When you think of death, think of what you'll miss; A belly laugh, cat videos, music in your ears, hot cappuccino, friends in a strip of Polaroid, a lovely lavender kiss. When you think of death, think of this.
VOLITION - No. This is somewhere to be. This is all you have, but it’s still something. Streets and sodium lights. The sky, the world. You’re still alive.
Grant Morrison on LANTERNS and Damon Lindelof
“The moment I toss out a single snide remark, suddenly I dominate headlines for days, and somehow a top-tier Hollywood writer gets dragged out to apologize—just because, two years ago in some interview, he casually called a certain color “stupid”
Why does no one report how much I love Absolute Martian Manhunter? Or, closer to home, how I’ve praised Damon Lindelof’s Watchmen series? Why is it that every week I write sincerely, enthusiastically about things I genuinely love—and no one cares? But the second I drop a few cranky, off-the-cuff complaints, everyone loses their minds?
I don't know Damon Lindelof personally, but he's clearly a talented writer-and by all accounts, a decent guy. The apology he wrote over this whole thing was gracious, measured, and full of class.
That "green = stupid" comment of his struck me as careless-especially coming from someone involved in a Green Lantern project, saying that to Green Lantern fans. I came across some angry fan reactions to the show's teaser, saw the interview link in the comments, and his tone just rubbed me the wrong way. I felt like venting a bit-just enough to pad out a paragraph or two in my weekly post.
I never imagined those heated complaints would be taken seriously-let alone spread this far. Making a show is hard with negative press on top of that is even harder. I regret that my words pushed him into having to respond publicly, and l apologize to him. I genuinely thought he'd never see something | posted on a subscriber platform for die-hard readers. I never expected an offhand remark to be amplified like this.
I underestimated online media-they love turning a spark into a wildfire. And sure, exposure is supposedly always good-but seeing a fellow creator dragged into the storm like this doesn't sit right with me.”
This doesn't just put artists at risk, it puts every Twitter user at risk. Anyone can use AI to edit images of real people posted on this platform, simply a family photo, PAST OR PRESENT. Why is this enabled by default without any consent of the people who shared those images?
Nuno Loureiro was assassinated yesterday
He was a professor + the director of MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center
> 47 years old
> Studied nuclear fusion (= energy source of the Sun + stars) for 10 years at MIT
> His award-winning work focused on creating a virtually limitless, clean energy source on Earth - one that doesn’t produce carbon or radioactive waste (usual biproduct of fission reactors)
> His research was essentially a threat to companies in the energy sector (fossil fuels, wind, solar, etc)
> Nuno was vital to the development of fusion nuclear power plants, without him the path ahead is less clear + his death will set back the entire field
Nuno is not the first MIT fusion scientist to be brutally murdered, in 2004 Eugene Mallove was also shot in his home
I hope this opens eyes – there is an agenda at play
Guillermo del Toro says “I’d rather die” than use generative AI
“My concern is not artificial intelligence, but natural stupidity. I think that's what drives most of the world's worst features”
(Source: https://t.co/oWAHxOGBip)
"If photography is meant to preserve reality, then Gen-AI imagery is to distort it. This is why grief is such a great target for it to exploit."
What ‘Peacemaker’ Season 2 Has in Common with AI Photos by @PAFlatWhite#artificial_intelligence#DCU
https://t.co/kZVJwodwVh
“Whichever one of your kids wants to make a big bag of Rupiah have them give me a call.”
— Jimmy Kimmel jokes on Prabowo’s attempt to ask Trump if he could meet Eric during a hot-mic moment.
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