iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

The ultimate example being the deflector dish Borg blaster And they waited 3 full months to reveal it did nothing at all to its target

The Enterprise D firing a blue beam of energy out of the deflector dish on the main drive section, where it will do [something] to whatever is in its path

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FilmWonk @filmwonk.net · 11/10/2026

I daresay they captured his essence

Commander Henry "H.A." Adams, second-in-command of Commodore Matthew Perry's Japan expeditions in the 1850s.

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FilmWonk @filmwonk.net · 02/10/2026

Ain't no comedy like chiropractor comedy

Door of a chiropractor's office. Door sign says "Healthy by Choice
Not Chance"

A printout below the door sign says,
"The doctor's [sic] are out sick today so there are no adjustments or decompression (then info about rescheduling)"

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FilmWonk @filmwonk.net · 10/09/2026

And, one final question. What...is this? This fake behind-the-scenes shit? I mean those are clearly guinea pigs pretending to do the fake actor's fake makeup, so is this just you telling us you think we're as dumb as you are, or what?

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FilmWonk @filmwonk.net · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton passes away Big enough to trend twice

Bluesky Trending topics list
#3 and 4 are both "Dolly Parton passes away"

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FilmWonk @filmwonk.net · 14/08/2026

Wow, Google. Yeah, it's a mood, but not the one you think. Hey bestie, remember when your whole state was on fire because the world was ending last year too?

Google Photos notification titled "Mood" featuring a sunset vividly colored by wildfire smoke

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FilmWonk @filmwonk.net · 13/08/2026

Me either, but there are certain characters for whom I would readily accept it

Harvey Keitel as The Wolf in Pulp Fiction
He was credited as "with", but...same vibe as special guest star, really.

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FilmWonk @filmwonk.net · 10/08/2026

How to use your smartphone to record fireworks How to use your smartphone to record a concert

"How to use your smartphone to capture August's solar eclipse"

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FilmWonk @filmwonk.net · 08/08/2026

But sometimes the microblogging sites deliver accidental comedy about it

This tweet, with another one below it from Seth Rosenthal:
"slammed the brakes so hard I flew through the windshield"
[accompanying photo shows a street sign for Gobblers Knob Rd]

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FilmWonk @filmwonk.net · 30/07/2026

I've been playing Minecraft with my kids this morning and this effortlessly snapped to mind

Minecraft pig with blank expression, signifying he's as smart and grownup as a career centrist politician

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FilmWonk @filmwonk.net · 20/07/2026

I did not know this when I saw the film! I just knew it looked awesome. CGI-enhanced puppet ftw.

Production still from THE ODYSSEY showing a 60-foot marionette Polyphemus and several crew members and actors standing around on a centrally "fire-lit" cave set.

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FilmWonk @filmwonk.net · 16/07/2026

One I could perhaps tolerate ironically was The Ameyaicans.

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FilmWonk @filmwonk.net · 14/07/2026

Step in front of car. Murder an innocent man in front of his 3-year-old daughter. Spin a rote and predictable line of bullshit about how your victim made you murder him. This entire agency needs to be purged and every one of its killers brought to justice.

“ICE law enforcement attempted to conduct a vehicle stop,” the spokesperson said. “The vehicle attempted to flee the scene and fearing for public safety an officer discharged his weapon.”

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FilmWonk @filmwonk.net · 10/06/2026

"A broken system Where squatters Hold all the power" Someone decided this was a credible pitch for a show in the same country which opened a facility called "Alligator Alcatraz" and then locked a bunch of people up in it without warrants or trials.

Across America a nightmare is unfolding. Experienced squatters exploit legal loopholes to live rent-free in homes that don't belong to them as devastated homeowners watch helplessly. From charming con artists to a dangerous extremist, these manipulators know how to weaponize tenant protections, turning the law against rightful owners. Each episode follows families forced into impossible battles to reclaim their properties, exposing a broken system where squatters hold all the power.

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FilmWonk @filmwonk.net · 05/06/2026

The SAVE Act fails in the Senate. Fascists love to cheat. They're not done. But this is a victory.

Meme template (Bugs bunny in Tuxedo)
I wish all [MAGA]
a very pleasant [GETTING FUCKED IN HELL]

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FilmWonk @filmwonk.net · 29/05/2026

For the crime of acting like a piece of browser toolbar malware from 2006, I have permanently banned Google Chrome from sending notifications of any kind.

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FilmWonk @filmwonk.net · 23/04/2026

It's hard to pick a single favorite performer in Edgar Wright's THE RUNNING MAN (which I'm finally catching up with), but I think it's Colman Domingo. I've seen so many shitty, lazy takes on the Evil Game Show Host that just lean on the campiness and don't try. Domingo goes HARD and it's wonderful.

