Zachary Smith
@zcsmith.bsky.social
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The Devil, Probably
Le Pont du Nord
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
Le Pont du Nord
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
What are four non-Criterion movies you’d add to the Criterion Collection?
September 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Linkedin Corita Kent looking whackass poster
September 9, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Linkedin Corita Kent looking whackass poster
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it's that time of year
September 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
it's that time of year
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If I'm an investor I would be absolutely pounding venture capital into the AI ghoulspace. Virtual Zombies are already changing the way we live....and it's only going to get better from here. You need only look at the success of The Schizophrenia Machine to see how well it will work.
The digital afterlife industry may near $80 billion in a decade, fueled by AI "deadbots." Tech firms see profit. But experts warn of troubling consequences.
AI 'deadbots' are persuasive — and researchers say they're primed for monetization
The digital afterlife industry may near $80 billion in a decade, fueled by AI "deadbots." Tech firms see profit. But experts warn of troubling consequences.
n.pr
August 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
If I'm an investor I would be absolutely pounding venture capital into the AI ghoulspace. Virtual Zombies are already changing the way we live....and it's only going to get better from here. You need only look at the success of The Schizophrenia Machine to see how well it will work.
"an undeniable truth: Riding around in the car while blaring music you love is the absolute shit."
Banger blog and playlist. I had it on loud as I cooked and my gf came home said ew I don't like this and immediately made me turn it off. Can't wait to blare it in the car.
Banger blog and playlist. I had it on loud as I cooked and my gf came home said ew I don't like this and immediately made me turn it off. Can't wait to blare it in the car.
A playlist of ear-splitting Brazilian funk ideal for a long drive: defector.com/a-playlist-o...
A Playlist Of Ear-Splitting Brazilian Funk Ideal For A Long Drive | Defector
Like many who have loved and left New York City, I dearly miss the transportation setup there. The walkability, the trains, the buses—there’s not another town in the U.S. where you can do so much (and...
defector.com
August 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
"an undeniable truth: Riding around in the car while blaring music you love is the absolute shit."
Banger blog and playlist. I had it on loud as I cooked and my gf came home said ew I don't like this and immediately made me turn it off. Can't wait to blare it in the car.
Banger blog and playlist. I had it on loud as I cooked and my gf came home said ew I don't like this and immediately made me turn it off. Can't wait to blare it in the car.
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I do think that Americans should have the freedom to put loud-ass glass packs and straight pipes etc on their vehicles, but I also think that every citizen should have a government-issued rocket launcher and get a $100k bounty for a successful hit on such a vehicle. this is sensible centrism
August 16, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I do think that Americans should have the freedom to put loud-ass glass packs and straight pipes etc on their vehicles, but I also think that every citizen should have a government-issued rocket launcher and get a $100k bounty for a successful hit on such a vehicle. this is sensible centrism
Love logging on and seeing how great things are going. Keep it up everyone!
August 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Love logging on and seeing how great things are going. Keep it up everyone!
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Kruk: 'there is no beast, no rush of fire, like woman untamed'
TMac: think I saw that on a t-shirt once.
Kruk: lysistrata, aristophanes.
TMac: big greek comedy fan, are ya?
Kruk: they knew how to make a man laugh back then
TMac: breaking ball in the dirt, count is 3-0
TMac: think I saw that on a t-shirt once.
Kruk: lysistrata, aristophanes.
TMac: big greek comedy fan, are ya?
Kruk: they knew how to make a man laugh back then
TMac: breaking ball in the dirt, count is 3-0
August 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Kruk: 'there is no beast, no rush of fire, like woman untamed'
TMac: think I saw that on a t-shirt once.
Kruk: lysistrata, aristophanes.
TMac: big greek comedy fan, are ya?
Kruk: they knew how to make a man laugh back then
TMac: breaking ball in the dirt, count is 3-0
TMac: think I saw that on a t-shirt once.
Kruk: lysistrata, aristophanes.
TMac: big greek comedy fan, are ya?
Kruk: they knew how to make a man laugh back then
TMac: breaking ball in the dirt, count is 3-0
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“Scumbag” is a protected class now
Exclusive: The White House is preparing to step up pressure against big banks over perceived discrimination against conservatives and crypto companies with an executive order.
