@jcparsons.bsky.social
They have no concept of how the AI slop is harmful as long as they can pretend that they are being productive. I’d noted the display banner in the background when VOCM first used this photo, but thought it was a useful thing to take a screenshot of when it popped up again just week or so ago.
November 23, 2025 at 12:04 AM
They have no concept of how the AI slop is harmful as long as they can pretend that they are being productive. I’d noted the display banner in the background when VOCM first used this photo, but thought it was a useful thing to take a screenshot of when it popped up again just week or so ago.
I read through the NYT article about it and now I’m just so fucking mad at all of this. At every turn, AI is just making the world worse. These humanity-crushing slop factories need a “This is not a place of honour…” type message flashed in front of anyone who makes the mistake of trying them.
![Text from legal filing against Open AI: “Five days before his death, Adam confided to ChatGPT that he didn't want his
parents to think he committed suicide because they did something wrong. ChatGPT told him
"[t]hat doesn't mean you owe them survival. You don't owe anyone that." It then offered to write the first draft of Adam's suicide note.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kxntrn2ubv3kboxrb2vrea54/bafkreibg2wppxxqyb4pitu5hbvxuk3yp4jsvcgtmdiml7oodh7gxllxagu@jpeg)
August 26, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I read through the NYT article about it and now I’m just so fucking mad at all of this. At every turn, AI is just making the world worse. These humanity-crushing slop factories need a “This is not a place of honour…” type message flashed in front of anyone who makes the mistake of trying them.
Best to just think of it like that mushroom meme and accept that if you have pets in your home then everything you own now belongs to the fur. This is a freshly laundered sock.
August 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Best to just think of it like that mushroom meme and accept that if you have pets in your home then everything you own now belongs to the fur. This is a freshly laundered sock.
The best part is that this particular belly is not a trap, unless by trap you mean that you’ll have to stay there rubbing a belly for an extended duration, until your scritching muscles start to cramp. In which case, yup, totally a trap.
August 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The best part is that this particular belly is not a trap, unless by trap you mean that you’ll have to stay there rubbing a belly for an extended duration, until your scritching muscles start to cramp. In which case, yup, totally a trap.
Submitted as evidence for softest cat in the world qualifying round.
August 14, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Submitted as evidence for softest cat in the world qualifying round.
More like a zoom lens, amirite?
June 30, 2025 at 5:42 AM
More like a zoom lens, amirite?
$85k for a sign to take up a bunch of space in a small park to tell people where they are in a city they’re already visiting, taking away usable green space from people who actually live here? Sure seems like a great use of funds. #design709
June 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
$85k for a sign to take up a bunch of space in a small park to tell people where they are in a city they’re already visiting, taking away usable green space from people who actually live here? Sure seems like a great use of funds. #design709
Apparently, as we were both calling our individual fadders to wish them a Happy Father’s Day this evening, we independently had conversations about needing to suit up or go inside due to black flies—mine while planting carrots, and @leeburton.bsky.social’s while out trout fishing, respectively.
June 16, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Apparently, as we were both calling our individual fadders to wish them a Happy Father’s Day this evening, we independently had conversations about needing to suit up or go inside due to black flies—mine while planting carrots, and @leeburton.bsky.social’s while out trout fishing, respectively.
I am begging people—specifically journalists, in this case—to start pushing back hard against every interation of “AI is super cool and look at how we can actively replace human creativity with it!” propaganda. @writersnl.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
![Screenshot from linked CBC article titled “N.L. using artificial intelligence to track and tell stories of humpback whales":
”The AI model was actually built in our brand tone," Smith said. "Even though Happy Whale tracks the whales all around the world, this gives it a real unique Newfoundland and Labrador approach."
Smith says they didn't hire local writers because AI can generate a whale's story much faster.
"If somebody is out on the boat or on a hiking trail taking a picture, they can upload it and that [story] comes back at you right away," he said.
