Imagine telling younger me that the IT Crowd guy would be coping with his divorce by sending me unsolicited abusive comments every couple of months to very little fanfare.
My general rule for feeling mentally well is understanding that the more I judge others negatively, the more I anticipate negative judgement from others. Practicing kindness and leniency and forgiveness has no guarantee of reciprocation, but it puts you in a better state of mind.
So this week?
One artist, Ian McQue, was so egregiously exploited by AI generative software companies using his work to develop their programs - that Instagram is now labelling his painting and drawings as "possibly AI generated".
Another artist found his labor intensive hand-crafted 3d model used by an AI generative software company as examples of their 3d output.
This is Russia. Soldiers gloating over the deaths of European children they'd just shot down.
France and Italy think these soldiers should be able to come to Europe as tourists.
Pat Tillman was murdered by his own men after making it clear he no longer supported what the American military was doing in the Middle East. He planned to come back and expose everything and the military had him killed for it. His family has repeatedly asked that the Army not use his name or photo for recruitment posters or propaganda yet they have continued to do so.
He did not support the crimes of our military and would be appalled to see his name has continued to be linked to it.