what a cool guy, thanks, The New York Times!!

the reason executives are pushing AI so hard is they've always **hated** that they need people who can actually do things. people who can draw, sing, write, code, dance, film. people with taste who can pick colors and design spaces and draw. People who know how to edit footage and audio, who know things about lighting and languages, who can do research and analyze laws and regulations.

this is optimistic imo. Germany never recovered its place in the academic world after fascism.

man John Mulaney was so good when he was on drugs.

we were re-watching Stranger Things and my kid commented on the poor quality of the flashlights as maybe a way to ramp up the drama and i had to point out that no, serious, flashlights were **fucking terrible** in the 1980s, if anything the show **overstates** the effectiveness of flashlights back then, they **fucking sucked** kids who grew up in an LED world have **no** idea how bad we used to have it for flashlights.

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i just think splitting hairs over the details is the wrong approach, politically. it gives the impression there's some debate/uncertainty, but there isn't. blowing up unarmed civilian boats in international waters **is an atrocity** leave the details for the investigation/trial.

I hate these people. I hate their jargon, I hate their clothes, I hate their haircuts and their glasses, I hate their little events, I hate what they do with technology, I hate what they're doing to the world. they must be stopped.

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More Perfect Union (@moreperfectunion.bsky.social)

The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."

hurtling towards inevitable chaos and death.

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