Fred from Scooby-Doo unmasking the bad guy at the end of a mystery, in two frames. First frame: Left side: a tied up man in a white featureless mask with eye holes. The caption over him in impact font reads, "SOMETHING I USED TO LOVE SUCKS NOW" Right side of frame, Fred has his hand on the mask, about to pull it off. The caption on him reads, "LET'S SEE WHO'S BEHIND THIS." Second frame: The unmasked bad guy has a pencil thin curling mustache, a pointy nose, and dark hair, with a widow's peak. The caption on him reads, "PRIVATE EQUITY"

Evergreen

I didn't realize you could get any cooler. (all sexualities are awesome and valid, but I'm biased toward bi people...)

It's nice living somewhere where I don't have to worry if the snakes I see are venomous

pope leo XIV mii dancing

aussie guy mii saying “His Holiness sounded really interested in excommunicating JD Vance when we talked.”

made a pope leo mii

A garter snaked on a ground covered in leaves.

I saw another garter snake on the trail today. They're so neat!

This generation won't know the struggle of renting a VHS of the first 3 episodes of the Trunks saga of DBZ and then realizing the video store doesn't have the next one.

Cleric/Monk multiclass

Just finishing season 14 now.

It may seem funny, but I've seen so few snakes in my life that every once in a while I wonder if there's any chance I'm afraid of snakes. Then I get an encounter with one and get excited to get up close with it, so... clearly not afraid, lol.

A yellow and green garter snake on a path covered in leaves.

Saw this little snake buddy on a walk.

Well countries like Canada are not going to absolutely tank their economies by blocking all trade with the US either, so I'm not sure why you suggested it.

Okay, but Parker suggested other countries should fight the US by ending all trade with the US and tanking their economies.

It's rather hard to vote yourself out of fascism.

The 25th amendment ends once the President submits a written statement that he can execute the duties of the President. It's quite literally not designed for a situation where he's conscious.

Next two:
- Walmart ad (but in French, which I don't really speak)
- Sports betting ad (I don't gamble and certainly bet on sports online if I did)

Youtube ads cannot figure me out lately. Last bunch I've gotten:

- Hair Loss product (at 41 I'm still not losing my hair)
- gui-gui (some kind of slime product marketed toward teen girls)
- Product for quitting smoking (I've never smoked)
- Website for dating Asian women specifically (wtf?)

Did an autism spectrum test for fun (as one should every once in a while) and no real surprise, I'm... likely not autistic. Always makes sense when I see that - I have some detail/planning-related traits, but understand socializing too well. Just an online test of course, but seems right.

A sign on the fence of a graveyard. It reads "No use of geiger counters on church property."

This sign raises many questions, which probably should be answered by the sign but aren't

Of standard potato chip flavors, there are only a few flavors that can be someone's 'favorite' that I truly respect: Dill Pickle, Salt and Vinegar, or Ketchup. Everything else is just fine, or actually awful. And sour cream and Onion is an insult to the potatoes themselves and the person eating them

Might be the greatest opening paragraph of anything ever.

Oh yeah, I knew this was going to happen. I'm halfway through season 7 already.

I'm not sure if it's fragmentation as much as people not wanting to be as social online.

OpenAI is planning to discontinue the app for its Sora video platform, a product it released to great fanfare last year that has since fallen from public view, according to the company. The move is one of a number of steps OpenAI is taking to refocus on business and coding functions ahead of a potential initial public offering as soon as the fourth quarter of this year. CEO Sam Altman announced the changes to staff on Tuesday, writing that the company would wind down products that use its video models. In addition to the consumer app, OpenAI is also discontinuing a version of Sora for developers and won’t support video functionality inside ChatGPT, either.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has relinquished direct oversight of the company’s safety and security teams so he can focus on raising capital, supply chains and “building datacenters at unprecedented scale,” he told staff on Tuesday. At the same time, he said the company had completed the initial development of its next major AI model, codenamed Spud, and would wind down the Sora AI video mobile app, which employees had complained was a drag on the company’s computing resources during a time of heightened competition with foes such as Anthropic and Google.

Both the Wall Street Journal and The Information confirming that OpenAI is killing Sora - both the app and *access to its video-generating model for developers*. This is a huge move that suggests things are a bit desperate
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open...
www.theinformation.com/articles/ope...

Shawarma wraps for dinner tonight. AKA, heaven.

Oh dear, I've gotten into watching #Taskmaster. A lot more free time is about to vanish

Finished up a lot of good shows lately:

- Samuel
- Sweet Tooth
- Adolescence
- Strip Law (season 1, I assume there will be more)
- Pluribus season 1
- Sex Education

Next up, The Sandman

It actually does take place in a timeline without Prometheus/Covenant

Got a cybernetic upgrade today (a glucose sensor embedded in my arm).

Congrats, dude

This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t George W. Bush may think that a war against Iraq is the solution to our problems, but the reality is, it will only serve to create far more.

This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t