Anna Megill

A tabby cringes away from the touch of a long-handled scratcher

Flashback to my first days with Mirri when I couldn't even pet her with a long pole

My photo shows a Roman fresco of a brown rabbit with long ears, curled on the ground, with a rounded, soft-looking body. Its head is lowered as if nibbling at three figs placed in front of it. The figs are small and round with short stems, painted in dark reddish and bluish tones. From Pompeii. Now on display at the National Archaeological Museum in Naples.

Here’s a charming Roman fresco of a little rabbit eating figs 🐰❤️

From Pompeii, 45-79 AD.

Now at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli. 📷 by me

#FrescoFriday
#Archaeology

Developer use of generative AI may be declining New data from the Game Developer collective shows a notable year-over-year drop in reported use of generative AI among game developers.

Developer use of generative AI may be declining

I am going to create a source of truth that is so single

every project manager

Taking a mental health day because the world is A Lot these days

A large raven in an enclosure. Instead of the usual black, it is white with blue eyes

Today I got to meet a white raven at a wildlife rescue center! This is Opal 💗

The House of Lords Digital & Communications Committee just published their report on AI, copyright & the creative industries, and their conclusions could not be clearer.

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Livin' on the edge 😬

Today is a good day to have a good day

Stressed? Me? No, why do you ask?

My belongings are 2/3 packed, I'm moving in a few weeks, and I still don't have a new apartment 🫠

A fluffy tabby curls on her side and peers up at the camera with one golden eye

Keeping an eye on me #cats

I loathe it. "What if Jira but functionally useless?"

I told my parents about the state of the game industry like this: a game was announced in the prime spot of the game awards, then it came out and had 2 million players. so it was a collosal failure

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Absolutely delighted to say - this is out now!

We've also launched a podcast to go with, the first two eps of which are live, including an amazing interview with @darbymcdevitt.bsky.social, writer of Black Flag.

New eps weekly, we have some amazing people lined up. Genuinely thrilling.

Oh no, not Again

The sun sets behind a distant skyline of tall buildings

The views coming into the city were gorgeous

Nope! We passed through gorgeous stretches that were completely white, with frozen lakes and ice shelves

Taking the train to NYC for a little work trip. It's a beautiful ride

A man in a red jacket holds a large, sinister bunny head, perhaps part of a costume

Something amazing and terrifying is about to board my train

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Ding-dong! The Dutch Fish Doorbell needs you to help migrating fish A Dutch lock is closed for the spring, and its employees want you to tell them when migrating fish come knocking by ringing a digital doorbell

Well, in more pleasant news, the Fish Doorbell is back... 🧪

I have an essay in this! A ton of other great game writers do too!

It's so good for that

🚨 It looks like the UK government is gearing up to upend copyright law in favour of AI companies, legalising the theft of their work.

This is despite creatives' huge protests, and despite previous proposals being roundly rejected by the public.

Please spread the word.

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She Came Out of the Bathroom Naked, Employee Says Bank details, sex and naked people who seem unaware they are being recorded. Behind Meta’s new smart glasses lies a hidden workforce, uneasy about peering into the most intimate parts of other people’...

In @svenskadagbladet1.bsky.social and @goteborgsposten.bsky.social investigation, the people behind Meta’s smart glasses testify to the hidden stream of privacy-sensitive data that is fed straight into the tech giant’s systems.
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US Supreme Court declines to hear dispute over copyrights for AI-generated material The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to take up the ​issue of whether art generated by artificial intelligence can be copyrighted under U.S. law, turning ‌away a case involving a computer scienti...

You can't copywrite AI slop after court action: "Creative works must have human authors to be eligible to receive a copyright." Via Reuters

BLM Announces Plan to Fell Oregon's Last Great Forests One billion board feet per year... 30 days to make your voice heard.

You only have a short time to comment. They are trying to destroy our forests to enrich a few logging company executives and the politicians they’ve paid off.
Leave your comment here:

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The British Museum photo shows a six-sided, cube-shaped die carved from rock crystal on a grey surface. The six sides are numbered one to six. The numbers are represented by circular incised markings, which comprise of a dark outer ring with a dark dot at the centre. Length: 9 - 13 millimetres, width: 9 - 13 millimetres. Display lighting casts a shadow beneath the die.

Timeless design!

Roman rock crystal gaming die marked one to six like modern dice 🎲 1st-2nd century AD.

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#Archaeology