For anyone interested, I've basically migrated over to tumblr now.
If you wanna follow me there, here's a link. I mostly post about Shoot From The Hip, but Dan and Phil come up sometimes, too.
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This is because Gen AI is driving up the prices for RAM and memory. So don’t blame Nintendo. Blame ChatGPT, Grok, and all the AI Bros that endorse these disgusting companies.
A 17-year-old in Iowa boiled beets in her chemistry class and turned them into stitches that change color when your wound gets infected. Her name is Dasia Taylor. It started as a science fair project.
She wanted a low-tech version of the "smart stitches" Tufts researchers built in 2016. Those used thread wired up with sensors and a tiny chip that pinged your phone if something went wrong. Cool, but useless without a phone or a hospital that can afford it.
Her version doesn't need any of that. Healthy skin is slightly acidic, like lemon juice but much milder. When bacteria grow in a wound, the chemistry flips and turns more like soap or baking soda.
Beet juice has a quirk. The same red pigment that stains your fingers when you cook it shifts color based on what it touches. Bright red on healthy skin. Dark purple on infected skin. The switch lines up with infection almost exactly.
She tested ten threads before finding a cotton-polyester blend that soaked up the dye and changed color within five minutes. That was the prototype.
Around 1 in 40 American surgeries end in an infection at the cut, costing hospitals more than $3 billion a year. In poorer countries the rate is closer to 1 in 9. In parts of Africa it's 1 in 6. In some Ethiopian hospitals, up to a quarter of surgery patients leave with an infection.
The whole game is catching it early. Spot it in time and antibiotics handle it. Miss the window and the patient is back on the operating table.
Dasia filed a patent in 2021 and started a medical device company called VariegateHealth in 2022. The stitches haven't been tested on real patients yet. New medical device patents can take a decade. She's also looking into a side benefit: the beet pigment kills bugs like E. coli and Klebsiella in lab tests.
Smart stitches need a phone to read them. Hers just need eyes.
Remember: You are not only boycotting because of AI usage.
You are boycotting because:
- real artists are being fired
- the game is expensive! So them being lazy means all money only goes to the higherups
- they're actively trying to silence us
- climate. It's your future too
It is now officially recognised by the highest court in the world that Israel is guilty of heinous genocide. Now isolate them. Sanction them. Boycott them. Prosecute them. And most importantly of all militarily defeat them. Israel is a monster. A genocidal monster. Defeat them 😡
also i cant cant believe i have to say this in the big 2026 but if youre a harry potter/marauders fan please dont follow me. there is no way to ethically consume that woman’s content and even by associating with it youre promoting transphobic material
Sora shutting down and Disney canceling their partnership with OpenAI should be a reminder that GenAI will never replace art and passion, no matter how many soulless ghouls want to tell you otherwise
if i see ANYBODY watching or celebrating this when it comes out you are immediately getting blocked. the way people downplay the effects this disgusting woman has on my country's politics enrages me and im not going to accept it
This is why we riot gamers.
The VA and creator opted to leave Buzzfeed rather than give her endorsement to feed it into the Slop generator.
Lots of AI bros told her to get over it and that it was inevitable and how dare she leave her fans over something ‘so small’.
Turns out her protest was heard loud and clear.
We should do this more. Be a problem, cause a scene, because your time, your money and your attention are how these companies make their money. 💵
‘Chikn Nuggit’ creator Kyra Kupetsky announces her departure from the show after BuzzFeed made a requirement to feed the show to AI.
“I am very anti-Al and cannot support this. Thus I am leaving to boycott this. I am so upset it's come to this and I cannot apologize enough for this happening.”
@danielhowell@AmazingPhil
you guys have so much influence please please share resources or make a tweet about what's happening in west asia
west asia has so many phannies who consume your content and rn we cannot even watch a single upload without getting alerts like this
I'VE BEEN SCREAMING THIS SINCE 11/06/24! EVERYONE NEEDS TO KEEP SHARING EVIDENCE THAT MUSK RIGGED THE 2024 ELECTION FOR TRUMP! PLEASE HELP US GET THIS INFORMATION OUT TO THE ENTIRE WORLD! ILLEGITIMATE PRESIDENCY!
Please don't impersonate me or my colleagues on the internet.
Roleplaying as the characters we voice is fine, but please remember that WE are real people and your actions can affect us and those around us negatively.
📣GIVEAWAY ANNOUNCEMENT 📣
Surprise!! Our last giveaway is from the birthday boy himself!
Phil is once again kindly giving away 5 video shoutouts in support of his charity birthday drive for akt 💜
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