Ben Loory
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I wonder which lunatic’s emails I’ll read next.
November 15, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I wonder which lunatic’s emails I’ll read next.
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THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS
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I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
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Be ungovernable
November 14, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Be ungovernable
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"Other people have no interiority, and are just services I can access to make myself feel better" is a pretty keen insight into how these people think
November 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"Other people have no interiority, and are just services I can access to make myself feel better" is a pretty keen insight into how these people think
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Frankenstein is a metaphor for the dangers of reanimating corpses with electricity
November 13, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Frankenstein is a metaphor for the dangers of reanimating corpses with electricity
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pretty funny in retrospect that QAnon hinged on the idea that powerful elites at the highest levels of government were smart enough to talk in code when sending emails to each other about their despicable crimes
November 12, 2025 at 10:08 PM
pretty funny in retrospect that QAnon hinged on the idea that powerful elites at the highest levels of government were smart enough to talk in code when sending emails to each other about their despicable crimes
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I saw someone asking why on earth one would need these versions; it’s actually a brilliant bonus feature once you’ve seen the doc, which mines its subjects’ memories of seeing the film in various degraded and disreputable formats.
A great idea. I hope someone gets me this for Christmas 🤞
A great idea. I hope someone gets me this for Christmas 🤞
8 rare & iconic versions of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) on Blu-ray for the first time ever in the Chain Reactions Limited Edition Mediabook. Available 12/2 only on Dark Sky Selects.
Pre-Order: buff.ly/MLDPGbT
Pre-Order: buff.ly/MLDPGbT
November 12, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I saw someone asking why on earth one would need these versions; it’s actually a brilliant bonus feature once you’ve seen the doc, which mines its subjects’ memories of seeing the film in various degraded and disreputable formats.
A great idea. I hope someone gets me this for Christmas 🤞
A great idea. I hope someone gets me this for Christmas 🤞
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I need to eat better and exercise more but I made chili cheese fries for dinner instead
November 11, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I need to eat better and exercise more but I made chili cheese fries for dinner instead
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Good morning to everyone but especially to Lady Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, whose judgement against Rudy Giuliani for defaming them and turning their lives upside down cannot be pardoned away by the president
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Good morning to everyone but especially to Lady Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, whose judgement against Rudy Giuliani for defaming them and turning their lives upside down cannot be pardoned away by the president
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Swedish poster for THE CLAIRVOYANT (1935)
Starring Fay Wray and Claude Rains - BOTD in 1889
Starring Fay Wray and Claude Rains - BOTD in 1889
November 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Swedish poster for THE CLAIRVOYANT (1935)
Starring Fay Wray and Claude Rains - BOTD in 1889
Starring Fay Wray and Claude Rains - BOTD in 1889
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Star Trek has been associated with being the inspiration for many things but I'm not sure many folks realize the impact it made on endangered humpbacks.
The awareness from this movie possibly saved them from extinction.
The awareness from this movie possibly saved them from extinction.
Another species no longer on the global Endangered list:
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).
A few decades after a Star Trek movie where the central conflict was the total extinction of the humpback, their numbers are rising fast enough to put them at "Least Concern" on the IUCN Red List.
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).
A few decades after a Star Trek movie where the central conflict was the total extinction of the humpback, their numbers are rising fast enough to put them at "Least Concern" on the IUCN Red List.
a man with a mustache says there be whales here in a dark room
Alt: Scotty from Star Trek Original Series (played by Jimmy Doohan) says there be whales here in a Klingon vessel's cargo hold.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Star Trek has been associated with being the inspiration for many things but I'm not sure many folks realize the impact it made on endangered humpbacks.
The awareness from this movie possibly saved them from extinction.
The awareness from this movie possibly saved them from extinction.
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Where are you going: to pout because of the mean lady
Where have you been: ko'd by Joyce Carol Oates
Where have you been: ko'd by Joyce Carol Oates
November 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Where are you going: to pout because of the mean lady
Where have you been: ko'd by Joyce Carol Oates
Where have you been: ko'd by Joyce Carol Oates
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Wisteria Bridge, Kyoto, Japan.
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Wisteria Bridge, Kyoto, Japan.
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Today I am bottom right.
Happy Sunday! 🦛 💙
Adorable ancient Egyptian blue faience hippos made by artisans some 4,000 years ago!
📷 by me
#Archaeology
Adorable ancient Egyptian blue faience hippos made by artisans some 4,000 years ago!
📷 by me
#Archaeology
November 9, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Today I am bottom right.
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[my grandpa in his 40s] i am so proud of what ive accomplished in my life
[me in my 40s] oh wow funerals cost a lot i should take up ditch digging
[me in my 40s] oh wow funerals cost a lot i should take up ditch digging
November 6, 2025 at 1:41 AM
[my grandpa in his 40s] i am so proud of what ive accomplished in my life
[me in my 40s] oh wow funerals cost a lot i should take up ditch digging
[me in my 40s] oh wow funerals cost a lot i should take up ditch digging
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I’ve had Nirvana’s Lithium stick in my head for three days now, and that’s okay, yeah, yeah. I’m not gonna crack.
November 9, 2025 at 6:59 AM
I’ve had Nirvana’s Lithium stick in my head for three days now, and that’s okay, yeah, yeah. I’m not gonna crack.
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Taking my rotting pumpkin to a patch upstate
November 8, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Taking my rotting pumpkin to a patch upstate
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Y'all want some bawled orsters?
November 8, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Y'all want some bawled orsters?
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Born today, Hedy Lamarr. At a picnic on Catalina Island, 1939. Photo by Alexander Paal.
November 9, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Born today, Hedy Lamarr. At a picnic on Catalina Island, 1939. Photo by Alexander Paal.
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It's actually not swindling to tell people what they want to hear if you actually intend on doing those things. Swindling would be something like, just for example, announcing a fake Hyperloop system solely to kill California's high speed rail initiative.
November 8, 2025 at 11:57 AM
It's actually not swindling to tell people what they want to hear if you actually intend on doing those things. Swindling would be something like, just for example, announcing a fake Hyperloop system solely to kill California's high speed rail initiative.