I send anything I see/read about horses to a particular friend, and I always get horse facts in response, so I submit to you the following goodness, including, yes, "horse-safe cakes"

Real answer: BTS But the reeeeeeal answer:

I just saw a teenager walk by wearing a Call of Duty: Black Ops II t-shirt. He couldn't have been more than 3 yrs old when that came out. If you need me for the next few hours, I'll be sanding my coffin.

This is but a smidge of why a hard-working journalist might allow text extrusion ("AI") into their workflow. Overworked writers + corporate AI mandates + less young-staffer development + articles-per-week mandates + more. The rot has already set in at your fave news org. (Royal "I" in this vid.)

Welp, tonight's Gelli Haha show in Seattle just went into my lifetime top 25 list, easily. I've probably watched every Gelli Haha concert video on YT, and I still wasn't prepared for how great her Haha Squad would be live. Go see Gelli Haha if you can!!

MiSTer, the open-source ecosystem of console/PC preservation, has finally reached a tipping point of running the system nobody was asking for: the Panasonic 3DO. In this house, that means it's time for Sid Meier's CPU Bach. (This weird shit remains a 3DO exclusive over 30 yrs later.)

hey Seattle: how do I file a formal "stop incorrectly buzzing my apartment" notice about Amazon drivers, when Amazon's reps say "we can't help you unless you're a customer?" is this a police thing? Better Biz Bureau? Where does the "consequences for unnecessarily riling my dog" buck stop?

not everything sucks. Jeopardy X YouTube go hard on LGBTQIA+ advocacy in their first-ever official collab episode. it's a fun ep! it's a good excuse to watch @jeopardyofficial.bsky.social with kids!

I'm sorry are they Miss Cleo-ing this shit

in one of the more touching+nerdy Trans Visibility Day things I've seen today, a poster at ResetERA opted to tell their coming-out story - and the creator of the Worms video game series appeared soon after to share this image of his game's character waving a Trans Rights flag. 💙🩷🤍

The Supreme Court did not strike down conversion therapy bans today. Not nationwide. Not in Colorado. Not anywhere. Here's what actually happened in Chiles v. Salazar—and why the coverage you're seeing serves the conservative legal movement more than it serves you.

Kirby and I support trans rights

beware, beware, the robots are cumming

A great example of how amazing the people are over at Polyarc, sorry to hear the news today about layoffs. I had put them in my - don't worry about space - in my head... so talented and still just so hard to fund continued work in this environment.

Game industry brutality continues with Seattle's @polyarcgames.com laying off "2/3" of its staff, according to one affected staffer who also described a "third party publishing hail mary" that didn't come through. Put out the word if you know of any opportunities for Seattlites looking for work.

This result for writers is a matter of "when," not "if." Text extrusion engines aaaalways fold toward "trusted" words - ie, published ones. Never use 'em. Never fall for the moments when they seem to fart out above-the-board text. Not even for research or ideation. AI-bstinence.

you aren't worth my time if you think the only people eligible for competitive boxing have the yassified Resident Evil face get out of here with that shit, go get a hobby and make a friend

don't be fooled, behind those kind eyes, she only dreams of being let out to murder birds

cc any of my Seattle-area router tinkerers who might carry a Rayhunter doodad this weekend and report back on their findings

watch out, anyone under the age of 36: tomorrow's new album releases are a wave of insufferable millennial-plus hipsterism (as in, me) Robyn, New Pornographers, Courtney Barnett, Snail Mail, Twilight Sad, Jose Gonzalez, Holy Fuck, King Tuff... and for funsies, Flea and Melissa Etheridge, too

lemme guess, a Pixar exec saw a Sora-generated video tastefully represent the LGBTQIA+ community

anyone in North Seattle know this road-raging POS? He just got out of his car & walked up to mine after cutting me off, pumping his fists and shouting "you wanna go?" (I stayed in my car.)

when you get caught using non-disclosed AI and then ask AI to invent an explanation, because this is the kind of logic a teenaged redditor might invent. ACTUAL placeholders are grayboxes or texture-mapped equivalents, so that they're caught and replaced during testing. this ain't that.

hi from a café where someone is suggesting that engineers in the energy industry should use AI to supercharge their efforts and it's all of my willpower to not dump 10,000+ gallons of supercomputer-cooling water on them

"okay my last strat failed, well I dunno I'll ask Claude this time, surely we'll get better results"

Shenmue IV: Ryo Poops

Anybody else Parseword-ing out there? parseword.com Parseword #49 ⏱️ 1m16s 💎 Perfect 🐰 1 Easter Egg Found

the face she makes when a dream is about to come true

Jenn remains one of the best to ever do it. Carve out a few minutes to read this twice.

