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I'm disappointed & somewhat queasy to hear Le Tigre's "Deceptacon" being used in an Adobe advertisement for their proprietary Gen A.I. "tool". I grant that when Kathleen, Johanna & J.D. licensed it they may not have known for which product it'd be used. I just hope the song itself is commentary.

Comics friends, if this account just followed you, block them. It's an AI platform for "comics" -

Not to go all "not all men," but I am very cautious to not be a creep on dating sites/apps. The problem IS the sites/apps: there is no motivation to facilitate successful pairings, from free users but ESPECIALLY not paying members. Any such successes are DESPITE their efforts, not because of them.

The next college speaker that has praise for AI written into their prepared speech:

If Democrats had the political instincts and media machine Republicans do, in 48 hours 95% of Americans would know Andrew Paul Johnson's name and be LIVID that the government is getting ready to give him some of your tax money

I announced so on Fb, so I will here: Fri, May 15, 2026, @ 8 pm, my beloved cat Pavement's life ended. His actual DOB is unknown, but I'd codified it as Feb 15, 2008, so he was 18¼. I was w/him at the time: mine was the last face he saw as he passed. I once had a cat Or I should say He once had me

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Thousands are marching in Selma calling for a full restoration of the voting rights act.

B/c I'm off til Sunday I worked a 2xOT day yesterday that turned out to be almost 15 hours long, so my next paycheck should be PHAT. 🤑 It wasn't even that grueling by my normal standards, mostly just sitting. So the reason why I'm still in bed at 3:30 isn't fatigue but the warm embers of my old cat.

Well, crap: I'm only now seeing that this weekend is Bizarro Con in PDX, apparently announced 3 mos ago, and as it happens I'm free, though not so free that I can hop a cross-country flight on a whim. Mayhaps next year! Bizarrocon.com

She's just biding her time until Bruce passes and she can sell his likeness and surface distinctions to a "studio" who will puppeteer his digital corpse in those obvious money-laundering schemes disguised as "movies" he made while on the decline, forever. Sounds like Hell. youtu.be/cd1eNS9HtXo

My brain is all too adept at envisioning consequences, good or ill, from anticipated successes or failures, and not enough so at conceptualizing the steps and commitment required to achieve said successes: only failure by inertia is familiar turf. youtu.be/t0co3CgoMMU

MINIONS, HEED YOUR MASTER'S CALL FIND ME THE AUDITIONS FOR THE TITULAR "WEIRD AL" OR HIS NEAREST ANALOGUE YES I WILL SHAVE MY BEARD FOR THE ROLE DO NOT DARE DENY ME MY DESTINY

I got a wild hair and dashed out a new protest sign. I didn't plan it well, and you can see I fucked up the lettering. But being slipshod and incompetent only makes it more punk, right? (I don't actually know how punk works.)

Uhhhh, did I miss something? Isn't that subsidiary of The Walt Disney Co. officially known as "20th Century Studios"? Is Mickey Mouse gonna hafta can a bitch? (Yes, the TV network is still called "Fox," which I've been saying for a while is bad branding: it should be renamed "XX" to ref "20th.")

The local Conservative temple to whose congregation the Kushner-Trumps claim membership seems to be in league w/Chabad Lubovitch, in contrast to what I formerly suspected was antagonism: there is commonly a Mitzvah wagon parked out front during shabbos. No doubt they're comparing notes on cult mgmt.

A Russian-speaking tour guide w/whom I had no previous interaction out of nowhere said, "Happy Mother's Day to your mother." -... my mother is a terrible person: I've not spoken to her >23 years. "Oh. Are you married?" -No. "Then Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers!" OMG, quit while you're behind.

Last night I was b/t the codger whose every gasp is 🌈🤩 to saccharine excess and my rictus grievance biddy. Today I'm b/t the homunculus who mailed away for his personality and a literal mouf-breefer. I'm surely the creep in their respective myths, but I don't choose to be on teams w/them: they do.

This is bold faced nazi shit

red dwarf

@wolvendamien.bsky.social in case this story hadn't crossed your dash, your daily disappointment in humanity: dangerousminds.net/weird-news/s...

I've been visiting my aunt and, b/c they're visiting, too, my dad & stepmom (w/a Chinese dinner visit from my nephew as well). Yesterday afternoon we tried to do #thriftfu at the clot of local shops, but my #litotimancy yielded nothing. Still, these items caught my eye, just not enough to shell out.

