This graphic covers every possible contingency!

A huge figure in my industry passed a few days ago. A while back a colleague told me about how he sexually harassed her. So while all our mutuals were eulogizing, I privately reached out to check in on her. Of the dozen plus people she told, I’m the only one who did that.

For work, I’m recording a medical conference. Yesterday one of the speakers mentioned a problem as a public health official: To track foodborne illness, they need to inspect the farms. Farms use migrant workers. They have no way of knowing if these government workers are ICE.

Also, write very clearly and in detail. “I write clearly-“ You probably don’t.

They’ll reconsider as soon as someone tries to make AI porn featuring Mickey Mouse.

I’ve heard that self driving cars only need to be better than humans to take off. I used to repeat that line. Today, I don’t think that’s the case. For self driving cars to take off, they can’t just be better than humans, they have to be perfect. Like, the error rate has to be close to zero.

The amount of vitamins lost in the rinsing process is negligible. Frankly, “Don’t do this food prep thing because it removes nutrients,” is a good indicator the person has no fucking clue what they’re talking about.

“Comb the streets,” the White House order read.

It’s a good pun, and it’s also true. Butane has a density of 0.6 grams per cubic centimeter, water 1.0. So it actually is a lighter fluid.

On Twitter, I once did a thread that said, “If you have concerns about someone I follow, like they’re problematic in some way, unless you and I are close friends, I don’t want to hear it.” This video is one reason. Link: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrFLGPGn/

Fun fact: The cup she is drinking from is called a Capillary Cup. It holds a liquid specifically by surface tension, relying on capillary forces to feed the liquid to a narrow spout for drinking. This is necessary because conventional cups rely on gravity to work.

“You’ll be visited by three spirits.” The three spirits:

You’re going to burn out Charlie Brown.

Truth is, there isn’t a simple tell for AI writing. We’d like to believe em dashes are a giveaway—those are easy to spot. No, the best tell is to look at the content. It tends to be formal yet boring. Well constructed sentences that say nothing. Lack of intentionality is harder to spot.

If you need alternatives to ChatGPT or any AI, this video has a terrific suggestion. Link: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMwpBa1s/

Right, the answer isn't to abandon the party to these weasels. The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.

And the AP just called it for Mamdani, with 80 percent of the votes in, and a nearly ten point lead. Zohran! Zohran!

As an ex New Yorker, this is what I expected.

Back on Twitter, I once ran a poll of, “Biggest dick named Dick?” The winner in a landslide was Dick Cheney. No reason I’m bringing it up now.

So as expected, judges have ordered the administration to use the contingency funds to continue paying SNAP benefits. Assuming no further hiccups (lol), payments should resume, albeit backed up at least a week, so continue supporting your friends with mutual aid. apnews.com/article/snap...

Not even a decade ago, these same insipid articles were being written about millennials. I swear I’ve read this exact article near verbatim back in 2017 or so, only changing a couple of collective nouns.

Seriously, give me a stick figure drawing that makes my stick figures look like Van Gogh over any of that soulless AI slop.

Please remember to vote come November 4th. Local policies will have a direct impact on your life. They matter as much as the sexier national elections.

So an off season election is upon us, where all us Americans are voting on local issues that historically have very low turnout. Local elections are in some ways more important than national ones. One way to combat fascism is a thousand municipalities hitting them with bureaucratic nonsense.

There was a demo of some tech from Microsoft I think a while back where someone with impaired vision could look at an object and the glasses would describe the object to them. That’s a very clearly useful disability aid for any smart wearable! What became of that?

Very good point. AI is itself a very broad term that covers everything from the programming that makes the Goomba chase Mario when he gets too close to ChatGPT. Colloquially, we’ve shifted AI to define a narrow and appalling slice of itself.

Important thread I did.

Reposted with alt text. I have only ever accidentally used A.I., so to me, this is like writing about how… you know what, metaphors escape me. This headline is pathetic.

I’ve seen arguments that Trump can still run for VP because of the word, “Elected.” The 12th amendment states, “no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.” To me and most legal experts, it seems like a solid no.

People who say coffee tastes like shit might be onto something.

I’m seeing on TikTok speculation about how Trump could get a third term, most hinging on the language of the 22nd amendment that says, “No person shall be ELECTED to the office of president more than twice.” They argue he could assume office unelected. This is nonsense and pure fear mongering.

So an off season election is upon us, where all us Americans are voting on local issues that historically have very low turnout. Local elections are in some ways more important than national ones. One way to combat fascism is a thousand municipalities hitting them with bureaucratic nonsense.

Mamdani: [Cuomo’s] spending more money against me than I would even tax him! Me: Oh SNAP!

God bless a stubborn spoiler!

I see a lot of people are sharing this, but FYI I cannot confirm this anywhere. Searching for "US rolling back tariffs," doesn't give any article from WSJ. The latest articles that came up about rolling back tariffs are from May. I call this misinformation.

Here’s a block list: bsky.app/profile/did:...

I’m at a point where I don’t trust anyone who uses “problematic” unironically unless for demonstrative purposes. Problematic has become a problematic phrase I tells you.

Important thread I did.

Today I will talk about the Autistic Sense of Justice, in this thread referred to as the ASJ. What is it? Short version: ASJ means autistic people tend to have a consistent moral code and are viscerally pained by violations. It doesn't mean we're inherently morally better. Long version: A thread.

“Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.” The Internet: Source?

Paywall free version: www.removepaywall.com/search?url=h... Damn, even stuff AI would ostensibly be useful for, well it sucks at it, and actively makes things worse!

If you need a laugh, I have jokes both old and rare. These jokes will give you a terrific double wocka!

Oh, remember that I have autism memes, all made by me. No AI was used to generate these memes, all text generated by my puny simian brain.

ICYMI, I explained why autism isn’t a defense for abhorrent behavior and even if said behavior was an autism trait, it’s still not a defense.

For those of you relying on Alt Text, the character is Doctor Manhattan. Yes, I do at least skim the alt text before sharing images. You have no idea how many people wouldn’t even bother transcribing and just write something like, “A funny meme from Watchmen.” Yes, how descriptly thorough.

One reason I am happy to be a Mac user is that Apple Intelligence by all accounts sucks. That’s a selling point. Also, you can easily turn it off. Conventional Siri is fine.

Yeah this is never going to happen. I did read the article before sharing it, and the author is regurgitating the same AI evangelism I’ve been hearing since the Will Smith Spaghetti video. “Oh people can create their own shows now!” No, not gonna happen. My proof? The Simpsons.

I still remember my best friends’ phone numbers from 25 years ago, even though they’ve since moved out of their parents and gotten cells with new numbers. It helps that you didn’t need to punch in the area code back then, so you only needed to memorize a 7 digit sequence.