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sheshe2

(98,465 posts) Sun May 10, 2026, 01:36 AM May 10

1964 and 2026 any questions

A lot has happened, but not much has changed.
— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) 2026-05-10T02:24:07.211Z

The more things change
The more they stay the same.
— VegasJake (@vegasjake1.bsky.social) 2026-05-09T17:14:27.168Z

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1964 and 2026 any questions (Original Post) sheshe2 May 10 OP

no. Cha May 10 #1

Porter Good and Pretti. sheshe2 May 10 #2

Ohh No! They ae so beautiful! Cha May 10 #3

So beautiful and now forever young. sheshe2 May 10 #4

💔 💙 ☮️🌻🕯️🕊️💜 Cha May 10 #7

Psst EarlG May 10 #5

Thanks, EarlG! I was just about to point that out. The Threads post below shows the collage of their highplainsdem May 10 #6

Artificial intelligence is the antithesis of reality. Thanks for reminding us EarlG. George McGovern May 10 #8

No Grasshopper, it is not Layzeebeaver May 10 #9

It's badly flawed tech based on theft. And it's the antithesis of reality, as George said. highplainsdem May 10 #10

It may be an antithesis, but it still is a thing Layzeebeaver May 11 #18

People have been known to shoot and kill bears, to keep the metaphor. ColoringFool May 10 #13

you can attack the metaphor but you still have to address the truth Layzeebeaver May 11 #17

Since when was my post an "attack"? It was, in fact, a continuation, meaning..... ColoringFool May 11 #19

As a 1st grade teacher ""Everything Changes,Nothing Stays The Same" BigmanPigman May 10 #11

Striking photos, sheshe2. It's heartbreaking. The MLK Jr photo is from 1958, though. Famous photo highplainsdem May 10 #12

PS Back to the OP.. I searched and learned Cha May 10 #14

Wrong date, colorized photo, made-up images of real people...quite a bit of misinfo in this thread. WhiskeyGrinder May 10 #15

There's so much misinformation circulating in internet memes. I saw social media posts of that and highplainsdem May 10 #16

Cha

(320,599 posts)

1. no.

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Sun May 10, 2026, 01:54 AM

May 10

💔 💙 ☮️

🌻🕯️🕊️💜

Now we have Nazis & ICE stalking, killing Peaceful Protestors & American Citizens, too. In a pretext to look for immigrants.

sheshe2

(98,465 posts)

2. Porter Good and Pretti.

Reply to Cha (Reply #1)

Sun May 10, 2026, 02:22 AM

May 10

Cha

(320,599 posts)

3. Ohh No! They ae so beautiful!

Reply to sheshe2 (Reply #2)

Sun May 10, 2026, 02:54 AM

May 10

I didn't know much about Keith Porter Jr., 43..

TY for saying his name, she.

I just did a search. We can imagine how their family, friends, and anyone with a heart feels... I know how I feel right now just reading about it.

Some day There Must Be Justice.. sometimes it takes a Damn Long Time.

💔 💙 ☮️🌻🕯️🕊️💜

sheshe2

(98,465 posts)

4. So beautiful and now forever young.

Reply to Cha (Reply #3)

Sun May 10, 2026, 03:01 AM

May 10

I had to look up Porter as well, Cha.

Tears.

Cha

(320,599 posts)

7. 💔 💙 ☮️🌻🕯️🕊️💜

Reply to sheshe2 (Reply #4)

Sun May 10, 2026, 03:27 AM

May 10

EarlG

(23,714 posts)

5. Psst

Reply to sheshe2 (Reply #2)

Sun May 10, 2026, 03:07 AM

May 10

Those pictures appear to be AI hallucinations. Real images:

highplainsdem

(63,108 posts)

6. Thanks, EarlG! I was just about to point that out. The Threads post below shows the collage of their

Reply to EarlG (Reply #5)

Sun May 10, 2026, 03:25 AM

May 10

photos that's apparently used most often. I didn't see that AI version sheshe2 posted when I searched.

