Shawn Presser's Books3 tar of hundreds of books distributed illegally to train generative AI has been taken down. Same for other caches across the web, thanks to author agents aggressively issuing DMCA notices. But the damage is done. The ChatGPT4 beast has already consumed your books.
Habanero honey drizzled ever so delicately on popcorn is the taste kick I needed today.
Barbie was ridiculously great. It dealt with every social issue around the doll that I can remember, even as a child playing with Barbies. (If you've read my essays, you know what I did with them after seeing Star Wars.) Also, I absolutely LOVED Kate McKinnon. I'm not going to say anything else. The movie is kid-friendly, but honestly most of it will go over their heads.
Wishing the wonderful
@charliejane a lovely birthday and even better year to come!
Wondering what my birthday twin,
@mehitobel, is doing this year for hers. Haven't decided on mine yet. Might have a martini bigger than my head and have seafood dinner with friends.
The Devil's Hour just emphasizes how wasted Peter Capaldi was in Doctor Who. So much potential squandered. Capaldi is just too brilliant.
I'm sad that the Nick Fury series lost me. I wish Marvel would stop taking for granted that fans know every detail of everything and instead go back to good storytelling, getting the audience invested before throwing a bunch of action sequences at us.
I discovered my family owned slaves
Here's what I did next
