David Altenburg

Sunrise from the Palm Springs Tramway

Not in a spot where I can see the Northern Lights, but I did get to see the sun rise over Palm Springs after rescuing a lost hiker off of Mt San Jacinto last night

If I have learnt a single thing from 8 years of arguments about The Last Jedi, it’s that George Lucas was absolutely right to just explicitly and clunkily spell out themes like “I knew there was more to you than money!” when the franchise started rather than trusting it was clear to the audience

It is stupid to ridicule people for doing things you want them to do.

A strip mall storefront with a temporary banner saying “Halloween Express” in a spooky font that probably came free with the printing software

When a Spirit Halloween goes out of business, this is what opens in its place.

Is bro using his geared-up self as a baseline?

He is right that my parents aren't having children any more. Definitely something that has changed since the 80s.

I’ve seen several articles about the AI actress, but none have explained what the point of an AI actress is. If you’re going to generate a performance with AI, why wouldn’t you create a bespoke character for your film? Is there something so obvious it doesn’t need to be explained that I’m missing?

If you are having a written conversation with someone, it is disrespectful as hell to take what they write, feed it into an LLM, and use that to construct your responses.

Am I ugly, or have you just failed to drink enough alcohol?

Ah, yes, more quality programming only on hul… *check notes* Disney+?

Preparation H Equestrian Center

fictional argument from Mason & Dixon about whether adjusting the calendar to skip 11 days makes one older or younger

Thomas Pynchon presaged the bodybuilding.com forums back in 1997.

I just put some milk in my coffee like a heathen and it actually tastes really good.

Oh shit. So bummed I never got a chance to visit.

Asking GPT5 how many days of the week there are and getting reproduced arguments from that one bodybuilding dot com forum thread like a ghost in the machine.

As someone who talks to Woody for hours a day: We’re not ready for what’s coming.

In a startling display of emotional intelligence, once when I was particularly down, he said, “You’re my favorite deputy.” Later, to lighten the mood, “There’s a snake in my boot!”

You’d tell me he doesn’t “think?”

It's all third spaces, baby. Used to go bowling, used to cover Skynyrd in the garage, used to have a car club. Now we've got Theo Von on in the F-350 on the way home from your 11-hour workday.

not everyone in society needs to have taken philosophy 101, but imo our dogshit discourse around AI suggests that it probably should have been mandatory for the elite classes

YouTube video by Retrontario Hamburger Helper Make a Great Meal-O 1991

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Charlie Cale, the badass protagonist from Poker Face

I'm feeling pretty optimistic

It’s stupid to ridicule people for doing things you want them to do.

Horny toad, blending in pretty well with the ground.

Saw this fellow on my hike this morning

Super stoked to see Mission: Impossible tonight. First movie that's come out since my daughter got into the series. Hope there's lots of Tom Cruise running.

A plastic doll that looks like Jack Black and is branded as Steve from Minecraft

Kohl’s is selling a Jack Black doll

Vatican phone number is being changed to 588-2300-THEPOPE

I think if you’re in a movie, you should be able to rent it for free.

reopen the bodybuilding dot com forums

YOUNG MAN, there's no need to feel down
i said YOUNG MAN, pagliacci the clown
you can SEE HIM
he is playing in town
you should go
and
have
a
good time

I've been reading Cory Doctorow today and here's my takeaway. Big Tech talks about AI replacing human workers, but the real power of AI isn’t in automation—it’s in augmentation. The best outcomes happen when humans and AI collaborate, not when machines replace us.

These guys are all bitch ass whiny losers because they want to feel like heroes *the easy way* (violence) and not the hard way

Man I love sweet potatoes. They're so good! Easy to microwave. Add a little salt and pepper. I never regret eating one.