I have gotten to the point where Iāve stopped actually caring if something is AI or not, Iām more interested if it is GOOD you know?
Slop is slop whether is was slugged out of a LLM or out of a Content Farm.
If I happen to accidentally enjoy a bit of AI content in the process then Iāll chalk it up to an impressive anomaly
My teenage self (Manateen?) was obsessed with em dashes. My teenage self wouldāve also been filled with righteous indignation if Iād been accused of letting a machine write for me.
These things should always be a choice. Bodily autonomy is very important and must not be denied.
I wrote up about the process by which I went about contributing to the Internet Archive fundraiser zine, in case people were curious about what that research looked like, and to show an example by which they could help, too.
Iām so glad you shared this. I find the discussion around organ donation to be so preachy and dismissive of absolutely valid reasons for not being an organ donor. Guilting people about what should be a personal choice just because āyouāre dead, you donāt need your organsā or whatever is kind of horrifying.
I think being part of the ācanāt donateā club helps gives us that perspective. When the choice is forcibly taken away from you, you realise itās not as simple as healthy folk with valuable organs make it out to be and come to recognise the importance of choice.
Iām personally going to be donating my entire body to medical science in lieu of useful organs. Thatās why my donor card says to ask my loved ones. Thatās what that option is there for, because not everything is black and white!
Simply using somewhat academic English on the internet is enough to get you flagged as AI these days!
I was super curious about whether my old uni essays would get pinged by AI checkers. My first year essays all came back as definitely human, but some of my post-grad ones were coming back as possibly AI. I learnt to write better essays over six years of university, and now Iām basically a shitty LLM? 
Itās a topic that Iāve given a lot of thought to, as someone who is physically disabled, and also holds a degree in the life sciences. The topic of organ donation is a common one in bioethics discussions.
Often, religious adherents are strawmanned in such debates. There is also typically the presumption that they are Christian. There is a great deal of misunderstanding of Buddhist practices in similar, often Atheistic or Agnostic circles- Iāve even had the hilarity of someone whoād done his PhD studies on Eastern Philosophies proclaim that Buddhism wasnāt a religion at all. A lot of people presume that one, all Buddhist sects practice similar beliefs, (which couldnāt be further from the truth- that is, if theyāre even aware there are different schools of thought), and that two, the body is an immaterial thing, worthless in the face of reincarnation and such.
In reality, there are very fastidiously outlined practices around how we handle and honour our dead- intensely interwoven into our collectivist culture. The departed are a very normal, integrated aspect of our lives. Grief is handled in a more concrete, hands on fashion. I think thereās some good in that. I think that addressing death not as a terrifying boogeyman, but handling our ghosts like who they are- the dearly departed, loved ones who are ushered into death as lovingly as they were brought into their life: it helps people find a sense of acceptance and closure.
They are dead, yes- but they are still beloved, and you can still live a life, while making room in your heart for their cherished memory. Death often is so abrupt. Being able to tangibly protect, display devotion: that helps a little, with the striking finality. I may not have been able to keep you from deathās reach- but I can ensure you have a good death. Thereās something profoundly tender about that- wanting to ensure they know they are as loved in death, as they were in life.
My experiences are coloured by my cultural context. These arenāt my religious beliefs- I would label myself closer to an Atheist than not. But they are beliefs held sincerely by a loved one- and Iāll be dead, anyway. I believe itāll be a total cessation of experience, of nothingness- rotting away in the dirt and left to moulder. So what do I care? Let my loved ones mourn, and grieve, as they feel they need to. Itās the last act of love I can give them- and they, gift me, in turn.
i would help more with it if i knew how to
I wrote an update post in the thread here on the forums for anyone interested in getting involved! 
I got inspired by the new single from my favourite band.
Chicken news:
The bit about your jealous cat made me laugh out loud. Oh, these fuzzy, floofy children.
slight rant ig https://candyether.space/writing/blog/offpunk.md
yes ik its just a raw file im trying to figure out how to make it parse md
Going through these posts right now and sending you potentially annoying (but I hope not) āI like this postā emails.
I donāt mind at all.
I mean, while I donāt mind being unreeasonable, I like hearing that I am in fact not being unreasonable.
I havenāt had an overabundance of heavily thoughty thoughts to right lately. Mostly been posting pictures of records I buy and stuff like that. Some of your recent posts really capture what Iāve been feeling though.
At least many times per week my wife comes home and says something like this: āI went to the grocery store and bought some [insert a food item she normally doesnāt buy], and when I got home Instagram showed me recipes for that food item.ā The obvious instant sharing of exactly what she purchased, from grocer to network of evil companies to Meta is just amazing, and it is a great reason to 1)use cash, 2)donāt use a discount card with you real info attached to it, and 3)kill your social media accounts.
This is the world thatās been built. A 32 year younger coworker of mine, who has never really known a different reality, sees nothing wrong with this and doesnāt find it creepy. āIt probably makes things better.ā
Iām blabberingā¦Iāll stop
I somehow doubt that your coworker has ever thought to follow that notion with the question, ābetter for whom?ā I also suspect that it has never occurred to him that he was born into systems that had not been created with his best interests in mind.
Maybe Iām being too cynical. Is it a Gen X thing?
It probably is a Gen-X thing but that doesnāt mean you are wrong.
As a PC gamer who both uses and has created video game mods, Nexus Mods getting sold is big news, so I wrote a blog post about it: