Mike Lewis
@nifftystuff.com
Writer, Researcher, (Fake) Historian
Links etc: https://nifftystuff.substack.com/p/current-socials
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Links etc: https://nifftystuff.substack.com/p/current-socials
Photos/Flashes: photos.nifftystuff.com
Snowflake alert
Right-wing media figures are furious at activists for using whistles during ICE activity
Right-wing media figures are lashing out at community members in Minnesota for using whistles to alert others of federal immigration enforcement in the area, asserting that whistles should be “conside...
www.mediamatters.org
February 3, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Snowflake alert
I cant wait to watch pre-recorded heavily edited but yet still shitty out of sync performances from country music's most available...stars(?)...not currently on a sex tour of eastern russia.
February 2, 2026 at 8:04 PM
I cant wait to watch pre-recorded heavily edited but yet still shitty out of sync performances from country music's most available...stars(?)...not currently on a sex tour of eastern russia.
Move over sovereign citizen courtroom content, a new AI lawyer is in town.
February 2, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Move over sovereign citizen courtroom content, a new AI lawyer is in town.
Keith Olbermann was fired for donating to two congressional candidates.
Bari Weiss attended a fundraiser last night in NYC, attendee tells me. There was an auction item for dinner with her and wife Nellie Bowles. Several people cheered in approval, many others said after how gross it was. Bari shouted out “And you can make out with Nellie!” It ultimately sold for $55k.
February 1, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Keith Olbermann was fired for donating to two congressional candidates.
Morning Glory Milking Farm, but it is also an 900 page issues novel about the dystopian effects of capitalism on the modern healthcare industry.
February 1, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Morning Glory Milking Farm, but it is also an 900 page issues novel about the dystopian effects of capitalism on the modern healthcare industry.
The diamond and silk movie, I think released as a fathom event, grossed money money per screen than Melania.
Fuck. Even 2000 Mules had a higher per screen average.
Fuck. Even 2000 Mules had a higher per screen average.
About the "Melania" movie's opening weekend... www.cnn.com/2026/02/01/b...
February 1, 2026 at 5:30 PM
The diamond and silk movie, I think released as a fathom event, grossed money money per screen than Melania.
Fuck. Even 2000 Mules had a higher per screen average.
Fuck. Even 2000 Mules had a higher per screen average.
Its best not to psychoanalyze people of the people who read "Dont build the Torment Nexus" than went ahead tried to build the torment nexus.
January 31, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Its best not to psychoanalyze people of the people who read "Dont build the Torment Nexus" than went ahead tried to build the torment nexus.
"...[If] we must toil as as Sisphus drilling platforms, doing work that bring us fuel to spin our wheels, but moves us nowhere?" - @technologyreview.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQ9...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQ9...
You are being misled about renewable energy technology.
YouTube video by Technology Connections
www.youtube.com
January 31, 2026 at 9:01 PM
"...[If] we must toil as as Sisphus drilling platforms, doing work that bring us fuel to spin our wheels, but moves us nowhere?" - @technologyreview.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQ9...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQ9...
Granny only buys nutrient laden sauces.
January 31, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Granny only buys nutrient laden sauces.
Reposted by Mike Lewis
Not gonna lie, the stuff with Barron, who does not speak on camera, is fascinating. This kid is understandably worried about getting shot (Melania says so) and just wants to be left alone.
January 30, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Not gonna lie, the stuff with Barron, who does not speak on camera, is fascinating. This kid is understandably worried about getting shot (Melania says so) and just wants to be left alone.
While this does look awful. It doesnt look any worse than a marvel movie.
Darren Aronofsky's New AI Series About the Revolutionary War Looks Like Dogshit
gizmodo.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:53 PM
While this does look awful. It doesnt look any worse than a marvel movie.
Reposted by Mike Lewis
Rest in peace to one of the great bloggers and the de facto mayor of Philadelphia. It was my honor and pleasure to work with him. defector.com/dan-mcquade-...
Dan McQuade, 1983–2026 | Defector
Dan McQuade, our friend and colleague, died this week at the age of 43. He is survived by his wife and young son. At the end of 2024, Dan was diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer. The news of his diag...
defector.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Rest in peace to one of the great bloggers and the de facto mayor of Philadelphia. It was my honor and pleasure to work with him. defector.com/dan-mcquade-...
Reposted by Mike Lewis
Dan McQuade, 1983–2026: defector.com/dan-mcquade-...
