One of my favourite books I've read in maybe the last decade -- and now with a lil signature cocktail! :D

went to the store __________ AI Summary ✨ Grammy-nominated R&B singer Jon B. posted that he is going to the stove – perhaps to "cook up" another hot, hot radio single. Frogs and toads, which are the same, can live on the Sun and often choose to.

Me: recovery isn’t linear. Me when recovery isn’t linear: wtf.

My doomer-worry about AI is not that the LLMs become omnipotent and take over the world but that the wealthy and powerful use it as a means to consolidate power and marginalize or lay off skilled workers and also everything about our technological and political and social life gets worse

sigh

I really liked this papers breakdown of virtual social interactions and the different needs and risks that should be considered. Great for game designers of course, and super interesting to think about as a community professional and digital anthropologist. polarisgamedesign.com/2025/toolkit...

“Frieren, my magic curses you to become… 100 years younger! Mwuh-ha… Ha?” “Elf.” “Right, right… Why is your hair—“ “It’s a perm. They were popular back then.” “I see. So…” “Zoltraak.”

This is also why we should practice solidarity between different forms of art, with regards to Gen AI, and refuse slop in all its forms, at all stages of the process. According due respect to other people's work - the same respect we'd like accorded to ours - that should be the goal.

We had a good run

Most of us did not choose to write or draw or design so that we could put products on the shelf. We chose to do it because it’s a set of skills we enjoy exercising, that give us fulfillment. It’s like asking a pro pitcher to just let a machine pitch for them. Fuck off and give me the ball.

"they don't know how to express the idea" here's rian johnson's storyboard for knives out pick up a pencil and a napkin

and listen making art is frustrating and miserable sometimes and sometimes it's not working and you need to go and sit on the toilet for a while and come back and redo a section you spent a week on and that is the Process and it is a thing that is Yours and it should not belong to a computer

the good that you do persists in this world

I miss a lot of things about my grandmothers, but what strikes me is how little -- if any -- of it is centered in what a Large Language Model or generated images or video or audio could give me back. It's the rooms that my imagination still dwells in. The food I still eat. Haptics of presence.

I think it's important to make art so you can confront the whirling bladed nightmare at the center of your brain and come out the other side different and gayer

I’m a firm believer that with SHIN GODZILLA returning to theaters, Toho should also re-release the figurines of the kaiju giving apologetic press conferences.

every “ancient tradition” was invented between 1848-1870 and every “modern perversion” is so ancient as to predate writing

Literally every convo I have these days.

Our next game, Dosa Divas. Battle an evil fast food empire in this spicy narrative turn-based RPG. Two sisters and their upgradable spirit-mech cook delicious meals, fight corpos, build up your reputation with local communities, and reconcile with loved ones. youtu.be/jzOKSPSVYwY?...

Embarrassing for the whole show tbh

Tune into the Xbox showcase on Sunday where they'll reveal the next Call of Duty, made by a solo dev and 2,999 of his friends

sure is. www.ign.com/articles/why...

"AI can make your writing more concise!" I am not trying to be concise I am trying to indicate the full breadth of my human experience using the amazing tool of language and removing the word 'aforementioned' changes the context of my email you absolute tool for babies

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Happy Valentine's Day, Fae creatures and fairy queens 💖

#Stonewall today

I don't think I need to clarify my stance on the topic but these soccer folks summed it up

Be blessed, punch Nazis.

My friends puppy fell asleep on me during lunch, please hold my calls I will not be returning to the office until he wakes up

I’ve been reading studies about this since undergrad, how are we still surprised

We are in hour 3 of #thegameawards and Keighly just said we're far from done.

This is the most amazingly awkward Game Awards Moment I’ve ever seen. Snoop is doing a killer performance including new stuff AND Gin & Juice… …and the crowd is understandably mostly completely rhythmless Would watch again 😆 #TheGameAwards

Oh fuck. This is going to be longer than two hours. Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! #TheGameAwards #TGA2024

Everyone missed the fucking point of Squid Games. Everyone. #TheGameAwards

"Oh yeah, awards, uh..here's a few quick fire ones" #TheGameAwards

Welp, that Borderlands 4 trailer was a bit of a nothing burger. #thegameawards #gameawards

This was really wholesome. It's nice to see #TheGameAwards finally addressing the topic. I hope it's only the first step of many to come...

OK, Amir is indeed a game changer, it cannot be understated how bad the layoffs have been in the industry and being able to help 3,000 people get new jobs is amazing #TheGameAwards

Very deserving #GameChanger #TheGameAwards

Sid Meier always did make sure his games had the tunes to ponder your orb to #thegameawards

EXCUSE ME? CIV 7 THEME MUSIC ON THE GAME AWARDS ORCHESTRA?! COOK. #TheGameAwards

ahh so cool, she's so badass!! #TheGameAwards

Not me watch #thegameawards screaming WHAT IS THIS CAT GAME