So that’s at least four.

My six year old daughter is playing Pokémon, and the other day we had this exchange:

“I beat another gym trainer: Misty!”

“That’s awesome! Did she have a Starmie like I said she would?”

“Yes, but first she fought with a different Pokémon called a Pussyduck.”

“… Psyduck. It’s called a Psyduck.”

“Yeah, ok.”

“Say ‘Psyduck’. Say it.”

From Mouse Guard, by David Petersen. I just read this one last night.

I was finally ready to clean out my closet and get rid of all my old movies and games. But now…

I used to only buy name brand snacks. I like the consistency, and I can afford it, so I’d spend the extra few cents. And honestly I just didn’t even pay attention to the price.

But $6 for a bag of Cheetos? I can still afford that, but I won’t because fuck them. I’m buying store brand for life now. If they put the price lower than it was before and fire someone for being so disrespectful to their customers, I’ll give them another shot, but that’s not going to happen.

Orange was considered a shade of red until the 1670s. That’s why people with orange hair are called redheads: the word “redhead” predates the naming of the color orange.

I would like to think that they don’t have that.

It’s LLM-generated. I’ve seen this tweet discussed in a few different places now and I’m surprised I’m the only one pointing this out.

The spelling, grammar and sentence structure are too good for it to be Trump. It’s too coherent and fact-based, but it’s also too cohesive. It meanders like Trump, but then it gets back to the point. It’s presenting a formulaic argument. That’s something LLMs always do and Trump never does.

It’s also loaded with em dashes. There is no possibility that Trump used an em dash on purpose.

Trump probably put the prompt into ChatGPT himself and then didn’t bother to read it.

Military coups usually don’t install a democracy.

Which AI? I asked Google AI about a webcomic, and it offered to find the artist for me. I said sure.

First it made something up completely out of thin air. Then it picked a random user who had commented on the comic. It had already identified the OC post of the comic, so all it had to do was check the username, and it couldn’t even do that.

I just read the whole rant, and it’s clearly and without a doubt generated by an LLM.

The grammar and spelling are too good. It’s also too coherent, but more importantly it’s too cohesive. It meanders a lot but eventually returns to the point. It’s trying to present a formulaic argument the way LLMs always do, and in a way that Trump never has.

It also hits on points that Trump would never mention, like that Sandy Hook wasn’t a hoax.

And just in case there’s any doubt, it’s loaded with em dashes.

That’s how I feel. I’ve got three small kids and a handicapped wife. Getting myself killed or arrested isn’t an option. When there’s a tipping point, I’ll be on the right side of it. If there’s a way to get to that tipping point faster, I’ll do that too. But sacrificing myself and my family just so I can tell some internet tough guys that political ideals were more important to me than my ethical ideals? That’s dumb.

It’s not a race!

Not my logic. You’re the one who wanted to simplify it to body counts. Is adding good deeds also too much nuance for you? All morality is judged on bad deeds alone? Wow that’s even more simplistic.

If it’s just a numbers game, then the US has saved orders of magnitude more people than they’ve killed. Hell, even if you just look at the Bush administration, PEPFAR alone saved more than 26 million people, while the Iraq war killed one million at most.

I mean if this is only about outcome and not about intent, the US has historically provided about 1/3 of the Earth’s foreign aid. You could discount that by saying that the US, being so wealthy, was more capable of doing that. But that’s not the outcome-oriented viewpoint that we’re taking.

We could look at the moral philosophy of the leaders and political systems at play here, but that would be “ignoring the reality”, so let’s just get out the sparklers and don our American flag shorts, because your by-the-numbers approach has a clear winner! USA! USA! USA!

Reykjavik has such a distinct vibe. It’s been thirteen years since I’ve been there, but every time I see a picture I want to go back.

Yes, but of the people on the right for whom it’ll be harder to vote: how many of them will be motivated to make the extra effort?

I guess the GOP has calculated it and determine this particular cheat is worth the effort. I just hope they got it wrong.

I’m not fully convinced this benefits Republicans that much. If voting is harder it’ll mean that the people who vote either have more time or more motivation. Republicans have more time, but Democrats have a lot more motivation.

That’s a good point, but is it free? Can I use it without giving Apple any money, or do I need to have an Apple product to run it on?

Second time this week I’ve had an occasion to use this gif. Shame I couldn’t find one with more pixels.