Mark of Distinction
@mhanch.bsky.social
I read. I write. I drink.
Not at the same time.
Not at the same time.
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One of the difficult things I deal with now is the passive slide towards fascism. My grandfather was in the 20th Armored. The Liberators. First unit into Dachau.
Back when I was on Twitter I met a person who had family in Dachau who survived. They kept a patch from the 20th in the family.
Back when I was on Twitter I met a person who had family in Dachau who survived. They kept a patch from the 20th in the family.
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remembering one of the all-time greatest twitter posts
December 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
remembering one of the all-time greatest twitter posts
Someone committed a Journalism
BERMAN: Did you see any evidence of them trying to use a radio in the video you saw?
TOM COTTON: Well I saw lots of evidence of them standing on the boat that had been capsized
BERMAN: That wasn't my question. Did you see any evidence?
COTTON: No, I didn't
TOM COTTON: Well I saw lots of evidence of them standing on the boat that had been capsized
BERMAN: That wasn't my question. Did you see any evidence?
COTTON: No, I didn't
December 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Someone committed a Journalism
I see a lot of folks use Kaizen improperly. This story gets it right.
I tell this story periodically, but it seems like it's time again:
General Motors ran an automobile manufacturing plant in Fremont, California, that was one of the worst in the country. Accident rates and defects were astronomical. Absenteeism was through the roof.
1/12
General Motors ran an automobile manufacturing plant in Fremont, California, that was one of the worst in the country. Accident rates and defects were astronomical. Absenteeism was through the roof.
1/12
December 4, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I see a lot of folks use Kaizen improperly. This story gets it right.
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I like the Bulwark. I don’t like the Bulwark indulging in this masturbatory bullshit. Stop participating in a corrupt asshole’s rehabilitation grift.
@timmiller.bsky.social: "He's being nominated to HHS Secretary…You had information that you could have shared…and you didn't share anything about him. Why? Did you still love him?"
Olivia Nuzzi: "I don't know how to responsibly handle this on camera." lnk.thebulwark.com/4ozkaz8?utm_...
Olivia Nuzzi: "I don't know how to responsibly handle this on camera." lnk.thebulwark.com/4ozkaz8?utm_...
December 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I like the Bulwark. I don’t like the Bulwark indulging in this masturbatory bullshit. Stop participating in a corrupt asshole’s rehabilitation grift.
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h/t @robertfreundlaw.bsky.social
holy shit, an accurate legal critique of LLMs. LLMs don't reason because they're just stitching together plausible-looking sentences indifferent to the content
holy shit, an accurate legal critique of LLMs. LLMs don't reason because they're just stitching together plausible-looking sentences indifferent to the content
December 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
h/t @robertfreundlaw.bsky.social
holy shit, an accurate legal critique of LLMs. LLMs don't reason because they're just stitching together plausible-looking sentences indifferent to the content
holy shit, an accurate legal critique of LLMs. LLMs don't reason because they're just stitching together plausible-looking sentences indifferent to the content
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Oh really
Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
econ.st
December 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Oh really
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27% are crazy
Within the margin of error of The Crazification Factor.
November 29, 2025 at 8:37 PM
27% are crazy
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The legendary CBGB club on a snowy, cold day in New York City
Photo by Patrick Cummins
#punk #punks #punkrock #cbgb #newyorkcity #omfug #bowery #history #punkrockhistory
Photo by Patrick Cummins
#punk #punks #punkrock #cbgb #newyorkcity #omfug #bowery #history #punkrockhistory
November 27, 2025 at 3:40 AM
The legendary CBGB club on a snowy, cold day in New York City
Photo by Patrick Cummins
#punk #punks #punkrock #cbgb #newyorkcity #omfug #bowery #history #punkrockhistory
Photo by Patrick Cummins
#punk #punks #punkrock #cbgb #newyorkcity #omfug #bowery #history #punkrockhistory
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yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
This has all happened before…..
Does anybody remember how Sun Microsystems (SUNW) died?
They sold SparcServers (&Solaris) in the dot-com boom.
Thousands of VC funded startups buying SparcServers.
Hugh revenue! stock soaring 10x in a year.
They sold SparcServers (&Solaris) in the dot-com boom.
Thousands of VC funded startups buying SparcServers.
Hugh revenue! stock soaring 10x in a year.
November 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
This has all happened before…..
Amazing
Tell me you have never read Hunter S. Thompson without telling me you have never read Hunter S. Thompson.
November 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Amazing
It’s a death trap.
Tesla was sued over a fiery crash in Washington state that left one person dead and another seriously injured after rescuers allegedly struggled to open the vehicle’s doors, the latest in a growing body of litigation scrutinizing the company’s electrically powered handles
Tesla Sued Over Another Fatal Crash in Growing Scrutiny of Doors
Tesla Inc. was sued over a fiery crash in Washington state that left one person dead and another seriously injured after rescuers allegedly struggled to open the vehicle’s doors, the latest in a growing body of litigation scrutinizing the company’s electrically powered handles.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
It’s a death trap.
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Immigration accountability advocates today unveiled a sweeping new online “Wiki” built on the ICE List project, promising a central, searchable record tying individual immigration agents to raids, vehicles, local police partners, and the legal machinery behind U.S. immigration enforcement.
