bird in the rain

@karamergen
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Birdwatcher, fandom veteran, struggling writer. I like literary fiction, #horror, #anime, #manga, #wildlife, and... other things? Expect fandom-centric posts and occasional political rants. Russian, anti-war.
Pronouns and Stuffthey + them, genderqueer, aroace
Profile ImagesHeader: an aspen grove in autumn. Avatar: small dried flowers.

Baillon's crake, also known as the marsh crake, in water hyacinth, Baruipur, West Bengal, India (2024)

https://lemmy.world/post/47875287

People can be both right and completely insufferable at the same time.
One of the Big Lies you'll hear proponents of AI data centers spout is that if you stand in their way you will block progress toward new cancer cures and other medical progress. This is total bull. The vast amount of this AI data center capacity is aimed not at that kind of AI work, but at LLM generative AI SLOP: Creating sexualized and other deep fakes, automated phishing scams, misinformation-filled search query answers that starve sites of views, agentic agents that destroy your data and wallet while the AI firms take no responsibility, AI chatbots that urge users toward murder and suicide, cheating machines for kids in school, vibe coding systems that generate garbage code and create an excuse for mass layoffs -- and so on. That's the reality of Big Tech LLM AI, and that is what these horrific data centers are mostly all about.
Peltojänis piilottelee pellolla, korvasta päätellen kovia kokenut. – European hare is hiding in a field, judging by its ears, it has experienced hard times.
(06/2026)

#rusakko #peltojänis #europeanhare #hare #lepuseuropaeus #fälthare # #luonto #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #wildlife_photography #luontokuva #luontokuvat #luontokuvaus #suomenluonnonvalokuvaajat #finnishnature
Like, Kudou Shinichi is meant to be this amazing detective at the ripe age of seventeen. And I get that this plot point is supposed to be appealing for the target audience, which is completely understandable. I still find it incredibly funny (but also charming, I guess, precisely because it's so clearly intentional).
Reading #DetectiveConan – the #manga, because I'll never have enough free time for the #anime, heh. Hell, my remaining lifespan is probably not enough. Anyway, it's... actually really cute? I mean, aside from the fact that it's all about creatively violent murders all the time, yes, which is honestly a bit hilarious in a dark way. But I have a feeling that Aoyama Goushou knows exactly what he's doing, and the absurdist streak is 100% there on purpose.