emily

Saw a thoughtful thread about AI, don't want to QT or argue. But. The biggest rage factor with LLMs is the people who, because genAI is transformative for coding, think it's transformative for everything else, because they devalue every other form of work and labor and knowledge.

I know him!! he was in kopit and yeston's phantom! that show never gets staged but the music is soooo good

oh ho HO

A chalk drawing on a green subway pillar of a stick figure head wearing a wizard hat. Below the head, the words "Gnome Lord"

Omens of the underground, he approaches

‘Testament of Ann Lee’ Will Have No Physical Media Release — World of Reel I didn’t particularly like “Ann Lee,” which does have its fair share of fervent defenders, but there’s a concerning trend with Disney and their push to phase out physical media.

I am not a person who believes that it is the Criterion Collection’s job to fix all the movie industry’s failures, but this is a very specific one I would like them to fix.

what the /fuck/

she's so beautiful. I'm so sorry for your loss, but I'm sure you gave her a wonderful life. she knew she was loved. 🩷

I really loved it, but to your question, this tumblr post is the best review I've seen so far

This App Warns You if Someone Is Wearing Smart Glasses Nearby The creator of Nearby Glasses made the app after reading 404 Media's coverage of how people are using Meta's Ray-Bans smartglasses to film people without their knowledge or consent. “I consider it to ...

NEW: A hobbyist has created Nearby Glasses, an app that warns you if someone close by is wearing smart glasses. 404 Media spoke to the creator who said he was inspired by our coverage that uncovers how men are wearing Meta's Ray-Bans to covertly film massage parlor workers.

VETINARI

“the president’s speech is going to be over two hours long!” they’re doing kalshi shit guys. they’re leaking a bunch of stuff about a super long speech and he’ll go about 2 minutes short of the supposed mark and everyone in the white house will make $200k on it

it is deeply unfortunate that so many of our best thinkers are now at the mercy of their ability to sell their ideas through video in order to reach the widest audience, and I do not see any signs that the trend is going to reverse

this is how people want to consume content now

one of the defining features of the last 25 years is a merging of ideologies between european reactionaries (core belief: anti-semitism) and american reactionaries (core belief: anti-black racism). produces sometimes hilarious results like marco rubio championing "western civilization"

as a big thigh big calves girl, barrel jeans are my one and only love, but I know they're really hard to get on board with

I almost can't comprehend the thinking around this

also there is absolutely no CHANCE that incident would have made the broadcast in the states without being at least bleeped. not to argue that america isn't a racist joke, but what the fuck was happening behind the scenes at the BBC?

ALSO the wrong response: not editing this out of the broadcast!

also the fact that the broadcast didn't edit this out when they edited out other things (such as a "free palestine") is the genuinely evil part of the story!

All insane discourse about how Tourette's isn’t an excuse for racism just acts a smokescreen for the real story, which is how badly the BAFTAs fucked this all up

sometimes something bad happens where there are no malicious actors, no one is happy, and everyone gets the worst possible outcome they don't deserve. social media exists to strip such events of context so we can have clear winners and losers

the BAFTA thing is so horrible and humiliating for everyone involved I'm sure, but I do NOT like the number of people dogpiling anyone who tries to consider the feelings of the black creatives/audience as paramount. I think perhaps the ones who the slur targets get to feel how they want about it!

racism in film culture and discourse is something that is going to keep being a problem until everyone agrees to take it seriously. but the first impulse is always to insult the intelligence of anyone who is upset. that’s racism. right there at the starting point.

This country is under some kind of wizard's curse where every 50 years there's a crisis that reminds everyone why it's bad for a small gang of obscenely rich assholes to control everything, and we go ohhh and then we all immediately forget again

Great job, Internet!: Hollywood uncooked as viral Cruise vs. Pitt video looks like another AI con-job Great job, Internet!: Hollywood uncooked as viral Cruise vs. Pitt video looks like another AI con-job

The lesson from the "Tom Cruise/Brad Pitt AI Video" reveal is twofold, old, and evergreen:

1) Slow Down
and 2) always start from the ground position that any claims made by an "AI" corporation— any for-profit corporation, really— is them lying to you to hype their product.

it's always the TERF groups, man

name an idiot opinion about lesbianism you didn't have in your early 20s.

it's a good thing every adult lesbian I know isn't getting their panties in a twist about some dumbass essay written by a 24 year old.

A Word for the “Unidentified Handler”: Remembering Secretariat Groom Eddie Sweat During the same month Eddie “Shorty” Sweat lay dying of multiple ailments, including cancer and heart disease, Western Horseman magazine released its December 1997 issue with an article commemorating ...

Here's a great article about Eddie Sweat and Secretariat
horsenetwork.com/2022/03/a-wo...

I loved those shirts! I don't think I've found an exact replacement yet either