Generative AI is probably coming for my job and maybe even yours eventually, but in the meantime, its dumber cousins amuse me by barfing up unintentional howlers while transcribing human speech. A recent example was “Akita success,” which did not allude to an accomplishment attributable to a handsome, dense-coated dog with pointy ears and fold-over …
Dog Blogging
Sunday Morning Open Thread: The (Debt Limit) Beat Goes On
But first: Betty bait! See this swim-crazy dog's reaction to a new indoor pool pic.twitter.com/FXyyZaXYUj — CNN (@CNN) May 28, 2023 Doing my best to summarize what we know but still a lot of outstanding questions. I am still curious exactly what happens on money for domestic programs – including key antipoverty programs https://t.co/eK842Q4PEO — …
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Saturday Morning Open Thread: Long Weekend, Praise / Please Trickster God
Biden: That’s ok, she’s allowed to do anything you want. Kids rule in my house pic.twitter.com/DMrtssznvn — Acyn (@Acyn) May 26, 2023 The work we are all doing together is historic. pic.twitter.com/4v5J5Yc0Gl — Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) May 26, 2023 I really, really admire both P!nk and her human teammate, but I hope never again to …
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To the Gates of Hell
UPDATE: Breaking news: verdict reached in Trump’s civil trial after 2.5 hours of deliberation. Will update once I find out what it is, but that deliberation time doesn’t bode well for the orange fart cloud. UPDATE 2: Jury finds Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation, not liable for rape. Carroll awarded $5 million in …
Happy Easter
As per blog tradition, Irie and the Easter Bunny:
Late Night Open Thread: Murphy’s Discourse
all the dogs in the neighborhood went crazy barking at a coyote running down the road but it's been gone for 20 minutes and they're stuck in a cycle of barking at one another now — Michael (@_FleerUltra) March 27, 2023 Aw cute they’ve got discourse too — Untracable Baklava (@Cpt_J_Yossarian) March 27, 2023 tfw …
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Saturday Pet Thread: Nick Loves Trixie
As promised, I finally put together some video of Nick and Trixie: A Love Story (well, at least his love story, still not sure about her). Toward the end you’ll understand why it’s been so difficult to get any video at all of them. The other day, as Trixie came in the house, Nick jumped …