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aurelius.quest
Failed academic, software developer, cat person, parent of children, maker of pizza, pro-library partisan, Guardians enthusiast, skeptic of your philosophical system
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It's so poisonous, especially because it still has this effect on people who otherwise hate AI. My bf despises AI both in art and in his field of software development. But this morning he believed Google's summary when it told him there was a dog breed called the Lesser Pyranees!

Rook is an *amazing* artist. They have done some outstanding paintings and I'm proud that I own one. Take a look at their wishlist and maybe get yourself one of their pieces.

I talked to my dad this morning and he asked me, chuckling if I saw the parade. Me: parade? Him: Hahaha, you weren't with those losers at that dumb parade? Me: Uh? The Pride Parade? Why do you even care? Him: *howling now* No! Was that yesterday too?? I meant Trump's parade.

It's more pathetic than I even dared dream. 😂 He fantasized about a show of power and a clash with protestors and violence ... And instead everyone is at a different party. Laughing at him.

The LAPD budget for 2025 is $2.14 billion. The LASD budget for 2024 was $4.16 billion.

Hi everyone I was denied entry, detained, and deported from the USA over the last 48 hours because of my reporting on the Columbia student protests I arrived back in Melbourne hours ago and had my phone handed back to me upon landing

No Kings includes Draft Kings

35 years later, the Columbus Ohio Pride Parade is well over two hours long. I don’t think it’s POSSIBLE to reset this to 1990, let alone 1950.

Turns out a wheelchair is a self-contained multimedia rig. #nokings

Just hanging out, at the library, with a jazz band, for Juneteenth

Thread.

Got MMR booster today and now my arm hurts. So much for vaccines being beneficial.

I'm praying for ICE agents today. May they not know a moment's peace until they quit, and seek amends. May their children revile them. May their parents regret them. May they know they deserve the hatred and distrust of their countrymen. And may all their tomatoes be underripe and flavorless.

There are SO MANY protests. Yes, in your red state. Go to a big one. Go to a small one. Go to one, if you can.

They just stumbled into a fascism.

It's been a long week. More overwhelming news and scary developments. But we made it. I'm glad you're here. It's Friday afternoon. And that means something. At least one. Good. Thing.

“Last week’s pizza was weird. I’ll make something normal tonight.” (Salami and asparagus)

Every time I post about baseball or Star Wars I remember the weirdo on Twitter (Peter Pattakos, Esq.) who insisted I was not just some rando "who posts about baseball & Star Wars" but in fact a paid Russian agent spreading the heinous lie that *checks notes* COVID is dangerous and Long COVID is real

I know.

Look at that, they fired all those "DEI reporters" to suck up for nothing. Nice job complying in advance, assholes

So in addition to all the others, free Leonardo Fausto as well!

The whole point of DARPA was to distribute the communication system so if something broke one place, the rest of the network would survive. Resiliency was the point. Well, Google broke that, huh?

👴🏻Shaboozey and Lil Nas X and Beyoncé are fine! But we have to retvrn to traditional country music! 🧔🏿‍♂️You mean back when African slaves invented the banjo and country music? 👴🏻No that's too far back! 🧔🏿‍♂️Oh, you mean to Black country music Grammy pioneers, like Ray Charles? 👴🏻No that's still too far!

The groundwork was laid for this in 2020 and again last year during the campus Gaza protests

Him: "what is that like our flag means death for straight people?” Me: "what?" Him: *indicates Master and Commander* ...I still haven't answered Every time I try I crack up again

Mask is dropping. He doesn't feel he has to try and hide it anymore as his actions to date have had zero negative consequences for him.

“Meta does not indicate to users what their privacy settings are as they post, or where they are even posting to. So, if you log into Meta AI with Instagram, and your Instagram account is public, then so too are your searches about how to meet ‘big booty women.’”