Part of being an AI user in creative works is convincing yourself that everyone ELSE uses it too, because otherwise you have to confront the reality that you're a faker and a fraud

Still haven’t convinced anyone to give me money as a sign of respect, so I must continue to work

Anna’s hummingbird Wood duck Red wing blackbird

Do Americans know about Kim Mitchell?

This is the exact person Pulp sang about in Common People

Imagine being stressed out about life and the state of the world and then you walk outside to clear your head and see this

This is Hirohiko Araki (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure creator) giving what I must consider bad advice in his book advice about manga. The example he makes up after the highlighted section is the basis for one of the better role-playing games to come out in the past several years (disco elysium).

Funny how two+ years in and we're not hearing about all the massive success stories AI must be responsible for by now

Worth paying attention to the evolution of climate denial Carney is innovating here. First wave: deny climate change is real Second wave: admit it’s real, but downplay its significance or ability to address it Third wave: reframe fossil fuels as a climate solution

My 1999 self would weep at how totally broken the internet has become. AI slop, social media walled gardens that rot the brain, surveillance pricing and advertising, every single goddamn website has an endless cloudflare captcha loop before you get to read anything. Burn it all down.

With the release of The Mandalorian and Grogu, we are going to see a big uptick in adoptions. As someone who works in Grogu rescue, I will remind you: when you adopt a Baby Yoda, you are committing to its 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘯. Grogus can live up to 900 years. They can also move shit around your apartment.

Mech suit assembly scene except it assembles a mattress, pillows, and blankets around me and I fall asleep

Just heard a radio DJ use the phrase “I’m just doing my job” while introing the new drake

brb going to the forest to snuggle with the Big Danger Kitties

Children of Time is a great DS9 episode but the best part is when the crew are all arguing about whether or not they should escape the planet and condemn 8000 villagers to never exist and O'Brien straight up calls Worf a deadbeat dad.

Completely inaccurate portrayal of how people react to music playing on public transit

There should be a Star Trek movie every two years and they should have indie film budgets and no explosions and almost everyone should hate them.

I think every time someone complains about public transit being "dirty" they ought to be legally required to post a picture of their car interior

Time for another bee interview.

sniff sniff

I feel I should alert Bluesky to the baby foxes in our yard

This would make for a great one-act play.

I’ve already cast Wendi McLendon-Covey as the voice of Noel’s mom

(loudest wettest fart noise imaginable)

Bonus panel here: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/terminal #smbc #ai #comics

If I hear one more youtuber sputter out an "I hope I'm pronouncing that right" in reference to an easily searchable foreign name I'm going to start lighting people on fire

There are three types of Vancouver dive bar: 1. Boring cookie-cutter bar/grill with dive aesthetic, basically a Boston Pizza with slightly better decor 2. The fun place that’s always packed on Saturday night and still faintly smells of cigarettes 3. Actually very bad/sketchy Gallery is the third

Strongbad with normal eyes is deeply upsetting

In 1978, a Dawson City construction crew made an incredible discovery. While excavating the site of a swimming pool, they found 533 reels of silent films and newsreels from 1908 to 1929. Many were thought lost for years. This is the story. 📸 Kathy Jones-Gates 🧵 1/8

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim proclaimed May 29, 2024 as “Guy Felicella Day” in honour of my work advocating for “BOTH HARM REDUCTION AND RECOVERY.” Tomorrow, I’m returning it. I won’t be used as part of a disingenuous display of fake compassion. My full statement is below 👇

is building a lot of data centers in, say, 2014 controversial? not really. is making a computer program talk and make code for you bad in its own right? not really. but it's a lot more disturbing when it's being implemented in this way, by these people, so quickly.

Me on tik tok

Every election, I remind people that you do NOT have to register to vote in Canada. I've never been on the voter registry *because* I'm a victim of stalking. And every time, some polisci loser accuses me of misinformation. But again, you do NOT have to be on the registry to vote! And this is why!

"Hello, I'm Dr. Cheeks. I'm doing my rounds, and I'm a little behind."

Bring back the ancient knowledge

West Point Grey / East Hastings / Kitsilano

i don’t want to have responsibilities i want to be a big fat sea lion that’s taken over a pier and people throw their leftover lobster rolls at me

Portuguese child: I want to play the Spanish guitar Portuguese mom: we have guitar at home The guitar at home:

My knees when I ask them how they're doing

It really feels like I’ve been sweeping the deck with a broom and someone says “you should try a leaf blower.” Why? The broom works well. “But the leaf blower is better and faster.” Even if that were true (it’s not), why should I use a more expensive tool to save time on a job that takes 3 minutes?

For proper nouns, none are more baffling than “Connecticut.” An absolute nightmare every time. Otherwise, it’s the words ending in “-ress” that always get me. “Suppress” has two double letters but “duress” and “redress” don’t? Ridiculous language.

Will dress fancy for BBQ.