Tim Curry and Dolly Parton have taught us not only that you should be bigger, weirder, gayer, and freakier, but also that those qualities are what people will love about you. The things that make you strange and amazing are the things that will resonate with other strange and amazing people

Some people might not be aware, but it is entirely possible that without Dolly Parton we wouldn’t have had a COVID vaccine. She partly funded Moderna’s research and gave the largest individual contribution to make it all happen. Just gives you an idea of the kind of person she was.

“How will we ever replace them?” FUND. THE. ARTS.

Dolly was not neutral. She was apolitical in that she didn’t talk about politics. But when it came to poverty, literacy, LGBTQ+ rights, etc. she was outspoken. She was only apolitical because she didn’t consider those things political issues - she considered them human issues.

CNN@cnn.com · 4d ago

"At a time when no American celebrity seems immune from the country’s many divisions, Dolly Parton was a crossover icon who stayed neutral in the culture wars while still speaking her mind," writes Zachary B. Wolf. | Analysis

"Neutral in the culture war"

CNN@cnn.com · 4d ago

"At a time when no American celebrity seems immune from the country’s many divisions, Dolly Parton was a crossover icon who stayed neutral in the culture wars while still speaking her mind," writes Zachary B. Wolf. | Analysis

Sitting with @quotationmarks.bsky.social last night we saw someone post “The wrong 80 year old died” and I said “You know, Miss Dolly wouldn’t approve of us saying that but she sure as hell would understand why we said it.”

When people say they’re anti-AI, they’re clearly talking about generative AI in the arts and LLM slop that C-Suite jackoffs want to use to replace them. You know this. I know this. Everyone knows this. So the “then don’t use spellcheck if you hate AI” talking point is disingenuous horseshit.

My modest proposal continues to be that if any artwork gets written off for tax purposes, that artwork immediately becomes public domain. The public bought it; we own it now.

William Bibbiani@williambibbiani.bsky.social · 3w ago

I'm not comfortable with folks saying COYOTE VS. ACME was "worth the wait." I'd argue the opposite. It was worth NOT waiting for. Warner Bros. shelving a whole film as a tax write-off, potentially forever, doesn't become forgivable if it's good. That's what the word "unforgivable" is for.

It’s really funny how they just completely disregard the agency that games committees have in the process, lol. Like, if any runner submits, they ain’t getting in unless the committee thinks they’ll put on a good showcase, leaderboards aside, and having a WR isn’t a pass to get accepted for free

Hey everybody. I’ve seen the statement by Matt Karch, the CEO of Saber Entertainment, and all of the truly horrendous things he said about me. I think it should be obvious to anyone who reads that statement that he’s lashing out because he did not want people to know there was AI use in the game.

Bro. People are cool as fuck.

Shop at places with signboards like this instead

Aftermath@aftermath.site · 3w ago

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If you are seeing this message, shut down your computer IMMEDIATELY.

I come back to this tumblr post again and again

Hillary Monahan@hillarymonahan.bsky.social · last mo.

Nobody wants predictive data models to stop working for the people in medicine. Or translating ancient Pompeii texts. Or the other ways we were already using it. We want it to stop replacing workers, killing the environment, and stealing from artists. Hope that clarifies.

Being a digital artist is exhausting 🤷‍♂️

Look, Catherine, when you put it that way... it almost sounds bad.

Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We’ve opened the strait that was never closed, ceasing a ceasefire for a war that was never a war, stopping Iran from charging tolls because tolls are illegal, all so Trump can charge his *own* tolls because *his* tolls are legal. This will hurt affordability which is a hoax anyway

The line has never been clearer regarding JK Rowling imo. No more “I don’t agree with her views, but…” She is explicitly wielding her cultural capital AND her actual capital to dehumanize and take rights away from trans people. Giving her IP any air means contributing to this goal.

yeah biotech has basically been a series of slow steps in every direction that taken together are effectively world-changing. Affordability and access are serious problems, however.

president, Spreadsheet Persons Local 153@werrrp.bsky.social · 2mo ago

we effectively cured AIDS and have a pancreatic cancer vaccine that just passed phase 1 trials

Well Lindsey Graham died

I love how they expanded on the story in this game.

Kim Wexler's Ponytail 🐝💛🎗@madisonkittay.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Bwaaahahahahahahahahaaaa www.vice.com/en/article/t...

GG to GDQ

GO! MY LABUBU MISSILE! KILL!

Gm to all my fellow lapsed Catholics having a chuckle this morning

NANCY PELOSI: We must find the next generation of Democratic leadership. Young, charismatic and exciting candidates who can energize the party. People that voters love because they're not 80 years old and sold out to big capital. CHUCK SCHUMER (behind sniper rifle): Found one PELOSI: Take the shot