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“The undertaking was impossible from the very beginning and of all the impossible ways of carrying it out, this was the least interesting.” - Jorge Luis Borges
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My assemblage “Pliable” will be at the Circle Gallery in Annapolis until Nov. 22.
Did not sell; inquire if interested!
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Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
November 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
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Reminder: now's a good time to clear out stuff you don't use anymore. Everybody's broke & buying stuff for the holidays. Drop good stuff to thrift stores/ buy nothing/fb marketplace BEFORE the holidays hit.
It's good for climate & just being nice to each other.
I'm clearing out old cameras today.
It's good for climate & just being nice to each other.
I'm clearing out old cameras today.
November 30, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Reminder: now's a good time to clear out stuff you don't use anymore. Everybody's broke & buying stuff for the holidays. Drop good stuff to thrift stores/ buy nothing/fb marketplace BEFORE the holidays hit.
It's good for climate & just being nice to each other.
I'm clearing out old cameras today.
It's good for climate & just being nice to each other.
I'm clearing out old cameras today.
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come out to @rhizomedc.bsky.social monday night if you want some of this
www.rhizomedc.org/new-events/2...
www.rhizomedc.org/new-events/2...
November 30, 2025 at 3:20 PM
come out to @rhizomedc.bsky.social monday night if you want some of this
www.rhizomedc.org/new-events/2...
www.rhizomedc.org/new-events/2...
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my “AI is over” anecdote is that my wife was hired over the summer to write scripts for a big tech company explaining how to use their AI tools and after many rounds of revisions, the latest notes said “we’re finding a lot of AI fatigue among our users” and to remove all references to AI
Anecdotally on twitter seeing a big shift the last few days from every AI slop account saying every other creative field is “over” and they’re in control now to now posting about how nobody likes them and it’s not fair and they’ll persevere and real artists respect and uplift eachother
November 30, 2025 at 12:27 AM
my “AI is over” anecdote is that my wife was hired over the summer to write scripts for a big tech company explaining how to use their AI tools and after many rounds of revisions, the latest notes said “we’re finding a lot of AI fatigue among our users” and to remove all references to AI
Spring 2020. Just north of the Baltimore tunnel, I saw a car at a full stop where it would normally be speeding up to merge onto Interstate 95. As the only other car in sight, I slowed down.
They had stopped because a pair of geese were walking across the highway.
They had stopped because a pair of geese were walking across the highway.
What's a charming memory you have from the worst period of the pandemic?
November 30, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Spring 2020. Just north of the Baltimore tunnel, I saw a car at a full stop where it would normally be speeding up to merge onto Interstate 95. As the only other car in sight, I slowed down.
They had stopped because a pair of geese were walking across the highway.
They had stopped because a pair of geese were walking across the highway.
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As someone who works in the tech industry--absolutely.
They are testing the waters. These are top-down orders. The ONLY way to stop it is a visceral negative reaction. Write articles. Post your rage. Email. Post. @. All those things.
Only you have the power to kill it.
They are testing the waters. These are top-down orders. The ONLY way to stop it is a visceral negative reaction. Write articles. Post your rage. Email. Post. @. All those things.
Only you have the power to kill it.
Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 30, 2025 at 5:07 AM
As someone who works in the tech industry--absolutely.
They are testing the waters. These are top-down orders. The ONLY way to stop it is a visceral negative reaction. Write articles. Post your rage. Email. Post. @. All those things.
Only you have the power to kill it.
They are testing the waters. These are top-down orders. The ONLY way to stop it is a visceral negative reaction. Write articles. Post your rage. Email. Post. @. All those things.
Only you have the power to kill it.
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Shopping small is meaningful!
November 29, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Shopping small is meaningful!
From “Rock ‘N’ Roll,” when Eleanor is dying of cancer.
November 29, 2025 at 8:27 PM
From “Rock ‘N’ Roll,” when Eleanor is dying of cancer.
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GODDAMMIT. I fell so hard for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, I love its fanfickiness & silliness & the zinginess of the verbal sparring, not to mention the whole notion of two people just trying to find their purpose even as they realize that they're bit players in someone else's story
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
GODDAMMIT. I fell so hard for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, I love its fanfickiness & silliness & the zinginess of the verbal sparring, not to mention the whole notion of two people just trying to find their purpose even as they realize that they're bit players in someone else's story
The only thing I have ever seen on Broadway was Tom Stoppard’s “Rock ‘N’ Roll” with Brian Cox and Rufus Sewell. Took the top of my head off in the best way. 🖤🖤🖤
November 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The only thing I have ever seen on Broadway was Tom Stoppard’s “Rock ‘N’ Roll” with Brian Cox and Rufus Sewell. Took the top of my head off in the best way. 🖤🖤🖤
Ugh, SO GOOD.
every single I’ve ever written or tried to write has had this piece of text underneath it. I’ve heard this in the background every time I’ve tried to meaningfully put words together since I was maybe thirteen years old
November 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Ugh, SO GOOD.
