Quite Uninteresting
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Non-practicing intellectual in Oregon sharing historical oddities and contemporary jeremiads. My apologies in advance.
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Overlooked No More: Karen Wynn Fonstad, Who Mapped Tolkien’s Middle-earth (Gift Article)
She was a novice cartographer who landed a dream assignment: to create an atlas of the setting of “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings.”
www.nytimes.com
Excellent obituary of Karen Wynn Fonstad, the superlative cartographer of Middle-earth, Pern, D&D, Narnia, etc. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/o...
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From a Washington Post story titled "How women feel about Trump’s presidency"
November 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
From a Washington Post story titled "How women feel about Trump’s presidency"
“Working remotely is great!“ they said. “It will fold time and space“ they said.
November 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
“Working remotely is great!“ they said. “It will fold time and space“ they said.
"DHS’s propaganda paints agents as heroes—for example, by editing out the screams of children and families." chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Watch how government propaganda techniques portray Chicago as a city at war with the feds
The government’s social media storytelling doesn’t always match what’s happening across the city and suburbs. The diverging sources of information are creating “parallel universes," professor Nick Cul...
chicago.suntimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
"DHS’s propaganda paints agents as heroes—for example, by editing out the screams of children and families." chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
“Americans proudly say that we live in the longest-lived democracy in the world. But that should teach us that all the others failed.”
— Judge Mark L. Wolf
— Judge Mark L. Wolf
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
“Americans proudly say that we live in the longest-lived democracy in the world. But that should teach us that all the others failed.”
— Judge Mark L. Wolf
— Judge Mark L. Wolf
Just a reminder that in 2024, white men favored Mr. Trump by 20 percentage points, an increase of three points compared to 2020. White women favored Mr. Trump by four percentage points. www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
Voting patterns in the 2024 election
Voting patterns among many demographic groups in 2024 were similar to those in 2020 and 2016, but Trump made gains among several key groups, a Pew Research Center analysis shows.
www.pewresearch.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Just a reminder that in 2024, white men favored Mr. Trump by 20 percentage points, an increase of three points compared to 2020. White women favored Mr. Trump by four percentage points. www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
AMERICAN: where’s Boston
November 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
AMERICAN: where’s Boston
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Life is short and days are precious, so I’m not going to *recommend* you listen to this interview with Greg Gutfield, but it really is fascinating. One of the best moments comes early:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/m...
November 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Life is short and days are precious, so I’m not going to *recommend* you listen to this interview with Greg Gutfield, but it really is fascinating. One of the best moments comes early:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/m...
Add that to my $5K DOGE dividend check, and I’m sitting pretty.
November 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Add that to my $5K DOGE dividend check, and I’m sitting pretty.
<starts chart on sandwich violence in DC following the deployment>
The drop in gun violence in DC following the Federal deployment starting in mid-August has more or less completely subsided.
November 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
<starts chart on sandwich violence in DC following the deployment>
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A new code lures AI crawlers into a “tar pit” of randomly generated pages. Website owners use it to defend their content and troll AI companies—and we're here for it. #Butlerianjihad www.404media.co/developer-cr...
Developer Creates Infinite Maze That Traps AI Training Bots
"Nepenthes generates random links that always point back to itself - the crawler downloads those new links. Nepenthes happily just returns more and more lists of links pointing back to itself."
www.404media.co
January 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
A new code lures AI crawlers into a “tar pit” of randomly generated pages. Website owners use it to defend their content and troll AI companies—and we're here for it. #Butlerianjihad www.404media.co/developer-cr...
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I'm losing my mind over how many reviewers are like "GDT's Frankenstein makes you wonder who the real monster is." THAT'S THE STORY! That's the story Shelley wrote!
November 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I'm losing my mind over how many reviewers are like "GDT's Frankenstein makes you wonder who the real monster is." THAT'S THE STORY! That's the story Shelley wrote!
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“Maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls. And maybe the two dolls will cost a couple of bucks more than they would normally.” www.cnbc.com/2025/11/07/c...
Consumer sentiment nears lowest level ever as worries build over shutdown
A University of Michigan sentiment survey showed a decline of 6.2% on the month and about 30% from a year ago.
www.cnbc.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“Maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls. And maybe the two dolls will cost a couple of bucks more than they would normally.” www.cnbc.com/2025/11/07/c...
Look, if one person had to become a trillionaire, at least we selected the absolute worst one. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/b...
Musk Wins $1 Trillion Pay Package, Creating Split Screen on Wealth in America
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Look, if one person had to become a trillionaire, at least we selected the absolute worst one. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/b...
Love to see this.
edition.cnn.com/2025/10/08/b...
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As AI gets more life-like, a new Luddite movement is taking root | CNN Business
At my local coffee shop a couple of weeks ago, I overheard one 20-something woman say to another: Could I ask, what kind of phone do you have?
edition.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Love to see this.
edition.cnn.com/2025/10/08/b...
edition.cnn.com/2025/10/08/b...
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
This mook is an airtight argument for taxing the rich. www.wsj.com/business/aut...
Tesla Shareholders Approve Elon Musk’s $1 Trillion Pay Package
The new package, which includes 12 chunks of stock, could give Musk control over as much as 25% of Tesla if he hits a series of milestones
www.wsj.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:53 AM
This mook is an airtight argument for taxing the rich. www.wsj.com/business/aut...
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
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Here's how to turn it off.
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November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
"Angered by the refusal of Speaker Johnson to swear in Adelita Grijalva, Rep. Yassamin Ansari D-AZ set up her own protest outside the Speaker's office. His staff cranked up the volume on the TV to drown her out." Via @jamiedupree.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 7:50 PM
"Angered by the refusal of Speaker Johnson to swear in Adelita Grijalva, Rep. Yassamin Ansari D-AZ set up her own protest outside the Speaker's office. His staff cranked up the volume on the TV to drown her out." Via @jamiedupree.bsky.social
Mexican President Sheinbaum was walking between meetings in a public area with no security.
This reminds US citizens of Trump: He rarely walks and is never without security, but as a convicted sexual predator, he could probably recommend a good lawyer for this guy. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/w...
This reminds US citizens of Trump: He rarely walks and is never without security, but as a convicted sexual predator, he could probably recommend a good lawyer for this guy. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/w...
Mexico’s President Presses Charges Against Man Who Groped Her on the Street
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Mexican President Sheinbaum was walking between meetings in a public area with no security.
This reminds US citizens of Trump: He rarely walks and is never without security, but as a convicted sexual predator, he could probably recommend a good lawyer for this guy. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/w...
This reminds US citizens of Trump: He rarely walks and is never without security, but as a convicted sexual predator, he could probably recommend a good lawyer for this guy. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/w...
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“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
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OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages
Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.
futurism.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:57 AM
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
1. What it is
November 6, 2025 at 2:35 AM
1. What it is
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You can't prove to me that's not three 8.5x11 sheets of paper taped to the wall
November 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
You can't prove to me that's not three 8.5x11 sheets of paper taped to the wall
If the sandwich don't detonate, you must exonerate.
If the sandwich don’t split, you must acquit
Defense says that the officer's testimony was "very questionable" because he said the sandwich both exploded in spray of mustard and onions and also landed in its wrapper on the ground.
November 5, 2025 at 10:09 PM
If the sandwich don't detonate, you must exonerate.