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Tired of seeing AI on pinterest?
1) Go to your profile
2) click on "Edit Profile" to get to your settings
3) go to "Refine your recommendations"
4) go to "Gen AI interests"
5) turn everything off
ENJOY A CLEAN PINTEREST!
Spread the word among your friends to save them from generative AI pollution!

"little warband"

It's going to be counted as one of the three largest armies in (known) history, isn't it?

Ok some folks said yes so 🧵

(Keeping in mind we spend every single day at the beach and value comfort and essentially make it our living room LOL)

I feel this a lot these days when I see people angry that other folks are not focused on the same atrocity they are, with the same intensity they are. I regret to say there's more than one genuine atrocity in the world at the moment; it doesn't minimize the others if one chooses another to focus on.

Noah Ward for mayor!

The Internet Archive has rolled out an extremely effective new tool for searching for old Geocities GIFs.

I'd apologize for what I'm about to do to this website as a result, but that would be a lie, because I won't feel sorry at all

gifcities.org

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PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

This is high art

" On April 5th, a 54% tariff goes into effect on a wide range of goods imported from China. For those of us who create boardgames, this is not just a policy change. It's a seismic shift. At Steve Jackson Games, we are actively assessing what this means for our products, our pricing, and our future plans. We do know that we can't absorb this kind of cost increase without raising prices. We've done our best over the past few years to shield players and retailers from the full brunt of rising freight costs and other increases, but this new tax changes the equation entirely. Here are the numbers: A product we might have manufactured in China for $3.00 last year could now cost $4.62 before we even ship it across the ocean. Add freight, warehousing, fulfillment, and distribution margins, and that once-$25 game quickly becomes a $40 product. That's not a luxury upcharge; it's survival math. Some people ask, "Why not manufacture in the U.S.?" I wish we could. But the infrastructure to support full-scale boardgame production – specialty dice making, die-cutting, custom plastic and wood components – doesn't meaningfully exist here yet. I've gotten quotes. I've talked to factories. Even when the willingness is there, the equipment, labor, and timelines simply aren't."

Steve Jackson Games posted this to their blog and the post is getting so many hits their site is effectively crashed but the point is worth repeating

I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island

and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods

forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold

This is a very clear and concise explanation for forwarding to confused friends and family members.

Hey hi

The government sold a man into slavery in El Salvador

They now admit they messed up

And are refusing to figure out a way to get him back

How long before we see news reports about the Coast Guard intercepting Ovosubs?

4 panel comic P1: An anthropomorphised version of the comic you are looking at runs through a set of doors. Despite their lack of a face, they look panicked. P2: They reach a desk, behind which another comic person sits. The latter points off to their left. P3: the original Comic Person is now standing in a tiled corridor, speaking to another Comic Person (also containing a recursive version this comic). They hold a clipboard in their left hand. P4: we are now staring at a hospital bed, on which another Comic Person is curled up in pain. The original Comic Person stands over them, looking mournful.

Can’t believe the knives are already out in the stores. The Ides of March gets more commercialized every year.

Slashed zero (0̸), a representation of the number 0 (zero) to distinguish it from the letter O Slashed letter 'O' (O̸), a representation of the letter O to distinguish it from the number 0 (zero)

Hey All: Google is pulling the "automatically on for anyone over 18" bullshit with Gemini that the Dropbox did for its AI, but I can't afford to ditch Google Drive/Docs/Workspace.

If you have a personal Google Account, first go to gemini.google.com/extensions and turn everything off...

hand drawn protest sign showing the doge dog with a rainbow border and words around it reading "fake agency / much illegal / very data breach / such treasury / unelected / very coup / wow"

One of the best hand-drawn protest signs I've seen in a while.

If you know even a tangential bit about tech, this will rightly terrify you.

Scene from The Princess Bride where Vizzinni says "You're trying to kidnap what I've rightfully stolen"

OpenAI right now

Jesus Christ the first four months of 2025 have just been brutal, haven’t they.

Time to post this again as we enter the seasonal temporal blind spot.

HOW TO FILTER OUT AI IMAGES IN GOOGLE IMAGES When you type something add the following minus keywords: -ai, -prompt Since AI movement increased highly in 2022, use "before:" like before:2021 (VERY effective) The following keywords will affect and should decrease amounts of AI imagery appearing on your search. Create, not scrape!

How to filter out AI Images in Google Image Search.

Sharing this with my students so I figured I'd also share it with everyone here.

Hopefully this image is still relevant given Google's changes. Save this on your computer or phone and refer to it as needed.

a dark background with the words we are borg written on it Alt: A cubic space ship, surrounded by gas clouds. "We are Borg."

I know it flies in the face of canon, but my personal head canon is that the Borg Queen is a modern invention, one that is a specific response to encountering and assimilating humans.

The Borg assimilated us, and in return, we made them shitty.

Here's the idea 🧵:

A screenshot of PayPal's terms of service. Big wall of legalese text, which I will be pasting in below. You don't need to read it, here's the important part: "The key update to the Privacy Statement explains how we will share information with merchants to personalize your shopping experience and recommend our services to you. Personal information we disclose includes, for example, products, preferences, sizes, and styles we think you’ll like. Information gathered about you after the effective date of our updated Privacy Statement, November 27, 2024, will be shared with participating stores where you shop." Here's the whole paragraph: We are updating our Privacy Statement to explain how, starting early Summer 2025, we will share information to help improve your shopping experience and make it more personalized for you. The key update to the Privacy Statement explains how we will share information with merchants to personalize your shopping experience and recommend our services to you. Personal information we disclose includes, for example, products, preferences, sizes, and styles we think you’ll like. Information gathered about you after the effective date of our updated Privacy Statement, November 27, 2024, will be shared with participating stores where you shop, unless you live in California, North Dakota, or Vermont. For PayPal customers in California, North Dakota, or Vermont, we’ll only share your information with those merchants if you tell us to do so. No matter where you live, you’ll always be able to exercise your right to opt out of this data sharing by updating your preference settings in your account under “Data and Privacy.”

In 2025 (less than 30 days away), PayPal will start selling your transaction history for targeted advertising.

I very highly recommend logging into your account and going to Settings > Data & Privacy > Personalized Shopping.

If you're reading this, turn that off RIGHT NOW before you forget.

The forgotten street found behind a hidden library door The passageway gives a glimpse of how Edinburgh looked centuries ago.

A library with a hidden street! Very cool! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

There should be an upside down heart button so we can mark things as "I too hate that."

Play that funky music hive boy

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