Larson Lee
@larsonlee.bsky.social
Distracted lawyer, lapsed reporter, occasional songwriter. Longtime Iowan in New York; current New Yorker in Iowa.
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if you played sonic the hedgehog and put down the controller, sonic would look at you and tap his foot impatiently. this was proof that sega genesis cartridges had souls. the decision was made to make the storage cases a lot larger than the cartridges so they would have room to move around in there
February 11, 2026 at 3:58 PM
if you played sonic the hedgehog and put down the controller, sonic would look at you and tap his foot impatiently. this was proof that sega genesis cartridges had souls. the decision was made to make the storage cases a lot larger than the cartridges so they would have room to move around in there
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Stop anthropomorphizing the word prediction algorithm. It is synthesizing things humans previously said to predict what a human would say in a given situation. It is not thinking. Any meaning behind its words is imposed from without by human users, not generated from within like human thought.
oh man. I like Gideon but, dude, no.
February 11, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Stop anthropomorphizing the word prediction algorithm. It is synthesizing things humans previously said to predict what a human would say in a given situation. It is not thinking. Any meaning behind its words is imposed from without by human users, not generated from within like human thought.
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No son, they are not "magically delicious." The workers made them delicious. This is a slogan meant to mystify the social conditions of labor
February 11, 2026 at 1:46 AM
No son, they are not "magically delicious." The workers made them delicious. This is a slogan meant to mystify the social conditions of labor
They just looked tired. I’m worried the tendency to play the starters too much has started to rear its ugly head, as it seems to this time of year. #BlueCy
February 11, 2026 at 4:59 AM
They just looked tired. I’m worried the tendency to play the starters too much has started to rear its ugly head, as it seems to this time of year. #BlueCy
Just rewatched with this Genius transcript on the next screen. Maybe as close as we’ll get. genius.com/Bad-bunny-su...
Bad Bunny (Ft. Lady Gaga & Ricky Martin) – Super Bowl LX Halftime Show
[Letra de "Super Bowl LX Halftime Show" ft. Lady Gaga & Ricky Martin] / [Intro: DJ Ebro & Bad Bunny] / The National Football League welcomes you to the Apple Music Super Bowl LX
genius.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Just rewatched with this Genius transcript on the next screen. Maybe as close as we’ll get. genius.com/Bad-bunny-su...
I really enjoyed the Bad Bunny halftime, and I’m chill with it being all in Spanish, but now that it’s been a couple days, is any enterprising outlet or person going to post a version with English subtitles?
February 10, 2026 at 4:25 PM
I really enjoyed the Bad Bunny halftime, and I’m chill with it being all in Spanish, but now that it’s been a couple days, is any enterprising outlet or person going to post a version with English subtitles?
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Watching MAGA talkers dump on Bad Bunny/Puerto Rico etc, I'm thinking of Jason Zengerle's new Tucker Carlson bio. Recreates that period after the 2012 election when Murdoch etc media decided the GOP needed to back imm. reform and win Latinos.
Trump at the time: www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Do...
Trump at the time: www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Do...
February 9, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Watching MAGA talkers dump on Bad Bunny/Puerto Rico etc, I'm thinking of Jason Zengerle's new Tucker Carlson bio. Recreates that period after the 2012 election when Murdoch etc media decided the GOP needed to back imm. reform and win Latinos.
Trump at the time: www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Do...
Trump at the time: www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Do...
Caravan is a good answer, but Taurus is still the best answer, at least for where I grew up. A family joke was to say, “White Ford Taurus, don’t see one of those every day,” whenever we met one on the road. We said it constantly.
February 9, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Caravan is a good answer, but Taurus is still the best answer, at least for where I grew up. A family joke was to say, “White Ford Taurus, don’t see one of those every day,” whenever we met one on the road. We said it constantly.
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This is what Hess said: “It brings up mixed emotions to represent the US right now. I think it’s a little hard. There’s obviously a lot going on that I’m not the biggest fan of. Just because I wear the flag doesn't mean I represent everything that's going on in the US.”
February 8, 2026 at 4:54 PM
This is what Hess said: “It brings up mixed emotions to represent the US right now. I think it’s a little hard. There’s obviously a lot going on that I’m not the biggest fan of. Just because I wear the flag doesn't mean I represent everything that's going on in the US.”
