Guillermo Del Toro dropping another one liner that’s exactly how I feel about AI slop, the “punishment” is built in

What most people don't know: when you fill up a petrol car most of the energy never moves it. Petrol car: 13–21% of the crude oil's energy reaches wheels. Electric car on today's UK grid: 43–45%. Electric car on wind+solar: 77–80%. That's why we don't need to replace fossil energy one for one.

Every movie, song, and book that you love was made without the technology that people who don’t make art are now insisting is necessary for making art.

@bpkruse.bsky.social This whole thread is great (and I mean to brew some coffee and read the article too), but this in particular reminded me of part of our discussion.

David Roberts@volts.wtf · 4w ago

"Normative appeals to civility and harmony, when applied indiscriminately, can obscure the moral distinction between domination and resistance—condemning confrontational opposition even in contexts where democratic survival or basic human dignity is at stake." 🎯

Probably not true, but I can’t believe people are out here tossing Law & Order episode pitches over their left shoulder like trash. That’s $16k, don’t go tossing that away!

Alisha Grauso (She/Her)@alishagrauso.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A friend mentioned that she saw a commenter online suggest that the Lindsay Clancy juror who refused to take notes or follow the law, resulting in a mistrial, may very well have done it because they had a Kalshi bet on a hung jury. I can't stop thinking about how probable that feels.

I’ve noticed a trend among local hicks, attaching a fake rifle round to the antenna port of their oversized trucks. (Classy, as ever.) But sometimes it’s tinted pink (letting us know THIS driver is a badass CHICK), which is all it takes to make it look exactly like a doggie dick. Fun bonus, I guess!

among many other things I would like to see dems campaigning on, it should be made clear to companies that profit from deals like this that any public lands or resources given to them by trump will be immediately nationalized with appropriate punitive fines

Adam Keiper@adamkeiper.com · 2mo ago

"For more than a year, the National Park Service has been quietly working to fulfill an unprecedented directive from Trump officials: Parcel off a corner of Yosemite National Park to give to a private developer." www.notus.org/agencies/tru...

In New Yorker Humor, all the important texts and notifications that you’ll miss while your phone is off at the movie theatre. www.newyorker.com/humor/shouts...

Everything That Will Happen After I Silence My Phone at the Movie Theatre

In New Yorker Humor, all the important texts and notifications that you’ll miss while your phone is off at the movie theatre.

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Delightful “Too Many Cooks” vibes.

Ken Plume@kenplume.bsky.social · 2mo ago

HALF NELSON was a 1985 Joe Pesci TV series that was cancelled after 9 episodes, but its intro seems to last forever via an escalating cavalcade of absurd cast reveals, underscored by a theme song that feels like a gag gift when you can't license "I Love L.A."...

Non-fiction round: Pretty much anything by Mary Roach Absolutely everything by Sarah Vowell Silent Spring - Rachel Carson I’m Glad My Mom Died - Jennette McCurdy Careless People - Sarah Wynn-Williams

John Wiswell@wiswell.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Hey guy readers! Quote this with some books by women and nonbinary authors that you recommend. A few from me: Meg Elison's Book of the Unnamed Midwife R.F. Kuang's Poppy War Caitlin Rozakis's Dreadful Fonda Lee's Jade City Sarah Gailey's Echo Wife Premee Mohamed's Annual Migration of Clouds

Oryx and Crake - Margaret Atwood Murderbot (all of ’em!) - Martha Wells River of Teeth - Sarah Gailey Bel Canto - Ann Patchett Where’d You Go Bernadette - and EVERYTHING else by Maria Semple To Say Nothing of the Dog - Connie Willis Broken Earth series - N. K. Jemisin

John Wiswell@wiswell.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Hey guy readers! Quote this with some books by women and nonbinary authors that you recommend. A few from me: Meg Elison's Book of the Unnamed Midwife R.F. Kuang's Poppy War Caitlin Rozakis's Dreadful Fonda Lee's Jade City Sarah Gailey's Echo Wife Premee Mohamed's Annual Migration of Clouds

It’s working. Keep it up.

Koze’s Discord was hacked@notkoze.trashmammal.club · 3mo ago

Update: someone in a group chat found it

This is deadass every republican campaign ad here in the south. I'm not even REMOTELY JOKING.

Welcome to the new SuperDuper! 4.0—a ground-up rewrite, new from tip to tail. https://www.shirt-pocket.com/blog/supererduperer

I've said it before and I'll say it again, a West Wing style hyper-saturated but not melodramatic episodic hopecore drama series about a progressive political operation that was just the Mamdani administration with the serial numbers filed off would have endless viewership numbers.

Alanna Ubach is so fucking talented. Every role i see her in i think she deserves an award for

We honestly don’t talk enough about how phenomenal Alanna Ubach is

Dang they really got a category for everything

My god this guy is just the best. Even if I didn’t agree with his policies with every cell of my body, I’d still have to love him. He’s just so huggable, and makes everything fun!

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 4mo ago

Diniece and I are racing to make buses fast and reliable, so we talked about how we're cutting bus commutes by 6 minutes while racing in MarioKart.

Brooklyn craft beer packaging goes hard

I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.

This birthright ruling is why I just refuse to tolerate all the Democrat garment rending over NY voters choosing progressive candidates. They are incapable of governing in this moment. The politics of appeasement and centrism gets us to a 5-4 decision on the constitutional question.

All of these cases are basically litmus tests for any Dem nominee. Are immigrants Americans? Do trans Americans deserve human rights? Are corporations superhumans who get to spend endlessly on elections to put whoever they want into power? These are simple questions with simple answers.

Imagine if these House Dems were willing to go to war with the actual opposing party

Axios@axios.com · 4mo ago

"There's going to be a war": Centrist House Democrats plot Mamdani Caucus counterattack

imagining a grizzled hardboiled detective saying this while gripping some guy's lapels at a shady bar

NBC News@nbcnews.com · 4mo ago

She has a neck the size of an adult human, legs that are just as long and an unforgettable coat. And she’s missing.

President is wearing a reflecting pool costume with peeling paint and green fronds saying we have to find the people who did this.

It Could Literally Be Any One Of Us - I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson

Alt: It Could Literally Be Any One Of Us - I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson

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NPR@npr.org · 4mo ago

The president posted on Truth Social claiming vandals slashed the pool's lining and poured chemicals into the water, saying arrests have been made. He provided no evidence for his claims.

Let's show the country just how radical Wisconsin can get.

Someone be a dear and burn down this hospital.

Paul Krugman: "We have a term for enterprises that look successful because they keep drawing in new investors and keep drawing in new investors because they look successful. They’re called Ponzi schemes. And Elon Musk is basically a human Ponzi scheme."

Elon Musk, Human Ponzi Scheme

With Wall Street’s help, you’re about to be forced to buy stock in SpaceX

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This guy has a great series -- his breakdown of the hybrid synergy drive verges on erotica for nerds like me -- but this is the great one to send to the loved one who doesn't get the whole renewables thing. He is boring and Midwestern and effective as hell. youtu.be/KtQ9nt2ZeGM?...

You are being misled about renewable energy technology.

YouTube video by Technology Connections

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