when people say they can't wait to play block game and i respond with "me too" i'm not being flippant. i can legitimately not wait for block game to be far enough along that it's truly playable because *i really want to play it* and get lost in that world

This survey on "AI" and illustration from the Association of Illustrators makes for grim reading

https://theaoi.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/2026-AI-Survey-Analysis.pdf (PDF!)

> A year ago, almost a third of illustrators told the AOI they had already lost work because a client chose generative AI instead.
>
> This year, that figure is 46%.

Via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I6eztzifK0 who apparently found it via https://www.thebookseller.com/news/rise-in-number-of-illustrators-losing-work-to-genai-survey-finds

First

This.

Adding to my regs review of my services and stuffs:

Fedi, pick ur favs:

Streaming Music
Contacts
Weather
Masto Client
Fedi System (Masto, Sharkey, blah blah)
Indie Shopping
App Store

#fedi #corpo

@davidgerard
The AI Studio Ghibli thumbnail btw

@cwebber @tusharhero easy for some to say 😪

Hn. So, don't go extra just fill in ur alts:

Protonmail
ProtonVPN
ProtonDrive
Signal
Android
DuckDuckGo
Google Maps
LibreOffice

If they are no AI, u get bonus!

This album is fantastic! #ccmusic

https://thisissoundofthevoid.bandcamp.com/album/underpass

@ai6yr I definitely don't know anyone who's ever done this with a US military aircraft

@tiefling@bardicperspiration.club

Protonmail >TutaMail
ProtonVPN > wireguard into home network(not for location masking I guess)
ProtonDrive > self hosted nextcloud
Signal › Signal
Android > GrapheneOS
DuckDuckGo > self hosted searXNG
Google Maps > no good replacement for finding nearby businesses
LibreOffice > ObsidianMD(markdown docs and limited tables only)

$NEST (Nestlé) +0.93 739.72 #TrendingNow #BTSE

Be the change you want to see. Reddit Secret Santa was always a pretty big logistical undertaking, it would take effort to make a Fediverse one.

Also Fediverse users might be less keen on the idea generally, as it involves personal information and addresses. A very cynical take is that harvesting this data was the real purpose of the Reddit SS, which can’t really be ruled out.

I’d get you a really nice can of beans.

This community is not for complaining about bans or mod action on other instances.

Locked.

reddit got bad because spez (the reddit admin) restricted API access to the platform for third-party apps, such that people would be forced to use the official app or web UI, both of which display advertisement and collect user data (e.g. scroll behavior).

Reddit got bad long before they restricted API access. That's what was the final drop for many people, but it wasn't the beginning at all.

I agree that growing would be a benefit for Lemmy though. While I wouldn't dismiss the dangers of a growing community entirely, we can just defederate from or block problematic parts in theory. So I wouldn't say we're in quite the same danger as centralized platforms.

I sent a nice package, and I received one. It was a wooden puzzle box. I’m pretty good at puzzles but it’s stumped me; I can’t open it. That was years ago. It’s still sitting on my bookshelf. I can hear there’s something inside, but I can’t get in and I refuse to force it. My daughter looked up instructions but still couldn’t do it - says maybe it was sabotaged. So unsatisfying but wonderful.

@CliffsEsport @Nshrubs Can the battery be changed? If it's not the charging circuit that is the problem...

Imprint, which helps companies offer co-branded credit cards and manage loyalty programs, raised $130M led by Khosla Ventures at a ~$1.9B valuation (Alex Konrad/Upstarts Media)

https://www.upstartsmedia.com/p/fintech-imprint-raises-130m
http://www.techmeme.com/261111/p34#a261111p34