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I love this, so it cost more, took more time, looked worse and everyone STILL hated it. I can see why so many people think it’s the future 😂😂
The company behind the mcdonalds ad:
Imagine taking more time than it would take to do something traditionally. I bet it would take a builder longer to build a house out of jelly instead of brick, because jelly isn't brick.
Imagine taking more time than it would take to do something traditionally. I bet it would take a builder longer to build a house out of jelly instead of brick, because jelly isn't brick.
December 10, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I love this, so it cost more, took more time, looked worse and everyone STILL hated it. I can see why so many people think it’s the future 😂😂
Welp striking instacart off the list.
AI is why we can't have nice things. Consumer Reports is why we can.
www.consumerreports.org/money/questi...
AI is why we can't have nice things. Consumer Reports is why we can.
www.consumerreports.org/money/questi...
Instacart’s AI-Enabled Pricing Experiments May Be Inflating Your Grocery Bill, CR and Groundwork Collaborative Investigation Finds - Consumer Reports
Exclusive: Instacart’s AI pricing may be inflating your grocery bill.
www.consumerreports.org
December 10, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Welp striking instacart off the list.
AI is why we can't have nice things. Consumer Reports is why we can.
www.consumerreports.org/money/questi...
AI is why we can't have nice things. Consumer Reports is why we can.
www.consumerreports.org/money/questi...
Somehow your mom did it, Sam.
Relatedly I'd like to punch both these mofos right in the triangle.
Relatedly I'd like to punch both these mofos right in the triangle.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Somehow your mom did it, Sam.
Relatedly I'd like to punch both these mofos right in the triangle.
Relatedly I'd like to punch both these mofos right in the triangle.
Nothing has changed. This tech is still douchie AF.
I love how the premise of trying again with a socially rejected product is now it's harder to recognise it
Glassholes were driven from polite society. It could happen again.
December 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Nothing has changed. This tech is still douchie AF.
I should have just shown this instead of the presentation I gave on this topic this morning.
youtube.com/shorts/YNmQg...
youtube.com/shorts/YNmQg...
Toxic CEO: AI Hallucinations 🤖 Office Animation Meme | Original Video: Under Studio x @Nick_Harron
YouTube video by Under Studio
youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I should have just shown this instead of the presentation I gave on this topic this morning.
youtube.com/shorts/YNmQg...
youtube.com/shorts/YNmQg...
Terrible. Super terrible. I occasionally like to indulge in some fries but now I can't have nice things and it's AIs fault.
This is also not the brag the guys who created it think it is.
This is also not the brag the guys who created it think it is.
Looks like complete dogshit thanks
McDonald's has released an AI-generated Christmas ad
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
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The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
Comments have been turned off on YouTube
December 8, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Terrible. Super terrible. I occasionally like to indulge in some fries but now I can't have nice things and it's AIs fault.
This is also not the brag the guys who created it think it is.
This is also not the brag the guys who created it think it is.
Girl I'm still on Pandora.
Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
How to quit Spotify
This Black Friday, here's a guide to finding the best Spotify alternative
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Girl I'm still on Pandora.
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This technology that people in school administrations and higher education are demanding everyone get behind because it's "the future" and "we just have to accept it," which is, nfn, the language of abuse.
The rise of deepfake pornography in schools: ‘One girl was so horrified she vomited’ www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
The rise of deepfake pornography in schools: ‘One girl was so horrified she vomited’
The use of ‘nudify’ apps is becoming more and more prevalent, with hundreds of teachers having seen images created by pupils, often of their peers. The fallout is huge – and growing fast
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:59 AM
This technology that people in school administrations and higher education are demanding everyone get behind because it's "the future" and "we just have to accept it," which is, nfn, the language of abuse.
Services aren't designed to be revenue generators. More grift and spin from the grifting spinners.
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Services aren't designed to be revenue generators. More grift and spin from the grifting spinners.
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"The University of Tennessee System's contract with Proctorio will conclude on January 31, 2026."
