Brian Merchant<p>OpenAI is using Studio Ghibli-style memes as an ad hoc promotional campaign for its new image generator—despite Ghibli founder Hayao Miyazaki's famous hatred of AI. Sam Altman even made his X avatar a 'Ghiblified' portrait.</p><p>Disgracing Miyazaki is part of the point: It's more proof to the industry's biggest boosters that they have won—that they're free to use, appropriate, and commoditize art however they see fit.</p><p><a href="https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/openais-studio-ghibli-meme-factory" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bloodinthemachine.com/p/openai</span><span class="invisible">s-studio-ghibli-meme-factory</span></a></p>
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David August<p>The internet of things is truly a wonder. 😝 </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/dishwasher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dishwasher</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/parody" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parody</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/iot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iot</span></a></p>
Jane Lago<p>I had a conversation this afternoon with the director of my regional public library, about Libby. She said that tagging books as Notify Me is what tells her what to buy. Libby notifies her about the requests for books from users, and if any book has more than three requests, she orders it. So using Notify Me is important!!!<br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Libby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Libby</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/PublicLibraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicLibraries</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a></p>
God :verified:<p>Maybe don’t lie when the reporter has the whole damn chat log.</p>
Andrea Junker :verified:<p>Dear American citizens, whatever you wish more German citizens would have done in 1933, do that now.</p>
Star Trek Minus Context<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StarTrek" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>StarTrek</span></a></p>
Dan Gillmor<p>Extraordinary reporting here:</p><p>"Who Is Funding Canary Mission? Inside the Doxxing Operation Targeting Anti-Zionist Students and Professors</p><p>"Americans who give money to Canary Mission are potentially committing a serious crime by acting as agents of a foreign power."</p><p><a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/world/canary-mission-israel-covert-operations/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thenation.com/article/world/ca</span><span class="invisible">nary-mission-israel-covert-operations/</span></a></p>
Sheril Kirshenbaum<p>Diversity ensures resilience in systems.</p><p>That’s not a partisan talking point. </p><p>It’s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>science</span></a>.</p>
Steve Herman<p>President Trump has signed an executive order intended to nullify union contracts in numerous federal agencies. <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/exclusions-from-federal-labor-management-relations-programs/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">whitehouse.gov/presidential-ac</span><span class="invisible">tions/2025/03/exclusions-from-federal-labor-management-relations-programs/</span></a></p>
JA Westenberg<p>Snow White didn’t bomb because of Rachel Zegler. </p><p>But it also didn’t bomb because of Gal Gadot. </p><p>It bombed because nobody - absolutely nobody - was even slightly interested in the existence of a live action Snow White movie.</p>
James<p>My son recently launched a <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/WeatherBalloon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeatherBalloon</span></a> with a <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/camera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>camera</span></a> and some instruments. This <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photo</span></a> is from about 30km up just before the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/balloon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>balloon</span></a> burst. It's really cool that you can begin to see the curvature of the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Earth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Earth</span></a> from this height and see the darkness of <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a>. I was on an airliner in this area on the same day and saw some of the same clouds and frozen rivers & lakes my son captured in his photos. </p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weather</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Minnesota</span></a></p>
Randahl Fink<p>Historians have often wondered how the Nazis were able to keep a war with most of the world going for 6 years.</p><p>A recent theory suggests, it was because they did not invite journalists into the group chat.</p>
Prof. Sam Lawler<p>I saw 4 bald eagles circling around together on my way home. More and more birds are coming baaack and it makes me really happy!</p>
George Takei :verified: 🏳️🌈🖖🏽<p>Keep the Congressional switchboard number handy these days: (202) 224-3121</p>
Joy<p>Another sketch in the 642 Things to Draw where I try to inject capybaras where I can! The prompt "Sea Spray" instantly made me think of The Little Mermaid. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thelittlemermaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>thelittlemermaid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capybara" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>capybara</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sketch" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sketch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>art</span></a></p>
Ivey Janette McClelland<p>Thank you.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stlouis" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>stlouis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lgbtq" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>lgbtq</span></a> <a href="https://www.firstalert4.com/2025/03/26/st-louis-bars-boycott-anheuser-busch-products-after-company-pulls-out-pride-st-louis/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">firstalert4.com/2025/03/26/st-</span><span class="invisible">louis-bars-boycott-anheuser-busch-products-after-company-pulls-out-pride-st-louis/</span></a></p>
Abandoned America<p>A classroom full of lampshades at the abandoned Central Junior High School. Thankfully this building was repurposed into apartments rather than destroyed.</p><p>More at <a href="https://www.abandonedamerica.us/central-junior-high-school" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abandonedamerica.us/central-ju</span><span class="invisible">nior-high-school</span></a></p>
Boots Chantilly<p>Just look at this handsome young fellow. My son and d-i-l found him hiding under their truck—no tags, no chip. He’s going to make someone such a wonderful best friend. Could it be you? </p><p>He’s house-trained, very affectionate and eager to please, and SO sweet-natured. He’s a very VERY good boi who desperately needs a home & family. ❤️ <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Houston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Houston</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LostDog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LostDog</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LostDogsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LostDogsOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PleaseBoost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PleaseBoost</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PleaseShareWidely" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PleaseShareWidely</span></a></p>
Em :official_verified:<p>We are entering an era of paywalled news where the poor will only be able to afford reading the headlines, and never the articles. </p><p>This isn't gonna help the current state of the world, at all.</p>
Broadwaybabyto<p>Those of us who were disabled prior to Covid felt hope when the pandemic hit. </p><p>Hope for a more inclusive society. For chronic illness research to advance faster because Long Covid was too big to ignore. </p><p>Instead we’ve ended up with fascists cutting all research funding. </p><p>The grief is real.</p>
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