“If we are giving wealthy people huge pathways for tax avoidance,” he added, “we should be trying to do things to encourage philanthropy.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/b...
Giving Money Directly to Children Is an Idea the Right and Left Could Love
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
“If we are giving wealthy people huge pathways for tax avoidance,” he added, “we should be trying to do things to encourage philanthropy.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/b...
This fill me with so much joy
They’ve Come to Free ‘the iPad Babies’
www.nytimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This fill me with so much joy
Can’t imagine the pain and rage of a mother who had to write this🥲
Rapport is not competence, but is sure gives the impression of being so. I doubt we know the full scope of the “LLM as therapist” damage across society, exacerbated by our ridiculous health care system.
Rapport is not competence, but is sure gives the impression of being so. I doubt we know the full scope of the “LLM as therapist” damage across society, exacerbated by our ridiculous health care system.
Opinion | What My Daughter Told ChatGPT Before She Took Her Life
www.nytimes.com
August 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Can’t imagine the pain and rage of a mother who had to write this🥲
Rapport is not competence, but is sure gives the impression of being so. I doubt we know the full scope of the “LLM as therapist” damage across society, exacerbated by our ridiculous health care system.
Rapport is not competence, but is sure gives the impression of being so. I doubt we know the full scope of the “LLM as therapist” damage across society, exacerbated by our ridiculous health care system.
When you stop and think, it’s pretty amazing that something as gorgeous and as ridiculous as peacocks continue to co-exist with humans🦚
May 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
When you stop and think, it’s pretty amazing that something as gorgeous and as ridiculous as peacocks continue to co-exist with humans🦚
It is only one thing, not the other
Sam Altman’s goal for ChatGPT to remember ‘your whole life’ is both exciting and disturbing
Sam Altman’s goal for ChatGPT to remember 'your whole life’ is both exciting and disturbing | TechCrunch
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman laid out a big vision for the future of ChatGPT at an AI event hosted by VC firm Sequoia earlier this month. When asked by one OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that he eventually sees the model documenting and remembering everything in a person’s life: books, emails, conversations, all of it. He said young people are close to this already.
techcrunch.com
May 16, 2025 at 12:53 AM
It is only one thing, not the other
Shahi Tharoor is like Pete Buttigieg - cogent, forceful, always on message 👩🍳
@davidfrum.bsky.social breaks down Donald Trump’s “week of the four scams,” involving fake trade deals, manipulated markets, and a personal jet from Qatar.
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A Week of Manufactured Trump Victories
Shashi Tharoor and the Trump grift machine
bit.ly
May 16, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Shahi Tharoor is like Pete Buttigieg - cogent, forceful, always on message 👩🍳
We don’t really care about children
May 15, 2025 at 6:21 PM
We don’t really care about children
🤣 Rest of the world has had the likes of Golda Meir, Indira Gandhi, Margaret Thatcher and Angela Merkel. America still talking about whether women are fit for leadership🤦♀️
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/o...
April 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
🤣 Rest of the world has had the likes of Golda Meir, Indira Gandhi, Margaret Thatcher and Angela Merkel. America still talking about whether women are fit for leadership🤦♀️
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/o...
I just need to take the day off now
April 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I just need to take the day off now
We are not serious people
Tariff Live Updates: Trump Halts Implementation of His Reciprocal Tariffs for 90 Days (Gift Article)
President Trump cited new talks with foreign nations on trade and said his break did not include China.
www.nytimes.com
April 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
We are not serious people
Will definitely need to replace teachers with AI asap. How else are we going to prepare the kids for the future- sitting alone in front of a device which is your sole connection to a simulation of humanity.
www.cnbc.com/2025/03/26/b...
www.cnbc.com/2025/03/26/b...
