@tophersouth
Dad, teacher, writer, and whatever this week's hyperfixation is. Obsessed with genre fiction, particularly horror. He/Him Published in Thrive Global, The Junction, Red Planet, and an upcoming collection from Storytelling Collective. #amquerying a novel
the other downside of forging society with the singular focus on consumption and circuses, other than the soul death and inhumanity of everyone enjoying the trappings of the hegemonic core, is breeding a culture that can't tell the difference between fantasy and reality.
AI has fully 70s-pilled me. People used to do things repeatedly until they were so good at them that other people gave them money. One breath from Karen Carpenter's mouth blows the entirety of dumb robot shit into outer space. Fuck.
Why do we have to explain to people in the land of the free/home of the brave that masked secret police don't get to just up and execute you because they felt disrespected
It's not a foolproof plan but every political debate from now on should be a Normal Guy competition. Ask them to describe grocery shopping in detail. Talk about what it's like to have a friend
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
here is an insane thing I have learned: it appears that nobody has any real idea of how much actual, functional GPU capacity exists. Not "in progress," not "set to come online," I mean actual functional in-use capacity.
Kinda numbing to see the number of times the phrase "independent agency" shows up in news stories about the president telling them what to do. The sheer percentage of parts of our government that were apparently just handshake agreements is stunning
Kendrick, Joyce Carol Oates, Menswear Guy, and Isaac Chotiner are the Voltron of People You Don't Want Focusing on You
a “Space Force”, if you will
This isn’t even the stuff they’re trying to actually stop from getting out.
It'll be so confusing to future generations that as our environment toxified, our infrastructure crumbled, our kids were gunned down at schools, our healthcare worsened, and we couldn't afford our groceries, the # 1 priority for seemingly millions of people was that like 5 trans kids played a sport
cartoonists handing the same 5 dollar bill around the Small Press Expo but it's the entire economy somehow
Tomorrow should be a general strike against the administration so that when the Trumpers get to work they think all the progressives got raptured and have to reevaluate their lives
Aw this looks so sweet. I should get this in my classroom library
Department of War is the name of a Bob Dylan Vietnam protest song that would be tossed for being too on the nose
I have a poem in this collection I'm super excited to share!
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This 20 seconds is pure art. It’s like the essence of Trump - the fraud, the lies, the simplistic idiocy - is reduced to its singularity.
Nothing in high office, anywhere, will ever be this stupid again.
Why put Spider-Man there? What's he gonna swing from?
Couldn't be me. That's wild
I went from listening to my audiobooks on my walk to and from work - then while I get ready for work - then while I do chores over the weekend - and now I listen WHILE I'M IN THE SHOWER so yeah if the number of books I read this year gets higher that's the reason why
#booksky
Oh my god I just realized that when the AI bubble bursts Trump and the GOP will deem Sam Altman, etc too big to fail and we'll end up bailing them out with our tax dollars
Oh my god I just realized that when the AI bubble bursts Trump and the GOP will deem Sam Altman, etc too big to fail and we'll end up bailing them out with our tax dollars
If they're hiring I want in
Hey ChatGPT design a machine to put toothpaste back in the tube
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From this month's edition of The Onion.
Reno Streets That Are Also Good Names for Cats:
• Arlington
• Virginia
• Moana
• Plumb
• Sierra
• Neil
• Manzanita
Patient, sobbing: But Doctor, I AM Pagliacci!
ChatGPT: Apologies. I didn't realise when recommending Pagliacci's epic show to cure your depression that you were the genius himself. I'm impressed! With regards to your initial question, I can recommend seeing the Great Clown Pagliacci.
It's truly the main reason some of these organizations were formed
Vegas is gonna be completely deserted by 2027