Andrew Kowal
@akowal.bsky.social
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muppet starship troopers could fix us
November 21, 2025 at 3:54 AM
muppet starship troopers could fix us
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We should call this Small D- day.
June 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
We should call this Small D- day.
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And actually, let’s name the editors who prioritize Musk’s feelings over the harms done to the vulnerable. It’s good to identify them and explain their choices in public.
Editors, please assign a deep dive piece on the grave damage musk & doge have done to the United States, rather than how he’s feeling about it.
May 29, 2025 at 12:29 PM
And actually, let’s name the editors who prioritize Musk’s feelings over the harms done to the vulnerable. It’s good to identify them and explain their choices in public.
“The thing about tennis is, no matter how much I play, I’ll never be as good as a wall. I played a wall once. They’re relentless.”
Everyone has one Mitch Hedberg joke stashed in their brain like a squirrel to sustain them whenever they need to feel joy for 30 seconds and mine is “they say the recipe for Sprite is Lemon and Lime but I tried to make it at home, there’s more to it than that”
May 23, 2025 at 2:35 AM
“The thing about tennis is, no matter how much I play, I’ll never be as good as a wall. I played a wall once. They’re relentless.”
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Plan To Straighten Out Entire Life During Weeklong Vacation Yields Mixed Results
theonion.com/plan-to...
theonion.com/plan-to...
May 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Plan To Straighten Out Entire Life During Weeklong Vacation Yields Mixed Results
theonion.com/plan-to...
theonion.com/plan-to...
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they're going to put indulgences on the blockchain
May 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
they're going to put indulgences on the blockchain
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its amazing how chatgpt knows everything about subjects I know nothing about, but is wrong like 40% of the time in things im an expert on. not going to think about this any further
March 8, 2025 at 12:13 AM
its amazing how chatgpt knows everything about subjects I know nothing about, but is wrong like 40% of the time in things im an expert on. not going to think about this any further
Reading such a heart-breaking article and all I can think of is: ‘This needs an Oxford comma.’
March 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Reading such a heart-breaking article and all I can think of is: ‘This needs an Oxford comma.’
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Most of the world’s brightest minds are hard at work developing new ways for you to get depression from a computer
February 7, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Most of the world’s brightest minds are hard at work developing new ways for you to get depression from a computer
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fuck yes. Borges those motherfuckers
Developer Creates Infinite Maze That Traps AI Training Bots
"Nepenthes generates random links that always point back to itself - the crawler downloads those new links. Nepenthes happily just returns more and more lists of links pointing back to itself."
www.404media.co
January 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
fuck yes. Borges those motherfuckers
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I did an in-depth interview with The Weekly Anthropocene about how to stay out of a pit of despair when all of your feeds fill with bullshit and dogshit and other types of metaphorical shit:
sammatey.substack.com/p/the-weekly...
sammatey.substack.com/p/the-weekly...
January 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I did an in-depth interview with The Weekly Anthropocene about how to stay out of a pit of despair when all of your feeds fill with bullshit and dogshit and other types of metaphorical shit:
sammatey.substack.com/p/the-weekly...
sammatey.substack.com/p/the-weekly...
“The Shining” carpeting in the header image is 🧑🍳😙🤌 www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/b...
Should You Consult H.R. About a Conflict With Your Manager?
Don’t count on human resources to take your side in a workplace issue, especially if it involves a conflict with your boss.
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
“The Shining” carpeting in the header image is 🧑🍳😙🤌 www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/b...
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As lots of new folks join this platform, it's a good time to revisit my seven social media commandments for using the internet without it using you.
Rule #1: Block with reckless abandon
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Rule #1: Block with reckless abandon
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
November 15, 2024 at 3:36 PM
As lots of new folks join this platform, it's a good time to revisit my seven social media commandments for using the internet without it using you.
Rule #1: Block with reckless abandon
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Rule #1: Block with reckless abandon
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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i buy all my nuts from aldi’s just for the joke potential
November 15, 2024 at 12:18 PM
i buy all my nuts from aldi’s just for the joke potential
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tbf, even if no one ever subscribed again, Jeff Bezos could create an endowment to pay salaries and pensions to every journalist who works for The Washington Post until the Earth is swallowed up by the Sun rather than punish the ones who work there now for the consequences of a decision he made.
The @washingtonpost.com has lost 200,000 subscribers, @npr.org says.
I understand the anger; many in the newsroom are angry, too. But how many stories won't get reported, and how many journalists will lose their jobs, because of a decision they had nothing to do with?
www.npr.org/2024/10/28/n...
I understand the anger; many in the newsroom are angry, too. But how many stories won't get reported, and how many journalists will lose their jobs, because of a decision they had nothing to do with?
www.npr.org/2024/10/28/n...
200,000 subscribers desert 'Washington Post' after Bezos blocks Harris endorsement
Over 200,000 people canceled their subscriptions in the first few days following news that The Washington Post would not endorse any presidential candidate.
www.npr.org
October 28, 2024 at 8:38 PM
tbf, even if no one ever subscribed again, Jeff Bezos could create an endowment to pay salaries and pensions to every journalist who works for The Washington Post until the Earth is swallowed up by the Sun rather than punish the ones who work there now for the consequences of a decision he made.
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This is the campaign message
October 28, 2024 at 1:43 AM
This is the campaign message
September 22, 2024 at 1:59 AM
Just under the 10% wire!
September 17, 2024 at 2:34 AM
Just under the 10% wire!
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me: *typing in my symptoms*
webMD: GO INTO THE LIGHT
webMD: GO INTO THE LIGHT
August 24, 2024 at 9:08 PM
me: *typing in my symptoms*
webMD: GO INTO THE LIGHT
webMD: GO INTO THE LIGHT
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If you gaze into the abyss long enough, someone will put advertising in it.
January 8, 2024 at 11:34 PM
If you gaze into the abyss long enough, someone will put advertising in it.
It always saddened me that Christopher Hitchens didn’t live long enough to comment on Kissinger’s death. Similarly I wish Norm McDonald lived long enough to do an OJ Simpson “eulogy” on Weekend Update.
April 12, 2024 at 4:50 PM
It always saddened me that Christopher Hitchens didn’t live long enough to comment on Kissinger’s death. Similarly I wish Norm McDonald lived long enough to do an OJ Simpson “eulogy” on Weekend Update.