Fark NotNewsletter: Draw this squirrel

This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1681925829-66131-26216 Content-Type: text/html Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable [3D"The](3D")= > [3D"Facebook"](3D") [=3D"Twitter"](3D") [3D"Totalfark"](3D") Having trouble reading thi= s email? View it online [here](3D". Comments thread: [ 28344](3D" Unsubscribe links are at the bottom of this message. =20 =20 Since it's spring, it seems like a good time f= or this Fark activity: Draw this squirrel! The squirrel is posted [at the top of the comments thread](3D") for this Fark= NotNewsletter. She or he has been started for you with ears and a tail, so= save the pic, print it, or whatever works for you, and fill the rest in. Y= ou can be as creative or uncreative as you want, and add a background or ev= en a moose friend if you so desire. You can draw on it, Photoshop it, needl= epoint it, whatever you want. Put your squirrel in a tree, on the moon, und= er the bed, floating in the void -- the only limit is your imagination and = probably your artistic skills and like maybe how lazy or energetic you're f= eeling and definitely your apathy level. Please just keep your squirrel saf= e for work (even the Fark squirrel preserves his modesty with a layer of fu= r) and post the result in this week's [Fark NotNewsletter commen= ts thread](3D". I look forward to seeing your squirrels! (That's not= a euphemism.) XOXO, DisseminationMonkey ________________________ A message from Dre= w Curtis: ________________________ He= y everyone hope your week's been well. The New York Tim= es reported yesterday that Reddit plans to sell API access to its data to c= ompanies looking to train up AIs. While this might seem like a somewh= at risky idea, turns out companies have already been using Reddit comments = to train AIs for some time now. Apparently having a huge trove of con= versations where real people talk to each other is something highly sought = after by AI researchers. So I checked Fark's database.&= nbsp; Looks like we have almost 13 million links with close to 161 million = comments over 24 years. Anyone want a crack at it for an AI project?&= nbsp; Can't imagine what a Fark-trained AI would be like though. Talk= ing nonstop about streetlights, pickles, and slatted chairs no doubt. = Caveat: Don't give it access to guns. This week on Thu= rsday at 4 p.m. Eastern -finally- its the [Fark News Li= vestream](3D"). I had to late-cancel last week due to my neighbor succe= ssfully locating my fiber internet connection with his lawnmower. Who= ops. Anyhow, it's been up for a week now, as long as my laptop doesn'= t die we should be good to go! What are the chances? Anyhow, we= 're locked and loaded for weird news this week, I have over a hundred artic= les to pare down before then. Come join us! ________________= ________ End Drew transmission _= _______________________ Top Comments Some of the top-voted smartest and funn= iest comments from the past week Funny: yahyahy= ah had [comforting words f= or the father of a prank YouTuber who was shot when the family is harassed = on the internet](3D"https:=) bostonguy shared some [information about the Fark community](3D") OdradekRex knew why some= one stole two million dimes from a trailer HugeMistake = ong> [tested the limits of ChatGPT](3D") indylaw [helped fight the = H3N8 bird flu](3D"htt=) optikeye wasn't happy to see a threa= d about [the "new cow tipping champion= " (a dairy farm explosion)](3D"=) edmo [reacted to an article's poor phrasing](3D") Milli= onDollarMo considered [the D= alai Lama asking a boy to suck his tongue](3D" Petite Mel = g> was [unsurprised by Baloo U= riza's Okie talk](3D"=) New Rising Sun noticed&n= bsp;[a standout photo in an article about a= dangerous cave full of crystals](3D") Smart: Lad= y J shared a story about [an= asshat on a flight to Ibiza](3D" yahyahyah had [comforting words for the father of a prank Y= ouTuber who was shot when the family is harassed on the internet](3D") The Third Man [had a questio= n and then answered it](3D=) nmrsnr talked about [what to do with your huge lottery winnings= a> dammit just give me a login shared](3D")[how special it was to get an issue of Mad Magazine as= a child](3D") winedrinkingman confirmed [what you probably figured about cops' feelings about= body cameras](3D") wademh discussed [the position cops put George Floyd's entire body in when= they killed him](3D") TotallyHeadless had a theory abou= t [why the Forbes "30 Under 30" list s= eems to be a great place to find terrible people](3D") foo monkey = told us about [a fun game wi= th the neighbors and the one who kept it going](3D=) CSB Sunday M= orning theme: [The most unusual job you've ever had](3D"http=) Smart:= hubiestubert [worke= d for a man who sold antiques and guns](3D" Funny: = claytonemery [had a temporary jo= b in waste collection](3D"https=) Politics Funny: whith= er_apophis found out [why so= me panicky people are so threatened by Bud Light now](3D" Crocodu= ck commented on [the mass s= hooting in a bank in Louisville, KY](=3D" August11 [pleaded with the Discord group that a Massa= chusetts Air National Guardsman allegedly shared top-secret info with](3D")kudayta could tell that [Bud Light was hiding something](3D" adamgreeney = found [an extra reason to buy a new a= nti-woke beer](3D"=) Politics Smart: August11 = rong> had [a pretty cool idea](3D"=) gunga