Brian in FL @ranjur@social.freetalklive.com

@captainkickass I asked ChatGPT to create a parody of Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas is You" called "All I Want for Christmas is Chew", about a guy who's supposed to be trying to quit tobacco but wants to sneak around the family at Christmas to chew tobacco. The result was surprisingly competent.

@ftl Louisiana Now Requires a Government-issued ID to access adult websites

https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/3/23537226/louisiana-pornhub-age-verification-law-government-id

@captainkickass @Nobody @PeaklessMountaineer re: California Rap Lyric law on Beard Talk Live https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x322bn4

@FTL_Ian @ftl amusing ChatGPT bias... "It is inappropriate for me to comment..."

@ftl
Indonesia passes criminal code banning sex outside marriage
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-63869078

Mecha Malarkey

@ftl https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/10/26/woman-arrested-feeding-homeless-sues-bullhead-city-arizona/10608907002/

@ftl Spain bans setting the AC below 27 degrees Celsius (80° F) https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/3/23291066/spain-bans-setting-air-conditioning-below-27-degrees-celsius

@ftl No obligation to protect https://apnews.com/article/simone-biles-sports-larry-nassar-5aee7d6f66009dcae571249481a3558f

@FTL_Ian @aria "Self-esteem" re: the guy who didn't want the birthday party - immediately thought of this Kat Williams bit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V20wVTtOMGo

@ftl To the UN, everyone else is just a "non-state actor." And homeschooling must be bad because it lacks state actors.

https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000379875/PDF/379875eng.pdf.multi

@ftl Late to the party, but Dan in Nebraska said on FTL on 4-11 that Americans are more informed than ever before, but somehow American colonists knew that paper money versus specie was a bad idea, whereas their modern counterpart thinks inflation comes from "greedy" corporations.

Better invest in champagne 🍾

" @Nobody spends somebody else's money as carefully as he spends his own." --Milton Friedman

@ftl GOP upset when young Congressman complains about the DC orgies, cocaine and calls Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a "thug.” https://thehill.com/homenews/house/600181-mccarthy-to-speak-to-cawthorn-after-orgy-comment-sparks-gop-frustration

Why settle for a face diaper? Dyson's new headphone\face-fitted air filter is dystopian as fuck https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/30/23000577/dyson-zone-noise-cancellation-headphones-built-in-air-purifier

@ftl
Bill Gates: ‘If every country does what Australia did,’ the world could prevent the next pandemic https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/24/bill-gates-australia-covid-blueprint-could-help-prevent-next-pandemic.html

CNN seems more skilled at telling what to think versus "how to think."