zach jaffe
@wtflolwhy.bsky.social
“Don’t Panic” - Douglas Adams
operations and nerd herding across the dystopia of digital media, music, and tech.
writer of wtflolwhy.
pro 🥧 anti 🍰
https://wtflolwhy.ghost.io/
operations and nerd herding across the dystopia of digital media, music, and tech.
writer of wtflolwhy.
pro 🥧 anti 🍰
https://wtflolwhy.ghost.io/
Only 18 hours until the rest of my family comes home from an extended holiday so obviously I’m using my solo free time extremely effectively.
July 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Only 18 hours until the rest of my family comes home from an extended holiday so obviously I’m using my solo free time extremely effectively.
What are we reading this summer?
July 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
What are we reading this summer?
Fuck I missed Clipse so much. This goes so hard in the most mature way possible. Kendrick verse on ‘Chains & Whips’ is really something.
music.apple.com/us/album/let...
music.apple.com/us/album/let...
Let God Sort Em Out by Clipse, Pusha T & Malice on Apple Music
Album · 2025 · 13 Songs
music.apple.com
July 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Fuck I missed Clipse so much. This goes so hard in the most mature way possible. Kendrick verse on ‘Chains & Whips’ is really something.
music.apple.com/us/album/let...
music.apple.com/us/album/let...
Or, you know, you could just keep it at a ‘No’ and count yourself lucky.
June 23, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Or, you know, you could just keep it at a ‘No’ and count yourself lucky.
Really feels like the U.S. government is continuing to fail to heed the immortal advice to not immanentize the eschaton.
June 23, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Really feels like the U.S. government is continuing to fail to heed the immortal advice to not immanentize the eschaton.
After spending a weekend with my 70 year old parents, 60 year old aunts, and 70 year old in laws almost exclusively for 48 hours I’m convinced there should be a law mandating an upper age limit for cell phone camera usage.
June 17, 2025 at 12:13 AM
After spending a weekend with my 70 year old parents, 60 year old aunts, and 70 year old in laws almost exclusively for 48 hours I’m convinced there should be a law mandating an upper age limit for cell phone camera usage.
Have I been struck blind? My cursory viewing of the Apple OS updates across devices is being labeled as a “(massive) visual overhaul of the design language” by media but it literally looks almost exactly the same as it does now. Are we really at this level of corporate gaslighting?
June 9, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Have I been struck blind? My cursory viewing of the Apple OS updates across devices is being labeled as a “(massive) visual overhaul of the design language” by media but it literally looks almost exactly the same as it does now. Are we really at this level of corporate gaslighting?
Have we ever considered that eyebrows are the mustache of the eyes
June 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Have we ever considered that eyebrows are the mustache of the eyes
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is an absolute masterpiece. The best “Final Fantasy” game in decades, and it’s not even made by Square.
Sandfall’s debut game has some of the most insane art direction I’ve ever seen.
Sandfall’s debut game has some of the most insane art direction I’ve ever seen.
April 26, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is an absolute masterpiece. The best “Final Fantasy” game in decades, and it’s not even made by Square.
Sandfall’s debut game has some of the most insane art direction I’ve ever seen.
Sandfall’s debut game has some of the most insane art direction I’ve ever seen.
Folks, I figured out the tariff strategy. Wait for it…
April 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Folks, I figured out the tariff strategy. Wait for it…
Major Baader-Meinhof phenomenon vibes while sitting at home with a sick toddler who is watching Miss Rachel while I listen to Chapo Trap House and work and Chapo suddenly starts talking about Miss Rachel.
April 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Major Baader-Meinhof phenomenon vibes while sitting at home with a sick toddler who is watching Miss Rachel while I listen to Chapo Trap House and work and Chapo suddenly starts talking about Miss Rachel.
It’s warm out which means it’s my semi-annual reminder to trim my toenails.
April 6, 2025 at 11:04 PM
It’s warm out which means it’s my semi-annual reminder to trim my toenails.
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my new theory is that once you have a certain amount of money and wealth you start to go crazy and detach from reality. that number is different for everyone. for me it's $20
April 2, 2025 at 4:38 PM
my new theory is that once you have a certain amount of money and wealth you start to go crazy and detach from reality. that number is different for everyone. for me it's $20
Is there anyone funny on here? Maybe someone from FinTwit with market takes? An edgelord troll with good memes? Cinephiles with movie news? Trying to curate a feed of something other than “Dems in Disarray” / “Authoritarianism is here - This is why” type content and I’m finding it rather difficult.
March 31, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Is there anyone funny on here? Maybe someone from FinTwit with market takes? An edgelord troll with good memes? Cinephiles with movie news? Trying to curate a feed of something other than “Dems in Disarray” / “Authoritarianism is here - This is why” type content and I’m finding it rather difficult.
The season finale of Severance had to be the most bloated self-important inconsistently written piece of admittedly quite stunning filmmaking I have ever seen and Apple definitely deserves to continue bleeding $1B a year on Apple TV if this is what is getting past the gates.
March 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The season finale of Severance had to be the most bloated self-important inconsistently written piece of admittedly quite stunning filmmaking I have ever seen and Apple definitely deserves to continue bleeding $1B a year on Apple TV if this is what is getting past the gates.
It seems we have reached the point in late-stage capitalism where it is eating itself in installments.
gizmodo.com/doordash-par...
gizmodo.com/doordash-par...
DoorDash Partners with Klarna for Deferred Payments—in Case You Need a Loan to Pay for Your Burrito
What stage of capitalism is this?
gizmodo.com
March 21, 2025 at 12:44 AM
It seems we have reached the point in late-stage capitalism where it is eating itself in installments.
gizmodo.com/doordash-par...
gizmodo.com/doordash-par...
China M1 (liquid monetary supply) chart looks totally insane since they changed how they calculate it.
March 16, 2025 at 9:58 PM
China M1 (liquid monetary supply) chart looks totally insane since they changed how they calculate it.
It’s funny to think about how there have been two astronauts stuck in space on the ISS for NINE months and it doesn’t even track as a back page news item.
In the 20th century and early 21st this story would have lead the news every night with a 24 hour chyron day counter on CNN.
In the 20th century and early 21st this story would have lead the news every night with a 24 hour chyron day counter on CNN.
March 16, 2025 at 5:18 AM
It’s funny to think about how there have been two astronauts stuck in space on the ISS for NINE months and it doesn’t even track as a back page news item.
In the 20th century and early 21st this story would have lead the news every night with a 24 hour chyron day counter on CNN.
In the 20th century and early 21st this story would have lead the news every night with a 24 hour chyron day counter on CNN.
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@darksidetheband.bsky.social has become one helluva psychedelic Moriconi-spaghetti-westernized latin and acid jazz infused rock band.
Incredible show tonight in Detroit, well worth the trip cross-country to see them in a room like the Masonic.
Nancy Sinatra cover was 👌
Incredible show tonight in Detroit, well worth the trip cross-country to see them in a room like the Masonic.
Nancy Sinatra cover was 👌
March 15, 2025 at 4:28 AM
@darksidetheband.bsky.social has become one helluva psychedelic Moriconi-spaghetti-westernized latin and acid jazz infused rock band.
Incredible show tonight in Detroit, well worth the trip cross-country to see them in a room like the Masonic.
Nancy Sinatra cover was 👌
Incredible show tonight in Detroit, well worth the trip cross-country to see them in a room like the Masonic.
Nancy Sinatra cover was 👌
This piece by Kevin Roose is absurd. Whole article talking about how we need to “be prepared” for AGI and not a word about what that should entail. Also “consensus” on anything in SF is worth about as much as the human shit on my shoes from walking in anywhere SF.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/t...
Powerful A.I. Is Coming. We’re Not Ready.
Three arguments for taking progress toward artificial general intelligence, or A.G.I., more seriously — whether you’re an optimist or a pessimist.
www.nytimes.com
March 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This piece by Kevin Roose is absurd. Whole article talking about how we need to “be prepared” for AGI and not a word about what that should entail. Also “consensus” on anything in SF is worth about as much as the human shit on my shoes from walking in anywhere SF.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/t...
My friends in Detroit have a real killer Airbnb game going on.
March 14, 2025 at 4:15 AM
My friends in Detroit have a real killer Airbnb game going on.
my quest to make my backpack as obscurely niche nerd referential is at an end
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March 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
my quest to make my backpack as obscurely niche nerd referential is at an end
📦❗️
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Fed this very good rare Vance into GPT and was actually surprised at the response.
March 8, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Fed this very good rare Vance into GPT and was actually surprised at the response.
Giving some colorful responses to my spam texts today.
March 4, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Giving some colorful responses to my spam texts today.