A Number of Hobbies

Something about the 'monster maroon' tunic style being on the original colors looks very 1950s to me, maybe even 1930s. I like it. A lot.

Ashley Belanger – Jun 10, 2026 12:19 PM The preliminary ruling came in a case flagged by The Decoder, where two publishers found that Google’s AI Overviews incorrectly linked them to scams and other sketchy business practices. After smearing publishers by making affirmative statements like “Yes, [it] is known for dubious business practices and is often perceived as a scam,” Google failed to correct the misleading output, even after the publishers sent a cease-and-desist letter earlier this year. Google tried the usual arguments to shield itself from liability for false statements in AI Overviews, such as arguing that most users understand that AI outputs aren’t always accurate and must be verified. But the court found that, unlike traditional search engines that merely present lists of links to third-party statements, Google’s tool made “independent, new, and substantive statements” based on its own misinterpretation of links on the Internet. That’s a problem, the court said, because while publishers may have been able to sue to stop third parties from publishing defamatory statements appearing in Google search results, only Google can correct the underlying algorithm and outputs displayed in AI Overviews. And because, at least initially, the company did not, it therefore “must be held accountable,” the court ruled. Beyond that, Google’s argument was deemed particularly weak, since the AI overview in this case “contains statements that do not appear in the search results at all.” The court’s order—requiring a temporary injunction barring Google from spreading the false claims in any further AI Overviews—may have global implications, as the court seems to be the first to hold an AI firm liable for AI speech. In the past, AI firms have hoped that disclaimers warning about misinformation would protect them from lawsuits over untrustworthy outputs. Last year, one chatbot maker even argued that AI speech is its own category of “pure speech” and the First Amendment should protect it. According to a Google translation of the German court ruling, however, the false outputs were “primarily an expression of the defendant’s commercial activity,” and the AI tool’s “opinions” and false statements were capable of impacting public opinion. The court concluded that, in weighing the balance, publishers’ interest in removing the false information outweighed Google’s commercial speech rights.

Sailboats are so pretty.

Am living la vida exactly that for the last few days.

Okay so i see writers mess this up constantly and i need to talk about it. Introverts and extroverts are not "shy vs loud." That's not what it means and if you write them like that your characters will feel like cardboard. Introvert means you lose energy in crowds and find it alone. Extrovert means the opposite. That's it. An introvert can be the loudest person in the room. An extrovert can be soft-spoken and gentle. The behaviour is not the point. The energy is.

I'm pretty sure the cause of Ollie's first ever and ONLY vet meltdown was cause the vet dude kinda just burst in and immediately walked up to grab his face and stick his fingers in his mouth without so much as a how-do-you-do so on the tech's post-checkup email I asked if they could make a note on his file that he needs to be approached SLOWLY to avoid violence 😭 God I sound insane but like he usually LOVES the vet, he's only ever been calm and affectionate there but this time he was furious and kept trying to take chunks out of hands, how do I politely and calmly communicate "yes he IS just a cat but he's also a perfectly reasonable animal who I love very dearly and if you walk right up and grab him like that again without giving him time to adjust then *I* am going to bite you" and how did I *become* the neurotic crazy pet owner at the clinic

The emotional venn diagram of "Neurodivergent human struggling with respect and communication who has trauma about being grabbed by strange large men" and "ordinary animal that does not receive respect because people don't see animals as feeling, conscious beings who deserve respect and are capable of communication" became a circle at the vet's office for what I suspect is niether the first or last time