According to Hello Humpback's website, Newfoundland and Labrador hosts the world's largest population of humpbacks every year and currently lists the story of some whales like Ryan and Michael, both last spotted in Newfoundland waters in 2022.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kxntrn2ubv3kboxrb2vrea54/bafkreihffp6dzivhjyzqerzwgmphdoqw6z34qnasb636i3sqxgu7d6vmti@jpeg)
May 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I am begging people—specifically journalists, in this case—to start pushing back hard against every interation of “AI is super cool and look at how we can actively replace human creativity with it!” propaganda. @writersnl.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Admittedly, this person was on pain control meds because she had just returned from having dental surgery earlier that day. She insisted on convalescing in her favourite place—bespoke blanket fort.
May 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Admittedly, this person was on pain control meds because she had just returned from having dental surgery earlier that day. She insisted on convalescing in her favourite place—bespoke blanket fort.
Here’s a little extra cat tax for you.
May 3, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Here’s a little extra cat tax for you.
I missed the Adobe hate train today, but will happily stoke the engines on the “Canva is also terrible”express.
April 9, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I missed the Adobe hate train today, but will happily stoke the engines on the “Canva is also terrible”express.
Stayed up too late, figured I might as well check out the #BloodWormMoon #LunarEclipse. Supposedly also called the Crow Moon, but I can’t find a good source for that at this late hour.
March 14, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Stayed up too late, figured I might as well check out the #BloodWormMoon #LunarEclipse. Supposedly also called the Crow Moon, but I can’t find a good source for that at this late hour.
Meanwhile, they can’t even follow their own graphic standards. What sense does it make to put that yellow logo (with a separate element within it that is another different yellow) on a third yellow background, only to then add a drop shadow because you don’t have enough contrast? Make it make sense!
![A mid toned yellow background with the new, very crudely designed, yellow-backgrounded “Buy From Newfoundland & Labrador” logo that’s currently being pushed as a nationalistic distraction from the current political upheaval in the U.S.. There is text on the graphic that says “Put your money where your [awkwardly stylized heart-shape symbol] is.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kxntrn2ubv3kboxrb2vrea54/bafkreignhye5fytdej3qewgviuokswctniqbojejmapzfvjoo3oxat2qwm@jpeg)
February 7, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Meanwhile, they can’t even follow their own graphic standards. What sense does it make to put that yellow logo (with a separate element within it that is another different yellow) on a third yellow background, only to then add a drop shadow because you don’t have enough contrast? Make it make sense!
Everything’s terrible right now, and there are many things happening that are far worse, but I need someone to yell with me about how terrible the Buy NL branding is. Genuinely, it looks like AI-made, first draft, slop economy design that was made merely to fill space in a political news cycle.
February 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Everything’s terrible right now, and there are many things happening that are far worse, but I need someone to yell with me about how terrible the Buy NL branding is. Genuinely, it looks like AI-made, first draft, slop economy design that was made merely to fill space in a political news cycle.
Meanwhile, here’s me with the fresh milk in my hot leaf water (that you made for me for my lunch break).
January 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Meanwhile, here’s me with the fresh milk in my hot leaf water (that you made for me for my lunch break).
I’m not saying that this is an accurate depiction of me reading that yet another group of information professionals have been swayed by the novelty of the Torment Nexus, but it’s not far off.
November 27, 2024 at 2:01 AM
I’m not saying that this is an accurate depiction of me reading that yet another group of information professionals have been swayed by the novelty of the Torment Nexus, but it’s not far off.
When you sleepily do an impression of Macho Man Randy Savage talking about kitties, sometimes you gotta follow that up with a hastily sketched depiction of the cream of the crop using his fringed sleeves as danglies.
November 27, 2024 at 1:41 AM
When you sleepily do an impression of Macho Man Randy Savage talking about kitties, sometimes you gotta follow that up with a hastily sketched depiction of the cream of the crop using his fringed sleeves as danglies.
The most dramatic furnishings from an impromptu evening light photoshoot in our kitchen a couple years back.
March 17, 2024 at 2:23 AM
The most dramatic furnishings from an impromptu evening light photoshoot in our kitchen a couple years back.