Derek Dukes

Requiem for a Dream (2000)

Some dumbass corporate AI agent rolls in to scold me about leaking “secrets” in my unit tests like

Corporate media out here asking the important questions

This is your regular reminder that Linda Cardellini and Evangeline Lilly are two different people.

How have I never seen this before?

You know, it’s been 25 years. It’s time we check in on Yulaw in the Stygian Penal Colony and see what he’s up to.

The history books about this time period are going to be WILD. I hope I live long enough to read them.

CRYSTAL LAKE OMG

The only thing missing from the Tesla stunt spectacular was Jackie Gleason ordering a Diablo sandwich and a Dr Pepper

Every damn day there is a Tom Clancy level political crisis, only Jack Ryan got fired by DOGE so the world just burns.

We have reached the “Good Samaritans are now armed” stage of Christofascism for everyone keeping score at home.

She done lost her damn mind.

All the functions of representative government should be performed UNDER OATH with heavy penalties that scale with the number of people you represent.

I give it six months before ChatGPT adds “brought to you by Carl’s Jr” to every message.

So far the most jarring change made in the new Carrie series is the addition of Liberty Biberty.

Instead of Elder Scrolls 6, it would have been cheaper and faster for Bethesda to build a 1:1 replica of Whiterun to charge nerds $200 to hang out there.

Temple of the Dog - “Hunger Strike”

You know all those asteroids "close calls" they keep telling us about? If one was actually going to hit us, would the people in power be doing anything OTHER than what they're doing right now? Just grabbing up everything they can because fuck it, no consequences.

It makes me so mad when people do this. (Do what? This.

Has Google changed the name of Gemini to Super Intelligence yet?

NBC News is out here asking the real questions

It’s kinda fucked up that Meta is bragging about giving every blind veteran a pair of Meta glasses when what they’re really doing is getting blind veterans to perform unpaid AI training.

Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise.

ME: it is the middle of September and it is almost 80 degrees outside. it still feels a little early to be drinking pumpkin spice coff- STAPLES: merry christmas you piece of shit

I once more feel the call. I am reinstalling Mass Effect.

from the Japanese dub of community

just learned this today

"No one is going to vote for a Democrat because they came out for a trans sports ban. No one is on the fence being like, "If they just came out for a trans sports ban, then I would vote for them. I don't think that person exists," says @evanurquhart.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2154...

These newscasters should be so fucking embarrassed

Finally someone with a voice has the correct take. LLMs can only do what they’re trained to do - the companies TRAINED THEM ON HACKING AND CP.

AI Companies: uWu oh noooo our wobots are getting toooo smawt! Hope somebody stops us before we kiww evewybody 👉👈

This is spectacular, folks. We live in a moment in American history when the president and his administration are so racist and dumb that a toy company has to put out a statement saying: "OUR GIANT ROBOT THAT TURNS INTO A TRUCK DENOUNCES RACISM AND HAS NO CONNECTION TO THE CURRENT PRESIDENT."

“if you want to look at childrens penises and vaginas then ken paxton is your candidate” is all you need to say

REACHER: I need help with my iPhone SUPPORT: regular iPhone or duo? REACHER: how can I tell SUPPORT: if it folds it’s the duo *extremely loud crunching noise* REACHER: it’s the duo

“Agent civilizations” yeah ok buddy

This cartoon was created by Pulitzer Prize winning artist Adam Zyglis for The Buffalo News in November, 2024. It hits even harder now.

John Fetterman is like if Reacher rolled into town, saw a bunch of bad guys laying siege to a nursing home, then ran in and started punching old ladies.

Physical Media Collector Pumped For Downfall Of Humanity https://theonion.com/physical-media-collector-pumped-for-downfall-of-humanity/

What the hell even is this world where we get headlines like this? Imagine if in 1987 Peter Jennings had to say shit like "Teddy Ruxpin supports apartheid" or "Trapper Keeper found to have purposefully designed its rings to injure children and order to pay out $29 million".

It is SO blatantly obvious everything that’s happening is because both parties are owned almost entirely by AIPAC. They don’t actually believe in anything. They’re just in it for the money. They will fritter and fetterman away your whole country.

Say what you will about the movie itself, but the 4K disc of The Mandalorian and Grogu is absolutely STUNNING. My jaw was on the floor through the whole opening. #StarWars #AbsoluteCinema

Cut out the middleman - BCC tips@fbi.gov on all your confidential emails.

OK guys, I figured out OpenAI’s business plan. (We are currently on phase 2.)

"A children's entertainer? She has a master's degree in music education from NYU is what she has. In this household Rachel Accurso is a children's educator. End of story!"

Today’s life lesson: if you put on Apocalypse Now at 9am, it just gives your whole day really sinister vibes.

How does ICE expect those shock gloves to work on protesters in places like Minnesota where everyone is wearing thick ass coats?

Person who has seen 100 movies: The best movie ever made is Citizen Kane Person who has seen 1000 movies: The best movie ever made is 8 1/2 Person who has seen 10,000 movies: The best movie ever made is Crank 2: High Voltage

Infuriating watching fake news media call her Trump’s “diaper nurse.” She’s an accredited Diarrhea Doula.