A little while ago, OpenAI released a tool that is much better at copying styles from other artists than previous models had been. This one was particularly good at copying the Studio Ghibli style.

So, people are generating all sorts of moments in history with ChatGPT in Studio Ghibli style. The tweet no fucking way dude, this studio ghibli thing has gone way too far (Twitter) provides a provocative example.

9 11 in Studio Ghibli style

It’s pretty good, bro.

Be me.

Wanna try it.

So I went to Copilot and asked it to render... [More]

This was another great discussion with Catherine Liu. I’d just written about another interview of hers in Trauma, Virtue and Liberal Elites. Chris was effusive about Catherine’s book (which I’ve purchased and is in my queue) as well as her engaging writing style, which is a far sight from the dry, academic and often-impenetrable style that has established itself as the standard.

Virtue Hoarders and the Rejection of Liberalism (w/ Catherine Liu) by The Chris Hedges Report (YouTube)

For fun, I used a service I’d learned about recently that lets you summarize a video. It’s called tl;dw (too long;... [More]

I saw a badge in my Amazon interface when I was cleaning up some lists. I thought it might have been a notification that something on my wishlist was available as a good price. That would have been helpful!

Instead, I saw the screenshot below.

Buy this book again!

For a second, I was excited to see that Sapkowski might have published another Witcher book but that’s not what was happening. What was happening was that Amazon was trying to fool me into buying a book that I already owned again. Either they are... [More]