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👀 What if I told you there was a hidden art gallery scattered across the country?
What if I told you some of its treasures had vanished?
What if I told you that I found them?
A project three years in the making (🎁 gift link):
What if I told you some of its treasures had vanished?
What if I told you that I found them?
A project three years in the making (🎁 gift link):
The disappearing art gallery in your post office
The U.S. Postal Service is home to thousands of historic works of art in post offices nationwide. Hundreds have been lost, sold or destroyed.
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February 8, 2026 at 2:08 PM
👀 What if I told you there was a hidden art gallery scattered across the country?
What if I told you some of its treasures had vanished?
What if I told you that I found them?
A project three years in the making (🎁 gift link):
What if I told you some of its treasures had vanished?
What if I told you that I found them?
A project three years in the making (🎁 gift link):
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Every British law is like "we've banned ninja swords from being owned by ovulating immigrants" and every American law is like "we've subsidized human consumption of cattle-grade sorghum with a tax credit program of 50 billion dollars over 10 years"
February 8, 2026 at 4:32 AM
Every British law is like "we've banned ninja swords from being owned by ovulating immigrants" and every American law is like "we've subsidized human consumption of cattle-grade sorghum with a tax credit program of 50 billion dollars over 10 years"
Love too wait a week for the exciting conclusion of a cliffhanger, only to be introduced to an entirely new set of characters instead.
February 8, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Love too wait a week for the exciting conclusion of a cliffhanger, only to be introduced to an entirely new set of characters instead.
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I don’t know what film school is teaching “unnecessary-flashback-episode-late-in-the-series-order”, but I wish they’d stop
February 8, 2026 at 6:54 AM
I don’t know what film school is teaching “unnecessary-flashback-episode-late-in-the-series-order”, but I wish they’d stop
I would follow a Disc-Horse Bot-style account that auto-generated these.
February 6, 2026 at 8:10 PM
I would follow a Disc-Horse Bot-style account that auto-generated these.
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the Spectator accidentally recycled a subhed from a previous day’s article about Tehran
February 6, 2026 at 6:07 PM
the Spectator accidentally recycled a subhed from a previous day’s article about Tehran
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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Wow! What sounded like the entire AEW Dynamite audience in Las Vegas tonight chanted "Fuck ICE! Fuck ICE!" in unison before the main event
February 5, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Wow! What sounded like the entire AEW Dynamite audience in Las Vegas tonight chanted "Fuck ICE! Fuck ICE!" in unison before the main event
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Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 4, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
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It’s 2026. There is a measles outbreak in the prison for babies
February 2, 2026 at 7:15 AM
It’s 2026. There is a measles outbreak in the prison for babies
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"They start by questioning the assumption that CEOs necessarily seek to advance “legitimate” ends. Instead, they suggest that a persistent issue is predation: the exploitation of asymmetries in information and power to the disadvantage of shareholders, creditors, customers, or employees."
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A related article (for those with access, but the abstract alone is a good 'un), but Bill Black and June Carbone. digitalcommons.law.seattleu.edu/sulr/vol43/i...
February 2, 2026 at 10:26 PM
"They start by questioning the assumption that CEOs necessarily seek to advance “legitimate” ends. Instead, they suggest that a persistent issue is predation: the exploitation of asymmetries in information and power to the disadvantage of shareholders, creditors, customers, or employees."
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Brock roomed with Breece Hall in college and endeared himself to fans in college doing an MJ dance to PYT. Currently does the Dougie to celebrate touchdowns. I know they put country music in his TV ads, but I would bet money he knows Bad Bunny.
February 2, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Brock roomed with Breece Hall in college and endeared himself to fans in college doing an MJ dance to PYT. Currently does the Dougie to celebrate touchdowns. I know they put country music in his TV ads, but I would bet money he knows Bad Bunny.
a close up of a man 's face with another man behind him
Alt: Cobra Kai coach saying “No Mercy”
media.tenor.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:11 PM
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There's too many fucking people in the Epstein files. Need Yakko Warner to sing a song about it to help me get caught up
January 31, 2026 at 3:51 AM
There's too many fucking people in the Epstein files. Need Yakko Warner to sing a song about it to help me get caught up
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