T. Adam Collins
@tadamcollins.bsky.social
MS NOW Platforms Producer. Copy, SEO, and website wizard. David Bowie aficionado.
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I've been thinking about this sign for 6 months. a phrase I'll treasure forever. a metaphor with boundless potential
December 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I've been thinking about this sign for 6 months. a phrase I'll treasure forever. a metaphor with boundless potential
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Look, I'm sure that Nolan's adaptation of "The Odyssey" will be fun, but I highly doubt it will be as good as the original.
December 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Look, I'm sure that Nolan's adaptation of "The Odyssey" will be fun, but I highly doubt it will be as good as the original.
Google is not “the internet.” It’s just a bad search engine getting worse
Seems like a basic failure that the internet refuses to tell you where a movie is streaming. Netflix is not streaming this movie!!
December 26, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Google is not “the internet.” It’s just a bad search engine getting worse
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For about ten years I've thought about what a Tom Waits TV Christmas special produced in the early 80s would have been like. It's almost real to me. The set is a Depression-era shack he built and a stream of celebrity hobos keep knocking on the door and Tom goes "I wOnDEr WHo tHaT cOuLd bE"
December 13, 2024 at 4:49 PM
For about ten years I've thought about what a Tom Waits TV Christmas special produced in the early 80s would have been like. It's almost real to me. The set is a Depression-era shack he built and a stream of celebrity hobos keep knocking on the door and Tom goes "I wOnDEr WHo tHaT cOuLd bE"
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Well... yes
AI would not be able to create this. And if AI were used, it would have to be heavily fixed by humans anyway
AI would not be able to create this. And if AI were used, it would have to be heavily fixed by humans anyway
Porsche reportedly created their new ad without using any AI.
December 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Well... yes
AI would not be able to create this. And if AI were used, it would have to be heavily fixed by humans anyway
AI would not be able to create this. And if AI were used, it would have to be heavily fixed by humans anyway
I have this but about just rare words in general I like
December 22, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I have this but about just rare words in general I like
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In the Foundation series one of the signs of Imperial decay Asimov had was scholars merely reading previous works and summarizing those rather than doing primary research.
Absolutely right.
AI might be able to summarize (poorly) what we currently know, but a major goal of historical research is to find the hidden surprises out there.
Let me illustrate …
AI might be able to summarize (poorly) what we currently know, but a major goal of historical research is to find the hidden surprises out there.
Let me illustrate …
Not a historian but like to research. The AI might summarize what I'm looking for, but it doesn't find what I'm *not* looking for. The book on the shelf next to the one I wanted. The insight in chapter 6 based on the quote I needed from chapter 4.
December 21, 2025 at 11:27 PM
In the Foundation series one of the signs of Imperial decay Asimov had was scholars merely reading previous works and summarizing those rather than doing primary research.
In fact, a movie was released a year later as a sort of response, called The Crisis, which explores the Civl War but without the insanely racist thesis statement of Birth. It also cast black actors instead of using blackface, which was always an option, just one D.W. Griffith ignored
one thing that is important to know is that BIRTH OF A NATION is so racist that people at the *time*, in 1915, were like, “holy shit this is racist”
When the slightest bit of research shows he was consistently racist and a daddy issues Confederate fanboy.
People try to paint BIRTH OF A NATION as a masterpiece with some unfortunate racism. The whole movie is racist, the “masterpiece “ thing was backfilled to excuse it.
People try to paint BIRTH OF A NATION as a masterpiece with some unfortunate racism. The whole movie is racist, the “masterpiece “ thing was backfilled to excuse it.
December 19, 2025 at 3:23 PM
In fact, a movie was released a year later as a sort of response, called The Crisis, which explores the Civl War but without the insanely racist thesis statement of Birth. It also cast black actors instead of using blackface, which was always an option, just one D.W. Griffith ignored
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"they don't know how to express the idea" here's rian johnson's storyboard for knives out
pick up a pencil and a napkin
pick up a pencil and a napkin
December 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
"they don't know how to express the idea" here's rian johnson's storyboard for knives out
pick up a pencil and a napkin
pick up a pencil and a napkin
If officials from the White House also go to the physical building and add Trump’s name to it, what mechanism is in place to stop that from happening?
