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[Null]

I recently stumbled across the following research paper.

My Favorite Streamer is an LLM: Discovering, Bonding, and Co-Creating in AI VTuber Fandom

AI VTubers, where the performer is not human but algorithmically generated, introduce a new context for fandom. While human VTubers have been substantially studied for their cultural appeal, parasocial dynamics, and community economies, little is known about how audiences engage with their AI...

arxiv.org

 

[TeDaDeS]

I recently stumbled across the following research paper.

My Favorite Streamer is an LLM: Discovering, Bonding, and Co-Creating in AI VTuber Fandom

AI VTubers, where the performer is not human but algorithmically generated, introduce a new context for fandom. While human VTubers have been substantially studied for their cultural appeal, parasocial dynamics, and community economies, little is known about how audiences engage with their AI...

arxiv.org

Next paper might be on the impact of AI followers...

 

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It's AIs all the way down.

 

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Peony's latest image generation efforts (potentially nsfw).

Lutim

lutim.lagout.org

Here are my efforts.

Lutim

lutim.lagout.org

 

[TeDaDeS]

Poland warns Russia it could shoot down any Russian airplanes over Polish airspace, during UN meeting:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/09/25/hegseth-generals-quantico-meeting/

Quote: "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered hundreds of the U.S. military’s generals and admirals to gather on short notice — and without a stated reason — at a Marine Corps base in Virginia next week, sowing confusion and alarm after the Trump administration’s firing of numerous senior leaders this year."

Last time pizza orders sky rockets in DC they bombed Iran. Now it appears they're going to plan some stuff, any expectation for a military action by the US?

 

[pyrat]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/09/25/hegseth-generals-quantico-meeting/

Quote: "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered hundreds of the U.S. military’s generals and admirals to gather on short notice — and without a stated reason — at a Marine Corps base in Virginia next week, sowing confusion and alarm after the Trump administration’s firing of numerous senior leaders this year."

Last time pizza orders sky rockets in DC they bombed Iran. Now it appears they're going to plan some stuff, any expectation for a military action by the US?

Nah. It's a defensive move. They plan to show the USA are so stupid that nobody would want to rule them, to discourage Russia, the China or whoever from invading them. It has the disadvantage that it may result in the military not trusting the politicians, but that's already so, so little to lose there...
But if showing stupidity was a valid defensive strategy the world political leaders would be great at defending their countries...
Most likely foreign intelligence operatives will take advantage to implement disruptive attacks, like cutting their wifi or cracking into their coffee machines to alter brewing or some such, and then posting in TikTok satellite recorded videos of the desperate generals cursing to heavens.
But it's next week. Trump has time to change his orders three times until then...

 

[kuru]

Iran Says 'Tall, White' Space Aliens Control America

Documents leaked by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden conclusively prove that the United States has been ruled by a race of tall, white space aliens who also assisted the rise of Nazi Germany in the 1930s. These revelations about our alien overlords might not cost you any sleep. But the part that...

www.forbes.com

Edit: so much for the light-hearted "news". This keeps happening:

Terrorists Slaughter 64 Catholics in Eastern Congo

The genocide of Christians continues in Africa.

legalinsurrection.com

DR Congo: Up to 124 Christians slaughtered in spate of Islamist violence

Up to 124 Christians have been killed in a spate of targeted Islamist violence in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

www.evangelical-times.org

Islamist terrorists kill 49 Christians in African church massacre; eyewitness reveals horrific details

Eyewitness testimony reveals horrific details of deadly church attack in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Sunday, when 49 Christians, including nine children, were savagely murdered by jihadis.

www.foxnews.com

 

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http://archive.today/2025.09.28-193939/https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/04/this-n64-controller-can-play-the-entire-game-boy-library

 

[netcat]

EA will be fully controlled by a small group of investors who will have far fewer rules to follow and this additional freedom is expected to equate to increased profits. They can for instance sack tons of developers and it won't immediately affect the value of the company like if it were traded on a stock exchange. Actually I don't even think they have to report layoffs. They can operate as a black box. No quarterly reports necessary. No external audit. Individuals cannot invest - big boys only. One of the owners will be the Saudi wealth fund which has a large stake in Nintendo. They said one of the benefits of going private could be "better games".

How could EA's go-private deal impact the video game industry?

If the transaction is approved, Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund will join Silver Lake Partners and Affinity Partners, run by US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, as EA’s new owners.

www.euronews.com

 

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The AI story generator that Peony and I have been using seems to have a preference for dramatic stories, so we've been seeing if we can guide it to create a quiet, peaceful story instead. So far we've had to fend off events like an accusation of theft, a burglary, a road widening scheme, and a death.

 

[TeDaDeS]

The US appear to signal they are preparing for a second strike on Iran.
Source: https://www.newsweek.com/us-deploys-military-assets-middle-east-10809727

 

[pyrat]

The US appear to signal they are preparing for a second strike on Iran.
Source: https://www.newsweek.com/us-deploys-military-assets-middle-east-10809727

Ah, so that explains why the USA secretary of war ordered to shave all his generals... to tell them apart from the bearded Ayatollahs's.
Cunning. Top strategy.
Sigh.

 

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[kuru]

My old HP combo device: without ink you can't even use the scanner. Urgh printers. Got a neat Canon from work for free, printed nicely for half a year and now the print head is reportedly defective. That's after buying a bunch of cartridges for it of course. I'd still like to have a plotter, hm.