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So when thousands of women (and children) were being duplicated--including in non-consensual AI porn--it was no big deal. But it took "only a 15-sec clip" of these two famous white men to draw outrage and fear. Gotcha. Cool cool.
It took only a 15-second clip of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt duking it out on a crumbling rooftop — made by A.I. with a two-sentence prompt and the click of a button — to draw swift outrage, and sizable fear, from Hollywood.
"It’s nothing short of terrifying," one scriptwriter said.
"It’s nothing short of terrifying," one scriptwriter said.
Why an A.I. Video of Tom Cruise Battling Brad Pitt Spooked Hollywood
A 15-second clip created by an artificial intelligence tool owned by the Chinese technology company ByteDance appears more cinematic than anything so far.
nyti.ms
February 16, 2026 at 8:36 PM
So when thousands of women (and children) were being duplicated--including in non-consensual AI porn--it was no big deal. But it took "only a 15-sec clip" of these two famous white men to draw outrage and fear. Gotcha. Cool cool.
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Urge your reps to ban Surveillance Pricing and boycott any business that uses it. If it’s allowed to take root, you will be robbed for the rest of your lives.
(1/11) If you live in NY, you’ve probably started seeing a new warning: “THIS PRICE WAS SET BY AN ALGORITHM USING YOUR PERSONAL DATA.” This mandatory disclosure went into effect late last year, and it’s the first attempt by a US state to grapple with a new generation of surveillance pricing.
February 15, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Urge your reps to ban Surveillance Pricing and boycott any business that uses it. If it’s allowed to take root, you will be robbed for the rest of your lives.
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Guys. Fuck. It's Reggie. I know times are absolute shit, but if you're not in the shit at the moment, please consider helping. Dude is a legend and a big part of why Horror is where it is.
February 11, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Guys. Fuck. It's Reggie. I know times are absolute shit, but if you're not in the shit at the moment, please consider helping. Dude is a legend and a big part of why Horror is where it is.
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I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
February 8, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
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My favorite artifact in the "you don't need AI to do art" discourse is, of course, screenwriter Dan O'Bannon's sketch of the facehugger to explain it to Giger.
February 7, 2026 at 6:39 PM
My favorite artifact in the "you don't need AI to do art" discourse is, of course, screenwriter Dan O'Bannon's sketch of the facehugger to explain it to Giger.
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☕️✍️ THE NEW ADVICE KING!!!!
⚡️How to Fold a Fitted Sheet⚡️
“How do you mold a titted sheep?! Sorry Tina, I didn't have my glasses on.” -AK
⚡️How to Fold a Fitted Sheet⚡️
“How do you mold a titted sheep?! Sorry Tina, I didn't have my glasses on.” -AK
"All the kind people have to try to keep their heads. We will prevail." This week, Advice King @thecroftonshow.bsky.social on folding a fitted sheet. Kind of.
Advice King: How Do I Fold a Fitted Sheet?
All the kind people have to try to keep their heads. We will prevail.
www.nashvillescene.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:43 PM
☕️✍️ THE NEW ADVICE KING!!!!
⚡️How to Fold a Fitted Sheet⚡️
“How do you mold a titted sheep?! Sorry Tina, I didn't have my glasses on.” -AK
⚡️How to Fold a Fitted Sheet⚡️
“How do you mold a titted sheep?! Sorry Tina, I didn't have my glasses on.” -AK
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I’ve watched this about 20 times already
February 5, 2026 at 1:28 AM
I’ve watched this about 20 times already
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We have enough evidence for UBI in general that this policy should be a given. But the difference is, to understand UBI works is to believe that people are fundamentally good. And a big chunk of society is built around the belief, *must maintain the belief* that people are fundamentally bad.
"By the end of the two-year period, 94% of participants reported they were housed."
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
Homeless Oregon youth got $1,000 a month for two years. Most found housing after • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Oregon is the second of its kind in the nation to implement the direct cash transfer program after New York City.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:54 PM
We have enough evidence for UBI in general that this policy should be a given. But the difference is, to understand UBI works is to believe that people are fundamentally good. And a big chunk of society is built around the belief, *must maintain the belief* that people are fundamentally bad.
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americans: whenever you see a turbotax advertisement, never let yourself forget that turbotax and companies like it are WHY we have to file taxes like we do in the first place.
February 3, 2026 at 10:13 PM
americans: whenever you see a turbotax advertisement, never let yourself forget that turbotax and companies like it are WHY we have to file taxes like we do in the first place.
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For as little as two, maybe three stochastically dead billionaires — tops — we could all enjoy a miraculous political turnaround worldwide, nearly instantly.
January 30, 2026 at 11:10 PM
For as little as two, maybe three stochastically dead billionaires — tops — we could all enjoy a miraculous political turnaround worldwide, nearly instantly.
It’s not accountability that Bovino was removed, it’ll be accountability when he is prosecuted and punished for his crimes
January 27, 2026 at 3:20 AM
It’s not accountability that Bovino was removed, it’ll be accountability when he is prosecuted and punished for his crimes
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Uh oh I was thinking some more about this.
When we make art and stuff like art, we have to be brave and accept its incompleteness. We can’t hope to make a complete statement on everything. We can share something very small, and that can be enough. There’s a lot of great art that does this. 🧵
When we make art and stuff like art, we have to be brave and accept its incompleteness. We can’t hope to make a complete statement on everything. We can share something very small, and that can be enough. There’s a lot of great art that does this. 🧵
Watching the Pottery Throwdown, which is always good for the soul.
