Dianne

I predict this man has a very bright future.

👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏

Congratulations, pal.

#WellDeserved

Europe needs to wake up and stand up to the bully that is the USA. They need to lead properly in democracy, climate change, justice and decency

I did not, and I am delighted to learn this

You know who carries guns to protests? These guys at a pro-open carry rally in Virginia in 2020:

They killed an innocent man and won’t even apologize.

Maybe it will happen today.

Gary Larson: In my cartoon I invented Cow Tools as a cautionary tale

Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools

in the plus side, watching the president of the United States destroy the entire geopolitical order because he didn't get a shiny award has successfully cured all my hangups about subtle character motivation in writing

I honestly had this exact thought. Let’s flood X with “Elon Musk dad bod Speedo” Grok pics and see how quickly things change.

Ways to Get Rid of Your Christmas Tree YouTube video by LoadingReadyRun

It’s that magical time of year where folks are looking for ways to dispose of their Christmas tree. And while this video may be 2 days away from turning 20 years old (😱), it’s still got some good advise! youtu.be/bq5I8FQ48WM

The USA has now become Russia and the world should treat them accordingly. What happens when you suddenly find yourself “not on their side”?

Practical jokes of the Paleolithic

Practical jokes of the Paleolithic

Andrew Kadel @DrewKadel@social.coop My daughter, who's had a degree in computer science for 25 years, posted this about ChatGPT on Facebook. It's the best description I've seen. Something that seems fundamental to me about ChatGPT, which gets lost over and over again: When you enter text into it, you're asking "What would a response to this sound like?" If you put in a scientific question, and it comes back with a response citing a non-existent paper with a plausible title, using a real journal name and an author name who's written things related to your question, it's not being tricky or telling lies or doing anything at all surprising! This is what a response to that question would sound like! It did the thing! But people keep wanting the "say something that sounds like an answer" machine to be doing something else, and believing it *is* doing something else. It's good at generating things that sound like responses to being told it was wrong, so people think that it's engaging in introspection or looking up more information or something, but it's not, it's only, ever, saying something that sounds like the next bit of the conversation.

The only thing ChatGPT ever does.

please let “bugs bunnying” become the slang for manipulating an LLM into ignoring its guardrails, i have never seen a more succinct and evocative term for it

The complete Bayeux Tapestry has finally been released and proves that Bishop Odo had absolutely nothing to do with the illegal Norman invasion of England.

Clay letters from ancient Mesopotamia are alive with idiom, sayings, and everyday language that I love.

Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.

@moderation.bsky.app why was this picture of a classical bronze naked statue labeled as adult content?

Hey @safety.bsky.app. When did classical statues become “adult content” to be hidden?

Childs Play - I am a Game Tech YouTube video by mike krahulik

Here is our new Child's Play video again for the Monday crowd. Trust me, this video is an amazing way to start your week with some positive energy. Please help us share it around!
youtu.be/XK2vvyz5O_s?...

This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥

preparing for the working world in the age of AI or: seven things to tell your kids when they ask what they should study now, or what the point of studying is

Brilliant piece on what our children will and won't thank us for in the era of AI. Naomi is SO GOOD on all of this: naomialderman.substack.com/p/preparing-...

But if you remove both, what does that society look like? Instead of trying to figure out how to go to mars, the world’s best boffins should be working on this problem instead.

Questioning the void: what does a large society without money look like? How does it logistically function? Capitalism works on the carrot/stick principle. The stick is if you don’t work for money you physically suffer. The stick is if you work enough you get nicer things than bare survival.

Happy birthday!

a cartoon character with red eyes and tongue out ALT: a cartoon character with red eyes and tongue out

Gargoyles, no contest. I’m 42 and they still live in my head rent free.

They went to the spa with their friends instead.

This is absolutely horrifying. Do these people understand that relationships aren’t transactions but two way emotional attachments that make us human? FFS

Jerry and I are back hosting the 22nd annual Child's Play charity dinner and auction. Come hang out with us December 5th and help us raise money for kids in Children's hospitals all over the world. Grab your tickets here:

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