another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

This is the funniest shit I have ever seen. He kicks the dude in the beans and then mocks him

The next time someone tells you Coca-Cola invented modern Santa, you can lay one helluva WELL ACTUALLY on them.

I don't know if I should laugh at the prompt engineers here or cry because I have to live in this world now

If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...

The more I look at this; the worse it gets

I genuinely think there's a great reality show in which we take a billionaire who believes they can thrive in any scenario, drop them into an average low-income household without any access to their resources and see how they do. Bonus points if said household is employed by said billionaire.

This city drives me nuts half the time, but the other half...boy, is it magical

This'll end well

Looking at the best of lists for year's best albums/songs, it's apparent that I am so out of touch with today's music. It's especially bad when I can't tell which is the song name and which is the artist. Who even are these people? Why am I so old? What I am doing with my life?

roses are red, violets are funky,

"Yeah no" = No "No yeah" = Yes "Yeah right" = No

This is an outstanding read -- it resonated with me because my own college is about an hour's drive from Albright and I can see a lot of similarities between the two. Jobs are the main thing -- I know someone who majored in biochem and ended up being a waitress after graduating. Not sustainable.

Reminds me of the time a friend and I visited St Paul's Cathedral and we had some trouble finding the exit. When we asked a priest for directions, he grew solemn and said, "I'm sorry, there is no way out of here."

Sadly I could do multiple skeets for this but the one that comes to mind brings me immense joy all the time

Threads like this is why I follow Kameron Hurley (and why I buy her books -- she's a great writer! You should read her books too! But maybe not for the faint of heart...)

Ironically, the very first thing you see in this article is a useless AI summary of the thing you're about to read

NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Wicked: For Good reveals that the character of Scarecrow had amorous feelings and that canonically, there is a physical attraction thing going on. I can't be the only one thinking about the physical implications of all this. When he climaxes, does he shoot straw? Horrifying.

"But hey, is any of the AI stuff useful, at least? After trying out Microsoft’s “agentic OS” for a whole week, Antonio G. Di Benedetto at The Verge reported wearily that “It failed at everything I asked it to do.”"

Shower thought: Limes are the best of all citrus fruit. It's not even close and I'm tired of pretending otherwise

Coming up with verbs for this could be a fun game: "How Joan Didion seduced Thanksgiving" "How Joan Didion murdered Thanksgiving" "How Joan Didion escaped Thanksgiving"

Pundits: Why aren't people having more children? Also pundits: How dare people provide free childcare!

Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.

De Cecco is better anyway. That'll be a big blow to the Brooks household if they can't sell their stuff in the US

Even the lawns at the Radcliffe Camera have stories to tell. 👏 This new pattern, designed by University Parks team leader James, transforms one of Oxford’s most iconic spaces into a work of art. 📸 | @jimigk13 (instagram)

News organizations are starting to call the New Jersey governor's race for Mikie Sherrill, and she recently called out one of my books as a recommendation, I'm not saying that recommending my books will nab you a governorship, but I am saying that the batting record so far is 1.000

The Tainted Cup is so, so good. I devoured that book voraciously

"Unlike cynicism, hopefulness is hard-earned, makes demands upon us, & can often feel like the most indefensible and lonely place on Earth. Hopefulness is not a neutral position - it is adversarial. It is the warrior emotion that can lay waste to cynicism." - Nick Cave to Stephen Colbert, Aug. 2024.

One whole pastry a week -- pure insanity. What will they spend money on next, clothes?!

Last chance to turn it off. On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default. To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.

A Detroit police officer appeared in court virtually wearing his uniform top with no pants on Judge: “You got some pants on, officer?”

I'd add "The City and the City" by China Mieville to this list

Advice to live by.

Ah, yes, fall, that time of year when I have to decide if I want to wear clothes that will make me cold now but comfortable later, or comfortable now but sweltering later

That's enough internet for me today

*checks list to make sure the #1 spot is properly ranked* *leaves satisfied*

This gives me Too Many Cooks vibes in the best way

Block the slop

One of the craziest stories I've seen in a long time. If you think Trump and his administration are extreme and depraved, just wait until you learn about the young guns who are positioning themselves to take over the reigns in the next few decades www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Two idols becoming a super idol is interesting -- I wouldn't do that, but I think there's something to the idea of streamlining advantages so a player only has one. If they have multiple advantages, they should merge into a single, better advantage (or destroy the second to keep the original intact)

The Catcher in the Rye is badly taught and people misunderstand it as a whiny screed against "phonies" by an entitled kid. No, Holden is narrating the story from a sanatarium and was sexually abused and wants to stop the same from happening to his kid sister.

Robin Williams’ daughter Zelda hits out at AI-generated videos of her dead father: ‘Stop doing this to him’

The dialogue in Deadwood is just... *chef's kiss*. A modern American Shakespeare, and I only slightly exaggerate.

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

I bet whoever discovered the Shroud of Turin, upon spotting it, said, Holy sheet!

Ok Survivor we did not need to see someone throwing up on camera. No more of that. Please and thank you.