Enough with these useless USB cables! America should pass a law MANDATING that every piece of consumer electronics come STANDARD with a Type A American wall plug adapter. And a Bible verse!

"I think that's a typo" —"No, no, the journal says clearly we should see the temple as soon as we reach Owler Egypt" 🦉

The trickiest thing in diplomacy is coming up with a unique Number of Points, so that instead of going into any details, reporters can simply refer to your That-Many Point Plan

Israel rejects Trump’s 15-point plan for Gaza, PM Benjamin Netanyahu says

Israel has continued to carry ⁠out strikes since agreeing to a ceasefire last October, and its forces continued to control large swathes of the Gaza Strip.

nbcnews.com

My entire life is "I think this is going to happen" "bUt YoU dOn'T _kNoW_" and then it happens

Jared Harris: It's Not a Theory

Alt: Harry Seldon: It's Not a Theory

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I'm starting to see "looking for high emotional intelligence" as a red flag on dating profiles Like yeah, we all are, right? But what does that mean to you?? First app that hands users a verified EQ score is gonna run the game until Match buys them out

Hey, Universe, do a second D&D Movie.

My entire lifestyle runs on like 1/4 of a kilowatt 1–2.5kW, 30kWh per day is considered standard for a modest American home And still PG&E sends me notes like "better cut down on that waste, piggy"

The Every Day list of important things to do, for a healthy mind 🧘, 🧘‍♀️ body, and 🧘‍♂️ spirit... ...is several days long

What went wrong in Jon Stewart's life that he feels compelled to sell sheets to finance a zoom webcam podcast?? (Oh yeah, and stop funding Netanyahu's fascism in Israel)

Sen. John Fetterman on Democratic Divides, DSA & Israel | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

YouTube video by The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

m.youtube.com

Think about Dracula One of the oldest, canon establishing vampire stories ever, and Stoker is already writing in a mechanism for Dracula to use modern tech to break the Old Rules Vampires must rest in their native soil. They cannot cross water So what does Stoker's vampire do? SHIP HIS OWN SOIL 🤯

Let’s talk about AI.

And yes the site is real. And feels real gross, like Scott Weiner's spiteful lunchtime computer lab project that nobody should ever have seen. This is who he is—

Wiener, backed by Anthropic PAC, uses Claude to skewer his SF rival

Scott Wiener's team said launching an AI ad is on par for San Francisco politics.

sfgate.com

Jeffrey Phillips@11thjeff.bsky.social · 4d ago

I'm just saying, if I told you a congressional candidate partnered with Anthropic to make AI chatbot ads impersonating their opponent... who would you say is the Republican? The victim or the attacker? San Francisco might be the most important GOP win if we don't get Connie Chan elected AI🤝Trump

I'm just saying, if I told you a congressional candidate partnered with Anthropic to make AI chatbot ads impersonating their opponent... who would you say is the Republican? The victim or the attacker? San Francisco might be the most important GOP win if we don't get Connie Chan elected AI🤝Trump

conniechansf.bsky.social@conniechansf.bsky.social · 4d ago

Let’s talk about AI.

Being a Billionaire was crazy a few hundred years ago because you couldn't "found" a new estate when you got bored being Count SpaceX You had to wait for King Trump to grant you new lands and titles for fealty in the wars of succession I guess my point is...maybe we should get back to an idle rich

That's so silly! If that were true what would that say about the rest of the Kalshi death markets? If we can't bet on human suffering what are we supposed to bet on? World Peace? Pfeh! What are the odds? Let's face it folks —gambling is in the constitution. It's never been outlawed

Oregon senators warn prediction markets allowing betting on wildfires could incentivize arson

A public report urges the CFTC to ban prediction market contracts on destructive wildfires, raising concerns over public safety and potential arson.

kptv.com

Is it just me or has the Second Trump Term led to a bump in Divorce? My head canon is that a lot of women thought it was all over after the first term, but now they're realizing the man they thought was going through a phase is actually just Like That

Who dis? Ουδείς Wouldn't have killed ya to throw us one pun, Nolan...

