josh boo-erman 👻

josh boo-erman 👻

@bosh.worstpossible.world

america's finest 1/3 of @worstpossible.world 1/2 of @illconceivedpodcast.com theatre director and more: joshboerman.com

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its insane how not many people are talking about how republicans with the help of several moderate democrats are building out the largest abusive medical conversion therapy operation in modern american history

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not my business i suppose but boy do i not see the point of a) being on twitter; b) getting into spats with randos on twitter; or c) coming onto bsky to brag about any of it

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my nuclear-grade online gambling hot take that’s sure to get me cancelled until kingdom come is that refusing to use online gambling at all is rapidly becoming an extremely privileged lifestyle choice that feels social justice-y while actually being the complete opposite

David Brauer@dbrauer.net

Lula won in part by banning online gambling

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Replying to @watsoncomedian.bsky.social

The point's been made by smarter people, but I think the worst AI thing is that it frames these rewarding pursuits as tasks you must want to get out of the way. Let me read/write/think this for you! No good can come from YOU doing it!

other than the extent to which one is forced to use the technology at work by the boss…… no? and also, what?

dame@dame.is

my nuclear-grade AI hot take that’s sure to get me cancelled until kingdom come is that refusing to use AI at all is rapidly becoming an extremely privileged lifestyle choice that feels social justice-y while actually being the complete opposite

“how did they end up on the front lines of america’s culture war?” MOTHERFUCKER YOU PUT THEM THERE

Saeed Jones@theferocity.bsky.social

In 2005, Time Magazine did a cover story on “The Battle Over Gay Teens.” It’s the same handwringing we see now from “concerned” adults on behalf of young people. “Kids are disclosing their homosexuality with unprecedented regularity–and they are doing so much younger.” time.com/archive/6596...

“outside of tech” is a funny caveat because tech companies have almost certainly fucked themselves too; they’re just using the LLM to cook the reports

Techmeme@techmeme.com

Outside of tech there has been no financial payoff to US companies for using AI, now viewed as a margin-hurting cost center, as VC-backed firms burn more tokens (Torsten Slok/Apollo Global Management) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

the stock gains that tech companies have been posting are predicated on the idea that most labor will be able to be automated via LLM while capital pockets the profits. once the wheel falls off this shell game, it’s going to take the entire economy down with it

one cool thing about AI is how you don't even need to hire someone to say something incredible like "i can't even show my face because my skin is white" for a race baiting ad anymore. just get the bullshit machine to do it

josh boo-erman 👻@bosh.worstpossible.world

just saw this absolutely cracked ad during the michigan game about how thanks to aoc and ilhan omar, white people can't show their faces in public anymore

this is true of some. not me tho. i’m a proud midwit

USER WAS BLOCKED FOR THIS POST@blockedforthispost.bsky.social

As my three posts say: youtubers and similar avoid specificity so they can profit from audiences who see them as knowledgeable while never having to stake their credibility on specifics. This is how the ecosystem works. I am right and you are wrong.

real judith butler hours over at the ny times once again

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social

The New York Times just put out this credulous bullshit that claims Iran is getting ready to attack, citing Trump officials. This is clearly a way for Trump to justify more heavy bombing. It’s so fucking irresponsible to position it like this.

when you've been making theatre long enough you can tell how bad a show is gonna be from a single still, and i'm absolutely losing it at this rehearsal still from an israeli production of macbeth

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Microsoft literally told fragile white guys to use AI to compete with Black co-workers.

KetAnthropic JoshAI@ketanjoshi.co

The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot A mediocre white guy sees his non-white colleague getting praised for good work, he asks AI to *literally copy it*, and then he gets all the praise instead: www.ispot.tv/ad/SoDi/micr...

you know, if i posted what i really think about this, i would probably have to go to jail

Laura Bassett@lebassett.bsky.social

Team Paxton appears to have sent out fake mailers to Texas voters impersonating a trans student group and claiming to want to help kids secretly transition. The actual group said they had nothing to do with it, despite the mailers copying their aesthetic, and the address traces to a random UPS box.