Post by @kufuffelhoff

View on Threads

/keith-porter-jr-renee-good-alex-pretti-and-thats-just-the-ones-that-we-know

Post by @johnporter13

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George McGovern

(12,929 posts)

8. Artificial intelligence is the antithesis of reality. Thanks for reminding us EarlG.

Reply to EarlG (Reply #5)

Sun May 10, 2026, 03:30 AM

May 10

Layzeebeaver

(2,292 posts)

9. No Grasshopper, it is not

Reply to George McGovern (Reply #8)

Sun May 10, 2026, 03:47 AM

May 10

It is a catalyst, an essence of all that the Situationists pointed out long ago.

The bear is out of the cave. Learn to ride the bear, or be eaten.

highplainsdem

(63,108 posts)

10. It's badly flawed tech based on theft. And it's the antithesis of reality, as George said.

Reply to Layzeebeaver (Reply #9)

Sun May 10, 2026, 04:07 AM

May 10

Layzeebeaver

(2,292 posts)

18. It may be an antithesis, but it still is a thing

Reply to highplainsdem (Reply #10)

Mon May 11, 2026, 03:19 AM

May 11

You can't just discount something because you disagree with it

we need a strategy that works against it.

I've yet to see such a thing

ColoringFool

(1,081 posts)

13. People have been known to shoot and kill bears, to keep the metaphor.

Reply to Layzeebeaver (Reply #9)

Sun May 10, 2026, 04:36 AM

May 10

Layzeebeaver

(2,292 posts)

17. you can attack the metaphor but you still have to address the truth

Reply to ColoringFool (Reply #13)

Mon May 11, 2026, 03:16 AM

May 11

ColoringFool

(1,081 posts)

19. Since when was my post an "attack"? It was, in fact, a continuation, meaning.....

Reply to Layzeebeaver (Reply #17)

Mon May 11, 2026, 02:26 PM

May 11

MAYBE, JUST MAYBE, WE CAN STOP THE RAPID CONSTRUCTION PACE OF AI, SUCH AS IN UTAH.

BigmanPigman

(55,527 posts)

11. As a 1st grade teacher ""Everything Changes,Nothing Stays The Same"

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Sun May 10, 2026, 04:08 AM

May 10

was a story in the curriculum and I always hated it since I KNEW that some things DO stay the same! Sure, seasons change, things and beings grow, etc. but I felt like I was lying to my 6 year old's. The moronic American voter never changes (at least in my lifetime). The ability to choose and destroy other humans for any reason never changes. Hatred, greed, violence between humans never changes. Choosing to elect leaders against your own best interests never changes. Goodness, justice, fairness, equality will never last for very long....that definitely never changes. I am a misanthrope and a realist.

highplainsdem

(63,108 posts)

12. Striking photos, sheshe2. It's heartbreaking. The MLK Jr photo is from 1958, though. Famous photo

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Sun May 10, 2026, 04:16 AM

May 10

that the New Yorker had an artist recreate for a cover 4 years ago: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2022-01-17

Cha

(320,599 posts)

14. PS Back to the OP.. I searched and learned

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Sun May 10, 2026, 04:52 AM

May 10

How to copy/paste Blue Sky Reposts without an account, she..

A lot has happened, but not much has changed.
— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) 2026-05-10T02:24:07.211Z

Never know when it might help out.

Mahalo!! 💔 💙 ☮️

🌻🕯️🕊️💜

WhiskeyGrinder

(27,228 posts)

15. Wrong date, colorized photo, made-up images of real people...quite a bit of misinfo in this thread.

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Sun May 10, 2026, 07:08 AM

May 10

highplainsdem

(63,108 posts)

16. There's so much misinformation circulating in internet memes. I saw social media posts of that and

Reply to WhiskeyGrinder (Reply #15)

Sun May 10, 2026, 12:46 PM

May 10

similar memes with both the correct (1958) and incorrect (1964) date for the MLK photo.

As for the AI not-images of Porter, Good and Pretti...I'm guessing that AI collage supposedly of them has been circulating on social media for a while, though I didn't see it when I searched Google Images for their last names in that order. Google's been trying hard to keep AI fake photos out of Google Images, though. Someone might've just asked an image generator to generate that collage, assuming AI would provide real photos (ha). I posted a thread in LBN recently about Trump's Secretary of Education posting AI-generated fake photos of real people. And there's a small chance that AI user, whoever it was, thought it would be a good thing to create an idealized central-casting AI version of them, and didn't realize that was in no way appropriate or fair to them.

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