Cropped film still of Colman Domingo as "Bobby T" Thompson, host of "The Running Man" game show in the 2025 film of the same name.

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FilmWonk @filmwonk.net · 19/04/2026

Gen-Z Gondor Calls for Aid nearly made me spit my drink fr, fam

In an iconic scene from "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" (2002), Aragorn comes to King Théoden of Rohan to let him know that Gondor calls for aid, but both of them have been edited to look Gen-Z (curly mop top with undercut, many piercings), and the dialogue has been updated:

Aragorn: Chat, the beacon notification just hit. Gondor's asking for a carry.
Théoden: Say less

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FilmWonk @filmwonk.net · 13/04/2026

Moon (2009, dir. Duncan Jones) is up there for me.

Still from "Moon" (2009, dir. Duncan Jones) featuring Sam Rockwell as an astronaut on the moon, standing outside in a space suit with the lunar landscape and a large rover behind him.

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FilmWonk @filmwonk.net · 07/04/2026

#ArtemisII continues to send back absolutely gorgeous imagery from the far side of the moon and Earth rising over it. Gallery link in the reply. Beware AI slop when sharing Artemis imagery - trust NASA links only.

"A Setting Earth"

art002e009289 (April 6, 2026) – The lunar surface fills the frame in sharp detail, as seen during the Artemis II lunar flyby, while a distant Earth sets in the background. This image was captured at 6:41 p.m. EDT, on April 6, 2026, just three minutes before the Orion spacecraft and its crew went behind the Moon and lost contact with Earth for 40 minutes before emerging on the other side. In this image, the dark portion of Earth is experiencing nighttime, while on its day side, swirling clouds are visible over the Australia and Oceania region. In the foreground, Ohm crater shows terraced edges and a relatively flat floor marked by central peaks — formed when the surface rebounded upward during the impact that created the crater.

Image Credit: NASA
https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/amf-art002e009289/

art002e009288

art002e009288 (April 6, 2026) – Earthset captured through the Orion spacecraft window at 6:41 p.m. EDT, April 6, 2026, during the Artemis II crew’s flyby of the Moon. A muted blue Earth with bright white clouds sets behind the cratered lunar surface. The dark portion of Earth is experiencing nighttime. On Earth’s day side, swirling clouds are visible over the Australia and Oceania region. In the foreground, Ohm crater has terraced edges and a flat floor interrupted by central peaks. Central peaks form in complex craters when the lunar surface, liquefied on impact, splashes upwards during the crater’s formation.
Image Credit: NASA

https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/art002e009288/

Artemis II in Eclipse

art002e009301 (April 6, 2026) – Captured by the Artemis II crew during their lunar flyby on April 6, 2026, this image shows the Moon fully eclipsing the Sun. From the crew’s perspective, the Moon appears large enough to completely block the Sun, creating nearly 54 minutes of totality and extending the view far beyond what is possible from Earth. The corona forms a glowing halo around the dark lunar disk, revealing details of the Sun’s outer atmosphere typically hidden by its brightness. Also visible are stars, typically too faint to see when imaging the Moon, but with the Moon in darkness stars are readily imaged. This unique vantage point provides both a striking visual and a valuable opportunity for astronauts to document and describe the corona during humanity’s return to deep space. The faint glow of the nearside of the Moon is visible in this image, having been illuminated by light reflected off the Earth.
Image Credit: NASA

https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/amf-art002e009301/

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FilmWonk @filmwonk.net · 29/03/2026

On the way home from #NoKings, I saw a train ad for a VPN that said "FIGHT FOR FREE ASSOCIATION". I snapped a photo for no other reason than to see if I could use the magic eraser tool to make it say "FIGHT FOR FREE ASS" but it did something much better.

A small train advertisement which has been digitally manipulated to say:
"FIGHT FOR FREET POR ASSHT DOOT"
(with some letters mildly deformed)

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FilmWonk @filmwonk.net · 29/03/2026

You okay, snack writer?

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FilmWonk @filmwonk.net · 18/03/2026

Neha Gupta picked a hell of a day to quit drinking

Google News search for "metaverse" featuring an assortment of stories about Meta shutting down Horizon Worlds, and two identical-looking clickbait finance articles by Neha Gupta asking whether Meta is the best Metaverse stock to buy just now.

