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“Listen Barbara, I’ll be at my sister’s until you can get your shit together. Please don’t forget to water the plants.”
November 9, 2025 at 1:57 PM
“Listen Barbara, I’ll be at my sister’s until you can get your shit together. Please don’t forget to water the plants.”
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
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There are more of us than there are of them.
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
There are more of us than there are of them.
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These elections really should be easy Republican wins since Trump said his approval ratings are at record highs, prices are down, he’s ended 29 wars, there is no inflation, nobody likes Democrats, and everything is better than it has ever been before.
November 5, 2025 at 12:20 AM
These elections really should be easy Republican wins since Trump said his approval ratings are at record highs, prices are down, he’s ended 29 wars, there is no inflation, nobody likes Democrats, and everything is better than it has ever been before.
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"My Grandma would want me to fight them." I have loved Lynda Barry cartoons for 40 years. Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/o...
November 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
"My Grandma would want me to fight them." I have loved Lynda Barry cartoons for 40 years. Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/o...
what did i just read
“I sat alone in a room with a laptop, watching myself watch other guys watch porn, wondering what the world will look like when I am old.”
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“I sat alone in a room with a laptop, watching myself watch other guys watch porn, wondering what the world will look like when I am old.”
harpers.org/archive/2025...
The Goon Squad, by Daniel Kolitz
Loneliness, porn’s next frontier, and the dream of endless masturbation
harpers.org
October 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
what did i just read
“I sat alone in a room with a laptop, watching myself watch other guys watch porn, wondering what the world will look like when I am old.”
harpers.org/archive/2025...
“I sat alone in a room with a laptop, watching myself watch other guys watch porn, wondering what the world will look like when I am old.”
harpers.org/archive/2025...
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[returning from time travel]
“ok it’s done. I killed baby hitler”
-wtf??? you killed a baby?!?!
“uhh yeah it was hitler… you know, the dude who started the holocaust”
-the what?
“ok it’s done. I killed baby hitler”
-wtf??? you killed a baby?!?!
“uhh yeah it was hitler… you know, the dude who started the holocaust”
-the what?
October 19, 2025 at 4:36 AM
[returning from time travel]
“ok it’s done. I killed baby hitler”
-wtf??? you killed a baby?!?!
“uhh yeah it was hitler… you know, the dude who started the holocaust”
-the what?
“ok it’s done. I killed baby hitler”
-wtf??? you killed a baby?!?!
“uhh yeah it was hitler… you know, the dude who started the holocaust”
-the what?
Now when clients ask me about AI adoption, I can tell them exactly what 100% looks like: it looks like failure. Not immediate failure—that’s the trap. Initial metrics look great. You ship faster. You feel productive. Then three months later, you realize nobody actually understands what you’ve built.
I Went All-In on AI. The MIT Study Is Right.
My all-in AI experiment cost me my confidence
open.substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Now when clients ask me about AI adoption, I can tell them exactly what 100% looks like: it looks like failure. Not immediate failure—that’s the trap. Initial metrics look great. You ship faster. You feel productive. Then three months later, you realize nobody actually understands what you’ve built.
“IT’S RIMMING TIME!”
October 21, 2025 at 1:24 AM
“IT’S RIMMING TIME!”
"I once met a former bodyguard of one billionaire with his own 'bunker', who told me his security team's first priority, if this really did happen, would be to eliminate said boss and get in the bunker themselves. And he didn't seem to be joking."
Tech billionaires seem to be doom prepping. Should we be worried?
The debate is ramping up about what happens if - or when - computer intelligence overtakes humans
www.bbc.com
October 20, 2025 at 9:34 PM
"I once met a former bodyguard of one billionaire with his own 'bunker', who told me his security team's first priority, if this really did happen, would be to eliminate said boss and get in the bunker themselves. And he didn't seem to be joking."
"[Lead] exposure may have shaped the evolution of hominid brains, limiting language and social development in all but modern humans due to a protective genetic variant that only we carry."
