#VibeCoding your MFA

"Reliance on AI systems for brainstorming significantly reduced the diversity of ideas produced, which is a crucial element for creative breakthroughs. The systems tend to converge toward a predictable middle rather than exploring unconventional possibilities at the edges. [...] AI systems are most closely aligned with the values and worldviews of wealthy, English-speaking nations. This inherent bias constrains the diversity of ideas these systems can generate."

https://theconversation.com/is-ai-sparking-a-cognitive-revolution-that-will-lead-to-mediocrity-and-conformity-256940

Five fish, eight fish, thirteen fish, twenty-one fish

#comic #webcomic #parenting #drseuss

Remarkable chart in a new paper out of MIT looking at cognitive performance of LLM users in an essay writing task - https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872

I cannot believe Bloomberg published this headline when we ALL recently learned that a well known side effect of ketamine is loss of bladder control

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-06-13/wall-street-stress-sends-nyc-men-to-pelvic-floor-therapy

"The Stress of Wall Street Is Sending Men to Pelvic Floor Therapy
Physical therapists in New York are seeing an uptick in younger male patients with penile and bladder issues."

@peter I LOLed when I heard "Fortunate Son" being played. They were mocking trump to his face!

If there's anything that illustrated the hollowness of the Democratic Party as an effective opposition for me, it's this.

Yesterday, I watched a video of a sitting US Senator being thrown to the ground and cuffed by fed goons for asking questions of the fed official he has direct oversight authority over.

Within minutes, I'd gotten DOZENS of texts from Dems and Dem orgs asking for $5-$50 to "fight fascism."

That's it. "Are you terrified that your country is slipping into fascism? Pay me."

the Democrats gotta figure out the "men with guns" thing. they're gonna need men with guns on their side, and they are rapidly running out of time.

Fearless prediction: there’s gonna be a film or show released in the next 30 months titled “The ‘Tism” featuring an autistic hero who is a math or music genius

I found the funniest travel blog ever.

And of course, it's made by a random guy from Barcelona 🤪 I love it.

https://travelkillsme.com/collection

Like a toddler determined so help me God to eat that tide pod, OS designers are permanently hell-bent on making the menu bar invisible.

To me, the main thing Apple needed to fix this WWDC was their relationship with developers, and this keynote suggests they think otherwise.

"A match that perfect deserves no restraint, so: Carlos Alcaraz's 4–6, 6–7 (4), 6–4, 7–6 (3), 7–6 (10–2) French Open final victory over Jannik Sinner is the best tennis match I've ever watched, and one of the greatest sporting events you or I will probably ever have the privilege of witnessing."

Carlos Alcaraz Wins The Match ...

Found out my department is getting outsourced to India. Management asked me to keep it quiet, but I told all my staff instead. Chaos in the office, company has ground to a halt making essentially no money. Corporate overlords can go gargle my sweaty balls.

“A 2010 study that analyzed 40 years of protest coverage in five major newspapers, including The New York Times and The Washington Post, found that the papers depicted protests — even peaceful ones — as nuisances rather than as necessary functions of democracy.”

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:tbezmmltvdtjthfeaftfoop6/post/3lr3pygd5us2c

Ouch (click in for details) #politics

He just wants you to know

I don't think I've smiled so much reading social media posts for years.

Unlike the Washington Post, The Onion does not use AI in any way. Our newspaper is proudly made by actual living people. AI makes bad, boring, middle of the road shit. People make good, new art. Subscribe to us instead.

Backdoored oject detection AI model, it’s gonna be fun 😂😂