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I feel kinda old already, ngl. And I don't like it 😭️

Inspired by true events.
Never drank wine much before, am more of a beer/whiskey/vodka type guy.
Adult grape juice is really good too tho.

Usually I'm more of a Jim Lahey drunkard tho hehe (like 20% of him, the booze don't speak to me)

The article is a bit older, but still relevant. Excerpts, emphasis mine:

An online ad for Ben McAdams, the Democratic candidate for Congress in Utah, emphasised that he could be trusted because he “fought back against MAGA”.

In Texas, another ad promoted Republican candidate Chris Gober, calling him a “MAGA warrior”.
Source: American Mission / Google Ad Transparency Center

What’s interesting is that both ads were ultimately paid for with money from the same organisation – Leading the Future (LTF), a Super PAC which opposes regulations that “constrain” innovation in AI. The network has received US$125 million in funding in total from OpenAI president Greg Brockman, his wife Anna Brockman, tech-focused venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and a16z’s founders, Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings show.

Directly opposing LTF is Public First Action (PFA), which calls for AI safety regulations and guardrails. PFA has received $40 million in funding from AI company Anthropic.

Like the ads run by organisations funded by LTF, the Super PACs funded by PFA also ran ads that appeared supportive or critical of Trump depending on the voters they were targeting.

None of these ads mentions AI.

As the US 2026 midterm elections approach on Nov. 3, Super PAC spending on political advertising has reportedly soared to record highs, surpassing US$11 billion last week and exceeding the amount spent on any other election cycle to date.

Super PACs are a particular type of political action committee (PAC) that may receive unlimited contributions from individuals, corporations, labour unions and other PACs for the purpose of financing independent expenditures and other independent political activity.

In this year’s elections, LTF’s and PFA’s Super PACs, funded by the AI industry heavyweights, have played an outsized role in supporting or opposing candidates through advertising. But as polls show distrust of AI crosses party lines, the advertisements that Silicon Valley’s leaders are paying millions of dollars to try to sway the results in their chosen candidates’ favour often do not mention AI at all.

And even if I am, what prevents me from using it as such? It didn't seem like there's some kind of file size restriction or whatever. Maybe there's no end-to-end encryption but if put that aside, I don't see any problems with it

Hehe :3

To be fair, I have no idea who's corrupting who in this relationship...we're both kinda freaky. And that's good ❤️

As soon as this year’s winners are sworn in, roughly 75% of all Americans will have Democratic governors — a shakeup that reflects the party’s dominance in the nation’s most populous states and could have a seismic impact on everything from redistricting and the Electoral College to health care and tax policies, education funding and more.

In total, at least 28 states will now have Democratic governors. It will be 29 if Democratic state Sen. Cindy Holscher wins the still-uncalled race in Kansas — extending for a third term the party’s governorship of a state that votes reliably red in presidential races. Alaska, where votes are still being counted, could become the 30th Democratic win. Democrats also won several key downballot statewide offices and gained hundreds of seats in state legislative chambers across the country.

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LD s5e10 "The New Next Generation"

Nearly three decades after MediEvil first arrived on the original PlayStation, Sir Daniel Fortesque has been brought back from the dead yet again! This time, though, it's thanks to BlackLabelHQ, a team of developers who have used static recompilation to bring the original 1998 game natively to modern PCs. Their project, MediEvilRecomp, includes widescreen support, improved controls, higher frame rates, modding tools and plenty of other improvements, all while preserving the original game's character and unique charm.

Something I found really interesting in this one is the team's firm position on AI-generated code. As they proudly state, "This Recomp was made by human hands, no AI is involved in writing this code!" They even have a policy rejecting AI-generated contributions. I've written an article looking at the history of MediEvil, the technical work behind its latest resurrection, and why projects like this are becoming such an important part of video game preservation.

Nearly three decades after MediEvil first arrived on the original PlayStation, Sir Daniel Fortesque has been brought back from the dead yet again! This time, though, it's thanks to BlackLabelHQ, a team of developers who have used static recompilation to bring the original 1998 game natively to modern PCs. Their project, MediEvilRecomp, includes widescreen support, improved controls, higher frame rates, modding tools and plenty of other improvements, all while preserving the original game's character and unique charm.

Something I found really interesting in this one is the team's firm position on AI-generated code. As they proudly state, "This Recomp was made by human hands, no AI is involved in writing this code!" They even have a policy rejecting AI-generated contributions. I've written an article looking at the history of MediEvil, the technical work behind its latest resurrection, and why projects like this are becoming such an important part of video game preservation.

GF2 - DJI 15mm