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"US release of horror novel Shy Girl cancelled and UK book discontinued after suspected AI use, as publishers feel ‘cold shiver’ "
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/29/ai-written-books-novel-shy-girl-publishers
How is this not good news? Currently, publishers select manuscripts that sound like existing successful books—a dubious service. Soon pulp fiction shall be written on demand for free by AI. Publishers shall be forced to deal with authors with new ideas—their real job.
Every month the United States provides even more reason to boycott its products and companies — the strikes on Iran being just the latest.
In light of that, it’s a great time to ditch the products and services of US tech companies. I made a comprehensive guide to help you that I’ve been regularly updating for months.
I dreamt I was on a tour bus. We stopped in a village under Nazi occupation.
It was a theme park like WestWorld, but with Nazis. The tourists were very excited.
"What sharp uniforms!"
"Oh, look! An arrest with a real beating!"
"Please take a photo of me and this young thug."
Our group was getting smaller, one by one. The tour bus was gone. Finally, I realised that these were real Nazis and the victims were from the last tour.
I awoke.
Every #Massachusetts student knows the cry, "The British are coming!" as the warning 250 years ago that British troops were moving on Lexington and Concord.
The very idea that "the British" did not refer to the colonists themselves was already the revolution.
Now, Massachusetts students must fear the coming of the Americans.
Donald Trump's wild directives might well ruin the US economy and thereby undermine his political support — briefly.
Remember, in George Orwell's "1984," Oceania is in economic ruins.
Economic ruin is a not a policy failure; it is political control.
There shall be a brief window during which Trump may be impeached, then it shall be thereafter closed forever.
#unplugtrump #fascism #1984 #tariffs
Elon Musk once famously explained that we are more likely experiencing a computer simulation than a base reality.
https://quantumzeitgeist.com/elon-musk-and-simulation-theory/
And now we know the goal: how implausible can you make reality, after literally having explained the simulation hypothesis?
https://mastodon.social/@[email protected]oop/114165222931979612
#unplugtrump #elonmusk #simulationhypothesis #crazydonsautosales
The notion that our reality might be a simulation created by a more advanced civilization has long fascinated philosophers, scientists, and science fiction enthusiasts alike. This idea, the Simulation Theory or Simulation Hypothesis, suggests that everything we experience in life could be a mere projection of a sophisticated computer program. While this concept may seem like the stuff of fantasy novels, it has garnered significant attention from some of the brightest minds in the world, including entrepreneur and innovator Elon Musk.
Civilization belongs to those who defend it.
#eXit #unplugTrump #civilization #democracy #activism #fediverse
There is no pleasure like #bliss through #meditation and the knowledge that it is self-induced. The fact that it is self-induced does not make it fake; it feels more real that happiness induced by a change of external circumstance.
At times when I don't have the ability to do this, I forget how central it is to the administration of awareness, even though I remember having had the experience.
@mekkaokereke English pulled in "schadenfreude" as soon as that option was on the table, but left "mudita"? - literally "vicarious happiness", taking happiness from the happiness of others - just sitting there barely used? Come on, anglos, there's a word for this! You can use it, that's allowed!
Paris Marx
Information Is Beautiful
Activersity
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