Iykyk
@lipstickscribbles.bsky.social
It's been a long, winding journey, cutting a path through uncharted territory.
💯 co-signed.
Credible adherence to these five key planks should be a requirement for any Democrat Federal office seeker (or Independent wanting to be taken seriously) and made part of the next platform.
Credible adherence to these five key planks should be a requirement for any Democrat Federal office seeker (or Independent wanting to be taken seriously) and made part of the next platform.
Not that anyone has any free brain space to focus on the future of the Republic this morning. But I put together this short piece on how to figure out which Senators should be purged from Congress. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-s...
The Status Interview – Or How To Write Up a Senate Purge List
Over the last couple days I’ve argued both that the denouement of...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:26 PM
💯 co-signed.
Credible adherence to these five key planks should be a requirement for any Democrat Federal office seeker (or Independent wanting to be taken seriously) and made part of the next platform.
Credible adherence to these five key planks should be a requirement for any Democrat Federal office seeker (or Independent wanting to be taken seriously) and made part of the next platform.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:29 AM
One of the interesting economic trends to watch is to what extent Chinese brand retail is globalizing and pushing into the US market. Most noticeably this is now visible in ent products, but there's little stopping them from experimenting across other market verticals.
October 29, 2025 at 9:06 PM
One of the interesting economic trends to watch is to what extent Chinese brand retail is globalizing and pushing into the US market. Most noticeably this is now visible in ent products, but there's little stopping them from experimenting across other market verticals.
@garymarcus.bsky.social chronicling death of vibe coding.
Heard an exec say, "had cGPT write some python". Muted mic before I lol'd.
Coded outside the distribution always. If AI is increasing your productivity, seriously, rethink how you move.
garymarcus.substack.com/p/is-vibe-co...
Heard an exec say, "had cGPT write some python". Muted mic before I lol'd.
Coded outside the distribution always. If AI is increasing your productivity, seriously, rethink how you move.
garymarcus.substack.com/p/is-vibe-co...
Is vibe coding dying?
Amateurs might not be replacing teams of coders, after all
garymarcus.substack.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
@garymarcus.bsky.social chronicling death of vibe coding.
Heard an exec say, "had cGPT write some python". Muted mic before I lol'd.
Coded outside the distribution always. If AI is increasing your productivity, seriously, rethink how you move.
garymarcus.substack.com/p/is-vibe-co...
Heard an exec say, "had cGPT write some python". Muted mic before I lol'd.
Coded outside the distribution always. If AI is increasing your productivity, seriously, rethink how you move.
garymarcus.substack.com/p/is-vibe-co...
Slophouse cinema era is upon us.
David and Larry Ellisons’ sloptastic vision for Hollywood is coming into focus:
“Paramount has reportedly signed a $200M+ multiyear deal for Higgsfield AI to use mass-use Popcorn AI model that ingests dailies and script notes, then outputs regional cuts: new leads, alternate jokes, revised endings”
“Paramount has reportedly signed a $200M+ multiyear deal for Higgsfield AI to use mass-use Popcorn AI model that ingests dailies and script notes, then outputs regional cuts: new leads, alternate jokes, revised endings”
October 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Slophouse cinema era is upon us.
Middle East Cease Fire aging like a Trump steak.
October 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Middle East Cease Fire aging like a Trump steak.
Love the dedication of street artists doing bolt ons.
Just in time for the No Kings protest…
“Putin’s Glory Hole” sculptures are popping up all over DC, courtesy of a mystery artist. They’re bolted down, so good luck taking them down.
Support the arts.
“Putin’s Glory Hole” sculptures are popping up all over DC, courtesy of a mystery artist. They’re bolted down, so good luck taking them down.
Support the arts.
October 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Love the dedication of street artists doing bolt ons.
Tokenized ponzi songs.
I'm all for fractional ownership of songs that can result in real revenues based on performance, but this is just another form of gambling.
www.vibe.us.com
I'm all for fractional ownership of songs that can result in real revenues based on performance, but this is just another form of gambling.
www.vibe.us.com
Vibe - Tokenize Your Music
A Launchpad for Verified MUSIC coins. Tokenize your songs and let fans invest in the music they love.
www.vibe.us.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Tokenized ponzi songs.
