Jay Thurber Show
@jaythurber.bsky.social
The static-filled voice of the oldies, 12-3 pm Saturdays WRCT & Tube City Online Radio #McKeesport. Also W3MCK on #hamradio. 🏳️🌈 they/them
Cartoonist for Print #Pittsburgh, formerly @ CQ Mag. Union proud since 2000.
My opinions only, not anyone else's.
Cartoonist for Print #Pittsburgh, formerly @ CQ Mag. Union proud since 2000.
My opinions only, not anyone else's.
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When Whoopi Goldberg was getting into character for Sister Act she went over the top with research and went down a massive habit role.
January 2, 2026 at 9:57 PM
When Whoopi Goldberg was getting into character for Sister Act she went over the top with research and went down a massive habit role.
Thank you to everyone who listened on Wednesday night to our NYE show!
Remember, our survey of the top 55 songs of '65 was scientifically calculated and then sealed in a mayonnaise jar on Funk & Wagnalls' back porch:
Remember, our survey of the top 55 songs of '65 was scientifically calculated and then sealed in a mayonnaise jar on Funk & Wagnalls' back porch:
January 2, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Thank you to everyone who listened on Wednesday night to our NYE show!
Remember, our survey of the top 55 songs of '65 was scientifically calculated and then sealed in a mayonnaise jar on Funk & Wagnalls' back porch:
Remember, our survey of the top 55 songs of '65 was scientifically calculated and then sealed in a mayonnaise jar on Funk & Wagnalls' back porch:
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Saying ”Grok apologized” is like If I type “YOU’RE A BITCH” into Speak-And-Spell and tell you “Speak-An-Spell says you’re a bitch”
Parker's piece nails why this matters. "Tech companies... would rather not answer for their products’ failures. Every headline that says “Grok apologizes” or “Grok admits” or “Grok says” creates a world where the chatbot takes the fall while Musk and his executives face no scrutiny whatsoever."
I wrote about Grok's CSAM problem and how journalists keep fumbling the story
www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
January 2, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Saying ”Grok apologized” is like If I type “YOU’RE A BITCH” into Speak-And-Spell and tell you “Speak-An-Spell says you’re a bitch”
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Twitter is a skinner box for making yourself insane that also features pedophilia robots
January 2, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Twitter is a skinner box for making yourself insane that also features pedophilia robots
I just asked a follow-up question to my toaster and it referred all further inquiries to my washing machine, which could not be reached for comment
Reuters quotes a chatbot as a company spokesman.
2026 off to a great start in journalamism.
2026 off to a great start in journalamism.
Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X reut.rs/498SoUk
January 2, 2026 at 6:43 PM
I just asked a follow-up question to my toaster and it referred all further inquiries to my washing machine, which could not be reached for comment
Reuters quotes a chatbot as a company spokesman.
2026 off to a great start in journalamism.
2026 off to a great start in journalamism.
Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X reut.rs/498SoUk
Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X
Elon Musk's xAI artificial intelligence chatbot Grok said on Friday lapses in safeguards had resulted in "images depicting minors in minimal clothing" on social media platform X and that improvements were being made to prevent this.
reut.rs
January 2, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Reuters quotes a chatbot as a company spokesman.
2026 off to a great start in journalamism.
2026 off to a great start in journalamism.
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I quote this line a lot: "You could replace the editors of the New York Times with the board of directors of the Chase Manhattan Bank, and not much would change at the Times or the bank."
(I think it was written by Gay Talese, but I'm not sure.)
(I think it was written by Gay Talese, but I'm not sure.)
⬇️ And will add that the institution is conservatives. Not MAGA, Q*non, or white Christian supremacist, but still conservative.
January 2, 2026 at 6:17 PM
I quote this line a lot: "You could replace the editors of the New York Times with the board of directors of the Chase Manhattan Bank, and not much would change at the Times or the bank."
(I think it was written by Gay Talese, but I'm not sure.)
(I think it was written by Gay Talese, but I'm not sure.)
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It was very important to a lot of people that MeToo be left in the dustbin of history
The ballot box, where we decide if rape is wrong
January 2, 2026 at 5:15 PM
It was very important to a lot of people that MeToo be left in the dustbin of history
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Trent Crimm, The Independent is really young and cute on "I'm Alan Partridge."
