Mike

The cast of SCTV

SCTV is on Internet Archive if you'd like to enjoy the early work of Catherine O'Hara and her fellow sketch comedy gods.

S1: archive.org/details/sctv...
S2: archive.org/details/sctv...
S3: archive.org/details/19-m...
S4-5: archive.org/details/66-s...
S6 + Cinemax: archive.org/details/sctv... #TVSky

Wow really?! That's more than The Simpsons!

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don’t want to do anything? just melt into a puddle of goo and let the new Google Goo Assistant take care of your gelatinous nothing of an existence

recently my friend's comics professor told her that it's acceptable to use gen AI for script-writing but not for art, since a machine can't generate meaningful artistic work. meanwhile, my sister's screenwriting professor said that they can use gen AI for concept art and visualization, but that it won't be able to generate a script that's any good. and at my job, it seems like each department says that AI can be useful in every field except the one that they know best. It's only ever the jobs we're unfamiliar with that we assume can be replaced with automation. The more attuned we are with certain processes, crafts, and occupations, the more we realize that gen AI will never be able to provide a suitable replacement. The case for its existence relies on our ignorance of the work and skill required to do everything we don't.

it’s come to my attention that my tumblr post has been crossposted to bluesky, so I’m posting it on my account here #AntiAI #GenAI

So 99.99% of the winners will be men? Is that legal?

I have to laugh/cringe at how the one thing they could all agree on was the songs sucked. 😆

"Walgreens" sign with the W burnt out.

"Our pharmacy is here for you whether times are good or bad, happy or sad."

I think I remember hearing it for the first time in the mid-90s. (To be fair I was still hearing a lot of things for the first time back then.)

YouTube video by TheOldrecordclub The Zombies ~ She's Not There (1964)

For a song where the singer repeatedly declares “Well, let me tell you 'bout the way she looked / The way she acts and the color of her hair” we sure don’t ever learn the color of her hair.
youtu.be/it68QbUWVPM?...

I have lost Whammageddon on NOVEMBER 3RD at the Target retail store in Richfield, Minn.

I understand why stores feel the need to put out holiday merchandise as soon as possible, but nothing is forcing you to blast Cher's Christmas album this early in the season (looking at you, Target).

In her younger days Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae "Iron Lady" Takaichi was a biker and drummer in a heavy metal band.
@gbhnews.bsky.social

Extreme poltergeist footage!
#rabbit #bunny #spooky

New Work by Gary Larson | TheFarSide.com Get an exclusive look at brand new cartoons and artwork from cartoonist Gary Larson, creator of the iconic comic strip The Far Side®.

It's kinda cool that Gary Larson is doing new cartoons because he picked up a digital tablet, taught himself how to use it, and it made him love drawing again.

www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/

they will try to make you login to the toilet but the people only want to put a log into the toilet

This link for an old NY Times promotion still lets you get an All Access subscription for only $10/year! myaccount.nytimes.com/get-started/... And it says it renews for only $90 instead of the usual $325! I confirmed it's working... not sure for how long, so get it while you can!

Wait, it wasn't???

Whatever it is, I want one! 👀

roommates

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.

OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

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I only went a few times while traveling but I loved this place! Soup is underrated!

Actually, "Frankenstein's monster" is not a possessive but a contraction of "Frankenstein is monster" so the headline is correct.

Slightly diminish a band:
The Off-White Stripes
Myopic Melon
Dinosaur III

reverse heist movie where a single snake has to chase all the priests back into ireland

Chart of average dew points over time.

If summer feels more humid, it's not your imagination:

Ignorance is bliss!

YouTube video by Mind Open Band Chuck Mangione Quartet Live 1972 featuring Steve Gadd

His smooth jazz stuff was enjoyable, but unlike some others he could actually play straight jazz, and had a great ear for talent too. Here he is with future legends Steve Gadd and Tony Levin in his band: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wa5...

Hey AI companies, rather than making AIs that replace writers and artists, could you start by making one that can accurately determine whether there's an Unexpected Item in the Bagging Area?