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Good Morning. Hello. How are you? #1685 Bandcamp Friday, nostalgia relapse, reformulated Zevia ginger ale, the lyrics to the Cocteau Twins' Wax and Wane

Bandcamp Friday, nostalgia relapse, reformulated Zevia ginger ale, the lyrics to the Cocteau Twins' Wax and Wane

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Good Morning. Hello. How are you? #1684 Hand surgery recovery. Facebook's violating AI shit, Olivia and Sabrina, Cricut questions,

Hand surgery recovery. Facebook's violating AI shit, Olivia and Sabrina, Cricut questions

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Inclusive of algorithms too!

I ask myself constantly: is there any well-intentioned constituency that would actually advocate for 230 now if it did not already exist

Ill advisedly logged on to Facebook and it fucking AI-animated my PFP of me and my wife without asking me. I feel violated.

Good Morning. Hello. How are you? #1683 Primaries, parenting, polymarket, filibusters, clear lens exchange questions

Primaries, parenting, polymarket, filibusters, clear lens exchange questions

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Campaign platform for Dems. Take them over.

Good Morning. Hello. How are you? #1682 Spelunking Sebulba, Fruit Merge, governmental LLM dreams, how many boycotts are you participating in? Pest control rumbles.

Spelunking Sebulba, Fruit Merge, governmental LLM dreams, how many boycotts are you participating in? Pest control rumbles.

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Maybe we all just need to go to the gathering of the juggalos

Last Great American Whale

Good Morning. Hello. How are you? #1681 We're at fuckin war again. Weekend chores. Finished GoT. Playground gang's back together.

We're at fuckin war again. Weekend chores. Finished GoT. Playground gang's back together.

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That tour at Citi was the loudest show I've ever seen.

Don't love the way modern society has inverted the war powers resolution - now congress has to muster enough votes to stop a war, instead of the intended approach of mustering enough votes to start one.

Well this is a bullshit thing to wake up to

Good Morning. Hello. How are you? #1679 More AI and plastic musings. AI vs the Large Hadron Collider. A Black Flag confession. Bowie 2010 Glastonbury.

More AI and plastic musings. AI vs the Large Hadron Collider. A Black Flag confession. Bowie 2010 Glastonbury.

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Once again I repeat my prediction that ultimately it will be found that most of the death threats MAGA sends out are exactly like this.

Good Morning. Hello. How are you? #1678 Spacemen 3, AI is plastic, giant billboard-sized briefcases, Jane's favorite states.

Spacemen 3, AI is plastic, giant billboard-sized briefcases, Jane's favorite states.

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Oh totally. It'll never be good or cool. But I guess that doesn't mean one should try and motivate harm.

Good Morning. Hello. How are you? #1677 Request for help on a policy for creator compensation for LLMs. Daughter nighttime mania. Mandy, Indiana. CA Gov primary. The correct spelling of "Katy."

Request for help on a policy for creator compensation for LLMs. Daughter nighttime mania. Mandy, Indiana. CA Gov primary. The correct spelling of "Katy."

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Good Morning. Hello. How are you? #1676 Some deep noble pedestrian domesticity today: dusting, car woes, studio build work, more font ruminations

Some deep noble pedestrian domesticity today: dusting, car woes, studio build work, more font ruminations

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eBay alert for "ubiquiti camera lot" is your friend. Large institutions are constantly upgrading theirs and selling the old ones in batches.

This dude actually thought this was a good point.

Bojangles instilled in me a terrible DMD habit but I guess it's time to go back to Diet Coke. There's nothing left for me here. Except the Muzak.

What am I gonna drink Sweet Tea

They did, however, swap out the Diet Mountain Dew for Dr Pepper in the fountain and I am devastated.

In a departure, they are playing Stevie Wonder's "Don't You Worry About a Thing" this morning at Bojangles.

“Is there a technology the left is excited about?”

Yes. Granular synthesis

Good Morning. Hello. How are you? #1675 Some more AI rants. It's like eating meat, isn't it? Chris Brokaw appreciation post. The Secret Agent. Peacock has purged the Canadian curling cheats.

Some more AI rants. It's like eating meat, isn't it? Chris Brokaw appreciation post. The Secret Agent. Peacock has purged the Canadian curling cheats.

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Burn down the board of peace is a killer post rock band name

Good Morning. Hello. How are you? #1674 Do trees stop growing? Cabaret Voltaire final tour. Truck woes. CA Gov primary. Bringhurst stanning.

Do trees stop growing? Cabaret Voltaire final tour. Truck woes. CA Gov primary. Bringhurst stanning.

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