galunga described [the huge change Bud Light made and how it affects everyone forever](3D" noticed [how Tennessee House Republicans put their noses to the grindstone](3D" suggested [a companion to the baby boxes Florida is installing for their anti-= abortion baby boom](3D" BigMax looked at [the person Ted Nugent referred to as a "Satan artis= t"](3D") Top Contest Entries= Some of the top-voted contest entries from last week Photoshops: dlarsen222 found [a Lebowski store](3D") Excelsior = ong> [opened a tattoo parlor](3D") Octafrye's [store was for pe= ople who're high](3D"ht=) GoodDoctorB [toyed with this dangling spelunker](3D" RedZoneTuba [mocked us and insulted our parent= s](3D"=) samsquatch revealed [what happens at ant school](3D" jaylight2003 = > [never heard the word impossible](3D") = Yammering_Splat_Vector [p= ut the tit in attitude](3D" samsquatch [rewarded a very good dog](3D") Yammering_Splat_Ve= ctor had [an unusual rook](3D"http=)= > Octafrye showed [what happens when idiots are threatened by beer](3D" Farktogra= phy theme: [In the Dark of= the Night](3D"https:/=) orionid showed us [a stunning view of the Milky Way](3D") Fark Headlines of the Week A= selection of some of the top headlines from last week [Fox sanctioned for not watching h= en house](3D") [Now that it is April, western PA = decides to take down the holiday trucks from the overpasses](3D"https:/=) [Thirt= een killed as bus filled with musicians drives off clef](3D") [Tennessee state legislator who wanted to add "hanging on a t= ree" to state's death penalty options has been removed from justice committ= ee assignment and sent to Transportation, where he'll probably advocate for= "back of bus" seating arrangements](3D") [Rupert Mu= rdoch noped out of his engagement to Lesley Anne Warren just three weeks af= ter it was announced, because Warren told Murdoch that she believed Tucker = Carlson was a messenger from God, and if you can't tell God and Satan apart= , well](3D") [Aborti= on drug that was banned, then unbanned, then restricted, is now unbanned. A= lito didn't get enough Quid Pro Crow](3D"https://w=) [What i= s the price of a human life? Well, based on the NRA bribes last election, a= bout $819](3D") [Volcano in Kamchatka erupts, threatening many a= Farker's Risk strategy](3D"https:=) [The steaks have never been higher](3D") [Judge judges Judge judgement in Judge's = favor](3D") [Mad magazine legend Al Jaffee folds in at age 102](3D"=) [S= eattle settles scanty swimsuit server suit satisfying sleepy sippers](3D") Fark Weird News Quiz= an> (brought to you by ox45tallboy) Another f= un time on this week's Quiz, although I still don't understand why Sonic ca= lls their blue drink sticks "Ocean Water." Maybe it's popular among shark f= urries, I dunno. On the Quiz itself, three people made it into the 1000 clu= b, where we're doing a Drink Stick sampler platter. Unfortunately, the frid= ge is on the fritz so we're gonna have to be doing them in warm water.= runwiz came out on top with 1010, followed by Gibsongrl right behind with 1009, and freakingmoron= made fourth with 1008. Tax Boy came in four= th with 989, and Edgewood Dirk rounds out the top fiv= e with a respectable 976. The hardest question on last week's= Hard Quiz was about a Bed Bath & Beyond thief's haul valued at $17,700= . Only 38% of quiztakers knew that one guy was able to snag 33 vacuum clean= ers in one smash-and-grab at the Youngstown, OH location. As of this writin= g, no arrests have been made or merchandise recovered, so the "sucks to be = him" joke I was planning on putting here won't exactly work. = The easiest question on last week's Easy Quiz was about which video game th= eme music was now part of the National Recording Registry of the Library of= Congress. 95% of quiztakers heard the Super Mario Brothers theme in their = heads when answering this one, and I'm betting the majority ended it with t= he "Blllt! Dun-dun-duh-dun-dun-duh-dun" when you hit that Koopa Troopa afte= r the first pit in world 1-1. Hopefully they'll not bother with the music f= rom the water levels. The hardest question on last week's Eas= y Quiz was about where GenXer's grew up seeing New York's Hello Deli. = Only 55% of quiztakers recognized the deli is just around the corner from t= he Ed Sullivan Theater, home of The Late Show with David Letterman (now The= Late Show with Stephen Colber). Dave's regular bits with owner Rupert Jee = made the deli famous and a NYC landmark. If you're in NYC, you should proba= bly stop by for some corned beef and a selfie with Rupert, as he announced = his retirement last week and is looking to sell. The easiest = question on last week's Easy Quiz was about which country announced a landm= ark in preservation efforts of their wild tiger population. 83% of quiztake= rs knew that India now had more than 3,000 tigers living in the wild. while= China apparently has fewer than Joe Exotic with less than 50 still roaming= free. This is just me, but I'm not sure this is great for Indian tourism. = "Come to India, see the Taj Mahal, tour the Golden Temple of Amritsar,= get eaten by the wild tigers that roam freely!" Then again, people st= ill go to Florida, so maybe imminent death by local fauna is not that = big of a deal breaker. If you missed out last week, now's a great t= ime to [catch up on the Fark Weird News Quiz](3D"=). 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