This really is a very typical AI use case: somebody wants to do something, but they have no real concept of quality and they are utterly ignorant of how much they're broadcasting their lack of concern for it for everyone to see. They just want to do a Thing and to be seen as a Thing-Doer.

Ok this is a truly great tweet

If you’re into a cool weird west horror vibes, check out Dead Money. I’ve read the second issue, which isn’t out yet, and it’s where things start to get real bad for the characters, which is, of course, good for the readers. It’s a fun ride!

There's an impending LEGO Batman situation but don't worry, I'm on top of it.

Israel's ultranationalist National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir shared this video showing Israeli forces abusing detained flotilla activists. Zeteo calls for the immediate release of all activists, humanitarians, and journalists abducted, including our contributor Alex Colston.

Seriously, there’s something ghoulish about Israel being allowed to take part in Eurovision, with all of it cheerful and vapid celebratory vibes, while it is simultaneously continuing to commit genocide. It’s some real”let’s invite Hitler to dinner but let’s not talk politics!” type indifference.

No one cares who won. This competition is soaked in blood and you should be disgraced to have attended it. #Eurovisión2026

I feel like there are way more fun ways to ruin your life than this.

Late night "metal" video for Dead Money #2 www.tiktok.com/@joseholder/...

This is a great example of AI not actually understanding neither what it reads nor what it's talking about. This is not a "hallucination," this is software guessing at stuff and being able to process statistical proximity but possessing no actual intelligence or ability to understand human context.

Happy May the 4th! If, for some reason, you're looking for a galaxy-spanning science-fiction tabletop RPG where PCs are wielders of a psionic force, might I suggest Trinity Continuum: Æon? theonyxpath.com/trinity-cont...

Say there's a shitty guy named Ted. Somebody goes, "hey, Ted, you do a lot of shitty stuff, you suck." And Ted responds, "WELL! But like a century ago there was another Ted and THAT Ted was cool, tee hee!" And then he's all like aww yeah, I got 'em, I GOT THOSE MOTHERFUCKERS. You sure did, Ted.

This Polygon article on Quantum Break turning 10 gave us a lot of praise. I'm very proud of the work we did on the game and I'm glad to see it still resonates with people. It wasn't the big hit everybody was hoping for, but I think we did okay! www.polygon.com/quantum-brea...

In my post-Death Stranding haze I stumbled upon this Polygon article by Colin Campbell. I feel like it nails a lot of thoughts and feelings I had about the experience. www.polygon.com/2019/11/8/20...

there's a cat tree in my house (1/6)

I have finished Death Stranding, which took me many years. There are a lot of things I genuinely like about the game. But if there had been an editor involved, which there incredibly obviously was not, they'd have CTRL-A'd the entire script and added a single note that would be "tighten."

Americans cannot buy Kinder eggs because, and I quote the FDA, ”embedded non-nutritive objects in these confectionery products may pose a public health risk as the consumer may unknowingly choke on the object.” This shit right here, though? No need for regulation.

My savings are officially empty. This month's rent is paid, so unless a miracle happens by next month, I'm out on my ass. Help a disabled tran out, flip me a buck, buy some books, or just bump this along, whatever you can do https://ko-fi.com/acdanvers/goal?g=0 #mutual-aid

My man Jesse Scoble is working on a Western horror thing. Jesse does good things. I just backed this; you could do the same! Dead Money: A Western Horror Comic - Issues #2 & #3 on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/dea...

So, cops were deploying spike strips, helicopters, armed response units on a "welfare check" on a person carrying incriminating evidence against the cops... yep, that seems SUPER legit. Also, and I apologize for the whiplash tone shift here, "Nadine Buzzard-Quashie" sounds like a Monty Python name.

I dunno what to do about this. There are so many of these kids (and also not kids) doing this, and they are learning nothing. We’re now dismissing not iust learning, but even just knowing stuff, or having expertise. It’s societally self-destructive to raise a generation of actual incompetents.

I was just in my Monday morning sync and as we were wrapping it up, somebody said "let's all have a good Friday" and for one glorious, awful nanosecond I felt pure joy for the week being over and sheer horror for having somehow lost a whole week. But then reality reasserted itself.

If they wanted to get away with something like this they should have painted the statute brown and raped it.

Share someone dressed in white.

