Photo of the author (with added agony)

<Turtle and Snail stand with Mouse in an open field; Mouse is holding a skull>
Mouse: "Hey friends, check this out!"

<Turtle and Snail look shocked>
Turtle: "Oh my god, Mouse, did you kill a guy??"

<Mouse puts the skull down>
Mouse: "No, no. It was already like this."

<Close up on the skull who now speaks>
Skull: "I killed a guy once. It cost me everything."

<Turtle and Snail are shown again>
Snail: "And so you were cursed to an existence between life and death-- one that is no life at all-- to dwell forever on the mistakes of your mortal coil?"

<Back to Skull>
Skull: "Wow, making a lot of assumptions about the talking skull here."

<Still on Skull>
Skull: "But essentially yes, that is the situation."

<Mouse and Skull are shown>
Mouse: "Good guess, Snail."

<Turtle and Snail are shown>
Snail: "Stereotypes exist for a reason."

A picture of Sugar's Copper Blue on (for some ridiculous reason) ORANGE vinyl.

a dense poster diagraming the components of the curta mechanical calculator, a hand-sized cylindrical device with a crank on top. the diagram shows the numerical selector switches along the side, the pins and other moving components within the device, as well as explanatory text (too voluminous to transcribe here at the moment)

screenshot of video: against a purple background, a gift wrapped in a green ribbon and bow is on the right; on the left, text reads "For The Person Who Likes Sex & Violence"

A scene rendered in light purple. It looks a bit like a woodcut. A winding river flows through a mountainous landscape, with a blurry forest in the distance. The sky is heavy with clouds. Flying through the sky in the distance is a witch on a broomstick. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

A game box called "Celestial Pursuit" The Ultimate in LDS Trivia

Mac and me alien driving

An oil portrait of a small brown and white dog with a studded collar on a table. The table has a pink tablecloth. On the table, to the right of the dog, are a large white porcelain cup with a floral design, a broken piece of bread, and what is maybe a biscotti. The dog is slightly plump and has a smug expression.

Columbo on the phone saying "That's Tuesday the 18th. I'll hold."

CDN media

Caption of photo showing artist in front of their portrait of Trump: Wendy Chartrand had no idea that her portrait of U.S. President Donald Trump, painted using horse manure mixed with water, would attract international attention after it sold at this year's Sooke Fine Arts Show, VIA WENDY CHARTRAND

Ciudad Juárez, 1892. Juan holds up a burrito and saysỗẠbehold luis, I call it: the burrito." Luis eats it and says "this is delicious Juan, but how on earth does this look like a little donkey?" Juan thinks and surmises "it looks like the ones I grew up with." Juan takes Luis to a field of small, bow-legged cylindrical donkeys who appear to me in great distress. Luis looks on in terror as one of the donkeys repeats
"kill me. kill me."

Illustration of someone washing their face with the caption "Fig. 27-8. Don't consider "quickie-swishes" a substitute for thorough cleaning.

<Image of detective Colombo using a phone; he is holding and looking at some notes>
"That's Tuesday the 18th.
I'll hold."

Dolly Parton saying something to Miss Piggy

a close up photo of a white chicken head on at the camera (the beak looks like Gonzo's nose)

vintage clip of a child throwing a handful or cash out a window

image

two stacks of cards, showing front/back of a red card with white text.

front: (all caps, large) Do Not Talk To Me About "AI"
(all caps, small)You Make Me Long For The Sweet Embrace Of Death

back: By using AI, you have given a pass to

* the staggering climate and ecological impact
* The outright attack on labor by capital
* The systemic disregard of consent
* The basis in wholesale theft and plagiarism
* The assault on the very concept of objective truth
* The enrichment of the most cringe billionaire fascist motherfuckers the world has ever seen

There is no ethical use of AI

If you ignore all of that, you are trying to negotiate what level of harm to others you find acceptable for your personal, selfish benefit. You advance the agenda of these hollow-eyed joyless money-ghouls who resent art, creativity, and life itself.

The machine is disgusting and must be destroyed

vintage viditel audio link through a phone