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or the concept of a pride flag is considered to be inappropriate for 13 year olds.

happy pride 2026. here's a pride flag for when corporate interests of a site run by dogshit transphobes, handwringing pearlclutchers, and "powerless" "allies" tell you that pride and your gender is no one else's fucking business:

Artist: Tim Brierley

I'm sorry to everyone who lives on the entire continent.

me: oh yeah?

him: and all i knew was like, snippets from what you’ve told me

him: i was like a kid on a pirate ship

him: like, “that’s a mast! i’ve heard of sails! i know what shipping is”

me: sounds like fun

him: and the thing with eggs

me: what?

him: isn’t there a thing in fanfiction with eggs?

me: ….uh?

him: isn’t there a thing in fanfiction where people grow from eggs?

me: what?

me: i mean, trolls grow from eggs? in homestuck. i may have mentioned that? but that’s canon-specific, not a fanfiction genre or trope or whatever

him: there’s not fanfiction about egg people?

me: not…not that i know of????

FIVE MINUTES LATER

me: i can’t stop thinking over the egg thing

him: what egg thing

me: the egg - what you said about fanfiction and egg people

me: i can’t think of what we talked about that made you think that there was a fic genre where humans grow from eggs

him: oh! right. i could have sworn you said something about guys putting eggs in other guys

me: OH MY GOD. are you talking about oviposition????

him: is that when guys have eggs in them?

me: how did this even come up? who were you even talking to?

him: this girl i work with and i were talking about deep space nine and she was talking about shipping these two guys

him: and i wanted to be all hip and show i knew what she was talking about so i was like “do you know about the eggs”

me: OH MY GOD

me: babe NO

me: that’s like — a niche fetish thing!!! you asked her if she was into male pregnancy porn?????

him: isn’t that - isn’t that what slash is?

me: NO

1. The court holds Google responsible for statements made by its AI, considering them Google's statements (search engines have limited liability for results in their engine as they're the words of other sites/companies/people), meaning when their AI lies/hallucinates they're liable for the defamation/harm resulting from those statements.

2. Google's defense that customers are generally aware of the lack of reliability and are responsible for fact checking was dismissed. As the court pointed out, that would "significantly diminish" AI Search's stated purpose and it can't be distinguished from Google's business practices/statements as a search tool.

3. Studies have found about 91% of Google's everyday AI responses are accurate, leaving millions of searches per HOUR with potential liability for falsehoods. 56% of correct responses weren't supported by the sources the AI listed. Both of which mean Google is now liable for a LOT more AI "errors."

4. Google was held liable for 80% of court costs in this case and this precedent is expected to reverberate around the world. This is a massive shift from the 3rd-party search provider role Google has previously played and it comes right as they've tied ALL searches to their AI search.

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