Nitrozac

To the Tune of... “(They Long to Be) Close to You” with apologies to Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Musical notes float around the lyrics… Why do facts suddenly disappear Every time you are near? Just like me, they long to be Far from you Why do Starlinks fall down from the sky Every time you spew lies? Just like me, they long to be Dead to you (there is a graphic of a Starlink satellite de-orbiting itself in a fireball, saying “I’m outa here, bye!” On the day Grokipedia was born the devils got together And decided to create a nightmare true So they copied Wikipedia, And changed the parts the right-wing wanted to. That is why, all the lies in town Follow you all around Unlike me, they long to be Close to you Ughhhhh, close to you Yuuuuuk, close to you Ewwwww, close to you Grosssss, close to you On the day Grokipedia was born The devils groked together And decided to create a nightmare true So they sprinkled lie dust everywhere And skepticism the Holocaust existed too! That is why, all the girls in town Run and hide while you’re around Just like me, they long to be Far from you And like me, They hate Nazis Just like you! Elon Musk is holding up the Grokipedia logo, while numerous women are running away from him disgusted.

Close to me (Grokipedia edition) www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...

Three people are surfing their phones on a Tinder-like app Sequence One: Guy A: Whoa! She is gorgeous! Girl: Wow, I likie! Guy B: Hello, who’s this? Sequence Two: Guy A: Very nice, very nice indeed! Girl: Ooo La La! Guy B: Mmmmm I do like ‘en slim! Sequence Three: Guy A: Then again, looks high maintenance! (Swipes Left) Girl: On second thought… NAH! (Swipes Left) Guy B: Meh. Not enough to grab onto. (Swipes Left) Bottom Panel: An iPhone Air is looking very upset and panicky! It says “I don’t get it! Everyone is swiping left! What’s wrong with me?

Tech Tinder. www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...

Maybe time travel for a weekend? 🕰️ 🎒 🏰 🐉

The perils of AI

A White House Cukoo clock

Son and father are sitting in a living room, looking at their devices. Panel One: Father says “Did you read about this fake AI band that had over 900,000 monthly listeners on Spotify? Man, I feel so sorry for you kids these days…” Panel Two: Father continues: “Growing up with everything fake! Fake music, fake musicians, fake images, fake videos, fake people on social media! Is there anything real anymore?” Panel Three: The son says: “Dad, what is wrong with that? What does it matter how it’s generated or how it was made? So long as you like it and it makes you feel good! Dad is not impressed. Panel Four: Dad replies: Hmmm. maybe I should trade you in for an AI kid!

Is there anything real anymore? www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...

The comic has a style that mimics the old Spy VS Spy comics of Mad Magazine. In this one, Mark Zuckerberg is the black spy, and Sam Altman is the white spy. Zuck hold a classic Zeppelin bomb, while Sam holds a stick of dynamite. Both spies have lists. On Zuck’s side of the comic: Zuckerberg’s OpenAI Poaching List: -100 million dollars in cash and options to tempt OpenAI employees. -chloroform in case kidnapping is required. -night visiion google as Zuck things they make him look cool. -Self propelled surfboards in case OpenAi employees need to be pirated on the open ocean instead of poached on Land. -Dig up some of that private compromising data that Zuck has been storing on OpenAI employees since they were in college. -Free Pass to Zuck’s Hawaii bunker in case of apocalypse. (Ironically, most likely caused by A Meta superintelligence) -Remember not to eat what you poach! On Sam’s side of the comic: Sam Altman’s Meta Anti-Poaching list: -Ring doorbell cams at every OpenAI location, constantly monitored by Sam. -Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, and Messenger Jammers. -Cultivate fake “star employees” for Meta to hire, and to use as Trojan horses to sabotage Meta’s Superintelligence -Place Jony Ive in protective custody -Give employees printouts of all the Joy of Tech anti-Zuck comics from the last decade. -Workplace perks like chefs, free food, and $100 million dollar hookers.

CEO VS CEO, Zuck VS Sam www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...

Laugh if you can because you know this is our masters' favorite application for AI: Firing everyone they can.
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Via @nitrozac.bsky.social and @snaggy.bsky.social

Is it real?

