i googled toe beans, and was not disappointed

my favorite thing paul does in interviews is when he mentions a beatles song and then starts singing it to make sure people know it, like he'll say "we were performing she loves you, you know 'she loves you yeah yeah yeah...'" like you literally don't have to do that. everyone knows that song. you are paul mccartney

My personal favorite is when he goes to tell and a story and he prefaces it with "you know, john and I- john lennon and I-" like yeah no we know that. we know who john is. you are the beatles

And you know, for young writers, this has got to be so detrimental just from the perspective of opening your document and seeing a million corrections that, frankly, don't need to be there. If you're a young writer you're likely not going to have the background knowledge to know what is and isn't a good suggestion, you're just going to see a document that makes it look like you made every mistake possible so clearly you must be a terrible, stupid writer and should just give up.

“It makes no damn sense! Compels me though,” and “no, it’s JUST DUMB” are the two most important additions to the general vernacular ever

is anyone else annoyed that "ai" encompasses both chatgpt and tools we train to do repetitive tedious work for us. and by the ripple effect of articles like "scientists develop ai to detect cancer early" that make people argue for the merit of chatgpt or become anti-medicine. and by the general state of the world and society

My #1 conspiracy theory is that the decision to call LLM and other generative technology “AI” without modifiers was a marketing ploy to muddy the waters and make criticism/dissent more difficult.

Give us room to grow and see how we flourish.

Rob James-Collier is a total heartthrob, what a handsome man! But in the third Downton Abbey film (where the entire cast had aged), audiences thought Thomas looked "old"; in the second, they complained that Dexter was too old (and Rob was already over 40). So what happened? Did Rob age a lot in a couple of years, or did the perception of the character change? I think it's the latter. For six seasons, Thomas's age varied depending on the circumstances. Then, in the first film, Mary was sure that Thomas wasn't ready for the King's visit because he looked like a rabbit facing lions. Carson, for her part, justified the replacement by saying that Thomas was too young and unstable; in other words, Mary and Carson had control over Thomas. In that same storyline, one man asks him to dance, and another kisses him on the mouth! Thus we arrive at the third film, where Thomas has a job far removed from the rigidity of Downton, is independent of his adoptive "family," doesn't have to apologize to anyone for existing, lives on another continent, and has a husband! By giving him stability and a partner, the infantilization trap is broken; and the audience, accustomed to seeing Thomas as the troubled child in the kitchen, experiences a cognitive shock; and to process this new information, they label him as "old." He can no longer be viewed with pity for the wounded child nor with contempt for the incomplete man. By leaving Downton, Thomas escapes the cage of the narrative, and, in turn, the audience is confronted with seeing him as an equal, an adult, with the power of decision, and loved.

“Can you pay?” I asked. Of course she could. Her shoes were worth more than my rent. She could pay. “I can pay,” she said. Her eyes were wet. I wondered if anything else was wet. Probably not. I am not handsome. Not since the war. She was looking at my scar. Lots of people do. Most look away. Not her. She did not look away. She looked at my scar and I looked at her legs. There were two of them. I liked that about her. I liked that a whole lot. “Will there be danger?” I asked. There always is. This city bleeds danger, then drinks it right back up again.

Garak smoking a fat space blunt, listening to experimental cardassian music while sketching slutty outfits he wants to dress Bashir up in