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It's reliant on literal slave labour (primarily from Kenya). https://futurism.com/the-byte/african-workers-openai-training

The people who are pushing it the hardest ARE actually right-wing. Trump. Musk. Zuck. Bezos. People like this only push when they can make money off of it. Their goal is to fire you and make the ai do your job.

The data centres are destroying communities-- primarily marginalised communities. https://sites.uab.edu/humanrights/2025/10/02/construction-and-consequences-the-human-impacts-of-artificial-intelligence-data-centers/

And it makes horrific sounds to the people who live in the communities. https://youtube.com/shorts/9hhW3CVyddA?si=Hd2chgCcJ8WnhaJT

The ecological impact is a disaster and will undo what progress we have made against climate change. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/03/just-an-unbelievable-amount-of-pollution-how-big-a-threat-is-ai-to-the-climate

There are concerns that it will cause water shortages and lead to droughts. https://waterpolitics.com/ai-is-draining-water-from-areas-that-need-it-most/

There is literally NOT EVEN ENOUGH WATER TO CREATE UK DATA CENTRES because of how much water it uses. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/21/not-enough-water-for-uks-datacentre-plans-trade-body-says

And computer chip shortages. https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/surging-ai-demand-cause-worlds-chip-shortage-research-says-rcna172717

It's killing people, and it's telling children to kill themselves. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/31/teenager-asked-chatgpt-most-successful-ways-take-life-inquest-told

Children as young as 10 are using it to create deepfakes of pornographic images of classmates. https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/deepfakes-made-by-classmates-5HjdChk_2/ AND teachers https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn08zy47yjno

It's being used to create CP of children and people without consent. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/08/ai-chatbot-grok-used-to-create-child-sexual-abuse-imagery-watchdog-says

It can't be trusted to give people their fast food orders correctly, and yet governments and companies are using it. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgyk2p55g8o

ai psychosis. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatbot_psychosis

scientific evidence is proving that it causes cognitive decline. https://publichealthpolicyjournal.com/mit-study-finds-artificial-intelligence-use-reprograms-the-brain-leading-to-cognitive-decline/

This was the crossword puzzle in the New York Times yesterday. 

Tausig’s crossword is a so-called Schrödinger puzzle, named for the physicist’s hypothetical cat that is at once both alive and dead. In a Schrödinger puzzle, select squares have more than one correct letter answer: They exist in two states at once. “Black Halloween animal,” for example, could be both BAT or CAT, yielding two different but perfectly correct puzzles. Only 10 such puzzles have now been published in Times history.

It’s the theme of Tausig’s puzzle, though, that makes it special. Four entries in Thursday’s crossword can include either an “F” or an “M.” Both are correct; neither is wrong. For example, “Part of a house” can be either ROOF or ROOM. The long “revealer” answer, tying those select entries together and spanning 11 squares smack-dab in the middle of the puzzle, is GENDER FLUID.

*unmutes*

Other useful AI Removal/Detection links

How to spot AI Hallucinations like a Reference Librarian (originally on Substack)

A mouth-watering fuck-ton of hand angle references.

Foolishly spent like half a year making this 300 page ttrpg.

Anyways it's a pulp supernatural game where you're an ancient stone creature that walks by night and has a complicated relationship with mortals.

Try to protect the people around you without ending the world.

Other features:

Simple d6 pool

36 types of immortal stone creature powers

100 page bestiary

Two scenarios and one campaign

Optional tactical and solo rules

Masks, aspects of your personality that fracture

I *do* think it's a fun system, though.

Hi again everyone! It's been another year, and I felt like giving my definitive Exandria map a touch-up!

Linked below is a download file, which includes both high and standard resolution .pngs and well as the low res .jpeg that you see in this post. Also includes the Wonderdraft map file, for anyone who wants to take this map and modify it for themselves!

High-resolution map images and Wonderdraft file download:

Pay What You Want Ko-fi link [HERE]

Not a lot of updates since last year, but the big change is to the oceans! I've added a rudimentary bathymetry, darker colors mean deeper oceans!

Added Testaregnu from the Maelstrom Kingdom one-shot nearby to the Bay of Gifts. This is also the first underwater settlement on the map!

Added Kravaraad Village from A Winter's Feast.

Updated labels for some minor settlements, particularly the Giant settlements in Tal'Dorei and the Silken Squall.

Added unofficial roads connecting Kraghammer to Reaching Bluff and Lyrengorn.

Added unofficial roads connecting Uthodurn to Kravaraad Village and Palebank Village.