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Absent spending on AI, the U.S. is actually in a recession, confirms new report from OECD.
“People keep wondering why the employment market is weak, but the economy somehow chugs along. This is why.“
paulkedrosky.com/ex-ai-capex-...
“People keep wondering why the employment market is weak, but the economy somehow chugs along. This is why.“
paulkedrosky.com/ex-ai-capex-...
Ex-AI Capex, the US was in Recession in H1 2025
AI capex continues to wildly distort US economic data
paulkedrosky.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Absent spending on AI, the U.S. is actually in a recession, confirms new report from OECD.
“People keep wondering why the employment market is weak, but the economy somehow chugs along. This is why.“
paulkedrosky.com/ex-ai-capex-...
“People keep wondering why the employment market is weak, but the economy somehow chugs along. This is why.“
paulkedrosky.com/ex-ai-capex-...
I forget where, but I saw someone say that casting magic in video games doesn't feel like magic because at a mechanical level, the spells function the same as attacks but at range and with AoE. What would make magic in games feel like magic to you?
December 2, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I forget where, but I saw someone say that casting magic in video games doesn't feel like magic because at a mechanical level, the spells function the same as attacks but at range and with AoE. What would make magic in games feel like magic to you?
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"In the last court term, I wrote ten dissenting opinions, more than any other justice. Have you previewed the horror show on the docket for this term? Alito just winked at me and asked if it’s too soon to joke that I don’t have the brain processing power to do this job."
With America on My Last Fucking Nerve, I, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Dissent
You know me as the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court. Over the past three years, I’ve tried changing the system from within. I’ve wri...
buff.ly
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM
"In the last court term, I wrote ten dissenting opinions, more than any other justice. Have you previewed the horror show on the docket for this term? Alito just winked at me and asked if it’s too soon to joke that I don’t have the brain processing power to do this job."
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I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
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NVIDIA earnings were a mirage. The market figured it out surprisingly fast. NVIDIA bump evaporated.
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
November 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
NVIDIA earnings were a mirage. The market figured it out surprisingly fast. NVIDIA bump evaporated.
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
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AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
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Black protag = usually won't be considered for a real award, but they want to get points so game is relegated to "impact" awards.
Amazing seeing what was jammed into that category.
Amazing seeing what was jammed into that category.
South of Midnight is only in "Games for Impact" whatever that means at this point. Truly one of the best OSTs this year, and if you don't plan on playing, I recommend you check it out anyway.
South of Midnight - Altamaha-ha Music Video
YouTube video by Xbox
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Black protag = usually won't be considered for a real award, but they want to get points so game is relegated to "impact" awards.
Amazing seeing what was jammed into that category.
Amazing seeing what was jammed into that category.
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steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
Insulting to the players, insulting to the IP, insulting to the medium, the developers. And the craft itself. Fuck you executives who pushed this garbage.
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI art slop, because your $70 means nothing anymore
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI generated artwork which makes the $70 feel like a complete rip-off.
frvr.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
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Oh the FSAs.
The FSAs where you have to pay and get reimbursed.
So you're paying twice.
And have to keep track of receipts and take time to apply.
And assume you'll get the reimbursement from the federal offices they gutted.
And the reimbursement doesn't include the taxes you paid.
Those FSAs?
The FSAs where you have to pay and get reimbursed.
So you're paying twice.
And have to keep track of receipts and take time to apply.
And assume you'll get the reimbursement from the federal offices they gutted.
And the reimbursement doesn't include the taxes you paid.
Those FSAs?
"A development that appeared to break the logjam: Republicans proposed that healthcare funding be provided directly to households rather than used to pay for a 1-year extension of ACA subsidies. That involves sending federal money into FSAs instead of insurance companies" www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Republicans Pitch Alternative to ACA Extension to End Government Shutdown
A proposal by GOP senators to send money directly to consumers’ health accounts rather than to insurance companies showed signs of breaking a stalemate on negotiations.
www.wsj.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Oh the FSAs.
The FSAs where you have to pay and get reimbursed.
So you're paying twice.
And have to keep track of receipts and take time to apply.
And assume you'll get the reimbursement from the federal offices they gutted.
And the reimbursement doesn't include the taxes you paid.
Those FSAs?
The FSAs where you have to pay and get reimbursed.
So you're paying twice.
And have to keep track of receipts and take time to apply.
And assume you'll get the reimbursement from the federal offices they gutted.
And the reimbursement doesn't include the taxes you paid.
Those FSAs?
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Python was awarded a funding grant, funding grant asked Python foundation to remove all diversity and inclusion initiatives they have.
Python foundation said no and rejected the grant.
If you use Python, send a few dollars to the charity to keep it going. I’m pushing a dono on behalf of ScamGuard.
Python foundation said no and rejected the grant.
If you use Python, send a few dollars to the charity to keep it going. I’m pushing a dono on behalf of ScamGuard.
Please read our statement, share it with your networks, and support us if you can. www.python.org/sponsors/app... psfmember.org/civicrm/cont...
October 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Python was awarded a funding grant, funding grant asked Python foundation to remove all diversity and inclusion initiatives they have.
Python foundation said no and rejected the grant.
If you use Python, send a few dollars to the charity to keep it going. I’m pushing a dono on behalf of ScamGuard.
Python foundation said no and rejected the grant.
If you use Python, send a few dollars to the charity to keep it going. I’m pushing a dono on behalf of ScamGuard.
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The Protomen: here is our 34th consecutive song about what it means to be a hero in The City™
Me:
Me:
October 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The Protomen: here is our 34th consecutive song about what it means to be a hero in The City™
Me:
Me:
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I don’t know if there’s a more perfect illustration of the utter fucking nonsense that creative pollution by AI will produce than this choice to illustrate the power of Paramount’s new “localization” and “customization” technology by face-swapping Brad Pitt into the lead role of GET OUT
October 23, 2025 at 8:13 AM
I don’t know if there’s a more perfect illustration of the utter fucking nonsense that creative pollution by AI will produce than this choice to illustrate the power of Paramount’s new “localization” and “customization” technology by face-swapping Brad Pitt into the lead role of GET OUT
This city, she's been dead for years now
For years now.
So death is not something, not something that scares me.
That scares me.
For years now.
So death is not something, not something that scares me.
That scares me.
October 18, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This city, she's been dead for years now
For years now.
So death is not something, not something that scares me.
That scares me.
For years now.
So death is not something, not something that scares me.
That scares me.
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so Google just added a bunch (more) AI bullshit to Chrome
Go through these steps to disable it:
opus.ing/posts/how-to...
#chrome #aibullshit
Go through these steps to disable it:
opus.ing/posts/how-to...
#chrome #aibullshit
How to Remove AI From Your Google Chrome Experience - Opus
Follow these steps to resist the AI-pocalypse in your everyday web browsing.
opus.ing
October 11, 2025 at 12:04 AM
so Google just added a bunch (more) AI bullshit to Chrome
Go through these steps to disable it:
opus.ing/posts/how-to...
#chrome #aibullshit
Go through these steps to disable it:
opus.ing/posts/how-to...
#chrome #aibullshit
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NEW: Drake loses his defamation case against Kendrick Lamar over the “Not Like Us” lyrics.
More coming @courthousenews.bsky.social
More coming @courthousenews.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
NEW: Drake loses his defamation case against Kendrick Lamar over the “Not Like Us” lyrics.
More coming @courthousenews.bsky.social
More coming @courthousenews.bsky.social
theprotomen.bandcamp.com/album/act-ii...
Act 3 is here! Sort of, it seems that the first two tracks are out and they will be adding a track weekly. Still sick!
Act 3 is here! Sort of, it seems that the first two tracks are out and they will be adding a track weekly. Still sick!
Act III: This City Made Us, by The Protomen
2 track album
theprotomen.bandcamp.com
October 3, 2025 at 7:26 AM
theprotomen.bandcamp.com/album/act-ii...