Exclusive | White House Preps Order to Punish Banks That Discriminate Against Conservatives
The president is expected to sign an executive order as soon as this week that targets so-called debanking of businesses including crypto companies.
on.wsj.com
August 5, 2025 at 2:07 AM
“Scumbag” is a protected class now
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All of you using LLMs to optimize your workflow
August 4, 2025 at 1:44 PM
All of you using LLMs to optimize your workflow
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If you're using AI to write essays, eulogies, a text to your wife, I do think less of you as a person. Ceding your mental and creative abilities to a machine is an embarrassing thing and people should be ashamed to admit doing it in public.
![[quoting a tweet by fractalcounty that reads, “today I learned that there are actual people irl who get genuinely upset if they catch you using chatgpt. like they view it as a serious moral failing in certain circles”]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hppum4l25hcczzffastsicpq/bafkreihjvnz2ttxl7z4a2b3a4kylubobgvqxmjhwz6yuetuztzoc4g2s4y@jpeg)
August 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
If you're using AI to write essays, eulogies, a text to your wife, I do think less of you as a person. Ceding your mental and creative abilities to a machine is an embarrassing thing and people should be ashamed to admit doing it in public.
Spot on. A hs classmate of mine was posting ai slop 90's nostalgia bait to instagram stories for months before it switched to full on maga
It's connected to how the Cultural Right has weaponized nostalgia. As soon as you see someone talking about Pizza Hut personal pan pizzas and 8-bit Nintendo, that's our "Happy Days."
i resent the right wing for inexplicably turning such anodyne ideas as ‘sydney sweeney is hot’ and ‘cane sugar tastes good in soda’ into ammunition in history’s stupidest culture war
July 30, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Spot on. A hs classmate of mine was posting ai slop 90's nostalgia bait to instagram stories for months before it switched to full on maga
I firmly believe that the Cubs winning the Word Series in 2016 was our national death knell
July 29, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I firmly believe that the Cubs winning the Word Series in 2016 was our national death knell
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“All cities are walkable if you’re not a bitch.”
July 28, 2025 at 3:30 AM
“All cities are walkable if you’re not a bitch.”
During Bush II, Rolling Stone magazine ran a feature on Trey and Matt where one of them said the real punks those days were Republicans…
South Park laments the Trump administration's attacks on wokeness, despite having been a leading voice in those same attacks.
Opinion by @evanurquhart.bsky.social
Opinion by @evanurquhart.bsky.social
South Park Mourns the Death of Woke — Assigned
An adult cartoon that reveled in the anti-woke backlash reckons with its impact.
www.assignedmedia.org
July 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
During Bush II, Rolling Stone magazine ran a feature on Trey and Matt where one of them said the real punks those days were Republicans…
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“the party being led by jeffrey epsteins best friend wants to repeatedly examine your childs genitals” is a true statement
July 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM
“the party being led by jeffrey epsteins best friend wants to repeatedly examine your childs genitals” is a true statement
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And one final thought: Ozzy going out after giving an emotional final performance that raised a ton of money for charity is more spiritually uplifting and did more genuine good than anything any televangelist and religious grifter who railed against him ever did combined.
July 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
And one final thought: Ozzy going out after giving an emotional final performance that raised a ton of money for charity is more spiritually uplifting and did more genuine good than anything any televangelist and religious grifter who railed against him ever did combined.
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lol, the stories of this directly inspired my first published poem:
www.prolitmag.com/issue-six/sm...
www.prolitmag.com/issue-six/sm...
July 15, 2025 at 9:47 PM
lol, the stories of this directly inspired my first published poem:
www.prolitmag.com/issue-six/sm...
www.prolitmag.com/issue-six/sm...
This new we didn’t start the fire remix is depressing as hell
Tacos, Superman, Sesame Street, doing things by hand, solar power, free trade, the Olympics, international travel, public transportation
They are anti literally every good thing. Vaccines. Medical research. Social spending. Universities. The free press, gay people, trans people, reproductive freedom, socialism, Black and brown people, immigration, renewable energy the freedom to live protest read write as you want, and cake
July 15, 2025 at 9:31 PM
This new we didn’t start the fire remix is depressing as hell
I had a dream where I was developing a sequel to Bull Durham and there was a scene of Kevin Costner, in a full baseball uniform, trying to get a part-time job at a gas station, while Susan Sarandon waited out in their car.
July 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I had a dream where I was developing a sequel to Bull Durham and there was a scene of Kevin Costner, in a full baseball uniform, trying to get a part-time job at a gas station, while Susan Sarandon waited out in their car.