Netanyahu won't let something as inconvenient as a peace process get in the way of his bloodthirsty imperial ambition. It would be a bitter irony if Trump's hubris is the thing that finally brings about consequences.

@edzitron.com - apparently the scariest thing in my inbox right now 🤣 (I was searching for an unrelated email from someone else, but it looks like Ed has achieved a monopoly on the scary things)

Are you after tools or methods? On the tools front, I've often used the Effects available in Paint.Net for this, and found some further extensions via their website. They have both ink sketch and oil painting effects. Depending on what you need.

@albomp.bsky.social : "We'll always back our Aussie artists" Aussie artists: "By regulating AI & Streaming!" @albomp.bsky.social : ... Aussie artists: "By regulating AI & Streaming, right?"

Perfection ✨️

Evidently a gravy train

Happy New Year legends---Thought I'd get in on the action and share my STRANGEST achievements of 2025! What's your wackiest accomplishment from the last 12 month?

I had the same thought the @abcnewsbot.bsky.social article included a tweet from the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It says Nigerian authorities "remain engaged" which seems highly ambiguous. x.com/NigeriaMFA/s...

Happy camel-botox day for all those who celebrate.

This just happened. And all I could think about was your tote 😆😅

@apraamcos.bsky.social - looks like the link is broken 😱

Is Magic 8 Ball Conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists point to yes.

Is this rock conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.

Headline fixed: Liberal Party formally abandons semblance of humanity. @abcnewsbot.bsky.social

Dear Lord, have mercy on us.

Dear America. We've found the Fentanyl. It was in the White House. Here's the screenshot of the *actual White House website* to prove it.

Just your average day on council: "Okay, so hear me out, what if we take the whale... and fill it... with dynamite."

First bloom of Chicago Peace for the season. Praying it's a good omen given the current state of things.

This seems a rather naive take: "in that the Israeli prime minister seems to listen to President Trump." Rather, he seems to take a perverse delight in manipulating Trump in word and then mocking him through action. We keep treating bad faith actors as if they can be trusted on face value.

GenAI: "Enron, hold my hat" 👀

If you're using a base model, there's a system prompt baked in as part of pretraining, hence why they advise against supplying your own. From the DeepSeek-R1 paper:

With the world gone mad, if you can, take some time for self care away from the feed. Do something creative or outdoors. You are of immeasurable value. Here's my little weekend project. (Now, if I can just get a pressure regulator to make those drippers work properly with the darn mains 😅)

🤦‍♂️ "Not thrilled" is the feeling you have when they run out of chicken for your burger. "Livid, humiliated and incensed" is what the president should feel when an allies indiscriminate bombing of children and civilians overflows to other peaceful allies Src: ABC News

Yeah... about that Adobe... stuffing your app with even more useless bloatware... 👎👎👎 The sooner we kill off this proprietary data format the better.

Such a depressingly short lifespan for "content"

Ah yes, that great American revolutionary anthem! "We're making a stand, Won't rollover and die, We'll throw our subway sandwich At the FBI"

With the Upper Class Bogan video clip now out in the world, a huge thanks to Matt for coming on this wild journey! 🫶

Only "verging" on the unhinged? Regardless of what comes next, AI valuations have long been detached from reality. @economist.com

And by "see more posts from your friends" they really meant "see more posts from these suggested pages and groups you never followed" But whoever let the facts get in the way of a corporate PR exercise. 🤷‍♂️