Did Lead Limit Brain and Language Development in Neanderthals and Other Extinct Hominids?
A new study suggests that exposure to lead may have limited brain and language development in Neanderthals, but a gene mutation may have protected modern human brains.
today.ucsd.edu
October 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
"[Lead] exposure may have shaped the evolution of hominid brains, limiting language and social development in all but modern humans due to a protective genetic variant that only we carry."
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“I can’t imagine why anybody would want their music used or associated with something created with the sole purpose of dividing us."
Kenny Loggins Demands Removal of 'Danger Zone' From AI Clip of Trump Dumping Poop on Protesters
bit.ly
October 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“I can’t imagine why anybody would want their music used or associated with something created with the sole purpose of dividing us."
[...] the cumulative effect of multiple reinforcing dynamics is placing the nation on a trajectory toward competitive authoritarianism: a system in which elections, courts, and other democratic institutions persist in form but are systematically manipulated to entrench executive control.
Accelerating Authoritarian Dynamics: Assessment of Democratic Decline
The Steady State | October 16, 2025
open.substack.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
[...] the cumulative effect of multiple reinforcing dynamics is placing the nation on a trajectory toward competitive authoritarianism: a system in which elections, courts, and other democratic institutions persist in form but are systematically manipulated to entrench executive control.
Like a flight simulator for the brain, CogLinks let the researchers test what happens when key decision-making circuits go off course.
A ‘Flight Simulator’ for the Brain Reveals How We Learn—and Why Minds Sometimes Go Off Course
New computer model helps reveal how the brain both adapts and misfires, laying the groundwork for more precise treatments for mental health disorders.
now.tufts.edu
October 20, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Like a flight simulator for the brain, CogLinks let the researchers test what happens when key decision-making circuits go off course.
The mice had previously shown signs of cognitive decline, but after all three doses, the animals performed on par with their healthy peers in spatial learning and memory tasks. The benefits lasted at least six months.
New Alzheimer's Treatment Clears Plaques From Brains of Mice Within Hours
Scientists have repaired a natural gateway into the brains of mice, allowing the clumps and tangles associated with Alzheimer's disease to be swept away.
www.sciencealert.com
October 18, 2025 at 12:10 AM
The mice had previously shown signs of cognitive decline, but after all three doses, the animals performed on par with their healthy peers in spatial learning and memory tasks. The benefits lasted at least six months.
Fascinating essay on what we lose when we allow A.I. to write for us, from a philosophical point of view. Some things should be difficult to put into words. You should have to work through it. The friction is part of the process of thinking.
The Word Made Lifeless
The development of AI reads less like a familiar chapter from the history of consumer capitalism and more like the storyboard of a Bond film in which we’ve all been cast as extras.
hedgehogreview.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Fascinating essay on what we lose when we allow A.I. to write for us, from a philosophical point of view. Some things should be difficult to put into words. You should have to work through it. The friction is part of the process of thinking.
"Worked at McDonalds for years. The only time the ball pit got cleaned was when kids started coming out with poo on them."
Here's How They Clean the Balls in a Ball Pit - Core77
Ball pits, invented by designers Charlotte Rude and Hjördis Olsson-Une for Ikea in 1970, went on to become wildly popular. Fast food restaurants, amusement parks, play centers and community recreation...
www.core77.com
October 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
"Worked at McDonalds for years. The only time the ball pit got cleaned was when kids started coming out with poo on them."
OWNIN' THEM LIBS!
"The correct information is easily available, but is irrelevant to someone who prioritizes a symbolic show of strength. What matters is signaling one isn’t listening and won’t be swayed."
"The correct information is easily available, but is irrelevant to someone who prioritizes a symbolic show of strength. What matters is signaling one isn’t listening and won’t be swayed."
