Lincoln Michel
@thelincoln.bsky.social
Author and professor type person.
SF noir novel! 🤖🕵️♂️🧬 http://tinyurl.com/5f6nxu24
Newsletter: http://countercraft.substack.com
SF noir novel! 🤖🕵️♂️🧬 http://tinyurl.com/5f6nxu24
Newsletter: http://countercraft.substack.com
Elon Musk's huge meltdown about how he doesn't read books reminds me of this classic exchange when he argues Iain Banks's anti-capitalist Culture novels would agree with the world's richest man crushing unions at Tesla.
November 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Elon Musk's huge meltdown about how he doesn't read books reminds me of this classic exchange when he argues Iain Banks's anti-capitalist Culture novels would agree with the world's richest man crushing unions at Tesla.
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lol she got his ass and he knows it
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
lol she got his ass and he knows it
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Tim Robinson ass president
The president seems to have been briefed on how the tariffs oral argument at SCOTUS went:
November 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Tim Robinson ass president
RIP Baudrillard you would have loved this shit
New uncanny valley unlocked: inflatable corn maze for urban fall fests.
November 9, 2025 at 4:25 AM
RIP Baudrillard you would have loved this shit
Why did the rich son of rich Republicans become a Republican like his parents? Not sure there is a huge mystery there.
Why Nikki Haley’s son went radical: His generation inherited insecurity.
I profile Nalin Haley, a fascinating young man, who I believe will likely play an important role in conservative politics in years to come.
unherd.com/2025/11/why-...
I profile Nalin Haley, a fascinating young man, who I believe will likely play an important role in conservative politics in years to come.
unherd.com/2025/11/why-...
Why Nikki Haley’s son went radical
unherd.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Why did the rich son of rich Republicans become a Republican like his parents? Not sure there is a huge mystery there.
Email from a student who turned in a ChatGPT essay. Not even looking at the ChatGPT output in the apology 🥴
![Dear [Professor’s Name],
I want to sincerely apologize for my actions regarding my midterm submission.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fs6z2b756buwsdsjkle6utfi/bafkreiecvhzfgr4tlwyy2mvpbvjncqkysytwsxvidaoressh7peonoso3y@jpeg)
November 9, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Email from a student who turned in a ChatGPT essay. Not even looking at the ChatGPT output in the apology 🥴
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Ever wonder how bookstores decide what books to stock out of the "Fifty thousand new books a year [published] in the United States"*? A bookstore buyer explains:
* 50k is just traditionally published books
countercraft.substack.com/p/interview-...
* 50k is just traditionally published books
countercraft.substack.com/p/interview-...
Interview: Fisher the Bookseller Explains How Bookstores Decide Which Books to Sell
The ins and outs of how books are bought and sold in bookstores
countercraft.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Ever wonder how bookstores decide what books to stock out of the "Fifty thousand new books a year [published] in the United States"*? A bookstore buyer explains:
* 50k is just traditionally published books
countercraft.substack.com/p/interview-...
* 50k is just traditionally published books
countercraft.substack.com/p/interview-...
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Authors, I think you might enjoy this long interview with a independent bookstore buyer about how bookstores decide what books to stock and display: countercraft.substack.com/p/interview-...
Interview: Fisher the Bookseller Explains How Bookstores Decide Which Books to Sell
The ins and outs of how books are bought and sold in bookstores
countercraft.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Authors, I think you might enjoy this long interview with a independent bookstore buyer about how bookstores decide what books to stock and display: countercraft.substack.com/p/interview-...
Read this with open mind it ultimately doesn't say much. "LLMs do some things well and other things poorly compared to human brains." Ok.
I'd like ONE of these articles to take next step and argue what rights LLMs should have if you believe they think/are sentient www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
I'd like ONE of these articles to take next step and argue what rights LLMs should have if you believe they think/are sentient www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Case That A.I. Is Thinking
ChatGPT does not have an inner life. Yet it seems to know what it’s talking about.
www.newyorker.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Read this with open mind it ultimately doesn't say much. "LLMs do some things well and other things poorly compared to human brains." Ok.
I'd like ONE of these articles to take next step and argue what rights LLMs should have if you believe they think/are sentient www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
I'd like ONE of these articles to take next step and argue what rights LLMs should have if you believe they think/are sentient www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Is it possible to get a court order to force someone to log off for their own good, like a wellness check on a coworker who hasn't been heard from all week.
November 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Is it possible to get a court order to force someone to log off for their own good, like a wellness check on a coworker who hasn't been heard from all week.
Ever wonder how bookstores decide what books to stock out of the "Fifty thousand new books a year [published] in the United States"*? A bookstore buyer explains:
* 50k is just traditionally published books
countercraft.substack.com/p/interview-...
* 50k is just traditionally published books
countercraft.substack.com/p/interview-...
Interview: Fisher the Bookseller Explains How Bookstores Decide Which Books to Sell
The ins and outs of how books are bought and sold in bookstores
countercraft.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Ever wonder how bookstores decide what books to stock out of the "Fifty thousand new books a year [published] in the United States"*? A bookstore buyer explains:
* 50k is just traditionally published books
countercraft.substack.com/p/interview-...
* 50k is just traditionally published books
countercraft.substack.com/p/interview-...
It should be extra illegal to text/call/email/pop up spam you about "feedback."
a petty thing I feel very strongly about is that it should be illegal for a company to email you just because you visited its website. stop that. stop that at once. no I did not buy your item and now I WILL NEVER BUY YOUR ITEM.
November 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
It should be extra illegal to text/call/email/pop up spam you about "feedback."
Economist is the funniest fake profession.
November 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Economist is the funniest fake profession.
