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Lucas McNelly @lmcnelly.com · 16h

Me when software tries to add AI “features”.

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Dr. Allison Betus (she/her) 🌈 @allisonbetus.bsky.social · 1d

Folks, if ICE shot a pastor in the head with a pepper ball on camera, what do you think they do to people behind closed doors?

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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Lucas McNelly @lmcnelly.com · 17h

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Glenn Kenny @glennkenny.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine how little self-respect you’d have to possess to sign up with this group

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Sebas @ohlookbirdies.bsky.social · 2d

"but it's everywhere now so we just have to accept it's the new reality" motherfucker we can just stop putting it everywhere! we did it with asbestos and CFCs and lead-based paint or petrol and make-up with arsenic in it! if everyone is using something and it's bad, we can choose to stop!

Sebas @ohlookbirdies.bsky.social · 2d

"anti-AI people should just learn more about it" motherfucker I know so much about it, that's why I'm anti-AI

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DAVE! (like "Them!" but Dave) @daveexmachina.bsky.social · 2d

normal person: i just want a place to hang out with my friends
tech weirdo: and shitheads
np: no just my friends
tw: but what about hearing alternative views on race and gender?
np: we just want to hang out and goof around
tw: so where do the shitheads fit in then
np: no shitheads
tw: not following

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Lucas McNelly @lmcnelly.com · 3d

Great timing, @60minutes.bsky.social. No notes.

60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 3d

The cult classic “This is Spinal Tap” is back with a sequel 41 years later. And just like the original, it’s all improvised or, as director Rob Reiner calls it, “schnadeling.” cbsn.ws/42rZcdl

Lucas McNelly @lmcnelly.com · 6d

I'm pretty confident that if in 200 years there was only 1 actual human performance in a sea of AI, that would win the Oscar and it wouldn't be close.

Bloomberg Opinion @opinion.bloomberg.com · 6d

Tilly Norwood raises the question of who will be the first to win an Oscar for best AI in a leading role

Tilly Norwood Is Expensive, Even for Hollywood

The “synthetic actress” may be cheaper to cast than Leonardo DiCaprio, but AI’s footprint carries major economic and environmental costs.

bloom.bg

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Lucas McNelly @lmcnelly.com · 7d

Oh my god that's what I haven't been able to put my finger on about that moment. It's Bronson.

Alexandra Heller-Nicholas @horrornonna.com · 7d

Love this line read so much, but there is something about the delivery that low key reminds me of Charles Bronson in his funnier moments and it makes me appreciate it even more

Corey Atad @coreyatad.com · 10d

a few small beers

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Mike X. Nichols @mikexnichols.bsky.social · 7d

When I once again have to enter the two-factor authentication code to log in

One Battle After Another. Leonardo DiCaprio as Bob Ferguson. He's on a payphone and pissed off.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 8d

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 9d

⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.

The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.

interestingengineering.com/science/chin...

China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes

A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.

interestingengineering.com

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Lucas McNelly @lmcnelly.com · 8d

Post a poster you have hanging on your wall

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Fade In @fadeinpro.com · 8d

The downfall of civilization began with vertical video.

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Lucas McNelly @lmcnelly.com · 8d

When the economy is truly fucked

Candice Frederick @candicefrederick.bsky.social · 8d

Even The Sugar Daddies Are Feeling The Squeeze www.bustle.com/life/sugar-d...

Even The Sugar Daddies Are Feeling The Squeeze

As costs of living climb, high-earners who once had money to burn on their sex lives are cutting back: “The sugar daddies have dried up. It’s a tragedy.”

www.bustle.com

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 8d

This administration has again and again revealed itself to be in philosophical agreement with the greatest monsters of the 20th century: the New York Yankees

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 8d

Hegseth: 'No more beards or long hair'

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Lucas McNelly @lmcnelly.com · 9d

jfc

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 9d

Exclusive: OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator, which creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear.

OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out

Executives at the startup notified talent agencies and studios over the last week.

on.wsj.com

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Lucas McNelly @lmcnelly.com · 9d

Oh yeah

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Lucas McNelly @lmcnelly.com · 9d

I know people terrified of Portland, Maine

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 9d

really need to emphasize the small cities part. i have mentioned this before, but you'll see people on facebook talk about charlottesville like its ridley scott's mogadishu