Winning with misinformation: New research identifies link between endorsing easily disproven claims and prioritizing symbolic strength
Conversations around misinformation that assume everyone cares about literal truth may be missing the point.
theconversation.com
October 15, 2025 at 5:12 PM
OWNIN' THEM LIBS!
"The correct information is easily available, but is irrelevant to someone who prioritizes a symbolic show of strength. What matters is signaling one isn’t listening and won’t be swayed."
"The correct information is easily available, but is irrelevant to someone who prioritizes a symbolic show of strength. What matters is signaling one isn’t listening and won’t be swayed."
‘[…] he considered the totality of the thousands of messages he and his peers had written, and what would happen if the public saw them come to light.
“If we ever had a leak of this chat we would be cooked fr fr,” he wrote.’
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
“If we ever had a leak of this chat we would be cooked fr fr,” he wrote.’
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:36 AM
‘[…] he considered the totality of the thousands of messages he and his peers had written, and what would happen if the public saw them come to light.
“If we ever had a leak of this chat we would be cooked fr fr,” he wrote.’
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
“If we ever had a leak of this chat we would be cooked fr fr,” he wrote.’
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
“Our study shows that when multiple AIs deliberate together, they achieve the highest-ever performance on medical licensing exams. This demonstrates the power of collaboration and dialogue between AI systems to reach more accurate and reliable answers.”
An AI Council Just Aced the US Medical Licensing Exam
Getting a “council” of five AI models to deliberate over their answers rather than working alone led to record-breaking scores on a medical exam.
singularityhub.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:31 AM
“Our study shows that when multiple AIs deliberate together, they achieve the highest-ever performance on medical licensing exams. This demonstrates the power of collaboration and dialogue between AI systems to reach more accurate and reliable answers.”
I just had to explain to someone born in the 21st century what I meant when I quipped, "Don't touch that dial!", and now I have to go because it's tapioca pudding night at Shady Pines.
October 13, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I just had to explain to someone born in the 21st century what I meant when I quipped, "Don't touch that dial!", and now I have to go because it's tapioca pudding night at Shady Pines.
"AI's potential use in nuclear weapons and unmanned systems challenges the future of humanity. Decisions of life and death must never be delegated to machines."
Nuclear bombs on drones: The next arms race that has experts 'very concerned'
While drones flying over different parts of Europe have raised concerns in many countries, some are worried about a more dystopian future with the technology.
www.sbs.com.au
October 13, 2025 at 6:14 PM
"AI's potential use in nuclear weapons and unmanned systems challenges the future of humanity. Decisions of life and death must never be delegated to machines."
BY YOUR COMMAND.
'This work “bridges the long-standing gap between electronic and biological signaling” and demonstrates interaction between artificial neurons and living cells that Tian calls “unprecedented.”'
spectrum.ieee.org/artificial-n...
'This work “bridges the long-standing gap between electronic and biological signaling” and demonstrates interaction between artificial neurons and living cells that Tian calls “unprecedented.”'
spectrum.ieee.org/artificial-n...
Artificial Neurons Communicate Directly With Living Cells
Artificial neurons that mimic the brain's efficiency are here, using 1/10th the voltage and 1/100th the power of others.
spectrum.ieee.org
October 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
BY YOUR COMMAND.
'This work “bridges the long-standing gap between electronic and biological signaling” and demonstrates interaction between artificial neurons and living cells that Tian calls “unprecedented.”'
spectrum.ieee.org/artificial-n...
'This work “bridges the long-standing gap between electronic and biological signaling” and demonstrates interaction between artificial neurons and living cells that Tian calls “unprecedented.”'
spectrum.ieee.org/artificial-n...
There are no "good" billionaires.
Marc Benioff says Trump should send National Guard to San Francisco
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said that President Trump should deploy the National Guard to San Francisco to combat crime: “We don’t have enough cops, so if they can be cops, I’m all for it.”
www.sfchronicle.com
October 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
There are no "good" billionaires.
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The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
October 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.