Someday, I’ve promised myself, I am going to visit these beautiful critters. In Rwanda. They are doing amazing conservation there: (Longread but worth it if you love gorillas, and I know you all do. Also, we can all use some goodtimes reading!)
"The AI slop is drowning out the people who actually research their history videos, because it’s coming for everything we enjoy."
My rule is that if it doesn't have a host on YouTube who I can verify is a real person, really verifying the contents, I refuse to watch it. I will hit the back button.
If I wanted poorly researched dreck regurgitating stuff everyone already knows, I'd watch History Channel reruns.
So here are some fun YouTube options that are actually generated by REAL PEOPLE:
- The aforementioned @HistoryTime in the 404 media article
- @TastingHistory for food and a history lesson
- @Townsends - also for food and a history lesson
- @historicroyalpalaces - exactly what it says, history videos about the UK royals and their homes, but these videos are made by the actual caretakers of those old buildings! Full website is https://www.hrp.org.uk/. Many AI slop shorts are stolen from these original videos.
- @TechnologyConnections for 20th century tech history and teardowns
- @BernadetteBanner for fashion history
- @PracticalEngineeringChannel for the history of cool buildings, bridges, and other feats of engineering
- @Brew for historic true crime and unsolved mysteries
- @ChubbyEmu for medical mysteries and history
- @BDylanHollis (Baking Yesteryear) for more food history
Absolutely the Democrats are polling in the toilet because the base is sick and tired of being ignored. That doesn't mean we will vote GOP though, the lesser of two evils is still, you know, LESS EVIL.
What I've noticed over the years is that generic Democrats tend to poll well enough, but specific individuals, less so. Conversely, specific Republicans always seem to do better than generic ones, even when those specifics are the most loathsome people in the nation.
NYT: "The Trump administration’s military deployment in Los Angeles has cost nearly $120 million so far, Gov. Gavin Newsom of California reported on Thursday as he demanded that the White House release the remaining troops. Mr. Newsom said the figure came from data obtained by the governor’s office and the California National Guard after he made a public-records request to the Defense Department. It reflects the cost since June 7, when President Trump ordered the first of more than 4,000 National Guard soldiers and 700 Marines into the nation’s second-largest city in response to immigration protests. The expenses, Mr. Newsom said, included $71 million for food and shelter, $37 million in payroll, more than $4 million in logistics supplies, $3.5 million in travel and $1.5 million for demobilization."
I just can’t move today. I am lower than a snakes belly. I read an article about our Government 🐂💩 with Venezuela. The lies that have been perpetrated on us is unconscionable. No one will understand what I’m talking about-that’s OK.
Taking a long weekend to spend with my “kids” and grandkitties. ❤️🍀🎈🥳🙏🏻💪🏻
My daily Tiedrich is powerful this morning. I did not realize how many survivors - 100ish - of the Epstein abuse were out on the steps of the capital yesterday. Moving, empowering words from Jess Michaels:
When I was at a protest rally on Monday I had this great idea for a sign: break down 8647 into its prime factors. You know, something like (37^3)(19^2)(7^2) = 8647.
“Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s old firm (now run by his twentysomething sons, so it’s fiiiine) has been buying up “tariff refund” options from all the big importers”
Yeah that tracks. I’ve said before that Lutnick is behind all the tariff bullshit because I knew he was making bank somehow. Why do you think he (oh sorry, of course it was Trump, lol) sent out that tweet after the judge ruling saying “no, tariffs are still on!”? Had to keep the contract prices low.
Lutnick has always been a fucking crook. Oh and sorry sons of Lutnick, you’re going to look just like him. All the money in the world ain’t fixing that shit.
I've written to Chuck. He calls me by my first name, I see no reason not to return the favor, even though all my missives contain my full Ms. First and Last name. I asked why he has not given an endorsement for NYC mayor, but I do not actually expect an answer.
He does answer sometimes (or whoever writes his letters/email), but mostly on subjects that are easy to answer.