Tech stocks up double digit %s Still midrange week-on-week Regular Baron Trump Ass Economy

No. Dana White leveraged his public company to bribe our sitting President with $30Million in free PR/Spectacle A profit remains to be delivered—

UFC White House: UFC loses $30m staging Freedom 250 event at White House

UFC owners lose $30m (£22m) staging the Freedom 250 event, which was attended by US President Donald Trump, at the White House in June.

bbc.com

Here's one automation I want: Replace this thing I just broke. Doesn't matter what. Doesn't matter where from, or if it's only available second hand or overstock on eBay, or there's a special disposal protocol or recycling program or discounts or mailer signups Just—a new one shows up in the box

I just checked the stock market so I guess we're having a War Off day? Hard to keep up

Trump claims active ceasefire talks, but Iran denies direct negotiations

The status of the war remained in limbo Monday, and it was far from the first time that the two sides have offered differing versions of reality.

washingtonpost.com

But seriously though... I'm not kidding. This is my "organic" notification feed (a few exceptions hidden)—

Jeffrey Phillips@11thjeff.bsky.social · 6d ago

Go back on Twitter, and I have 17 notifications, but it's just 17 force-promoted @harlopippenger.bsky.social and @uhshanti.bsky.social tweets about local SF nonsense. You folks realize Elon Musk is just using you as Judas goats for any remaining democratic socialists, right? Free copy for Nazis 🤦‍♂️

Go back on Twitter, and I have 17 notifications, but it's just 17 force-promoted @harlopippenger.bsky.social and @uhshanti.bsky.social tweets about local SF nonsense. You folks realize Elon Musk is just using you as Judas goats for any remaining democratic socialists, right? Free copy for Nazis 🤦‍♂️

I used to come up with Golden Path product roadmaps like this all the time, before I realized most companies jjst want to sell something less good for more until they can get a lateral promotion that absolves them of consequence.

Jeffrey Phillips@11thjeff.bsky.social · 6d ago

You know what would be a real 5-D move @valvesoftware.com ? A year or so after the steam machine, you've been investing in hardware on the backend, most advanced tech, lightyears ahead. Then bam, Steam Machine 4x - it comes with 4 controllers, and plays 4 player 1080p multiplexed on a 4K screen

You know what would be a real 5-D move @valvesoftware.com ? A year or so after the steam machine, you've been investing in hardware on the backend, most advanced tech, lightyears ahead. Then bam, Steam Machine 4x - it comes with 4 controllers, and plays 4 player 1080p multiplexed on a 4K screen

"What kind of a question is that? Of course I speak Spanish! Look, they're gonna love it. One more take! Unos, dos, tres, CATORCE—" Thinking this morning about the time Apple told everybody with an iPod that they purchased a U-2 album (free!) and the world collectively went "No I f—ing did NOT"

iPod iTunes Vertigo U2

YouTube video by zarf

m.youtube.com

The implicit strategic assumption here is that Democrats will have more leverage on Dec 11, over Republicans who know for sure their seats are lost, and maybe their whole congressional majority? It was a mistake to pass last years budget and Dems have gotten nothing since they lost Medicaid + SNAP

Chuck Schumer@schumer.senate.gov · last wk.

MY STATEMENT ON THE CONTINUING RESOLUTION: For months, Democrats have been clear: we want to fund the government, avoid a shutdown and pass strong, bipartisan appropriations bills that improve people’s lives.

So is "Of Troy" like... a family name or—?

Speaking of lost knowledge, wonder how many people go to a website that's not mobile friendly these days and instead of thinking, "This is clearly a job for the Big Computer" they're just like "yuck, cheugy", ignore the content. Does AI make that better or worse when we're not even browsing mobile?

Jeffrey Phillips@11thjeff.bsky.social · last wk.

So I was looking up the physical hand/stylus position for pressing a Winkelhaken, and it got me thinking about how wild it would be if cuneiform survived to present day... Writing evolved in Mesoamerica, Mesopotamia, Egypt and China; we only use the last two. Imagine— cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.ph...

So I was looking up the physical hand/stylus position for pressing a Winkelhaken, and it got me thinking about how wild it would be if cuneiform survived to present day... Writing evolved in Mesoamerica, Mesopotamia, Egypt and China; we only use the last two. Imagine— cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/doku.ph...