James Lyden

They Died With Their Socks On

What's the example of perfect casting?

Lyle Lovett Gin Blossoms Barenaked Ladies Toad the Wet Sprocket Shane MacGowan

They disinvented the VCR. You might think that the reason we don't have VCRs anymore is because VCRs were supplanted by DVDs, PVRs and streaming, but that's not the case. They had it in for the VCR from the very start, and they never stopped trying to kill it. Eventually, they succeeded. 1/

AI is the asbestos we're shoveling into the walls of our civilization and our descendants will be digging it out for generations: pluralistic.net/2026/04/08/p... 36/

I have a joke about Tantalus. It's, like, right there.

pausa de hidratación

A more recent favorite with this kind of narrator: Tony Tulathimutte’s “Our Dope Future”, which if you have any interaction with tech bros, you MUST read joylandpublishing.com/fiction/our-...

All that needs to be said about LLM-based content generation is said here:

This is important to say as a matter of both truth and political messaging: There is nothing less manly than being obsessed with other people's genitals and trying to police who's manly enough. The proper response is not "That's not appropriate." It's "Get lost, you loser, you creep, you pervert."

Man, these Reflecting Pool pictures are getting wild.

Brazil about to kick off against Morocco; I'm wondering how festively decorated Bolsonaro's hospital room must be

Please Use AI

I hope the Slovakian defender was able to take his ankles back to the bench for repairs

Quote with a fictional band that is not Spinal Tap

Never met Tony Peters, don’t know who he is, but a million years ago on Facebook he posted this and I don’t think anyone’s ever put it better.

Nighthawks, by Edward Hopper (American, 1882–1967) 1942 More info: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/111628

"What Fallon offers is a standardized production of 'fun' that feels increasingly like a desperate plea to ignore the crumbling world outside the studio walls."

Perfect

Yes everything is terrible but let’s not lose sight of the fact that someone has written the Headline to End All Headlines.

This is my 17th year of shaving my head for St. Baldricks and Team Space Monkeys to raise money for the fight against pediatric cancer. You can donate at www.stbaldricks.org/participants...

I do not like this gen AI I do not like what it implies I do not want it in my art I do not think it makes you smart I do not want it in my games I do not like its goals and aims I do not want it in my books I do not like the way it looks I do not like it, I don't care I do not want it anywhere

Eleemosynary Cacophony Retromingent

After the arrests of powerful men across the world, you might be asking why the US has so much trouble holding its leaders accountable for lawbreaking. Since Nixon, all three branches of government have worked hard to ensure they can break the law with impunity www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

There was a rotation about who could get behind the wheel and I came up first on the first day of spring semester having driven nothing more elaborate than a Sears lawn tractor, once. None of us in that loaner Camry with dual brakes died that day in 1991 and it's a miracle

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Matthew Broderick, whose most famous role involved playing a sociopath who disregarded the rules and was adept at technology, is here endorsing AI

i forget who made it but it cracks me up lol

My Chemical Munitions

they should make a movie series about how it’s irresponsible to use technology to mess with the natural order of things for profit

I'm pleased to announce I've opened a savings account at my bank to buy a new yacht. (In case you were wondering how far along Indiana is in this process.)

*2026 self gets in the time machine* 2026: yeah in 25 years the Pope is a Chicago sports psycho 2001: fuck off 2026: he dressed up as the Blues Brothers 2001: get out of here 2026: mission from g— *gets punched in the face*

Opening night, 10 PM show, "Se7en." The air fresheners in the room, the cough. I can still almost viscerally feel how the crowd reacted.

Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you haven’t seen them yet, it’s incredible. My favorite so far is last week’s. Legit got me emotional.

Losing the tip of my pinky to a mandoline and tweaking my back while putting on socks were contenders, but imagine the sound on an 8 degree night when I slipped on the ice and fell on the sidewalk while holding a stack of five cast iron pans

"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future." - @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit. Incredible words. Listen to all of it!

"You...took your shoes off? In a confined space that you're sharing with strangers in close proximity? Why would you think that's... acceptable?"

Literal perfection. ;) www.youtube.com/shorts/8-lgJ...

I genuinely cannot express how vital it is that you train yourself to recognize AI-generated images and videos for your own good because none of this is going away and many, many people are counting on you to fall for their shit

"She never cooks. She keeps a filthy house and she talks profanely! She's the queen of the Harpies!" www.instagram.com/reel/DBvAStk...

Chicago finally looks like everyone's parents imagine it: gangs of violent young men with guns roaming the streets, literally looking for trouble.