Mental health librarian, Baltimorean, and sometimes I make things
“We are here to help each other get through this thing, whatever it is.” ~Mark Vonnegut
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i really can’t bring myself to care about AI anthropomorphism debates. “is AI thinking?” i don’t know. is a calculator calculating? questions for the philosophers. what’s important is that we put sam altman in prison.
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There are no wrong ways to experience a museum, but this is pretty close to one.
As Antonin Artaud writes: If our life lacks a constant magic, it is because we chose to observe our acts and lose ourselves in consideration of their imagined form and meaning, instead of being impelled by their force
it’s that time of year again, Rolling Stone released their list of the top 25 content creators, which is actually a test of how old and out of touch you are… the lower your score, the more out of touch
i’ve heard of 11 out of 25
kids today be like “i love rock and roll, so put another song in the playlist baby” 🤣🤣🤣 they also have a lot of trauma from the things that are happening
The “best” thing about genAI (the quotes are doing heavy work here) is that it’s really lowered the bar on getting into hand-made art. Literally anything you make is better than ai. There’s never been a better time to throw away your fear and start learning that craft you’ve always wanted to learn.
Surprisingly the children on this 1992 episode of Nick Arcade could not name “Misery” - the terrifying R rated horror film that came out two years before - as the answer.
*logging on to the site where everyone shares the most goddamn annoying things they've ever seen* there better not be any goddamn annoying things on here
THE BALTIMORE TRAIL
I escaped down the Chesapeake — "Old Bay Fumes"
333/320 mi • 45 days • 2 vortex trips • 40 crabs hauled
Final score: 5,910
Can you make it out? bmoretrail.com