Squat Erry Day

one single step that would do a lot to improve reputation of LLMs would be for Google to abandon AI Mode like they do with all of their other products

Literally pondered this very thing as I was putting away the tiny little bit left of the bunch I used for dinner.

Parsley kind of underrated imo

Frame from "They Live" (1988, dir. Carpenter). In the foreground, out of focus, Nada (Roddy Piper) and Frank (Keith David) walk into an elaborately decorated ballroom where guests are gathered in formal attire. At the lectern, a man in a tuxedo gives a speech. The caption reads: "Our projections show that by the year 2025,"

A few frames later. The caption reads: "not only America, but the entire planet"

A few frames later. The caption reads: "will be under the protection and the dominion of this power alliance."

I love "They Live" (1988, dir. Carpenter). I hate how well it holds up.

Happy 2025.

1) hey @crabitha.slutmo.de check out the crab on this locomotive named “Crabitha”

2) I love trains and love train people even more

To add insult to injury I’m going to go to my grave saying “many such cases”. Hopefully not any time soon!

I once saw a band so bad I was like “this is the fake noise rock band they’d have in the opening scene of an episode of Law & Order”

Maybe I travel in weird circles but I feel like Albert Pyun’s star has only risen over time and “Nemesis” in particular has largely been reappraised

Reactivating and reinstalling LinkedIn is wild because their notification practice is absolutely bonkers. On that grind. Money never sleeps.

Call the ambulance … [prepares to CT5 Holy] … but not for me!

a not great aspect of the 2020s is every now and then i'll remember a writer/actor/comedian/musician i haven't heard about in a while and i'll think "oh I wonder how they're doing.... really hope they haven't *directly to camera* TURNED EVIL"

Screenshot from “Final Fantast Tactics: The War of the Lions” (2007 PSP version of the 1997 original). Four ninja characters surround the final boss and, like the Geto Boys said, are just Droppin' them motherfuckin' B's on her. Ramza looks on approvingly

Calculator Ramza and four ninjas (named Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello) punch the devil to death

SWIFT: Trav, honey?
KELCE: (looks up from first edition Krazsnahorkai in original Hungarian) (pauses rare Steve Reich LP, Japanese pressing) Yes?
SWIFT: What rhymes with "thighs"?
KELCE: Hmm. "Belies," perhaps?
SWIFT: (under her breath) Oh for fuck's sake

Recently took one because I figured it’d be better than some other guy messing things up and now I’m like “damn, now I have to keep myself from messing things up!”

when people are in cars they arent in society

Industry-wide pivot to three-factor authentication (dare, double dare, physical challenge)

Very poorly photoshopped head of Ramza Beoulve (protagonist from Final Fantasy Tactics) on top of the screaming opossum from the scream at own ass meme.

Ramza Beoulve. He level up. He changes class. But most importantly, he scream at own ass.

Ya boy:

✅ justified
✅ ancient
✅ likes to roam the land

SYLVESTER THE CAT: *twisted beyond recognition into a cenobite, now a voyager into the hell realms beyond pain and pleasure* your thuffering will be like thuccotash

TRON: Ares movie review & film summary (2025) | Roger Ebert “TRON: Ares” is spectacularly designed, swiftly paced, thoughtfully written, and directed within an inch of its neon-hued life.

"A rave of a movie that acts as its own hallucinogen, best experienced on a huge screen with a state-of-the art sound system. If they’d played it again right after I saw it for the first time, I would have gladly stayed in my seat." My **** review of TRON: Ares. www.rogerebert.com/reviews/tron...

A bowl of the aforementioned soup

The pot of the aforementioned soup

I am bad at photographing soup but pretty decent at making soup. Tonight: chickpea noodle soup (onions, garlic carrots, mushrooms, chickpeas, penne, miso broth)

John Maus, a 45 year old musician sings on stage at Ottobar. He’s bathed in red and blue light and very intense.

John Maus rips

The grand unified “Everyone is Twelve” theory is a legit contribution to contemporary thought and critique. We really are ruled by evil adult children!

YouTube video by Rapid Eye Movement Herbie Hancock Demonstrates the Fairlighton Sesame Street

Herbie Hancock giving a demonstration of the Fairlight CMI synthesizer to children on Sesame Street

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The topic of discussion (derogatory)

every crew got that one homie who has to shout out "it's the freakin bat" when the freakin bat shows up

One of the things that doesn't come out in the soundbites but does in the full speech is Hegseth's repeated, explicit emphasis on viewing problems from the perspective of an E-6 or O-3, wholly unaware (as a bad O-4) that the job of the 0-7s to O-10s in front of him is quite different.

The intersection of the Beastie Boys’ “B-Boy Bouillabaisse” and They Might Be Giants’ “Fingertips”. That’s where you’ll find me.

Investigating the Purple Light Phenomenon in LED Streetlights Researchers test 28 samples and report the technical causes of LED streetlight color shift

Perhaps related to the spate of similar LED streetlight malfunctions?