Bill Atkinson, in remembrance

Tim Cook really should do this, for real.

Maybe we should ask AI why they think people have more than 5 fingers.

The finish line!

Happy Mother’s Day! 🌻

I think Apple Intelligence is onto something!

@maddow.msnbc.com this sign, 😂

Why would any one want to buy made in USA anymore?
#boycottUSA

A girl is operating a lemonade stand, priced $10 for a glass of lemonade. A man stops at the stand and asks about the high price. Panel One: The man asks the girl, “10 bucks for a lemonade? That seems pricey, doesn’t it?” The girl replies, “Sorry about that, it’s tariffs!” Panel Two: The man asks another question, “There are tariffs on your lemonade?”. She explains, “Yes! I had to buy the sugar from the neighbor across the street but she’s imposed a tariff on me as I’m potentially taking business away from her son, who operates a Kool-Aid stand.” Panel Three: The girl continues, “So I slapped her with a 25% retaliatory tariff on grass cutting and yard work.”, she goes on, “Then she fired me, but her lazy son won’t cut the grass, so now her house looks abandoned and it’s tanked all the neighbourhood property values.” Panel Four: The girl explains further, “So then my mom’s line of credit was lowered and that affects my allowance, so I have to charge even more for my lemonade to maintain my standard of living.” He says, “What if I paid in sugar? Could this whole tariff war be over?”

Lemonade Tariffs! www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...

23 and meat!

A favorite of ours from a few years ago, featuring 23andme. 😂

Panel One: An observatory spots a bright object in the sky. An astronomer inside says OMG! Do you see that? Is it a new supernova? Panel Two: “I can’t tell” say one astronomer, as a view through the telescope reveals few details. “Magnify!” say another. Panel Three: The view through the telescope reveals aliens in UFOs protesting around the Tesla car that Elon Musk sent off into space several years ago. The protesting aliens hold signs including OLIGARCHY IS FOR LOWER LIFE FORMS, Fire MUSK not ROCKETS, DOGE is INHUMAN, Send Musk to a BLACK HOLE!, ONLY DUMMIES DRIVE TESLAS, NO SWASTICARS OR SWASTIMARS!, NO SPACE NAZIS IN SPACE!. A bumper sticker on one of the UFO’s reads I THOUGHT STARMAN WAS COOL BEFORE ELON WENT CRAZY.

Starman protest! www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...

I fully support #Greenland and fully condemn US agression and talk of annexation of Greenland.

Tesla’s brand is in the toilet, flushed and sunk down to the bottom of the sewer plant tank. #Tesla #Swasticar

Follow along. The unraveling is happening in real time.

#DemocraticDecline #PoliticalInstability #AmericanDemocracy #WarningSigns

All democracies are fragile—here are the early signs of civil war at home and abroad Based on her work for a CIA task force aimed at predicting civil wars, political scientist Barbara F. Walter examines the rise in extremism and threats to democracies around the globe and at home.

Did you know that the #US was officially classified as having an #Anocracy back in 2020, early 2021?! That’s neither fully democracy nor autocracy. Imagine now.

I highly recommend following Barbara Walter for updates @bfwalter.bsky.social

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Financial advisers need to update their client’s plans to include food and supplies stash for when shit hits the fan because the leader of the free world is insane and is tanking their own and other countries economies, on purpose.

YouTube video by Charlie Angus CHARLIE ANGUS - ELBOWS UP/ RALLY FOR CANADA- London, Ontario

Donald Trump thought Canada was an easy mark.
But we come from a long line of fascist fighters.
Canada will not break. We will not bend. We will not kiss the gangster ring.
Please share this footage of my Elbows Up tour stop in London.
#elbowsup #strongasfuck
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDGm...

A chainsaw, upset over Elon Musk’s ridiculous stage antics with a chainsaw, explains that chainsaws are actually builders of things, and it tears into what Elon has been doing to the US government.

Emotional chainsaw! www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...

I created this image with AI, btw

A quantum chip meets a silicon chip

Majorana 1 chip! www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/jo...