@Faraday Totally. I feel like there’s just as many groups building AI models trained solely on academic works and scientific knowledge, but those groups aren’t getting any sort of news coverage because it’s not as controversial.

@Gashlycrumb This situation is more clear-cut. If I trap these cats I am actively taking someone else’s pet with all the legal issues that come with it. They (apparently) sleep the night inside, they just spend all day outside. On the plus side, I don’t envision them deliberately getting into my backyard again now that one of them has had first-hand experience meeting the doggo.

Also there are gaps between our side fences that cats can easily use to escape their backyard. The neighbours know about them and don’t care.

Alas, even though it won’t formally become My Fault if god forbid something happens to a cat at the hands of my dog because she’s kept in an enclosed yard on our property, it’s definitely going to be made My Problem.

@Pavel I referenced the Inner West Council site to find my info. Out in the far west where I am there’s jack-all in the way of stuff besides “go look at legislation”. Mind you, the inner west thing basically just transposed the legislation so it still applies.

Mob Psycho thirded. I watched it with my son and we both looooved it, especially since Mob is more than a lil neurospicy-coded.

After a long time of patience and effort, my physical degree was sent to me in the mail, and my happiness is immeasurable.

It hangs on my wall over my desk, right next to a framed autograph of Jeffrey Coombs, because the frames match and I am not being monitored adequately.

@Wizz said in Celebrities We've Lost 2025:

the true celebrity loss in this thread is discovering @dvoraen doesn’t use dark mode to browse the forum 😱

You don’t pay my sub. I mean, you aren’t even current on your cat tax. (Pls geev Alucard pix to lighten the thread mood. In another thread.)

Band names discovered in undergraduate papers:

Botched Butt Implant Removal

RL is eating me alive. I sustained what I am no longer in denial about it being a career ending injury several months ago, still doing my best to soldier through my remaining settled contract hours all while jumping into the abyss of despair that is job searching right now (and starting over in roles that I dont have 30 years of experience in). Ugh.