I'm all for fractional ownership of songs that can result in real revenues based on performance, but this is just another form of gambling.
www.vibe.us.com
I'm all for fractional ownership of songs that can result in real revenues based on performance, but this is just another form of gambling.
www.vibe.us.com
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America didn’t win WWII through “inferior tech," it won through organization, integration, and strategy, as well as the myth that Nazi Germany’s “exquisite” weapons outclassed the Allies, and critiques how the media keeps misusing history to sound profound. My latest⬇️
The Myth of Allied Technological Inferiority
World War II, The Free Press, and the Problematic Use of History in Contemporary Media
secretaryrofdefenserock.substack.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:37 PM
America didn’t win WWII through “inferior tech," it won through organization, integration, and strategy, as well as the myth that Nazi Germany’s “exquisite” weapons outclassed the Allies, and critiques how the media keeps misusing history to sound profound. My latest⬇️
My entire professional life is around 98% center-left & left business people around the country and not once has the word antifa passed their lips.
By "increasingly" I feel like we're talking it went from one person in a town to two.
It's a non-issue outside the media gossip.
By "increasingly" I feel like we're talking it went from one person in a town to two.
It's a non-issue outside the media gossip.
"increasingly being owned/embraced by decidedly non-radical (center-left) people"
This is what I said would be a bad idea. Now go yell at each other about it instead of me :)
This is what I said would be a bad idea. Now go yell at each other about it instead of me :)
Sure, I'll bite...
The term "antifa" is increasingly being owned/embraced by decidedly non-radical (center-left) people who choose to take its nominal "anti-fascist" meaning at face value, often leveraging a WW2 historical perspective...
By way of example:
The term "antifa" is increasingly being owned/embraced by decidedly non-radical (center-left) people who choose to take its nominal "anti-fascist" meaning at face value, often leveraging a WW2 historical perspective...
By way of example:
October 13, 2025 at 9:29 PM
My entire professional life is around 98% center-left & left business people around the country and not once has the word antifa passed their lips.
By "increasingly" I feel like we're talking it went from one person in a town to two.
It's a non-issue outside the media gossip.
By "increasingly" I feel like we're talking it went from one person in a town to two.
It's a non-issue outside the media gossip.
Worst thing you can do to media people is ignore them.
I don’t think it’s good that we have an entire class of media elites who believe that people getting mad at them means they’re doing a good job, but identifying that makes me wonder if it’s actually better to not get mad at them and deprive them of what they want.
October 13, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Worst thing you can do to media people is ignore them.
This admin has utterly eviscerated the federal authorities implied right to deference.
Short of future allowance of direct civil and criminal penalties, I don't know how they recover trust.
Short of future allowance of direct civil and criminal penalties, I don't know how they recover trust.
“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.
I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.
Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.
newsletter.ofthebrave.org
October 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
This admin has utterly eviscerated the federal authorities implied right to deference.
Short of future allowance of direct civil and criminal penalties, I don't know how they recover trust.
Short of future allowance of direct civil and criminal penalties, I don't know how they recover trust.
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Post this everywhere‼️
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RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES
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RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES
October 10, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Post this everywhere‼️
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RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES
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RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES
It was ever thus.
A Brief History of Men are Becoming Less Manly
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October 8, 2025 at 1:19 AM
It was ever thus.
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Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
October 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
Wapo, once again, fascinated by facts.
NEW: A flash poll by The Washington Post finds that 47% of Americans blame Trump and Republicans in Congress for the partial government shutdown, compared with 30 percent who blame Democrats in Congress.
Despite having media on their side Trump losing bigly www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Despite having media on their side Trump losing bigly www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
October 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Wapo, once again, fascinated by facts.
Conservatives wanting to return to the 80s should be reminded what captured the clubs and thus, culture, in the end.
youtu.be/wXLyAzgX-ho?...
youtu.be/wXLyAzgX-ho?...
Headhunter (V1.0)
YouTube video by Front 242 - Topic
youtu.be
October 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Conservatives wanting to return to the 80s should be reminded what captured the clubs and thus, culture, in the end.
youtu.be/wXLyAzgX-ho?...
youtu.be/wXLyAzgX-ho?...
Illuminating comparison between Klein's unmoored, fear-driven response to the current moment, and Coates' really ironclad foundation for why one holds the line even in the face of uncomfortable momentary odds.
Revealing is the right word
This was revealing. Worth reading. The basic demand is that Coates spend less time thinking/writing his true feelings and more time playing political strategist. Klein asks him over and over him to do Dem strategy; he says no, over and over. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/o...
