Her Royal Heavenly Divine's Thoughts

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.

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:

"Drawn to Hidden Light". Read what this painting means below.

This work is about an unseen direction that leads you forward, even when it is not yet defined.

About moving toward something that doesn't fully reveal itself, but already shapes the way.

About light that doesn't appear directly, but exists as a presence, a quiet force that shifts the sense of movement without becoming obvious.

And about that state where you don't see the final point, but you keep moving, because something inside already knows the direction

Oil on canvas, 28x16"

The Apothecary Diaries light novels have an overarching plot about the preparation, arrival, and recovery from a grasshopper plague. (This isn't a major spoiler because they foreshadow it very early and very often) When Maomao and her friends are caught in the swarm, they have to hide in the dark, cover their faces and ears to keep the bugs from getting inside, the grasshoppers literally eating the clothes on their backs.

It was very difficult for me to read. It was horrifying and I could picture it all so vividly. I could so perfectly see myself in Maomao's shoes. Frantically, blindly, brewing and spreading pesticide everywhere she could.

The kid was picked up by an ambulance 30 minutes later.

Now as an adult working in security I get SO MANY folks- upper-middle aged mostly- coming to me to 'rat out' people they think are faking it.

I was once sent into a bathroom because a client demanded that the "fucker won't get out, so go drag them out"- I was NEVER going to do that, so I did a wellness check instead. You know who it was? A person recently released from the hospital after a car accident. They had a hole in their skull and major hearing loss. They couldn't answer the owner because they couldn't HEAR the owner.

Another time about a homeless man who got around town by kicking the ground from his wheelchair. "You know he doesn't actually need that thing, his legs work fine, it's just for pity points"- Oh, so he's not paralyzed, his wheelchair is performative? Funny story Dale, I actually know that guy, he was backed over by a truck and has chronic pain from his shattered pelvis. But sure, let's make him stand up and walk everywhere so nobody feels too bad for him and tries to help him or something.

"She doesn't need that scooter, I've seen her get out of it."

"Look how fat he is, because he just rides around and refuses to get up."

"She doesn't really need that cane- she comes here without it all the time"