Seems mostly Stable Diffusion, which is open source with corporate backing, but I also found the distinction kind of silly. Like, you hate AI if it's owned by Meta and OpenAI and whatnot, but it's cool as long as you can use it locally? Still have a lot of ethical implications, although it's admittedly marginally better.

I'm so happy for them to suffer their consequences of their vote, though I know in my heart of hearts CA is only lowest because we tax our gas and the raw increase is less a % as a result.

Fun fact, most of US doesn't even use middle east gas, this is just market forces pushing prices up due to scarcity. I bet oil people are getting quite rich off these war crimes.

I saw this earlier in another community but hol'up, 23rd? That's wild, I grew up on 22nd (at least, from 2 to 6 before parents split).

Nice to know it's also bike friendly now-- err, when an asshole isn't plowing through

An interesting twist in LA, they mostly sell amazing Mexican food, including the authentic stuff, but somehow also pancakes, burgers, and gyros (?!) that are also passable.

Also maybe an arcade machine, but more likely a drive thru that probably isn't supposed to be there (especially since the food still takes 20 minutes to make).

Yes I have a place in mind and no I won't be sharing it. Lol

I live near enough to know the layout and while it's mostly just colored line, the streets are still usually bike friendly, assuming you don't see this nonsense.

What SM did was actually reduce parking to the point that it forced biking or bussing (and made permits for remaining spots, lol). Driving remains is almost all single lane torture with a 25 mph limit, single because when I was a kid it was two lanes and they decided they wanted a dedicated bike lane (specifically thinking Broadway but probably others).

SM is a small place, too. A ton of those miles are in residential areas with little room for expansion.

In 2022 that's not at all surprising. Not even that surprising in 2026 but we were all glued to the news when he requested ammo, not a ride.

That said, I'd rather my wife not request ammo over a ride.

This comment thread is wild for a post that's on top of my 6hr all feed.

That's how I feel like a lot of them now that I'm off the major ones (I stomach Bluesky, but only sometimes). Granted, I think the reddit comics subreddit is where she got recognition, but that's true of a lot of web comics.

"Hey it's not glowing, what gives?"

Only works when you open your menu or highlight it with a curser.

I was told early on by a D&D playing uncle to never name a character after yourself because you never know what's going to happen to them. So yeah, important advice in naming.

That said, most of these online games give a warning that the names and messages you give can be public. That's normally about not making you Pikachu after your precious SSN, especially since they often won't let you name him Fuckface or something because of a filter.

Oh yeah, how could I forget TMZ. It's so fucking backwards in 2026.

Locally, one of the most insane ones is food blogger LA Taco getting into ICE reporting and interviewing. Obviously when legacy media fails, people still try to step up.

What next, Teen Vogue or Buzzfeed?

(No but seriously I love when these places do hard hitting shit out of the blue, although it hasn't ended well in both cases).