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Oh and BTW, AI users, that hollow feeling of dissatisfaction you feel after you've generated 25000 pictures?
That's why?
You're not learning anything. You're not improving yourselves. You know, deep down, that you haven't created anything.
Thus the "feeling dissatisfied" thing.
That's why?
You're not learning anything. You're not improving yourselves. You know, deep down, that you haven't created anything.
Thus the "feeling dissatisfied" thing.
December 15, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Oh and BTW, AI users, that hollow feeling of dissatisfaction you feel after you've generated 25000 pictures?
That's why?
You're not learning anything. You're not improving yourselves. You know, deep down, that you haven't created anything.
Thus the "feeling dissatisfied" thing.
That's why?
You're not learning anything. You're not improving yourselves. You know, deep down, that you haven't created anything.
Thus the "feeling dissatisfied" thing.
Look
For
The
Helpers
For
The
Helpers
SOMETHING GOOD.
This is Ahmad. He as you can see, is recovering in hospital after disarming one of the shooters at Bondi Beach. Australians have donated over 1 million dollars towards his recovery. He is such a hero.
This is Ahmad. He as you can see, is recovering in hospital after disarming one of the shooters at Bondi Beach. Australians have donated over 1 million dollars towards his recovery. He is such a hero.
December 15, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Look
For
The
Helpers
For
The
Helpers
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When Rob Reiner was on his all-time epic run at the start of his career, he had an opportunity to read a script that was looking for a production partner, and he lost his mind for it. He decided Castle Rock had to have it, no matter what.
December 15, 2025 at 7:37 AM
When Rob Reiner was on his all-time epic run at the start of his career, he had an opportunity to read a script that was looking for a production partner, and he lost his mind for it. He decided Castle Rock had to have it, no matter what.
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As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
How Rob Reiner became anti-Prop. 8 kingpin
Rob Reiner reflects on the critical role he played in getting California's gay marriage ban overturned.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
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[Pausing my bsky break for a sec:]
Huh. It's almost as if forcing customers into a technosocial paradigm of "AI" which a) many of them actively dislike for lots of reasons, b) has no meaningful public use cases, & c) is just shit-terrible at what you claim it can do Isn't good business strategy. 🤔
Huh. It's almost as if forcing customers into a technosocial paradigm of "AI" which a) many of them actively dislike for lots of reasons, b) has no meaningful public use cases, & c) is just shit-terrible at what you claim it can do Isn't good business strategy. 🤔
“tests from earlier this year found that AI agents failed to complete tasks up to 70% of the time, making them almost entirely redundant as a workforce replacement tool.”
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Microsoft Scales Back AI Goals Because Almost Nobody Is Using Copilot :: Extremetech
www.extremetech.com/computing/mi...
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Microsoft Scales Back AI Goals Because Almost Nobody Is Using Copilot :: Extremetech
www.extremetech.com/computing/mi...
Microsoft Scales Back AI Goals Because Almost Nobody Is Using Copilot
Google's Gemini is on pace to push Copilot into third place.
www.extremetech.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM
[Pausing my bsky break for a sec:]
Huh. It's almost as if forcing customers into a technosocial paradigm of "AI" which a) many of them actively dislike for lots of reasons, b) has no meaningful public use cases, & c) is just shit-terrible at what you claim it can do Isn't good business strategy. 🤔
Huh. It's almost as if forcing customers into a technosocial paradigm of "AI" which a) many of them actively dislike for lots of reasons, b) has no meaningful public use cases, & c) is just shit-terrible at what you claim it can do Isn't good business strategy. 🤔
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this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
December 15, 2025 at 2:21 AM
this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
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AI has actively made life worse for literally everyone
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
December 14, 2025 at 4:19 AM
AI has actively made life worse for literally everyone
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
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As you may know, I have stopped using Twitter, and have decided to reproduce some of my more memorable threads here for posterity. Here’s one I hold wrote after a particularly engaging swordfighting lesson.
Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I *have* studied my Agrippa!
[BIG ASS THREAD]
Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I *have* studied my Agrippa!
[BIG ASS THREAD]
a man reading a book to a young boy
Alt: a man reading a book to a young boy
media.tenor.com
June 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
As you may know, I have stopped using Twitter, and have decided to reproduce some of my more memorable threads here for posterity. Here’s one I hold wrote after a particularly engaging swordfighting lesson.
Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I *have* studied my Agrippa!
[BIG ASS THREAD]
Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I *have* studied my Agrippa!
[BIG ASS THREAD]
DAMN RIGHT.
As you may've heard, Trump had some Trumpy comments.
If you haven't seen them, you can damn well imagine.
Fuck that orange waste of oxygen.
Celebrate Rob's career and keep on laughing.
As you may've heard, Trump had some Trumpy comments.
If you haven't seen them, you can damn well imagine.
Fuck that orange waste of oxygen.
Celebrate Rob's career and keep on laughing.
Refuse to acknowledge the rants of a psychopath and sadist. Celebrate Rob Reiner and his all of his beautiful films. Watch them. Laugh with them. Cry with them. Share them.
December 15, 2025 at 9:45 PM
DAMN RIGHT.
As you may've heard, Trump had some Trumpy comments.
If you haven't seen them, you can damn well imagine.
Fuck that orange waste of oxygen.
Celebrate Rob's career and keep on laughing.
As you may've heard, Trump had some Trumpy comments.
If you haven't seen them, you can damn well imagine.
Fuck that orange waste of oxygen.
Celebrate Rob's career and keep on laughing.