I needed a week to turn off the guardrails, and now I absolutely get down with this game. The Easter eggs are a great touch. Parseword #48 ⏱️ 1m2s 💎 Perfect 🐰 1 Easter Egg Found

with video game imaging, Nvidia has weirdly been on a respectable side of the AI-slop conversation. on-device processing, machine learning models, temporally based reconstruction: some of the most efficient and useful GPU applications. today's DLSS5 announce in one fell swoop not only tanked that,

they went and made Cyber Road Rash 2077 as an arcade cabinet and I'm in

I mean a "Mr. Pooty" name tag makes anything better

the world may be falling apart but at least Doom on a very unsuccessful console from the '90s is still improving

the fatiguing notion that privacy is owed to anyone paid by US citizens' tax dollars. nope. no way. get paid by us, and be known to us, or find another fucking line of work. maybe Burger King will let you wear a mask while operating the fryer.

this is just bullshit to drum up more Anduril bucks for Palmer Luckey's military drones, right? a target conveniently placed on Anduril's operating state, uh huh

idea: a lunch cafeteria for adults with remote jobs or underemployment who have gotten over cliques and want a low-key social break in the day where strangers have to briefly sit and talk to each other also soup and salad I'm typing this while eating soup/salad alone

welp, someone at Apple Music who liked its surround/Atmos music feature must've left the team or been reassigned, cuz they sure are deprioritizing that content. we're talking "Sony taking PSVR2 to the shed out back" levels of disappearance. therearedozensofus.gif

Howard Schultz was easily the most despised man in Seattle. He sold the Sonics and polled at 0% when he ran for president, lmao. In honor of his departure, here's a cartoon from The Vault featuring "Lil' Howie" the provocatively-shaped union-busting AI device (from Sept 2022)

no Kinectimals, no dice

as part of my work, I track file-sharing sites - sometimes good places for scoops and leads, weirdly. they're not chatty spaces, generally, but this week, one file has proven an exception. it's not hard to figure out which piece of media this thread is talking about.

Instacart, but for just one thing that you'd rather not go out and get if someone you know is like out and about because you've got this dog and it's been a day

I cannot WAIT for Spirit Halloween's interpretation of this

After my local pal Mehal was on Jeopardy recently, I got back into watching. And, gosh, @kenjennings.bsky.social. Ppl really should watch his current streak as a fantastic host. The world needs stans for knowledge/expertise now more than ever, and Ken nails it - I love his hosting tone. A+++.

you got it, soft-speaking worm mommy

all the Machkovech that's fit to print: my Marathon coverage is in today's print edition of @nytimes.com! (top-left teaser on first image, I approve the counter-framing with Alysa Liu)

nothing better proves that this industry is all hallucInatory BS than a product that attempts to extrude "editors' advice" without sourcing internal editors' notes/comments like, did y'all break into their Google Docs accounts? what the heck else would you even use to extrude believable text?!

gonna need the @mariners.com to step up with their former corporate masters and make this happen locally. default Yoshi is already Mariners color-coded!! Naylor plz use your powers for good here

goddddd I hope SNL pivots for its cold open this week with Mushroom Kingdom V. Trump Admin and I will gladly chip in with free rewrites

NINTENDO is a VERY BAD company who has a FAILED Switch 2 launch and hasn't put out a good STAR FOX game in years!! It's no wonder they are once again being UNFAIR to me, the BEST president with the WORLD RECORD Super Mario 64 speedrun!! God bless the Sega Dreamcast, a REAL console