I hope folks grasp the fascistic resentment underpinning this shit, and the fact that there is nothing these AI robber barons would like more than to automate human creativity because they resent it and wish to devalue, own, and control it and us.
The whole article is repulsive but this passage is at the core of it. She has no interest in writing books, she wants to win some kind of competition that nobody entered
February 8, 2026 at 4:06 PM
I hope folks grasp the fascistic resentment underpinning this shit, and the fact that there is nothing these AI robber barons would like more than to automate human creativity because they resent it and wish to devalue, own, and control it and us.
Said something embarrassing when I thought I was in the restroom alone and now I have to wait one zillion years until the other person leaves before I can stand up
February 3, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Said something embarrassing when I thought I was in the restroom alone and now I have to wait one zillion years until the other person leaves before I can stand up
It has been a very frustrating month, for the obvious reasons and for personal ones as well. Currently listening to Emmylou (the entirety of Rhino’s excellent singles anthology from 2001) and making first batch of chili for 2026 💜
January 31, 2026 at 8:55 PM
It has been a very frustrating month, for the obvious reasons and for personal ones as well. Currently listening to Emmylou (the entirety of Rhino’s excellent singles anthology from 2001) and making first batch of chili for 2026 💜
In response to announcement that he will be a new CBS contributor, Andrew Huberman tweeted “I’ve always gone issue-by-issue on health & science, spoken to experts w/a range of takes & presented where I see the center of (data) mass pointed. I’ll do the same with @CBSNews”. In Sept he posted this:
January 28, 2026 at 1:44 AM
In response to announcement that he will be a new CBS contributor, Andrew Huberman tweeted “I’ve always gone issue-by-issue on health & science, spoken to experts w/a range of takes & presented where I see the center of (data) mass pointed. I’ll do the same with @CBSNews”. In Sept he posted this:
I think that for that stretch of time where Reba became more contemporaneously famous for being a TV star than her new (at the time) music, her artistic instincts kind of went underground. Still love her, but I didn’t need her doing Beyonce, I needed her doing Reba.
January 27, 2026 at 8:13 PM
I think that for that stretch of time where Reba became more contemporaneously famous for being a TV star than her new (at the time) music, her artistic instincts kind of went underground. Still love her, but I didn’t need her doing Beyonce, I needed her doing Reba.
That was one of my favorite “Twitter” threads bc of the utter audacity of that reviewer listening to songs like “Nothin’ But the Wheel” or “Mr. Man in the Moon” and going, ‘eh, her voice is bland and boring now’. I still get lit about it every time I hear songs from that album now 😆
January 27, 2026 at 7:38 PM
That was one of my favorite “Twitter” threads bc of the utter audacity of that reviewer listening to songs like “Nothin’ But the Wheel” or “Mr. Man in the Moon” and going, ‘eh, her voice is bland and boring now’. I still get lit about it every time I hear songs from that album now 😆
Y’all! Not to thunder-steal but I think I made that ridiculous joke about Kathy Mattea falling off after Street Talk when we were mixing it up in the comments.
January 27, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Y’all! Not to thunder-steal but I think I made that ridiculous joke about Kathy Mattea falling off after Street Talk when we were mixing it up in the comments.
Now that the White House is using AI to edit photos of their political opponents to create fascist propaganda I’m wondering if anyone could have seen this use of AI coming. Okay I’m hearing lots of people did and they were forced to watch corporations smother the masses with the technology anyways
January 22, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Now that the White House is using AI to edit photos of their political opponents to create fascist propaganda I’m wondering if anyone could have seen this use of AI coming. Okay I’m hearing lots of people did and they were forced to watch corporations smother the masses with the technology anyways