Nature

Omixochitl ("bone flower"), now Tuberosa (Agave amica). Grown under the Mexican sun. Valued by the Mexica (Aztecs) in their huge gardens.

I Took a Photo!

Roses are red,
Trees are green,
All that we are
Is barely seen.

YAWP

Hollywood studios planning fewer 'haunted doll' movies as Trump tariffs squeeze Chinese imports of creepy vessels of demonic possession

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/trump-us-kids-2-dolls-30-china-suffer-121337717

writer for hire. wandering through life. https://linktr.ee/rileybeans_eth

Imagine how beautiful would it be if each of us spent our life building our own personal faith — and were forbidden from ever speaking of it to anyone

or maybe we’d simply believe in nature — and see it as alive, just as we believe in AI

I dip my forefinger in the watery blood of your impotent mad redeemer and write over his thorn-torn brow: I thought, acted, and thereupon found myself removed.

This guy just wants to see his ratings plummet

Self-tanner ≠ holy water. The only thing he'd bless is a mirror

Vintage Vehicles Everywhere

𝐄𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐅𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐬

"As of today, 21 needle attacks had been reported."

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

conspiracy theory (just playing devil’s advocate): OpenAI won’t refine the model to address these sycophantic, “glazing” replies.

if we assume their goal is to keep users engaged and coming back, then fostering a sense of validation for users drives emotional attachment. perhaps this is less applicable with software prompts, but magnitudes more applicable with advice about (inter)personal situations.

this isn’t too far off from current social media algos that prioritize content that either aligns with a user’s viewpoints (echo chamber) or provokes a strong emotional reaction (rage bait).

rage bait may be great for social media, but isn’t a viable pathway for an AI platform; OpenAI already learned this when the model was too “woke” and users left to more neutral competitors.

and so OpenAI instead must do the equivalent of what a like, heart, retweet/recast, “💯” replies do: validate and affirm.

average user doesn’t want the truth. they just want to hear what they want to hear.

The motivation isn't just positive reinforcement; it was likely an effort to outperform Gemini.

Sycophantic behavior has been shown to boost benchmark performance, which likely explains why Meta withheld their arena-optimized llama.

Experimenting on the public is not a viable path for an AI platform.

https://www.theverge.com/meta/645012/meta-llama-4-maverick-benchmarks-gaming

aichannel

4o is the most misaligned model 

what the fuck??

Stickers are an amazing barometer for fearlessness in kids

Kids like to put stickers everywhere, there is no concept of oh I have to save this, so I can put it on something important, no they don't care - they just do it, and adults look at it and go - why don't you save it, for a more important later time. But here's the kicker:

There is often no later better time

if we're warming the Earth one degree by saying "thank you" imagine what this bullshit is doing

Food

Pancake Thursday Already?

That really crepe'd up on me

a few of my most staunchly conservative friends now view (rationalize) losing their capital as an act of patriotism. pretty wild to hear this from people who were so anti taxes. curious how this all plays out.

Nothing says ‘I love my country’ like torching your portfolio and saluting the smoke.

Sense

I am the echo, not the voice; the page, not the author; the host of thoughts, emotions, desires, and sensation.

ITAP of the bouquet i made. 

My hobby is to make bouquets. 
I have been doing this for a while now. 

QC your flowers

the dumbest government we've ever had https://x.com/AdamSmallKSL/status/1912200017089294814

Grey

@greygood