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It's the saw of the table!
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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
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Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams
February 6, 2026 at 5:36 PM
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I don't know when I last read something like the transcript out of Minnesota, so I spent the evening putting this together.
www.lawdork.com/p/the-minnes...
February 5, 2026 at 5:17 AM
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been muttering "i'm not gonna talk about GPT, in fact we're not gonna talk about GPT at all" all day
Me in June 2024 trying to tell everyone that OpenAI was going to run out of money
February 3, 2026 at 7:54 PM
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February 3, 2026 at 3:59 AM
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An LAPD officer stands on the corner of Temple and Alameda facing Barbara Kruger's iconic mural featuring 9 questions:

“WHO IS BEYOND THE LAW? WHO IS BOUGHT AND SOLD? WHO IS FREE TO CHOOSE? WHO DOES TIME? WHO FOLLOWS ORDERS? WHO SALUTES LONGEST? WHO PRAYS LOUDEST? WHO DIES FIRST? WHO LAUGHS LAST?”
February 1, 2026 at 9:56 PM
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Last night, at least one federal agent shot me multiple times w/ pepper balls in my leg after they dispersed hundreds of protesters away from the MDC driveway on Alameda Street in DTLA. I was covering the protest for @lataco.bsky.social. This is the 2nd time I've been shot by the feds since June.
February 1, 2026 at 7:39 PM
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The Epstein emails should really end the debate over whether society should have billionaires. "Do you want there to be a class of people so powerful they can fuck your kids and no one will even try to do anything" seems like an easy sell if everyone in politics wasn't trying to get on their payroll
January 30, 2026 at 11:21 PM
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1. The new batch of Epstein documents helps illuminate one contemporary controversy: What is Bari Weiss up to at CBS? I think the answer is she is trying to rehabilate the Epstein network as a bulwark of reactionary centrism. Let me explain.
January 31, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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god forbid someone ask you a question about something you said instead of looking it up and (checks notes) getting the wrong answer because search engines don't work anymore
January 30, 2026 at 12:16 AM
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It’s really difficult & disorienting but the feds hit LA extremely hard today. There were kidnappings all over & reported cluster raids in Chinatown, East LA, Ktown. This list shows to 1130 AM but they haven’t stopped all day

Just because the media attention stopped doesn’t mean the abductions have
January 28, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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Race as a construct is so powerful that only now are many people saying ‘they are killing us’.

They have been killing us. We have all been us the whole time.
January 27, 2026 at 5:46 AM
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This is going to sound dramatic, but that’s the internet for you. This is probably the most important VHS I ever rented (1991), shaping my sense of humor and cementing the longest, closest friendship of my life. Chris is doing the lord’s work preserving this.
I am currently updating my encode of Chris Elliot's FDR: A One Man Show to include a retail release that was sent to me after the fact. This does not have watermarks on the tape and seems to have generally more balanced color.
January 27, 2026 at 4:52 PM
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January 27, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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January 26, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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remembered the tablet magazine guy who got mad that the met version of the opera carmen was an onlyfans thot being harassed by ice in plano texas bro if you wanted subtlety and no political commentary you should have gone to the fucking ballet
January 26, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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It's just occurred to me that the deep freudian reason for me typing all this crap for the one or two people who will actually hack the game and notice this is to vent my frustration at never being asked to do one of those daft writeups for a magazine about 'my work in progress'!
January 17, 2026 at 9:40 AM
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At the end of the day, the Black Lives Matter era was about whether people should be killed in the street, and lots of people decided yeah and put those little blue flags on their cars. It spread to everyone because it stopped for no one.
January 24, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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the livejournal feature where you could change your icon to indicate different tonalities in which to read your posts was too powerful. They had to kill it to bring on the Long Night
January 23, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Muppet a Rated R Movie:

The Sweetums Hereafter
Muppet a Rated R Movie:

Miss Piggy 45
Muppet a Rated R Movie:

BEYOND THE BLACK RAINBOW CONNECTION
January 23, 2026 at 2:54 AM
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ALERT: My office has received reports of heavy ICE presence near 12th & Maple in DTLA in the Fashion District. Agents are actively walking the area.

If you have info report to:
LA Rapid Response Network: (888) 624-4752
January 15, 2026 at 8:41 PM
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We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
wired.com WIRED @wired.com · Jan 8
Just days into 2026, the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked protests around the US.

If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
www.wired.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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“In the years ahead, as more and more of what makes us who we are is gobbled up by fewer and fewer ghoulish robber barons, we’re all going to have to decide how much of ourselves we’re willing to keep renting from people who hurt us.”
I never thought I would walk away from Star Trek. I’ve written about it for a decade and I’ve eagerly shared it my entire life. But given who owns it now and who stands to profit from Trekkies’ loyalty, I can’t keep promoting it. The Trekkie in me won’t allow it.

Here’s why I’m beaming out.
I Can Say Goodbye To Star Trek Because Star Trek Raised Me
Star Trek instilled in me many of the same values that are taught in houses of worship across the world, but in my faith, there is no God to judge or punish me—I learned how to rely on my own moral co...
aftermath.site
January 15, 2026 at 6:57 PM
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a few years ago a student in office hours told me i seemed like a sigma male and i asked him what that meant and he said it's a guy who is so confident he doesn't care about being an alpha and i said "well i guess in an absolute sense that's true" and he was like "that's such a sigma thing to say"
January 15, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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Rest in peace to the creator of the only Dilbert comics worth a damn
January 13, 2026 at 8:47 PM