HERSUGARPILL

* yes, always

* if it’s a love song

* if I’m singing to or about a specific person

* if it’s an older/traditional song

* if there are preexisting swapped versions

* if I’m singing it as part of a narrative performance

* if I’m trying to send a message

* if the original wouldn’t make sense in context

* if I’m just singing to myself/for fun

* for some other reason

* no, never

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happy 20 year anniversary of Neil banging out the tunes!

though every rat is special, it's a wonderful and unusual thing for their accomplishments to be remembered and cherished by so many people so many years later. we're all so fortunate to know about the rat who banged out the tunes!

thank you to all the people who sent me reference photos of their beloved rats for this piece!!! credits under the cut!

AI industry groups are urging an appeals court to block what they say is the largest copyright class action ever certified. They’ve warned that a single lawsuit raised by three authors over Anthropic’s AI training now threatens to “financially ruin” the entire AI industry if up to 7 million claimants end up joining the litigation and forcing a settlement.

Authors have until March 30th, 2026 (That is just 9 days as of this reblog, which I am posting on March 21st, 2026) to file their claim against Anthropic to be reimbursed up to $3,000 per work found in the list.