Mimics

Bioengineer

cEDH Planeswalker and D&D DM

Twitch: MimicsAndMagic Youtube: MimicAndMagic

[turbomander @turbomander]

okay well have u tried power word "please and thank you" ?

[Pop Base @PopBase]

Pope Leo XIV on AI:

“Artificial intelligence needs to be disarmed. The word [disarmed] is strong I know, but deliberately chosen because this moment needs words capable of attracting attention, awakening consciences, and indicating paths forward for humanity.”

[pizza mert 🍕 @pizza990]

Hi! Since some people started to follow me from Glitch's reply, here's all of my Anti-AI pieces!! 😌🙏❤️

[du côté de chez rob @ragandboneshop]

iT’s FiNe tO uSe iT As a tOoL

[Aliqua Portio @aurelianist]

The vatican is hiding big chungus

[KG @XxiKGixX]

Apparently, it has a 30-day limit

[Ricardo @Ric_RTP]

Amazon just got caught running a secret price manipulation operation with Levi's, Home Depot, Walmart, and many more.

Every time you "comparison shopped" online, you were looking at prices that were already rigged.

Here's what happened:

Amazon would monitor prices on Walmart, Target, Best Buy, Home Depot, and Chewy in real time. The second a competitor listed a product cheaper than Amazon, they'd contact the brand directly and tell them to "fix it."

And the exact emails are now PUBLIC.

Amazon sent Levi's links to two Walmart listings with the subject line "styles of concern." They basically said the prices on Walmart are too low and we have a problem.

The next day, Levi's responded: "I talked to Walmart and they have partnered with us to take Easy Khaki Classic fit back up to ladder SPP price, $29.99 immediately."

Levi's literally called Walmart and told them to raise the price. Because Amazon told Levi's to make the call.

Walmart complied. Then Amazon matched the HIGHER price.

Both retailers ended up charging more. The customer paid extra. Nobody competed.

Same playbook with Hanes:

Amazon sent them links showing Target and Walmart prices were lower. Hanes confirmed they "reached out to Target and Walmart to have the prices increased."

Target increased the prices. Walmart increased the prices. Amazon kept their margins.

But it gets even worse...

Amazon told Allergan (the company that makes eye drops) that their product was "suppressed" on Amazon because it was cheaper on another site.

Allergan responded: "Walmart got their price back up to $16.99." Amazon then unsuppressed the listing.

They did this with pet treats on Chewy. Furniture on Home Depot. Products across dozens of categories spanning YEARS.

The mechanism is simple but terrifying:

If you're a brand and you sell cheaper on Walmart than on Amazon, Amazon suppresses your product, removes you from the Buy Box, buries you in search results, and effectively makes you invisible to 300 million customers.

Brands can't afford that. So they call Walmart and Target and say "raise your prices or we'll lose our Amazon listings."

Walmart and Target comply because they need the brand's products.

Amazon captures 40 cents of every dollar spent online in America. That gives them the leverage to set prices across THE ENTIRE internet. Not just their own platform.

So turns out, you were never comparison shopping.

You were looking at a coordinated price floor set by Amazon through backroom phone calls between brands and their competitors.

"Amazon is working to make your life more unaffordable."

3 separate antitrust trials are now scheduled for 2027. The FTC has its own case. 18 states plus the DOJ are piling on.

This is literally happening during the WORST affordability crisis in a generation. Groceries up 25% since 2020. Housing unaffordable. Wages flat.

And the largest ecommerce company on Earth has been secretly coordinating with brands to make sure you can't find a cheaper price ANYWHERE.

"Competition" in retail is just a fantasy.

[Mimics @MimicsAndMagic]

@zjdelicious I understand life could be busy. But did you have any updates on the tutorial? I scrolled through your page and saw your updates. But nothing recently

[Mimics @MimicsAndMagic]

@NRGgg @andaseatchair @katacean Don't know how you game crisscross apple sauce

[NRG @NRGgg]

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[Michaela @mimizima_]

Being at work is like being in a horror movie where everyone loves AI

[The Goddamned Penguin @who_shot_jgr]

writing an e-mail and getting a prompt from AI "this sentence could be more concise"

no. i am verbose. i am loquacious. i am long-winded and often redundant even. you machine, do not tell me how to form my words

[Paige @GRUGCEL]

they do this to you when you apply for entry level jobs after college with no prior experience

[Marcel @illnevercallitx]

That's it. That's the best picture from Saturday's No Kings protests in the USA.

The literal Statue of Liberty being detained by police. It doesn't get much more poetic than this.

[Kai 🇨🇦 @_kaivara_]

GIVE ME YOUR ATTENTION FOR LIKE 5 SECONDS

GITHUB IS GONNA START USING *YOUR* CODE AND DATA TO TRAIN AI USING COPILOT!!!!!!!!!!!

DISABLE IT AT https://t.co/A6SrPwTHiz

[milena☆ @milenadraws]

this is what chat gtp users look like to me

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

All men and women, especially Christians, are called to fix their gaze on those who suffer, on the pain of the lonely, and on those who are emarginated for various reasons, for without them we cannot build a just society. Only together can we build communities of solidarity capable of caring for everyone, in which wellbeing and peace can flourish for the benefit of all. Caring for the humanity of others helps us to live our own lives to the full.

[AmaLee 🦋👑 M̶̱̍ö̷̧́n̶̝͋a̷͔̓r̷̝̓c̶̼̈́h̸͕̀ @LeeandLie]

Mom: “look at this video”
Me: “that’s AI 🫩”
Dad: “look at this video”
Me: “that’s AI 🫩”
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