Gay brainrot

everything you do matters! what you do counts! you won't be the only person doing it and you won't be the only person who cares!

there are things you can do big and small but also advocacy and having the conversation is necessary too. something like 89% of people are at least somewhat worried about climate change and want more to be done about it but since people aren't talking about it regularly, they think they are the only ones who care.

and the world is actually doing a lot. so far, we've avoided the worst projections (although current projections are still pretty catastrophic) due to changes that have been taking place.

the united states is the biggest holdout right now but most of the rest of the world is—to varying degrees—trying to transition away from fossil fuels, which is like the main thing we have to do. and actually, even the u.s. is moving towards renewable energy despite the current administration's backwards bloviating idiocy (for example, texas generated more power last year through solar energy than coal for the first time ever. turns out renewable energy is just economically more stable and worth investing in and these constant energy shocks from pointless wars aren't helping the case to continue burning fossil fuels for energy.)

i just really want to hammer home to everybody that the doomerist message that there is nothing we can do is literally how oil and gas companies want everyone to feel. they want you to feel there is no solution, that you are powerless, that the changes are too hard or will interrupt your comfort and convenience, that the changes are too expensive, that your choices don't matter at all, so that the changes that need to happen don't happen. but they are happening! right now.

(btw, this is an area where it really does matter who you vote for, locally and nationally.)

over the next little while, i'm going to try and post more content about what the world is doing and where we are succeeding in this.

because this content is not reaching the people who need it. the mainstream news sucks. social media algorithms suck. nothing viral or popular on any algorithm-driven social media platform is reaching your eyes organically—and its been that way for close to a decade. the entertainment outlets are filling our brains with disaster movies and stories where things go wrong and too much of the time the only solution is some hero or return to the status quo or whatever. we've destroyed the sense of community that helps people feel like what they do matters and realize that other people care about the same things they do and are willing to work towards similar goals. our myths and media are fucked and they've seriously fucked up our brains.

where we are at now: the climate is already changing. we're too late to stop that from happening at all. it's been happening for some time and we knew about it and we had solutions but the world has been stupid drunk on oil and gas and capitalism incentivizes the worst anti-social behaviour and organizing society around private profit turns out to produce terrible and stupid results.

now we have really good efficient solutions and they are (in many cases, still too slowly) being implemented. it is not too late to stop making the climate worse, to move the direction to a habitable future, and to adapt society to the new world we are coming into.

Oh, but had the artisan who made me created me instead – a worthy woman... ...I would say "how lucky am I"

Father in heaven who did miracles for our ancestors with fire and water... ...Who would then transform me from a man to woman? Were I only to have merited this being so graced by goodness...

What shall I say? why cry or be bitter? If my father in heaven has decreed upon me and has maimed me with an immutable deformity then I do not wish to remove it. the sorrow of the impossible is a human pain that nothing will cure and for which no comfort can be found. So, I will bear and suffer until I die and wither in the ground. Since I have learned from our tradition that we bless both, the good and the bitter I will bless in a voice hushed and weak: blessed are you [HaShem] who has not made me a woman.

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.

we're looking to create an AI policy, and when we were talking about this, my boss (older millennial) was genuinely shocked to hear that younger people do not (seem) to view AI positively (a la the recent commencement speakers being booed)

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neocities guide - why you should build your own html website

do you miss the charm of the 90s/00s web where sites had actual personality instead of the same minimalistic theme? are you feeling drained by social media and the constant corporate monopoly of your data and time? do you want to be excited about the internet again? try neocities!!

what is neocities?

neocities is a free hosting website that lets you build your own html website from scratch, with total creative control. in their own words: "we are tired of living in an online world where people are isolated from each other on boring, generic social networks that don't let us truly express ourselves. it's time we took back our personalities from these sterilized, lifeless, monetized, data mined, monitored addiction machines and let our creativity flourish again."

why should I make my own website?

web3 has been overtaken by capitalism & conformity. websites that once were meant to be fun online social spaces now exist solely to steal your data and sell you things. it sucks!! building a personal site is a great way to express yourself and take control of your online experience.

what would I even put on a website?

the best part about making your own site is that you can do literally whatever the hell you want! focus on a specific subject or make it a wild collection of all your interests. share your art! make a shrine for one of your interests! post a picture of every bird you see when you step outside! make a collection of your favorite blinkies! the world is your oyster !! here are some cool example sites to inspire you: recently updated neocities sites | it can be fun to just look through these and browse people's content! space bar | local interstellar dive bar creature feature | halloween & monsters big gulp supreme peanutbuttaz | personal site dragodiluna linwood | personal site patho grove | personal site

getting started: neocities/html guide

sound interesting? here are some guides to help you get started, especially if you aren't familiar with html/css sadgrl.online webmastery | a fantastic resource for getting started with html & web revival. also has a layout builder that you can use to start with in case starting from scratch is too intimidating web design in 4 minutes | good for learning coding basics w3schools | html tutorials templaterr | demo & html for basic web elements eggramen test pages | css page templates to get started with sadgrl background tiles | bg tiles rivendell background tiles | more free bg tiles

fun stuff to add to your site

want your site to be cool? here's some fun stuff that i've found blinkies-cafe | fantastic blinkie maker! (run by @transbro & @graphics-cafe) gificities | internet archive of 90s/00s web gifs internet bumper stickers | web bumper stickers momg | gif gallery 99 gif shop | 3d gifs 123 guestbook | add a guestbook for people to leave messages cbox | add a live chat box moon phases | track the phases of the moon gifypet | a little clickable page pet adopt a shroom | mushroom page pet tamaNOTchi | virtual pet crossword puzzle | daily crossword imood | track your mood neko | cute cat that chases your mouse pollcode | custom poll maker website hit counter | track how many visitors you have

web revival manifestos & communities

also, there's actually a pretty cool community of people out there who want to bring joy back to the web! melonland project | web project/community celebrating individual & joyful online experiences. Also has an online forum melonland intro to web revival | what is web revival? melonking manifesto | status cafe | share your current status nightfall city | online community onio.cafe | leave a message and enjoy the ambiance sadgrl internet manifesto | yesterweb internet manifesto | sadly defunct, still a great resource reclaiming online social spaces | great manifesto on cultivating your online experience

in conclusion

i want everyone to make a neocities site because it's fun af and i love seeing everyone's weird personal sites that they made outside of the control of capitalism :) say hi to me on neocities

HEY FOLKS~! We're back with a cozy new campaign--or a campaign of new and old blanket designs we would like to print and bring to life (and revive from the depths of out-of-print)

New design includes rookie sensation:

CAMBRIAN LULLABY

Tucked in the bedrock of the dawn | our early ancestors sleep | beneath the sheets of shale | dreaming of what they will be

And long-time favourite:

THE KING'S GRAVE

Once proud | now locked in Death's pose | a bed of bones | a grave of Kings

We're hoping to unlock Cambrian Lullaby at 5k along with the reprint of King's Grave with a few more funky bonus designs in the works we'd like to pull out (a black hole.... the big bang.... some 7 deadly sins sloth... a poppy flowerbed??? The options are endless over here!)

Hello, Archivist!!

about a million alt versions below the cut because I am nothing if not full of indecision (so you choose which you like most) :P

Here’s HSTHETE, the 24 hour comic I drew this year!  Thanks to everybody who followed along on twitter this weekend as I posted these pages <3