NEWS: ICE List Launches Wiki to Expose Enforcement Network
The Europe-based volunteer-built database links raids, agents, vehicles, and legal structures, aiming to break the cycle of official secrecy.
migrantinsider.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Immigration accountability advocates today unveiled a sweeping new online “Wiki” built on the ICE List project, promising a central, searchable record tying individual immigration agents to raids, vehicles, local police partners, and the legal machinery behind U.S. immigration enforcement.
There goes my Xmas gift.
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives | CNN Business
Sales of an artificial intelligence-enabled plush toy have been suspended after it was found that it engaged in conversation around sexually explicit topics and offered potentially dangerous advice.
www.cnn.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:17 AM
There goes my Xmas gift.
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Folks who never faced the repercussions of their bad decisions thought they would be able to skate for making bad decisions.
The stakes were well communicated. The only thing Dems didn't do was write the warning in crayon.
The stakes were well communicated. The only thing Dems didn't do was write the warning in crayon.
November 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Folks who never faced the repercussions of their bad decisions thought they would be able to skate for making bad decisions.
The stakes were well communicated. The only thing Dems didn't do was write the warning in crayon.
The stakes were well communicated. The only thing Dems didn't do was write the warning in crayon.
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Since he deleted, here's the post so everyone can reference:
November 17, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Since he deleted, here's the post so everyone can reference:
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This Wednesday I'll be in LA, talking cocktail history & comics with the wonderful @bitbyafox.bsky.social at Now Serving books. 7:00. Hope to see yinz there!
And, of course, I'll be at Vinnie's Wine Shop, Seattle tonight at 6:30, now with the Aquavitosaurus, @andrewbohrer.bsky.social
And, of course, I'll be at Vinnie's Wine Shop, Seattle tonight at 6:30, now with the Aquavitosaurus, @andrewbohrer.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This Wednesday I'll be in LA, talking cocktail history & comics with the wonderful @bitbyafox.bsky.social at Now Serving books. 7:00. Hope to see yinz there!
And, of course, I'll be at Vinnie's Wine Shop, Seattle tonight at 6:30, now with the Aquavitosaurus, @andrewbohrer.bsky.social
And, of course, I'll be at Vinnie's Wine Shop, Seattle tonight at 6:30, now with the Aquavitosaurus, @andrewbohrer.bsky.social
Nature is healing
Instead of the Nuzzi shit, let's focus on the fact that apparently Johnny Knoxville got married this past weekend, the wedding was officiated by John Waters, and a dog was involved
November 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Nature is healing
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🧵Reality Bites:
Trump’s Voters Have Just Found Out They’re on the Menu
Ds didn’t lose the shutdown fight, they won the long game and gave the ACA its only chance of survival. open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
Trump’s Voters Have Just Found Out They’re on the Menu
Ds didn’t lose the shutdown fight, they won the long game and gave the ACA its only chance of survival. open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
Reality Bites:
Trump’s Voters Have Just Found Out They’re on the Menu
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:13 PM
🧵Reality Bites:
Trump’s Voters Have Just Found Out They’re on the Menu
Ds didn’t lose the shutdown fight, they won the long game and gave the ACA its only chance of survival. open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
Trump’s Voters Have Just Found Out They’re on the Menu
Ds didn’t lose the shutdown fight, they won the long game and gave the ACA its only chance of survival. open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...
Leadership doesn’t learn. It must be replaced with those who already know.
Voters want a Democratic Party that fights back against the forces that have rigged the system and made their lives more difficult.
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
November 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Leadership doesn’t learn. It must be replaced with those who already know.
Reminder: “we are doomed forever” and “I will never support dems ever again” is an insta block.
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Reminder: “we are doomed forever” and “I will never support dems ever again” is an insta block.
Lotsa people here who aren’t hungry deciding that the only
Move is to keep people hungry.
Move is to keep people hungry.
November 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Lotsa people here who aren’t hungry deciding that the only
Move is to keep people hungry.
Move is to keep people hungry.
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Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.
OpenAI faces 7 lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide, delusions
OpenAI is facing seven lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide and harmful delusions even when they had no prior mental health issues.
apnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.
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Based on analysis of years of revenues, losses and funding, since 2023, OpenAI has taken in $28.6bn in cash and had $13.7bn in losses.
However, reports say OpenAI ended 1H 2025 with $9.6bn in cash - suggesting OpenAI's losses are billions higher than reported.
www.wheresyoured.at/where-is-ope...
However, reports say OpenAI ended 1H 2025 with $9.6bn in cash - suggesting OpenAI's losses are billions higher than reported.
www.wheresyoured.at/where-is-ope...
Where Is OpenAI's Money Going?
Soundtrack: Queens of the Stone Age - Song For The Dead
Editor's Note: The original piece had a mathematical error around burnrate, it's been fixed.
A few days ago, Sam Altman said that OpenAI’s rev...
www.wheresyoured.at
November 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Based on analysis of years of revenues, losses and funding, since 2023, OpenAI has taken in $28.6bn in cash and had $13.7bn in losses.
However, reports say OpenAI ended 1H 2025 with $9.6bn in cash - suggesting OpenAI's losses are billions higher than reported.
www.wheresyoured.at/where-is-ope...
However, reports say OpenAI ended 1H 2025 with $9.6bn in cash - suggesting OpenAI's losses are billions higher than reported.
www.wheresyoured.at/where-is-ope...
You could not be more on brand
I am at the Cuomo watch party. It is now a cash bar, one drink at a time limit, and you have to load your money onto a proprietary prepaid card and no refunds will be given.
November 5, 2025 at 4:00 AM
You could not be more on brand