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A woman (30s?) is lifting her tiny human (2?) up so he can use a water fountain.
But what is this?
Tiny Human has invented a new way of drinking water?
Turning his head at the last minute so the water goes all over his cheek.
Howling with laughter as Mum shakes her head and calls him a doofus. (5)
But what is this?
Tiny Human has invented a new way of drinking water?
Turning his head at the last minute so the water goes all over his cheek.
Howling with laughter as Mum shakes her head and calls him a doofus. (5)
November 29, 2025 at 12:20 AM
A woman (30s?) is lifting her tiny human (2?) up so he can use a water fountain.
But what is this?
Tiny Human has invented a new way of drinking water?
Turning his head at the last minute so the water goes all over his cheek.
Howling with laughter as Mum shakes her head and calls him a doofus. (5)
But what is this?
Tiny Human has invented a new way of drinking water?
Turning his head at the last minute so the water goes all over his cheek.
Howling with laughter as Mum shakes her head and calls him a doofus. (5)
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I know I am doing it right when you shiver.
November 28, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I know I am doing it right when you shiver.
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making my friendship bracelets out of bones
November 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
making my friendship bracelets out of bones
“introduce w/5 concerts” is giving me a vivid flashback to summer 2006 when i unceremoniously departed the Appalachian Trail w/ a stress fracture, was at friends’ in St. Louis w/crutches + a dodgy internet connection, & JUST MISSED getting myself a Tom Waits (Asheville, NC) concert ticket. :weeping:
November 28, 2025 at 10:05 PM
“introduce w/5 concerts” is giving me a vivid flashback to summer 2006 when i unceremoniously departed the Appalachian Trail w/ a stress fracture, was at friends’ in St. Louis w/crutches + a dodgy internet connection, & JUST MISSED getting myself a Tom Waits (Asheville, NC) concert ticket. :weeping:
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We should always post the names of slopologists so the rest of us know who to shun.
November 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
We should always post the names of slopologists so the rest of us know who to shun.
So it’s actually *worse* than the ones in “Upload”
I wrote about Oura's security and privacy practices earlier this year for this.weekinsecurity.com, and found:
• Oura rings *don't* end-to-end encrypt users' health data;
• Oura *can* access its users' data;
• Oura told me that the company *has* received U.S. government demands for users' data.
• Oura rings *don't* end-to-end encrypt users' health data;
• Oura *can* access its users' data;
• Oura told me that the company *has* received U.S. government demands for users' data.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
So it’s actually *worse* than the ones in “Upload”
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
Ok how about @annaleen.bsky.social “The Terraformers” as filmed by the Wachowskis?
November 28, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Ok how about @annaleen.bsky.social “The Terraformers” as filmed by the Wachowskis?
We had to move my mom into assisted living and she is taking it very poorly, so I am self-soothing via yard work and power tools. www.instagram.com/p/DRnI0FREQm...
Dodo on Instagram: "Today: sanding a big mulberry root with my beloved angle grinder."
2 likes, 0 comments - extinctflightless on November 28, 2025: "Today: sanding a big mulberry root with my beloved angle grinder.".
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November 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
We had to move my mom into assisted living and she is taking it very poorly, so I am self-soothing via yard work and power tools. www.instagram.com/p/DRnI0FREQm...
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Nation Tires Of Deals, Bargains https://theonion.com/nation-tires-of-deals-bargains/
November 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Nation Tires Of Deals, Bargains https://theonion.com/nation-tires-of-deals-bargains/
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"It is not thy job to tell an angel of the LORD that thou likest not the boys."
I don't know why, but this reminds me of Leah Bobet's The Parable of the Shower:
literary.erictmarin.com/shower.htm
literary.erictmarin.com/shower.htm
Lone Star Stories - The Parable of the Shower by Leah Bobet
literary.erictmarin.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:29 PM
"It is not thy job to tell an angel of the LORD that thou likest not the boys."