I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
I wrote about Ta-Nehisi Coates and Ezra Klein, why swallowing live frogs is a bad idea, and how context and history can release you from bright-kid syndrome, the illusion that you yourself are going to have every answer or fix the world.
You don't have to swallow frogs
Klein and Coates show that if you don't know what your core beliefs are, you're going to get played.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
Mamdani on Cuomo: "I don't need to do much to make the governor appear extremely dislikable."
In the past when I sat down to write about Israel, I’ve had a moment where I take a deep breath and accept that, as a Jewish woman, it’s going to be difficult. This time, there was no such moment. I wrote about the intentional starvation of Gaza by Israel/US, and the moral imperative to say enough:
Gaza is starving
Palestinians seeking food are being killed by the IDF. It's time for the entire world to say enough.
thehandbasket.co
Me too. @sulliview.bsky.social is just that smart.
Joshua J. Friedman@joshuajfriedman.com · last yr.I love that former NYT public editor @sulliview.bsky.social is public-editing from the outside. "With this made-up scandal, combined with the pre-election editorial, the Times looks like it’s on a crusade against Mamdani. "And no lofty explanation about the mission can disguise it."
As a neurologist, I see the term "dopamine" everywhere: dopamine fasting, dopamine hits, dopamine culture. It's become a cultural shorthand for pleasure. But the real story is far more complex and fascinating. Here’s a thread on what we actually know 🧠
I love Brad Lander and hope he refuses to listen to the “consultants” who forced Tim Walz to tone this kind of talk down
Adam Smith@asmith83.bsky.social · last yr.but what do you really think brad lander hellgatenyc.com/brad-lander-...
wow the NYT really had this bitch on their lil podcast
Why does it cost 10x the amount to build mass transit in the US than it does in other advanced countries (e.g., France, Japan)? TEN TIMES?!? This article lists some plausible reasons, and they need to be fixed yesterday. bettercities.substack.com/p/americas-i...
America's Infrastructure Costs are Too Damn High
And it's stopping us from addressing climate change
bettercities.substack.com
as someone who lives nextdoor to both supportive housing and public housing, i need people to understand that the best locations for both are going to be the central neighborhoods in a metropolitan area, where there is easy and reliable access to services and jobs.
Decoder with Nilay Patel: The movement to takedown Tesla Episode webpage: theverge.com Media file: www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect...
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Why is the election still a toss-up? We asked the 15 stupidest people in America www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
“The NYT cares more about its place in the power structure than in actually affecting that power structure.” www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
The New York Times is washed
Recent mismanagement of political stories ahead of the election, and other issues, have led Drew Magary to say that the New York Times is no longer relevant.
sfgate.com
The only thing I would add to this excellent post is that Elon implying that Taylor Swift's cats will require a protector is a death threat
Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 2y agoI broke down this vile tweet word by word to demonstrate the levels of Elon Musk’s depravity: www.thehandbasket.co/p/cat-ladies...
Absolutely devastating
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 2y agoTo imagine what real coverage of Trump's mental unfitness might look like, I took 10 real Biden age headlines and rewrote them around Trump's unfitness for the presidency. Read them below; the effect is striking. Why don't we see saturation like this? 6/ newrepublic.com/article/1856...
ok after days of breathless “has Trump moderated his abortion stance?” coverage I’ve formulated a thoughtful response and here it is HE PROMISED TO OVERTURN ROE AND THEN HE DID AND HE’S BEEN BRAGGING ABOUT IT EVER SINCE WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU ALL DID YOU SUFFER A GROUP CONCUSSIVE EVENT
