Hot take: the essential problem with generative AI is that the engineer wants to reap the benefits of an ever expanding “free will,” and within unbreakable constraints. On its face this makes no sense, and this was plainly warned about in West World and other speculative science fiction.

There are enough pumpkin spiced things on the market to make a whole “pumpkin spiced nightmare” trend on Bluesky. Now, that salmon is quite spectacular, as in a spectacle, like a train wreck.

Still mad that human trafficking is no longer a primary option to sustain wealth. “But we were taking CARE of you people! We gave you useful skills and purpose” … mass sociopathic narcissism needs to be studied and medicated.

Glad to see this. I had a feeling about that clip and the reaction to it.

I roll up with an electric coffee bean grinder/ mill, just run that thing the whole time, and I don’t even use it to brew coffee.

Oh yeah, the bippity boppity boo lady.

It feels like the gatekeepers who have benefitted from the privilege of fuzzy merit are now under threat of themselves being gate-kept. Therefore I am not compelled invest the time to post a public comment against the “new” policy.

The hard convo: some have witnessed low-scoring grants get rescued at *council* while skipping higher scoring ones. This new policy isn’t inventing much. Plus, the impact score itself isn’t pristine; one of my merit scores was down-adjusted at study section. I have the receipt.

Kind of looks like a black kitten giving a white cat a face-hug from behind.

And I love that others at the bar are also totally into the bears.

No, not the Donald J. Trump Memorial Butthurt Curtain!

I made a meme 🙂

Trump = Sid from Toy Story. JFK center = Woody

Darwin’s what? I most certainly do not. Never touched the man. 🙂

The Residence, starring Uzo Aduba.