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FilmWonk @filmwonk.net · 10/03/2026

NOBODY WANTS TO SEE THAT SHIT, JEFF

Photo of a full-screen FireTV stick ad for "Melania" on Prime Video
With a picture of Melania
A person of no importance whatsoever

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FilmWonk @filmwonk.net · 02/03/2026

The @nytimes.com's Bret Stephens laying down a measured and reasonable take as always

Edited screenshot of Bret Stephen's latest simping pro-war op-ed, which you can read in its original form here.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/opinion/trump-netanyahu-iran-free-world.html

Can't imagine why you'd want to though.

The original headline was, "Trump and Netanyahu Are Doing the Free World a Favor"

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FilmWonk @filmwonk.net · 03/02/2026

So in place of legal dithering, what's your actual position on who should be paying for the operation of Washington State? Poor people or rich people? itep.org/washington-w...

Graph from ITEP (link below) which shows the regressive taxation in Washington State, with the bottom quintile paying 13.8% and the top 1% paying 4.1% in taxes.

https://itep.org/washington-who-pays-7th-edition/

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FilmWonk @filmwonk.net · 06/12/2025

Dear peasants, We're cornering the market like Disney before us. Please don't call your Congressional representatives to complain about media consolidation, and rest assured the poorly lit content paste will flow (courtesy of unpaid humans and AI slop). Fuck you. -Netflix

Corporate comms email from Netflix (to me)

Subject: Welcoming Warner Bros. to Netflix

Text:
Hi FilmWonk,
We recently announced that Netflix will acquire Warner Bros., including its film and television studios, HBO Max and HBO. This unites our leading entertainment service with Warner Bros.’ iconic stories, bringing some of the world’s most beloved franchises like Harry Potter, Friends, The Big Bang Theory, Casablanca, Game of Thrones and the DC Universe together with Stranger Things, Wednesday, Squid Game, Bridgerton and KPop Demon Hunters.
What’s changing?
Nothing is changing today. Both streaming services will continue to operate separately. We have more steps to complete before the deal is closed, including regulatory and shareholder approvals. You’ll hear from us when we have more to share. In the meantime, we hope you’ll continue to enjoy watching as much as you want, whenever you want - all on your current membership plan.
We know you might have questions. Check out our Help Center for more information or contact us at any time.
Thank you for choosing Netflix. We’re committed to bringing you more great TV shows, movies, games and live programming.

The Netflix team

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FilmWonk @filmwonk.net · 24/11/2025

RIP to a great one, Udo Kier, who passed away today at 81.

Udo Kier (1944-2025) memoriam image featuring a recent image of the actor (who passed today at 81), and stills from Blade (1998) and Blood for Dracula (1974)

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FilmWonk @filmwonk.net · 10/11/2025

I've never blocked someone faster

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FilmWonk @filmwonk.net · 26/08/2025

Whoa, Hogwarts Legacy is on sale for $12 if anyone wants to continue not buying it because JK Rowling is a Nazi. And I'm speaking my opinion hyperbolically because she's also a litigious little shit who weaponizes her country's stupid legal system to stifle criticism of her transphobia.

Steam sale price of $12 marked down from $60 for JK's stupid game

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FilmWonk @filmwonk.net · 09/08/2025

Nice to know you're capable of self-doubt. I didn't think it was possible to simultaneously be enough and also too much. Don't be this asshole. Look after yourself. Look after others. And fight the real enemy.

A screenshot of a MexiKant post:
"So tiring to fight that nagging feeling that I'm never enough"

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FilmWonk @filmwonk.net · 09/08/2025

A "high-velocity air rifle" firing "metal projectiles" is a BB gun, and if this guy plink-plinked even one "projectile" in the cops' direction, then they fucking knew it was a BB gun and they killed him anyway. Way to go, Bellevue PD.

A Bellevue police officer shot and killed a man who shot at officers with a “high-velocity air rifle” early Friday, investigators confirmed nearly 18 hours later.

Washington State Patrol Sgt. Jermaine Walker confirmed the fatal shooting, which is under investigation by King County’s Independent Force Investigation Team. The shooting happened about 12:30 a.m. Friday.

Walker said no other information about the shooting victim, or the involved officer or officers has been released. Bellevue police spokesperson Seth Tyler said the department would not independently release body- or dash-camera video. That will be left up to the independent investigators, he said.

Officers recovered an air rifle that fired metal projectiles, Walker said.

Investigators did not release the nature of the call officers responded to. The shooting occurred following a lengthy standoff, Walker said.

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FilmWonk @filmwonk.net · 29/07/2025

Medina as a tax-evading enclave is not even the worst offender. The "town" of Hunts Point has a better claim to being semi-rural because nobody fuckin lives there

Google Maps screenshot showing the 1.7 mile distance between the "town" of Medina and downtown Bellevue, with the bounds of Medina demarcated in red.

