Bear
@curiouserbear.bsky.social
Probably the Bear you're looking for, but not that kind of bear. Lawyer and writer living in Paris.
No one tell him that there are buses driving around Paris with 8 gigs of his precious RAM in them.
Culture Crave 🍿@culturecrave.co · 2w agoOpenAI CEO Sam Altman says having RAM in personal computers is a ‘terrible’ use of limited resources and that it would be better utilized in data centers "From a global perspective it’s quite terrible to have everyone have a bunch of the world’s limited supply of DRAM sitting in their computer"
@rnrkd.bsky.social exciting advancement with the barrel-aged you brought us: the Malört spritz! A visitor claims to genuinely enjoy it.
Next step: use ChatGPT to write the Daubert motion to exclude the ChatGPT report
404 Media@404media.co · 3mo agoNEW: An expert witness testifying in a lawsuit about liability for a Houston explosion that killed three people and destroyed roughly 200 homes used ChatGPT to write significant portions of his “expert report.” He literally prompted ChatGPT: "Show how 3M is 0% at fault for the explosion."
So when I was in college, let's say sometime in the Dark Ages, I still had this idea that I was Catholic and so I spent a lot of time at the Catholic student center, which was largely held together by a very charismatic priest named Father Phillip.
We are in the "Pick-Up American Bar" in Feldkirch, Austria, and the reaction N got when he tried to order a White Russian was second only to the reaction he got when he ordered a margarita at the Ski Inn at the Salton Sea (except that he got a margarita but not a White Russian).
Marrying your boy from Cleveland Heights on 4th of July weekend? So original, Taylor. (So grateful for 21 years and counting with mine.)
@slkollmann.bsky.social when even lawyer friends with absolutely NO connection to Chicago are texting me highlights
Well inter alia tens of thousands of gay Gen Xers died, you gotta cut us a little slack.
Amanda Litman@amandalitman.bsky.social · 7mo agoGen X!! WYD!!
Popping my head up to "not exactly" this point of French history/wine, the Châteauneuf was built in the 14th century north (upriver) of Avignon when things got a little too heated in Avignon. The papal palace in Avignon still stands; the Châteauneuf is this atmospheric ruin. The wine IS good!
Richard Gadsden@po8crg.gadsden.online · 7mo agoWhen they rocked up to Avignon, they built a new castle, which is known as "New Castle of the Pope", or, in 14th century French, "Chateauneuf du Pape". They make very good wine there now.
Unfortunately after more than 17 years with our sweetest Cloud it is almost time to say goodbye. He is so grateful to have so many friends all over the world and sends his love to all of you and all your furry pals.
New Prime Minister!! It's ... the guy that resigned four days ago??
I signed up for a heart study where I agreed to let them nag me about my alcohol consumption but I don't know about all this, this is getting awfully personal
I do enjoy how this phrasing leaves open the possibility that he was the ONLY American the French loved.
"I definitely never said anything about any meddlesome priests and the riding me thereof, definitely did not happen"
Chrononaut@chrononaut.bsky.social · last yr."To all of my followers if you take up arms, I disavow you. I disown you. In the strongest possible terms. That is not what we're about." What did Nick Fuentes know and when did he know it?
It's all very "the direct route from Gamergate to the fall of democracy," isn't it.
Today in French politics: "I called a no confidence vote on myself and it turns out no one had confidence in me, mods???"
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/w... "'It’s a betrayal; it’s like if you found out your husband was cheating on you,'” but I'm pretty sure that champagne fraud is substantially worse than adultery in the French accounting of sins.
French Winemaker Gets Prison for Scheme That Threatened the Champagne Bubble
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Somebody did NOT pay enough attention on Vasa day in shipbuilding class greekcitytimes.com/2025/09/04/l...
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Pro: everyone at the French tax office was very nice to me and I somehow had every piece of paper they wanted (at least a mid-sized miracle); con : not sure I actually accomplished either of my goals for that appointment but at least one of them might be in process ?
Some mornings it's just really weird when I check in on you guys from European time.
I do have a belated hot take about yesterday's news which is that marrying one's rebound guy from Cleveland Heights is an excellent life choice I entirely endorse and I hope it works out as well for her as it did for me.
Turns out that a federal jury will NOT indict a ham sandwich (thrower).
Bruno J. Navarro@brunojnavarro.bsky.social · last yr.Federal prosecutors on Tuesday were unable to secure a felony assault indictment against a man who threw a sandwich at a federal agent on the streets of Washington this month, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Today I was able to attend by livestream the funeral services for a cousin who passed away suddenly last week, and his brother gave a lovely eulogy, but what's really sticking with me is that we heard the most countrified Amazing Grace anyone has ever heard. Country AND Western. Amazing, indeed.
I assume all the good Fiddler on the Roof jokes have already been made
American visitors to Paris are often flummoxed by the attached plastic bottle caps but having just sent a water bottle cap flying down an NYC sidewalk I really think we're on to something.
Tonight N is taking us to a concert of John Fogerty from Credence Clearwater Revival and we're not the youngest folks in the crowd, but we are definitely bringing down the average age.
