Michael Love
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This is still the best recurring bit in tech journalism
November 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
This is still the best recurring bit in tech journalism
3 things: a homework cheating machine, an unlicensed therapist, and an intern who lies a lot. A homework cheat, an unlicensed therapist, and a lying intern. A homework cheat, a therapist... are you getting it yet? These are not 3 separate services, this is one service, and we're calling it ChatGPT.
You know new tech is revolutionary when the people who make it are like, my job is to figure out what this is for and how to get people to pay for it.
As OpenAI expands in every direction, the new CEO of Applications is on a mission to make ChatGPT indispensable and lucrative.
November 24, 2025 at 12:29 AM
3 things: a homework cheating machine, an unlicensed therapist, and an intern who lies a lot. A homework cheat, an unlicensed therapist, and a lying intern. A homework cheat, a therapist... are you getting it yet? These are not 3 separate services, this is one service, and we're calling it ChatGPT.
Maybe they could also make the UI suck less?
iOS 27 Will Reportedly Have Two Key Upgrades
iOS 27 will reportedly have two major elements. quality improvements and new AI features. In his Power On newsletter today, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said that iOS 27 will be similar to Mac OS X Snow Le...
www.macrumors.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Maybe they could also make the UI suck less?
If we don’t thoroughly investigate / prosecute the Adams administration at the state level, this is all going to happen again
Taxpayer-funded work hours. Campaigning. Who's to say where one begins and the other ends?
How Eric Adams's press shop blurred the lines between City Hall and his reelection campaign.
Only at the TABLE OF SUCCESS: THE LAST SUPPER
How Eric Adams's press shop blurred the lines between City Hall and his reelection campaign.
Only at the TABLE OF SUCCESS: THE LAST SUPPER
How Eric Adams's Press Shop Blurred the Lines Between City Hall and His Reelection Campaign
Taxpayer-funded work hours. Campaigning. Who's to say where one begins and the other ends?
hellgatenyc.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:36 AM
If we don’t thoroughly investigate / prosecute the Adams administration at the state level, this is all going to happen again
Somebody just hacked Harvard’s alumni database, and I have a hard time thinking the timing is coincidental
November 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Somebody just hacked Harvard’s alumni database, and I have a hard time thinking the timing is coincidental
One thing that bugs the hell out of me on trans youth sports discourse is that “how are you going to enforce it” is not the first, most obvious response anytime anyone brings it up, even for someone like Newsom/Buttigieg who for whatever reason feels compelled to sympathize with bigots in principle.
ending of a bbc article i just read. this is so fucking funny im sorry
November 22, 2025 at 1:40 PM
One thing that bugs the hell out of me on trans youth sports discourse is that “how are you going to enforce it” is not the first, most obvious response anytime anyone brings it up, even for someone like Newsom/Buttigieg who for whatever reason feels compelled to sympathize with bigots in principle.
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my jaw is on the floor and yet im completely unsurprised. trump’s only political conviction is that he loves a handsome winner
A reporter asks if Mamdani stands by calling Trump a fascist. Mamdani starts to give a delicate answer.
Trump (smiles, pats Mamdani's arm): "That's OK, you can just say yes. It's easier. I don't mind."
Trump (smiles, pats Mamdani's arm): "That's OK, you can just say yes. It's easier. I don't mind."
November 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
my jaw is on the floor and yet im completely unsurprised. trump’s only political conviction is that he loves a handsome winner
Called it
Trump - for all his whining - is still fond of New York City and if Zohran plays his cards right I suspect they can connect over that
Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
November 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Called it
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Welcome to the wild world of Chinese kids' smartwatches, where they socialize, date, shop, give out likes, buy likes, build bots for likes, and enter high society when they get over 800,000 likes.
Absolutely eye-opening. It's great to have Stephanie report this story in this week's Made in China.
Absolutely eye-opening. It's great to have Stephanie report this story in this week's Made in China.
In China, parents are buying smartwatches for children as young as five, connecting them to a digital world that blends socializing with fierce competition. www.wired.com/story/kids-i...
Kids in China Are Using Bots and Engagement Hacks to Look More Popular on Their Smartwatches
In China, parents are buying smartwatches for children as young as five, connecting them to a digital world that blends socializing with fierce competition.
www.wired.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Welcome to the wild world of Chinese kids' smartwatches, where they socialize, date, shop, give out likes, buy likes, build bots for likes, and enter high society when they get over 800,000 likes.
Absolutely eye-opening. It's great to have Stephanie report this story in this week's Made in China.
Absolutely eye-opening. It's great to have Stephanie report this story in this week's Made in China.
Agree with this; as a general point of philosophy, once a section of roadway gets crowded enough - and certainly 5th Avenue in Midtown qualifies - car lanes become the lowest priority and buses/bikes/sidewalks should all predominate
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani should revive the DOT's plan to breathe life into Fifth Avenue with wider sidewalks, a protected bike lane, and a dedicated busway — which Mayors de Blasio and Adams shelved at the behest of powerful business interests.