Act 3 is here! Sort of, it seems that the first two tracks are out and they will be adding a track weekly. Still sick!
Act 3 is here! Sort of, it seems that the first two tracks are out and they will be adding a track weekly. Still sick!
Holy shit, did the Protomen just announce that Act 3 is finished?!
October 2, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Holy shit, did the Protomen just announce that Act 3 is finished?!
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What an expertly called shot
September 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
What an expertly called shot
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Wild that even the NRA understands that when the gov't arbitrarily decides who no longer gets to have rights, it's the start of the slippery slope.
The NRA is still awful, but I'll be slightly impressed at this one thing for a few minutes.
How bad must your policies be when the NRA is like "Nah."?
The NRA is still awful, but I'll be slightly impressed at this one thing for a few minutes.
How bad must your policies be when the NRA is like "Nah."?
Oh my god, Trump actually got the NRA to come out to defend trans people owning a gun.
September 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Wild that even the NRA understands that when the gov't arbitrarily decides who no longer gets to have rights, it's the start of the slippery slope.
The NRA is still awful, but I'll be slightly impressed at this one thing for a few minutes.
How bad must your policies be when the NRA is like "Nah."?
The NRA is still awful, but I'll be slightly impressed at this one thing for a few minutes.
How bad must your policies be when the NRA is like "Nah."?
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What a massively sleazy company Uber is -- see this breakdown of how it profits by systematically screwing drivers and riders.
len-sherman.medium.c...
Take a taxi, if you can still find one.
len-sherman.medium.c...
Take a taxi, if you can still find one.
How Uber Became A Cash-Generating Machine
Uber has achieved one of the most impressive turnarounds in recent corporate history — a $12 billion swing in free cash flow over the past…
len-sherman.medium.com
August 23, 2025 at 2:17 AM
What a massively sleazy company Uber is -- see this breakdown of how it profits by systematically screwing drivers and riders.
len-sherman.medium.c...
Take a taxi, if you can still find one.
len-sherman.medium.c...
Take a taxi, if you can still find one.
This Hozier concert is fucking amazing
August 15, 2025 at 5:51 AM
This Hozier concert is fucking amazing
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Spoke with Surena, checked in, and I’m only going to say a few things. (Even if she did say I can let the chopper sing) The only reason I’m saying anything is because while everyone wants to step away “until they have all the facts”, that didn’t stop many people from spreading the lies via texts.
July 28, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Spoke with Surena, checked in, and I’m only going to say a few things. (Even if she did say I can let the chopper sing) The only reason I’m saying anything is because while everyone wants to step away “until they have all the facts”, that didn’t stop many people from spreading the lies via texts.
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Bad news, I have been diagnosed with B-cell non-Hodgkins Lymphoma.
Obviously shit is scary for me right now but if you would like to support my treatments and recovery, I made a GoFundMe link!
gofund.me/9a6d3da6
I plan to start my first treatment in the next couple of days.
Obviously shit is scary for me right now but if you would like to support my treatments and recovery, I made a GoFundMe link!
gofund.me/9a6d3da6
I plan to start my first treatment in the next couple of days.
July 24, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Bad news, I have been diagnosed with B-cell non-Hodgkins Lymphoma.
Obviously shit is scary for me right now but if you would like to support my treatments and recovery, I made a GoFundMe link!
gofund.me/9a6d3da6
I plan to start my first treatment in the next couple of days.
Obviously shit is scary for me right now but if you would like to support my treatments and recovery, I made a GoFundMe link!
gofund.me/9a6d3da6
I plan to start my first treatment in the next couple of days.
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Hey gang I've had to learn recently that the whole "burning out" thing is real so if you find yourself being panicked every waking second that you're not working on something, despite those seconds being very rare, you should maybe listen to the signals and take an intentional break before you crash
July 13, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Hey gang I've had to learn recently that the whole "burning out" thing is real so if you find yourself being panicked every waking second that you're not working on something, despite those seconds being very rare, you should maybe listen to the signals and take an intentional break before you crash