Just posting this by default now.
KotakuYouTuber Hank Green Admits He Has Unhealthy Relationship With AI After Facing Backlash Over Recent Video 'The level of dopamine I've been getting from interacting with LLMs is not healthy for me,' said Green
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“Eddington” is the most under-appreciated film in recent memory.
Aaron RuparHassett: "Data centers are very good for towns bc they create so many jobs & bring people in with high incomes that can buy houses & stuff like that. So if you take a sleepy town that hasn't seen much in the last 30 years & put a data center there, there are gonna be a bunch of happy residents."
“Don’t Be Evil*” *once we get caught being evil
Joseph CoxUpdate: Google just sent me a statement saying it is “rolling back” this AI feature that let anyone make completely bullshit satellite images. Comes after our demos of the tool and those from OSINT researchers. One of the worst AI tools I’ve ever seen bsky.app/profile/jose...
At this point, the only streaming service I can wholeheartedly endorse is the Criterion Channel.
film-authority.comAmazon Prime are cutting scenes from films they stream; another reason to get your hands on Second Sight's lush 4K UHD version of The Name of the Rose. Umberto Eco's whodunnit gets a literate treatment here; it's all about censorship... Out Aug 10, 2026. 5 out of 5 film-authority.com/2026/07/31/t...
Marvel’s new “what if we never do good things again” strategy is certainly… bold?
Cody ZiglarMan, getting your show renewed only to have it canceled a few months after is such a gut punch for the writing staff. What a bummer.
I’m old enough to remember the GOP-crafted STAPLE (Stopping Trained in America Ph.D.s From Leaving the Economy) Act - so named because it proposed “stapling” a green card to a PhD automatically to encourage highly educated foreign students to stay here. We’re a million miles from that today.
Eugene Vinitsky 🍒One weird trick to literally destroy America www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
To be fair, if I had access to a genie I *would* make a wish that Sam Altman is uniquely capable of granting.
Dare Obasanjo“What we need to explain to the world: Number one, we are close to creating a genie that can grant any wish. Number two, we are going to make sure that our first wishes broadly benefit humanity” - Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI — This is definitely the opposite of Anthropic’s AI kills all jobs pitch.
Lemme just check the Orioles score before I go to b-
At long last, 60 Minutes has found the “Zero Charisma Andy Rooney” foretold in legends.
Oliver DarcyScoop: I’m told that Ross Douthat is exiting The NYT and is expected to take a role at “60 Minutes.” News expected to be announced soon.