#Awful Announcing

[rank-sentimentalist]

A week after an AI-generated high school football game recap went viral, Gannett is pausing its use of an artificial intelligence sports writing tool in local outlets, per Axios.

The article in question was a recap of the football game between Ohio schools Westerville North and Westerville Central. The article’s robotic style and lack of personality set off social media as people from all around the sports media world not only ripped it to shreds but also held it up as an example of why this is a bad look for the newspaper industry.

(a bit later on)

“This local AI sports effort is being paused,” a Gannett spokesperson tells Axios. “In addition to adding hundreds of reporting jobs across the country, we are experimenting with automation and AI to build tools for our journalists and add content for our readers. We are continually evaluating vendors as we refine processes to ensure all the news and information we provide meets the highest journalistic standards.”

[egophiliac]

last chance to guess what the new round of birthday outfits will be!

[14dayswithyou]

💖 Day 3.5 is now available! 💖

For the last couple of months, only Server Boosters had access to the 3.5 update... Buuuuut now it's available for everyone to play in the 14DWY Discord — and soon itch.io once I'm happy with the QA and state of the game — so please don't feel pressured to join unless you want to!!

The full devlog + even more screenshots are under the cut ^^

What's been added to the 3.5 version?

📺 Streamer Mode!

I've been told that it's difficult to stream and monetise age-restricted videos on YouTube and Twitch, so I added an option to remove the sexual content and strong language used in the demo.

Now y'all can invite Ren into your bed for cuddles without putting your streamer career on the line /silly /lh

This won't affect the 18+ rating or dark themes/elements of the game, however! Although Streamer Mode will prevent you from seeing any "gruesome" CGs in the future, most of the core elements of the game will still be tied to the choices and decisions you make. So you won't miss out on the overall experience by using streamer mode!!

⚙️ Custom Pronouns!

It only took me one entire year to get around to it, but you can finally choose your own preferred pronouns (or use a set of pronouns instead)... At the cost of being able to change them mid-game ^^;

Since the original pronoun screen wouldn't update until a new scene was displayed, I temporarily disabled the feature. But once I find a workaround, I'll bring it back!

💗 Choose how others perceive you!

You can now choose how the cast and narration perceive you! Originally, the narration was kept strictly gender-neutral (outside of pronouns and genitalia picked by the player), but this will soon change in future updates.

For more clarity: you don't get to choose the words specifically, but you can choose between masculine, feminine, and androgynous terms!

📋 Separate top and bottom genitalia!

You can now choose your tatas and pps separately! >:3

Alongside that, you can also choose your preferred body type!

I removed the "both" genitalia option because a few players still assumed it was an obscure version of "intersex". That wasn't my intention and I don't want to mislead anyone, so I took it out for now ^^;

I also didn't want to include a screenshot of the new genitalia choices in action (because it's NSFW), so y'all get the same character menu screen for the nth time instead lmao

📱 Relationship Screen Overhaul!

You can now change your own status for more immersion, and long-term Server Boosters will eventually be able to submit and use their own icon within the game as well!

Stalking finding your friends has now become easier by using "Buddy Maps"; a new app that allows you to see the location of all the cast members!

I want to offer players more incentive to check the relationship screen since they tend to miss the status updates, so hopefully this might help ;v;

It also says it "updates every few hours" so folks don't go overboard and check every 5 seconds to see where Ren is gdsghf (also keep in mind that he's a hacker lol)

🖤 Additional Scenes Update!

Day 2 received a brand new CG!!!!! Originally, I planned on only adding a few CGs sporadically throughout the game, but it didn't feel right to leave Day 2 so... empty... so I added a brand new CG to (hopefully) make things feel more balanced and natural!

If you decline Teo's offer on Day 3, Leon will now call and try to convince you to reconsider. However, players are still allowed to decline, and if they do, they'll reach a dead end.

After listening to feedback on itch, I changed some of the dialogue during Days 1-3 to make it seem more consistent! They're only small changes though, so it's honestly not worth looking for sdgjssga

🎶 Updated BGM and SFX!

I wanted to try out a different style of music to see if it fits the vibe of 14DWY more! The BGM features more acoustics to suit the "beachy" theme of Corland Bay, though I made a conscious effort to include piano elements as well to stay true to the original!!

