Reposted by Lee ShortenEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 26/03/2025Sam Altman has never been more washed. Green text posting to whine about how nobody is impressed by his unimpressive unsustainable software. Too big to be acquired, too shitty to go public, unprofitable forever, OpenAI, I live for this shit 351106801300
Reposted by Lee ShortenMichael Brennan @mpb07.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Javier Bardem will return as Anton Chigurh in Avengers: Doomsday 1143
Reposted by Lee ShortenAlex Malcolm aka Lexx @lexxmoves.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Lots of writers with lots of great ideas, but absolutely no one wants to take the risk of funding them. Because the AI told them it will flop. 05123
Reposted by Lee Shorten🌸 Lovin' Eleven 🌸 @lovineleven.bsky.social · 27/02/2025It's sad that you can't trust a single photo on here to be authentic anymore. If people want to create fake photos that's fine, but I want a law that states any AI-generated or otherwise doctored photo must have an indicator below it indicating such. Same with videos. 612023
Lee Shorten @lcshorten.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Himiko culture might be broken (this is on Immortal difficulty too 😂) #Civilization7 060
Reposted by Lee ShortenAnand Giridharadas @anandwrites.bsky.social · 03/02/2025As we speak, an unelected billionaire, born in South Africa, is staging an unconstitutional coup in the United States, shutting down an agency that happened to fight the apartheid regime he and his family thrived under as rich whites. Now take a moment and read that again. the.ink/p/usaid-foug...the.inkUSAID fought apartheid. Musk is killing itThe makings of an unelected coup 8436181
Reposted by Lee ShortenAaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Wild this is directly inverted to who’s been getting hit most by the massive layoffs in gaming 0453
Reposted by Lee ShortenSean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 20/01/2025a functioning opposition party that represented the working class could spike this photo in the end zone basically forever 202100312087
Reposted by Lee ShortenJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 20/01/2025No one has ever done this—TWICE—by accident. On camera. Before an international audience. Again, I've lived a long time. I have never done a Nazi salute. My parents, uncles, in-laws, etc would have gone berserk. I've seen this explained away as "autism." If so, keep him miles away from govt. 1582206453
Reposted by Lee ShortenAnna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 15/01/2025United States Supreme Court rules 5-4 that South Korean authorities cannot arrest President Yoon 1324246537
Reposted by Lee ShortenAaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 08/01/2025For history’s sake, record of a late stage capitalism life arc 14571682103
Reposted by Lee ShortenKelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨ @kellylynnedang.bsky.social · 03/01/2025The thing I took from this was that between 2020 to now, inflation in total has been 20.6%. So… if your salary hasn’t raised that much in the last four years, you’ve also been taking a pay cut. Wage theft, man. These billionaires need to be checked, hard 😤 014246
Reposted by Lee ShortenFrankie Huang 黄碧赤 @ourobororoboruo.bsky.social · 03/01/2025When someone believes that it’s OK or advantageous to live in an inequitable society, it’s not enough to point out to them that it causes suffering, because they think it’s part of the natural order of things. 0326
Reposted by Lee ShortenKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 02/01/2025"The only clue that users seemingly had of Siri's alleged spying was eerily accurate targeted ads that appeared after they had just been talking about specific items like Air Jordans or brands like Olive Garden"arstechnica.comSiri “unintentionally” recorded private convos; Apple agrees to pay $95MApple users may get $20 each for up to five Siri-enabled devices. 25339601428
Lee Shorten @lcshorten.bsky.social · 02/01/2025I wish noodles weren't so calorie dense. I'd eat that shit every day tbh 0110
Lee Shorten @lcshorten.bsky.social · 01/01/2025Started playing Rivals and man, Cloak and Dagger feel so strong 151
Reposted by Lee ShortenZack Davisson @zackdavisson.com · 31/12/2024Yes. All of these people please stop vaccinating and go out into the woods to drink from natural springs. And then do not seek medical treatment after. That is only your body purging itself of impurities. Soon you will be clean. And with God. 2385
Reposted by Lee ShortenEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 28/12/2024What are we DOING here? We're just meant to sit and act like this insane plagiarism and climate threat that requires more money than anything has ever cost is worth it? Are we meant to pretend that ChatGPT is worth this aimless, meaningless destruction of capital and our environment? For what? 260128264138
Reposted by Lee ShortenRegina Kim @reginakim.com · 27/12/2024Squid Game Season 2 is absolutely thrilling & fun to watch, but it also has some Korean cultural nuances & references that might be unfamiliar to many viewers. Here's my Forbes explainer that breaks some of them down ⤵️ #SquidGame2 #SquidGame #Netflix #kdramaforbes.com‘Squid Game’ Season 2 Explained: 14 Things You Might Have MissedNetflix has released the second season of Squid Game, but the show contains some cultural references that might be unfamiliar to many viewers. Here's an explainer. 24720
Reposted by Lee ShortenMartyn @martynpedler.com · 27/12/2024"Several screenwriters who’ve worked for [Netflix] told me a common note from company executives is 'have this character announce what they’re doing so that viewers who have this program on in the background can follow along.'" www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/ess...nplusonemag.comCasual Viewing | Will TavlinA decade before Airbnb persuaded homeowners to transform their homes into hotels, Netflix convinced its users to turn theirs into mini Netflix warehouses. Customers who held onto their DVDs for longer... 2317
Reposted by Lee ShortenJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 27/12/2024This level of wealth concentration is indefensible 15259411843
Reposted by Lee ShortenFrankie Huang 黄碧赤 @ourobororoboruo.bsky.social · 27/12/2024Real life is not like science fiction, where the power usage required for processing rarely, if ever, factors into the plot. I still care very much about the ethics of AI usage but I really think its environmental and infrastructural impact desperately needs more exposure.bloomberg.comAI Needs So Much Power, It’s Making Yours WorseThere’s a strong link between proximity to AI data centers and higher levels of distorted power in residential areas 16805395
Reposted by Lee ShortenMolly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 26/12/2024Hope you enjoy not having air conditioning next summer so that incels can generate unlimited big titty anime girls on demand 5462158
Reposted by Lee ShortenEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 16/12/2024Newsletter: Our digital lives are unregulated growth-hacked ecological disasters. The modern tech ecosystem's growth-at-all-costs mindset is actively harming billions of people, pushing them toward authoritarianism for profit. We must fight back. www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgive-them/wheresyoured.atNever Forgive ThemIn the last year, I’ve spent about 200,000 words on a kind of personal journey where I’ve tried again and again to work out why everything digital feels so broken, and why it seems to keep getting wor... 19153711815
Reposted by Lee ShortenEmily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 26/12/2024The Chinese restaurant we ate at, which serves exclusively halal food and has a huge Muslim customer base, was blasting the entirety of Sabrina Carpenter’s Short ‘n Sweet in honor of Christmas, and, honestly, this wild mix of influences is the main thing I love about this stupid country. 7014488870
Reposted by Lee ShortenNateintheWild @nateinthewild.com · 23/12/2024On the left, my image. On the right, the Al image that was clearly trained on, and designed to plagiarize, my image. All Al generated imagery is inherently theft. It's unethical, environmentally disastrous, and does irreparable harm to both artists and society. 325200105600
Reposted by Lee ShortenJessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 23/12/2024“Holy infant so tender and mild” will never not be funny, don’t write lyrics when you’re hungry. 614176941802