Doo doo, doo doo doo.

And that's Blue Prince finally bought and downloading. So...see you in a month or two, I guess? Just in time to buy Clair Obscur?

I'm not sure if this goes on the back cover of my autobiography...it seems a bit context dependent.

This is why I reject the "black box" nonsense parroted not just by the companies but by legal scholars writing about AI as well. Model development involves numerous intentional and editorial decision points that create a publication in itself (like a book). It's actually not that opaque.

No, just arms.

The biggest problem with the Turing Test is that it doesn't account for the gullibility of humans.

There's no Bandcamp Friday this month, but with MAGFest next week, I can't wait until February...so, @laceyjohnsonmusic.bsky.social, that's those three albums boughten. (P3, P4, and Greatest Hits. I had Metroid and P5 from last year.)

For fuck's sake.

Let me be clear: Fair use is fact-specific and never clear-cut, but this is an exception to that rule. There is no good-faith argument available for fair use here. This is simply a lawless gang doing smash and grabs with IP because they are the law and who's gonna stop them.

I've seen bits of this cartoon while waiting in line at Six Flags, but now I've managed to find the whole thing (and with sound that I can hear!). Honestly, the fact that someone actually made this is just amazing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=egJw...

There are actual Nazis in the White House. Acknowledging that Palestinians exist and that Israel is led by bad people right now isn’t a pogram. Get it together.

This one. bsky.app/profile/vict...

Anyone working in trades in NYC? (Plumping, HVAC, electrical etc) Im looking at trade schools. Would love to get advice from someone in the trades.

This Upton Sinclair quote never misses “It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.”

The two divisions in the US right now are quite clearly “Hey, we’ve got to do our best learn to love other people and love ourselves” and “see that guy? hate that fucking guy! HATE HIM HARDER!” These sprawl over all other cultural and political factions.

We need more politicians who care about what government can do for people, and fewer who only care about winning power for themselves

this is the most incredible interview i’ve ever read. the aei guy tries so hard to get sliwa to trash mamdani and he simply won’t. he also brings up flaco (rip) unprompted. www.wsj.com/opinion/free...

I was wondering what Mamdani's first executive order would be, and I'm not disappointed by this. He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.

roses are red, if it purrs it's a cat,

Like the way forward here is not to oppose the fascist vision of "Real America" with a differing one but to assert that there is no "Real America" in any meaningful way because this country is too socially diverse for us to reify any one experience as the only "Real" one.

In which the President decides to call and chat on the record with a newspaper he’s suing for a billion dollars, for libel. (gift link) www.wsj.com/us-news/as-s...

Holy crap I made it. It's not 2025 anymore.

Many of you are psyching yourself up to start that dream project in 2026. AWESOME Just keep in mind that devoting your free time to achieving your dreams is not the same as Hustle Culture. Keep your mind on you and your art and don't fall into the trap of thinking every minute should be monetized.

That's a Vulcan restaurant.

all meaning has collapsed in our post-literate society and i wrote a bunch of useless, useless words about it. read it if you, like me, are one of a diminishing minority who still reads www.theverge.com/policy/84960...

RIP 2025 2025-2025

I can be expected to say this, I know, but this really is entirely conservatives fault

I am willing to grant (both because it's probably true, and as an off-ramp) that a lot of people thought he didn't really mean it. But let's all be very clear: he did mean it, he explicitly promised it, and if you didn't want this, you need to have learned your lesson good and hard

Trumpers have a howling void of angry insecurity where a soul should be. Unchecked power tastes like ashes in their mouth because they thought when they got it everyone would be forced to like and admire them even though they’re irredeemable assholes. But people still treat them like assholes.

Fun fact: The one! simple! trick! that DOES demonstrably stem the inward flow of contraband--banning cargo pants for COs--pretty much never happens.

Underwood: you can use AI to interpret contracts King: oh, really? maybe that would be useful Barker: i have a follow-up question Underwood: no questions Barker: will the AI interpret the contracts correctly? Underwood: SYNTAX ERROR Underwood: ABORT RETRY FAIL?

The acronym mashup confusion for "MTG" is not helped by metaphors like "playing the game." (I don't disagree with Wagers. Just...bluh.)

I have a new piece up @thenation.com on Billy Wilder, the Holocaust, survivor's guilt, and confronting the limits of Zionism. www.thenation.com/article/cult...

This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)

The entire measurable legacy of his two administrations will be the harm done.

Knight: no, citizen, i began the SFWA for a much greater purpose Knight: to create incredibly stupid and avoidable nebula drama Knight: no one can create dumber drama than the SFWA! Hugo Gernsback: not so fast!

Someone on Discord, looking at their inbox: "I see emails. Lots of emails." Me: "I see emails Lots of emails I see meetings and invites and spam! Lots of females Who say they will love me as I am..."

Anytime someone is like “no you don’t understand getting people to invest in a business is very hard” you need to understand that the rules are different if you’re a white man connected to the levers of power.

USA Today article just dropped! This is HUGE!!! www.usatoday.com/story/money/...

"...which is why we named our company Morgoth."

This is some real serious symbolism that Mayor Mamdani is going for. Old City Hall was meant to be the showcase of the original subway when it opened in 1904. But it's not just that: the first subway was quick and cheap to build, taking only five years from start to finish. Symbolism, man.

someone responded to this that “revenge of the nerds” was a better movie than reality but remember: what the movie and reality have in common is a rape subplot.

Woooof

Sean is giving away copies of DIGITAL DIVIDE, the first Rachel Peng book! (6th one coming on the 13th but someone--not me, because WHY WOULD I but customer service says blah blah blah and no I didn't yell theirs is a thankless job--cancelled the order so I'm trying to have the ducks aligned first)

It is weird, to want to tell people 'never let the rich see you experience joy. They'll buy the cause and raise the price every year forever.'

One of the things I hear a lot is "contracts mean different things than the language in them says and that's why you need a lawyer" This is generally not true.

Anyone who doesn’t understand how to read a royalty statement, there are professional auditors who will do it for you and they only get paid if they make a recovery for you. If you don’t know any, HMU. I know lots of them.

Knives out: the upper middle class are squabbling vicious children who do not deserve their inheritance Glass onion: the new elite are the stupidest murderous cunts alive and deserve your scorn Wake up dead man: those preaching anger as salvation are leading you to death, hope and kindness matter

I should have put money down.

Don't delegate the reading of your contracts to any one or anything. Read the whole fucking thing. If you have questions or don't understand something, this is what your agent or lawyer is for. And fucking YES get a lawyer, one that has some experience with contracts in the relevant field.