Is it stunning? I mean, is it really? "A robot can outperform a human in a repetitive task because it doesn't get tired" should not be a shocking concept at this point in human development, we've had like a century to get used to it.

They do that, yeah. Sure. But it’s a weird and frustrating read, because they describe all of this behavior but they do not say the obvious, or really even suggest it: that this is an unstable man not fit for the office. It’s implied, sure, but it allows people to maintain the pretense of normalcy.

"If only they could see what it says on this piece of fabric in my pocket, they'd absolutely shit themselves," Jake Reporterman thought, and smiled a secret smile to himself. It had been a close call... but you underestimated the Fourth Estate at your peril. Checkmate, fascism.

I was reminded of this trailer from 13 years ago and now I just want to get cozy with Jazz Boatman and see where things take us. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxxn...

Man, those lines. I see something like this, and I get this deep appreciation for the skill and the technique and the vision, it really does something to me. Art's a hell of a thing.

We're really hitting peak unnecessary AI here. This does nothing at all to facilitate the customer's drink order. No customer needs it, it does not solve a single problem, and it does nothing to benefit Starbucks. All it does is consume resources and add noise and friction.

This should be a no-brainer. For Christ's sake STOP Posting obvious AI-generated political cartoons! Bluesky is awash in this shit these days. There are tons of real live human political cartoonists here, posting terrific work. Repost those. If you're unclear, here's how to spot AI slop:

Had an extended weekend in London, and it involved hanging out with cool people I don't get to see nearly as often as I would like to. My step counter is like "ALL THE STEPS" and I'm pretty beat but I had a lovely time and now I have the sauna on and I'm about to sit down and sweat. It's good.

I’m in an airport bathroom and the man in the next stall is shouting at people to stop using the hand driers. The noise is making it impossible for him to have his very important phone call. He alternates between ”CAN YOU JUST STOP IT” and ”sorry, sorry, it’s very noisy in here.” Powerful stuff.

This feels like snapshots of somebody accidentally leaning their elbow on the gammon switch.

I am not horrified at this and I definitely am lacking in any religious awareness and feeling, which I frankly consider one of my better features. However, I am appalled by the grift and the exploitation and the overall moral and ethical failure implicit in this.

Today I touched a thing. It was a pretty cool thing to touch I told a friend who works in astronomy and they were like, ”Oh, cool, I’ll try to remember to bring you something even older you can touch.” Yeah, 4.5 billion years is kind of entry level stuff!

Hey, uh, maybe do something about this senile motherfucker. He's spent his entire political career saying what he's gonna do and people go "nah, he's not gonna do that, he's just blustering" and then he goes and does it. Find the fucking nerve before he eats your souls. You cannot walk this back.

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Quantum Break has just now turned 10. Somehow, a decade has slipped past. Wild. A couple of thoughts about the game...

Oh yeah, those kids are gonna do great. Just incredibly prepared for the future.

The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

The algorithm is feeding me pictures of super cool huge Lego builds. Once again I find myself thinking that all I need to do is win the lottery so I can buy a place with a huge basement or something and then all I need is another lottery win to buy the Lego and I'll be all set.

Just absolutely no concept of any kind of journalistic ethics. What the fuck.

You know that whole thing about some horrible piece of shit dying, and people are like NO YOU AREN'T ALLOWED TO SAY ANYTHING BAD ABOUT THEM? Now we're getting getting the same treatment because people aren't excited enough about a glitchy and unconvincing chunk of AI slop.

There's something extremely predictable about a lot of the people who're super eager to watch that new Harry Potter show also being real angry about there being black people in their Harry Potter.

Eclipse Phase is a really cool game. It is now also a really cheap game. If you ever wanted to play an uplifted gorilla or an angry toaster or a sentient spaceship or a nanotech cloud, this is where you get to do that.

"It will be the president's determination" is such a crazy thing to say, even by the standards of these people. Actual reality or strategy or analysis will have no impact on it, President Sex Criminal is just gonna have a neuron misfire and out comes a number and that's that. So business as usual.

Finally, a solution to the problem of creating custom feeds without knowing how to code. Everybody on Bluesky has been screaming for this one all this time! Just… come the fuck on. Nobody wants this or needs this. This is the kind of nonsense you come up with as an awkward come-hither to investors.