September 29, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Illuminating comparison between Klein's unmoored, fear-driven response to the current moment, and Coates' really ironclad foundation for why one holds the line even in the face of uncomfortable momentary odds.
I see the battle of Portland has started out as successfully as the last time.
Portland declares ICE facility out of compliance, demands its clearance. www.portland.gov/mayor/keith-...
City of Portland will issue land use violation notice for ICE facility, triggering process to determine next steps at the site
The City of Portland believes the federal government violated detention conditions of its land use approval 25 times in a 10-month period, according to federal records. Next steps could include fines ...
www.portland.gov
September 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I see the battle of Portland has started out as successfully as the last time.
Who exactly does Matty think is gonna be left in that coalition?
I don't dislike either of them as human beings, but seriously, as political leaders... 🤦
I don't dislike either of them as human beings, but seriously, as political leaders... 🤦
“.. when people ask me about the possibility of .. Mark Cuban or Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson leading the party in 2028, I don’t dismiss it. .. willingness to disrupt the existing coalition is very much needed.”
@mattyglesias.bsky.social
@mcuban.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
@mattyglesias.bsky.social
@mcuban.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Who Can Save the Democratic Party?
The party’s reputation is so battered, and its institutions so stale, that maybe only a complete outsider can fix it.
www.bloomberg.com
September 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Who exactly does Matty think is gonna be left in that coalition?
I don't dislike either of them as human beings, but seriously, as political leaders... 🤦
I don't dislike either of them as human beings, but seriously, as political leaders... 🤦
Being not unfamiliar with Portland over the decades, I find it amusing that the online right thinks they're going to "tame" the whitest major metro in the country.
Not to mention a metro that has a lasting sense of they do shit their way.
Not to mention a metro that has a lasting sense of they do shit their way.
September 28, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Being not unfamiliar with Portland over the decades, I find it amusing that the online right thinks they're going to "tame" the whitest major metro in the country.
Not to mention a metro that has a lasting sense of they do shit their way.
Not to mention a metro that has a lasting sense of they do shit their way.
Co-signed and a requirement for any Dem or Indie to pass muster.
For 26 but especially 2028 it's time for Democrats to make clear that the current Supreme Court will have to be reformed (expanded in number, reformed in structure) to allow popular govt to continue in the United States. Not so much a litmus test as precondition for any other promise to be credible.
September 27, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Co-signed and a requirement for any Dem or Indie to pass muster.
Iirc, Everest is one of the companies in a portfolio which also owns FYE.
kidscreen.com/2025/09/16/e...
kidscreen.com/2025/09/16/e...
Everest Toys falls into receivership
TD Bank will soon file a bankruptcy application for the Canadian toy distributor, which closed its doors last month.
kidscreen.com
September 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Iirc, Everest is one of the companies in a portfolio which also owns FYE.
kidscreen.com/2025/09/16/e...
kidscreen.com/2025/09/16/e...
We're at the suggested mandate of "n queries per day" phase of the Enterprise/CGPT integration.
That should tell @edzitron.com how well the actual integration is going.
Gotta love the naively earnest OpenAI staffers who lead the "education" meetings about how to use the product, though.
That should tell @edzitron.com how well the actual integration is going.
Gotta love the naively earnest OpenAI staffers who lead the "education" meetings about how to use the product, though.
September 25, 2025 at 11:46 AM
We're at the suggested mandate of "n queries per day" phase of the Enterprise/CGPT integration.
That should tell @edzitron.com how well the actual integration is going.
Gotta love the naively earnest OpenAI staffers who lead the "education" meetings about how to use the product, though.
That should tell @edzitron.com how well the actual integration is going.
Gotta love the naively earnest OpenAI staffers who lead the "education" meetings about how to use the product, though.
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ICYMI: Part One of my thoughts on how the “free speech culture” movement contributed to the moment of historical censorship www.popehat.com/p/how-free-s...
How "Free Speech Culture" Is Killing Free Speech: Part One
Blurring The Lines Between Official Censorship And Individual Criticism Built The Intellectual Foundation For Trump's Assault On Free Expression
www.popehat.com
September 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
ICYMI: Part One of my thoughts on how the “free speech culture” movement contributed to the moment of historical censorship www.popehat.com/p/how-free-s...