It’s amazing isn’t it, making things?
Looking at the animal sculptures they’ve made really makes me really want to break out some clay because (and I dunno that I’ve ever understood it this simply) art spreads that wonder feeling.
It’s amazing isn’t it, making things?
Looking at the animal sculptures they’ve made really makes me really want to break out some clay because (and I dunno that I’ve ever understood it this simply) art spreads that wonder feeling.
January 25, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Uh oh I was thinking some more about this.
When we make art and stuff like art, we have to be brave and accept its incompleteness. We can’t hope to make a complete statement on everything. We can share something very small, and that can be enough. There’s a lot of great art that does this. 🧵
When we make art and stuff like art, we have to be brave and accept its incompleteness. We can’t hope to make a complete statement on everything. We can share something very small, and that can be enough. There’s a lot of great art that does this. 🧵
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I am once again tapping the sign that says “If you won’t allow us to hold individuals responsible, the only other option is collective retribution”
I [censored] [redacted] [unprintable] [censored] [redacted] [phone slams down]
January 26, 2026 at 5:52 PM
I am once again tapping the sign that says “If you won’t allow us to hold individuals responsible, the only other option is collective retribution”
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1) With the US facing a tangible political crisis, games history that focuses (in part) on America seems rather trivial. But, it's also illuminating/diverting/distracting. A commenter on the interview @wellerstein.bsky.social kindly did with me reminded me of SPI's 1976/77 game After the Holocaust
January 26, 2026 at 12:53 PM
1) With the US facing a tangible political crisis, games history that focuses (in part) on America seems rather trivial. But, it's also illuminating/diverting/distracting. A commenter on the interview @wellerstein.bsky.social kindly did with me reminded me of SPI's 1976/77 game After the Holocaust
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America update: hours after federal agents executed a Veterans Affairs nurse on camera, the CEOs of Apple and Amazon watched a film about the president's wife at the White House.
On tonight’s White House agenda:
Trump and guests will get a private screening of MELANIA, the documentary about the First Lady, @thr.com reports.
Attendees include Apple CEO Tim Cook, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, Mike Tyson, per the article.
Trump and guests will get a private screening of MELANIA, the documentary about the First Lady, @thr.com reports.
Attendees include Apple CEO Tim Cook, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, Mike Tyson, per the article.
January 25, 2026 at 4:35 AM
America update: hours after federal agents executed a Veterans Affairs nurse on camera, the CEOs of Apple and Amazon watched a film about the president's wife at the White House.
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Friends don't let friends follow AltNPS
Completely insane. AltNPS claimed to know the name of Alex Pretti's killer, refused to say it because "the truth always comes out," and then just deleted the post.
A man was executed on the street in my hometown, and AltNPS is using that as an excuse to vaguepost for attention.
A man was executed on the street in my hometown, and AltNPS is using that as an excuse to vaguepost for attention.
January 25, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Friends don't let friends follow AltNPS
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HAPPENING NOW: Protesters forced federal police to retreat from the intersection where they were concentrated. They’ve totally barricaded the street with dumpsters.
January 24, 2026 at 7:28 PM
HAPPENING NOW: Protesters forced federal police to retreat from the intersection where they were concentrated. They’ve totally barricaded the street with dumpsters.
Dear social media aid who posted this, can you poke Schumer to wake him up, read the room, look at the news, then ask him do either resign or do something? Kthnxs Everyone
ICE out of Minnesota NOW.
Breaking News: Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a person in Minneapolis on Saturday morning, state and local officials said. Follow live updates.
January 24, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Dear social media aid who posted this, can you poke Schumer to wake him up, read the room, look at the news, then ask him do either resign or do something? Kthnxs Everyone
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How soft this is. How weak. No calls for abolishment, no plan, no nothing but a slogan, and a weak slogan at that. It’s gormless, spineless, unready for not just this moment but unready for the last ten years.
ICE out of Minnesota NOW.
Breaking News: Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a person in Minneapolis on Saturday morning, state and local officials said. Follow live updates.
January 24, 2026 at 7:22 PM
How soft this is. How weak. No calls for abolishment, no plan, no nothing but a slogan, and a weak slogan at that. It’s gormless, spineless, unready for not just this moment but unready for the last ten years.
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But you see, these AREN’T the only 7 Democrats who supported giving ICE more money. The Democrats OVERALL support it. These 7 are just the latest rotating villains selected to take the fall while the rest pretend to oppose to fundraise. That’s why it’s always EXACTLY enough Dem support votes to pass
these are the 7 house democrats who voted to give ICE another $10 billion on thursday btw
January 24, 2026 at 4:36 PM
But you see, these AREN’T the only 7 Democrats who supported giving ICE more money. The Democrats OVERALL support it. These 7 are just the latest rotating villains selected to take the fall while the rest pretend to oppose to fundraise. That’s why it’s always EXACTLY enough Dem support votes to pass
This 100 percent, if they aren’t furious and fighting against it we have to assume they at best don’t care and are fine with ICE murdering people. When this is all done we deserve better leaders
I don’t know why this is so hard for people but people you have to repeatedly call and beg to ask them to oppose murder in the streets will never really be on your side
January 24, 2026 at 6:39 PM
This 100 percent, if they aren’t furious and fighting against it we have to assume they at best don’t care and are fine with ICE murdering people. When this is all done we deserve better leaders
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From this moment forward (and before, but clearly now):
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
January 24, 2026 at 5:07 PM
From this moment forward (and before, but clearly now):
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.