Population (2020): 2,915

Google Maps screenshot showing the ~2-mile distance between the "town" of Hunts Point and downtown Bellevue, with the tiny-ass peninsular bounds and single major road of Hunts Point demarcated in red.

Population (2020): 457

Google Maps screenshot showing the ~2-mile distance between the "town" of Yarrow Point and downtown Bellevue, with the tiny-ass peninsular bounds of Yarrow Point demarcated in red.

Population (2020): 1,134

Google Maps screenshot showing the 1.31-mile distance between the "town" of Clyde Hill and downtown Bellevue, with the bounds demarcated in red.

Population (2020): 3,126

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FilmWonk @filmwonk.net · 18/07/2025

...were they fucking?

Excerpt from WSJ article, "Jeffrey Epstein’s Friends Sent Him Bawdy Letters for a 50th Birthday Album. One Was From Donald Trump."

By Khadeeja Safdar
and Joe Palazzolo
July 17, 2025 6:45 pm ET

"It isn’t clear how the letter with Trump’s signature was prepared. Inside the outline of the naked woman was a typewritten note styled as an imaginary conversation between Trump and Epstein, written in the third person.

“Voice Over: There must be more to life than having everything,” the note began.

Donald: Yes, there is, but I won’t tell you what it is.

Jeffrey: Nor will I, since I also know what it is.

Donald: We have certain things in common, Jeffrey.

Jeffrey: Yes, we do, come to think of it.

Donald: Enigmas never age, have you noticed that?

Jeffrey: As a matter of fact, it was clear to me the last time I saw you.

Trump: A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret.

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FilmWonk @filmwonk.net · 11/07/2025

Blue Herons? Blue herons! #birdsky

Blue heron in Green Lake, Seattle, WA, July 6, 2025.

A less impressive photo of a blue heron which flew out of the Sammamish River and landed along the paved trail after crossing a line of overgrown blackberries.

Woodinville, WA, June 30, 2025

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FilmWonk @filmwonk.net · 11/07/2025

Be the change you want to see in the world

News article
Headline: 'Today is his birthday': Man allegedly stole tour train high on meth, picked up passengers

by WKRC
Wed July 9th, 2025 at 10:53AM

Mugshot of a Leoben Conoy-lookin dude with spikey hair, superimposed over a photo of the tour train (which is more of an open-air tram like you'd see on the Universal Studios tour, runs on rubber tires)

Photo by Rob O'Neal/Florida Keys News Bureau via Getty Images

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FilmWonk @filmwonk.net · 03/07/2025

Ditto Michael Baumgartner (R, WA-05), that piece of shit who reps Spokane and the eastern third of the state. Looked at his district and thought... Yeah, we're a bit flush with hospitals. We could stand to lose a couple of them.

Same roll call as above, with Baumgartner's name highlighted voting Yea.

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FilmWonk @filmwonk.net · 03/07/2025

You know, if I lived in Central Washington, I'd be asking Rep. Dan Newhouse (R, WA-04) why he voted to bankrupt and close 9 hospitals in my district. I mean, if I lived there, I'd assume it's because he doesn't give a shit if I live or die, but perhaps he has his reasons!

List of hospitals at risk for closure under the Republicans' mass murder bill, including 9 hospitals in WA-04, in various WA cities (Moses Lake, Toppenish, Grand Coulee, Prosser, Goldendale, Othello, Brewster, Omak, Sunnyside)

https://www.markey.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/letter_on_rural_hospitals.pdf

Roll Call for the Big Bullshit Bill, Newhouse (and every other fucking Republican except for one shithead in Pennsylvania) voted Yea.

Newhouse's name is highlighted.

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FilmWonk @filmwonk.net · 03/07/2025

Some absolutely fabulous posters against tyranny by Madison Schubert (@mads-schubert) on Tumblr. (link to a gallery of 20 in reply)

Poster by Madison Schubert (@mads-schubert) on Tumblr
"DON'T TOLERATE INTOLERANCE"
Yellow background, stylish (don't ask me what style, I'm sorry, but it's awesome) tiger biting a snake, red vertical background text, "REJECT BIGOTS"

Top small subheader text:
"Don't let the bigots convince you that their hate is valid. If you give space to intolerance it will only hunger for more until it has infected every corner of our lives."