I figured it'd be better to give players a live example before I make a poll (to see if they prefer the change or not) and publish it to Itch.

Some new SFX have also been added, though it's very minimal and honestly not that noticeable.

How to download and play the update?

(warning: clicking on the following links will open Discord!!) To download the Day 3.5 update, simply join the 14DWY Discord server, verify your age, and visit the "14dwy-updates" channel!

Alternatively, you can also wait until the update is publicly released on Itch to play it as well!! (It normally gets released shortly after a round of QA testing/getting feedback from the server, though I may release it earlier if I feel like it hehe ^^)

Enjoy!!

[rimeswithpurple]

Happy birthday, Penelope Bunce!

Orange & sage cake and pastry cream | Italian buttercream | Gelatin sphere and isomalt gems

@rainbowrowell

[godsfavoritescientist]

I've been seeing a bunch of people adding disclaimers to their billford posts clarifying that they have critical thinking skills about abuse and abusive relationships, and I 100% understand that impulse. When I first made this blog I added disclaimers like that onto nearly everything. But, if it makes the folks adding those disclaimers feel any better: after I stopped writing essays trying to prevent people from taking my billford posts in bad faith, absolutely no one got mad at me in my inbox or on any of my posts, and I've been posting about billford for years now. In my experience the majority of people who are uncomfy with this ship nowadays will simply block and move on. Some folks will disagree no matter how many disclaimers you add, and that's ok

[joybeantown]

A very happy queen dizzy day this one was based off the 25th collab art design but now she got fish on her jammies 😴

I had to reupload cause the border was bothering me cause the fill was a bit too crunchy but only less then a week less hooray!!

[lyss-butterscotch]

OH GEE GOLLY I LOVE IT WHEN IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS ISN'T PUCLICALLY ANNOUNCED AT ALL BUT IS PASSED AROUND BY WORD OF MOUTH, TRULY THE MOST PROFESSIONAL WAY OF RELAYING INFORMATION TO STUDENTS

SURELY THIS WILL GET TO EVERYONE AND NOT BE LOST TO SOME PEOPLE SURELY A FULL PROOF PLAN

[idk-bruh-20]

Irondad fic ideas #156

Peter is unnaturally good at catching flies. However, once he's caught them he can never make himself kill them. He usually just let's them go outside.

His friends and family find this hilarious. His literal "spider" reflexes + his Peter gentleness.

Bonus

One day, as a prank, he pretends to get a weird look on his face after catching a fly, then slowly starts to lift his hand to his mouth. The panicked shrieking of those around him (who think his spider instincts are about to make him eat the fly) can be heard several floors away

[kaileidoscopio]

babe wake up ella purnell might show up in yellowjackets season 3

[as-kind-as-summer]

In the vein of 'why can't we just accept things as fun,' why are people so obsessed with canon? Like so many of the arguments I've seen for Rings of Power being "bad" are that it's not canon. Okay and? I don't know maybe it's because I grew up seeing a lot of my favorite stories adapted and I had to learn that things were going to be cut and changed for time and to appeal to a wider audience so it doesn't bother me much anymore. Maybe it's because I'm finally letting myself find unrestricted joy in things but I'm just so tired of seeing bad faith takes and having people go into something hating it before they've even given it a chance.

[snailsfall]

[aikuse]

hey uh just as a reminder if you’re polyamorous/non-monogamous and you don’t allow your very monogamous partner the chance to leave the relationship if they find it doesn’t work for them and they’re not okay with the relationship dynamic then you’re a shit human being

[vimbry]

the redesigns on the japanese box art for the spyro and gex games are so charming

[arcanaeventhub]

💞💞🥳🥳 🐍HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR FAVORITE GEMINIS!!! 🔮🔮💖💖💖

Unfortunately, Asra Week couldn't commence this year, but nonetheless, the biggest and happiest of birthdays to Asra and Faust!

May you all have a lovely Asra day~

[magefeathers]

yknow what I've never thought about before with regards to sleep token not speaking on stage: it's one thing to do at their own concerts, but what an absolute power move that is to do at festivals, or while opening for other bands, to not once in your set say "we're sleep token btw." Just come out, play your set, and fuck off without a word.