That's 60,000+ students.
www.utm.edu/offices-and-...
That's 60,000+ students.
www.utm.edu/offices-and-...
Information Technology Services | UT Martin
UT Martin is a primary campus in the University of Tennessee System and is known for excellence and outstanding value in undergraduate education.
www.utm.edu
December 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
"The University of Tennessee System's contract with Proctorio will conclude on January 31, 2026."
That's 60,000+ students.
www.utm.edu/offices-and-...
That's 60,000+ students.
www.utm.edu/offices-and-...
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I’ve been thinking about the intellectual and affective labor involved in reading AI Generated student papers. I’m forecasting a little of the proposal that @cnygren.bsky.social and I advance in a piece that’ll be out soon but here’s where I’ve personally landed (o speak for myself not for us both):
December 4, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I’ve been thinking about the intellectual and affective labor involved in reading AI Generated student papers. I’m forecasting a little of the proposal that @cnygren.bsky.social and I advance in a piece that’ll be out soon but here’s where I’ve personally landed (o speak for myself not for us both):
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This is how the racket WORKS - even if the numbers aren't being massaged (which they almost certainly are), they're also deliberately front-loaded so that all the good will come early, and the bad will be revealed once it's fully entrenched bsky.app/profile/elec...
Going by every tech trend of the past 30 years, the numbers will look great right until they hit a certain scale, then look very very bad, which is tough shit because by then it's already ingrained in our society and all but impossible to eliminate or even reduce
We don't need a gigantic Rube Goldberg system owned and operated by an aspiring monopoly just to increase safety, much less do what we should and actually figure out a way to use cars less (as opposed to supercharging their use, which this will)
December 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is how the racket WORKS - even if the numbers aren't being massaged (which they almost certainly are), they're also deliberately front-loaded so that all the good will come early, and the bad will be revealed once it's fully entrenched bsky.app/profile/elec...
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I know this is the website where basically no one watches cable but there's this DHS ad with Kristi Noem telling people to self-deport and it's reached the point where my 75 year old mother yells obscenities at the TV that I usually see typed out in League of Legends lobbies
December 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I know this is the website where basically no one watches cable but there's this DHS ad with Kristi Noem telling people to self-deport and it's reached the point where my 75 year old mother yells obscenities at the TV that I usually see typed out in League of Legends lobbies
I am exhausted by bigots spewing hate and ruining lives to get their 15 mins of fame.
Gross. Both of them. Gross.
Gross. Both of them. Gross.
Pretty bad when the University of Oklahoma puts an instructor on “administrative leave” for failing a student who wrote an objectively terrible paper. We know what’s really behind it.
December 3, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I am exhausted by bigots spewing hate and ruining lives to get their 15 mins of fame.
Gross. Both of them. Gross.
Gross. Both of them. Gross.
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Cosplay is complicated.
This FBI “pulse check” report on the dept under Patel and Bongino is a mixed bag - the fibbies love having no more sensitivity training but many hate going on ICE raids and think leadership is weak - but this anecdote is clearly gold: K$H Patel wearing the traditional FBI Director’s ladies clothes.
December 1, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Cosplay is complicated.
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EXCLUSIVE: what happens to a member of Somerville YIMBY (“yes in my backyard”) when there’s a big construction project literally in his backyard? Let’s find out 👀
November 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
EXCLUSIVE: what happens to a member of Somerville YIMBY (“yes in my backyard”) when there’s a big construction project literally in his backyard? Let’s find out 👀
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I've written a short comment regarding this new MIT study that is being passed around and why it is horseshit. "11.7% of US workforce is being replaced by AI" my ass. Thought that might be of interest. Also - thanks for all your work, you are one of the best resources out there.
AI isn't coming for your job: Melting the Iceberg
Why the new MIT Study speaking of 11.7% automation is horseshit and why the way it's being reported is even worse
open.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I've written a short comment regarding this new MIT study that is being passed around and why it is horseshit. "11.7% of US workforce is being replaced by AI" my ass. Thought that might be of interest. Also - thanks for all your work, you are one of the best resources out there.
