the key feature of "bad photoshop" was not that it was "bad" but that you could see the hand of the person who made it. "bad photoshop" is a triumph of human will over technical stumbling blocks. it's why the shaggs are magical and AI Music Slop is forgotten before you can even finish listening
I think it is great that generative AI has made you all productive*, but I don’t think that’s the adequate response to what I believe it’s the main criticism: the Internet is being flooded with horrible content generated in a exploitative way
We turned twenty-five this year! That is a long time for such a small and pointless thing. catandgirl.com/cat-and-girl...
AdaCon Norway is starting shortly!
Agenda: adacon.no
Livestream: youtu.be/wqXqJfQMrqI
#AdaCon is a free tech conference in Oslo Norway. All talks are 20 minutes. All speakers are from some group underrepresented in tech. All are based in Norway.
It’s the “they don’t know meme” format - a poorly drawn, sad looking man holds a drink and wears a party had whilst standing in the corner of a room full of larger, but still poorly drawn, men with more hair dancing with poorly drawn but smiling women. The sad corner-man consoles himself in his pariahship, noting “they don’t know I’m a first 10% Bluesky elder”. Oh, sad corner-man: alas. No one cares.
Me today out in the real world.
it’s bisexual visibility month! please check for bisexuals before changing lanes or opening car doors
it’s amazing because most people who have a bunch of tattoos will, when asked “what does it *mean*?” by a complete stranger, respond with some variation of “none of your business,” and/or “go fuck yourself.”
It’s Prince’s birthday
This is my favourite story about him by a country mile
"Breathless monotone", the voice of a generation
People who miss the experience of going to Blockbuster to browse the rows of VHS and DVD's- you may not realize this but most public libraries carry a selection of new and old films. You'd be surprised what you can find just by visiting a place that will loan you books. Support your local library.
“I find it infuriating, distressing, overwhelming,” said one expert, who chose not to be named. “I’m relieved that I do not have children, knowing what the future holds,” said another. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Goddamn, RIP to Steve Albini, aka @electricalwsop.bsky.social, one of the most titanic figures in all of music pitchfork.com/news/steve-a...
Frogs are screaming - we just can't hear them
[werner herzog voice]
GRRRL: I thought knowledge was an end in itself / GIRL: First they came for our facts GRRRL: But they took it - to make money! And centrist political predictions! / GIRL: So we re-grouped at vibes GRRRL: You can't monetize my feelings! / GIRL: Then they came for our vibes. GRRRL: Uh-oh. / GIRL: Politics stopped being about facts. Technology stopped being about facts. GRRRL: Fascism's just vibes in a facts costume. / GIRL: Anyone complaining that search is broken - or AI doesn't tell the truth GRRRL: Feelings don't care about your facts / GIRL: doesn't understand what they're for GRRRL: Time to put on our KNOWLEDGE SHOES and head back to good ol' facts! / A sign reading "Good ol' facts" points to a haunted house / GIRL: I think whimsy is nearby GRRRL: Good ol' whimsy!
Facts aren't feelings.
Only 3 more days! Remember to sign up if you want to attend
Mr Spock holds an alien animal, which is clearly just a dog in a wig, on Star Trek
I don’t watch too much original series, but I’m absolutely weeping with this episode featuring an alien animal which is blatantly just a dog in a wig with straws poking out
We're doing another mechanical keyboard meetup! Please join us if you're in Oslo April 20th www.meetup.com/oslo-mechani...
Signal has finally introduced usernames so you can use it without giving out your phone number. This is the number one feature I have seen prevent people from using Signal for many years and I’m happy it’s here!
signal.org/blog/phone-n...
One art form lost to history is hand lettering your taped-from-TV VHS tapes
Thanks for the invite, but I have other plans this evening! 😊
👋 Nice to meet you!
I finished a poster with Kiki and I want to show it EVERYWHERE
Just wanted to get on here and gush about how good Blue Eye Samurai is. I just finished S1 and am absolutely floored. Netflix, don't you dare fuck this up!
A series of six panels depicting Werner Herzog telling a story into a microphone. He says “There were some filmmakers speaking in an auditorium like this one” “about how documentaries should be made, how we should be like a fly on the wall and not interfere” “And I just couldn’t take it anymore so I grabbed the mic and said” “No! We are directors, we are creators, we should be the hornets that sting” “There was a roar of disgust against me” “So I shouted - Happy New Year, losers!”
HAPPY NEW YEAR, LOSERS
PSA: if you take or edit photos of crowds or strangers with Signal, you can use our face blur tool to quickly hide people's biometric face data.
You can then export the photo from Signal if you want to post it publicly.
More on this feature here:
https://signal.org/blog/blur-tools/
who needs things like skydiving when you can get the same adrenaline rush by causing an incident in prod
New goto80 video out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Gtd...