Bill Gates: Within 10 years, AI will replace many doctors and teachers—humans won't be needed 'for most things'
A new era of "free intelligence" powered by AI will change the way humans work, says billionaire Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates.
www.cnbc.com
March 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Will definitely need to replace teachers with AI asap. How else are we going to prepare the kids for the future- sitting alone in front of a device which is your sole connection to a simulation of humanity.
www.cnbc.com/2025/03/26/b...
www.cnbc.com/2025/03/26/b...
There is no getting away from “I can build it over the weekend” guys.
Why be so callous with a system where people have poured taxes into over their lifetime, trusting that the government will keep its part of the promise?
Why be so callous with a system where people have poured taxes into over their lifetime, trusting that the government will keep its part of the promise?
SCOOP: DOGE wants to rebuild SSA's codebase in months, risking benefits and system collapse, sources tell me.
The plan is to migrate all systems off COBOL quickly which would likely require the use of generative AI.
www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
The plan is to migrate all systems off COBOL quickly which would likely require the use of generative AI.
www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase In Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse
Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.
www.wired.com
March 28, 2025 at 8:25 PM
There is no getting away from “I can build it over the weekend” guys.
Why be so callous with a system where people have poured taxes into over their lifetime, trusting that the government will keep its part of the promise?
Why be so callous with a system where people have poured taxes into over their lifetime, trusting that the government will keep its part of the promise?
Your genetic data, going to sold as “assets” in a yard sale. New owner will have no obligation to protect it.
So glad I had strongly discouraged all my family from using this service.
www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/r...
So glad I had strongly discouraged all my family from using this service.
www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/r...
23andMe Just Filed for Bankruptcy. You Should Delete Your Data Now.
23andMe is up for sale—which means your data is, too.
www.nytimes.com
March 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Your genetic data, going to sold as “assets” in a yard sale. New owner will have no obligation to protect it.
So glad I had strongly discouraged all my family from using this service.
www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/r...
So glad I had strongly discouraged all my family from using this service.
www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/r...
Reposted
If only America would protect school children the way it protects Teslas.
March 23, 2025 at 10:29 PM
If only America would protect school children the way it protects Teslas.
Seems like preaching to the choir. I wish dems would get off their high horse and focus on actual impact to people. Not terms that will start the wrong conversation. Why not call it save Social Security tour?
⚡️FIGHT THE OLIGARCHY RALLY ⚡️
STARTING TOMORROW.
Nevada. Arizona. Colorado.
You, me, and Bernie.
Dem and GOP districts. ❤️💙
See you there 💪🏽🌞
STARTING TOMORROW.
Nevada. Arizona. Colorado.
You, me, and Bernie.
Dem and GOP districts. ❤️💙
See you there 💪🏽🌞
March 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Seems like preaching to the choir. I wish dems would get off their high horse and focus on actual impact to people. Not terms that will start the wrong conversation. Why not call it save Social Security tour?
Seems like a good time to re-read this classic
“Systems in general work poorly or not at all”
“Systems in general work poorly or not at all”
February 16, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Seems like a good time to re-read this classic
“Systems in general work poorly or not at all”
“Systems in general work poorly or not at all”
There needs to be an alternative shorter and cheaper path for somebody interested in becoming a family physician.
Becoming a doctor in the US is extremely expensive in both time and money, which means a narrow pipeline. And those who come through need high paying positions to recoup those costs.
Becoming a doctor in the US is extremely expensive in both time and money, which means a narrow pipeline. And those who come through need high paying positions to recoup those costs.
February 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
There needs to be an alternative shorter and cheaper path for somebody interested in becoming a family physician.
Becoming a doctor in the US is extremely expensive in both time and money, which means a narrow pipeline. And those who come through need high paying positions to recoup those costs.
Becoming a doctor in the US is extremely expensive in both time and money, which means a narrow pipeline. And those who come through need high paying positions to recoup those costs.
Society is “returning to an oral tradition” of communication 🤯
A reminder of cyclical nature of everything that the ancient religions talk about.
They always talked of cycles and rebirth. Not a straight path from one stage to next, what lives doesn’t just die but returns to origins to begin again.
