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Saren @saren.bsky.social · 2d

Joe Flacco is still elite.

Saren @saren.bsky.social · 3d

Gen X prioritizes quality, reliability, and transparency over hype. They make informed, planned purchases, valuing loyalty programs, honest communication, and consistent product quality.

Gen X Characteristics in 2025: Data & Insights for Brands

Discover Gen X characteristics in 2025: autonomy, resilience, tech adoption, and brand loyalty. Actionable insights for brands and employers.

heuritech.com

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Saren @saren.bsky.social · 4d

Creativity in an AI world is basically a friction between the unique thoughts and feelings expressed by an individual human that triggers emotions in thousands humans vs an AI that takes collective expressions of thousands of humans and reduces it to the lowest common denominator.

Saren @saren.bsky.social · 5d

Free car wash day in OC. Can’t complain about that.

Saren @saren.bsky.social · 6d

This looks incredible on its face, but the Adrian Tomine feature makes it doubly so.

youtu.be/SODC4UIgrLg

McSweeney's 80 | Teaser Trailer

YouTube video by McSweeney's Internet Tendency

youtu.be

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Saren @saren.bsky.social · 9d

Yo, Gen X, you remember when MTV counterprogrammed with their own “Butt Bowl” specials featuring Beavis and Butt-Head during several Super Bowls in the 1990s?

#genx #SuperBowl

Saren @saren.bsky.social · 14d

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2strong2silence.bsky.social @2strong2silence.bsky.social · 14d

The only thing I know is this:
Ain’t shit gone right for The Ravens since Jim Harbaugh visited the orange fat one & sang his praises. Carry on.

a man with glasses and a yellow hat is holding a cup and saucer with fx written on the bottom

ALT: a man with glasses and a yellow hat is holding a cup and saucer with fx written on the bottom

media.tenor.com

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Saren @saren.bsky.social · 16d

I live in SoCal, why I need a weather widget?

Saren @saren.bsky.social · 18d

Anyone have a Sora by Open AI invite code they could spare?

#sora2 #openai #sorabyopenai

Saren @saren.bsky.social · 20d

Please consider signing this open letter calling for the protection/preservation of one of the most significant artifacts discovered in the WWII camps, the Wakasa memorial stone, and its site, in Topaz.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Open Letter on the Wakasa Memorial Stone and Site (sign on and share by October 31st)

We, the Wakasa Memorial Committee, are issuing this public call to action and cooperation, with the goal of having the community move forward to protect and preserve the Wakasa sacred site and its mem...

docs.google.com

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Saren @saren.bsky.social · 28d

AI paper of the day, every day
huggingface.co/papers/

Daily Papers - Hugging Face

Your daily dose of AI research from AK

huggingface.co

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Saren @saren.bsky.social · 28d

@congressmin.bsky.social I’m extremely disappointed to learn you voted in favor of honoring C Kirk along with 94 other democrats. Trans Hate, White Supremacy and Christian Nationalism are not values to be honored. Was I wrong to believe you were against bigotry, racism, homophobia? That vote sucked.

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Saren @saren.bsky.social · 28d

@mattfarmerai.bsky.social it would be great to have you over here in the fediverse. Own your content.

Saren @saren.bsky.social · Sep 10

I’ve got pro accounts on ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity. AMA.

Saren @saren.bsky.social · Sep 10

Just watched a clip of Jack Black describing a “chrono marathon”, where in order to get back into music, he would pick a band and go through their whole catalogue from beginning to end chronologically. Damn that’s a good idea. Where to start? Clash, Tribe or Automator maybe?

#chronomarathon

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Saren @saren.bsky.social · Sep 9

Ghost of Yotei will launch on October 2, 2025.

Saren @saren.bsky.social · Sep 8

I'm hiding from reality by watching old movies. Today's feature is The Bullet Train (1975). It's spectacular. Sony Chiba, Ken Takakura, bit part for Takashi Shimura. Speed ripped this off.

Criminals plant a bomb on a high-speed train. It will explode when the train slows down, unless a ransom is paid.

Saren @saren.bsky.social · Sep 1

I’m at Pho 79 in Garden Grove and sitting next to us is this tween girl with her family, and she’s full on finishing her broth with a straw.

Rude or shrewd?

Saren @saren.bsky.social · Aug 24

Looking through thegreatestbooks.org and figuring out that something like 2.7% of the top 1000 authors are Gen X.

15 were born between 1965 and 1980. 12 more are 1961-1964. 27 out of 1000 is 2.7%.

The Greatest Books of All Time

The Greatest Books of All Time. This list is generated by aggregating 664 lists from various critics, authors, experts, and readers.

thegreatestbooks.org

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surfmint.co @yoshikala.bsky.social · Aug 20

Genji Diary /Senior Year!

New "PEACE IS THE NEW COOL" Surf Mint shirts now on TikTok shop!!!
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTHGBwqSMG...

#surfmjnt #17yearold #surfinglife #japan #beachlife #seniorbackpack
#TikTokShop @surfmint.co

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Saren @saren.bsky.social · Aug 19

Just because is not a strategy.

fortune.com/2025/08/18/m...

MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing

There’s a stark difference in success rates between companies that purchase AI tools from vendors and those that build them internally.

fortune.com

Saren @saren.bsky.social · Aug 15

In a room with 6 Gen Z devs I just used the word wysiwyg and 0 of them knew what I was talking about.

#wtf #genx #genz

Saren @saren.bsky.social · Aug 6

This could be spicy. A look inside the upcoming Deadpool/Batman #1 crossover—variant covers—featuring more long-awaited Marvel/DC crossover Psylocke vs. Huntress.

#j-comics #nikkeiverse

A first look inside the upcoming Deadpool/Batman #1 crossover variant covers featuring more long-awaited Marvel/DC crossover Psylocke vs. Huntress.

Saren @saren.bsky.social · Aug 5

Spilling the marketing tea. This explains a lot about that empty feeling you get whenever you use tools from big companies.

rys.io/en/180.html

The Hype is the Product

Large publicly traded tech companies seem to no longer consider their customers – that is, people and organizations who actually buy their products or pay for access to their services – their core foc

rys.io

Saren @saren.bsky.social · Aug 2

The Corporation for Pubic Broadcasting is the only corporation I have ever loved. Thank you for my childhood, my early education, and a good percentage of my parents naps and sanity in my salad days.

We will avenge you.

#generationx

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