AI is auto-tune for karaoke. It's paint-by-numbers. It's colorforms. AI is Guitar Hero. It's as creative as a book of Mad Libs and as original as the results of an afternoon sip and paint. AI is the Lincoln Log cabin of design. It is the digital gentrification of human thought and originality.
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"The viability of a design is not simply a technical or even economic evaluation but rather a political one. A technology is deemed viable if it conforms to the existing relations of power.β -David Noble
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And UK immigrantion waves were dominate through to the 19th century. Hence the Right's (ridiculous) claim of that being the US culture.
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You are quite ambitious, aren't you. You do realize that normal non-homophobic, non-transphobic people out number your sort by a lot, don't you.
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I can see why people question the provenance of this writing but not only has he had ample opportunity to practice his peenmanship, we have no way of knowing how many tries it took to get this version.
15.02.2026 03:45 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Shared (different) elevators with Lou Reed, Nicole Kidman, Guillermo del Toro, and Robert Altman. David Byrne almost ran me over with his bicycle once.
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"Couldn't have said it better myself." - The Onion
14.02.2026 11:36 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
"Help find lost dogs" was definitely not the only pitch seriously considered by a marketing dept brainstorming an AI security ad campaign, but I'm pretty sure the geniuses signing the checks thought it was the most wholesome and above reproach.
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The thing about the corporate shift away from DEI is that it's also about discouraging diversity of thought.
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You did nothing and it's not over.
12.02.2026 18:32 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Pam Bondi sounded a little different before she started doing Trump's bidding.
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There used to be people who did this, you know? Sketch artists, photographers. How is removing all the humans from the process creating acce... Oh shit, SCOTUS is a cabal of cyborgs, aren't they?!
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Thank you for protecting the identity of that poor innocent dog though
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Wait... he's only 28?
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βWhy is he targeting us?β asked Valentina Gojcaj, who owns two rent-stabilized apartment buildings in the Bronx. βThis is my investment and something I expect to retire on. What happens to me when I can no longer afford to run these buildings?β
(Hold on, looking for my tiny violin)
07.02.2026 12:38 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
How about we put the WaPo opinion section out to pasture instead and call it even
07.02.2026 12:33 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
INXSive Force
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Andy you walked right into that one mate
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It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
05.02.2026 03:57 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
It's not just hallucination when AI makes shit up. It's all hallucination. Or none of it, since something needs to have consciousness in order to hallucinate.
04.02.2026 12:46 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
What a ridiculous conclusion to draw from this data. Of COURSE older males produce more offspring than older females. Of COURSE couples where the male partners have established careers, lower sex drives, and less life expectancy are happy!
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Watching-eye effect - Wikipedia
New plan: everyone wear watching eyes
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Video of the electrified audiences leaving sold out screenings or it didn't happen.
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Ran into Mann at lunch on the mix stage and he goes "I've worked with you before." -Nope, this is the first film. "No, I know it's not." - Same movie, different year. It mattered to him because PRACTICALLY NO ONE cares to repeat the experience.
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I worked on "Public Enemies." It was unpleasant for most involved and went way over schedule (which apparently is normal for Mann). At one point I left for a prior commitment but was rehired a few months later....
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Got. Damn.
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Relatedly, if a politician takes a donation from a PAC or lobby, they aren't legally required to do their job differently, right?
So take their money and continue to work against their interests. No refunds.
01.02.2026 20:36 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
The fact that there is so much money in politics is bad.
The reality that so many politicians can be bought for so little is worse.
Like, I dunno, at LEAST hold out for $5mil cash to vote against your own platform.
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