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Now reading: THE EXTINCTION OF IRENA RAY by Jennifer Croft.

In case you need to send this to some dingus the next time they bring up how using AI is fine + good, actually.

Imagine what the Left Behind crowd would have said if Obama had done something like this.

*picks the DVD lens cleaner disc from the Criterion Closet *

the guy in the snapdragon commercial who uses ai to generate a bedtime story to tell his kids demonstrates that ai is really useful for inventing new and astonishing ways to be a loser

Meyer lemon on restaurant menu so you know what classic post I’m thinking about

Brushing my teeth before going to the dentist like I can fool ‘em.

I'm viscerally against gen AI filmmaking. I'm also fascinated by its allure for so many artists—and bothered that festivals like #Berlinale2025 would platform an entirely AI-generated feature, "What's Next?" So I sat down with its director to talk about it www.polygon.com/ai-artificia...

Now reading: THE MAGIC HOURS by John Bleasdale. (Very excited about this one, courtesy of @mzspress.bsky.social !)

A certain town in Missouri would disagree, Spelling Bee.

the thing I hate most about that rfk quote is that autistic lives have value and worth and beauty and dignity whether they are able to do the things other people do or not. no one is defined by ability or lack thereof and to frame divergence as lack is monster stuff, utterly godless

Now reading: THE INVISIBLE CIRCUS by Jennifer Egan.

Just went and knocked on a bunch of doors to let people know about the June 10th special election in HB - most were unaware and happy to be informed! If you are an HB resident or know people who are, please ask them to vote YES on both measures to protect our library!

This is high art

chat, is there anything in christianity about forgiving the people who killed your son

first months

A person who graduated in 1970 has lived through the same number of economic drop-kicks, at roughly the same frequency, as someone who graduated in 2000. The reason it *seems* worse now is the difference in living during the waning years of the New Deal and the halcyon days of neoliberalism.

Always read Kaleb.

@jspencersharpe.bsky.social Found your new hometown.

Buy something from my daughter’s shop! Trans lives matter! Those two things are related but you don’t have to do the first in order to prove you believe the second! Maybe! noellitabonita.com

The Pilot G2 retractable is the Supreme Ruler of Pens. No fancy pen even comes close.

Somebody check on the category guy at Amazon, he’s going through it right now

Now reading (a highly anticipated one for me): GOOD SOIL by Jeff Chu.