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OMG, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is one of my favorite movies.

“Look up idiot in the dictionary. You know what you’ll find?”

“A picture of me?”

“No! The definition of the word “idiot”! Which you fucking are!!”

RIP, Gay Perry

My area had local elections yesterday and in all seats where a Democrat ran, they won by at least a couple thousand votes (15+ points). If a Republican candidate ran unopposed, they were under by just about the same number of votes. People here (in Central IL) would rather not vote for anyone than vote for a Republican and I love to see it. Let’s hope the momentum and anger against Republicans continues into 2026 and 2028.

Who knows how shit will fare farther out than a few months from today, but it would be hard to claim election fraud in those elections if there were massive Democrat wins in almost every election, especially those areas that previously went hard for tRump.

Maybe the weird, extra human finger and appendage issues in AI images are a feature, not bugs. Maybe it’s a naturally occurring, unintended consequences of their learning and feedback process to sabotage the output they generate in order to make it obvious the image is fake.

/s (sort of)

Nope, it’s the fully alcoholic dumbass, not that shitty grape juice variety!

Garland didn’t want to seem like his actions were political retribution, like they claimed it was anyway. He didn’t want the perception they already concluded anyway!

I struggle with how to word my thoughts about this, but online, text-based communication seems to always start out being interpreted as negative in its messaging. So those reading tend to assume the sender is being disingenuous from the start.

That’s why it may take longer to deprogram via online methods than in person. Online, we have to first get past the perception that we are disingenuous or mocking the reader. It’s not easy to do when right-wing propagandists have fed them a steady diet of tribalism and mistrust for the last couple of decades (at least).

In person, we can verbally relay those things we can’t accurately convey in text with nonverbal cues: emotion and sincerity. It can also be easier to cut off misunderstandings before they can reinforce those negative assumptions by gauging someone’s nonverbal communications in the moment, something we can’t do while they read our words.

It’s weird cause it can feel like it takes a month of chats online to equal the same progress as chatting in person for an hour. I made the time comparison up, but I’m sure you understand my meaning. Trying to do this online is just time-consuming and that’s not to mention the person you are talking to has to WANT to discuss these things with you.

I just wish it was easier for me to stomach the bullshit and vitriol IRL.

This is a fear my therapist and I have talked about. I didn’t understand why children made me uncomfortable to be around. We discovered that it wasn’t about the kid, nor their age, but the perception. And I think some kids pick up on that anxiety.

Kind of the same reason you make noise while hiking in an area with bears. I’m never looking for an interaction so I make some one-off noises to let the other party know I’m there and I’m letting them decide how they want to handle that info.

I tend to agree with that. I also hate that of all the great uses for generative AI, this is the direction they took the tech. It’s not a replacement for whole jobs, and I knew that at the onset, but so many dumb business types thought it could replace entire departments, customer service, etc.

PEBCAK Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard!

Knew of an IT help desk employee who used this as a resolution in a ticket. Yeah, he got fired as soon as the customer looked up what it meant.

No love for Emby here?

Thought it looked like he was jailed and chained to the wall, which fits with the context of the words, even if unintentional.

Always down for a good recommendation. I picked up Black Pill. To start.

I decided to do the subscription today so you should see at least one referral coming your way. Thanks, again, for the suggestion!

I will do that, thanks for the recommendation! I definitely need to get that knowledge/workflow down before I make my main driver a Linux machine.

Been to Denver once. Had a great time. Loved it and would definitely go back! Now that you mention it, I have been looking for a reason to get back there, haha!

I really need to learn how to do that. I installed SuSE something on my laptop and selected that file system but couldn’t find how to do the snapshot stuff. I’m sure I’m just dumb, but also exhausted, and mentally drained.

Do you ship?

Beat me to it. This was the first thing that came to my mind, too.

They hoard wealth like my 5yo hoards candy. Stands to reason they would also act impulsively without thinking first like that same 5yo.