Proud dad today.

Kiddo's school put up posters with genAI images for some event, and kiddo was part of the campaign to get them replaced with human art.

Part of the argument was "good for me is good for thee", as genAI is strictly forbidden in school work.

I'm working on a YouTube mini series explaining the Fediverse!!

Who are the most knowledgeable people in this realm who I should definitely talk to?

What do you think is important to include in my series? I want to hear thoughts!!

I don't know who needs to hear this, but if you're yelling at a person on Fedi for not using #AltText, stop. Please.

Should you use alt-text? Yes!

Should you boost posts without alt-text? No!

Should you yell at companies and bots who don't use alt-text? Fuck yeah!

Should you try your best to make Fedi a more accessible, and safe place for everyone—including those who have trouble writing alt-text? Of course.

Should you mention @altbot or #Alt4Me *occasionally* so folx know they're both wonderful tools that can help make Fedi a more inclusive place? It would be impolite not to.

But—and let me make this clear—don't be a dick to folx who forget alt-text, or who have trouble writing it for whatever reason; it's not very punk of you.

Anthropic lost a class action suit for scraping books. Writers can register with Anthropic to be compensated for their pillaging of our copyrights.

The compensation system was AI-coded.

Anthropic can't keep track of our submissions. They don't know who wrote what.

Their customer support is AI-driven. Send a mail! Log in to a nonexistent page! Resubmit and it'll be fine!

This will be fine.   

🎉 Ich habe gerade meine Business-Idee erfunden 🎉

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Ah. I knew Andy Weir gave me the ick, even if I didn't know why.

Andy Weir, author of the books Project Hail Mary & The Martian (now major Hollywood blockbusters!) just did an interview with The Critical Drinker on YouTube.

Drinker is a loudly misogynistic, queerphobic, & racist "anti-woke' movie commentator.

Yeah, I'll be skipping anything associated with Andy Weir from here on out.

#ProjectHailMary #AndyWeir

"Cork-born Lelia Doolan, 91, to walk from Shannon to Dublin in protest over US military use of airport"

She also raised €9,015 for Médecins Sans Frontières, also known as Doctors Without Borders, through a skydive ✈️ back in 2024 ... seems an amazing woman.

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlight/arid-41816621.html

#Ireland #IE

Ab Sommer zum 3. Mal infolge satte Diätenerhöhung für alle Bundestagsabgeordneten, dieses Mal um 500€/mtl.

2026 erfolgte die 3. Nullrunde für #Bürgergeld beziehende. Der Regelsatz wurde also das 3. Jahr infolge nicht der Inflation angepasst und die Kaufkraft sinkt kontinuierlich.

Just sayin‘