Tony Stevens

Looking forward to scrounging a copy... they're hard to come by in the US. Do you have a publication date yet?

Someday the stars will align and you will get both an on-time engineer and a solution to your problem.

The Gaslighter-in-Chief...

@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social

I am in the same boat. Mark Zuckerberg, RFK Jr., Russell Brand, Elon Musk, and Donald Trump wrecked my mother's mind...

They're old. All the fillers in the world can't make them look young, all the AI in the world can't make them look human, all the Photoshop in the world can't make them look attractive. It's just super weird. Accept age with grace, don't try to cling on to being young, time takes us all.

They could have had her and Jeffie both in bikinis, printed on a flag, abs and all, machine guns and an eagle in the background, flames and fireworks everywhere and put it on Amazon for .99¢ for Prime Day. Would have had a better impact...

Why didn't they just use AI for the whole thing? Why even bother showing up for the photoshoot if you're going to use such extensive touch-ups, Adobe generative remove, and Adobe generative fill to make you look absolutely sub-human?

My brain: "did you take your pills before bed?"
Also my brain: "I don't know, did you?"
My brain: "I think so. You said something like 'this is for allergies, this is to sleep better...'"
Also my brain: "Are you sure? Was that tonight?"
Me: "shut up and go to sleep..."

Totally understandable. I enjoy when I get to go to the UK and love spending my time (and my money) there. Happy to come stay with you for the next three years if you have a flat open...

They took 3 months to tell us we were in a recession because the government can and will sweep the metrics and economic results under the rug to cover up Trump's failing economy.

a man in a plaid shirt is laughing with emily 's bach written on the bottom Alt: Wil Wheaton being Wil Wheaton.

Has nobody thought Wil would be a perfect actor for Dr. Who at this point? That would be fun and interesting...

I took that test and it's stupid. I have a seafood allergy. Apparently I eat resembling "lower middle class," yet they never asked how much I enjoy Japanese, olive-fed A-5 Wagyu filets, Chicago tomahawk, French-roasted rack of Lamb, Mangalica pork, etc.

Wait... What? Isn't that basically just skewed by regional cuisine? I don't eat oysters because it's Michigan. I spend half my time in the midwest where I will enjoy mac and cheese. Now... boxed vs not is a valid debate because I can make killer mac in ~15 min without cheese powder.

Democrats are feckless and a complete disappointment. I hate having to vote against Fascism. I will drag my dying body through broken glass to do everything I can to stop it -- but the easiest way to do that is to actually give people something to aspire to, dream to... to vote for.

It's mildly funny that people consider LLMs "AI," when they're just statistical word-predictors. There is no reasoning. Even when companies like OpenAI pitch to investors their visage of "reasoning," it is flawed because the entirety of the basis for judgement is "what is the next most likely word."

Hope to be able to read it soon! ❤️

Sorry, this probably should be meant for @spookypurcell.bsky.social. 😊

Looks interesting. Hard to find in the US, either in physical, ebook or audiobook -- will we be seeing this overseas?

You know, having had many c-store pies, they aren't good, but they also have a time, and a place, and a feeling that is evoked by eating one. I don't know what that's called, but maybe there's a German word for it...

"Fuck you, Jon Hamm!"

Bluesky. I'm a monkey with a typewriter. Here's some suggestions for McLean 15:
- Yet Another Dead Guy
- Loch, Stock and Barrel
- Seriously, That Dude Died Under Really Mysterious Circumstances
- Grave Matters
- Murder, She Wrote
- The Unquiet Glens
- Storm Front

But what about a freeze pop?

My upcoming book, "Scalzi, Church Realtor" is gonna get a whole new chapter...

The perversion of Citizens United and money in politics cannot be understated.

Almost exclusively...

Private military and policing organizations to take over governmental responsibilities and eliminate public oversight are purposeful pushes to undermine any social benefit and yield only benefit to the wealthy, who want to avoid taxation:

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private...

U.S. Department of Education Advances School Choice by Supporting Charter Schools The Education Department announces the withdrawal of two Notices Inviting Application for the State Entity Charter School Grant Program and the Charter Management Organization Grant Program, and annou...

The expansion of private charter schools is happening daily, with the ability to keep out special need students and teach curricula that meet no standards:

www.ed.gov/about/news/p...

Rural Hospital Closures - Sheps Center 196 Rural Hospital Closures and Conversions since January 2005 111 complete closures* + 85 converted closures** 153 Closures and Conversions since 2010 88 complete closures* + 65 converted closures** ...

Rural health centers are closing: www.shepscenter.unc.edu/programs-pro...

That's why they want to privatize everything -- even in rural areas. Police, firefighters, hospitals, schools, etc, and "monetize" it. Make you pay for bottled water and breathing air. It's easier and more efficient to extract money in urban and suburban areas, but they will take it where they can.

The "real America" that politicians are so in love with is an anarcho-capitalist hellscape that extracts the wealth as efficiently as possible from the poor and middle-class, and distributes it to their wealthy benefactors/party owners. I think it's a bad thing and it should be acknowledged.