It’s National Cartoonist Day. So here again, for those who might need a reminder, is the best cartoon ever made. By B. Kliban.

I just passed a milestone on Bluesky that never happened on Twitter nor Facebook: I am now at 1,000 followers. I'm not so self-aggrandising that I assume anyone is hanging off my every word nor even that each acc't is active & human, but I appreciate you for demonstrating an interest. Thank you.

Same energy:

CONSUME STAR WARS CONSUME THE FORCE ABSORB MIDICHLORIANS GET A NEW FRANCHISE #MayThe4th #MayThe4thBeWithYou #MayTheFourth #MayTheFourthBeWithYou

Now* he's gone TOO FAR *2015 theonion.com/trump-ratche...

A little girl's refrain of "Daddy, can we go to the gift shop now?" was repeated so incessantly that it resolved itself in my mind into a frat bro blues song in the mold of "Sweet Home Chicago."

In the last several weeks I've seen 3 Chinese tourists wearing MAGA caps. If they're from China proper I must assume they're rubbernecking with great irony & possibly glee. But if they're ex-pats or ABC that becomes murkier, in the same way as many U.S.-displaced Cubans gladly went bitch for empire.

My housemate's wife & son are staying w/us this weekend, both of whom I like fine, though I've yet to see either. She may be a bit manic compulsive, however: she decided last night that 2:30 am was the perfect moment to fitfully Swiffer our bathroom, which is <10' from where I was sleeping. "WAS."

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How long d'ya reckon 'til he strongarms Abby into starting an OnlyFans? You know he'd be the first subscriber.

A key point here is that he uploads his book to Claude first, then dubs it Claudia and begins gushing over how sensitive and smart "she" is. He doesn't even realize he just trained Claudia to reflect his own phrasing and thoughts back at him. He is Narcissus gazing lovingly at his own reflection.

Something that bears repeating loudly and often xx This holds for a lot of video recommendations as well

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Name your favorite film sequel

<barbershop quartet> 🎼Herc herc herc herc, herc HERC herc HERC HERC U LA NE UMMMMM🎶 </barbershop quartet> Some of these are just so I can exorcise an intrusive thought.

Advertise your account with a Simpsons image

I'd been trying to make this #mashup work for days, but for whatever reason #ravedj refused to grasp the common thread. I finally hit the right combo of sources & order, tho I would've put #FYC more fwd in the mix. rave.dj/qRA6GAJC0UCfaA #FineYoungCannibals x #Firefall = "The Woman Drives Me Crazy"

I'd been confirmed for overtime today: it's a busy week and I can use the money. But after being unable to fall asleep until at least 1 am and waking at 5:45 am, I had an acute case of "fuck it all" and canceled it. Now pinned under a sleeping old moggy as The Defender and Nature intended.

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, DC, Marvel, Disney, Pixar, Spielberg, Cameron, Wachowskis, or Ghibli.

A woman w/whom I always have friction is my Relief today. When it's time for our pre-closing breaks she announces she's going. -1st break always goes 1st. "No, Relief chooses: that's how it's been the 3 years I've worked here." -I've worked here 18 years. "You're saying this b/c you want to go [1/2]

"Weird Science" comes on the radio while I'm driving with my daughter. ME: You know, this is the same guy who did Jack Skellington's singing voice in The Nightmare Before Christmas. He also composed the theme song for The Simpsons. HER: That doesn't sound right, Dad.

I'm both reassured and sad that I only remembered last night was Open VCR Night @ Wonderville this morning. I took it more to heart than its ostensible founder: I had to distance myself from it. Whether or not my absence was felt, I have better uses of my resources than to prop up the unworthy.

At my xfer, I was greeted by 3 solicitations: • a subway minister just starting his day, still sunshine & fraternity; • mere feet away, an unhoused person tweaking, be it from drugs, exposure, trauma or some combo; • a redheaded woman playing "The Rainbow Connection" on violin. $5 to the ginger!

For days I thought I had annual leave coming up this week, based only on notes I'd taken on events of interest in the lead-up to scheduling time off. Today I finally checked and, no, I do not. I *do* have a couple days off in 2 more weeks, and then a proper week off a few after that. My poor leg...

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