Analyzing AI images is like doing those “What’s wrong with this picture?” games as a kid.

"AI accidentally made me believe in the concept of a human soul by showing me what art looks like without it."

#AI

An FTC report says large grocery chains “used rising costs as an opportunity to further hike prices” and “pressured suppliers to favor them over competitors” during pandemic supply chain disruptions, while posting strong profits. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/21/us/politics/grocery-prices-pandemic-ftc.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ek0.t2Pr.g4n2usbxEcoa

@marcoarment What is the battery/solar system that you mentioned on this week’s ATP?

TIL that the US government runs an official dad joke database 👀

https://fatherhood.gov/for-dads/dad-jokes

‘This the season to ask @marcoarment for a year-end feature for @overcastfm, similar to Spotify Wrapped and Apple Music Replay.

It's wonderful to hear Dolly's version of "Purple Rain". Prince was a fan and had wanted to work with Dolly in the 80s, but it never quite happened... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zluG5nyXoDI

I recently heard about this novel in which Schrodinger's cat and Pavlov's dog team up for an epic adventure, so I went down to my local library to see if they had a copy

The librarian said that my description of the book rang a bell but she wasn't sure if it was there or not ...

This absolutely was NOT an accident and I have nothing but respect for whoever was in charge of sending it to print.

cc @WearsHats

Survivor, Amazing Race, and Great British Baking Show back in the same week? Yes please.

An argument for taxing vehicles by weight, including EVs: https://slate.com/business/2023/01/electric-cars-hummer-ev-tax-fees-weight-joe-biden.html

I wish the quality of the picture of the AppleTV+ coverage of the MLS would stay consistent.

"A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. It's where the rich use public transportation."

Y'all remember, before the internet, when people thought the source of stupidity was lack of access to information? Yeah. It wasn't that.

Darn. (credit Alamo Drafthouse)

@ramsey So you’re an ex-X users?

Beware those who are good at both sucking up and punching down. Their loyalty is an illusion, but their cruelty is not. A true warrior licks no boots, nor uses theirs to step on others to get ahead.

This week, I went over to Bluesky and asked people who'd left Mastodon why they left, and lots of people told me. I grabbed the replies and crunched them and wrote up a summary. I think it's really interesting and often kind of wrenching.

https://erinkissane.com/mastodon-is-easy-and-fun-except-when-it-isnt

#meta

I like the phrase "snitches get stitches" because it suggests that, in spite of its incumbent violence, the criminal underworld is proactive about timely affordable healthcare.