I just did the dumbest thing of my entire career to prove a much more serious point. I tricked ChatGPT and Google, and made them tell other users I’m a competitive hot-dog-eating world champion People are using this trick on a massive scale to make AI tell you lies. I’ll explain how I did it

Any of you still using AI LLMs for information? Read this. Read it.

There's a great new BBC show of the same name. And someone reworked an old advert for Sea Monkeys. Here's a review. Of the show, not the ad. Not sure if it's available on your TV set. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Lou Reed's lack of a song about Minneapolis speaks volumes.

Yoon has been sentenced to life imprisonment.

I like this song quite a bit. www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5gW...

In a world of U2 songs about Minneapolis be a Colin Kaepernick.

Yeah I like the krautrock. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNYc...

Really weird email from the VA.

I like this song quite a bit. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R9W...

49 years ago today "Neat Neat Neat" is the second single by punk rock band the Damned, released on this day in 1977 on Stiff Records, simultaneously with their debut album Damned Damned Damned #PunkRock #thedamned #neatneatneat #history #punkrockhistory #otd

Lou Reed's lack of a song about Minneapolis speaks volumes.

#LookAndSee 333 #MusicChallenge Young Lovers - Triston Palmer youtu.be/fT8Gc8ZkCQ4?...

The Proclaimers with ‘ Letter From America ‘. youtu.be/yy9GmieAEaQ?...

Amused to learn that on Queensland Railways, whilst it was worthwhile adding a suffix to the classification code of railway wagons to denote the traffic they could carry, it wasn't worth distinguishing between Pineapples, Perishables and Passengers. www.publications.qld.gov.au/ckan-publica...

Prince with ‘ Raspberry Beret ‘. youtu.be/l7vRSu_wsNc?...

This semester I’m teaching composition in a prison. One of my students is a literal sociopath serving multiple life sentences for crimes that are identical to those of several famous mass murderers. This is still preferable to grading AI essays.

I just loudly said "team canada can suck my dick" and flew some double birds at the screen when the highlights from the men's hockey game came in at Hansa Clipper, and it caused a lengthy discussion at the bar. Poor @stabbyturtle2.bsky.social was stuck in the middle.

Really weird email from the VA.

Black women in America are more than twice as likely as white women to have a stillbirth. Getting physicians to take their concerns seriously is one reason for this disparity, they say: “If you’re a Black woman, you get dismissed.” (Published Dec. 2022)

The President is lying to the public: 1) For the past century, the federal government has been responsible for the Potomac Interceptor – not Maryland. The sewage pipe is on federal land. youtu.be/OKyIKHW8ONI

Colbert YouTube's Talarico interview has wracked up 6,839,673 as of a few moments ago. This followup is doing well, too. Donsteinwell's FCC forcing corporate CBS to quit Colbert's top-rated show WILL be legend in the arc of history. Congratulations, Stephen!

#MusicChallenge #FebruaryMusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 17: A song to sober up to The Mountain Goats - Palmcorder Yajna youtu.be/MnkMR2juxa4?...

I like this song quite a bit. www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5gW...

In 2020, we mapped out the danger zones that will close in on Americans over the next 30 years — combining climate data with wildfire projections by US Forest Service researchers and others. See what changes are in store for your county 👇

A thrilling overtime goal by defenseman Quinn Hughes puts Team USA through to a semifinal game against Slovakia. On the other side of the bracket, Canada had its own close call, but moves on to face Finland. n.pr/4aovv1d

We are still looking for some more leggings for our school care closet for our girls! Middle schoolers need to have clothes for accidents and clothing needs as well. GC available too! Rt? @diedrichbader.bsky.social @bonhanson.bsky.social @kanekavi.sheshed.rocks www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...

#MusicChallenge #ATWLMCII #MusicSky Day 18: Ireland Gráda - Tread Softly youtu.be/huwwhKAu_OQ?...

#62 #cassowary #birdphotography #birds

one of my favorite pictures ever - Brian along with our friends Suzi and Tobin from the band Prinzhorn Dance School ❤️

Cabaret Voltaire announce live album and final tour dates But What Time Is It Really? Live Document of Cabaret Voltaire 2025 Tour Fifty years after the May 1975 debut at Sheffield Students Union Refectory, Stephen Mallinder and Chris Watson have documented the 2025 iteration of Cabaret Voltaire.…

we agree LLMs can be dumb, but ... so can humans?

JUST IN: Judge Provinzino in Minnesota has held a Justice Department attorney in civil contempt for violations of her order requiring the return of a released ICE detainee’s ID documents. He must pay $500 a day until the documents are returned.

Recovery will not happen overnight, but we will rebuild. We can all make an impact by continuing to shop local. We will help stabilize these businesses, protect jobs, and ensure Minnesota’s economy rebounds. www.startribune.com/please-come-...

This is a model of a seismometer made in China by Zhang Heng in the year 132 CE. When triggered by an earthquake, a pendulum inside the vase hits a rod that leads to one of the dragons spitting a brass ball into a frog’s mouth. Photo from David Bainbridge’s Geology: An Illustrated History.

US/Canada folks: Swansea Sound incoming! (Sadly without an Allegro!)

Ran across this article about John Doe where he mentions the Big Boys. And the part about the high school marching band probably included a future real life astronaut (Tim Kopra).

30th Anniversary of the Trainspotting Soundtrack. This article covers how the film makers convinced (or failed to convince) the artists to be part of it. Choose Life! www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

Ran across this article about John Doe where he mentions the Big Boys. And the part about the high school marching band probably included a future real life astronaut (Tim Kopra).

Happy Wednesday!😍❤️I’m a Kinder teacher from Texas💖I’m really hoping to clear these numberblock items for my kiddos🫶It teaches them about numbers🫶Any help or share will be greatly appreciated❤️ #clearthelist #title1 #kinder www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...

Hello Mt Gambier people, you have a GREENS candidate in the upcoming SA elections. Why not? greens.org.au/sa/person/sh...

9-year-old Maria Antonia was supposed to go to Disney World. Instead, immigration agents sent her to Dilley, Texas.

Aisha's Birthday Top 50 Day 16 (35 days until my birthday) music.youtube.com/watch?v=hddz...

Echo and the Bunnymen Oxford Street London 1987 📸 Andy Phillips

Here's the thing that's always troubled me about the Andrew interview - there's no way he came up with the Woking Pizza Express stuff, so who did, and why was it deemed necessary? The Palace have known about this filth for years, that's why.

The Emotions - Black Christmas [USA, Soul] (1970) -- "With a black way of living and soul way of giving" https://redd.it/kkmi53 https://youtu.be/Ina8YMCvt_8

Here is a wee selection of my work framed. OorPatts.com 1. Young at heart ❤️ 2. The pals bench 2a. The full moooooon, coo. 2b. The first 3 wee wummin 3. Bingo! 4a. Just the 4 of us. 4b. Shower of Scotland. 4c. Climbing the Duke. 4d. Young pals. OorPatts.com

I'm not editor, writer or critic, but I think Ruth Rendell needed some work on her sex scenes.

ICE is detaining young pregnant women at a facility in Texas without proper medical care—some as young as 13, nearly half are victims of rape. This is not how we treat our most vulnerable. www.tpr.org/news/2026-02...