Memo to Mamdani: Fifth Ave. Belongs to the People — Not the Ultra-Wealthy and Gridlock - Streetsblog New York City
Zohran Mamdani should revive a DOT plan to transform Fifth Avenue shelved by de Blasio and Adams at the behest of powerful corporate interests.
buff.ly
November 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Agree with this; as a general point of philosophy, once a section of roadway gets crowded enough - and certainly 5th Avenue in Midtown qualifies - car lanes become the lowest priority and buses/bikes/sidewalks should all predominate
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Episode 46: Sapiens
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
Sapiens
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 11/20/2025 · 1h 38m
podcasts.apple.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Episode 46: Sapiens
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
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The tradition of making statues of the Buddha (as opposed to imprints of his feet) is also apparently something they got from Greek statuary of their gods.
"Greeks living in Afghanistan were Buddhist 500 years before China and a thousand years before Southeast Asia" is one of those things that sounds made up but is in fact true
November 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The tradition of making statues of the Buddha (as opposed to imprints of his feet) is also apparently something they got from Greek statuary of their gods.
Trump - for all his whining - is still fond of New York City and if Zohran plays his cards right I suspect they can connect over that
Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
Trump says he’s meeting with “communist” Mamdani at the White House on Friday
November 20, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Trump - for all his whining - is still fond of New York City and if Zohran plays his cards right I suspect they can connect over that
This *probably* means he's done done, and kudos to whoever filmed that lame apology that possibly sealed the deal
#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Summers Will Not Finish Semester of Teaching as Harvard Investigates Epstein Ties | News | The Harvard Crimson
Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein.
www.thecrimson.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:46 AM
This *probably* means he's done done, and kudos to whoever filmed that lame apology that possibly sealed the deal
I think this overstates the pull of the suburbs and understates the push from the cities; people were living happily in cities for a long time and departed for the suburbs in large part because the conditions in cities were deteriorating.
Right, this is true, but the OVERWHELMING evidence of the past 100 years of American life is that vastly more people want space and a car than a smaller unit and a car-free lifestyle. This is mostly why the suburban share of US population has grown relentlessly for the entire 20th and 21st century
Some people put a premium on space in my experience, others put a premium on not having to have a car and not being isolated out in the suburbs
November 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I think this overstates the pull of the suburbs and understates the push from the cities; people were living happily in cities for a long time and departed for the suburbs in large part because the conditions in cities were deteriorating.
Best Buy customer support chat is positively unhinged
November 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Best Buy customer support chat is positively unhinged
Regarding Zohran's role in this, I think he can admit that he discouraged Ossé from running - wanting to avoid having this fight this year - but say quite reasonably that since Jeffries waited until early voting started to make an endorsement, he's going to return the favor by doing likewise.
Can Chi Ossé beat Hakeem Jeffries?
Will lightning strike twice?
www.michaellange.nyc
November 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Regarding Zohran's role in this, I think he can admit that he discouraged Ossé from running - wanting to avoid having this fight this year - but say quite reasonably that since Jeffries waited until early voting started to make an endorsement, he's going to return the favor by doing likewise.
“University costs as much as a house and the debt will chase you the rest of your life” is a uniquely American perversion, just like our staggeringly expensive health care
EVIL CHINA lets its old timers study anything they want, for free.
(Anyone else pays like only 1000 quid for university lmao)
(Anyone else pays like only 1000 quid for university lmao)
November 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
“University costs as much as a house and the debt will chase you the rest of your life” is a uniquely American perversion, just like our staggeringly expensive health care
Can confirm, 12yo has no interest in taking the subway on her own but is an enthusiastic bus rider (admittedly in part because the bus saves her like 6 avenue blocks of walking)
November 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Can confirm, 12yo has no interest in taking the subway on her own but is an enthusiastic bus rider (admittedly in part because the bus saves her like 6 avenue blocks of walking)
My takeaway from this is that if Zohran proposes adding 3-4 new SHSAT schools he could win re-election by Kim Jong Un numbers
On this Simon Bazelon popularist thing, I'd be surprised if their poll questions were well-designed, but even if they were, most of the areas where the Democrats are supposedly unpopular involve positions that most Democratic politicians don't hold, so problem solved I guess.
November 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
My takeaway from this is that if Zohran proposes adding 3-4 new SHSAT schools he could win re-election by Kim Jong Un numbers
Crap this is making me realize that if I had a dog I could also feed it baozi
November 18, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Crap this is making me realize that if I had a dog I could also feed it baozi
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This means the world. The amount of work to make a new edition, and a new print version, was extraordinary.
I'm more impressed than I can say that there's going to be a 12th edition of the @merriam-webster.com Collegiate Dictionary.
September 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
This means the world. The amount of work to make a new edition, and a new print version, was extraordinary.