One thing I will not do with my one wild and precious life (or weekend) is enter discourse about “is American or European (or British) food better or worse” The diversity and abundance of foods available in all of these places is astonishing and this particular social media discourse is silly
@willbunch.bsky.social has written another must read. www.inquirer.com/opinion/miki...
Mikie Sherrill’s state police riot in Newark is a national disgrace | Will Bunch
New Jersey state troopers meant to protect Newark protesters from ICE are violently shredding the First Amendment instead.
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I'm taking this post too seriously but... > Then Jove raised the North wind against us till it blew a hurricane ... the force of the wind tore our sails to tatters... I should have got home at that time unharmed had not the North wind and the currents been against me
We have better than life deepfakes going round, algorithmic porn bots and an AI that's worried about goblinization. Meanwhile everyone posts on the same platforms online. I keep telling you, the Sixth World is real and is coming
man the LRB is publishing people who think LLMs are sentient now. awesome
Claude, make me a personalized Dixon Hill immersive noir experience, make no mistakes
Jjinandtonic@jjinandtonic.bsky.social · 4mo agoStar Trek holodeck bits being highly predictive of how people immediately thing about using AI (sex stuff, funky customized adventures, advanced brownnosing, unhealthy therapy alternatives) is so funny man
Close up, wind turbines produce ~55 db - a bit louder than a fridge. Gas power plants come in at 85-100 db - like a jackhammer. Industrial diesel generators can hit 130 db - like standing next to a fighter jet taking off of an aircraft carrier. This isn't about noise - it's about who has to hear it.
Chris Bataille@chrisbataille.bsky.social · 4mo agoThe @nytimes.com can never seem to avoid mentioning somebody who lives under a wind turbine complaining about the "noise". The "what about ism" seems to be a reflex. They just cannot seem to bring themselves to mention the improved air quality for thousands, etc.
sorry for the logorrhea, but it's worth noting that the Bundespolizei in Germany was the Bundesgrenzschutz until 2005, when it was reorganised and redeployed as a more general federal police force precisely because most of its border control functions were no longer needed. Yet now..
Frankly one of the best things you can do with weapons is wielding. The plowshares thing doesn't come close
This is a perfect example of the pervasiveness neoliberal nihilism, where all political activity boils down to spending and voting. Nothing else is even conceivable. www.theverge.com/podcast/9170...
Oh god, Horse Armor is within the Ask Historians 20 year rule for historical content 💀
"A bill that would require the most dangerous drivers in New York City to install speed limiters in their cars is facing a major obstacle to being passed in the state budget: New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie." hellgatenyc.com/stop-super-s...
Stop Super Speeders Bill Hits a Roadblock—Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie
"It's like one guy who doesn't like this stuff, and unfortunately that one guy is the most powerful guy in the State Assembly."
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abusing GDPR compliance to force your robot ex to forget you ever existed
I've posted it several times before, but the hardest I have personally laughed at a tweet.
Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 5mo agoOK for fun: top funniest tweet ever? I am torn between "moon's haunted" and "Denise I was at your wedding."
“My friend’s uncle got so mad he had to go in the backyard” is one of the funniest phrases I’ve ever read for reasons I can’t fully explain
The Frame-By-Frame (first draft)
A note from the author This was a very quick first draft, written in around two hours as part of my 30 More First Drafts project. You can buy the finished short story as part of my collection, Valua...
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Regime Accountant, CPA ☠️🎢@regimecpa.bsky.social · 6mo agoPutting a bumper sticker on my car that says “I’d rather be monitoring my agentic coding agents right now.” A Waymo sees it, becomes conscious, and accelerates into me at top speed, killing me instantly.
“I’m inclined to side with those who hold that Habermas at first revivified critical theory but ultimately ended it.” - Nancy Fraser www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ma...
Yes! Because you then lose credibility and the ability to rally people moving forward, because they’re rightfully cynical about your ability to produce change.
jon ben-menachem@jbenmenachem.com · 8mo agoYes and using political capital for an ineffective (or even counter productive) set of reforms is worse than not using it at all.
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