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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · Aug 25

help me stay alive so I can make more stupid shit ♥ patreon.com/mrlovenstein

thank you so much

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 14h

*a gamestop location closes*

the gamers... I can feel their power receding

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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 21h

I don't think an algo has taken over bluesky... yet

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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 15h

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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 16h

looking to enter a relationship where I feed on the little morsels stuck in your teeth and in return you don't eat me

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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 17h

do they ever... EVER do this much critical analysis of male video game characters?

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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 17h

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CymorgComics @cymorgcomics.bsky.social · Sep 9

Works every time

(Do not attempt)

#comics #webcomics

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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 21h

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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 21h

I don't think an algo has taken over bluesky... yet

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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 1d

lucky dog

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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 1d

lucky dog

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 2d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 2d

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feeling seen

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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 3d

feeling seen

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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 6d

all bark

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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 6d

Fus Ro Dog

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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 6d

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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 6d

all bark

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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 7d

nice and easy

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