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John Gary @johngary.bsky.social · 10h

Which is to say I am not surprised that low-budget low-effort low-goal content is extensively utilizing LLMs to drive down cost.

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John Gary @johngary.bsky.social · 10h

The article Javi is reacting to here claims to quote anonymous showrunners, and at first I was like who the eff is that reporter talking to and then I see he's not a reporter, he's a former Netflix exec who now owns a production company and I doubt he's ever made a show under a WGA contract.

javier grillo-marxuach @okbjgm.bsky.social · 10h

a few years ago i sincerely believed it to be the duty of artists to take these tools and show the world how to use them humanely and respectfully. i don’t believe that any more. every time i have tried i have left the experience frustrated and angry…

pjrodriguez.bsky.social @pjrodriguez.bsky.social · 11h

@okbjgm.bsky.social uh wut theankler.com/p/run-it-thr...

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John Gary @johngary.bsky.social · 2d

how long before antifa is classified as a cartel

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 2d

CLASSIFIED JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OPINION AUTHORIZES STRIKES ON SECRET LIST OF CARTELS -CNN

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John Gary @johngary.bsky.social · 2d

I am hearing if people are stuck because of plane shutdowns Duffy will drive people around in the road rules suv.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Sean Duffy says the safety of the air traffic control system will start being impacted next Sunday if the shutdown continues

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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 2d

Probably will make people mad but: West Coast urbanism is too much driven by people who have never experienced it

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John Gary @johngary.bsky.social · 3d

It lands with me.

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John Gary @johngary.bsky.social · 4d

A surprise to all.

John Gary @johngary.bsky.social · 4d

Goddamn I wish I could be there! A marquee movie for me.

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John Gary @johngary.bsky.social · 8d

We built that world, and then in two generations we tore it down.

MegueyB @megueyb.bsky.social · 8d

In my life-time, I've watched the "American Dream" that my grandparents had, of a 2-parent family in a house they own in a robust community with decent schools and engaging civic life, with one good-paying job one spouse can retire from at 65, become an absolute castle-in-the-sky for most people.

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John Gary @johngary.bsky.social · 8d

The other, just as likely truth is that Trump is blatantly lying when confronted with facts that make him look like a shithead.

onion person @junlper.beer · 9d

starting to think that an increasingly senile trump is being shown a different reality by his aides by making ai videos of shit and telling him it’s real news

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John Gary @johngary.bsky.social · 8d

Visiting Paris before the pedestrianization and after was a complete revelation for me. Paris is my kids’ favorite city because “it’s all just people walking.” We can make this happen.

Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 9d

Paris celebrated the opening of its 300th “school street”: landscaped & pedestrianized or semi-pedestrianized blocks situated in front of schools. Most have been completed since 2020.

Paris passe le cap des 300 rues piétonnes près des écoles pour être « plus accueillante aux enfants »

La municipalité, qui a organisé samedi une fête dédiée, tire un bilan positif de ces espaces piétonnisés aux abords des établissements scola

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John Gary @johngary.bsky.social · 9d

Two stars, look like Noel and Liam

David M Rubin @six18sfoundry.bsky.social · 9d

Morning Glory w star emanating from deep inside

Morning glory in batch of weeds on side of the road. Purple w pink and white at center that is positively glowing

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John Gary @johngary.bsky.social · 9d

EA bout to enter its Toys R Us era

Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 9d

It’s official: EA is going private.

The leveraged buyout will be financed by a staggering $20 billion of debt, which likely means some *aggressive* cost cutting is ahead for EA in the coming months and years.

www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...

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John Gary @johngary.bsky.social · 9d

Do you have the JD and the Straight Shot Tiny Desk?

John Gary @johngary.bsky.social · 9d

That’s a broad brush you’re painting with, friend.

John Gary @johngary.bsky.social · 10d

Guys they say 2024 represents an historical mandate because that rhetorical confidence is what gives them power. Our refusal to take control of the message is the thing keeping us from power even when we hold office.

Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 10d

separate from everything, the idea that 2020 was a squeaker but 2024 represents a historical mandate will simply be the death of me

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John Gary @johngary.bsky.social · 11d

Many schools do here too!

John Gary @johngary.bsky.social · 12d

All these ICE guys look like they spent the pandemic popping roids and watching Voltage Pictures action movies and now they’re living out the fantasies they created in their heads as they scrolled r/JSOC.

Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 13d

Video below: “I am American. I am American.” A man pleads, “Ayúdame, ayúdame. Help me!”

Meanwhile, an ICE officer pulls a gun on innocent bystanders — in Hyattsville, MD. This is happening in America. Right now.

What are we doing about this? It MUST stop. @SenateDems @HouseDemocrats

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John Gary @johngary.bsky.social · 12d

Hakeem Jeffies reading this, thinking to himself about how the price of ground beef keeps going up.

Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 13d

It’s past time for Democrats to launch a serious perjury investigation into Emil Bove, who very clearly lied before Congress (unlike James Comey) to cover up his own egregious, unlawful misconduct (unlike Comey). His robes should not shield him from consequences for his brazen law-breaking.

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John Gary @johngary.bsky.social · 13d

OK seems probable. bsky.app/profile/kvan...

Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 13d

this is also ... such a weird thing to say!

He also reflected on being at the Emmys alongside so many celebrities, saying he felt slightly removed from the awards. “It was crazy, I just wasn’t a part of it,” he said. “Even though I was hosting it. I just wasn’t mixed in.”

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John Gary @johngary.bsky.social · 13d

Is it possible that Nate Bargatze has never watched an awards show before.

Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 13d

this explanation for bargatze's emmys bit is ... my mind honestly boggled

www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...

Bargatze said the bit originated after CBS asked him to come up with a way to keep the acceptance speeches short. He said CBS was “very happy” with the idea, as was “everyone at home.” He acknowledged that many of the critics didn’t feel the same way. He also didn’t assume that he would be the one on the hook to donate the money.

“I wasn’t trying to overshadow any of their speeches,” Bargatze said. “I thought it was gonna be, I don’t know, Netflix donating, or Apple. The shows that won! It’s not like I expected that kid [Owen Cooper] to give money, which I covered for that kid. But I kind of thought that’s what would happen. In my head I pictured it as they could then go long, but then be a hero. So it was like a win-win. And then the night becomes about love and you’re giving to these kids that are there and all this kind of stuff. I don’t know if I just didn’t explain it enough in the room.”

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John Gary @johngary.bsky.social · 13d

Not at all! "Male loneliness" is a topic of conversation lately, and I think it inspires a particular kind of anger, but loneliness in general is a Thing and as we spend more time online and public spaces are erased, it's going to get much much worse.

John Gary @johngary.bsky.social · 13d

"Men should fucking figure it out themselves and not make their happiness MY problem" is the patriarchy talking!

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John Gary @johngary.bsky.social · 13d

Actually I think the reason we should care about male loneliness is we should care about the happiness and well-being of other people?

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John Gary @johngary.bsky.social · 13d

CHOTINER: She’s the wife of the drug lord?

CROCKETT: They’re not married.

CHOTINER: Are they together?

CROCKETT: She works for him.

CHOTINER: Is their relationship just professional?

CROCKETT: As far as I know.

CHOTINER: Is your relationship only professional?

CROCKETT: Can we cut this?

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