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Don't miss this from @nellscovell.bsky.social about Rob Reiner. One of the best reminiscences I've read & one that makes it clear what a uniquely important gift to comedy he was. (I also knew him a little re: politics & there too, he was a gift and a mensch.) www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/how...
How Rob Reiner Turned It Up to Eleven—in Everything He Did
Our columnist Nell Scovell offers a deeply personal memory of the murdered icon.
www.thedailybeast.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Don't miss this from @nellscovell.bsky.social about Rob Reiner. One of the best reminiscences I've read & one that makes it clear what a uniquely important gift to comedy he was. (I also knew him a little re: politics & there too, he was a gift and a mensch.) www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/how...
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I’m going to put this image out here to combat the ugliness of this day…because it captures the pure joy that emanated from his great big smile. RIP Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner💔
December 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I’m going to put this image out here to combat the ugliness of this day…because it captures the pure joy that emanated from his great big smile. RIP Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner💔
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As the world mourns Rob Reiner's passing, Team Empire revisits the iconic 7 movie run that defined the legendary filmmaker's career — from This Is Spinal Tap in 1984 to 1992's Best Picture nominated A Few Good Men.
Read more: www.empireonline.com/movies...
Read more: www.empireonline.com/movies...
December 15, 2025 at 9:22 PM
As the world mourns Rob Reiner's passing, Team Empire revisits the iconic 7 movie run that defined the legendary filmmaker's career — from This Is Spinal Tap in 1984 to 1992's Best Picture nominated A Few Good Men.
Read more: www.empireonline.com/movies...
Read more: www.empireonline.com/movies...
On the other hand, at least he's treating them the same way he does everyone else?
what trump is doing to the somali-american community is deplorable.
BREAKING: Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar says her son was pulled over by immigration agents and asked to prove his citizenship.
December 15, 2025 at 12:13 PM
On the other hand, at least he's treating them the same way he does everyone else?
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Murder: bad
Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.
Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.
If you're looking for the proper anti-Zionist response to the mass murder in Australia, it's pretty simple at this stage
You just say, "Holy shit it is really bad that that happened, and I hope the perpetrators are brought to justice"
Keep it simple, folks
You just say, "Holy shit it is really bad that that happened, and I hope the perpetrators are brought to justice"
Keep it simple, folks
December 15, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Murder: bad
Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.
Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.
How long until the NRA posts Big Big with an AK-47?
December 15, 2025 at 12:06 PM
How long until the NRA posts Big Big with an AK-47?
"Yes, there's been some confusion, for you see, my roommate is..."
"...blonde."
"...blonde."
Wicked, or Assigned Roommates: The Musical
December 15, 2025 at 12:04 PM
"Yes, there's been some confusion, for you see, my roommate is..."
"...blonde."
"...blonde."
Tuberville being an Islamaphobe may be the most shocking revelation since finding gambling going on at Rick's.
This is from a Republican senator. He doesn't attack extremists or terrorists, nope, he attacks 1.7 billion people.
Meanwhile, he still supports Trump and makes excuses for the Jan 6 violent insurrection.
Hateful, hypocritical, and stupid.
Meanwhile, he still supports Trump and makes excuses for the Jan 6 violent insurrection.
Hateful, hypocritical, and stupid.
December 15, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Tuberville being an Islamaphobe may be the most shocking revelation since finding gambling going on at Rick's.
"My God, we're a gullible breed."
-- K
-- K
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 15, 2025 at 11:57 AM
"My God, we're a gullible breed."
-- K
-- K
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The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
December 15, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
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As a director, Rob Reiner released these five movies all in a row
1986 Stand by Me
1987 The Princess Bride
1989 When Harry Met Sally…
1990 Misery
1992 A Few Good Men
All remarkable and vastly different films, showing extraordinary range and talent
1986 Stand by Me
1987 The Princess Bride
1989 When Harry Met Sally…
1990 Misery
1992 A Few Good Men
All remarkable and vastly different films, showing extraordinary range and talent
RIP Rob Reiner. You were a prince and I’m grateful we intersected.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
Rob Reiner, ‘When Harry Met Sally,’ ‘The Princess Bride’ and ‘Stand by Me’ Director and ‘All in the Family’ Actor, Dies at 78 in Apparent Homicide (Report)
The two-time Emmy winner and Oscar nominee and his wife, Michele, were found dead in their Brentwood home.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:25 AM
As a director, Rob Reiner released these five movies all in a row
1986 Stand by Me
1987 The Princess Bride
1989 When Harry Met Sally…
1990 Misery
1992 A Few Good Men
All remarkable and vastly different films, showing extraordinary range and talent
1986 Stand by Me
1987 The Princess Bride
1989 When Harry Met Sally…
1990 Misery
1992 A Few Good Men
All remarkable and vastly different films, showing extraordinary range and talent
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Choosing to focus, on hearing the news of Rob Reiner's passing, to remember this moment where he was so overcome with joy and laughter that he - the director of the movie - was one of many people banished from the set in order to finish filming.
TIL nearly all of the "Miracle Max" scene from Princess Bride was improvised by Billy Crystal, and it took three ten hour days to shoot, because they couldn't get through his improv without everyone (cast and crew) laughing so hard it ruined the audio.
Mandy Patinkin bruised a rib holding it in.
Mandy Patinkin bruised a rib holding it in.
a man and a woman are standing next to each other and laughing .
Alt: Miracle Max and his wife waving goodbye from the Princess Bride.
media.tenor.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Choosing to focus, on hearing the news of Rob Reiner's passing, to remember this moment where he was so overcome with joy and laughter that he - the director of the movie - was one of many people banished from the set in order to finish filming.