Curious if the people who fall down this chatbot hole are the same people who claim to have no inner monologue?
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 14h agoThe tech writer and podcaster Bridget Todd felt sorry for people who said they had relationships with chatbots. Then she became one of them. nyti.ms/46igD1j
Prompts like these are always wild to read. The answers are either: "I know critical consensus is that Blood Robber 3 is better than Blood Robber 5 but I just disagree" or "I have never seen a movie and hate all movies".
Rachel Merrill Artist for Gil Thorp and Death To Pachuco!@ohhhaeee.bsky.social · 3d agoWhats a movie everyone fucking loves that you despise? It doesnt have to be objectively bad, you just objectively DID NOT. Heres one for me since Ive been on a Barbara Loden kick lately-
This is Cope. This is the liberal Stab in the Back theory for 2024. At this rate I almost expect to start seeing people flying POW/MIA style flags that just say "Weird".
Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 3d agoI sincerely believe they could have ridden “They Weird, Yo” all the way to the White House.
Every day you read two headlines, one like "Trump orders U.S. Aircraft Carrier to get him Chik-fil-a" and one like "Hakeem Jeffries: We Must Be Very Cautious in the Way We Consider Speaking About Methods of Bringing About Incremental Change to U.S. Tax Code"
Not a huge fan of gambling but it seems off to compare something you pay for once (books, movie, etc) with something you pay for over and over again and which has no real price limitations.
Anna Kornbluh@annakornbluh.bsky.social · last wk.today in cultural decline gambling eclipses arts and entertainment combined film box office $8.87B recorded music $11.5B live music $18.51B books $14.6B museums $16.4B add it up: $70B less than half of the $166B Americans wagered on sports fortune.com/2026/07/26/g...
This is a glorified single-source interview with the head of Third Way. It quotes far more moderates saying they support the progressive candidates in the general election. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/u...
"Just cook your burrito at home" is funny because a burrito might be the worst thing to make for yourself. A high quality burrito requires ingredients and prep beyond what the standard home cook has plus the extra challenge of assembly. Its the perfect thin to outsource to a pro.
I really don’t want to know what sub $3 burritos made by the wife of the Babylon Bee guy look or taste like.
huck mason@tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 2w agofor reasons that only make sense if you're insane, a TPUSA kid complaining about burrito costs on xitter has the GOP's biggest divas going for each other's throats.
Disneyland has a truly massive parking structure and it had about 10000 spots. This would be triple the size.
Martin Austermuhle@maustermuhle.bsky.social · 3w agoOne part of Trump's $22 billion makeover of Dulles that's been missed is his big, beautiful, world-record 32,000-spot parking garage. That's *way* more parking than recent estimates show the airport needs, and it would tower over the historic terminal: www.notus.org/metro/dulles...
It's absolutely insane we've somehow let the Covid recriminations debate become like "why didn't we reopen in person schools before there was a vaccine" and not "why did none of the trump guys go to jail for stealing PPE from New York hospitals in March 2020"
Had me worried for a minute as I thought the good Max Miller from YouTube was going through some kind of scandal.
Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3w agoMax Miller is denying all the allegations against him and you can tell he's sincere because of the popped collar.
A new Hardcore History episode AND a new 4 hour Fall of Civilizations episode drop on the same day!?!
Not the most promising premise for a wacky Rom-Com but I think we can work with this.
Mr Market Miscalculates 🇪🇺🇺🇦🏴☠️@mrmarketmis.bsky.social · 3w agoBlowing up your $45bn hedge fund two days before your multi-day wedding? Priceless
Embrace Tradition (reading encyclopedias at your grandma's house that were printed a decade before you were born).
S. Kramer@libraryephemera.bsky.social · 3w agoWere you a child who read The World Book Encyclopedia for fun?
Judging from the comments a large number of people on here are just now learning about this. I thought this was common knowledge. I think this may have been the first bit of Douthat writing I ever encountered.
The Isaac Who Came In From the Butler@isaacbutler.bsky.social · 3w agoThere are enough youngins on here who came of age after the blogging era and thus don’t even know about Ross Douthat and “chunky Reese Witherspoon.” BEHOLD!
Whew, what a question. Broadly speaking, by subject/type (history, cookbooks, fiction etc) This is quite nerdy but I do keep all books I have purchased over the years because I listen to the author’s podcast together in a mini collection, regardless of subject.
Immigrant Punk@porcupunk.eurosky.social · 3w agoEnough of the horrors and doom scrolling. Let's talk about something fun. How do you arrange your books?
A lot of people are focused on this passage but the review itself is pretty evenhanded and not really a wall to wall takedown. She even thanks Nolan at the end for making the movie and spreading the story of the Odyssey to new people.
Josephine beckbook.com Riesman@josie.zone · 4w agoOmg. Omg omg omg. Emily Wilson (as in, the famed translator of Homer) just published her take on Nolan's Odyssey in @lrb.co.uk... and it is SWEET, JUICY HATERADE: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
This is my personal version of this tweet. He doesn’t know shit about tomatoes.
Based on their jump scare reactions, the people around me were not ready for Scylla’s big entrance in the film.
Unless he gets "carried away" by a pack of wolves I'm not interested.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 4w ago‘I got carried away’: Elon Musk expresses regret about Doge and wading into Trump’s orbit
"These candies are chalky and unpleasant!" "This concept of 'wuv' confuses and infuriates us!"
Chris Vannini@chrisvannini.com · last mo.What's a Futurama line that lives forever in your head? Mine is, "Oh, a lesson in not changing history from Mr. I'm My Own Grandpa."
The Dutch equivalent of Cass, (except it’s a proper scientific review not pseudoscientific drivel like Cass) has wholeheartedly endorsed puberty-blockers and full gender affirming care for young trans people.
Landmark Official Dutch Review Recommends Trans Youth Care, Call For Expanding Treatment
The review finds that wait times must be shortened, that few people detransition, and that trans youth care has enormous benefits.
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Landman Season 3
David Dayen@ddayen.bsky.social · last mo.The Freedom Fuel stations were put together by a pair of serial grifters who stole $667,000 worth of gas from a distributor five years ago, a private credit sponsor, and an energy trader tied up in multiple Trump schemes and profiting heavily off the war in Iran. prospect.org/2026/07/20/k...
The final score line doesn’t indicate it but this was real Eagles/Chiefs vibes.
