Adulthood is overrated

Muppet Fact #1870

Could you draw Sarah Phillips and James Hiller from Liberty's Kids? All grown-up and Sarah wearing a new gorgeous more grown-up dress and James looking like the official inheritor of Ben Franklin's printing company, except with a shirt a little more open a the collar than his mentor's? LOL

There was recently a copyright infringement case in YA and I need everyone to know that the following sentence was in the legal decision:

“Regarding setting, the court held that both works taking place in Alaska high schools was not protectable because Alaska is a public place and setting a teen novel in a high school is a common genre convention.”

I've read the entire decision (skimming over the purely legal precedent/definitions bit) and here are some of my favorite bits:

#Helios was declawed by his former owners so he doesn't just slap things he dislikes like most cats#he really only feels confident in hissing at them#Especially because a lot of the thing he doesn't like are bugs and those are sharp sometimes :(#Selene has figured this out and now when she hears him hiss she sprints over the kill the fuck out of the bug#Helios has learned she will do this so he'll hiss at stuff louder and louder until she hears him#A nervous old man and his emotional support homicidal maniac tags by @gallusrostromegalus

I couldn't get these two and their dynamic out of my head, @gallusrostromegalus I doodled them (guessed on their collars)

For anyone wondering, the PhD student's name is Myra Cheng.

Across three preregistered studies, participants interacting with sycophantic AI became more convinced of their own rightness and less willing to repair relationships. Yet at the same time, participants rated sycophantic AI models as higher quality, more trustworthy, and more desirable for future use, which may explain why this behavior has persisted despite its harmful impacts.

Yo what the f u c k

not the normal stuff i’d reblog but, uh, this is kinda??? heckin???? important?????

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As a general rule of thumb, do not push air into any bodily orifice, regardless of gender. It never ends well. Air compressors and the human body do NOT mix.

Mattel creating a show about monsters: "and what if instead of "cheerleading" they said "fearleading"!"

this is my cat and she eats plastic

this image alone feels iconic

Prev. These need to be seen @mumblesplash