This AI image generator delivers an image INSTANTLY.

deepai.org/machine-lear...

Yes, I know all of the reasons why these things are bad. But if you just want to throw random words at a LLM image generator, for fun, this is a great one.

Russia 1985–1999: TraumaZone - Wikipedia

I just finished watching the very odd, but very good, "Russia 1985–1999: TraumaZone".

It feels rather timely.

Don't let children watch it. Preserve their innocence.

(Plus, it contains about 20 seconds of actual pornography.)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia_...

YouTube video by iFixit The Worst Devices of CES 2026

Surprisingly, not all of these products have "AI".

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxZg...

YouTube video by Vintage Keys Studio Lowrey Wandering Genie L2 Demonstration

"I haven't mentioned the Harmony Magic yet, mainly because I can't remember what it does."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5E01...

Heart Mountain

So obviously I had to look THAT up.

xkcd.com/3162/

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_M...

YouTube video by Applied Science Optical diffraction patterns and almost-holograms made with a MOPA laser engraving machine

And now, witchcraft from Applied Science, as per usual.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsGH...

YouTube video by SuperfastMatt How To Break A Land Speed Record

"I promise I will try not to get too much oil on the banner."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvq2...

Beatles Mash-up Medley I'm a mash-up artist.

A mashup that starts as it means to go on.

soundcloud.com/hankhandymas...

High-fantasy video-game settings usually seem to have un-mentioned "utility magic" that makes torches and candles burn forever, and stops food from going rotten, and so on.⁣
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It's quite important that you don't let any 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 creep into your utility magic, though:⁣
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www.oglaf.com/embers/

Assorted Stupidity #170 In this edition: “I’m an AG” fails to impress, some shady deals, another thing not to use AI for, and other stuff.

"Because reading the title alone cost me several IQ points, I did not read the article itself. I apologize for reproducing the title and linking to it here and will accept no responsibility for any adverse effects that might follow from reading it."

www.loweringthebar.net/2025/09/asso...

Alien: Earth (2025) Timothy Olyphant in Alien: Earth (2025)

I am having some difficulty reconciling Timothy Olyphant's most recent role with the last one I saw him in.

www.imdb.com/title/tt1362...

www.imdb.com/title/tt5580...

ChatGPT-5 Tries Out “Rotated” Tic-Tac-Toe. You Be the Judge… It’s no mystery why LLMs aren’t intelligent in any meaningful way. The real mystery is why so many otherwise intelligent people still take the claims seriously.

Oh for the love of

mindmatters.ai/2025/08/chat...

languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=71074

"The single most British conversation in the history of human civilization..."

www.futilitycloset.com/2025/09/12/s...

YouTube video by SonySoundtracksVEVO Rocky Road to Dublin | Sinners (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

I just watched "Sinners".

It has the best soundtrack of any horror movie.

There's a lot more going on, but the music is SO important. Sadly, the official soundtrack doesn't have the climactic time-travel music.

An abbreviated version of its best "white" music:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iapw...

Here's the question you need to answer, to decide whether you should watch "Nobody 2" or not:

Do you want an explanation of where a 19th-century hand-cranked Gatling gun came from, in an action movie that's set in the present day, or do you not care?

If you don't care, then watch that film.

YouTube video by Devon Aire Smoke on the water Japan version

See also, of course:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1A9...

YouTube video by Sebastian Bach - Topic Monkey Business / Godzilla (Live)

If you're a metal band playing in Tokyo, you either need to segue into "Smoke On The Water", or this.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLxc...

YouTube video by Funky Goon "Weird Al" Yankovic - Hardware Store (Doom Soundfont)

THIS is just pure perversity.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgaZ...

YouTube video by Code Bullet Snake But Eating Deletes A Random System 32 File

It wouldn't be a Code Bullet video if it didn't have a completely ridiculous objective, and a lot of profanity.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YdP...

YouTube video by Stuff Made Here It took 413 eggs to make this work

Top comment: "This channel is nothing but an homage to the saying 'we do it not because it was easy, but because we thought it would be easy.'"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ43...

YouTube video by Claudia Hirschfeld - Topic Star Wars Medley: Star Wars Theme / Imperial March

Large electronic theatre organs have, for a long time now, been able to make you sound like an orchestra. A CHEESY orchestra, but still.

I don't respect any of those players, unless they fall victim to the constant temptation to make any tune into a DISCO tune.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mI-b...

YouTube video by TED Homeopathy, quackery and fraud | James Randi | TED

The thing about James Randi was that when he was clearly just doing a schtick that he'd done many times before, you didn't mind him doing that at all.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0Z7...

YouTube video by zozo pour les intimes The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994) - Abba "Mamma Mia" scene

Compare and contrast:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHax...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=usPj...

(I also HAD to look up the Amazing Temporary Tooth Replacement Kit, and immediately discovered that it's based on moulding tooth-ish things from polycaprolactone! You know - this stuff! www.howtospotapsychopath.com/2012/04/13/d... )

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight Mike Lindell & MyStore: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Web Exclusive)

"...and you THINK that I'm better than making that joke, but the thing is I'm not..."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3V1...

I swear these LLM companies just push every update straight to the production servers, with their eyes closed.

languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=70401

"As has been previously pointed out, the 2001 and 2012 quantum factorisation records may be easily matched with a dog trained to bark three times."

eprint.iacr.org/2025/1237.pdf

Sea-Cucumber Abuser to Be “Moved Far From the Sea for a Long Period of Time” Sea cucumbers would breathe a sigh of relief, if they had lungs.

"How flagrant do fishing-law violations have to be to result in a six-year prison term? This flagrant."

www.loweringthebar.net/2025/08/sea-...

YouTube video by BBC Orkestra Obsolete play Blue Monday using 1930s instruments - BBC Arts

Compare and contrast:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHLb...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeuj...

YouTube video by Rimmers Music Casio CTS100 Keyboard | Demonstration & Reasons To Buy One | Rimmers Music

It is truly audacious to start a demonstration of a keyboard, that you want to sell, with "Axel F".

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBRm...