A Mitchell
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Let's invent new words and then call ourselves those words.
Original Huey UH-1A on the Intrepid’s flight deck on NYC’s West Side. Door gunner, starboard side was my spot, in a newer, twin-engine model.
Joined at 17 on 2nd try. Initially rejected for forging the parental-consent signature required for a child to enlist. Glad to have never shot anyone.
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Joined at 17 on 2nd try. Initially rejected for forging the parental-consent signature required for a child to enlist. Glad to have never shot anyone.
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November 11, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Original Huey UH-1A on the Intrepid’s flight deck on NYC’s West Side. Door gunner, starboard side was my spot, in a newer, twin-engine model.
Joined at 17 on 2nd try. Initially rejected for forging the parental-consent signature required for a child to enlist. Glad to have never shot anyone.
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Joined at 17 on 2nd try. Initially rejected for forging the parental-consent signature required for a child to enlist. Glad to have never shot anyone.
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El sueño (La cama) or The Dream (The Bed) by Frida Kahlo is anticipated to fetch the highest price ever paid for a painting by a woman or a Latin American artist.
The highest price paid for art is $450 million for Salvator Mundi, attributed to Leonardo da Vinci.
www.sothebys.com/en/videos/wh...
The highest price paid for art is $450 million for Salvator Mundi, attributed to Leonardo da Vinci.
www.sothebys.com/en/videos/wh...
Why Frida Kahlo's El sueño (La cama) Could Break the Auction Record
Frida Kahlo’s El sueño (La cama) (1940) is one of the artist’s most haunting and introspective works—an image suspended between dream and death, intimacy and surrealism. Painted during a turbulent per...
www.sothebys.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
El sueño (La cama) or The Dream (The Bed) by Frida Kahlo is anticipated to fetch the highest price ever paid for a painting by a woman or a Latin American artist.
The highest price paid for art is $450 million for Salvator Mundi, attributed to Leonardo da Vinci.
www.sothebys.com/en/videos/wh...
The highest price paid for art is $450 million for Salvator Mundi, attributed to Leonardo da Vinci.
www.sothebys.com/en/videos/wh...
Meta's system for detecting scammy ads only deactivates an ad buyer's account if it's 95% sure. Otherwise, Meta charges more money from suspicious advertisers to discourage them from buying more ads — but when those accounts follow through, it pads Meta’s bottom line.
techcrunch.com/2025/11/06/m...
techcrunch.com/2025/11/06/m...
Meta estimates that it earns 10% of its revenue from scams, report says | TechCrunch
These fraudulent ads purport to offer a product or service that isn't actually real, and may be intended to solicit payments from less savvy users.
techcrunch.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Meta's system for detecting scammy ads only deactivates an ad buyer's account if it's 95% sure. Otherwise, Meta charges more money from suspicious advertisers to discourage them from buying more ads — but when those accounts follow through, it pads Meta’s bottom line.
techcrunch.com/2025/11/06/m...
techcrunch.com/2025/11/06/m...
In Manhattan, Cuomo prevailed in the West Village, Chelsea, SoHo and the Upper East Side.
November 5, 2025 at 4:06 AM
In Manhattan, Cuomo prevailed in the West Village, Chelsea, SoHo and the Upper East Side.
Andreessen Horowitz is paused its Talent x Opportunity (TxO) fund+program, launched after the murder of George Floyd.
It ran a 16-week training program & provided $175,000. Supported >60 companies, including Brown Girl Magazine, Myles Comfort Foods, maternity Villie.
techcrunch.com/2025/11/03/a...
It ran a 16-week training program & provided $175,000. Supported >60 companies, including Brown Girl Magazine, Myles Comfort Foods, maternity Villie.
techcrunch.com/2025/11/03/a...
a16z pauses its famed TxO Fund for underserved founders, lays off staff | TechCrunch
Andreessen Horowitz is pausing its Talent x Opportunity (TxO) fund and program, according to multiple sources.
techcrunch.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Andreessen Horowitz is paused its Talent x Opportunity (TxO) fund+program, launched after the murder of George Floyd.
It ran a 16-week training program & provided $175,000. Supported >60 companies, including Brown Girl Magazine, Myles Comfort Foods, maternity Villie.
techcrunch.com/2025/11/03/a...
It ran a 16-week training program & provided $175,000. Supported >60 companies, including Brown Girl Magazine, Myles Comfort Foods, maternity Villie.
techcrunch.com/2025/11/03/a...
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Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
October 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
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Gift article.
The Age of De-Skilling
Will AI stretch our minds—or stunt them?
www.theatlantic.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Gift article.
An alert service is being launched as an alternative to Google Alerts, which like many Google projects, appears to have been left to rot on the vine. The new service, called Alertmouse, has a free tier.
www.geekwire.com/2025/worth-a...
www.geekwire.com/2025/worth-a...
Worth a mention: Seattle tech vets launch Alertmouse, a startup to track who’s talking about you
The co-founders of Alertmouse, from left: Nathan Kriege, Rand Fishkin and Adam Doppelt, along with Britt Klontz, founder of PR firm Vada Communications,
www.geekwire.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
An alert service is being launched as an alternative to Google Alerts, which like many Google projects, appears to have been left to rot on the vine. The new service, called Alertmouse, has a free tier.
www.geekwire.com/2025/worth-a...
www.geekwire.com/2025/worth-a...
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Zohran Mamdani caught lying that he understood Plato’s allegory of the cave, yet when asked to explain it, he seemed to instead explain Baudrillard’s theory of Simulacra and Simulation where reality has been replaced by symbols and signs, which seems similar to Plato’s theory but is not the same
October 29, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Zohran Mamdani caught lying that he understood Plato’s allegory of the cave, yet when asked to explain it, he seemed to instead explain Baudrillard’s theory of Simulacra and Simulation where reality has been replaced by symbols and signs, which seems similar to Plato’s theory but is not the same
Ballots for New York City's general election show candidates from the major parties also appearing in the columns of minor parties.
October 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Ballots for New York City's general election show candidates from the major parties also appearing in the columns of minor parties.
Next-gen robots are being presented as collaborators rather than replacements for humans -- as COBOTs not robots.
Big robotics mahoff dislikes the term "AI," says that only humans have intelligence.
www.geekwire.com/2025/amazon-...
Big robotics mahoff dislikes the term "AI," says that only humans have intelligence.
www.geekwire.com/2025/amazon-...
Amazon and the media: Inside the disconnect on AI, robots and jobs
Amazon’s big robotics showcase highlighted the company’s vision for “AI at work,” but the event also revealed a widening gap between its public messaging and media coverage about automation’s impact o...
www.geekwire.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Next-gen robots are being presented as collaborators rather than replacements for humans -- as COBOTs not robots.
Big robotics mahoff dislikes the term "AI," says that only humans have intelligence.
www.geekwire.com/2025/amazon-...
Big robotics mahoff dislikes the term "AI," says that only humans have intelligence.
www.geekwire.com/2025/amazon-...
NCR air quality is maxing out the existing measurement and reporting systems today, which don't report anything above 999, so we don't know how polluted it is once it exceeds that extremely hazardous level and becomes immediately dangerous to life and health.
Map source: AQICN․org (Free -- try it!)
Map source: AQICN․org (Free -- try it!)
October 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
NCR air quality is maxing out the existing measurement and reporting systems today, which don't report anything above 999, so we don't know how polluted it is once it exceeds that extremely hazardous level and becomes immediately dangerous to life and health.
Map source: AQICN․org (Free -- try it!)
Map source: AQICN․org (Free -- try it!)
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Today's nightmare. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...
Opinion | The A.I. Prompt That Could End the World
www.nytimes.com
October 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Today's nightmare. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...
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The RIAA was suing teenagers. We had to sit through ⬇️ this shit anytime we wanted to watch a DVD. A whole generation shamed for using Limewire and torrents. Only for these silicone valley assholes to now find copyright infringement a necessary evil they shouldn’t have to answer for
October 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The RIAA was suing teenagers. We had to sit through ⬇️ this shit anytime we wanted to watch a DVD. A whole generation shamed for using Limewire and torrents. Only for these silicone valley assholes to now find copyright infringement a necessary evil they shouldn’t have to answer for
Sixties Surreal show at El Whitney looks at the distorting effects of the American dream.
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October 11, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Sixties Surreal show at El Whitney looks at the distorting effects of the American dream.
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baseball is the best preparation for death because it does not come with a clock that tells you when your suffering will end one way or the other
October 11, 2025 at 3:04 AM
baseball is the best preparation for death because it does not come with a clock that tells you when your suffering will end one way or the other
We're told there's a war on cars, and there certainly is a war, but it's the other way around. For the automobile drivers running the light here, might makes right.
Photo outside the PRC’s NYC consulate on 42nd Street and 12th Ave yesterday, showing a cabdriver being cut out from his car.
Photo outside the PRC’s NYC consulate on 42nd Street and 12th Ave yesterday, showing a cabdriver being cut out from his car.
October 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
We're told there's a war on cars, and there certainly is a war, but it's the other way around. For the automobile drivers running the light here, might makes right.
Photo outside the PRC’s NYC consulate on 42nd Street and 12th Ave yesterday, showing a cabdriver being cut out from his car.
Photo outside the PRC’s NYC consulate on 42nd Street and 12th Ave yesterday, showing a cabdriver being cut out from his car.
"Today is THE day to be here," a teenager tells his friend on the opening day of NYC's Comic Con, which runs through Sunday.
Restrained crowds & costumes inside, but a bit of a zoo outside with streamers & influencers jostling for spots on the pavement. Marvel is making a lot of noise.
Restrained crowds & costumes inside, but a bit of a zoo outside with streamers & influencers jostling for spots on the pavement. Marvel is making a lot of noise.
October 9, 2025 at 9:40 PM
"Today is THE day to be here," a teenager tells his friend on the opening day of NYC's Comic Con, which runs through Sunday.
Restrained crowds & costumes inside, but a bit of a zoo outside with streamers & influencers jostling for spots on the pavement. Marvel is making a lot of noise.
Restrained crowds & costumes inside, but a bit of a zoo outside with streamers & influencers jostling for spots on the pavement. Marvel is making a lot of noise.
Cabdriver being cut out of his car on the West Side.
October 9, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Cabdriver being cut out of his car on the West Side.
Syrian civil war art, displayed alongside ancient pottery from Raqqa. The surveillance camera is not out of place in our world today.
The Brooklyn Museum's blurb starts out referencing how the pottery was discovered by refugees from an earlier conflict.
The Brooklyn Museum's blurb starts out referencing how the pottery was discovered by refugees from an earlier conflict.
October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Syrian civil war art, displayed alongside ancient pottery from Raqqa. The surveillance camera is not out of place in our world today.
The Brooklyn Museum's blurb starts out referencing how the pottery was discovered by refugees from an earlier conflict.
The Brooklyn Museum's blurb starts out referencing how the pottery was discovered by refugees from an earlier conflict.
Friend․com launched their ad campaign and their product way too soon. I recommend looking at the video on their homepage before reaching conclusions. They are targeting young women but their biggest potential market is seniors living alone.
Fortune finds issues:
slashdot.org/story/25/10/...
Fortune finds issues:
slashdot.org/story/25/10/...
October 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Friend․com launched their ad campaign and their product way too soon. I recommend looking at the video on their homepage before reaching conclusions. They are targeting young women but their biggest potential market is seniors living alone.
Fortune finds issues:
slashdot.org/story/25/10/...
Fortune finds issues:
slashdot.org/story/25/10/...
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The author is dead, but somehow the reader never seems to take responsibility
October 6, 2025 at 1:57 AM
The author is dead, but somehow the reader never seems to take responsibility