Mastodawn

…it’s not even that. It’s just ugly. Bad layouts. Bad margins. Bad proportions. Awkward animations. Flickers and flashes. Content peeking through all the negative space so that the screen is filled with visual noise. It feels designed by committee. It feels pasted together.

The feel of Apple products has covered a lot of ground over the decades. They’ve felt elegant. They’ve felt basic. They’ve felt bauble-y and cute. They’ve felt futuristic. They’ve felt practical. But this is the first time I can recall an Apple product feeling •cheap•.

A. Tang 3h ago

Angus McIntyre 4h ago

A fresh problem with #AI is what might be called Artificial Gullibility.

According to a BlueSky poster, an academic who was ruled guilty of plagiarism has waged an extensive astroturfing campaign to rewrite the record. The goal was probably to game conventional search engines, but the texts have now been ingested by Google's AI. Google's "AI Overview” presents her (apparently false) version of events, backing it with the supposed authority of Google and “AI”.

https://bsky.app/profile/laurenginsberg.bsky.social/post/3mhnxv2swok2g

Lauren Donovan Ginsberg (@laurenginsberg.bsky.social)

The return of ReceptioGate to the news is a useful moment to think about the role AI is having in creating truth for a lot of internet users. I posted this update - the clear plagiarism verdict against Rossi - on another platform… /1 [contains quote post or other embedded content]

Bluesky Social

A. Tang 10h ago

First visit to Norway! Enjoying Bergen and looking forward to Trondheim, Lillehammer, and Oslo. #travel #Norway

A. Tang 11h ago

Ninji 21h ago

who called it an AI girlfriend and not “slop! in the name of love”

A. Tang 23h ago

Matthew Haughey 1d ago

early but strong contender for tweet of the year

A. Tang 1d ago

Chris 👾2d ago

#Monstress by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda is getting an anime adaptation! If you haven't read it yet, the storytelling and art are both brilliant. The first issue is available for free here at ImageComics
https://imagecomics.com/read/monstress

Review: https://youthareawesome.com/why-marjorie-liu-and-sana-takedas-monstress-is-a-subversive-masterpiece/

#anime #comics #comicbooks

Read Monstress #1

Steampunk meets Kaiju in this original fantasy epic for mature readers, as young Maika risks everything to control her psychic link with a monster of tremendous power, placing her in the center of a devastating war between human and otherworldly forces.

Image Comics

A. Tang 2d ago

official gogurt 2d ago

babby

In honor of Sam Kieth's passing, you can watch MTV's The Maxx animated series on the Internet Archive

https://archive.org/details/The_Maxx/The+Maxx/S1E1.mkv

The Maxx : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

The Maxx Complete Series

Internet Archive

A. Tang 4d ago

Annie Hsh 👾🖖☕4d ago

RIP Sam Kieth; he left his mark on an entire era of comic book history. 'The Maxx' was brilliant, complex and deep, and ahead of its time on so many levels. His work is so distinct and has inspired so many creators that came after him. Such a talent.

#SamKieth #Comics #ComicBooks #Comic #ComicArt