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I conducted a seminar and workshop on AI-produced monstrosity, or Generative Monsters, to the Center for Digital Narrative at the University of Bergen, Norway yesterday. High point of my academic career for sure.
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i wonder if anyone is going to ask the other question: why are kids confiding in AI how they feel about *insert mental health topic* and not confiding in a real person? or are we just going to use this as another “AI bad” thing and move on?
getting rid of AI won’t fix the problems that got us here
getting rid of AI won’t fix the problems that got us here
December 28, 2025 at 10:33 PM
i wonder if anyone is going to ask the other question: why are kids confiding in AI how they feel about *insert mental health topic* and not confiding in a real person? or are we just going to use this as another “AI bad” thing and move on?
getting rid of AI won’t fix the problems that got us here
getting rid of AI won’t fix the problems that got us here
Black turtleneck and black pants and the barista tells me he likes the "whole Steve Jobs thing I've got going on." Okay first of all, I'm pretty sure he wore a mock neck and jeans. Secondly, THAT'S your point of reference for this outfit? Come on
December 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Black turtleneck and black pants and the barista tells me he likes the "whole Steve Jobs thing I've got going on." Okay first of all, I'm pretty sure he wore a mock neck and jeans. Secondly, THAT'S your point of reference for this outfit? Come on
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If Fire and Ash is the end for Cameron — and sure it feels like a finale — Hamnet proves Chloé Zhao could take on the franchise
If James Cameron ditches Avatar 4, there's only one logical replacement — and she made one of 2025's best movies
If Fire and Ash is the end for Cameron — and sure it feels like a finale — Hamnet proves Chloé Zhao could take on the franchise
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December 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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was playing Scrabble with my family last night and thought about how a game where only the misspelling (but still phonetically accurate) of real words are accepted could be fun
December 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
was playing Scrabble with my family last night and thought about how a game where only the misspelling (but still phonetically accurate) of real words are accepted could be fun
Doing this again
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or alice in chains
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post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or alice in chains
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December 28, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Doing this again
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or alice in chains
f4.bcbits.com/img/a0907442...
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or alice in chains
f4.bcbits.com/img/a0907442...
I don't think we should give up books and reading but people really need to read Caroline Busta's article on this subject. Arguably we are moving away from logocentrism www.documentjournal.com/2024/05/tech...
December 28, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I don't think we should give up books and reading but people really need to read Caroline Busta's article on this subject. Arguably we are moving away from logocentrism www.documentjournal.com/2024/05/tech...
TheRealReal stopped including shoulder measurements for shirts which more or less means I can never buy shirts from them again
December 28, 2025 at 12:21 AM
TheRealReal stopped including shoulder measurements for shirts which more or less means I can never buy shirts from them again
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or alice in chains
f4.bcbits.com/img/a0026908...
f4.bcbits.com/img/a0026908...
December 27, 2025 at 11:46 PM
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or alice in chains
f4.bcbits.com/img/a0026908...
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Yes. Literally this. Exactly. So perfectly well put.
I think the fundamental problem with Will, and the Democrats broadly, is they have gone all in on this data-driven philosophy that is so obsessed with observing and understanding the current moment that it has lost the ability to perceive a future that isn't just the current moment extended forever.
December 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Yes. Literally this. Exactly. So perfectly well put.
This is why Shanzhai is such a good conceptual framework for understanding AI. In China, knockoff culture is rampant. However it got to the point that dupes started to improve on the original so much companies started copying them.
From the book Future Mutation:
From the book Future Mutation:
December 27, 2025 at 12:40 AM
This is why Shanzhai is such a good conceptual framework for understanding AI. In China, knockoff culture is rampant. However it got to the point that dupes started to improve on the original so much companies started copying them.
From the book Future Mutation:
From the book Future Mutation:
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"Thinking space which expands rather than shortcuts cognition" is a great way to express the goal.
In that frame, education should be actively engaging with AI, but not in "write me my essay" mode or an "assistant" type posture. Instead as a thinking space which expands rather than shortcuts cognition when done right.
December 26, 2025 at 11:50 PM
"Thinking space which expands rather than shortcuts cognition" is a great way to express the goal.
