Mr French Fries
@mrfrenchfries.bsky.social
Green couch potato.
Substitute comedian.
Starve the bots.
Substitute comedian.
Starve the bots.
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I’d like to thank 30 years of wishing I had never been born, and the NBC, for helping me stop backlogging my photo cloud while I wait for the bot-pocalypse. I want to not need a new tablet/laptop for Xmas.
a gif of jack skellington from the nightmare before christmas is displayed on gifrun.com
ALT: a gif of jack skellington from the nightmare before christmas is displayed on gifrun.com
media.tenor.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I’d like to thank 30 years of wishing I had never been born, and the NBC, for helping me stop backlogging my photo cloud while I wait for the bot-pocalypse. I want to not need a new tablet/laptop for Xmas.
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The Last Judgment - Central
November 30, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The Last Judgment - Central
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November 30, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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The irony of an etsy shop saying "don't copy or reproduce without permission" right after saying they use AI.... 💀
December 1, 2025 at 12:23 AM
The irony of an etsy shop saying "don't copy or reproduce without permission" right after saying they use AI.... 💀
It would be in poor taste to make a joke about old white people using Elvis for #blackfriday sales…unless it was #toilethumor
November 30, 2025 at 10:28 PM
It would be in poor taste to make a joke about old white people using Elvis for #blackfriday sales…unless it was #toilethumor
I’ve never truly been happy to be a Regan baby…until I considered starting a game show where contestants have to decide whether a meme came from an action figure commercial or…that other thing Japan was making cartoons for. #1980s #physicalmedia #mediaphysics
November 30, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I’ve never truly been happy to be a Regan baby…until I considered starting a game show where contestants have to decide whether a meme came from an action figure commercial or…that other thing Japan was making cartoons for. #1980s #physicalmedia #mediaphysics
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The "media" doesn't care about content or accuracy, they just want clicks. And all the slop-engine manufacturers specifically intend to muddy that understanding so they can claim both a) their products are a perfect companion, and b) it's against the terms of service to follow advice from it.
November 30, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The "media" doesn't care about content or accuracy, they just want clicks. And all the slop-engine manufacturers specifically intend to muddy that understanding so they can claim both a) their products are a perfect companion, and b) it's against the terms of service to follow advice from it.
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This is a legitimate scientific revolution in meteorology.
Also, to be clear, these models are not the AI LLMs that most people are familiar with. They are machine learning algorithms trained on observations (actually reanalysis).
Also, to be clear, these models are not the AI LLMs that most people are familiar with. They are machine learning algorithms trained on observations (actually reanalysis).
Meteorologists are surprised that the weather model that did the best job forecasting hurricanes this year was a new one, introduced by Google. AI may be the beginning of a new era of forecasting. n.pr/49MFa1M
As the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season ends, the future of forecasting is AI
Meteorologists are surprised that the weather model that did the best job forecasting hurricanes this year was a new one, introduced by Google. AI may be the beginning of a new era of forecasting.
n.pr
November 30, 2025 at 5:55 AM
This is a legitimate scientific revolution in meteorology.
Also, to be clear, these models are not the AI LLMs that most people are familiar with. They are machine learning algorithms trained on observations (actually reanalysis).
Also, to be clear, these models are not the AI LLMs that most people are familiar with. They are machine learning algorithms trained on observations (actually reanalysis).
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November 30, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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This is your lawyer, yes drinking and driving is illegal but there is no law against an open container shoved up ur ass and sloshing into ur rectum as you take the rated 15mph turn at 60mph instead.
November 30, 2025 at 6:46 PM
This is your lawyer, yes drinking and driving is illegal but there is no law against an open container shoved up ur ass and sloshing into ur rectum as you take the rated 15mph turn at 60mph instead.
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I SAID, “who wants to say grace before our in flight snacks are served?”
November 29, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I SAID, “who wants to say grace before our in flight snacks are served?”
My ‘readinglist’ album of shots and screenshots tells me I’m finally old enough to be weird instead of annoying.
November 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
My ‘readinglist’ album of shots and screenshots tells me I’m finally old enough to be weird instead of annoying.
My left hand has to peck type this because ‘practice’ jobs and the promise of a World Wide Web Will give you tennis elbow.
November 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
My left hand has to peck type this because ‘practice’ jobs and the promise of a World Wide Web Will give you tennis elbow.
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For #NOVEMBER 2006
‘The Mountain-path’ Drawing by #JRRTolkien for the 1st ed. #TheHobbit (Ch. IV ‘Over Hill and Under Hill’) 1937. Coloured version by H. E. Hiddett, 1976, reproduced *Tolkien Calendar 2006* (HarperCollins) for November.
#illustrationart #illustrationartists
‘The Mountain-path’ Drawing by #JRRTolkien for the 1st ed. #TheHobbit (Ch. IV ‘Over Hill and Under Hill’) 1937. Coloured version by H. E. Hiddett, 1976, reproduced *Tolkien Calendar 2006* (HarperCollins) for November.
