Upcoming silent film: D. W. Griffith’s America

On June 23, I'll be back at the Plaistow Library to accompany the silent film America, made by D. W. Griffith. It will start at 6 PM and run about 2 hours and 20 minutes. Reservations are encouraged so the library knows how many people to expect. The show is part of the events observing the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. There will also be a presentation on the Battle of Bunker Hill on June 9, held by the Plaistow Historical Society. As I'm writing, not much […]

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🚀 Uncensored models, the rebels of AI, still whisper like they're in a silent movie 🎬. Researchers try to play stock market with AI lingo, but the models flinch like they're dodging taxmen. 🤷‍♂️ Apparently, even AI needs a safe word. 🛑
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Even 'uncensored' models can't say what they want

A safety-filtered pretrain can duck a charged word without refusing. It puts a fraction of the probability an open-data pretrain puts there. We call that...

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Here are 10 things you should know about Jameson Thomas, born 138 years ago today. He enjoyed success in the theatre and in pictures in both the U.K. and the U.S. #OldMovies #ClassicMovies #ClassicHollywood #PrecodeMovies #CharacterActors #BritishActors #SilentMovies

Dancing Birds - performed by D'Petal Tones
music composed and arranged by Rob Birdwell
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Dancing Birds

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Here are 10 things you should know about Dorothy Mackaill, born 123 years ago today. She made nearly 70 films by the age of 35 and then retired to a life out of the spotlight. #OldMovies #ClassicMovies #ClassicHollywood #PrecodeMovies #ClassicTV #silentmovies
This week we talk about The Wizard of Oz... but not the one you're thinking of. #movies #silentmovies #esonetwork https://flopcast.net/720.html

It’s a hundred years since #LaurelAndHardy began their joint career. Being a big Laurel and Hardy fan, I could not pass up this opportunity to see live musical accompaniment of some of the shorts by #NeilBrand who’s been doing that for decades. Yesterday, he was at the #BarnfieldTheatre. He introduced the history of the #comedy duo and the art of providing music for their #SilentMovies.

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