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Karloffornication
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Minor writer. https://adamscantwell.blogspot.com/ “A Forest with its Mouth Open Wide” still in print, hardcover weird fiction collection (search ebay) Previously Egaeus Press, Mount Abraxas, Raphus Press, Fiddleblack
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Deleted my (unused for years) air bnb account, the company sucks
Joe Gebbia (from AirBNB) DOES NOT LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY. He's giving *millions* of his own dollars to try to undermine the will and wisdom of the people of New York City. In a just society, his greed and whims would mean nothing. Let's make that hope for a just society into reality.
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I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.

This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
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every Democrat in the country should not only endorse Mamdani within three hours but they should denounce and condemn Andrew Cuomo and demand he retire from politics forever
So here's Andrew Cuomo reacting to Maria Bartiromo wondering if Mamdani will "change the look of New York" and have Muslim women "completely covered up," telling her that Mamdani "doesn't understand New York culture" because he has "dual citizenship" and "he's a citizen of Uganda."
Always wanted to start an “ATTICA, ATTICA” chant like Pacino in Dog Day Afternoon

Maybe I’ll get my chance
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Magnavox 3” Personal View pocket TV (1988)
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[Happy birthday to Cuban singer Omara Portuondo Peláez, 95 years old, still a member of the Buena Vista Social Club, and nominated for a Grammy as recently as 2024! Mantente seguro, Omara, si estás en casa en Malecón.]

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Christopher Lee’s nostrils are even more asymmetric than mine own!
Quit badmouthing cargo cults
those of us working on the ground
Not the point but- ugh, Foray, honing, shift focus. Just completely meaningless little tumors of style
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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‘Garth Marenghi’s Skull Flusher’ ep 1 is now LIVE.

Horror Master GARTH MARENGHI flushes the creative skull of Fellow Horror Master MIKE FLANAGAN.

m.youtube.com/@TheGarthMar...
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Not a helpful observation but as a reader I have real trouble imagining the mentality of the illiterate USian- not as a judgement, but just... how
tbh i think the US has always had a lot of basically illiterate adults, like they can read words but have basically no ability to extract meaning from adult-level text; AI is making it more apparent because they're incapable of proofreading the shit it spews out for them or discerning that it sucks
I'm pretty allergic to doomerism but the closest I get is when I see teachers talking about how bad it is out there. Does nobody really know how to read or write anymore
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tbh i think the US has always had a lot of basically illiterate adults, like they can read words but have basically no ability to extract meaning from adult-level text; AI is making it more apparent because they're incapable of proofreading the shit it spews out for them or discerning that it sucks
I'm pretty allergic to doomerism but the closest I get is when I see teachers talking about how bad it is out there. Does nobody really know how to read or write anymore
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Soft Cell were an equal partnership who, when firing on all cylinders as usual, were unbeatable. You get the best sense of how brilliant Dave Ball was (and Marc too) on the 12" mixes of singles. Some of the greatest records of all time.

Memorabilia goes hard as hell.

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Memorabilia 12 inch / Soft Cell
YouTube video by Melancholy Rose
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I mean, yes! Maybe we can throw a cup of ice at the fabulous thunderbirds!
She’s an irreplaceable voice for her group- americans with the bugs bunny money