That's why I never became a rock star; I had the looks, the talent, the drive, but they asked me at rock star auditions how good I was at beating women and when I said "not very," that was the end of my dreams.

I have another story about accidentally crumpling the front end of somebody's brand new BMW while hauling ass out of that parking lot so I wouldn't be driving when the acid kicked in. that Music+ was a locus of chaotic power

hey @squiggle.au quick, probably dumb question. I'm reading The 22 Murders of Madison May, and most of the chapters I've finished end with a single word at the top of an otherwise empty page. This has to be intentional, right? Or will I just go insane looking for a secret message?

i accidentally read Providence by Max Barry @squiggle.au without realizing the book was about this lmao thanks for the existential dread, great work as always fwiw

"but but nuclear waste bad" no. a solved problem. put it under that mountain like already planned. **coal power puts the radiation straight into the atmosphere**. oil companies love the red tape that makes nuclear a poor investment. don't support them by spreading misinformation.

Ladies and gentlemen..... Josh Giddey

Ladies and gentlemen..... Lebron James

I would have punched the most athletic guy in human history who's 7 inches taller, 60 pounds heavier, and 18 years younger than me. I'm definitely not full of shit by the way

*cough* Sam Altman and OpenAI *cough*

i never did get an answer and i forgot that i would still like one

i fail to see the controversy with including this goldberg person in the chat. the american bomb planes had to cross the Atlantic to get to the brown people. OBVIOUSLY you would want the Chief of the Atlantic to know what's going on

*exasperated sigh* I really REALLY hate someone replying to me RTing a piece with the whine "paywall". Yes, journalism costs money. Also, you can pretty much always register and read a handful of pieces for free.

For those of you who, like me, still have to lurk on X for professional reasons: To limit its data collection even further after you've yanked every permission from the app, delete the app from your phone and replace it with a home screen Web-app shortcut in a privacy-optimized browser.

finally a writing tip i can get behind

can bluesky please elucidate how it employs browser fingerprinting to track users, or is this platform just OK with continuing obfuscation and shady as fuck tactics?

Shitlord’s Law: The definition of AGI will change to meet the needs of whatever grift some shitlord is currently running.

firefighters did exceptional work averting a potentially devastating event just south of studio city tonight and deserve a hero's thank you, shit could have gotten really bad

ooh i bet if you visit reddit right now you can find some europeans going off about the superiority of stone as a residential building material

evac orders have not expanded in ~2hrs which is really good news. super late where i live so goodnight. all i was doing was watching concurrent news feeds and user maps anyway once the fires go out i think i'm off this platform so it's been... something. if ordered: pack shit, take pets, drive fast

sliver of good news is, winds are slowing, even below the 10-20mph from hours ago still northerly, still threatening central hollywood and pasadena surroundings, eaton fire looks massive, has less live news than the sunset fire that *appears* slightly more under control than an hour ago

no human is black and white, also nobody should idolize rich people

eaton fire is massive, threatening angeles NF and northern suburbs of pasadena and surroundings

established fire on the northern border of central hollywood, upstart fire on southern border of north hollywood (a separate city, to be clear) evac orders all the way east to the 101, westerly winds at somewhat lower strength than hours ago but still persistent

fuck. i dont have anything snarky anymore www.ocregister.com/2025/01/07/t...

jesus christ. chicago 1871 vibes. run and take your pets. if the wind picks up... holy. shit.

holy fucking shit, when they actually pan... jesus god

i didn't think we'd ever settle the "is AI art real art" debate until now

Unsurprisingly, bad reporting from WaPo "The administration action would focus on the biggest of them, known as hyperscalers, where the training models for AI are housed" and "The administration has yet to share any draft text for the action" YouTube and Netflix use hyperscalers too, so.......

New: Instagram has begun testing a feature in which Meta’s AI will automatically generate images of users in various situations and put them into that user’s feed. We confirmed with Meta it's real. www.404media.co/instagram-be...

People who gloat about adding vastly more garlic than a recipe calls for are bad cooks If you can't make something tasty without an entire clove of garlic per serving, you're missing out and missing skill

It’s time to end the stigma

“Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” “So you don’t want to play fetch, then?” “I just don’t see the point, Steve.”

Jimmy Carter dying in a freak 4-wheeler accident in the Ozarks could be the most intriguing example of terminal lucidity medical science has ever seen

Happy Birthday to Jeff Lynne, musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and co-founder of Electric Light Orchestra. Jeff Lynne turns 77 today. Favourite songs or albums? #JeffLynne #ELO

such a strange word. "expat" once meant *temporarily* living outside one's birth country, often for work. an "emigrant" was always "a person who permanently moved away from their country" today, of course, "expat" means "a well-off, english-speaking, usually white person living outside the USA" 🤣

"Are you afraid of God, Booker?" "No. I'm afraid of YOU." god that game (lol i almost typed 'movie') has so many good lines. easily my favorite game ever

UNLEASH THE BEAST!

it's because heart in a blender is a christmas song

You know who else had many more followers than people he followed? HITLER

I read this thread and I’m formulating an approach to effective leftist politicking which will be called Corvid Style. Corvid Style will be our path to a just world. By the sign of the raven in the name of us all

successfully navigated the pseudo-Xtian celebration without being subjected to a single christmas song do i get a plaque

this is more true than ever given the recent, apparent rise in bird flu

This stuff is genuinely so dumb. EVEN IF AI skills were useful, or in demand, which they aren't, why would that mean you specifically need to develop them in my specific class on my specific assignments. Take an AI class! Who cares!

Telling AI to generate an image and calling yourself an artist is like telling Steph Curry to hit a 3 pointer and calling yourself an NBA player

trending topics is like "I want to know what the normies are saying!" do you really? there are other websites for that, go have a look and then come back to where we don't give a shit