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Kevin Shay
@kshay.com
· Aug 30
Thread of AI Overview fun:
You can eat blueberries at any time.
November 11, 2025 at 3:31 AM
You can eat blueberries at any time.
If I never open this I’ll live forever
November 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
If I never open this I’ll live forever
I’m not a doctor but aren’t these pretty different
![Alfred died on 26 October 899 at the age of 50 or 51.[164] How he died is unknown, but he suffered throughout his life with a painful and unpleasant illness. His biographer Asser gave a detailed description of Alfred's symptoms, and this has allowed modern doctors to provide a possible diagnosis. It is thought that he had either Crohn's disease or haemorrhoids.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cet4nxcnv2frhnrncyoopv4c/bafkreie73st34yjalq5pkt7pn5ngc6ghmdaascfulwkvw64xsdykmqhrxm@jpeg)
November 8, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I’m not a doctor but aren’t these pretty different
Who’s your favorite musician whose name is two methods of transportation? Mine might be El DeBarge
November 8, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Who’s your favorite musician whose name is two methods of transportation? Mine might be El DeBarge
What was the starkest vote disparity between adjacent districts? Perhaps Brooklyn ED 75 (Mamdani +60) vs. ED 49 (Cuomo +70)
November 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
What was the starkest vote disparity between adjacent districts? Perhaps Brooklyn ED 75 (Mamdani +60) vs. ED 49 (Cuomo +70)
Isn’t that the Chiquita Banana song
Trump on the need to abolish the filibuster: "It will be impossible to beat us."
November 5, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Isn’t that the Chiquita Banana song
Those Grapes Were Sour Anyway
By Ross Douthat
By Ross Douthat
November 5, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Those Grapes Were Sour Anyway
By Ross Douthat
By Ross Douthat
My hottest take is that if Cuomo had never entered the primary, Lander would have won narrowly in a fairly boring and uncontroversial way, the general would have been the typical Dem cakewalk with middling turnout, and nobody would be talking about it today
November 5, 2025 at 12:06 PM
My hottest take is that if Cuomo had never entered the primary, Lander would have won narrowly in a fairly boring and uncontroversial way, the general would have been the typical Dem cakewalk with middling turnout, and nobody would be talking about it today
Regretting my vote after overhearing Mamdani’s campaign was run by the Luftwaffe?! … Hang on, being told that was “aloof wife”
November 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Regretting my vote after overhearing Mamdani’s campaign was run by the Luftwaffe?! … Hang on, being told that was “aloof wife”
Terrible news: Kirkland T-shirts fell off
November 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Terrible news: Kirkland T-shirts fell off
Wanted to find out when to arrive at a certain location to watch the NYC Marathon. Let’s ask AI Overview!
First attempt, looks pretty good, even breaks the info down into a handy table. Though it seems a bit suspect that the men will start at 9:05 and may arrive at 9:00. Maybe we should try again?
First attempt, looks pretty good, even breaks the info down into a handy table. Though it seems a bit suspect that the men will start at 9:05 and may arrive at 9:00. Maybe we should try again?
![[Google results for "when will the first professional runners reach lafayette avenue"]
Al Overview
The first professional runners are expected to reach the intersection of Flatbush Avenue and Lafayette Avenue in Brooklyn at approximately
8:50 AM ET, and the intersection of Lafayette and Classon Avenues around 9:00 AM ET
during the NYC Marathon on Sunday, November
2, 2025.
Here is a general timeline for the professional divisions passing through the area:
Division / Start Time (Staten Island) / Est. Time at Lafayette Ave.
Professional Women / 8:35 AM /~8:50 AM
Professional Men / 9:05 AM / ~9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Handcycles & Athletes with disabilities / 8:22 AM / ~8:40 AM](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cet4nxcnv2frhnrncyoopv4c/bafkreihbqbgfqkst2t2bts2r5je445b7qsnuviwvh5ffx6tzb6mq3mbfee@jpeg)
November 2, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Wanted to find out when to arrive at a certain location to watch the NYC Marathon. Let’s ask AI Overview!
First attempt, looks pretty good, even breaks the info down into a handy table. Though it seems a bit suspect that the men will start at 9:05 and may arrive at 9:00. Maybe we should try again?
First attempt, looks pretty good, even breaks the info down into a handy table. Though it seems a bit suspect that the men will start at 9:05 and may arrive at 9:00. Maybe we should try again?