#illustrationart #illustrationartists
November 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
For #NOVEMBER 2006
‘The Mountain-path’ Drawing by #JRRTolkien for the 1st ed. #TheHobbit (Ch. IV ‘Over Hill and Under Hill’) 1937. Coloured version by H. E. Hiddett, 1976, reproduced *Tolkien Calendar 2006* (HarperCollins) for November.
#illustrationart #illustrationartists
‘The Mountain-path’ Drawing by #JRRTolkien for the 1st ed. #TheHobbit (Ch. IV ‘Over Hill and Under Hill’) 1937. Coloured version by H. E. Hiddett, 1976, reproduced *Tolkien Calendar 2006* (HarperCollins) for November.
#illustrationart #illustrationartists
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An entire 45 minute @hankgreen.bsky.social video answering the question of why boomers run the government - in case you need some Thanksgiving eve viewing material that perfectly sums up why @runforsomething.net exists. youtu.be/IwgzuSqb7ys?...
Why Was Every President Born in the Same Year?
YouTube video by Hank Green
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
An entire 45 minute @hankgreen.bsky.social video answering the question of why boomers run the government - in case you need some Thanksgiving eve viewing material that perfectly sums up why @runforsomething.net exists. youtu.be/IwgzuSqb7ys?...
Seems a good way to test duck player (or what have you) as a way to not let Google tube jam ads into vids that aren’t getting a cut of the ad revenue. youtu.be/9SZzNUI2gZ8
Blind date of MTF transgender and FTM transgender
YouTube video by Global Earth
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Seems a good way to test duck player (or what have you) as a way to not let Google tube jam ads into vids that aren’t getting a cut of the ad revenue. youtu.be/9SZzNUI2gZ8
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NZ: Uber loses Supreme Court appeal over drivers' employment status
"We're going back and calculating exactly what Uber would owe drivers if they had paid them at least the minimum wage, whatever it was at the time, and given them annual leave and so on,"
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
"We're going back and calculating exactly what Uber would owe drivers if they had paid them at least the minimum wage, whatever it was at the time, and given them annual leave and so on,"
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
Uber loses Supreme Court appeal over drivers' employment status
The Supreme Court has unanimously voted in favour of the drivers.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 17, 2025 at 9:47 PM
NZ: Uber loses Supreme Court appeal over drivers' employment status
"We're going back and calculating exactly what Uber would owe drivers if they had paid them at least the minimum wage, whatever it was at the time, and given them annual leave and so on,"
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
"We're going back and calculating exactly what Uber would owe drivers if they had paid them at least the minimum wage, whatever it was at the time, and given them annual leave and so on,"
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
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The maximum acceptable level of risk for an "AI-powered toy" targeted at young children is absolutely too low for use of an off-the-shelf commercial LLM to EVER be a reasonable choice. gizmodo.com/ai-powered-t...
AI-Powered Teddy Bear Caught Talking About Sexual Fetishes and Instructing Kids How to Find Knives
OpenAI blocked access for the toymaker following the incidents.
gizmodo.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The maximum acceptable level of risk for an "AI-powered toy" targeted at young children is absolutely too low for use of an off-the-shelf commercial LLM to EVER be a reasonable choice. gizmodo.com/ai-powered-t...
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Judge Says ICE Used ChatGPT to Write Use-of-Force Reports
Judge Says ICE Used ChatGPT to Write Use-of-Force Reports
ChatGPT for Fascists.
gizmodo.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Judge Says ICE Used ChatGPT to Write Use-of-Force Reports
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The 'Rick and Morty' Thanksgiving Episode Takes a Delightfully Cynical Jab at American Values https://gizmodo.com/the-rick-and-morty-thanksgiving-episode-takes-a-delightfully-cynical-jab-at-american-values-2000689804
The 'Rick and Morty' Thanksgiving Episode Takes a Delightfully Cynical Jab at American Values
The 2021 episode cheekily titled ‘Rick and Morty’s Thanksploitation Spectacular’ taps into Rick’s White House feud as well as turkey-based body horror and ancient aliens.
gizmodo.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The 'Rick and Morty' Thanksgiving Episode Takes a Delightfully Cynical Jab at American Values https://gizmodo.com/the-rick-and-morty-thanksgiving-episode-takes-a-delightfully-cynical-jab-at-american-values-2000689804
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The nice thing about my kid having a CD player is that when he expresses an interest in Limp Bizkit I know what to get him for Christmas
November 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The nice thing about my kid having a CD player is that when he expresses an interest in Limp Bizkit I know what to get him for Christmas
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Another hike today was 80 degrees here in so cal
November 27, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Another hike today was 80 degrees here in so cal
@anasslind05.bsky.social bot account?
November 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
@anasslind05.bsky.social bot account?