Dexter Thomas
@dexdigi.bsky.social
ex-vice news, occasional japanese media studies professor, top 1000 super mario bros player (soon) signal: dexdigi.168 whatupdex.com
A completely AI song is in the Billboard Hot 100. It's hard to overstate: this is historical. I talked to the company who made the AI engine; they describe it as "exciting" (they'd never heard the song until it was already viral) www.wired.com/story/ai-mus...
Did an AI Music App Just Snitch on the Song of the Summer?
Fenix Flexin’s hit song “Rubberz” has hip-hop fans arguing over whether it was generated by AI. Some say they have proof it’s machine-made, but will anyone care?
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the comments on this are incredible www.youtube.com/shorts/aoqaq...
macbook #music #shorts #ram
YouTube video by JoshNixoola
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OpenAI just released a video announcing their new live transcription model and it messed up in the first 12 seconds
‘Pretty sure he’s wet:’ Immigration agents used racial slurs during LA sweeps, court records show. “Yeah, just plug us in wherever you see some tonks and we’ll jump out.” “tonks everywhere selling food.” W/ @wendyfry.bsky.social calmatters.org/justice/2026...
‘Pretty sure he’s wet:’ Immigration agents used racial slurs during LA sweeps, court records show
Records released as part of a lawsuit challenging racial profiling show that immigration agents used slurs to refer to Latino targets.
calmatters.org
I don't believe for one second that anime companies ask for questions beforehand for 'ease of translation'. Any competent interpreter will be able to translate a question (about anime, lol) on the fly. It's a convenient excuse, but it's just a PR move to be able to screen for 'undesirable' questions
Aftermath@aftermath.site · last wk.I hate doing anime interviews: aftermath.site/i-hate-doing-a...
my Piccolo is (not) Black presentation was fun. But not everyone can afford Anime Expo, so we're gonna livestream it. Thursday, 5pm LA / 8pm NY.
Humans used blog to get their links to the top of Search. Now, AI spamming the internet, @jasonkoebler.bsky.social explains. We teamed up with the Los Angeles Public Library to talk about it on a panel with @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social and @dexdigi.bsky.social. Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wLU...
Bernita Bowlding's brother: "They say that 'We love you, we got you,' but the reality is that this woman is homeless." The white supremacy in the frame and the homelessness outside it. A distinctly American story.
The Woman in the Photo Wanted to Be Alone. Instead, She Went Viral.
America saw what it wanted to see on the face of its newest icon. And everyone saw it wrong.
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skated past this the other day and wanted to know more but didn't have time to stop. glad @jwhendricks.bsky.social went out and had a conversation.
J.W. Hendricks@jwhendricks.bsky.social · 4w agoToday I caught up with Kelly Montano, owner of Full Arepas in DTLA, who, in the wake of the catastrophic earthquakes in La Guaira, Venezuela, has turned the arepera into a donation center to send aid to those affected by the disaster, the death toll of which has risen to 3,300 as of Sunday 7/5.
incredible that england is actually still making p convincing attacks here too
was busy composing a thoughtful post about that last red card and then
Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · last mo.it is impossible to post about this game because something else happens before your finish the last thought
i had to look this up because it felt like one of those 'fun facts' that is way too cool to be true but: it checks out www.history.com/articles/din...
Why Do Classic Diners Look Like Railcars? | HISTORY
That classic boxcar design evolved from horse-drawn wagons.
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Brendel@brendelbored.bsky.social · last mo.Just learned that diners were designed and named after the dining car on trains and this never occurred to me despite some of them literally being train cars and being named “this is a pretend train you are eating in”
during the NBA finals I was at a drone competition. one of the wildest things i've ever shot: youtu.be/i3-TcMol9G4
We Met NYC's Infamous Mini-Drone Pilots
YouTube video by Possible Worlds
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i keep telling people: some of the best politics reporting right now is coming from @wired.com . with an additional shoutout to @404media.co
Katie Drummond@katie-drummond.bsky.social · last mo.So proud that @wired.com has won the Lee Walczak Award for Political Analysis from the National Press Club Journalism Awards!
some very kind analysis here of the panel with some @404media.co and @aftermath.site friends and I:
ali alkhatib@ali-alkhatib.com · 2mo agoso the question was... what are we going to do about it, knowing that this is the chess move being set up? i offered some rambling thoughts about what my/our move is, that just went out to subscribers. you can read it here (and also find links to join the video chat at 8pm ET, in about ~35 minutes)
our panel (@dexdigi.bsky.social @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social @jasonkoebler.bsky.social) at the LA public library is now available on youtube! youtu.be/wLgMwv6Dl3U?...
LA Made x 404 Media Presents: How AI is Threatening the Future of Media
YouTube video by LA Public Library
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if you weren't able to make it to the talk i did with @jasonkoebler.bsky.social @samleecole.bsky.social and @dexdigi.bsky.social last weekend, here's a recording! www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLgM...
LA Made x 404 Media Presents: How AI is Threatening the Future of Media
YouTube video by LA Public Library
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back when Sorry To Bother You dropped, I interviewed Boots Riley and LaKeith Stanfield about it. Shout out to @evanmcs.bsky.social for providing my white voice though
i was doing some research on rap lyrics and found this song i'd never heard before and of course got curious because of the title, then listened to it and ...okay i'll just say bonus points if you know what the beat is sampling lol soundcloud.com/p2ski/fuck-d...
FUCK DONALD TRUMP CUZ DAT NIGGA IS A BITCH . (Prod By. Catsippycup)
Mixxed By BURGERONTHEBEAT & OG $OUTHBOUND ! Recorded by P2THEGOLDMASK aye but naw fuck dat nigga fr doe ok - Dad We Moshin on dis Nigga yuh - Ko$a follow @p2goldmask on twitter and @p2thegoldmask on I
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i asked @zeyiyang.bsky.social about the Chinese version of ChatGPT's favorite phrase ...and what Chinese speakers think about it
this is genuinely inspiring. my man wrote a Guardian article on how to multiply by 9 on your hands
Waffle 🧇@wafflecut.bsky.social · 2mo agoEvery couple months I check in on the latest Adrian Chiles articles and I’m always absolutely blown away. These are all from the last couple months. The man is operating at an incredibly high level.
if you are on Linux then go outside (it me. i need to go outside.)
Jewela@jewela.bsky.social · 2mo agoIf you have windows you can click start or the windows key and type 'cmd', then hit enter. If you're on Linux you don't need my help 🤣
this is a fun read! also, if you don't know what he means by 'terminal': if you're on a mac, 1. click the magnifying glass icon in the top right of the screen, 2. type 'terminal' in the box, hit Enter 3. in the text window that opens, copy-paste in the command. Then hit Enter. 4. see what happens!
zeldman@zeldman.bsky.social · 2mo agoWhy do standards created in the 1970s continue to power the modern internet? According to @terrygodier.com, it’s because they’re “too useful to disappear, too uncool to hype, too federated to acquire, and too awkward to turn cleanly into a platform.” www.terrygodier.com/the-boring-i...