I didn't even recognize him for probably three episodes.
I didn't even recognize him for probably three episodes.
January 2, 2026 at 5:50 AM
Trent Crimm, The Independent is really young and cute on "I'm Alan Partridge."
I didn't even recognize him for probably three episodes.
I didn't even recognize him for probably three episodes.
Julie, Julie, Julie, do you like skeets?
Julie, Julie, Julie, do you care?
Julie, Julie, Julie, are you a robot?
Julie, Julie, should I block you there?
youtu.be/JsMONykezJM?...
Julie, Julie, Julie, do you care?
Julie, Julie, Julie, are you a robot?
Julie, Julie, should I block you there?
youtu.be/JsMONykezJM?...
Bobby Sherman-Julie Do You Love Me
YouTube video by 1959wasgreat
youtu.be
January 2, 2026 at 5:40 AM
Julie, Julie, Julie, do you like skeets?
Julie, Julie, Julie, do you care?
Julie, Julie, Julie, are you a robot?
Julie, Julie, should I block you there?
youtu.be/JsMONykezJM?...
Julie, Julie, Julie, do you care?
Julie, Julie, Julie, are you a robot?
Julie, Julie, should I block you there?
youtu.be/JsMONykezJM?...
Giving generative LLMs to the public without any meaningful safeguards was like giving toddlers table saws and loaded guns. The question wasn't "if something bad happens," but "when."
Does no one in Silicon Valley do any basic risk assessment? Or is everyone too coked up to care?
Does no one in Silicon Valley do any basic risk assessment? Or is everyone too coked up to care?
The automated sexual abuse that Musk is doing right now should be national news. People should be going to prison for this shit. The logical conclusion to generative image creation and the internet, pure public automatic violence. Every Pizzagate fear just out in the open.
January 2, 2026 at 4:22 AM
Giving generative LLMs to the public without any meaningful safeguards was like giving toddlers table saws and loaded guns. The question wasn't "if something bad happens," but "when."
Does no one in Silicon Valley do any basic risk assessment? Or is everyone too coked up to care?
Does no one in Silicon Valley do any basic risk assessment? Or is everyone too coked up to care?
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is anybody else getting likes from “julie” as *soon* as you hit post?
January 1, 2026 at 11:49 PM
is anybody else getting likes from “julie” as *soon* as you hit post?
This is a great read
Was honored to help @chana.bsky.social edit this deep dive compilation of Curtis Sliwa lore gathered over weeks. There is so much jaw-dropping material, we simply could not bear to make it shorter than 76 slides.
January 2, 2026 at 2:31 AM
This is a great read
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Allergen warning?
January 2, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Allergen warning?
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Resisting him almost always works, trying to bargain with him never ever works
BREAKING: After legal setbacks, President Trump says he's dropping push for the National Guard in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland for now.
Trump says he's dropping push for National Guard in Chicago, LA and Portland, Oregon, for now
President Donald Trump says he’s dropping — for now — his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon.
bit.ly
December 31, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Resisting him almost always works, trying to bargain with him never ever works
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Tried to use one of those nostril hair trimmers but pushed too far. Bled a fair amount, but now it's stopped and I am REALLY into using ChatGPT
January 1, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Tried to use one of those nostril hair trimmers but pushed too far. Bled a fair amount, but now it's stopped and I am REALLY into using ChatGPT
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"The president of the United States is a pedophile who can't stop bleeding" sounds like something you'd tell your kid to keep them away if you lived on the border
January 1, 2026 at 4:48 PM
"The president of the United States is a pedophile who can't stop bleeding" sounds like something you'd tell your kid to keep them away if you lived on the border
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This looks badass but a dark part of me wonders if I could make the Qanon people believe Mamdani is trying to summon the river of evil goo from Ghostbusters 2 that went through there
January 1, 2026 at 8:26 AM
This looks badass but a dark part of me wonders if I could make the Qanon people believe Mamdani is trying to summon the river of evil goo from Ghostbusters 2 that went through there
"Here's to the New Year — may she be a damn sight better than the old one."
January 1, 2026 at 6:03 AM
"Here's to the New Year — may she be a damn sight better than the old one."