Alex Vranas @Alex@vran.as

Jones Soda now offers a mug with Jim Jones on it.

BUT...

You have to drink 25 cans of "Mary Jones" soda with 100mg THC each to be eligible.

Someone actually submitted this potato-quality AI generated image to the US copyright office.

It was rejected, because c'mon now...

Compelling #AIart shouldn't just emulate what humans can do, it should showcase the weird things that an #AI can do uniquely.

I've been having some fun pushing #StableDiffusion to its limits. I used a "time slider" LoRA model and had it animate its travel through time.

It took 18 hours, and about $5 in cloud costs to render.

Background Music is a sample of "
for you will burn your wings upon the sun" by Black Tape for a Blue Girl, slowed down 10x.

I was reviewing the status of some of the instances I've defederated from, and I found something very funny that I missed earlier this year from an instance that was especially awful.

Whoever would have guessed that cultivating a community of Gamer Gaters, Kiwi Farmers, and other petulant sociopaths would end up backfiring, lol.

Reap what you sow, idiot.

Here's the original, now-deleted tweet. The account doesn't appear to be operated by WSP. The display name contradicts the actual username!

Absolutely absurd that they pushed this over the emergency alert system like this without even putting a press release on their website.

Just got an Amber Alert from the Washington State Patrol that includes a bitly link to a Twitter thread. The details of the alert are included in an image with no alt text.

After logging in, I had to see an ad for dog poop before I could see additional info from law enforcement.

This is the official way we do Amber Alerts in Washington State.

Just watched Bing #AI endorse a random third party web security tool, citing microsoft.com as a source, confusing it for Microsoft's own Windows Defender software.

This is fine, I'm sure.

Time to find out how shelf stable they really are.

This screenshot will temporarily teleport your brain back to 2004. Use with caution.

Yeah, I use X.

People will make stuff like this and call it "art". smh...

Generative AI really is something to behold.

Presented without context

I ordered a swamp cooler to help deal with this summer heat, but now I worry it might have chosen one that was too big. Should have looked at their marketing materials before I hit buy.

Can check.

If you live in or near #Seattle, I am highly recommending that you go and see the movie "Fantasy A Gets A Mattress".

It is a charming indie film about Fantasy A, Seattle's undisputed king of hustle, getting a mattress.

A wonderfully absurdist depiction of Seattle that you are absolutely missing out on right now. Better cinematography that I was anticipating, and a hilarious performance from their local actors from beginning to end.

Tickets are still available here: https://thebeacon.film/calendar/movie/fantasy-a-gets-a-mattress

This Politico headline is borderline irresponsible...

Give them to me!

I found it.

I found the worst way to commute from #Everett to #Seattle.

Why drive 45 minutes when you could fly for 9 hours with layovers in San Francisco and Portland?

I've been enjoying my new 5G Hotspot.