Jonathan Gala

Infotainee

[Jonathan Gala @jongala]

A motion to have steering with your knees replace apple pie as the quintessential American cultural signifier

[Jonathan Gala @jongala]

@croninwhocares Was it Kelley and Ping?

[Jonathan Gala @jongala]

Maybe that's a technicality that will go away, but it feels meaningful for now

[Jonathan Gala @jongala]

This feels like a misreading to me — we value sampling, remixing etc because they include an interpretive act. There is a creative role in the transformation, which makes the transformation meaningful. LLMs are completely uncomprehending, indifferent.

[Jonathan Gala @jongala]

All artists remix and transform other people's work. But the test here is that their work can itself be interpreted and transformed by others. The fact that LLMs are corrupted by LLM output kind of gives the lie to the idea that they are doing the same thing.

[Jonathan Gala @jongala]

@halkyardo is a stranger to me, but is the first person I thought of when I saw this amazing hobby website that uses computer vision to stitch together still photos of trains passing by someone's apartment.
https://t.co/LH15ulY1vm

[Jonathan Gala @jongala]

@tylerangert I really agree, and I see the same thinking around UI responsiveness/speed. It seems like it's a matter of degree, but there is an invisible threshold that breaks from dialogic to monologic interaction.

[Jonathan Gala @jongala]

@LogoArchive cc: @cheatlines on pic 4, seems up your alley

[Jonathan Gala @jongala]

@clofresh They're just trying to weed out the amateurs. How bad do you want it???

[Jonathan Gala @jongala]

Heavenly Father

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New York is great for running into people who *actually* look the way you thought you looked. (good and bad)

[Jonathan Gala @jongala]

Thinking again about the early 2000s (?) ad where the camera pans lovingly across a new Volvo and Donald Sutherland says “My goodness”

Great line readings in history part 46284

[Jonathan Gala @jongala]

This was not the only unusual car I saw over Thanksgiving weekend, but it was the only lifted Fit (!)

[Jonathan Gala @jongala]

This feels like a @cheatlines x @NanoRaptor thing

[Present & Correct @presentcorrect]

Brilliant cross stitch of vintage video game graphics, more here https://t.co/giGhiwUHA8

via web curios.

[Jonathan Gala @jongala]

@frijole Oh, you know, we’re just gonna [wild, calligraphic gesture]

[Jonathan Gala @jongala]

What

[Primal Space @thePrimalSpace]

Orion has now reached the Moon, here's how it will get back to Earth on the 11th of December.

[Jonathan Gala @jongala]

Network is an incredibly depressing example of the social limits of art. It sends its message loud and clear, in a great story, great performances. Critics loved it, made money, enduring cultural legacy. Totally powerless to prevent itself from coming true.

[Jonathan Gala @jongala]

@halkyardo PROTECTS ALL METALS also feels right. Lot to work with on one can there.

[Peter @Peter_M_V]

Please God no

[Jonathan Gala @jongala]

@clofresh Tiny, adorable doors that go like THAT

[Jonathan Gala @jongala]

Saw an Autozam AZ-1 on the road this weekend. The older I get the more I appreciate the weirdos who run things like that.