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Microsoft deletes blog telling users to train AI on pirated Harry Potter books // @arstechnica
｢ To help Microsoft customers achieve this vision, the blog linked to a Kaggle dataset that included all seven Harry Potter books, which, Ars verified, has been available online for years and incorrectly marked as “public domain.” ｣
This should be getting more attention in the press:
Whatever excuse you're using to keep the books on your shelves - you lose.
This should be getting more attention in the press:
Whatever excuse you're using to keep the books on your shelves - you lose.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/opinion/harry-potter-millenials-liberalism.html
Read this and realized that I never needed Hogwarts cuz I had #Evangelion. And it ruined me just right.
Let's get something straight. Gen X didn't get a #HarryPotter. We didn't get a warm moral blanket or a chosen one fantasy, or a British boarding school wet dream pretending to be resistance. We got late-stage capitalism, dead eyed parents, Reaganomics, & if we were lucky a Walkman full of nihilism & rage.
Japan is the only country in the world to hold all three major attractions of the "Harry Potter" franchise. But given the series has no direct ties to Japan or Japanese culture, what’s behind this enduring popularity? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/12/13/lifestyle/harry-potter-japan-oshikatsu-fandom-christmas/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #lifestyle #themeparks #oshikatsu #harrypotter
HARRY POTTER™ Gifting Supplies.
We're always refreshing the Harry Potter store with new product and designs! Shop our favorite gift wrapping products!
https://www.zazzle.com/collections/harry_potter_gifting_supplies-119947235916830216?rf=238667188152553553 #HarryPotter #Gifts
Zohran #Mamdani's support of #TransRights is well known
Here's a bizarre anecdote on that topic:
You may know that Zohran's mother is the director #MiraNair. Mira was offered the chance to direct " #HarryPotter and the Order of the Phoenix"
She turned it down because Zohran said no
A *14 year old* Zohran Mamdani kept his mother away from #JKRowling
(I'm not implying he knew of Rowling's #bigotry in 2006, I just find this trivia extraordinary)
Zohran #Mamdani's support of #TransRights is well known
Here's a bizarre anecdote on that topic:
You may know that Zohran's mother is the director #MiraNair. Mira was offered the chance to direct " #HarryPotter and the Order of the Phoenix"
She turned it down because Zohran said no
A *14 year old* Zohran Mamdani kept his mother away from #JKRowling
(I'm not implying he knew of Rowling's #bigotry in 2006, I just find this trivia extraordinary)
À chaque fois que vous filez 1€ à un jeu, une série, un film, un livre, un objet de la saga Harry Potter, vous alimentez un fond activement transphobe qui a déjà changé des lois au UK. À CHAQUE fois.
« J.K. Rowling créé un fonds privé transphobe avec l’argent d’Harry Potter »
"L’autrice britannique J.K. Rowling a annoncé fin mai la création d’un fonds privé dans le but de financer, à l’aide des profits d’Harry Potter, des initiatives juridiques contre les personnes transgenres. La milliardaire affirme ouvertement ses propos transphobes sur les réseaux sociaux depuis plusieurs années."
Il y a eu plein de bons moments pour jeter cette meuf et Harry Potter à la poubelle. Ceci est encore un bon moment pour le faire. Zéro excuse.
STOP reading the books
STOP watching the movies
STOP buying the merch
STOP playing the games
STOP fucking talking about it
STOP engaging with this franchise altogether
PERMANENTLY
every dollar and every moment you spend towards the harry potter fandom gives it and by extension transphobia space in our cultural consciousness and harms trans people directly
KNOCK IT THE FUCK OFF
https://www.advocate.com/news/jk-rowling-anti-trans-organization
#HarryPotter #JKRowling #HogwartsLegacy #PrideMonth #pride #pride2025
![@2025 maaike.hartjes
[two women conversing outside the women's restroom]
"All those discussions about transgender people make me scared to use the bathroom..." says the first lady.
"because there could be a trans woman inside?" asks the second lady.
"No --- a TERF!"
[A dark figure with vampirical looking teeth and gaunt eyes with the initials JKR bursting forth from the women's restroom with a camera]
"YOU! YOU LOOK MASCULINE! SHOW ME YOUR GENITALS!"](https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/114/774/894/759/213/546/original/802e8cf81a1cf0e8.png)