A reminder of cyclical nature of everything that the ancient religions talk about.
They always talked of cycles and rebirth. Not a straight path from one stage to next, what lives doesn’t just die but returns to origins to begin again.
In today's Odd Lots Newsletter, i wrote about Walter Ong Thought, and how as we return to Orality, we're completely re-wiring the logic engine of the human brain.
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February 9, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Society is “returning to an oral tradition” of communication 🤯
A reminder of cyclical nature of everything that the ancient religions talk about.
They always talked of cycles and rebirth. Not a straight path from one stage to next, what lives doesn’t just die but returns to origins to begin again.
A reminder of cyclical nature of everything that the ancient religions talk about.
They always talked of cycles and rebirth. Not a straight path from one stage to next, what lives doesn’t just die but returns to origins to begin again.
He has DDOS’d the system
President Trump has opened the throttle on blowing through apparent legal limits, often with no clear public explanation for how their actions could be consistent with the rule of law. Here are some examples of the administration’s defiance of statutes. nyti.ms/4aKnKRP
February 6, 2025 at 1:11 AM
He has DDOS’d the system
D’oh! It’ll be actual news if they immediately did NOT criticize it
President Trump’s declaration that the U.S. could “take over” the Gaza Strip and that its Palestinian population could be displaced was immediately criticized in the Middle East and beyond.
Trump’s Proposal to ‘Take Over’ Gaza Sparks Immediate Rebukes
President Trump’s suggestion was denounced in the Middle East, Washington and beyond.
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 6:08 AM
D’oh! It’ll be actual news if they immediately did NOT criticize it
EO DDOS - well said
With techbros fully installed in the current administration, it’s fitting that their strategy to take down government agencies is basically an Executive Order DDOS.
The orders are illegal, but what really matters is that the system is too busy defending against attacks to respond effectively.
The orders are illegal, but what really matters is that the system is too busy defending against attacks to respond effectively.
February 5, 2025 at 2:30 AM
EO DDOS - well said
Cut medicaid 🤔 Why is taking away from those who have less always the first idea?
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/u...
What Republicans Could Cut to Pay for Trump’s Tax Cuts: Medicaid and More
President Trump wants a massive tax cut and immigration crackdown bill. Now Republicans must decide what to cut to help pay for it.
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Cut medicaid 🤔 Why is taking away from those who have less always the first idea?
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/u...
The worst of men everywhere now feel empowered, and are wasting no time in spreading the “masculine energy” close to home. That’s more worrisome than a few performative executive orders
arizonaprogressgazette.com/guest-editor...
arizonaprogressgazette.com/guest-editor...
Guest Editorial: Jaw Dropping Disrespect, Lies and Deaf Ears Mark the First Meeting of Scottsdale’s New City Council - Arizona Progress Gazette
Councilwoman Linda Milhaven is not pleased with how the new iteration of City Council did away with Scottsdale's Sustainability Plan.
arizonaprogressgazette.com
January 21, 2025 at 12:45 AM
The worst of men everywhere now feel empowered, and are wasting no time in spreading the “masculine energy” close to home. That’s more worrisome than a few performative executive orders
arizonaprogressgazette.com/guest-editor...
arizonaprogressgazette.com/guest-editor...
TIL MS Excel World Championship
At the Microsoft Excel World Championship in Las Vegas, there was stardust in the air as 12 finance guys vied to be crowned the world’s best spreadsheeter.
"This is the Super Bowl for Excel nerds," one attendee said.
"This is the Super Bowl for Excel nerds," one attendee said.
Is Microsoft Excel the Next Big E-Sport?
At the Microsoft Excel World Championship in Las Vegas, there was stardust in the air as 12 finance guys vied to be crowned the world’s best spreadsheeter.
nyti.ms
January 20, 2025 at 7:06 PM
TIL MS Excel World Championship
🤣
It really is such masculine energy to blame things on a woman who no longer works at the company www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/u...
January 17, 2025 at 6:00 AM
🤣