Four image panel poster by @mads-schubert on Tumblr
"TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FACE OF THE WORLD"
Image 1: Birds in the sky (Lesson 04)
Image 2: A hand reaching down to pull up another with a fiery sky and dark mountainside forest in the background.
Image 3: A bee landing on a sunflower
Image 4: A protestor shouting into a megaphone. Signs saying No, 🚫, "People Over Profit"

Bottom subheader text:
"Life is political. Not because the world cares about how you feel, but because the world reacts to what you do. The symbols of today enable the reality of toorrow. Notice the signs of hate. Do not look away and do not get used to them. Remove them yourself and set an example for others to do so."

Green-tinted apocalyptic pop art poster by @mads-schubert
"IT'S PUNK TO CARE"
Skeleton with a mohawk, a spiky sleeveless leather jacket, and ripped jeans cuddling some cute bunnies in the dark woods.

Bottom subheader text:
"Rebellion for its own sake is the behavior of children. Fight for the downtrodden, the minorities, and for the betterment of all."

Poster:
Lessons on Tyranny in the Twentieth Century
"REMEMBER PROFESSIONAL ETHICS"
Image: A devil's hand tilting a bloody set of silver scales - a feather on one side, and a heart on the other, behind held up with a human hand.

Subheader text (bottom): "Professional ethics must guide us precisely when we are told that the situation is exceptional. There is no such thing as 'Just following orders'. It is hard to subvert a rule-of-law state without lawyers, or to hold show trials without judges. Authoritarians need obedient civil servants. Don't be one of them."

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FilmWonk @filmwonk.net · 24/06/2025

As a #Seattle native, I'm accustomed to movies exaggerating how rainy my city is. I don't mind. Keeps out a few tourists. But adding fake thunder to a documentary clip in which it's clearly not raining, during peak cherry blossom bloom, no less - that's a new level of bullshit. #Netflix

University of Washington quad, green lawns and brick pathways, students walking, cherry blossom trees in peak bloom, background of old university buildings in which absolutely none of the Titan submersible work was done (that was in the Henderson Applied Physics Laboratory on a completely different and much less visually interesting part of campus).

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FilmWonk @filmwonk.net · 16/06/2025

Here's the entire section they sought to mischaracterize. Read it yourself (source in the alt text). I read it, I see, "Don't write sex laws that are designed or selectively enforced to eliminate queer people."

Principle 16 - Consensual sexual conduct

Consensual sexual conduct, irrespective of the type of sexual activity, the sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression of the people involved or their marital status, may not be criminalized in any circumstances. Consensual same-sex, as well as consensual different-sex sexual relations, or consensual sexual relations with or between trans, non-binary and other gender-diverse people, or outside marriage – whether pre-marital or extramarital – may, therefore, never be criminalized.

With respect to the enforcement of criminal law, any prescribed minimum age of consent to sex must be applied in a non-discriminatory manner. Enforcement may not be linked to the sex/gender of participants or age of consent to marriage. Moreover, sexual conduct involving persons below the domestically prescribed minimum age of consent to sex may be consensual in fact, if not in law. In this context, the enforcement of criminal law should reflect the rights and capacity of persons under 18 years of age to make decisions about engaging in consensualsexual conduct and their right to be heard in matters concerning them. Pursuant to their evolving capacities and progressive autonomy, persons under 18 years of age should participate in decisions affecting them, with due regard to their age, maturity and best interests, and with specific attention to non-discrimination guarantees.

Source: UNAIDS March 8 Principles, March 2023

Archived copy retrieved from:
https://share-netinternational.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/8-MARCH-Principles-FINAL-printer-version-1-MARCH-2023.pdf

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FilmWonk @filmwonk.net · 13/06/2025

In the case of Grok, significant effort has been made to ensure it actively spreads false information. But as a starting point: AI can't see itself or explain itself. You can't ask an AI why it said something. Or if something is real. It cannot say, for it does not know.

Simpsons meme frame 1, bus driver saying "Don't make me tap the sign"

Simpsons meme frame 2/2, hand tapping sign that says
"AI KNOWS NOTHING AND CANNOT DISTINGUISH FACT FROM FICTION"

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FilmWonk @filmwonk.net · 11/06/2025

Holy shit. Listening to Behind the Bastards and just got an interstitial basketball promo from CBS offering that a few ballers would "battle it out like it's the LA Riots". Good to know that the news media's lies about what's happening in Los Angeles make for such great ancillary content.

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FilmWonk @filmwonk.net · 01/06/2025

Streaming a show from 2005 for which closed captions made by a human definitely exist (I know b/c I just DL'd them) And the enshittified, autogenerated streaming version definitely has ESL student Martina seeing a man "peddling" his bicycle instead of pedaling it. How much $ did he want for it?

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