Craig Jenkins
@craigsj.bsky.social
Culture writer at Vulture / New York Magazine, dungeon crawler, Pulitzer nominee, things of that nature https://www.vulture.com/author/craig-jenkins/
the kids are all saying 'fym' in homage to Smash Mouth's 1997 debut Fush Yu Mang
gays be like "she saved my life" and it's the bath and body works candle lady from appleton, wisconsin
I asked Grok about Pinkerton and he told me that all of the lyrics are very normal.
The “super intelligence” thing is useful in the sense that if someone calls AI that you know you are dealing with a TURBO bozo
Technofacists be like Don’t you want everything individualized to such an extreme that it is impossible to ever talk about art with another person ever again bc no one will ever experience the same piece ever again? Wait where are you going?!
This is *the* piece. Kate Manne, professor of philosophy at Cornell, speaks truth to the totality of failures at the university — and why students protesting the war in Gaza have faced far harsher consequences than any of the Cornell 7: www.thecut.com/article/what...
What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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He's the richest man in history and he still kisses the ring
Elon Musk corrects himself: "I think it's worth highlighting the positive benefits of AI -- SI, pardon me. I think by far the most likely outcome is major abundance."
This is a list of all the people who are going to be getting bailed out with your tax money. I guarantee it. Not tough to call this shot.
Plus, the "White House Accord on Super Intelligence: Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities" signed by Trump, Google's Pichai, Anthropic's Amodei, Meta's Zuckerberg, OpenAI's Brockman, XAI's Musk, Nvida's Huang.
i heard there's a new Megaman game coming... so i put the suit back on! peep OVERRIDE! youtu.be/nC76_Z19FvA
(I'd argue that thinking of so many things as "young" shit is closer to the root of the problem)
Getting older ain’t the problem, society taught us to stop doing young shit.
BREAKING: SCOTUS allows the Trump admin to restart third-country removals under a policy found by lower courts to violate federal law. The Democratic appointees dissent. The deportations will be OK'ed at least through the next several months, with SCOTUS agreeing to hear the case in December.
This is such a great profile of Dinosaur Jr “It’s annoying, because you’re saddled with these guys — god dammit, what the fuck? But it sounds better, so what are you going to do?” — J Mascis on Lou Barlow and Murph
How Dinosaur Jr. Learned to Tolerate One Another, Kind Of
For 40 years, J Mascis has quietly led his incredibly loud band into the annals of indie rock. But during his annual vacation in Cape Cod, he opened up about almost everything: interpersonal dynamics,...
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i wish i could lend certain people a week of my mentions lol
A phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED
i get why people enjoy dunking on the early 2000s alternative rock charts bc people love dunking on nu metal and butt rock but dude if you look at the 2010's alt rock lists, any of them, pick any week, you will be begging for the return of Linkin Park and Staind
new: A third-party surveillance company is telling cops that it wants to add facial recognition to Flock footage and ALPR reads to help them "close the gap" in what Flock offers. Company offers racial analysis, gender analysis, behavior analysis www.404media.co/surveillance...
Surveillance Company Tells Cops It Wants to Add Facial Recognition to Flock Cameras
A surveillance company wants to "close the gap" that Flock won't do, by pitching facial recognition on its cameras.
404media.co
this band knows just when i need this band active www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YmF...
GODFLESH - Living/Ending (Official Audio)
YouTube video by RelapseRecords
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hereby pledge to get fuckin annoying about stevie wonder as one of our great bassists
i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward
AAUP, AFT, and HELU have a plan draft! College For All, in expansion now for 2026 and 2028 www.aaup.org/sites/defaul...
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When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants.