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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 1d

Evan Dahm creates some incredible, detailed fantastic worlds, and 3rd Voice is breathtaking in its scope and intricacy. The webcomic at rice-boy.com/3rdvoice/ind... is well into the 2nd sequence, still metering out the secrets of the setting. It's the story of a pair of

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 3d

It’s tiresome at this point, but again, their entire pitch is “wouldn’t it be great if there were no such things as talent, craft, and skill,” and what that means is a bland, slop-filled world. www.businessinsider.com/marc-andrees...

Didn't go to film school? Don't worry. Legendary investor and movie buff Marc Andreessen doesn't think that will be an issue for future creatives.

During an episode of "Monitoring the Situation," the podcast for the venture capitalist firm that Andreessen cofounded, A16z, he said advancements in AI technology — like OpenAI's Sora 2 — have made it possible for a new type of filmmaker to emerge.

"The filmmaker with no visual skill, or access to a set, or to a camera, or to actors, but with an idea," Andreessen said on Friday. "It's going to start with shorts and animated things and so forth, but it's going to work its way up to full movies."

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Big Frickin' Swede @bigfrickinswede.bsky.social · 3d

Yeesh, they talked about simplicity when they went right for the simplicity of a logical fallacy for their two options!

Big Frickin' Swede @bigfrickinswede.bsky.social · 3d

Can't help but notice the Forbes article seems to think a good literature, etc., essay would cover the same things Cliff Notes or any number of other "study aid" sites have been doing for years. This is the same as thinking the internet supersedes having libraries!

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4d

If you think that professors exist as repositories of knowledge that students ask for answers, you’re missing the entire point of a college education.

We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.

Department of 🐸™ @porcupunk.bsky.social · 4d

Wow. Just wow.

"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 6d

Well now, would you look at that?

A massive study of NEARLY 300,000 people in the United States found that receiving an updated 2024-2025 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine REDUCED people’s risk of severe disease AND death in ALL age groups, REGARDLESS of immunity from prior infection or vaccination.

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Big Frickin' Swede @bigfrickinswede.bsky.social · 7d

Evan Dahm's work is always fascinating and beautiful, and this post-apocalyptic series promises to be as good or greater than Vattu, and that one is... *chef's kiss*

(plus you can read all of Evan's work for free on rice-boy.com)

evan dahm @evandahm.bsky.social · 12d

3rd Voice 1st Passage BOOK is AVAILABLE NOW topatoco.com/products/ed-...

3rd Voice 1st Passage

3rd Voice is an ongoing fantasy graphic novel It concerns a world in a state of apocalyptic crisis, and the precarious lives of many people therein.

topatoco.com

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Big Frickin' Swede @bigfrickinswede.bsky.social · 15d

Blocked that guy, sorry you had to deal with that.

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Big Frickin' Swede @bigfrickinswede.bsky.social · 21d

Going to try to remember to use that one!

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Big Frickin' Swede @bigfrickinswede.bsky.social · Sep 13

I liked what it was going for (in outline it's doing a lot of good things, specifics less so), but not sure if I can 100% agree on Dwayne Johnson. Might need to see it again, but he felt a little too reserved still for the emotions needed in the latter portions.

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Alina Pete @alinapete.bsky.social · Sep 12

Today's the final day to really boost my numbers!! The damn algorithm has a short attention span haha

Give it a watch if you haven't, and please keep posting about this! Thanks so much!

Alina Pete @alinapete.bsky.social · Sep 11

Tansi ya'll!! I need your help.

My Ted Talk is finally live on YouTube, but I really need views & engagement so it can graduate from TedX to the official Ted site. That way it'll help more people discover comics and Indigenous Story Robes!!

youtu.be/MNeqk_XehEk?...

Using comics and storytelling to engage memory and bring fun back to learning | Alina Pete | TEDxRRU

YouTube video by TEDx Talks

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · Sep 8

May I remind everyone that there is currently NO cure for rabies.

May I also remind everyone there is absolutely NO scientific proof connecting ANY vaccine that we produce today with autism.

