Nick Mercadante
@nmercad.bsky.social
Occasional law guy. Always hockey guy. Romanista. I have a Whalers tattoo.
Finally, a rational explanation for The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner.
We are all gonna die because of this dweeb’s insatiably grandiose messianic complex.
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Unashamed to say that I thoroughly enjoy going to an empty grocery store on a Friday night. It’s really one of the finest dad life experiences you can ask for.
Went to upload something onto docsend (Dropbox) but was apparently duped into clicking “reorganize your folders with AI” where I thought the upload button was. It completely fucked everything to hell (and likely shared it to whatever hellscape). Who wants this? Why are we doing this to ourselves?
Well at least the people responsible for the enshittification are also responsible for the guardrails. I’m sure it will be fine next time.
BREAKING: Google has rolled back its tool less than a day after it launched. Updated story coming soon.
Google: Enshittification - but also evil.
New from 404 Media: Google Earth has introduced an AI feature that lets anyone fabricate completely bullshit satellite images. In our own tests, we added a “bomb blast and crater” to an area of Los Angeles. This is a misinformation time bomb, will 100% be abused www.404media.co/google-earth...
I see the Wall Street Journal has some important breaking news in Dystopia this morning.
Someone needs Nyla, and Nyla needs that someone.
🆘DON’T KILL🐶NYLA Nyla’s family was evicted. They said she’s a loving & caring pup Volunteer sez “Nyla is a perfect little gray piglet…wiggly&a tiny compact size. She has spent most of her time@ ACC in a crate&now isn't even allowed out of it 4 potty breaks, playtime or any walks”🤬 🙏Repost2find🏡
Let’s not congratulate the shapeshifter John Kennedy for actually calling this out, but it’s telling for where they are at that guys like him are starting to publicly usher the dialogue into “Trump is unhinged or at least unpredictable” territory.
Sen. John Kennedy on Trump's blatant reflecting pool lies: "The president says it was caused by vandals. I don't know if he really believes that or it's part of his political messaging or he's just thinking out loud ... he grows anxious when he has an unexpressed thought."
No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...
Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation
PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...
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'In short a software company that's absolutely hemorrhaging money "accidentally" failed to secure its own hacking software resulting in a massive news cycle that coincidentally supported the false claims by the company's dodgy CEO that we've achieved the singularity' karlbode.com/ai-doomsday-...
AI Doomsday Bullshit Is Getting Tired
The "rogue AI" narrative continues to help obscure very ugly and avoidable human failures.
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Reporting from an IMAX early morning showing of The Odyssey and…gotta say…it ain’t for me. Hope everyone else enjoys it. I just had something very different in my head.
Hatred of AI now reaching the level of cultural consensus that becomes attractive to advertisers
In a world where everyone gets explosive diarrhea from an intestinal parasite, the man with no colon is king. Me. I don’t have a colon. I do not fear this diarrhea parasite or the Taco Bell lettuce it arrives in. Oh how the gastrointestinal tables have turned.
Gotta root for Argentina from here. Not that I was ever rooting against them. Family ties/diaspora.
Politics desk, probably: "How Trump's Daring and Unconventional Dance with the Press Challenges Stolid DC Orthodoxy | Analysis"
Important statement from the New York Times
Someone save Rain, and save yourself in the process.
💔AT RISK🐶RAIN Stray Rain came in w/severe deep & infected bite wounds (20>30) on face/neck. Healing now. Volunteer sez “she greeted us w/smiles & draped herself over our laps. I think she was happy to be out in the sun w/new friends... I love her sweet face & sassy boots so much!” 🙏Repost2find🏡
Was our anniversary and didn’t watch a second of USA getting embarrassed by the worst manager in world football. Honestly feel pretty good about it.
I feel for Mexico, they deserved to win with how they played. But England didn’t deserve less than a result either. What a game.