Countries that do not use Fritos as currency could be "left behind," says Frito-Lay CEO Ken Biddleman

Countries that do not embrace a.i. may remain the stewards of their own culture and industry.

I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland. And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.

genAI is dying repost to make it die faster

always push back

After a discussion with their attorney, I have confirmed that Juan, his 16-month-old sister, his mom, and his dad have been deported.

ICE "has relied extensively on Microsoft's cloud storage and artificial intelligence products while escalating its campaign of mass arrests and deportations in recent months." "[A]lso scaled up its consumption of Amazon products." #USA #Surveillance #Technology #Deportation #EthnicCleansing

How do you know the Epstein class is terrified of progressive ideas and basic morality? Because their employees do this:

the overseer of project 2025 is telling you out loud that every inch you cede on trans rights is part of the plan to create a white christian fascist state

“As the airplane took off, Epstein started touching me forcibly in between my legs, and I freaked out. I realized, this is not a modeling opportunity, I've been kidnapped. They whisked me away to the island. I was stuck there. They never arranged any modeling opportunities, I was completely conned."

David Twohy's Pitch Black was released 26 years ago today. Not only is Riddick's first adventure a nice sci-fi horror movie, but the spaceship crash that opens the film is one of the most spectacular in cinema.

"Solar panels in China are cheaper than a same-size piece of window glass. You can use panels as siding and fencing as if it’s a building material that just happens to produce some electricity The future is panels everywhere"[email protected] Thread: Solar Hockey Stick of Hope bsky.app/profile/70sb...

These two women are suing Andrew Tate, alleging he raped them. Here they visit the social media companies that created Tate. Please share. *one voice altered to disguise identity

RIP Tom Noonan A gifted writer, director & actor. His portrayal of Francis Dolarhyde in Manhunter was unforgettable. It was deeply sympathetic, nuanced & disturbing. You felt for the deeply damaged human being inside the monster. This scene in particular is extraordinary: youtu.be/y07Z8YVbjbs?...

“It’s ok to change your mind” 🎵 Folks in the crowded hall break into song before HB 1711 the anti-immigrant STEPHEN MILLER/Rep. Elaine Davis (R) bill to turn Tennessee schools & hospitals into ICE informants is heard

This is serious. Look at what the world is LOSING, because of our GD idiots.

honestly with the news that the us just killed eleven more people for no good god damn reason, the only person I'm voting for is the one who vows to prosecute this administration to the fullest extent of the law

Insanity. They are laughing at us.

Love that AI, a thing we hate and don’t want, steals everything, ruins everything, shittifies everything. Drinks our water, plagiarizes our art, pisses all over our information fidelity, drives kids to suicide, serves the right-wing, and fucks up our devices and services. Good job, techbros!

Fair.

Death Sentences // Updated for Linda Davis

Oh man, RIP Tom Noonan. Great in everything, but truly entrancing in Manhunter. It’s not just that he manages to be as tragic as he is terrifying; he seems to switch from a human being to something more—and less—before your eyes.

We all knew it and now it's been said publicly by Rep. Seth Moulton.

I couldn't forward the article but I think the headline says it all.

This continues to happen. When is something going to be done about it?

People need to understand this is one of the primary reasons corporations & politicians have been pushing for digital identification to be required to use many apps & websites. It was never about the safety of children & is solely based on targeting people. Digital ID’s are NOT a good thing at all.

The constant condescension about ai is another aspect of it that makes me hate it more. The assumption is you can only be against it because you don't understand it like I do. No man. I don't like voluntarily making every human enterprise dependent on a tech run by a tiny group of financial maniacs

“I’ve gotten interested in these very little, subtle things you usually don’t see in movies, very quiet, tiny, little moments that you see in life and which are very difficult to put into a movie. I watch people a lot and look for those moments.” - Tom Noonan, R.I.P.

AI is the “asbestos of the internet”

The AI "caricature" trend has been very distressing to genuine caricaturists like my husband @tealcartoons.bsky.social. We've been discussing how to reconnect with people & remind them what human-made art looks like. He just started a YT channel. Please subscribe, share & delight in real caricature!

I have been purged from the voter rolls 6 times since 2021 when I registered to vote in Texas. I’d never been purged when voting in prior states. Ever.

OK, she just posted an updated video, and it appears she was able to vote, although it was by using a provisional ballot, which is not ideal. She sounds optimistic, but I feel like there are some shenanigans going on.

Wait, did the SAVE Act already pass and they forgot to tell voters? No! I’m going to need an update on this. I hope she was able to cast her ballot in the primary. Texans, if this is happening to you, post your story with the polling location. Put it on blast. And report it.

Let me get this straight, you can't run Windows 10 anymore but Windows 11 won't work on computers past a certain age because of all the a.i stuff. So you have to upgrade to a new computer in order to run Windows 11 but because of the a.i. they are no longer selling RAM or hard drives to end users.

also one of my favorite “drop in for one scene and absolutely kill it” performances, as kelso in “heat”

I dunno, is there a technology the right isn’t going to weaponise either into a panopticon or a way to make labour Pay less And that is ultimatly going to make the Epstein class wealthier?

R.I.P.

Tom Noonan's piano music is collected on his website. Here's one of the songs I was honored to hear him play on the electric piano in his east village apartment. It's called "Giving Thanks." www.tomnoonan.com/ALL%20TUNES/167%20-%2001%20Giving%20Thanks.mp3

RIP Tom Noonan, a friend for 18 years. Often typecast as villains, he was an actor's actor, a unique playwright & filmmaker, a gifted composer, and a pianist with a sweet voice. My kids & I used to go to his tiny apartment for dinner (pizza). We'd have a few drinks & he'd start to play. Magic.

Oh, man. Tom Noonan died? His performance as Francis Dolarhyde in Manhunter is one of the most terrifying, mesmerizing I've ever seen in a film.

Sorry to get radical but I don’t think it’s my job or yours to embrace, accept, understand - and certainly not to use - the thing being sold to us as AI. I don’t like any part of it, so I won’t. I’m missing out? Good, that’s what I want. You’re worried about me missing out? That’s fuckin weird, man.

The AI bubble RAM crisis is caused for non-existent problems by non-existent money for a non-existent infrastructure to meet non-existent demand to make non-existent business and will utterly destroy real business based on real demand and real infrastructure built with real money for real problems.

Chrisanne and I were deeply honored to be a small part of this powerful new documentary: “Love Flourishes” This is designed by, to and for transgender humans. To remind us, we deserve to be loved. To be seen truthfully and to love back. This is the trailer I cannot wait to share the entire film

Still can’t even get all democrats on board to impeach Secretary Noem. Congress needs to stop this. That’s their job.

People have actually been throwing dildos at ICE in Minnesota The Great Dildo Rebellion is here.

Just wanted to say, Dulce Morales is still being asked to undergo extraordinary measures to prove she is a US Citizen - even though the fed has been given everything they possibly can at this point. www.cbsnews.com/amp/baltimor...

I keep pushing this philosophy in work, but it falls on deaf ears.

Repulsive