In case you've seen the story about “grok now only generates images for paid users”, it's untrue. Apparently everyone just reported it because… it was what grok told them 🤦🏼 www.theverge.com/news/859309/...
In case you've seen the story about “grok now only generates images for paid users”, it's untrue. Apparently everyone just reported it because… it was what grok told them 🤦🏼 www.theverge.com/news/859309/...
True in my case, at least. Reading the fiction (and non-) in Playboy was crucially influential, while the big-busted babes didn’t really do much for me, something that gave me doubts about my pubescent masculinity — until I got a look at, say, Jane Birken.
porn magazines' fiction sections were, however, a genuinely important vehicle for supporting genre authors. basically all the people who ran them seem to have been nerds
Trumpsters claiming they voted for his economic policies remind me of when men would claim they read Playboy for the articles.
January 1, 2026 at 1:52 AM
True in my case, at least. Reading the fiction (and non-) in Playboy was crucially influential, while the big-busted babes didn’t really do much for me, something that gave me doubts about my pubescent masculinity — until I got a look at, say, Jane Birken.
to add to the Jake Paul schadenfreude, Andrew Tate also lost a fight to some reality TV influencer. most analysis of the fight I've read described his opponent as deeply untalented but Andrew lost anyway. Tate's endurance was awful and he was gassed after the first round.
December 21, 2025 at 12:46 AM
to add to the Jake Paul schadenfreude, Andrew Tate also lost a fight to some reality TV influencer. most analysis of the fight I've read described his opponent as deeply untalented but Andrew lost anyway. Tate's endurance was awful and he was gassed after the first round.
One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
December 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
Everyone dunks on Wonderful Christmastime, but I think it's beautiful that we have a holiday classic that sounds like if an armed gunman broke into your home and said "You have fifteen minutes to write a Christmas song that uses every cue on this Baby's First Casio, or I'll kill your family."
December 2, 2024 at 1:04 AM
Everyone dunks on Wonderful Christmastime, but I think it's beautiful that we have a holiday classic that sounds like if an armed gunman broke into your home and said "You have fifteen minutes to write a Christmas song that uses every cue on this Baby's First Casio, or I'll kill your family."