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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 1d

A new government website literally called "TrumpRX.gov" that uses an AI-generated American flag missing stars 🤦

Oh and on a second look, it also has an inconsistent number of stripes. Trump's name and face are the new symbols of America apparently, the old ones are getting blurry.

An AI-generated photo of an American flag flying, lacking stars

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Electrical @electrical.bsky.social · 1d

This is actually for sale at Spirit.

a "Tariff Tunic" costume, a sandwich board listing various tariff rates by country

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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 2d

Imagine how embarrassing changes like this are going to look in 3-5 years

UNC schools of data science and information science to merge, forming unnamed ‘School of AI’

SDSS Dean Stanley Ahalt will be made dean of the new school while SILS Dean Jeffrey Bardzell will stand as the University’s Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer and Vice Provost for AI.

www.dailytarheel.com

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Electrical @electrical.bsky.social · 3d

Well humbug. Sounds like a likely end of the franchise, though I suppose I said that last time too.

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Electrical @electrical.bsky.social · 4d

Oh no. I won't be able to see it till next week, and this is exactly what I feared.

At least the soundtrack seems pretty solid, or is growing on me anyway.

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Electrical @electrical.bsky.social · 4d

We asked nicely and got to sit in the front of the Disneyland Monorail today, with the pilot. Bucket list item checked off.

Bonus picture of the controls!

Me, leaning in and giving a thumbs up while in the front of the monorail

Monorail controls. A joystick, two screens, and a bunch of excellent classic clicky buttons

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Electrical @electrical.bsky.social · 9d

It's ok, smaller scale than I expected though. I assumed it would be a whole other destination with side quests etc, but it's just an extension of Rome. Still fun, just short for $20. I haven't finished yet, but feel close to the conclusion.

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Electrical @electrical.bsky.social · 9d

nice, at this point I get excited just to finish new bite-sized DLC! Working on the Indiana Jones expansion at the moment.

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Electrical @electrical.bsky.social · 9d

what games are on the pile?

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Electrical @electrical.bsky.social · 9d

16 years later, Act III is coming to save us all.

theprotomen.bandcamp.com/album/act-ii...

Act III: This City Made Us, by The Protomen

2 track album

theprotomen.bandcamp.com

Electrical @electrical.bsky.social · 12d

Sure doesn't seem like the Outer Banks will exist much longer. See the area while you can.

Electrical @electrical.bsky.social · 12d

My understanding was that these houses have been abandoned for a long time, as the inevitable became obvious. I'm surprised to see there was still stuff like appliances inside.

SamWalkerOBXNews 🎙📻📰🥍🦓 @samwalkerobxnews.com · 12d

BREAKING: Five houses collapsed over a roughly 60 minute period this afternoon in Buxton. Details: islandfreepress.org/outer-banks-... [@IslandFreePress video] #yestv #ncwx #obx #Humberto #Imelda

Electrical @electrical.bsky.social · 17d

I bought the Tron: Ares soundtrack on CD, my fist physical album in maybe a decade. It's in this little cardboard sleeve, and I'm kind of disappointed to not have a new jewel case in my life.

A cardboard CD sleeve viewed from the side, very thin.

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Electrical @electrical.bsky.social · 18d

A small win that feels huge to me today.

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Electrical @electrical.bsky.social · 18d

This is the seventh year I've volunteered with the UX Y'all conference, and the sixth time I've had actual responsibility for planning a part of it.

This year I FINALLY figured out how to run the registration desk efficiently, and we avoided the traditional embarrassingly long line.

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Electrical @electrical.bsky.social · 19d

I still listen to 2010's Tron Legacy Daft Punk soundtrack regularly - it's my favorite album of all time.

Will the new NiN Tron album will have the same staying power, will I listen to it in the impossible-sounding year of 2040?

I'll just be happy to make it there.

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Electrical @electrical.bsky.social · 21d

I'm contributing, I'm involved and pulling whatever minor levers of power are available to me. But the despair is real.

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Electrical @electrical.bsky.social · 21d

How do you consume news of any kind and not give in to despair?

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Frankie Huang 黄碧赤 @ourobororoboruo.bsky.social · 21d

It must be a capitalist’s dream come true to keep employing a dead man but no longer needing to pay him, since he no longer needs food or shelter or autonomy.

The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 23d

For decades, Stan Lee was the king of comic conventions. Now, nearly seven years after his death at the age of 95, he will once again be a presence at L.A. Comic Con, this time as a hologram that will use AI to have conversations with fans.

An AI Stan Lee Hologram Will Speak With Fans at L.A. Comic Con

For decades, Stan Lee was the king of comic conventions. Now, nearly seven years after his death at the age of 95, he will once again be a presence at L.A. Comic Con, this time as a hologram that will use AI to have conversations with fans.

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Electrical @electrical.bsky.social · 23d

Bring back Michael Eisner.

A tweet from Michael Eisner: Where has all the leadership gone? If not for university presidents, law firm managing partners, and corporate chief executives standing up against bullies, who then will step up for the first amendment? The "suspending indefinitely" of Jimmy Kimmel immediately after the Chairman of the FCC's aggressive yet hollow threatening of the Disney Company is yet another example of out-of- control intimidation. Maybe the Constitution should have said, "Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, except in one's political or financial self-interest." By-the- way, for the record, this ex-CEO finds Jimmy Kimmel very talented and funny.

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K. Thor Jensen @kthorjensen.bsky.social · 25d

Everything is Gamergate and no corporation will ever learn any lesson from it

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 25d

*DISNEY'S ABC PULLS KIMMEL SHOW INDEFINITELY, WSJ REPORTER POSTS

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Justin Joque @jjoque.bsky.social · 24d

This whole video right up to the end is amazing. It’s kind of satisfying watching him have to deal with how shitty the technology they’re trying to force on us is. I miss when things used to work

Shacknews @shacknews.com · 25d

Mark Zuckerberg reacts to failed LiveAI recipe and Meta Ray-Ban Display video call demos at Connect 2025 #Meta #AI #MetaConnect

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Electrical @electrical.bsky.social · 24d

I put an antenna in the attic, drilled one hole to run the coax into a closet, and that's where Tablo itself lives. Then I use Tablo's apps on my phone & TV to watch both live & recorded stuff. Attach an optional hard drive for extra storage & higher video quality.

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Electrical @electrical.bsky.social · 24d

re: discussion of cancelling streaming services.

I know lots of stuff isn't on networks anymore, but I love my Tablo DVR. Connect an antenna, record things, watch it on any device in your house. Less than $100, no subscription fees at all.

www.tablotv.com/product

Product - Tablo TV

Tablo is your portal to a world of endless TV entertainment. A single Tablo device delivers high-definition network TV and free streaming channels to every screen in your home so the whole family can ...

www.tablotv.com

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