Kelly McCullough

the thing i'm waiting for with the ai romance novel lady is for another scammer to figure out that purely ai-generated material w no human authorship is generally not considered to be protected by copyright in the US rn, and saving themselves the 45 mins per book by reselling hers

The idea that she thinks it’s a race is a profound indictment of her moral development. There are several others, but I’ll let that one stand alone.

I have proposed and management has accepted a new household custom. Today we have declared willpower bankruptcy. Tomorrow will simply be a regular day.

this is the reason chatbots become an addiction:

for some people, they need a "reward" for taking in advice or info

and getting an "answer" that feels tailored "just for you" is a MUCH bigger reward than doing the work yourself of reading "general" advice and applying it yourself

To those who believe that Trump and the Republicans have some grand scheme in place to cancel the midterms:

Do you know who's acting like there *will* be midterms?

*TRUMP AND THE REPUBLICANS*

It's why *he* tried to re-draw maps and why *they* are retiring in droves.

Don't psych yourselves out.

It's weird how proud they all are of tricking people into paying for valueless crap. You're not a writer, you're a scammer. Explicitly! By your own admission!

Home. Thud soon.

Trump Using A ‘Softer Touch’ With ICE In Minnesota? Residents Say Don’t Be Fooled. Two weeks after Alex Pretti’s killing, federal agents have shown no signs of backing down. The resistance definitely hasn't.

NEW: The Trump admin certainly put on a show last week about changing tactics in Minnesota after ICE agents killed Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old VA nurse.

Trump even suggested it's time for "a softer touch."

Except residents say nothing has changed. At all. www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-mi...

The common 🧵 in every single election, from Susan Crawford in Wisconsin to Zohran Mamdani in NYC to Taylor Rehmet in Texas, is that a clear majority of voters don't like evil, hate, incompetence, & far right authoritarianism. The policy details are election-specific, but that's the hummable tune.

A duck sit on the pavement beside the valet stand at a moderately posh hotel.

It was ducks hanging out at hotel heat lamps cold. 17°f with a 2°f windchill.

37 hours in a DC colder than back home WI. A couple museums, an absolutely frigid walk over to the vastly expanded security perimeter around the White House to deliver “regards” on behalf of my Mpls peeps, then a four a.m. wake up, and now heading for MSP.

the magic of the Muppets is that there are two fourth walls. they constantly break the one that reminds the audience they are performers. they NEVER break the one that reminds the audience they are puppets. this dynamic is the key to their entire comedy style

Happy Football Day to all who celebrate!
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Not my thing, but I’m glad it makes so many people happy.

🧵

If you can’t even trust your LLM not to switch sides when trying to run a scam, this tech might not have legs…

"Hey I'm going back to the dildo box, I just had the idea to juggle them"

Cameraman who would later be arrested after singing "FASCIST DILDO CLEANUP CREW DOO DAH DOO DAH": @ckinferno.bsky.social

But don't ask him questions, he won't say shit ✊

(posted with permission)

kind of funny that an olympian said they are here to represent "compassion, respect, and love for others" and some people automatically knew that was a statement against them

Interesting observation. Growing up in ND and MN means the winter sports were all familiar and MN in particular was disproportionately represented. At one point in high school I very briefly dated a girl who made it to the women’s downhill trials and placed well but not well enough.

Nota bene: this is not a recent development.

The Board of Governors decided, unilaterally, that no published textbook in the field of sociology could be used in compliance with the law for an Intro to Sociology class. None. Victor: There's not a single existing textbook on the market that could be used that would qualify under state law? Zachary: Correct. Victor: I'm sorry, that's kind of funny. Like, the absurdity of not a single sociology textbook getting past the censors. I mean, it makes me kind of proud of our colleagues, but...

I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.

Great work everyone.

Not at all. This is unpleasantly cold even by my frozen northern standards. It’s fine if you have infrastructure, but this is not that place.

I really miss caring about the olympics. I used to love watching big chunks of both summer and winter, but now I just…don’t.

ICE exists to enforce CIVIL immigration law, not CRIMINAL law of any kind. Ergo, there is no legal justification for them:

* to be armed.
* to be masked.
* to kidnap anyone they want when they require judicial warrants to make CIVIL arrests.
* to provide security for the Vice President, ever.

"Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work."

If no one has any further comments we are now ready to vote, all in favor…
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Redoing this because typo city.

"Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work."

If no has any further comments we are ready to, all in favor…

*taps the sign meaningfully*

*the meaning is 'in case you need fwuffy cat feet'*

But the other piece of evidence -- the point of this thread -- is that we now have an example of what it looks like when US political & corporate elites *really are* obsessed with and committed to something.

Namely: AI.

You know one of the stories that has kind of blown my mind is Haven Watch. Some lady realized people who got released from the Whipple were just dumped outside with no phone or coat and decided she could do something about this, like a month ago.

But there are a ton of similar stories.

Upside down tripod, tuxedo cat on a brown blanket on a grey couch

This goof.
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Proof of cat.

Some years ago, I noticed the neighbor‘s cat stalking a deer. It got halfway across the yard, before the deer noticed it, turned, and went over to sniff it. The cat tilted its head back further and further as the deer got closer and closer, then the cat slowly backed right back to where it started.

Me: It’s cold out there and my hotel has a perfect writing chair.
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Also me: You’re in one of the best museum cities on the planet, you have a cultural duty.
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Me: I’m just gonna sit down on this chair for five minutes and…why am I putting on my coat? dammit, who let discipline drive the body again?