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Brilliant insight, and exchange. Is your life touched by books in any sense? Read every word.
November 7, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Brilliant insight, and exchange. Is your life touched by books in any sense? Read every word.
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Are you a #bookseller or #bibiliphile? This is a great interview with an indie bookstore buyer. #BookSky 📚
Authors, I think you might enjoy this long interview with a independent bookstore buyer about how bookstores decide what books to stock and display: countercraft.substack.com/p/interview-...
Interview: Fisher the Bookseller Explains How Bookstores Decide Which Books to Sell
The ins and outs of how books are bought and sold in bookstores
countercraft.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Are you a #bookseller or #bibiliphile? This is a great interview with an indie bookstore buyer. #BookSky 📚
Reposted by Lincoln Michel
Authors, I think you might enjoy this long interview with a independent bookstore buyer about how bookstores decide what books to stock and display: countercraft.substack.com/p/interview-...
Interview: Fisher the Bookseller Explains How Bookstores Decide Which Books to Sell
The ins and outs of how books are bought and sold in bookstores
countercraft.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Authors, I think you might enjoy this long interview with a independent bookstore buyer about how bookstores decide what books to stock and display: countercraft.substack.com/p/interview-...
Interview: Fisher the Bookseller Explains How Bookstores Decide Which Books to Sell
The ins and outs of how books are bought and sold in bookstores
countercraft.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Authors, I think you might enjoy this long interview with a independent bookstore buyer about how bookstores decide what books to stock and display: countercraft.substack.com/p/interview-...
AI bros got mad at me last week when I said investors were expecting Trump to bail out AI companies when the bubble pops but...
BREAKING: OpenAI is requesting US government support to help guarantee financing for the massive investments in AI chips and data centers it needs for expansion, per Bloomberg.
November 6, 2025 at 3:24 AM
AI bros got mad at me last week when I said investors were expecting Trump to bail out AI companies when the bubble pops but...
Trump does not even have a nub of a brain left. He is completely gone into his own demented fan fiction self-insert AU story with basically no reference to the real world.
Trump: "If I didn't have tariffs, the entire would be in a depression."
November 6, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Trump does not even have a nub of a brain left. He is completely gone into his own demented fan fiction self-insert AU story with basically no reference to the real world.
Shout for all the people who have nothing to say
'Cause we're only gone tomorrow and here today
youtu.be/sjqSRQoxnhs?...
'Cause we're only gone tomorrow and here today
youtu.be/sjqSRQoxnhs?...
Big Audio Dynamite - V. Thirteen
YouTube video by bigaudiodynamiteVEVO
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November 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Shout for all the people who have nothing to say
'Cause we're only gone tomorrow and here today
youtu.be/sjqSRQoxnhs?...
'Cause we're only gone tomorrow and here today
youtu.be/sjqSRQoxnhs?...
Some of the most interesting alternative universe worldbuilding fan fiction is being written by Republicans today.
November 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Some of the most interesting alternative universe worldbuilding fan fiction is being written by Republicans today.
VA gov winner is ex-CIA officer who ran moderate campaign, although also with an economic focus like Mamdani's.
Lessons across VA/NJ/NYC seem to me to be 1) Voters are turning on Trump 2) They want politicians who are fighting back 3) Economic focus wins 4) GOP culture war nonsense is losing power
Lessons across VA/NJ/NYC seem to me to be 1) Voters are turning on Trump 2) They want politicians who are fighting back 3) Economic focus wins 4) GOP culture war nonsense is losing power
VA/NJ folks: are there any good articles on the Dem's Gov campaigns there? So much about Mamdani (understandably so! amazing stuff) but curious what was key in the Gov campaigns, since Ohio has a woman Gov candidate (plus Sherrod Brown for Senate)--what lessons are good for us here?
November 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
VA gov winner is ex-CIA officer who ran moderate campaign, although also with an economic focus like Mamdani's.
Lessons across VA/NJ/NYC seem to me to be 1) Voters are turning on Trump 2) They want politicians who are fighting back 3) Economic focus wins 4) GOP culture war nonsense is losing power
Lessons across VA/NJ/NYC seem to me to be 1) Voters are turning on Trump 2) They want politicians who are fighting back 3) Economic focus wins 4) GOP culture war nonsense is losing power
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If I had to guess right now (and it is premature!) I'd say the Supreme Court is going to strike down Trump's tariffs.
All three liberals are clearly against the government. Barrett too. Roberts leaning that way. And we haven't even gotten to tax-hater Gorsuch yet.
All three liberals are clearly against the government. Barrett too. Roberts leaning that way. And we haven't even gotten to tax-hater Gorsuch yet.
November 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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I'm sure this observation has been made before, but political pundits have a bad case of sport fan brain where in any close contest the ball bouncing one way means inevitable GOAT team of destiny and the ball bouncing the other way means hopeless chokers cursed to suffer.
the entire twitter and group chat poisoned elite of American society who decided Trump winning an election by 1.5% heralded a thousand year reich may have miscalculated a bit
November 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I'm sure this observation has been made before, but political pundits have a bad case of sport fan brain where in any close contest the ball bouncing one way means inevitable GOAT team of destiny and the ball bouncing the other way means hopeless chokers cursed to suffer.
Problem for centrist Dems is their entire pitch has been "OK, we offer nothing but *only we* can win elections and defeat Trump" and then they lost 2/3 times to Trump and failed to prosecute or halt him in one time they won. If your pitch is competence and you're incompetent...
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Problem for centrist Dems is their entire pitch has been "OK, we offer nothing but *only we* can win elections and defeat Trump" and then they lost 2/3 times to Trump and failed to prosecute or halt him in one time they won. If your pitch is competence and you're incompetent...