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@creatingblackcharacters is hosting another CBC Book Club, starting on 06/14/2026. We'll be reading "Medical Apartheid - The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present." I would recommend it.

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Happy Pride Month, Cullen Romancers! Pride is all year round, but to celebrate during June, we've put together a list of pride specific prompts for you to use!

Canon x canon, canon x OC, or platonic relationships, pride comes in all forms and we want to toast them all!

^ you. this is you. this is every single one of you, and frankly it's me too.

The velvet coat era is on pause. Instead, we are deep in the woods with Cullen, where our Commander is having the worst/best day of his life and the slow burn is, at long last, no longer slow.

Thirteen chapters. THIRTEEN. And it all comes down to one meadow, one confession he fumbles catastrophically, and one secret he should've shared about eleven chapters ago.

I am also formally requesting a moment of silence for this man's inability to recognize a dirty joke when it is standing directly in front of him asking what kind of sword.

Slow burn shippers: this is the one. Go forth. Be feral. I'm right there with you.

Read Chapter 13 of The Skyhold Literary Society on AO3

HEREDITARY (2018) dir. Ari Aster

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.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/81805306/chapters/228814691

Dutifully Loved Chapter 13: The Rendezvous Point

Rating: Explicit

Summary: With the passing of Warden Elric, the team takes a break as they journey to the rendezvous point. Between dodging the important questions and getting lost in the forest, the last two Wardens find comfort in each other.

The tension from the armory tower is spilling directly into the tavern, but not to worry: Ella has ✨strategies✨. Meanwhile, Josie takes Cullen's armor hostage in the name of diplomacy, Vivienne demands a formal dinner, and Ella discovers that velvet and silk are infinitely more dangerous than plate metal.

The costumes have changed, the banter is back, and you will never look at bread and butter the same way again.

(If you hear me screaming about the green dress and the coat, mind your business.)

I hope you like being tortured by yearning.

Read Chapter 11 of The Skyhold Literary Society on AO3