NYC street artists work fast….Fulton Street is now Parton Street 🙏 *Work by plannedalism(IG)
Summer of Shafiq
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35. MD ➡️ AL ➡️ NY ➡️ AL ➡️ MD ➡️ AL Pursuing a PhD in clinical informatics. Should probably have a PhD in the band Phish.
Dolly Parton was an uncredited producer on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. When she learned the only female producer was making less than her male counterparts, Dolly cut her a check for the difference, on the spot.
A literal saint:
Beautiful video released by the family of Dolly Parton
It can do algorithmic facsimiles of joke shapes, but so much of comedy is about sharing values and understanding character and intent, that without values or character behind it, it’s pretty hollow stuff.
Every time AI tries to make a joke in my voice back at me, I don’t laugh because it’s lame as shit.
One thing I’ve learned by reading so much slop against my will: AI can’t be funny. At all. It can do passing approximations of the typical tones you see in literary fiction, thrillers, horror, & a few others, but funny? Never, not at all.
One thing I’ve learned by reading so much slop against my will: AI can’t be funny. At all. It can do passing approximations of the typical tones you see in literary fiction, thrillers, horror, & a few others, but funny? Never, not at all.
Anyone who makes comedy knows that most of the information you are transmitting in any piece of work is hidden intent, subtext and motive. Computers and LLMs cannot have those things. You can put them in yourself, read what was absent. But you get annoyed when you realise there was nothing there.
BREAKING: After the Washington Post fired me last year for speaking the truth in the wake of the Charlie Kirk killing, I fought back. And I'm happy to announce: I won my case against the Washington Post. They have been ordered to reinstate me immediately. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...
Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist Karen Attiah
An arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk’s killing.
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Let’s go!
VICTORY: The Guild @postguild.bsky.social wins reinstatement for @washingtonpost.com columnist @karenattiah.bsky.social in wrongful termination arbitration, underscoring the protections collective bargaining agreements provide workers against retaliatory discipline ✊ wbng.org/news/karen-a...
I keep saying not interested to the AI suggestive porn ads on my instagram and they keep sending new ads from a different account. How do I get this to stop
Quick PSA. Looking at you, local orgs and small businesses.
THE MOTHERLAND 🇧🇩 HAS DEFEATED AUSTRALIA FOR ONE OF THE BIGGEST UPSETS IN CRICKET HISTORY
Sadly, he was not given a stiff sentence. He got a discharge, which sounds like a cue for a really dirty joke. www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
Seeing The Fray and Dashboard Confessional at Merriweather and let me tell yall something… The ticketing industry is absolutely FUCKED right now. The lawn tickets were $100+ and it’s like 40% as packed as Phish MPP was. Stubhub and Seatgeek made it seem like pav tickets were nonexistent.
I just tried playing Rude Mood on expert guitar and failed and my wrist hurts. I should not have tried that but also can’t believe I ever tried grinding that song
This is why sports media has declined much less than news media - because expertise in sport often requires having competed in sport at a high level and most sportspeople are visually attractive.
One of the sad things about the death of writing is that we are going to be taking life advice primarily from visually attractive people now who don’t know shit. ideally you want the world filtered through awkward homunculi filled with rage who know the plural of homunculus
The main character is James Patterson's latest murder mystery is a magician and escape artist. It's a Houdinit.
The main character in James Patterson’s latest murder mystery is a stuffed bear. It’s a Poohdunit
I have watched this like 10 times it’s so well done lmao
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my edge is lost 🪩 @lcdsoundsystem @dfarecs #parody #indiedance #indiemusic #millennials #dancemusic
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This is hilarious but
Here's a fake cam girl a man who goes by "Scotty Pimp" made during his course on getting rich quick off creating AI models. “We are marketing a girl, right?” The irony? The creators are men. The customers are men. Behind every flirty post or DM is another man. www.playboy.com/read/sex-rel...
If a girl follows you on IG but doesn’t interact, did she see your post
How do you get to feeling better? The process is basically question → discovery → fix → integrate → repeat. You figure something out, work on it, let your body adapt, and eventually something else reveals itself.
Finding the Center
How do I explain to y’all what I’ve been doing for 4 years without being too overwhelming? Here’s what I decided on: As part of my research, if there’s...
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I don't care if Bluesky's numbers are down. I use it to follow a few hundred weirdos who post too much. If this place folds they'll move someplace else and I'll follow them. You don't have to care if your baseball team makes money and you don't have to care if your social media platform is growing.