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Lisa is going to have a heck of a time cleaning up the mess left by the Trump administration.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
Lisa is going to have a heck of a time cleaning up the mess left by the Trump administration.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
Web 2.0 is what did us in and now AI is here to finish the job. If we were all still cruising around our little geocities web circles, everything would be fine. You want to subject people to your bad take? Learn HTML and find a web host.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
He's also a word class grifter now. He knows which audience is going to buy whatever crypto BS he's shilling for that week.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes! Plus think of all the places that would benefit from additional shade. We have all these massive black asphalt parking lots acting as solar radiators and heating up our cities. Putting solar over them is an easy win win.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
I cannot wrap my head around what kind of corporate culture makes doing this even seem like an option. If someone at my company stole a celebs likeness for an ad, they would get fired along with the head of their department.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
I hope he's at OpenAI.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
It's like pizza rat, but with air superiority.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
It drives me nuts that we pretty consistently see democrats who are successful in red states, run on more progressive policies and show more moral conviction, yet centrists dems from blue states never learn that lesson. You don't win by being a lesser evil conservative, you win by having a spine.
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Texas dems should have stayed on the run until the clock ran out. A two week publicity stunt doesn't solve this. Had they managed to gum up the works in the first place there wouldn't be the need for an arms race.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
If they are ever dumb enough to mess with the state fair, they would soon discover our propensity to deep fry things and put them on a stick.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
In this case, the real question is which cased which. I'm of the strong belief he's always been an insufferable prick and the kids were right to stuff him in into lockers. They saw then what we see now, a man deserving infinit wedgies.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
Let's bring back skeuomorphism to own the libs.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
You had me at fully automated.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
That was so much ketamine ago.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
There's a hobo at the train station. Quick, call in the Marines!
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
Inside every colonist are two wolves...
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
"We had to do slavery because it's more humane than genocide" (which they also did) is such an insane thing to hear in a video for children. It's like saying "I had to stab you because lightning you on fire would be so much worse, aren't I kind?"
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
It could also be amazing as a Disco Elysium style rpg. There's so much narrative potential, the world deserves a format that fully leans into the mind trip aspect of surviving that world. Maybe survival means melding with a weird plant and just being happy as a plant.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
The internet was a mistake. Our monkey brains weren't designed to be farmed for engagement by mindless soulless algorithms.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
I take strong stance against petty leftist circular firing squads. A fascist is a fascist, I'm not changing them. A leftist who subjects other leftists to purity standards and labels them 'problematic' if they get an -A, knows what's good for society and chooses to be sectarian over being productive
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
We have secret police disappearing people off the streets and military check points in US cities. I cannot describe to you how little the issue of chicken shop ownership matters to me.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
If the biggest criticism of her campaign is her stance on a chicken joint, I think she's miles ahead of most politians.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
Here's a question: who the heck is hiring her? What job is she even supposedly being released for?
Adrian Bliss hitting the nail on the head - that stare into the camera at the end, chef kiss 👌 “Making Art In 2026”
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I would argue that there is nuance and multiple factors for why we hopped on the moronsville express. It didn't just happen on a collective whim. It was a multi generation process to prime the conditions for this.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
This seams like no brainer Warhammer TV or social content. Just set up to record the painting process like a streamer would. Cut it down to 15-20min with techniques and colors being called out on screen.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
What isn't talked about enough is just how much of our stock market is on autopilot. The majority of new investments come in the form of index funds in 401ks. That money just inflates the biggest stocks and won't sell until retirement. It's made the bubble more resilient, but the pop will be worse.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
I agree. I don't think we're getting a chose your own adventure AI Downton Abbey. I think there will be a very small percentage of the population actually making the slop, then whatever activates our monkey brains the most gets pushed out to receptive audiences.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
Challenging the audience is hard and risky. There's much higher returns in giving them and endless stream of personalized content that will tell them exactly what they want to hear, in between ad placements of course.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
When will Mamdani finally take accountability for all of Eric Adam’s bribes?
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
Shhhh, if we get them hooked they'll be too busy to do fascism.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
It was inevitable that we'd find a way of bringing drone striking children to the home front.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
Alcoholism can lead to drunk driving and abuse, but it doesn't absolve any responsibility for doing it or the resulting harm. However, seeking treatment for alcoholism is an objectively good first step towards taking some accountability for those actions.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
They are great to park under. Who doesn't want to park in the shade?
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
Just the existence of an algo that optimizes for engagement will eventually do this. Our little monkey brains freak out when they perceive something is being taken from them or they are confronted by the unknown. 'Immigrants taking stuff' is optimized reaction bait turbocharged by algos.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
We really lost something when shows went from 22ep to 11ep seasons. Used to be you could have a couple entire episodes dedicated to a really silly premise.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
If I stop replying to people, do I die?
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
They reminded me of Sucker Punch, where it felt like ideas were just being pulled randomly from a hat. At least Michael Bay knows he's Michael Bay. Zack Snyder is like a Michael Bay who thinks he's Christopher Nolan.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
I wonder if they'd have the same opinion if a dem president eliminated ICE. (I'm not actually wondering, I already know the answer. These ghouls are past caring about hypocrisy)
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
Totally, Grummz does the same thing. He's the EULA guy but somehow boasted his way into getting millions in investment money to launch and lead a studio. It's such a narcissism thing to fail upwards, propelled by nothing but unearned self confidence.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
What's funny to me is neither of them were really game developers at Blizzard, Grummz created the EULA for wow and PirateSoftware was on security. It's like taking an accountant at Disney and holding him up as an authority on cinematography.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm so glad the next generation has their 'Mr Rodgers'.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
Hot take: this level of weaponized ignorance is everywhere thanks to social algo induced brain rot. The US is just more vulnerable to the brain rot achieving power because our political structure restricts us to two parties and enables minority rule.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
When exactly did Politico turn into whatever this is?
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
It's all fun and games until you accidentally lick your enamel paint brush.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
I worry this is going to turn into Trump's Putin pivot. Where he uses the power of the state to outright steal the resources of oligarchs that don't fall into line. I won't cry for Elon, but if Trump can loot the richest man in the world, he no longer has to pretend to be held to any norm.
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mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
And they are never getting that damn flag back. We maintain a bipartisan tradition of our governors telling Virginia's governors to go pound sand.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
If this eventually has some good raster image editing and scripting capabilities, this could solve a big pain point in my production pipeline.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
Apple is singlehandedly holding up sci-fi content on streaming. Who else is even coming close?
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
We export natural gas, we import oil. Semi-trucks and container ships don't run on natural gas. If crude oil supplies get cut, everything is going to get much more expensive very quickly.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
You have no idea how far it went. I saw "Freedom Ticklers".
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
It's so utterly depressing having seen Bush lie our way into Iraq as a teenager, knowing full well it was BS then, and now at 40 watching the exact same process unfold for Iran. We can't even go 4 years without a pointless war with no exit plan.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
Michael Bay should just have cameras rolling at every SpaceX event to get B-roll.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm doing my part every time I order poutine.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
The girlies coordinated matching outfits and everything. They should have bedazzled their shields while they were at it.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
For me, it's less fatigue and more a lack of faith that any of their series are going to be worth watching. So many look promising, but the story and dialog make CW DCU writing look good.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
Two possibilities that I believe can be simultaneously true: Media analysis is completely dead outside of maybe 10% of the population. Many of the choices going into that parade were a form of malicious compliance.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
Minnesotans jump in a lake for fun when it's that cold out. Our idea of dangerous conditions might be a bit skewed.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
100% agree
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm in full agreement that lidar is a superior tech to form the foundation of a multi sensor solution. I'm just commenting on how terrible even their machine vision must be to miss a stop sign like that.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
The fact the cameras don't pick up on the bright red octogon with flashing lights in the middle of the day tells me it's even more of a software issue than a sensor issue. That's the one aspect of the test the cameras should nail with ease.
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mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
True or not, why would anyone trust they can negotiate with this administration? The one thing they are consistent about is lying.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm old enough to remember when we were told we would be 'greeted as liberators' in Iraq. We finally got out of there with little to show for it and we can't even go 5 years without starting to delude ourselves into the same war with Iran.
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The real question is, does Disney actually want to stop them? Or do they want to bloody MJ up enough that they can aquire them on the cheap? As much as they want to protect their IP, I have no doubt they want to get their hands on the tech for themselves.
