Pen sketch of woman yelling at a defiant cat
When learning to draw it is essential to study the master works
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Pen sketch of woman yelling at a defiant cat
When learning to draw it is essential to study the master works
So they're going to make an exception specifically for those looking to make a profit?
Are they also planning to make burglary legal if you can prove you intend to sell the stuff that you stole?
tbf PR has gotten a lot easier since news outlets fired all their fact-checkers
Amazon isn't actually involved at all, though the press release certainly strives to make it sound that way. The "news" is that they've hired a guy who used to oversee social media accounts for Amazon's UK/EU TV shows.
From Mark Whelan's LinkedIn page: Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studios Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studios Full-time · 6 yrs 2 mosFull-time · 6 yrs 2 mos Senior Social Operations Manager Senior Social Operations Manager Feb 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 2 mosFeb 2022 to Present · 4 yrs 2 mos Greater London, England, United KingdomGreater London, England, United Kingdom • Define and drive adoption of EU-wide social platform strategies • Led social expansion strategy, launching 21 social handles across 7 new locales • Oversaw EU-wide agency restructure to centralise paid media management• Define and drive adoption of EU-wide social platform strategies • Led social expansion strategy, launching 21 social handles across 7 new locales • Oversaw EU-wide agency restructure to centralise paid media management Social Media Video Manager (EU-wide) Social Media Video Manager (EU-wide) Feb 2020 - Feb 2022 · 2 yrs 1 moFeb 2020 to Feb 2022 · 2 yrs 1 mo London, United KingdomLondon, United Kingdom • Launched Grand Tour Tiktok handle, growing from 0 to 500k+ followers in 4 months • Produced original YouTube formats, with one format adapted into an Amazon Original • Managed UK, NL, DE YouTube handles
"Why are you describing this guy as an 'Amazon Exec' when his job was running TikTok accounts?"
"We were in a lot of boardrooms around February time, and everyone was like, 'No, this is nothing. It's not going to happen'. Then, by May, people were like, 'We need to do something with you guys? When we first launched Tilly, people were like, 'What's that?, and now we're going to be announcing which agency is going to be representing her in the next few months," said Van der Velden.
Some follow-up questions you could have asked instead of blindly reprinting the press release:
“What happened to all those talent agencies that were clamoring to sign Tilly Norwood as a client? Didn’t you say in September that you were going to be announcing a contract soon? What happened to that?”
The CEO of Particle6, Eline van der Velden, announced the "rapid expansion" of Tilly Norwood and its universe on Monday in a press release. Van der Velden has also recruited Amazon Executive Mark Whelan from Prime Video as Head of Strategy and Operations for the AI talent studio Xicoia, which is part of Particle6.
Huh, I wonder what happened to all those big Hollywood talent agencies that were totally clamoring to sign Tilly Norwood?
One of the biggest problems with modern media is the way they uncritically repeat the bullshit these liars say to them in their sales pitches. Stop being PR agents for assholes.
Beautiful rendering on the vampire girlfriend!
An AI slop bear with bear claws
a close-up of weird human hands counting money
Big fan of the bear paws that change into human hands for certain shots, because Gemini's training dataset doesn't have enough footage of paws doing complicated stuff.
A man breathing down another man’s neck
0.5 seconds after you start trying to sketch something in a museum:
'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms' star Peter Claffey doing an impression of Stewie from 'Family Guy'
Pretty spot on 😂
Macro photo of a brown stink bug in face view on a leaf, guarding a tightly-clustered bunch of eggs that are shaped and colored exactly like a full tray of dark beer with foam on top.
Finally, the bug is back with a round of the Guinness.
Trent Crimm, The Independent?
One of the things I love about Gen Z is how they take all the little millennial snark sayings seriously. We said “hang it in the louvre” for two decades and they said “bet”
6 minutes long so can't repost here, sorry
But vital video from a black woman with tourettes on the misunderstandings and hurt going on in viral discourse over John Davidson at the BAFTAs.
two otters one is showing off her baby and the other is showing off a pipe with a headline that says that
being at the age where everyone you know is having children
Chi Lewis-Parry as Samson and Ralph Fiennes as Kelson in 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
The most outlandish plot point in 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is Samson routinely getting same-day appointments with his local GP.
(And seeing the same GP every time!)
A painting of some cherry blossoms in Chinese watercolours with “winter cherry flowers” written in Chinese in the bottom right corner.
I’ve been learning to paint cherry blossoms.
Reading Project Hail Mary. It opens with the protagonist waking up with amnesia and a tube up his butt and he's like "you're probably wondering how I ended up here (with a tube up my butt) because I sure am."
