Jonathan Ball

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That gum you like is going to come back into style

Kids: *singing Sleep Token* Me: Never mind the stage being a prison and a beautiful nightmare. Get in the car

Talked to the StoryComic podcast about LAST BREEDS coming out of @GungnirBooks (preorder now!) youtube.com/watch?v=jJLyFS…

lately I’ve just been warding off the creature

Yes, AI traps us in ever decreasing circles of the already-known. AI accelerates the recycling of the past and traps us in the act of repeating an already stagnant culture - while creating the superficial illusion of progress. Good article.

STYN #3 by Sam Van Doorn (who paints a picture, using inked balls in a pinball machine):

The best Xmas album is Bob Dylan's, because everyone yells at you to turn it off and then they don't even want to listen to their Xmas music again they just want silence for once

Was great to talk to @John_Orpheus on Writing the Wrong Way ... discussing Joyce, Morrison, his books Black Cherokee and Molasses, music, sensual description, and more youtube.com/watch?v=A3H7ei…

@Malhotra6Akash @0xratnakar Newspapers no longer have editors

@0xratnakar Editor needs to be fired along with writer

wake up babygirl, now news is written by chatgpt

@cantkillgod @0xratnakar Correct, they do not exist

@0xratnakar An editor didn’t catch this? Or do those not exist anymore either?

why could Epstein not type a sentence to save his life

Youth

No

The reason this happens is because professors ask AI programs whether or not the essays are written by AI. They are too dumb to tell. And then the AI hallucinates and says they are when they are not.

@Matt_Pinner Self-respect

Honestly Men, what’s preventing you from dressing like this?

@sciencegirl People

In your opinion what is the biggest threat to humanity

@peterrhague @Dominanski You’re so close to getting it

@peterrhague @Dominanski Correct

Wife: <problem> Me: <solution>? Wife: I don’t want <solution>! How do you get past this dynamic?

@peterrhague No

Yes, I get the idea that she wants emotional support. But I want to solve problems - why isn’t that equally valid?