It's been a scam from jump and continues to scam it up scam style.
November 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
It's been a scam from jump and continues to scam it up scam style.
Pro-tip: do NOT put your phone number in the tip jar instead of actual money cuz your digits gonna end up in the group chat and those of us who have worked in food service are vindictive AF.
November 30, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Pro-tip: do NOT put your phone number in the tip jar instead of actual money cuz your digits gonna end up in the group chat and those of us who have worked in food service are vindictive AF.
The emperor has never had clothes.
my “AI is over” anecdote is that my wife was hired over the summer to write scripts for a big tech company explaining how to use their AI tools and after many rounds of revisions, the latest notes said “we’re finding a lot of AI fatigue among our users” and to remove all references to AI
Anecdotally on twitter seeing a big shift the last few days from every AI slop account saying every other creative field is “over” and they’re in control now to now posting about how nobody likes them and it’s not fair and they’ll persevere and real artists respect and uplift eachother
November 30, 2025 at 1:54 AM
The emperor has never had clothes.
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Feed kids, fix roads, fund hospitals.
The campaign slogans are getting better and better.
The campaign slogans are getting better and better.
I don’t know anything about this special other than (1) it’s a very bad sign for the Republicans that they have to break out their biggest firepower in a special election in a deep red district and (2) you can find out more about the Democratic candidate, Aftyn Behn, here:
November 28, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Feed kids, fix roads, fund hospitals.
The campaign slogans are getting better and better.
The campaign slogans are getting better and better.
Add Northwestern to the list of cowards who caved.
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Add Northwestern to the list of cowards who caved.
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We are thankful to students and faculty at the Reynolds School of Journalism who have helped us build Atlasofsurveillance.org, the biggest database of police surveillance in the United States.
Atlas of Surveillance
Documenting Police Tech in Our Communities with Open Source Research
www.atlasofsurveillance.org
November 27, 2025 at 8:26 PM
We are thankful to students and faculty at the Reynolds School of Journalism who have helped us build Atlasofsurveillance.org, the biggest database of police surveillance in the United States.
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In 2019, TikTok admitted to suppressing the content of fat, disabled, and queer users. In 2020 they claim a “glitch” caused the suppression of George Floyd content.
Sora exists to manufacture and disseminate racism, misogyny, and misogynoir at scale.
These systems are operating as intended.
Sora exists to manufacture and disseminate racism, misogyny, and misogynoir at scale.
These systems are operating as intended.
November 26, 2025 at 12:17 PM
In 2019, TikTok admitted to suppressing the content of fat, disabled, and queer users. In 2020 they claim a “glitch” caused the suppression of George Floyd content.
Sora exists to manufacture and disseminate racism, misogyny, and misogynoir at scale.
These systems are operating as intended.
Sora exists to manufacture and disseminate racism, misogyny, and misogynoir at scale.
These systems are operating as intended.
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Please watch this.
The Senate killed a bill to ban state regulation of AI by a vote of 99-1 this spring. Now the industry - eager to stay unregulated - and Trump are scheming to shove the provision in the national defense bill.
You need to know this, so you can help stop it.
The Senate killed a bill to ban state regulation of AI by a vote of 99-1 this spring. Now the industry - eager to stay unregulated - and Trump are scheming to shove the provision in the national defense bill.
You need to know this, so you can help stop it.
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Please watch this.
The Senate killed a bill to ban state regulation of AI by a vote of 99-1 this spring. Now the industry - eager to stay unregulated - and Trump are scheming to shove the provision in the national defense bill.
You need to know this, so you can help stop it.
The Senate killed a bill to ban state regulation of AI by a vote of 99-1 this spring. Now the industry - eager to stay unregulated - and Trump are scheming to shove the provision in the national defense bill.
You need to know this, so you can help stop it.