genuinely hilarious that the Economist's editor in chief pissed off Elon so much that she inadvertently learned about "NPCs" nymag.com/intelligence...
erin mccann
@mccanner.bsky.social
Weather at The New York Times. Now in SF after four years in London. Brooklyn before that. Find me: https://instagram.com/mccannercat
ANTHROPIC: Our son loves humanity and for the low price of trillions and trillions of dollars will usher in an era of unprecedented peace and prosperity! OPENAI: Our horrible oafish son is hacking web sites without our permission. ANTHROPIC: (eyes narrowing) Our son is also evil
My bf is a Giants fan and this coming out one fact at a time over several hours last night was fun. “He was already injured and got hurt out drinking…on a scooter…which he crashed…into a truck? …a FIRE ENGINE? …IT RAN OVER HIS FOOT? HE DID THE SAME THING IN COLLEGE??” nypost.com/2026/07/31/s...
Harrison Bader suffers ‘major injury’ after crashing scooter into fire truck — which then runs over him
A late-night scooter accident, the details of which remain hazy, will be the memory of Harrison Bader’s forgettable first season in San Francisco.
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oh for crying out loud [you'll never guess what technology generated the map! Oh, no, wait, you will.] www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference
State department ‘takes full responsibility’ for erroneous, widely shared chart displayed at Aids conference in Brazil
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I love history and I love historians who do such fascinating work bringing the lived-in worlds of our forebears to out attention. This looks so interesting.
E.L.Snook@pamphilia2.bsky.social · 6d ago@lynbennetthfx.bsky.social and my book has arrived on my desk! Pre-orders available now for shipping on 22.09.2026! www.mqup.ca/Books/E/Earl...
If the Oates be Hall, sailor's good call If the Oates be Joyce Carol, sailors in peril
The only taxidermied blue whale in the world, 1865 CE, now housed at the Natural History Museum in Sweden. The public was allowed to enter the whale up until a couple was found having sex inside it. Now the whale’s jaws are opened only for special occasions, such as Swedish election days.
Every time someone complains about Emily Wilson’s review, I personally force Matt Damon to eat a lotus.
So in early June I broke my arm. I didn’t find this out until early July. When an orthopedic surgeon looked at my X-ray and said I seem to have an “unusually high pain tolerance.” I would have gestured broadly at the world except I still can’t gesture all that well on account of the broken arm.
One of the best Simpsons bits was doing Cheers and giving everyone lines except Kelsey Grammar, the guy who is on the show three times a year, who is silently trying to stop Norm’s rampage
Sitcom People@sitcompeople.bsky.social · 7d ago
"You dream about buying a second home, but that would require owning a first. Instead, you spend three weeks designing and building a 'luxury' treehouse in the park across from your apartment. The city declares it a threat to public safety, tears it down, and fines you."
Affordable Midlife Crisis Options for Millennials
“Rather than leaving your spouse for a younger version, you find an older, more financially stable one with excellent health insurance. At the dinner parties...
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This is a great essay on fast food, Huey Newton, Jim Jones, redevelopment and revolutionary suicide. Read it.
Oakland Review of Books@oaklandreviewofbooks.org · last wk.The first McDonalds in Oakland and the building Boots Riley used as Jackie's Chicken in *I Love Boosters*: "Between the Eastmont Town Center and Evergreen Cemetery, a broken down fast food joint is a relic of the moment things went bad in the Deep East": www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org/dead-at-mcdo...
Some of you have spent very little time listening for what your scheming vizier isn’t saying and it shows.
Star Simpson@starstar.bsky.social · last wk.LLMs tools are generally tuned to have the interpersonal manner of the babysitter who lets you win at card games every time because they want you to profess a preference for them particularly in order to get your parents to send them repeat business.
👇 anyone who has had even one (1) drink with me in the last two years has heard this, including just last night.
The Fig Economy@figgityfigs.bsky.social · last wk.One of my Crank Theories of Everything, at least of Everything in the Recent Past, is that we are dealing (badly) with COVID trauma we’d mostly prefer to pretend never happened.
i worked for more than one client on trying to draft RTO policies that were intended to ease workers back into it and prioritize health, flexibility, and manager discretion only to see their senior leaders trash the plan and adopt the stick approach
rev. howard arson@theophite.bsky.social · last wk.one old the other things is that apart from the trauma, WFH was both good and bad for us in a lot of ways, coming back from WFH was often done in an intentionally abusive way meant to assert the authority of the bosses, and in the immediate aftermath the layoffs began
"Christopher Nolan‘s Greek epic has generated $320.5 million domestically and $407.4 million overseas, bringing worldwide ticket sales to $727.9 million."
‘The Odyssey’ Surpasses $700 Million Globally After 12 Days in Theaters
"The Odyssey" has surpassed $700 million worldwide, becoming the fourth-highest grossing movie of the year after 12 days in theaters.
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Brutal news about Glen Hansard. Every once in a while I'll rewatch this opening scene to Once, which is obviously of a time, but is still awfully beautiful. Watched this at a little movie theatre and had no idea what it was about and was just blown away by the electricity of it. RIP.
Once (2006) - Say It To Me Now (by Glen Hansard)
YouTube video by bogdan dincă
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I’ve seen a lot of Oscar speeches; I don’t think any kicker has stuck with me quite like just imploring the audience: “Make art. Make art.” With the addition of “tanks,” which has charmed me out of my shoes since the first time I heard him say it in 2005. youtu.be/qx8yLvb0gZM?...
"Falling Slowly" winning Best Original Song Oscar®
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I am so tired of witnessing media layoffs and publications just throwing away amazing talent as this career becomes less and less sustainable and growing numbers of people are pushed out. All for shareholder profits.
These "we have made an AI so powerful" warnings are straight-up advertisements, btw. No different than "we have made an Oreo so delicious all other snack artists must relent."
FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · last wk.OPENAI, ANTHROPIC STAFF CIRCULATE PETITION URGING US TO SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL EFFORT TO 'DELIBERATELY PACE' FRONTIER AI DEVELOPMENT, WARNING OF RISK IT ADVANCES FASTER THAN HUMANS CAN CONTROL; LETTER ALSO SHARED WITH GOOGLE DEEPMIND STAFF, EXPECTED PUBLIC THIS WEEK
I think it’s nice that The Odyssey has brought back not only middlebrow blockbusters but old-fashioned literary snobbery
inexplicable cursed object I found at housing works today
TIL: in the late 1930s, the NYT employed a “yachting reporter”