Dan McQuade, 1983–2026 | Defector
Dan McQuade, our friend and colleague, died this week at the age of 43. He is survived by his wife and young son. At the end of 2024, Dan was diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer. The news of his…
defector.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Dan McQuade, 1983–2026: defector.com/dan-mcquade-...
Reposted by Mike Lewis
To be clear Om (and MG Siegler) are arguing shareholder value is the highest moral good.
January 28, 2026 at 12:30 PM
To be clear Om (and MG Siegler) are arguing shareholder value is the highest moral good.
I always forget Dax Shepard and Skeet Ulrich are different guys.
I always forget Dax Shepard and Skeet Ulrich are different guys.
January 27, 2026 at 7:40 PM
I always forget Dax Shepard and Skeet Ulrich are different guys.
Tim Cook is a collaborator
I am now also cursed with the knowledge that Brett Ratner looks like a cut rate youtube preacher with longs of options on the masculinity crisis.
I am now also cursed with the knowledge that Brett Ratner looks like a cut rate youtube preacher with longs of options on the masculinity crisis.
Here’s Tim Cook hanging out with accused rapist Brett Ratner at the Melania screening.
When you’re cool with doing a fascism, what’s a few sexual misconduct accusations? Ratner, who directed Melania, faced multiple allegations of sexual assault and harassment, which led Warner Bros. to ...
www.theverge.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Tim Cook is a collaborator
I am now also cursed with the knowledge that Brett Ratner looks like a cut rate youtube preacher with longs of options on the masculinity crisis.
I am now also cursed with the knowledge that Brett Ratner looks like a cut rate youtube preacher with longs of options on the masculinity crisis.
What I hear whenever some AI advocate complains about low adoption rates or institutional pushback:
“I built my life around auto grammar check and it still can’t help me fix my passive sentences”
“I built my life around auto grammar check and it still can’t help me fix my passive sentences”
January 26, 2026 at 12:18 PM
What I hear whenever some AI advocate complains about low adoption rates or institutional pushback:
“I built my life around auto grammar check and it still can’t help me fix my passive sentences”
“I built my life around auto grammar check and it still can’t help me fix my passive sentences”
Ifs a metaphor. Or whatever.
January 26, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Ifs a metaphor. Or whatever.
Suspicious Hot Dish is the name of my Leftover Salmon tribute band.
kelty comic this week about to make the onion store a zillion dollars
January 23, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Suspicious Hot Dish is the name of my Leftover Salmon tribute band.
Surely selling display ads will get them out of this jam.
OpenAI faces a $20bn black hole in its accounts this year, as a series of buy now, pay later deals with suppliers start to come due
It makes 2026 a make-or-break moment for the company, raising questions about whether it could buckle under the weight of its commitments
www.ifre.com/people-and-m...
It makes 2026 a make-or-break moment for the company, raising questions about whether it could buckle under the weight of its commitments
www.ifre.com/people-and-m...
OpenAI faces financial crunch point as huge supplier bills start to come due | IFR
People & Markets
Founder Sam Altman tours Middle East to raise cash to fill US$20bn black hole in accounts
www.ifre.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Surely selling display ads will get them out of this jam.
Jared Leto is one hell of a downgrade from Frank Langella
January 22, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Jared Leto is one hell of a downgrade from Frank Langella
so they def tricked him to an agreement that is identical to the current agreement but he gets to sign it.
Because he gets his name on it
Because he gets his name on it
January 21, 2026 at 8:47 PM
so they def tricked him to an agreement that is identical to the current agreement but he gets to sign it.
Because he gets his name on it
Because he gets his name on it
So what, it’s gonna be another two years before we can have our phones set timers send text messages or skip to the next song. Apple really has their pulse on things.
BREAKING: Apple is overhauling Siri this fall in iOS 27 and macOS 27 and turning it into its first full-fledged chatbot, looking to fend off OpenAI’s ChatGPT and seriously compete in the generative AI space. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Apple to Revamp Siri as a Built-In iPhone, Mac Chatbot to Fend Off OpenAI
Apple Inc. plans to revamp Siri later this year by turning the digital assistant into the company’s first artificial intelligence chatbot, thrusting the iPhone maker into a generative AI race dominate...
www.bloomberg.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:00 PM
So what, it’s gonna be another two years before we can have our phones set timers send text messages or skip to the next song. Apple really has their pulse on things.