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SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems... SIMON: What? SHAPIRO: ...Or saying... SIMON: You imagine that? SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over. SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level. SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this. SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

US History:

a woman in a white sweater and glasses is sitting on a couch covering her face with her hand . ALT: a woman in a white sweater and glasses is sitting on a couch covering her face with her hand .

me: i’m not dating or entertaining new romantic or non-romantic connections

a man™️: but i just wanna be your friend tho, nothing crazy

like……..?

september & october are truly the top tier months

a close up of a cartoon character 's face in front of a yellow background . ALT: a close up of a cartoon character 's face in front of a yellow background .

Treasure Planet ain’t get enough love when it dropped

!!!!!!!! i’m glad i’m not alone! my goal this year (and beyond) is to de-center convenience and embrace that some things take time and *should* take time.

i can’t articulate it the way i’d like to yet but the collective obsession with convenience and speed is…not good. at all. not even a little bit.

thirty-five american colonizer dollars for a hardcover book is UNHINGED

She didn't even mean to tell the future ... she was just calculating the most plausible outcomes of racism in America

I love coffee nerds. I, too, aspire to be a coffee nerd of this caliber one day.

a woman in a cowboy hat is talking to a man in a cowboy hat . Alt: GIF shows a scene from the movie “Holes” featuring the camp warden, played by Sigourney Weaver, wearing dark sunglasses, a cowboy hat, and a dark denim shirt. She’s facing a shorter man, wearing a beige wide-brim hat, and shaking a water jug in his face. Though not pictured in the GIF, the iconic line she’s just delivered was “Do you hear the empty spaces?”

i hate when a song sounds empty!

I need these newer producers to get better at sampling.

Many are barely chopping anymore. They’re just interpolating an entire section of a song and throwing WORSE drums on it.

don’t ever let a chronic under-wonderer tell you something “isn’t that deep” bc yes tf it is!

LET’S GET DANGEROUS

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SPEEEEAAAAK MR. DEL TORO!!!

Went IMMEDIATELY to sex work… didn’t even pray about it

it’s mumford and sons° outside 🥹

so after 20+ years of being told i was 5’ 3, i confirmed that i am, actually factually, 5’ 4 🥹

A decorative illustration of flowers with the caption “I don’t use ai I’m not a fucking loser” with a severed hand with too many fingers

I drew this on my lunch break your excuses are fucking pathetic

there’s nothing “privileged” about taking a look in the proverbial mirror and making a change, but other than that you nailed it, frost!

YouTube video by Scott's Bass Lessons The Who's Bassist Hears BEYONCE for the FIRST Time

This was so VERY cool (they all are, but I love string players):

Cc: @seanpadilla.bsky.social

youtu.be/qLHWMRjTmx8?...

For those who need alt-text 😂

gahdamn! that last clap of thunder rattled my windows and my mugs hanging on the wall

earth, hundo p

i gaslit myself for a good year, but there really is a not insignificant difference 🥲😂