I write a letter probably every two weeks to Schumer, Durbin, Schiff and Padilla urging them to deny unanimous consent to proceed every day which is the least they could do. I have yet to get a response.
YouTube is flat-out lying when they say that they're gonna crack down imass-produced A.I. slop. That shit has been steadily crowding out real content for over a year, and if you click on even ONE of them, the algorithm pounces and floods your feed with more.
And ya know what? They couldn't stop it even if they wanted to, not without changing their entire, engagement-driven business model. They know this. Of course they know this. Anything they say about A.I. content is a deliberate goddamn lie.
There's a way, but will they do anything about it? From what I have heard, they are at least as likely to banhammer the victim as the A.I. thief. That kinda puts it on perspective, doesn't it?
Yer rolling hed gif source info: https://martiniambassador.substack.com/p/gorilla-on-a-gradient
And meme chat: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/fa3fec42-7b28-4253-a13f-f276fb79fbcf?utm_source=share
Someday, I’ve promised myself, I am going to visit these beautiful critters. In Rwanda. They are doing amazing conservation there: (Longread but worth it if you love gorillas, and I know you all do. Also, we can all use some goodtimes reading!)
https://www.weforum.org/stories/2024/10/sustainable-tourism-mountain-gorillas-rwanda/#:~:text=Community%2Ddriven%20conservation,overtaken%20by%20invasive%20eucalyptus%20trees.
My kind of monkey business.
For some reason I believe today will be a good day.
It may have something to do with this gif...
Roll around! Roll around! And I got four hands, the better to cause trouble!
In the euro time zone, so have indeed been waiting around for tabs. Looks just like that.
"I will take a nap right 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦..."
I know that feeling.
The great apes live up to the title
When it comes to having feet
I want feet like those
I'd use my feets
To snatch some eats
With opposable big toes.
True fact! Yer Toots wraps up her stretches with two somersaults and cool “I meant to do that” taps to stretch my shins.
Wish we had feet thumbs.
Marginal Traitor Greene does.
That's a cloven hoof.
Or a cleft palate, whatevs...
That looks like fun!
No rustled jimmies detected.
Gorilla my dreams…
Madiba Dennie is pretty awesome.
"The AI slop is drowning out the people who actually research their history videos, because it’s coming for everything we enjoy."
My rule is that if it doesn't have a host on YouTube who I can verify is a real person, really verifying the contents, I refuse to watch it. I will hit the back button.
If I wanted poorly researched dreck regurgitating stuff everyone already knows, I'd watch History Channel reruns.
So here are some fun YouTube options that are actually generated by REAL PEOPLE:
- The aforementioned @HistoryTime in the 404 media article
- @TastingHistory for food and a history lesson
- @Townsends - also for food and a history lesson
- @historicroyalpalaces - exactly what it says, history videos about the UK royals and their homes, but these videos are made by the actual caretakers of those old buildings! Full website is https://www.hrp.org.uk/. Many AI slop shorts are stolen from these original videos.
- @TechnologyConnections for 20th century tech history and teardowns
- @BernadetteBanner for fashion history
- @PracticalEngineeringChannel for the history of cool buildings, bridges, and other feats of engineering
- @Brew for historic true crime and unsolved mysteries
- @ChubbyEmu for medical mysteries and history
- @BDylanHollis (Baking Yesteryear) for more food history
@Drachinifel - naval history
@Dr Alexander Clarke - naval history
@Rex's Hangar - aviation
Thanks for the recs! Looking them up now.
I would think Old King TACO the Yam likes Lil Orphan Anne. What with a billionaire w a personal assassin and all those little girls.
Absolutely the Democrats are polling in the toilet because the base is sick and tired of being ignored. That doesn't mean we will vote GOP though, the lesser of two evils is still, you know, LESS EVIL.
What I've noticed over the years is that generic Democrats tend to poll well enough, but specific individuals, less so. Conversely, specific Republicans always seem to do better than generic ones, even when those specifics are the most loathsome people in the nation.
