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This owner has long been known as a dipshit in Western Queens. The original BBQ spot had a "Come and Take It" flag signed by Rick Perry. He also send a bunch of threatening texts to politicians when the Amazon HQ deal got blocked.

A white poodle leans out an suv with neon light streaks flashing across the surface of the car

Tried to sneak a photo of a cute doggo and accidentally had long exposure on and I believe I have created man’s greatest expression of art

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This is bonkers.

Worth a read if you have a uterus. Or have friends with a uterus. You don't always plan to get pregnant, and it can be extremely overwhelming (especially right now) when so much is stressful and you don't know how to trust. We keep us safe.

I just proofread this and can confirm that it's great and made me want to punch Nazis.

Kermit faces off with Hopper in The Muppet Movie

Meanwhile in #Portland

Yeah, but Carly is for the gays and Taylor is for the straights lol.

There are many contenders, but for me it's John K Samson of the Weakerthans.

You are a radio, you are an open door
I am a faulty string of blue Christmas lights
You swim through frequencies, you let that stranger in
As I'm blinking off and on and off again

I still love this mix. In retrospect, it's a good mix of the many feelings and ideas about death we have: fear, relief, grief, bargaining, nostalgia, resurrection, curses, joy, sorrow

*Some notes:
- It used to have "Opie's Funeral Song" by Sufjan Stevens on it, but it's not on Tidal
- This was made before I learned how predatory Ryan Adams was

Songs About Death Playlist - Songs About Death - 19 items

Since it's spooky season, here's a playlist I made many years ago*: tidal.com/playlist/66b...

As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read.

They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.

Alexa play “Something Just Broke” from “Assassins” backwards

Don’t threaten me with a good time

While riding the B or Q trains between Dekalb Ave station and the Manhattan Bridge, you may catch a glimpse of "Masstransiscope," a public art installation by Bill Brand. It was added to the #NYCsubway system in 1980.

My other thought was that depending on the unit and the building, there’s a chance if they moved out the apartment would be priced out of stabilization!

I concede that! I can amend to say I don’t think it’s ethical to use LLMs that do/did this (I’m more concerned with the ethics personally, not legality), but it’s harder to come up with a pithy phrase for it.

The Unbelievable Scale of AI’s Pirated-Books Problem Meta pirated millions of books to train its AI. Search through them here.

If you steal a book from someone else and ingest it, it is still stealing. Many of the works were pirated. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

I’ll admit I haven’t given that much thought, but I am now. I suppose I would draw a line where profit for the meme-er begins. I’m going to think about this more and make a longer response later. If you’ll indulge me

I think I would be considered too AI skeptical to many, but I know LLMs definitely have use cases. I just don’t think you can ethically use an LLM that’s been trained on stolen content

Rümeysa Öztürk describes the library in the prison where she was held for 45 days for co-authoring an op-ed

Newsweek’s infamous 17 July 1995 cover: “Bisexuality: Not Gay. Not Straight. A New Sexual Identity Emerges.”

A very happy 30th birthday to bisexuality, born this day in 1995 🎂

Andrew Cuomo trying to smile

I think I am an a turning point in my life! (Also this tracks with me always pulling major arcana lol. A deck loves to yell at me!)

A fat tabby cat lying on his back in a basket

Happy birthday almost birthday twin! Here’s Bobby.

I'd like one! My birthday was yesterday and I forgot to ask.

Ah yes, INDEPENDENCE Day Eve, where for many centuries people would shop at INDEPENDENT Bookstores in preparation for their big celebrations. What? You're saying that's not a thing? Huh, well, it's a thing if we make it a thing.

"Andrew Cuomo is visibly upset and people are crying"