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Relyea, Connor

@crelyea12.bsky.social

every day, I put on the clown costume and suffer a new indignity. writing at The Hard Times, McSweeney's, Points in Case, etc. Former features contributor at @theonion.com https://connorrelyea.com/

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A Funko Pop of Iron Man from the Marvel Cinematic Universe

A Funko Pop of Iron Man from the Marvel Cinematic Universe

A Labubu

A Labubu

evil is never defeated, it's merely reborn

08.07.2025 22:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

the typo in this skeet proves I didn't use AI to write it

08.07.2025 19:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Average corporate MBA grad: "I know company's keep getting flamed for using AI and it's fuck ups in their products, but I know it'll be different for us."

AI: *fucks up in the same way that has been reported on dozens of time*

Average corporate MBA grad: "By Talos, this can't be happening."

08.07.2025 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

we continue to see stories of AI being used for a task that people have been doing for decades, the AI fucking up and outing the use of the AI for said task, and the resulting backlash from the public over the use of the AI. And yet people keep thinking that it'll be different when THEY use it.

08.07.2025 17:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I work at the publication in this article and I can definitely confirm that the quality of work the AI puts out definitely fits into the β€œcop” category

02.07.2025 23:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Law360 mandates reporters use AI β€œbias” detection on all stories The policy was announced after an executive accused the newsroom of bias in its Trump administration coverage.

Law360 is requiring all stories pass through an AI "bias indicator" before publication.

The new policy came weeks after an executive from its parent company, LexisNexis, accused the newsroom of liberal bias in its Trump admin coverage. My latest for @niemanlab.org
www.niemanlab.org/2025/07/law3...

02.07.2025 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 367    πŸ” 160    πŸ’¬ 55    πŸ“Œ 126
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Tell Law360 That You Want To Read News Produced By Humans, Not AI Law360’s parent company LexisNexis recently informed the newsroom that our journalists will be required to use an untested, faulty and unhelpful AI tool developed by the company. This tool includes a ...

I’m a former onion contributor who also happens to work at Law360 and we’d love to see your support, Ben! actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

02.07.2025 22:52 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Me: damn it’s hot, do we have a way to cool down???

My body: eh, best I can do is a disgusting slime that looks terrible and will make you feel sticky all day.

Me: could we do anything el-

My body: too late, it’s already drippin’ down your ass

01.07.2025 23:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

the supreme court: universal injunctions are ILLEGAL!!!! Courts have NO say in the law whatsoever!!!!

also the supreme court: oh, y'all don't wanna see those faggy books??? LOL neither do we, sis, INJUNCTION!!!!

27.06.2025 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

everybody acting like the MAYOR of New York CITY has to be some kind of federally approved position is going to drive me actually insane :)

20.06.2025 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

it's genuinely exhausting that NYC mayor is treated like a national leader, like I get they're elected to lead the largest city in the country but it would be fucking cool if we could have a mayor who cares about the city and doesn't use the position as their campaign for higher office!!!!!!!

20.06.2025 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

NYC Comptroller Brad Lander was just arrested by Trump’s ICE agents because he asked to see a judicial warrant.

This is fascism and all New Yorkers must speak in one voice. Release him now.

17.06.2025 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 11548    πŸ” 3935    πŸ’¬ 149    πŸ“Œ 142

Also this article basically boils down to β€œjobs the will require people to do extra work supervising an AI because it can’t actually be trusted to do a human’s job” which is fucking WILD

17.06.2025 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ll never understand how β€œyeah these machines are actually pretty bad at what they’re supposed to do but that’s okay because that’s actually your fault” is supposed to be a selling point for this bullshit

17.06.2025 15:08 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Also sue me if I think it’s wrong that humans should use their brains and know how to do things!!! Having skills is important!!!! Having a society with a large population that has a diverse skillset is a good thing!!!!!!!!!!

17.06.2025 15:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A.I. Might Take Your Job. Here Are 22 New Ones It Could Give You.

this and other disheartening detritus can be found here if you want to start your day with 10 points of psychic damage www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/m...

17.06.2025 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
The AI future holds the possibility that one day you wont need to know how to do everything in order to do everything. "We're all going to be CEOs of a small army of AI agents," Brynjolfsson said. "We have to think, OK: What is it we really want to accomplish? What are the goals here? And we have to think a little bit more deeply about that than we have in the past."

The AI future holds the possibility that one day you wont need to know how to do everything in order to do everything. "We're all going to be CEOs of a small army of AI agents," Brynjolfsson said. "We have to think, OK: What is it we really want to accomplish? What are the goals here? And we have to think a little bit more deeply about that than we have in the past."

gotta say, the ending of this NYT article about the ✨potential jobs✨ that the AI boom MIGHT create one day uuuuuhhhhhh doesn't inspire great confidence

17.06.2025 14:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

honestly, the AI slop machines and the IP-obsessed era of Hollywood were a match made in Hell so go forth in Satan I guess

04.06.2025 18:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

me, an incredibly smart and good studio executive who loves AI talking into my computer microhphone: "Yeah, hi ChatGBT, can I please get uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhh Saw with a yaoi anime twist?"

04.06.2025 18:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
"He offered an example of one of Lionsgate's signature action franchises: 'Now we can say "Do it in anime, make it PG-13." Three hours later, I'll have the movie.' He would have to pay the actors and all the other rights participants, he added -- 'but I can do that, and now I can resell it.'"

"He offered an example of one of Lionsgate's signature action franchises: 'Now we can say "Do it in anime, make it PG-13." Three hours later, I'll have the movie.' He would have to pay the actors and all the other rights participants, he added -- 'but I can do that, and now I can resell it.'"

not shocking in the slightest that the studio heads foaming at the mouth over AI are this creatively bankrupt www.vulture.com/article/gene...

04.06.2025 18:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

lmao trash

29.05.2025 20:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

if i have to read another article about some out-of-touch tech bozo claiming UBI is the cure-all for their insistence on destroying people's lives, i'm going to buy a big magnet and run through a server farm :)

29.05.2025 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Grok is this true?

28.05.2025 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

literally every time I hear someone say "I used AI to do [normal task they were accomplishing without its use for decades]" all I can think about is the "omg you people can't do anything" post

28.05.2025 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Robert Prevost and JB Pritzker

Robert Prevost and JB Pritzker

THE AMERICAN CENTURY IS OVER

THE ILLINOIS CENTURY IS JUST BEGINNING

08.05.2025 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 18944    πŸ” 2524    πŸ’¬ 276    πŸ“Œ 191

POPE IS FROM THE SOUTH SUBURBS LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOO

08.05.2025 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

if this is real and he was actually registered in New Lenox, calling him the "Chicago Pope" could quite possibly be the most Chicago-suburb thing to ever happen on the world stage

08.05.2025 19:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

we're gonna keep appointing new, increasingly more vance-hostile popes until he converts back to protestantism

08.05.2025 17:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1566    πŸ” 215    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 10

and he's a South Side pope!?

08.05.2025 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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BREAKING NEWS: the Vatican has just announced a change to its national flag

08.05.2025 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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