Wesley McCraw

I just want to stress that LLMs can't think. They mimic other samples of text to sound believable and coherent. The fact that it is right some of the time is more of a coincidence than a feature.

I've been waiting for the Next Gen Update for Kingdom Come: Deliverance before I play the two games. The time has come. #KingdomComeDeliverance #RPG

I feel like video game companies are now actively fighting against the impossibly high expectations of the 'one last thing' trope. Nintendo, The Game Awards, and now Sony had very muted last game reveals for their presentations. #StateofPlay

photo of Pam Bondi testifying in the foreground as a group of 7 women and 1 men raise their hands

Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground

When a sitting representative refers to the Super Bowl halftime show as “pornography,” people should use that to reflect on how they and other representatives are simultaneously working to ban, censor, and restrict “pornography” and what that actually means

YouTube video by PBS Banned Books and the Librarians Caught in the Political Battle | Full Documentary | Independent Lens

Free doc:

Banned Books and the Librarians Caught in the Political Battle | Full Documentary | Independent Lens

youtu.be/ywQOCY-qDzE?...

In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:

- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown

This is unprecedented.

I took the day off from writing instead of accidently taking the day off from writing and it made all the difference.

explaining my dream to my shrink

Bad Bunny, singing in Spanish, was joined by two queer icons during a Super Bowl halftime show steeped in joy. We have a message for the fascists in charge of things right now: The calls are coming from inside the house. Tick. Tock.

I beg you to keep your heart open and try to stay humble when experiencing art. You can be superior to everyone and everything, or you can see the good in things and occasionally experience transcendence.

I'm trying to sleep, but my mind keeps arguing with a review of All Fours I watched on YouTube. All Fours by Miranda July is good BTW.

I beg you to keep your heart open and try to stay humble when experiencing art. You can be superior to everyone and everything, or you can see the good in things and occasionally experience transcendence.

I can maybe understand if this was about books, but movies...?

"The Best Movies if You Want to Try Sci-Fi for the First Time"

In what world has a person never tried a sci-fi movie before and now needs advice on where to start?

I played Ball x Pit for a ridiculous amount of time yesterday. I couldn't stop!

Yep

Elon Musk publicly slandering that cave diver as a "pedo guy" after he begged Jeffrey Epstein for island party invites is just incredible

Not to get political, but America is very pretty and has a lot of nice folks making cool things, and I think if we had a president who wasn’t actively trying to murder us, we could have a pretty good time

‘Send Help’ $17.5M+ Ahead Of ‘Iron Lung’; ‘Melania’ ‘A’ CinemaScore & $8M+ Record Docu Debut In Decade; Charli xcx’s ‘The Moment’ Sings – Box Office Markiplier's Iron Lung could upset the Dylan O'Brien-Rachel McAdams movie Send Help at the box office, which also sees the debut of Melania.

"Now, Melania is still seeing $8.1M, but the exit scores are quite royal with an A CinemaScore, 5 stars on Screen Engine/Comscore’s PostTrak, and get this — an 89% definite recommend; unheard for any movie."

I've been closely monitoring MELANIA's reception, and I find it fascinating, because if there were ever evidence that Republicans are now a cult, it's this. Trump fans love it.

Writers, do you always feel like you don't read enough?

I try not to recommend anything unless I truly love something. Nothing this month blew me away.

These are the books I read this month. I'm trying to become an expert at writing m/m romances. I feel like I have a ways to go.

We've lost Catherine O'Hara? Fuck. Fuck fuck fuck.

I beat the first boss, and it's actually kind of cool after that!

I mean, I couldn't beat the first boss, so I can't really get any conclusive thoughts about the game besides that I won't be playing any more of it.

Current mood:

I've played through Dark Souls, Elden Ring, and Silksong, so it's not like I can't handle hard games, but there are a lot of hard games that I just don't find worth the trouble. A hard game better be completely amazing.

I played the new Nioh 3 demo, and I still can't beat the first boss. It just seems like bad game design. There has to be a better way to teach a player how to play.