This is true regarding vaccination in both humans AND in dogs.

Vaccinate your pets please.

Worries about vaccination rates in dogs
As rabies seems to be spreading more in wildlife, veterinarians are especially worried about vaccine hesitancy spreading among pet owners, a dangerous trend that could lead to more dogs - and their owners
- becoming infected. A 2023 study published in the journal Vaccine found in nationally representative sample of Americans that nearly 40% believed canine vaccines were unsafe and 37% believed that vaccines could lead their dogs to develop cognitive issues, such as autism.

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Big Frickin' Swede @bigfrickinswede.bsky.social · Sep 8

Rosie's halo still is getting me today! 🥲 And Ronan is zooming around the house after meal time, so his pose is VERY appropriate. He has to stand like that against every wall constantly and look around like it's a completely new view.

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Big Frickin' Swede @bigfrickinswede.bsky.social · Sep 7

What a nightmare (and how dumb that it's gotten to this point). Canada Post seems to be taking it a bit far, but I guess that's the safe thing until something is worked out.

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · Aug 28

Just a heads up. I was able to schedule my COVID vaccine appointment. Online it will ask “do you have a condition that puts you at high risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19 virus.”

Click yes and it will allow you to schedule an appointment.

No questions asked.

No proof required.

Pass it on.

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Big Frickin' Swede @bigfrickinswede.bsky.social · Aug 28

Necessary reminders for educators and students returning to class, where they will be hearing wide-ranging things about "AI" and its use.

The current programs cannot be used ethically or responsibly. We need to push for their inherent problems to be fixed and say no to them until they are.

Greg Pak @gregpak.net · Jul 27

Respectfully, I have not seen you substantially respond to the good faith critiques of "A.i." in education and the materials I've seen from the website you shared seem to celebrate and promote the use of "A.i."

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · Aug 27

Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!

Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · Aug 27

AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.

Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action

Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.

arstechnica.com

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Big Frickin' Swede @bigfrickinswede.bsky.social · Aug 23

Interesting read! Got sucked into Jordan in the mid-90s and enjoy the books a lot for what they are. I recall having a lot of discussions with friends back in the day on how the first book is in conversation with Tolkien (rather than being simply imitative).

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Jane Friedman @janefriedman.com · Aug 15

** Attention all authors whose books may have been trained on by AI **

Attorneys are collecting contact information from all authors and publishers who may be part of the class action lawsuit.

Anthropic Authors’ Rights Class Action – Author Contact Page – Lieff Cabraser

www.lieffcabraser.com

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Big Frickin' Swede @bigfrickinswede.bsky.social · Aug 14

Dude's like, "I go to 11," and I'm like "you can also go to 1, thanks."

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Big Frickin' Swede @bigfrickinswede.bsky.social · Aug 14

The cricket outside our window trying to prove his worth to the world via volume needs to take it down a few notches. Kids/crickets these days, I tell you.

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Big Frickin' Swede @bigfrickinswede.bsky.social · Aug 11

Just bought a loaf like that at a farmer's market last week and complimented the seller. "That's a good looking sourdough!"

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Big Frickin' Swede @bigfrickinswede.bsky.social · Aug 11

And the good to great reviewers will leave their reader with a better appreciation for the literature and the works it's in conversations with!

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Big Frickin' Swede @bigfrickinswede.bsky.social · Aug 11

Bad review are bad, of course, but the average professional reviewer will be bringing more to the table than 95% of Goodreads. If not 99%.

I appreciate the random good reviews on Storygraph, but most are one sentence quips, snark, or appreciations that don't do much.

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Big Frickin' Swede @bigfrickinswede.bsky.social · Aug 11

That's a good mashup. Reminds me of the members of U2 being disturbed as heck by soldiers in the US armed forces in the 1990s describing artillery strikes in Iraq almost like they were a video game.

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Big Frickin' Swede @bigfrickinswede.bsky.social · Aug 10

Like Dr. Teeth, but without the charm of being a muppet in a muppet band.

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