Wonder if this creates a bit of a perverse incentive for how writers and editors structure articles
November 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Wonder if this creates a bit of a perverse incentive for how writers and editors structure articles
If I knew nothing about Mamdani or Cuomo it would still be an easy choice based purely on who is supporting them. I don’t think there’s a single Cuomo-backing public figure I respect
November 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
If I knew nothing about Mamdani or Cuomo it would still be an easy choice based purely on who is supporting them. I don’t think there’s a single Cuomo-backing public figure I respect
When I say “I resent that document” I don’t mean that I sent it again but that I harbor resentment toward it
When I say "I have a conflict with this meeting" I do not mean that I have another meeting at the same time.
What I mean is, I take ubmrage against it. I have a feud with it on a historic scale.
What I mean is, I take ubmrage against it. I have a feud with it on a historic scale.
October 31, 2025 at 4:58 PM
When I say “I resent that document” I don’t mean that I sent it again but that I harbor resentment toward it
The other funny thing is that Adams didn’t drop out in time to get his name taken off. He’s the sitting mayor! If he’s on the ballot, he’s going to get some votes!
i feel like NYC ballot design will have a non-zero impact on the actual result
mamdani and sliwa are given more prominence on the top row (as well as being mentioned multiple times), while cuomo is just funneled off in the bottom right corner
mamdani and sliwa are given more prominence on the top row (as well as being mentioned multiple times), while cuomo is just funneled off in the bottom right corner
October 30, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The other funny thing is that Adams didn’t drop out in time to get his name taken off. He’s the sitting mayor! If he’s on the ballot, he’s going to get some votes!
Not sure why today’s iteration of “I aced the big difficult test at Walter Reed” is getting traction/pushback/mockery when he’s been saying the same thing for at least a year, but it’s about time
Dementia screening. He’s talking about a dementia screening
Trump: "I took my cognitive exam as part of my physical exam, and I got the highest mark, and one of the doctors said, 'Sir, I've never seen anybody get that kind of -- that was the highest mark.'"
October 28, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Not sure why today’s iteration of “I aced the big difficult test at Walter Reed” is getting traction/pushback/mockery when he’s been saying the same thing for at least a year, but it’s about time
Actually I don’t think that’s how CAT scans work
October 27, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Actually I don’t think that’s how CAT scans work
ME: eat your breakfast before we go to doggie daycare
DOG: [meh]
ME: ok fine [moves food to tupperware for lunch]
DOG: [sniffs empty bowl sadly]
ME: ok fine [food back to bowl]
DOG: [meh]
ME: ok fine [back to tupperware]
DOG: [sniffs bowl]
ME: ok fine [puts tupperware on floor]
DOG: [devours food]
DOG: [meh]
ME: ok fine [moves food to tupperware for lunch]
DOG: [sniffs empty bowl sadly]
ME: ok fine [food back to bowl]
DOG: [meh]
ME: ok fine [back to tupperware]
DOG: [sniffs bowl]
ME: ok fine [puts tupperware on floor]
DOG: [devours food]
October 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
ME: eat your breakfast before we go to doggie daycare
DOG: [meh]
ME: ok fine [moves food to tupperware for lunch]
DOG: [sniffs empty bowl sadly]
ME: ok fine [food back to bowl]
DOG: [meh]
ME: ok fine [back to tupperware]
DOG: [sniffs bowl]
ME: ok fine [puts tupperware on floor]
DOG: [devours food]
DOG: [meh]
ME: ok fine [moves food to tupperware for lunch]
DOG: [sniffs empty bowl sadly]
ME: ok fine [food back to bowl]
DOG: [meh]
ME: ok fine [back to tupperware]
DOG: [sniffs bowl]
ME: ok fine [puts tupperware on floor]
DOG: [devours food]
Turing and Turing in the widening gyre
this guy talked to an LLM about physics and is convinced he proved the world is mushrooms
October 23, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Turing and Turing in the widening gyre
Startup idea: reverse Cameo where minor celebrities pay random people to pretend to be fans
October 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Startup idea: reverse Cameo where minor celebrities pay random people to pretend to be fans
Surprisingly low tbh
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When Online Content Disappears
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f.mtr.cool
October 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Surprisingly low tbh
Who tried or failed to “shoulder past” whom? Cuomo‘s attempted bigfoot of the primary happened in March, when all the other candidates had been running for 5+ months
Newcomer Zohran Mamdani, age 34, has used social media and big progressive ideas to shoulder past Andrew Cuomo, who's 67 and long a member of Democratic Party royalty. n.pr/3Wkh6vb
Mamdani's rise in NYC reflects generational fight within the Democratic Party
Newcomer Zohran Mamdani, age 34, has used social media and big progressive ideas to shoulder past Andrew Cuomo, who's 67 and long a member of Democratic Party royalty.
n.pr
October 22, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Who tried or failed to “shoulder past” whom? Cuomo‘s attempted bigfoot of the primary happened in March, when all the other candidates had been running for 5+ months