a place to yell about this dumpster fire country

[wingkink]

btw it's so fucking stupid you can be anxious physically in your body even after you've decided mentally you don't care. I'm supposed to be in charge here

[rantspoliticsandshitposts]

anyone else jealous of the Artemis II crew that got to yeet themselves off the planet farther away from donald trump than anyone has ever gone before?

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Baking is ridiculous. Stir these powders into a goo and them warm them up until they turn into some kind of edible sponge. Who came up with this.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Do you guys think maybe you gave too many notes to this one

[time-being-deactivated20250813]

It was a real power move to name one ingredient "baking powder", since there were already so many powders used in baking.

[cutecipher]

science has always been political. what gets studied. what doesnt. who gets to do the studying. on and on and on.

[cutecipher]

scientists on this post: yuuuup 👍

people who aren't scientists: um actually ☝️

[mudwerks]

AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified

Copyright class actions could financially ruin AI industry, trade groups say.

AI industry groups are urging an appeals court to block what they say is the largest copyright class action ever certified. They’ve warned that a single lawsuit raised by three authors over Anthropic’s AI training now threatens to “financially ruin” the entire AI industry if up to 7 million claimants end up joining the litigation and forcing a settlement.

well…darn

[flippyspoon]

like to charge reblog to cast financial ruin of the AI industry 🔮

[novella-november]

originally posted August 8th, 2025.

Authors have until March 30th, 2026 (That is just 9 days as of this reblog, which I am posting on March 21st, 2026) to file their claim against Anthropic to be reimbursed up to $3,000 per work found in the list.

What Authors Need to Know About the $1.5 Billion Anthropic Settlement

Updated February 18, 2026 IMPORTANT: The Claims Deadline Is March 30 Background  Bartz v. Anthropic is one of the major copyright lawsuits b

Please click the above link for all of the exact details of how to file a claim and to check for your works, and share this post as far and wide as you can before March 30th, 2026!

[shi1498912]

!!!SIGNAL BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOST!!!

[pangur-and-grim]

I've read a few recently published books, and there's this recurring pattern where if anyone does anything bad and interesting, they have to later talk about it in a way that makes it clear that it was a misunderstanding/ justified/ not their fault, so they're still a good person. and if they have a disagreement with another character, they have to therapy talk it out, regardless of their background. it doesn't matter if this is a street urchin with three teeth who just stabbed and kidnapped someone, you will get eloquent sterile therapy speak that will smooth out any possible emotional tension. and everyone asks for permission before they kiss, and waits for a clear enthusiastic yes. again, doesn't matter the character's background or situation, they will ask "can I please kiss you," because if they didn't, that could get all yucky and uncertain, couldn't it? and if a character is from a rich family, they will hate being in a rich family, and hate wealth signifiers, and actually be all for class equality. and everyone is casually queer, without thought being put into how that would mesh with the society that is being described. like yes, this is violent class-based system obsessed with inheritance, but no, it's not actually a problem that the child they've coldly groomed to take on the family mantle is unwilling to beget an heir because of gay. the parents might be terrible, cruel and fascistic, but they're not homophobic! I don't know, it just seems like EVERYTHING that could actually be messy gets sanded and sanded until it's smooth as a shark, but the Fun Violence is allowed to stay, because bloodshed doesn't actually bother anyone or have any consequence apart from your rogue character shrugging and going oops, was that me? the rogue is still a good person though. if you think they're not, just wait for the two solid pages of introspection. and yes they started the book by slitting two throats, but that was fine. they will ask permission before hugging you.

[rantspoliticsandshitposts]

dude I don’t think you’ve read enough books because this absolutely does not happen in most recently published novels

[itszonez]

SURYA BONALY | appreciation post; The only Olympic figure skater to land a backflip on one blade

[huntydraws]

[deceasedcardinal]

[silkirosesworld]

god I’m so tired. I have never wanted to make things by hand so badly before in my life. I crave human touch. I want to completely sew my wardrobe. I want to make ceramic cups. I want to make a scrap journal. I need to draw with pen and paper. I want paint. I want to know it’s real and I did it and I’m enriching my life by doing so

[rantspoliticsandshitposts]

The Winter Olympics. Or as I like to call them, the sliding games. Featuring:

-sliding on two sticks

-sliding on one stick

-sliding on blades

-sliding on blades but really fast

-sliding on blades but with a partner and fancy costumes

-sliding downhill

-sliding in a sled alone

-sliding in a sled with a buddy

-sliding face first in a sled

-sliding up ramps

-sliding as far as you can

-sliding with tricks

-sliding with guns

-sliding rocks

[bearwithh]

[anasaraivas]

lets swim with mama

[sivavakkiyar]

thank you potato. I love you potato. Everyone praise the potato

[sometiktoksarevalid]

[lamignonette]

[chaosciara]

[image id: A snow leopard cub staring intently at the long fluffy tail of an adult snow leopard. The adult leopard is mostly out of frame except for its spotted tail. end id]

[coffeeandexams]

Should I attack mama?

[liberalsarecool]

The Trump administration wants it both ways.

On Saturday, it tells us that Nicolás Maduro is such a uniquely dangerous despot — so criminal, so destabilizing, so irredeemable — that the United States had no choice but to remove him from power by force. Maduro, we are told, is a narco-dictator, a human rights abuser, a menace to his own people and to regional stability.

On Sunday, the same administration will continue putting Venezuelan asylum seekers on planes and deports them back to the country that, according to its own rhetoric, was so dangerous it required regime change.

This is not just hypocrisy. It is a logical impossibility masquerading as policy.

Julie Roginsky