Lune

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.

I've never been more devastated that I'm going to miss an event in my life. What a fucking icon.

She expected maybe 5-10 people to show up. There were about 100.

I gave out scotch eggs to commemorate the occasion.

She gave a beautiful speech, was blindfolded, then kicked REAL good. Crumpled. Gave us a thumbs up.

Applause. Then the flute. Then a moment's silence.

It also means wearing things they might not approve of. Using accommodations that they might not think you need. Not falling for their guilt trips. Eating when you’re hungry, not when it suits them and their idea of your weight or health. Making your own friends instead of seeking the stamp of approval from them.

Of course, some parents are stricter than others, and some use abuse to keep you from expressing yourself. But do what you can, even if it seems small.

Otherwise, when your parents are no longer in the picture, you’ll try to find it somewhere else to get validation. A strict boss, an abusive partner, a selfish friend.

He explained that I wasn't scared when the lights were on so I didn't have any reason to be scared when they turned off. My bed was still my bed, my cupboard was the same cupboard, etc.

Undertale was released 10 years ago.

Many still resonate with the "despite everything" line but this game altered the trajectory of my life so much that ten years later I'm not really sure I'm the same person after all.

Forgive me, I don't have the spoons to create something new for the anniversary. The nice thing is that it's because I'm busy taking care of things that are important to me, investing in my own happiness and drawing personal work again.

I don't think I ever shared this full comic from the Despite Everything zine. I don't really think I could make anything today that articulates my feelings better.

if you update very frequently - think homestuck at its peak, "every day, every page is substantial" frequently - you will get the most active fandom but retention of the text also starts to dip. this is okay enough, though, this also brings you an incomplete text. so people want to preempt the story themselves. this involves a lot of what we call "theorizing" but is actually just creative writing outright. you're competing with infinite monkeys on infinite typewriters almost immediately. but so long as you keep the sluice gate of new information open, you can keep playing theory whack-a-mole.

but if you slow down for too long, the monkeys on typewriters outpace you. someone is going to have an idea that won't be better than what you're doing - chances are it'll play into a lot of existing archetypal writing. people like a story that conforms to expectations - but it will be treated as if it is. people will both think you're the stupidest asshole in the world and the biggest brain genius in the world who's encoded meaning into every pixel and every sample of a sound and every letter. this is when you have lost. nobody is happy. nobody is satisfied because the monkeys have written the perfect ending based on what they want it to be.