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It's the inevitable reaction to ever increasing use of dangerous 'less lethal' devices. No provocation is required to get a rubber bullet to the head, so protesters are going to take the precautions required to protect themselves.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
We're going to have a long list of dems to primary into oblivion.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
I used to do that. Some cleaning solutions can help with the fog. Now for spraying nasty stuff, I got a dedicated pair of small safety frames that fit under my goggles or face shield. Cheap plastic frames with a good amount of flex, ideally without nose pads because they will squish your face.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
It was bad enough when they were screwing their employees, now they don't even do it to completion.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
I wonder why they are acquiring the talent but skipping the product. Packaging Autograph in Maxon One could have been huge.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
Andor level sonic torture.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
And these same ghouls will cry "class warfare" everytime anybody even suggests taxing the rich more.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
Important to note: in 2020 in MN, Walz was directing the Guard and was a guardsman himself. So he had a good understanding of what they are trained for and what situations not to put them in. Leadership without that experience could easily create more volatile situations.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
Idk man, maybe the DNC perfected whatever lib super serum they used to make Pete Buttigieg.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
It's ruining everything. I was looking for info for writing a C4D script. Google's AI response hallucinated a command that doesn't exist. Then I find a YouTube video that's just an AI reading a nearly identical hallucinated answer from ChatGPT. They are flooding out good info with crap.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
How many bankruptcies did Mussolini have? Because I guarantee it's rookie numbers in comparison.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
That one's perfect because it also reflects how incompetent the people developing it are and how eager the corporation is to unleash it on the public regardless of consequences.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
They pride themselves on hiring incompetent people too. The whole administration is a parade of washups and rejects.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
To be fair, between the two of them, the AI is the only one that doesn't want to be a Nazi.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
Famously MTG refrains from judgement because that's up to God to do.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
But have you tried voting harder? *eyeroll*
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm telling you, we have all the pieces on the board for the Running Man dystopia.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
Hopefully your country understands that liberals would rather lose to fascists than win with leftists. Centrists liberals are not capable of stopping a right wing fascist movement. My country still hasn't learned that.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
Fwiw, I feel that keeping someone's work alive and available for people to discover is the best tribute you can give to an artist. It's why I continue to cite him as a major source of inspiration.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
This is the final stage of enshitification, where even our own ability to think and process information is degraded in the service of profit.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
There's slap fighting. They just take turns hitting each other in the head until someone falls over.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
Have you considered getting involved with whatever obscure sport is more violent than MMA? Maybe you have to start at the beginning and be the least funny cast member of a sitcom.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
It's good to know who this kid will vote for in 2032 when he's old enough to vote for POTUS. I was really wondering.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
Cancer is sneaky, crewl, and sometimes incredibly quick. It snuck up on my friend, age 40. By the time he knew he was sick, it was too late to even slow it down. He was gone within 6 weeks. Cancer sucks
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
I have my own version of Moore's Law, where the complexity and scope of your 3D work will always grow to overtake the hardware you have available.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
Also, the root of this is equipment failures from underfunded infrastructure. AI can't magically see where planes are without radar. It's adding another point of tech failure instead of addressing the ones they have.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
Reclaim the term Luddite. They were the OG's of fighting enshitification and capitalists.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
This sort of thing will always happen. Some artists cut corners, you try to weed them out, but they can't all be caught. ADs and CDs reviewing work don't have the entire catalog of the internet memorized. They won't catch it all when it does happen. The best they can do is fix.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
I think for many of us, this becomes a question of who puts the party apparatus and status quo ahead of making changes that are needed to keep the party and country healthy. Everyone carrying water for Biden when it was obvious he shouldn't run again screwed us out of a real primary.
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I think you can both blame him for his piss poor handling of that and the ramifications, but also recognize weaponizing the DOJ to criminalize social posts of their critics is something we shouldn't wish on anyone because it could easily be us next.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
I want to know what he thinks the new term is for things you get at a grocery store. A true journalist would ask him this question at every opportunity until he answers.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
Don't forget this bad boy. So cool the X-men stole it for their jet.
mographer.bsky.social (@mographer.bsky.social) reply parent
Even if you believed this. How is gifting a $400 million defense department asset to a presidental library not unethical? Could Joe Biden gift his library Marine One? Is it going to sit in a parking lot next to the library, or is it going to be used to fly around private individuals?