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One time I got interviewed by Vice for a meme I didn't even start
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One time I got interviewed by Vice for a meme I didn't even start
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When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
Seems like it's worth posting this one again.
Why Do Historians Still Have To Go To Archives?
Why do historians go to archives? Hasn’t everything already been digitized?
contingentmagazine.org
December 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
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muppet christmas carol (happy holidays!)
December 21, 2025 at 7:56 PM
muppet christmas carol (happy holidays!)
if it's a normal animal i'm sick of it being cgi in big-budget films, at least use cgi for only stunts or editing the source footage for specificity, but if the action on screen is 'deer eating berries'..... you have the money pay for a real deer for at least some of it
December 22, 2025 at 5:53 AM
if it's a normal animal i'm sick of it being cgi in big-budget films, at least use cgi for only stunts or editing the source footage for specificity, but if the action on screen is 'deer eating berries'..... you have the money pay for a real deer for at least some of it
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truly amazing how many different professions there are where everyone’s newest persistent headache is “AI zealots high on their own supply”
Met a 40yo gallery-ist at a party in SF. We spent most of the party talking abt the art world, but mostly what she talked abt was how most of her life now is telling AI “artists” that they are not artists, she won’t sell their “work” in her gallery, & that “prompt writer” isn’t an artistic medium.
December 21, 2025 at 3:10 AM
truly amazing how many different professions there are where everyone’s newest persistent headache is “AI zealots high on their own supply”
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Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) (2005 Remaster)
YouTube video by Talking Heads - Topic
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December 21, 2025 at 4:14 AM
making a local login and removing all the built in advertising was such a good call, just under a month in and i am enjoying the refresh to minimal clutter! and i did it no downloads needed because any changes to the device i wanted to verify step by step.
stages of setting up my new laptop:
1. regret.
2. hack off every bit of bloatware and ai i can manage
3. rediscover whimsy as i customise it
4. hope it doesn't implode due to planned obsolescence in a year
1. regret.
2. hack off every bit of bloatware and ai i can manage
3. rediscover whimsy as i customise it
4. hope it doesn't implode due to planned obsolescence in a year
December 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
making a local login and removing all the built in advertising was such a good call, just under a month in and i am enjoying the refresh to minimal clutter! and i did it no downloads needed because any changes to the device i wanted to verify step by step.
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whenever I feel down about my art I just make myself remember when I struggled super hard with even just drawing a head shape, and that exceeding my current skill level was unimaginable, but now I can draw F. Murray Abraham by looking at a photo of him and it was just fun. never kill yourself
December 21, 2025 at 7:15 AM
whenever I feel down about my art I just make myself remember when I struggled super hard with even just drawing a head shape, and that exceeding my current skill level was unimaginable, but now I can draw F. Murray Abraham by looking at a photo of him and it was just fun. never kill yourself
attention span...... return to me.......
December 20, 2025 at 8:33 AM
attention span...... return to me.......
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They had it on at the gallery in conjunction with Rachel Caballero's "The Patchwork Portal" exhibit, which is themed around The Patchwork Girl of Oz, and features gorgeous handmade artworks, as well as craft tables where you can make a hand-sewn patch to add to a dress for Scraps. Gorgeous.
December 20, 2025 at 7:12 AM
They had it on at the gallery in conjunction with Rachel Caballero's "The Patchwork Portal" exhibit, which is themed around The Patchwork Girl of Oz, and features gorgeous handmade artworks, as well as craft tables where you can make a hand-sewn patch to add to a dress for Scraps. Gorgeous.
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wow, generative ai, technology so advanced it's set us back to before photography when the objectivity of reproducing reality with photosensitive chemical reactions wasn't possible. congratulations on rendering photos and videos on the same level of reliability as illustration. great job
December 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
wow, generative ai, technology so advanced it's set us back to before photography when the objectivity of reproducing reality with photosensitive chemical reactions wasn't possible. congratulations on rendering photos and videos on the same level of reliability as illustration. great job
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Funny animal videos no longer being trustworthy just fucking sucks all around. I love the wonder of animal behavior and what it says about the experience of being alive. It's because it happened in reality that it's so fun. It's not fun if it was just made up. There's no wonder there.
December 19, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Funny animal videos no longer being trustworthy just fucking sucks all around. I love the wonder of animal behavior and what it says about the experience of being alive. It's because it happened in reality that it's so fun. It's not fun if it was just made up. There's no wonder there.
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Took this on a misty day at North Berwick. Ghost Story For Christmas vibez
December 19, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Took this on a misty day at North Berwick. Ghost Story For Christmas vibez
reposting the xmas dunkaccino edit i made because it makes me laugh every year
December 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
reposting the xmas dunkaccino edit i made because it makes me laugh every year
father and son on train in matching shirts playing with kfc buckets they toss and catch on their heads. the sister watching this says "mum, you married an idiot and birthed another one."
December 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM
father and son on train in matching shirts playing with kfc buckets they toss and catch on their heads. the sister watching this says "mum, you married an idiot and birthed another one."
eraserhead baby needs smoko
December 18, 2025 at 12:02 PM
eraserhead baby needs smoko
i need to finish the book i'm on so i can squeeze at least one more read in before the end of the year
December 17, 2025 at 10:31 PM
i need to finish the book i'm on so i can squeeze at least one more read in before the end of the year
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this is a good battle to pick. the CEO mentioned using "AI" and got so much shit for it immediately that he's rattled and backpedaling. easy win there
this shit, despite its faults, is not going anywhere and people are going to have to pick their battles
Larian CEO Responds to Divinity Gen AI Backlash: 'We Are Neither Releasing a Game With Any AI Components, Nor Are We Looking at Trimming Down Teams to Replace Them With AI' - IGN
This morning, the news broke that Larian Studios, developer of Baldur's Gate 3 and the upcoming, just-announced Divinity, is apparently using generative AI behind the scenes. The backlash has been swi...
www.ign.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
this is a good battle to pick. the CEO mentioned using "AI" and got so much shit for it immediately that he's rattled and backpedaling. easy win there
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In case you missed it, or maybe 25 hours of that song wasn’t enough… part one of our #howlongathon is available on YouTube now!
youtu.be/Mx1r3p31mUI?...
youtu.be/Mx1r3p31mUI?...
Alex Horne (And Special Guests) Sing For 24 Hours! | Part 1 | Stand Up To Cancer | Channel 4
YouTube video by Channel 4 Entertainment
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December 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
In case you missed it, or maybe 25 hours of that song wasn’t enough… part one of our #howlongathon is available on YouTube now!
youtu.be/Mx1r3p31mUI?...
youtu.be/Mx1r3p31mUI?...
was listening to podcast episodes about the French revolution and got a couple deep into the napoleon stuff before accepting that i find military stuff extremely boring and switching do a different historical era podcast
December 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
was listening to podcast episodes about the French revolution and got a couple deep into the napoleon stuff before accepting that i find military stuff extremely boring and switching do a different historical era podcast
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I have to add that he's not just holding down a bassline, when he sings he's harmonizing on the fly, which is hard to go
You lot need Dick Van Dyke singing Let's Go Fly a Kite on his 100th birthday more than you know.
December 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I have to add that he's not just holding down a bassline, when he sings he's harmonizing on the fly, which is hard to go
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