you're not currently in the process of moving