A bus tracker showing a bus scheduled for 8:06 that will be arriving and departing at 7:49, because UK public transport is Satan’s work
Another morning, another showdown with my nemesis, The Bus That Runs Early.
This is the same guy that Streeting has appointed to lead the ADHD review. transsafety.network/posts/simon-...
As far as I can find, Wes Streeting has never publicly acknowledged the ADHD Taskforce report that concluded ADHD is underdiagnosed and under-treated. A few months after it was published he ordered his own investigation into ADHD “overdiagnosis.” www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/high-sp...
Aka the “we’ve had enough of experts” approach to healthcare.
I would like to get off this ride now please
Oh, and she also casually put out there “you perform better in exams if you're on amphetamines."
Which is A) not true for people without ADHD and B) a ludicrously irresponsible statement for a doctor to make to the press.
EDUCATION Cambridge students 'fake ADHD' to get more time in exams City doctor reports big increase in undergraduates wanting a letter for their tutor Doctors can recommend certain conditions for exams, such as giving a candidate more time or sitting the exam in a quieter room ALAMY Cambridge students are gaming the system by "actively seeking" diagnoses for mental health conditions which means they get extra time in exams, according to a GP. Dr Fiona Cornish said that GPs have noticed a "massive spike" in university students "rushing in wanting a letter" to provide a diagnosis before exam term, meaning they can get special arrangements. "I don't know anyone who went to an ADHD clinic who hasn't come back with a diagnosis. And then you go on amphetamines and of course you perform better in exams if you're on amphetamines."
Remembering the time this GP went to the Times to declare “my patients are faking ADHD just to get drugs and extra time in exams.” Knowing full well that some of those patients would see the article.
Excerpt from "Stanley Yelnats' Survival Guide to Camp Green Lake" by Louis Sachar: Water was very scarce. It was expensive to bring water into Camp Green Lake. We were allowed only a four-minute shower every day. After four minutes, the shower shut off automatically. Those four minutes were the best part of the day. Four minutes of heaven in a day of hell. The water wasn't artificially heated, but with the sun beating down on it all day, it was just warm enough to be comfortable. "I was thinking about putting a suggestion in Mom's suggestion box," Armpit said. In case you haven't noticed, we all had nicknames. I was Caveman. Mom was Our nickname for Mr. Pendanski. It was about eight-thirty at night. We were all lying in our cots, but no one was asleep yet. "This I gotta hear," said Squid.
"Wouldn't it better if we could break up our shower time?" asked Armpit. "What are you talking about?" asked X-Ray. "You waste water when you put on soap," Armpit said. "What if the water only went for forty-five seconds, then turned off? Just long enough to get you wet all over. Then you could take as much time as you need to get the soap on. Then turn the water back on for three minutes and fifteen seconds." He'd even done the math. "So what do you think?" he asked. "It's still a four-minute shower, so it doesn't use any more water. But we get to enjoy it for a longer time."
We all watched Armpit proudly sign his name and drop the suggestion in the box. Three days later I saw Mr. Sir working on the showers. The guys from D tent gathered around. X-Ray asked, "Whatcha doin', Mr. Sir?" "Adjusting the mechanism," Mr. Sir replied. "So that the showers can stop and start.” Magnet patted Armpit on the back. That evening after dinner, Mr. Pendanski stood up and made an announcement. "There will be a change in the shower procedure," he said. “It is a waste of water to apply soap while the shower is running. Don't worry.
The showers will still last four minutes. But first they will run for one minute to allow you to get wet. Then the shower will shut off and remain off for exactly one minute. During that time you will apply the soap. Then the shower will come back on for the remaining two minutes. This will give you plenty of time to rinse off the soap. Remember, a clean body is a healthy body." I couldn't believe it. Maybe I hadn't heard right. "Did Mom just say two minutes?" asked Armpit. I'd heard correctly. We still had a four-minute shower, but only three minutes of water. "Great idea, Armpit," grumbled Zigzag. "Do us all a favor, Armpit," said X-Ray, "and don't get any more smart ideas."
There was a line earlier in the season that nailed it. AI tools won't be used to ease doctors' workloads so they can go home on time, have a better work-life balance etc. They'll just be used to pile on *even more* work.
Aka the Camp Green Lake Four-Minute Shower Effect.
Barometric pressure is fun because no one really pays attention to it so when the big drops hit millions of people suddenly think "wow, I feel terrible, I must really need to fix my diet/sleep schedule."
When really it's because we all just mildly exploded.
