aka Alex Wells, certified gentlethem. Author, geologist, "asshole geographer," cyclist, cat dad. Union strong and queer as hell. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈✊ All opinions strictly my own. (he/they) https://alexkacks.com/
Alex Acks
The most frustrating part is that I've lost katsudon dot net to GoDaddy or something. I've had that URL since 2001 and got screwed by a combination of my host's auto-renew not working and me being so busy at day job I didn't notice until it was too late.
we should collectively, as the populace of Earth, charge them a toll if they want to come back
The next time a director says bullshit like this, I want the interviewer to ask:
"If AI was around when you made your other films, which artists would you have fired?"
I mean it. Name real fucking names. Of all the brilliant people you worked with, who do you think doesn't deserve a job anymore?
**slides this toward you like a cat**
Hey, hey you. You wanna read a poem?
You’re in luck! **opens trenchcoat** **three raccoons fall out**
…wait.
Annals of AI fuckups: an author forwarded me the email below, in which the book club scammer mistakenly sent the AI output instead of the intended email pitch.
Note the "strategic analysis", which illustrates the scammers' boiled-frog approach
I'm back. Or at least, I have a website again. It's a start at least. alexkacks.com/2026/05/22/i...
Alex Acks
Hal Duncan
William Bibbiani
TIL this and I’m just. No words.
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/li...
Queers of a certain age, we see the name "Laramie" in connection with violence against one of our own and we have a real visceral reaction. I'm glad Rihanna is still alive. I hope someday she's OK.
The Fred Rogers Production has started uploading every episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood for free.
www.youtube.com/@misterroger...
It’s amazing to watch the professional journalism class dance around this:
When U.S. forces liberated the Dachau concentration camp in Germany, some of those interned for homosexuality were not freed but rather were required to serve out the full term of the sentences they h...
Welcome to the official Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood YouTube channel!
For more than 30 years, Mister Rogers created a relationship with millions of children, each of whom felt like they were visiting ...
