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We rewatched “9 to 5” starring Dolly Parton, Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, and Dabney Coleman. Really ahead of its time and a great way to remember and celebrate Dolly. Amazingly, the director and co-screenwriter, Colin Higgins, was the writer and co-producer of Harold and Maude!
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IMSO (In My Strident Opinion) you can choose to use AI to be more fake, or to be more real.
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When I was a kid, “NO NUKES” was a popular rallying cry against nuclear power. It was so successful that, in the US, we continued to burn massive amounts of coal and oil to avoid widely adopting it. All technologies have downsides and upsides. With AI, I think the upsides will prove out.
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\n\n“HOLY SHIT I JUST BANG THESE STONES TOGETHER AND I’M WARM.”
\n\n“HEY DIPSHIT YOU’RE GONNA BURN THE WHOLE FOREST DOWN.”
\n\nPros and cons.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/danielpunkass/91090819","date_published":"2026-05-28T17:32:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Daniel Jalkut","url":"https://bitsplitting.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F17%2F18.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"danielpunkass"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-28 17:32","date_timestamp":1779989536,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90750364","content_html":"It reminds me of the gag in Sex and the City where Miranda calls to order Chinese food and after placing her order, the woman on the other end of the line giggles and says “Always the same!”
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