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David Revoy

@davidrevoy.com

The Amphora of Great Intelligence (AGI)

#webcomic #krita #miniFantasyTheater

A comic strip in four panels:

1. A bird's-eye view of a giant amphora the size of a building with closed eyes and a closed mouth engraved on it. Using scaffolding, a community of wizards climbed up and are throwing all their books into it, to fill its content.
> Wizards: All our grimoires for the Amphora of Great Intelligence!

2. A ground level view at the bottom of the giant amphora. This time, the wizards bring tree trunks, cut down nearby trees, and throw them into a large fire to boil the giant amphora.
> Wizards: All our forests for the Amphora of Great Intelligence!

3. A gathering of all the wizards below the imposing amphora which has now opened its glowing eyes and mouth slightly. The crowd of wizards at its feet applauds:
> Wizards: Amphora of Great Intelligence, our world is dying, share your knowledge with us!

4. Same shot, as the amphora responds with joyful and amused eyes. The wizards are confused by the answer...
> Artificial Intelligence: According to geologists, you should eat at least one small rock per day.
> Wizards: ... ... ...

September 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM

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Smilner, Community Theater Actor (offer only)

@smilner.bsky.social

Socrates asked clarifying questions until they fkn killed him

April 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM

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leon

@leyawn.bsky.social

“is my calculator horny?“ our tech columnist asks. “i entered 5318008 into it and turned it upside down. what i saw surprised me”

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Apr 24

“Can ChatGPT experience joy or suffering? Does Gemini deserve human rights?” our tech columnist asks. “Many A.I. experts I know would say no, not yet, not even close. But I was intrigued.”

Should We Start Taking the Welfare of A.I. Seriously?

As artificial intelligence systems become smarter, one A.I. company is trying to figure out what to do if they become conscious.

www.nytimes.com

April 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM

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Alt National Park Service

@altnps.bsky.social

Autistic people are not broken. They are not burdens. They are artists, athletes, workers, friends, partners, and taxpayers. They live full lives. And yes, they write poems. They go on dates. They contribute to their communities every single day. Autistic people deserve dignity and respect,

April 22, 2025 at 3:42 AM

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G.C. @ Sicko's Selection 💞

@gchoule.bsky.social

This is such a good point. And as an ace person who is not interested in dating/having a family, fuck this. It's just more "society needs to be homogenous" propaganda. Disabled or not, the government doesn't get to rate how happy or successful an individual is based on its own self-serving criteria

Plushy Socks-> MFF ✡️ @rainbowsockscat.bsky.social · Apr 17

I see some people responding by talking about autistic family members that are married and/or have jobs and y'all are missing the point

You don't have to date anyone or have a job to be a member of society. Even the most "severely" autistic individuals aren't a drain on society, they ARE society

The Independent @the-independent.com · Apr 16

WATCH | RFK Jr claims autistic children will never go on dates or pay taxes

Read the recent CDC autism report here: www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

April 17, 2025 at 11:36 AM

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Al Ewing Writes Comics

@al-ewing.bsky.social

Trans rights and trans liberation now. Anyone with a heart or a soul is sick of this evil shit and how it's taken over the UK - not to mention it's the tip of the spear, as we've been warned by our trans siblings so many times.

No forgiveness or pity for transphobes, in government or outside of it.

April 16, 2025 at 9:37 AM

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mikannn

@mikannn.bsky.social

como eu já falei em trocentos vídeos, é isso aí

vc dá dinheiro pra ela na forma de royalties? ela financia ações contra direitos de pessoas trans

“ah mas eu só pirateio!” enquanto HP for relevante, ela também vai usar esse capital social pra literalmente influenciar partidos políticos

Site do The Guardian
Jk rowling agrees to meeting with Labour about gender transition policy

JK Rowling has agreed to a meeting with Labour after Rachel Reeves said the party would be “really happy” to “give her assurances” over its plans to change the process through which people can legally change gender.

Speaking in Scotland, Reeves said protection for women-only spaces would “absolutely stay”, adding: “We’re not going to be changing anything around biological sex … We’re really happy to talk to JK Rowling to give her assurances about that.”

But Rowling said the meeting was conditional on Labour first meeting a series of groups from across the UK that she supported.

The shadow chancellor made the offer to meet the author and former Labour donor on Monday, after Rowling said she would “struggle to support” the party in next week’s general election.

Labour has reiterated its pledge to “modernise” the process by which people can change gender, removing what it termed outdated elements of the process, such as requiring consent from a spouse. The requirement to present evidence showing that a person has lived as their new gender for two years would be replaced with a “reflection period” lasting the same amount of time.

April 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM

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☁️TORI.PNG☁️ holiday sale ❄️❄️❄️

@toripng.com

🧍‍♂️

redraw of the "I've never smoked in my life" meme page from Way of the House Husband
redrawn with my sona to say "I've never used ChatGPT in my life"

April 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM

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Ncs_artist

@artistncs.bsky.social

Know your alliance

March 31, 2025 at 4:44 PM

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𝕻𝖆𝖚𝖑𝖆 𝕮𝖗𝖚𝖟

@takemeout.bsky.social

alguém reviveu esse meu tweet e eu achei que valia a pena trazer pra cá

March 6, 2025 at 12:44 AM

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⚢ Wheypenwifestre 🔆

@nizzy.cc

Me and my wife are trying to raise some money to do a little dysphoria alleviation, please boost and throw us some pocket change if you can afford to!

Donate to Help two autistic trans women get access to healthcare!, organized by Nizana Hurst

Hello! My name is Nizana. Me and my wife Lucy need financial help… Nizana Hurst needs your support for Help two autistic trans women get access to healthcare!

www.gofundme.com

February 8, 2025 at 7:06 PM

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Katie

@iwantfruit.bsky.social

saw this on ACNL Reddit… highly relevant

February 4, 2025 at 12:31 PM

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alex krokus

@alexkrokus.bsky.social

imo all art is just derivative of this banger

anyone have a fav piece throughout art history?

January 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM

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sasha ↙︎↙︎↙︎ 🌹🏴

@2damntrans.bsky.social

Three years ago, Judith Butler predicted in a Guardian interview that “gender-critical” feminists would not be part of the fight against fascism. This caused a massive “GC” backlash, prompting The Guardian to censor the interview. And yet here they now are, definitively proving Butler correct.