Slack adding an animated AI button you cant disable is just evil.
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OpenAI announced a 230 dollar keypad? They needed to steal Apple IP for that?
Flight prices are brutal right now. Twice the price for LAX-MCO compared to last year... and they wonder why tourism is down.
WOW didn't have Lindsey Graham going before Mitch (officially).
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/sen-lindsey-graham-dies-71-brief-sudden-illness-rcna552722
Thanks Team USA, I needed a win today 😂
I've had this on my to-watch for a while and finally got around to it. I 100% agree, we're not renewing our Magic Key this year. Disneyland is just in a weird spot and with their cutbacks, I'd rather visit the other Disney parks and their competition more. Sadly a lot of people are Disney blind.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02ags5AYLtw
Wow rode Apocalypse at SFMM for the first time in four years and it’s rouuuuugh. Love it.
It’s 90 degrees which means perfect day to visit Magic Mountain
Sorry if anything is slow here, we're under a mild ddos, being mitigated but I'm seeing some increased response times.
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Some other cool finds, I really wish the living seas sticker was in better shape!
We've updated to v4.6.0 which includes collections!
https://opencoaster.net/collections/116766608823022212
I need a bingo board for AI lingo. Tokens (in reference to CSS), Tokens (in reference to $), Contracts, Harness, Binding...
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@jaredwhite@indieweb.social omg, I was sending a photo to someone, taken on an iphone - you know the device so good you can film production stuff on...
I zoomed in and was astounded at the ai-sloppification apple applied to it.
This wasn't passed through any filter or anything, right from my camera roll, cropped of course.
I rarely look back at my iphone pictures but it makes me so mad now knowing they have stuff like this.
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@jaredwhite@indieweb.social sad part is I have Halide, I'm just so used to swiping down and hitting apples camera button. Really need to re-train myself to use it
I don't know if this is just a clever marketing campaign or what, but it's really well done.
Whelp, I used to like A24 films, crossing them off my list now.
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/google-a24-ai-filmmaking-tools-1236787297/
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Basically, these tools are a massive waste of money and resources. For reference, that single run I did, it said cost 90 bucks in tokens... and of course they want you to run it on every commit.
😂 laughing at knowing a whole bunch of people signed off on this too
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dbg6CBBBeJX/
Oh wow I can't wait for the next season of Widow's Bay! They hit on so many horror tropes, absolutely loved it.
Really annoying to see some AI security research company listed in the advisory :\
Some more Imagineering stuff on sale starting tomorrow. Will sadly be scooped up by the same person that picked them up last weekend trying to get 10k+ for each.
https://www.estatesales.net/CA/Newbury-Park/91320/4961463
Flights went down for opening weekend of HHN so... guess I'm going!
Spoiler, Jeopardy answer
Booooo. Least we got one of the three?
Saw Gea (https://geajs.com) being talked about and looked into it and some folks are acting like it's some new kind of concept. I looked at their example and it looks exactly like something we've built in house and have been using for a decade https://github.com/firstandthird/domodule
Amazing how people are impressed by non-react reactivity. 🙄
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Update: It's as bad as people say. Ouch. Those Premier trains, if they helped, good lord.
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Just wanted to add too, the animation is pure svg which ended up making it not quite perfect but ya know it's good enough for a site that's been under construction for the last 12 years 🤣
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die was oh so much fun!
RIP Kumba. You were definitely a B&M coaster I won’t miss.
'D’Amaro added, “He also has real enthusiasm and respect for Disney"...'
Why yes, the guy that stole Disney's IP for profit totally respects Disney.
I feel bad for all the tech folks working there.
https://variety.com/2026/biz/news/disney-cto-karandeep-anand-character-ai-1236866528/
I really enjoyed Disclosure Day. I get why some people have problems with it, but I found it a refreshing take, and fairly unique - something rare these days.
Weird bug happening in Apple Music. My downloaded music, and only downloaded, plays back slightly faster. It’s maybe 10%. Just enough to be noticeable.
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Every wondered what the ticket to the 1988 Imagineering Open House looked like?
https://archive.org/details/walt-disney-imagineering-35-open-house-1988/mode/1up
Dam!
I’m still super confused how anyone in the entire production of ai slop like this didn’t speak up. Guess no one cares anymore?
https://www.reddit.com/r/rollercoasters/comments/1umozrf/ai_slop_coaster_other/
Missed this yesterday but love the behind the scenes of The American Adventure at EPCOT. Always wondered how they managed to load all the sets.
A bit late to this party but this section in the FAQs about the Apple lease program is pretty bad:
"You can use all debit cards and most major credit cards for your Klarna payments. However, some card networks, like AMEX and UnionPay — and some card issuers, like Chase and Capital One — are not accepted at Klarna."
No Amex, okay that's not unusual. No chase or Capital One? That rules out a LOT of customers and forces them to connect their bank directly to Klarna... something your shouldn't do.
The new Resident Evil overlay happening at Horror Unleashed was pretty cool. It’s clearly what they needed to draw more people here. Plus the award for finishing the game is a random discount coupon. Told they go up to 50%
Went to this estate sale this morning and was devastated they sold all of the old WED/Imagineering manuals to some auctioneer/hoarder. Apparently for only 25 bucks each too! I wanted them to put on archive.org but now no one will get to see them :(
https://www.estatesales.net/CA/Ventura/93003/4961454
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@kagihq@mastodon.social Like come on... You really gotta do better if you're going to offer a tool like this. If you can't verify then just turn it off.
Huh, TIL my high-school video production teacher was/is behind the Dragonframe software.