I read it years ago but I just got the Akira collector's edition box set and it is really remarkable just how much was cut from the original manga to make the movie
December 26, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I read it years ago but I just got the Akira collector's edition box set and it is really remarkable just how much was cut from the original manga to make the movie
Not the most clever but I'll never forget it: working the Angelika Film Center box office. Parker Posey the person with her buy tickets. They only realize later after asking us that they read the board wrong and ordered AM tickets not PM. Posey, witheringly deadpan says, "you guys are smart"
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Not the most clever but I'll never forget it: working the Angelika Film Center box office. Parker Posey the person with her buy tickets. They only realize later after asking us that they read the board wrong and ordered AM tickets not PM. Posey, witheringly deadpan says, "you guys are smart"
I got a safety razor shave kit for Christmas and apparently I didn't do it right according to the Google search I did after I finished because I completely butcher my neck
December 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I got a safety razor shave kit for Christmas and apparently I didn't do it right according to the Google search I did after I finished because I completely butcher my neck
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12YO girl signed up to do “stand up comedy” at the talent show. 13YO boy decided to heckle her. Teacher started to tell the boy to leave her alone, but the 12YO comedian said “no, no, let him go, this is the closest he’s ever going to get to having a conversation with a girl.”
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
12YO girl signed up to do “stand up comedy” at the talent show. 13YO boy decided to heckle her. Teacher started to tell the boy to leave her alone, but the 12YO comedian said “no, no, let him go, this is the closest he’s ever going to get to having a conversation with a girl.”
My sister apparently will not wear any clothing before she washes it first.
Is this a thing? Has anyone known someone who does this?
This is crazy to me. My mom got a new coat for Christmas and my sister refuses to let her wear it before she washes it first??
Is this a thing? Has anyone known someone who does this?
This is crazy to me. My mom got a new coat for Christmas and my sister refuses to let her wear it before she washes it first??
December 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
My sister apparently will not wear any clothing before she washes it first.
Is this a thing? Has anyone known someone who does this?
This is crazy to me. My mom got a new coat for Christmas and my sister refuses to let her wear it before she washes it first??
Is this a thing? Has anyone known someone who does this?
This is crazy to me. My mom got a new coat for Christmas and my sister refuses to let her wear it before she washes it first??
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I’m from Whoville, and I say kill the Grinch!
December 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I’m from Whoville, and I say kill the Grinch!
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You can’t spend 40 years shouting "Information wants to be free!" and then get mad when a neural network takes you up on that offer.
December 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM
You can’t spend 40 years shouting "Information wants to be free!" and then get mad when a neural network takes you up on that offer.
I asked my sister for either science fiction or horror fiction for Christmas and I am genuinely impressed she got the exact book I wanted without more to the suggestion
December 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I asked my sister for either science fiction or horror fiction for Christmas and I am genuinely impressed she got the exact book I wanted without more to the suggestion
Tiny Tim implies the existence of Massive Tim. Beware Massive Tim. He will arrive soon and devour us all. Merry Christmas
December 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Tiny Tim implies the existence of Massive Tim. Beware Massive Tim. He will arrive soon and devour us all. Merry Christmas
Saint Nicholas, Saint Nicholas, at the North Pole
364 days spent all alone
Take off your boots, pour a drink
Try not to cry, try not to think
youtu.be/WA6Uel6RwqY?...
364 days spent all alone
Take off your boots, pour a drink
Try not to cry, try not to think
youtu.be/WA6Uel6RwqY?...
364 Days - The Murder City Devils (Official)
YouTube video by Murder City Devils
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December 25, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Saint Nicholas, Saint Nicholas, at the North Pole
364 days spent all alone
Take off your boots, pour a drink
Try not to cry, try not to think
youtu.be/WA6Uel6RwqY?...
364 days spent all alone
Take off your boots, pour a drink
Try not to cry, try not to think
youtu.be/WA6Uel6RwqY?...
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"One present on Christmas eve" has turned into mayhem. My children are pelting me with candy canes and shouting "Excess is praxis!" They are quoting Georges Bataille. Please help me
December 25, 2025 at 4:04 AM
"One present on Christmas eve" has turned into mayhem. My children are pelting me with candy canes and shouting "Excess is praxis!" They are quoting Georges Bataille. Please help me
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so cool that the Muppets made the best Christmas Carol adaptation of all time
December 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
so cool that the Muppets made the best Christmas Carol adaptation of all time