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Jason @jad73.bsky.social · 13h

I also have questions about why the dude dressed it up in a French maid costume.

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Jason @jad73.bsky.social · 1d

So, here's a headline...

Meta denies torrenting 2,400 porn movies for AI training – says they were for "personal use"

We've seen several instances of AI companies being hit with lawsuits. Meta was served with another of these complaints in July, filed by Strike 3 Holdings and...

www.techspot.com

Jason @jad73.bsky.social · 1d

There's so much damn wonder in Like a Dragon Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii.

Mifune, an angry Japanese woman who runs a two-bit school in Hawaii, hates slackers.

Jason @jad73.bsky.social · 1d

Back when I was young and naive, I dreamed of writing a script for an Aliens vs Predator movie (long before the awful ones got made) that had no humans at all in it. Predator Badlands almost sounded like it was close, but damn, that trailer makes it look almost like a cartoon or video game.

Jason @jad73.bsky.social · 1d

Most #pokemon games feel like they're about getting a kid to join a weird cult, but Z-A really lays it on thick right from the start. There should be an anti-Pokemon game where you play an adult who rescues and rehabilitates child victims of the Pocket Monster Church.

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Jason @jad73.bsky.social · 1d

Had you seen the first season of the show already? I really want to watch it, but I barely remember the first season at this point.

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Jason @jad73.bsky.social · 1d

Oddly, that was a plot point in an episode of Pokerface.

Jason @jad73.bsky.social · 1d

The dude has somehow made a lucrative career spouting absurd nonsense about magical civilizations based that he purports to be based on real evidence archeologists don't want you to know. The best part of his Wiki page is him admitting on a Ted Talk he was actually stoned for about three decades.

Jason @jad73.bsky.social · 1d

I learned from the Ancients podcast that there's a church in Ethiopia that believes they have the actual Ark of the Covenant. Mentioning this to my co-worker, he brought up some guy I never heard of named Graham Hancock (whom said co-worker seems to like) and what a whackass rabbit hole that was.

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Jason @jad73.bsky.social · 1d

Given their pricing on other Switch 2 versions of Switch games, it will almost certainly be $70 or $80. Because why not?

Jason @jad73.bsky.social · 1d

I used to have to occasionally sit in meetings with a manager who loved to throw the non-word "irregardless" in whenever she could because she was convinced it made her sound smart. Everytime I hear it, it's like nails on a chalkboard.

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Jason @jad73.bsky.social · 2d

Based on my feed, there seems to be some argument about this, but if you have a nazi tattoo on your body you are neither a democrat nor an actual good person. There's no amount of mental gymnastics to justify a person so in love with facist ideology they had it permanently etched into their skin.

Jason @jad73.bsky.social · 2d

Apropos of not much, I just discovered there was, in fact, a Blu-ray release of Critters (well, the whole series) and I'm very tempted. I'd rather have a 4K version, but it was one of those little weird movies I totally dug as an 80s teen when I saw it at the theater.

Jason @jad73.bsky.social · 2d

I have absolutely no idea where October went. I'm trying to remember it, but got nothing.

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Jason @jad73.bsky.social · 3d

I never use AI, because it's crap, but wanted an explanation. So, I clicked the dive deeper button, whereupon it completely ignores the previous, incredibly wrong answer and gives me a totally different number. Had I not done research already, I'd have no idea either way, so suck it AI.

Jason @jad73.bsky.social · 3d

Researching maritime travel in the ancient Greek world. For Lesbos to Crete, it's about 300-someodd miles. Ships could travel, on average, 3-6 knots. So, conservatively, about 5-6 days. Meanwhile, the unasked for AI Overview says 25-50 days.
#history #writing #ai

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Jason @jad73.bsky.social · 4d

Mostly same.
#likeadragon

"That's right, son. Inside this costume, there's a happy, sweaty, unremarkable old man!" From Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii.

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Jason @jad73.bsky.social · 6d

Is it me or are the base character choices in Pokemon Z-A kinda weird looking? And you can't seem to change their goofy hair styles.

Jason @jad73.bsky.social · 6d

Sexy Humboldt Squid

lacey, infested with bears @byelacey.bsky.social · Sep 23

bringing back my most viral tweet for spooky season

Jason @jad73.bsky.social · 6d

Hercules: Marriage is hard for a man, what can I say?

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Jason @jad73.bsky.social · 7d

You can always tell you're dealing with a special kind of asshole when they refer to women as "females" as well. Sounds like another GOP winner.

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Jason @jad73.bsky.social · 7d

Sometimes you gotta wake 'em up and get them excited to go.

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Jason @jad73.bsky.social · 7d

Apparently, this monster feeds on the blood alcohol content of its victims and the story is set just as a small town is about to have its annual brewery festival, so the sheriff (who is a recovering alcoholic) has to start drinking again to catch the creature.

Jason @jad73.bsky.social · 7d

Courtesy of Gizmodo's Morning Spoilers, hats off to whoever came up with this new movie, Buzzkill. Described as a cross between “A Quiet Place and Another Round,” the story is set “in a small Texas town terrorized by a creature that can only be seen by people who are drunk.”

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Jason @jad73.bsky.social · 7d

That was the story that caused me, a few years ago, to binge pretty much all of LaValle's current work. Great stuff.