Mastodawn

Andy Pearlman May 16, 2023

The Deadlands May 10, 2023

humans have loved dogs for a very very long time.

in this nonfiction essay, @mariahaskins writes about losing her beloved dog suddenly last September, and takes us on a journey of humans grieving the passing of their four-legged-friends throughout history.

an absolute must-read:

https://thedeadlands.com/issue-24/a-dog/

A Dog, a Heart, a Box of Ashes, or Whom Rhodope Shed Tears For, by Maria Haskins - The Deadlands

pet death

The Deadlands

Andy Pearlman Apr 27, 2023

#DCTitans, which has been unusually fantastic this season 4...with episode 9, if you read comics in the 90s, was just a joy.

Andy Pearlman Apr 23, 2023

A couple of animations I did in the past day or so:

Andy Pearlman Apr 22, 2023

AI art, yes. From a (presumably) paid blue check, yes. But someone punched in famous math theorems into midjourney and midjourney produced some interesting outcomes.

https://twitter.com/TivadarDanka/status/1649721970886594561?s=20

Tivadar Danka on Twitter

“I described some of the most beautiful and famous mathematical theorems to Midjourney. Here is how it imagined them: 1. "The set of real numbers is uncountably infinite."”

Twitter

Andy Pearlman Apr 22, 2023

Picard ending generally fun, except displeased by one specific part of it. Oh well.

Andy Pearlman Apr 10, 2023

if a finished article goes back in time and kills the first draft, was it ever written at all?

Andy Pearlman Apr 7, 2023

Mike Masnick ✅Apr 7, 2023

I wrote about why Mehdi Hasan's takedown of Matt Taibbi actually destroys the entire foundation of the story Taibbi is trying to tell about the Twitter files. https://www.techdirt.com/2023/04/07/mehdi-hasan-dismantles-the-entire-foundation-of-the-twitter-files-as-matt-taibbi-stumbles-to-defend-it/

Mehdi Hasan Dismantles The Entire Foundation Of The Twitter Files As Matt Taibbi Stumbles To Defend It

So here’s the deal. If you think the Twitter Files are still something legit or telling or powerful, watch this 30 minute interview that Mehdi Hasan did with Matt Taibbi (at Taibbi’s own demand): H…

Techdirt

Andy Pearlman Apr 7, 2023

Show thread

Thomas Zimmer Apr 7, 2023

Contrast this clarity from Rep. Gloria Johnson with the unbearable obfuscation we’re getting from mainstream media sources and some of our political leaders: “polarization,” “erosion of civility” - that’s not what happened here, it obscures the anti-democratic forces of reactionary white nationalism.

Andy Pearlman Apr 3, 2023

Greg Pak Apr 3, 2023

embarrassing

Andy Pearlman Apr 3, 2023

the real threat of AI is going to be when it can delegate easy tasks for it to humans