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Dial M for Martha @mostlymartha.bsky.social · 16m

This is good thinking! If he frames it as "I almost got fooled by this, so I did research" it could sneak past her defenses

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ouinne @ouinne.bsky.social · 1h

The only correct take on a fundamentally anti-human technology.

Screenshot of David Simon interview
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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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 1h

Ay me, this tyrant fever burns me up

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Dial M for Martha @mostlymartha.bsky.social · 20m

How do I explain AI slop news to my mother? Complication: She doesn't like it when I know something she doesn't, so it will need to be an outside source.

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Dial M for Martha @mostlymartha.bsky.social · 21m

I've seen such things at restaurants, and I bet you are right that they probably cost every money.

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 2d

what if I told you that taking accountability for your actions was traditionally considered a load-bearing feature of masculinity?

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 2d

“I voted for none of this."

Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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VinegarMike @vinegarmike.bsky.social · 48m

I'm still going to pray for Dolly Parton though. Should have been doing that on the regular before anyway.

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Dial M for Martha @mostlymartha.bsky.social · 23m

Commuting in that would be miserable.

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Dial M for Martha @mostlymartha.bsky.social · 42m

The scotch onions are stupid good.

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Dial M for Martha @mostlymartha.bsky.social · 45m

Thank you @revpoppop.bsky.social for the phrase "Mar-a-Lago face with lip fillers that are migrating like a Canadian goose".

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DJ Boozy Brunch @griph.bsky.social · 1h

This was my favorite Lego piece when I was my son’s age

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Dial M for Martha @mostlymartha.bsky.social · 1h

I don't have brandy or sherry to delgaze the onions with. How's about a not peaty scotch?

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Dial M for Martha @mostlymartha.bsky.social · 1h

Probably some cheesy garlic and pickled chili toast on top or alongside. I'm always trying to make French onion soup a whole meal.

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SlayBeans (or Stephen) @jaybeans.bsky.social · 1h

All it took was 40 years, a change in Marvel leadership, and Marvel leaving the Comics Code behind before it could be made canon that Mystique and Destiny were married

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Middle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · 1h

If "never leave your drink unattended" were a person.

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Dial M for Martha @mostlymartha.bsky.social · 1h

Weird weather continues to be weird.

Anthony Edwards @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social · 1h

The Bay Area's rainiest day since last winter is possible next week as energy from a recurving West Pacific typhoon dislodges cold air from Canada and whips up a storm along the West Coast. The freezing level could fall as low as 5,000 feet, priming the Sierra for potential snow, including Tahoe.

Powerful typhoon is set to trigger an unusually strong California storm

San Francisco’s rainiest day since last winter is possible next week as energy from a recurving West Pacific typhoon dislodges cold air from Canada and whips up a storm along the West Coast.

www.sfchronicle.com

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Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 4h

It's interesting seeing the different ways resistance has formed in different cities. Los Angeles Organized, Chicago Radicalized, and Portland Got Weird as Fuck. All 3 have had success unifying their respective cities.

I guess my point is there are multiple paths to ungovernability.

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Dial M for Martha @mostlymartha.bsky.social · 1h

Simmering beans and caramelizing onions and leeks.

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Andrew Bucholtz @andrewbucholtz.bsky.social · 2h

Worked hard on this Bucholtz Sports Media premium post on why a Blue Jays' series win over the Yankees wouldn't necessarily be bad for MLB's business, despite likely hurting U.S. ALCS and World Series ratings. 3,000+ words of analysis, yours for $5/month. andrewbucholtz.com/posts/blue-j...

Why any Blue Jays-Yankees outcome is just fine for MLB's business

While a Blue Jays series win over the Yankees would hurt U.S. TV ratings, that isn't necessarily a business problem for MLB.

andrewbucholtz.com

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Dial M for Martha @mostlymartha.bsky.social · 2h

Poor @jaybeans.bsky.social gets blood work half a dozen times a year, and it never says anything interesting. We think the vampires just think they're delicious and the doctors are in on the scheme.

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Dial M for Martha @mostlymartha.bsky.social · 4h

I would have bought merch even!

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Dial M for Martha @mostlymartha.bsky.social · 4h

This is spectacularly enraging.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 5h

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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rachelle - childless cat lady @rachelle82.bsky.social · 4h

But @mostlymartha.bsky.social would have bought so many copies and all the DLCs to personally make it profitable.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 5h

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Dial M for Martha @mostlymartha.bsky.social · 4h

Not especially, but she hates it when I am paying attention to water and not Frances, and she is very stupid.

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Dial M for Martha @mostlymartha.bsky.social · 4h

If Frances girl bosses too close to the sun.

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