Oh, none?
Oh, none?
If the people who control the website backend/ticketing etc change the name of the center, but the law says that's not the name of the center, what's its name?
It almost goes without saying, but this is illegal. The name "John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts" is established by law and the board doesn't have the power to change it. 20 USC 3 §§ 76h - 76s.
December 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
If officials from the White House also go to the physical building and add Trump’s name to it, what mechanism is in place to stop that from happening?
Oh, none?
Oh, none?
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Scenes from a personalist regime:
The Kennedy Center will be renamed the Trump-Kennedy Center based on a recommendation by the Trump appointed board.
The Kennedy Center will be renamed the Trump-Kennedy Center based on a recommendation by the Trump appointed board.
December 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Scenes from a personalist regime:
The Kennedy Center will be renamed the Trump-Kennedy Center based on a recommendation by the Trump appointed board.
The Kennedy Center will be renamed the Trump-Kennedy Center based on a recommendation by the Trump appointed board.
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December 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Nobody Wants This (2025)
December 18, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Nobody Wants This (2025)
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The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
December 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
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When not in use, the Rubio is powered down and placed in a corner.
December 16, 2025 at 10:43 PM
When not in use, the Rubio is powered down and placed in a corner.
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If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
December 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
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I mean, the Penn student newspaper isn't wrong, but www.instagram.com/p/DSH1X4EDwP...
December 12, 2025 at 2:23 AM
I mean, the Penn student newspaper isn't wrong, but www.instagram.com/p/DSH1X4EDwP...
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SCOOP: Academy Award-nominee Liam Neeson narrated a recent anti-vaccine documentary that glorifies RFK Jr.’s rise to power.
In the film, Neeson—a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador—calls the COVID-19 vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news/p/liam-neeso...
In the film, Neeson—a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador—calls the COVID-19 vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news/p/liam-neeso...
Liam Neeson Narrates Anti-Vax, Pro-RFK Documentary
The Taken actor can be heard calling mRNA COVID vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news
December 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
SCOOP: Academy Award-nominee Liam Neeson narrated a recent anti-vaccine documentary that glorifies RFK Jr.’s rise to power.
In the film, Neeson—a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador—calls the COVID-19 vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news/p/liam-neeso...
In the film, Neeson—a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador—calls the COVID-19 vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news/p/liam-neeso...
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The fact that AI hype-driven imperatives have apparently overwhelmed Disney Legal's protective instincts is kinda concerning.
December 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The fact that AI hype-driven imperatives have apparently overwhelmed Disney Legal's protective instincts is kinda concerning.
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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I’ve posted this before but the light was perfect today- a little Victorian cat paw in a brick at the front of the old Norfolk & Norwich Hospital. As this is on the front-facing corner of the main gates, the bricklayer quite clearly put it there on purpose, at a height where children would spot it.
December 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I’ve posted this before but the light was perfect today- a little Victorian cat paw in a brick at the front of the old Norfolk & Norwich Hospital. As this is on the front-facing corner of the main gates, the bricklayer quite clearly put it there on purpose, at a height where children would spot it.
Fascinating that the tech sector's grand idea for the future is that there just isn't enough content out there and that we need machines to auto-generate it for us into infinity
Meanwhile I can't keep up with the podcasts I actually listen to made by humans
Meanwhile I can't keep up with the podcasts I actually listen to made by humans
The Washington Post is launching a personalized AI podcast, saying users will be able to "shape their own briefing, select their topics, set their lengths, pick their hosts and soon even ask questions using our Ask The Post AI technology."
December 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Fascinating that the tech sector's grand idea for the future is that there just isn't enough content out there and that we need machines to auto-generate it for us into infinity
Meanwhile I can't keep up with the podcasts I actually listen to made by humans
Meanwhile I can't keep up with the podcasts I actually listen to made by humans
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