all mirth and no matter

what's crazy is that glinda is kind of inherently a cynic and elphaba's sort of inherently an idealist but because one is blonde and bubbly and the other is maudlin and sarcastic people think it's the other way around, love this #diverserepresentation

Orphan Black is so delightful because it’s a dark gory sci-fi horror but almost every episode between the killing and maiming and human experimentation they’re just like “Alison has been kidnapped by violent religious extremists…but the school bake sale is TONIGHT!” and they proceed to have wonderful clone swapping antics

Ted Chiang is emphatic: LLMs are nowhere close to being conscious. “We don’t need to fully understand the nature of consciousness to definitively say that certain things are not conscious, and conversational transcripts fall in that category.”

Remember when joining fandom as a younger person meant lurking for a bit and figuring out the vibe and etiquette instead of coming in on day one and calling people weirdos for liking weirdo shit in the weirdo factory.

happy first day of pride everyone

reading other comments on the fic you’ve just commented on is like. asynchronous book club meeting 🫶