NYT: "The Trump administration’s military deployment in Los Angeles has cost nearly $120 million so far, Gov. Gavin Newsom of California reported on Thursday as he demanded that the White House release the remaining troops. Mr. Newsom said the figure came from data obtained by the governor’s office and the California National Guard after he made a public-records request to the Defense Department. It reflects the cost since June 7, when President Trump ordered the first of more than 4,000 National Guard soldiers and 700 Marines into the nation’s second-largest city in response to immigration protests. The expenses, Mr. Newsom said, included $71 million for food and shelter, $37 million in payroll, more than $4 million in logistics supplies, $3.5 million in travel and $1.5 million for demobilization."
If there's one thing gop DGAF about it's government spending.
Huh. Seems like something DOGE would frown upon.
I just can’t move today. I am lower than a snakes belly. I read an article about our Government 🐂💩 with Venezuela. The lies that have been perpetrated on us is unconscionable. No one will understand what I’m talking about-that’s OK.
Taking a long weekend to spend with my “kids” and grandkitties. ❤️🍀🎈🥳🙏🏻💪🏻
My daily Tiedrich is powerful this morning. I did not realize how many survivors - 100ish - of the Epstein abuse were out on the steps of the capital yesterday. Moving, empowering words from Jess Michaels:
"... 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓’𝒔 𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒊𝒅 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒍𝒆. 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚. 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒇𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝒖𝒔. 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒔, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒗𝒐𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒖𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒏…. 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆. 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒗𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅, 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒋𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅, 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅. "
https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/epsteins-survivors-spoke-out-and
Ball's in your court, Donnie.
Just in case anyone else had trouble following that Jeff Tiedrich link—and it’s a goody, as usual ...
https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/undead-president-desperate-to-change
When I was at a protest rally on Monday I had this great idea for a sign: break down 8647 into its prime factors. You know, something like (37^3)(19^2)(7^2) = 8647.
Alas... 8647 is a prime number.
“Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s old firm (now run by his twentysomething sons, so it’s fiiiine) has been buying up “tariff refund” options from all the big importers”
Yeah that tracks. I’ve said before that Lutnick is behind all the tariff bullshit because I knew he was making bank somehow. Why do you think he (oh sorry, of course it was Trump, lol) sent out that tweet after the judge ruling saying “no, tariffs are still on!”? Had to keep the contract prices low.
Lutnick has always been a fucking crook. Oh and sorry sons of Lutnick, you’re going to look just like him. All the money in the world ain’t fixing that shit.
I've written to Chuck. He calls me by my first name, I see no reason not to return the favor, even though all my missives contain my full Ms. First and Last name. I asked why he has not given an endorsement for NYC mayor, but I do not actually expect an answer.
He does answer sometimes (or whoever writes his letters/email), but mostly on subjects that are easy to answer.
I write a letter probably every two weeks to Schumer, Durbin, Schiff and Padilla urging them to deny unanimous consent to proceed every day which is the least they could do. I have yet to get a response.
I used to associate Cantor Fitzgerald with the horrible losses on 9/11. Thanks to Lutnick, no longer. Now they’re just crooks.
Everything is Better with Monkeys and Tab's in the Morning ☕💯👍
YouTube is flat-out lying when they say that they're gonna crack down imass-produced A.I. slop. That shit has been steadily crowding out real content for over a year, and if you click on even ONE of them, the algorithm pounces and floods your feed with more.
And ya know what? They couldn't stop it even if they wanted to, not without changing their entire, engagement-driven business model. They know this. Of course they know this. Anything they say about A.I. content is a deliberate goddamn lie.
Is there even any way to report a channel for blatantly using AI generated crap with stolen sources?
There's a way, but will they do anything about it? From what I have heard, they are at least as likely to banhammer the victim as the A.I. thief. That kinda puts it on perspective, doesn't it?
agree
YouTube sucks.
Again I ask, since when do members of Congress endorse mayors?????
Why has this become such a sticking point? It's weird, and the insistence by some that it happens boggles my mind.
Also "I look forward to working with him as mayor" is an endorsement.